Patents by Inventor Richard Nicholas

Richard Nicholas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9170639
    Abstract: An approach for saving power in a memory subsystem that uses memory access idle timer to enable low power mode and memory scrub operation within computing system has been provided. The computing system determines that a memory subsystem is switched out of low power operation mode due to a memory scrub operation. In addition, the computing system bypasses the low power operation mode of an idle timer of the memory subsystem such that the memory subsystem is returned to the low power operation mode upon completion of the memory scrub operation. The computing system further sets a scrub flag of the memory subsystem to a high state, and clears the scrub flag to a low state to track if the idle timer should be bypassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joab D. Henderson, Richard Nicholas, Stephen J. Powell, Kenneth L. Wright
  • Publication number: 20150274328
    Abstract: The process validates measurement data that are consistent with the current orbit or allowable maneuvers for Earth-orbiting satellites. The validated data may be processed to detect both large and small maneuvers; large maneuvers that may have been rejected by standard data validation process and small maneuvers that may have been missed. Large maneuvers may present as “trends” in the residuals above the noise threshold from multiple sensors. Small maneuvers may present as a deviation from the expected orbit. The OD engine is suitably configured (as per normal operation) to enforce data reduction on any outliers (e.g. >3 sigma). The maneuver estimation routines employ an objective function for selection of maneuver estimates that combines a residual fit to the current orbit and maneuver, orbit consistency and a penalty for validated but unused data (data that is rejected by the OD engine).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michele Kubis Wallner, Richard Nicholas Wallner, Douglas Edward Cather
  • Patent number: 9135479
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a stand having a convex outer surface positioned to intercept and engage a vehicle tire as the vehicle tire passes over the convex stand surface. The height and contour of the convex stand surface slows the rotational rate of the vehicle tire, and thereby a transmitting device carried by the tire, to a preferred rotational read rate as the vehicle tire passes over the convex surface. One or more antenna members mount to the stand proximal to the convex surface, each antenna having a directionally aimed tilted antenna field positioned to continuously receive data transmission from the electronic transmitting device as the vehicle tire passes over the convex stand surface at the reduced rotational read rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robert Leon Benedict, Joseph Carmine Lettieri, John Michael Fenkanyn, Mario Vincent Orosa, Richard Nicholas Crano, Joseph Paul Batcho, Sr.
  • Patent number: 9108476
    Abstract: An air maintenance tire and pump assembly includes a pair of inline valves are positioned on respective opposite sides of an in-tire air passageway inlet junction and a pair of outlet valves positioned at a downstream side of a respective inline valve. A bypass valve is further provided extending between the downstream valve sides of the inline valves, the bypass valve operative to open and bypass the flow of inlet air through the outlet valves to the tire cavity in the event that a tire cavity pressure is greater than a preset pressure level and close when a tire cavity pressure is less than the preset pressure level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Thulasiram Gobinath, Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Robert Leon Benedict, Richard Nicholas Crano, Adam Joseph O'Donnell
  • Publication number: 20150074495
    Abstract: Address error detection including a method that receives a read address corresponding to a read location in a memory. Data is read from the read location in the memory. The data is transformed at a computer based on the data and the read address to produce read data. Error correction codes (ECC) bits associated the read data are read from the read location in the memory. The ECC bits were generated based on the write data. It is determined whether the read data has an address error responsive to the read data and the ECC bits associated with the write data. An error is generated in response to determining that the read address has an address error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Richard Nicholas
  • Patent number: 8949694
    Abstract: Address error detection including a method that receives write data and a write address, the write address corresponding to a location in a memory. Error correction code (ECC) bits are generated based on the received write data. The write data is transformed at a computer based on the write address and the write data, to produce transformed write data. The transforming is configured to cause an ECC to detect an address error during a read operation to the write address in response to a mismatch between either the write address or the read address and data read from the location. The transformed write data and the ECC bits are written to the location in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Nicholas
  • Publication number: 20150001341
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin (26) has a plurality of seat units (10) including first (10) and second (12) seat units in a first row (22) and a third seat unit (14) in a second row (24). The first and second seat units (10, 12) are separated by an aisle (38). The seats all face in the same direction (31), said direction (31) being inclined to the longitudinal axis (30) by a seat offset angle (S?), and are configurable between a bed mode and a seat mode. A console (20a) of the first seat unit (10) is directly adjacent to the aisle (38) and accommodates a foot-well (40) for use by a passenger in the seat (18c) of the third seat unit (14). At least a part of the console (20a) of the first seat unit (10), in a region no higher than a first distance from the floor, extends further into the aisle (38) than the rest of the first seat unit (10) in a region higher than the first distance from the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ali Ersan, Richard Nicholas, John McKeever
  • Publication number: 20140315300
    Abstract: We disclose a particle comprising a matrix coated thereon and having a positive charge, the particle being of a size to allow aggregation of primate or human stem cells attached thereto. The particle may comprise a substantially elongate, cylindrical or rod shaped particle having a longest dimension of between 50 ?m and 400 ?m, such as about 200 ?m. It may have a cross sectional dimension of between 20 ?m and 30 ?m. The particle may comprise a substantially compact or spherical shaped particle having a size of between about 20 ?m and about 120 ?m, for example about 65 ?m. We also disclose a method of propagating primate or human stem cells, the method comprising: providing first and second primate or human stem cells attached to first and second respective particles, allowing the first primate or human stem cell to contact the second primate or human stem cell to form an aggregate of cells and culturing the aggregate to propagate the primate or human stem cells for at least one passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Steve Oh, Shaul Reuveny, Jian Li, William Richard Nicholas Birch
  • Publication number: 20140272400
    Abstract: A panel construction suitable for automotive parts comprises (a) a first composite fiber mat layer (b) adjacent to and covering a face of the fiber mat, a thermoplastic polymer film and optionally (c) adjacent to and covering the thermoplastic film, a second composite fiber mat layer, where the fiber mats comprise non-woven fibers or fabrics and a cured acrylic resin binder. The thermoplastic film is preferably a thermoplastic polyurethane film. The construction preferably contains no adhesive layer between components (a), (b) and (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl Richard Nicholas, Garry Balthes, Brad Joseph Martin
  • Patent number: 8799791
    Abstract: A system for use in editorial review of stored information includes a web interface adapted to provide a graphical user interface to a user. A first application component is adapted to run in the web interface. The first application component includes a first user interface component adapted to present information to a user and receive editorial content related to the information from the user. A first database communication component is adapted to communicate with a database containing the stored information and editorialize the stored information in the database in response to the editorial content received from the user. A first communication component is adapted to communicate within the web interface in response to the editorial content received from the user. A second application component is adapted to run in the web interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Global Resources
    Inventors: Scott Harvey Wiemann, Timothy Matthew Dean, Richard Nicholas Dauk
  • Publication number: 20140112745
    Abstract: Parking solutions and storage solutions are provided. In particular there is provided a system for storing at least one vehicle, the system comprising a storage area for storing at least one vehicle and means for moving the at least one vehicle within the storage area, wherein the storage area is marginally larger than the size of the vehicle. The means for moving the at least one vehicle moved into the storage area includes a platform adapted to receive the vehicle. Provided are also systems for parking vehicle, in particular, peripheral parking systems and undercroft parking systems as well as a storage system for items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Compact Parking Solutions Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Richard Nicholas Longley
  • Publication number: 20140020805
    Abstract: An air maintenance tire and pump assembly includes a pair of inline valves are positioned on respective opposite sides of an in-tire air passageway inlet junction and a pair of outlet valves positioned at a downstream side of a respective inline valve. A bypass valve is further provided extending between the downstream valve sides of the inline valves, the bypass valve operative to open and bypass the flow of inlet air through the outlet valves to the tire cavity in the event that a tire cavity pressure is greater than a preset pressure level and close when a tire cavity pressure is less than the preset pressure level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Thulasiram Gobinath, Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Robert Leon Benedict, Richard Nicholas Crano, Adam Joseph O'Donnell
  • Patent number: D696034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Zodiac Seats UK Limited
    Inventors: Ali Ersan, Richard Nicholas, John McKeever
  • Patent number: D696524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Zodiac Seats UK Limited
    Inventors: Ali Ersan, Richard Nicholas, John McKeever
  • Patent number: D715066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Etihad Airways
    Inventors: Richard Nicholas, Ian Dryburgh
  • Patent number: D718945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Etihad Airways
    Inventors: Richard Nicholas, Ian Dryburgh
  • Patent number: D724337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Etihad Airways
    Inventor: Richard Nicholas
  • Patent number: D724338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Etihad Airways
    Inventor: Richard Nicholas
  • Patent number: D724368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Etihad Airways
    Inventor: Richard Nicholas
  • Patent number: D738704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BUTTONFIX LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian John Watson, Anthony Arthur Wills, Philip Mark Hall, Richard Nicholas Gore