Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Murphy
Thomas E. Murphy 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).
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Patent number: 11982039Abstract: A removable fluid pumping and filtration apparatus for a laundry treatment machine is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of selectively attachable and detachable stackable sections, the sections including a handle section and one or more further sections; wherein, when attached together in stacked arrangement to form an agitator, the plurality of sections collectively define: a cylindrical body, a hollow interior of the body, first and second opening about the exterior circumference of the body to define a water flow path into and out of the hollow interior, and placement within the hollow interior for a removable filter along the water flow path, and wherein the handle section including an area to grip onto and rotate the removable fluid pumping and filtration apparatus to facilitate insertion and removal of the agitator.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Seth E. Bixby, Sayer J. Murphy, Thomas D. Spicer, Eric J. Vasko, Heather A. Hellmuth, Michael A. Ledford, Meagan K. Vandervelde
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Publication number: 20240110559Abstract: A rotor assembly for a peristaltic pump is provided. Each of a first pair of roller assemblies includes a first roller portion having a first diameter and a second roller portion having a second diameter. The first diameter is larger than the second diameter. Each of a second pair of roller assemblies includes a first roller portion having a first diameter and a second roller portion having a second diameter. The first diameter is smaller than the second diameter. The first and second pairs of roller assemblies are positionable around a circumference of a hub such that the first roller portion of the first pair of roller assemblies is aligned with the first roller portion of the second pair of roller assemblies and the second roller portion of the first pair of roller assemblies is aligned with the second roller portion of the second pair of roller assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: John T. Nguyen, Patrick Michael Murphy, Robert E. Gledhill, III, Phong Thanh Phan, Thomas Tran, Hipolito Camacho
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Patent number: 11932979Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening providing access to the interior. A tub can be located within the interior and can at least partially define a liquid chamber. A drum is rotatably mounted within the liquid chamber and at least partially defines a treating chamber. A clothes mover is located within the treating chamber and rotatable about a vertical axis. The clothes mover can include a base and a barrel.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan A. Andrejczuk, Adam Gary, Philip J. Czarnecki, Benjamin D. Lowell, Sayer J. Murphy, James Jeffery, Eric W. Merrow, Emmanuel F. Gonzaga, Thomas R. Scott, Donald E. Erickson, Bradley D. Morrow, Jason S. Burnette, Kevin Peralta, Corinne M. Gorenchan, Kenneth L. McConnell
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Publication number: 20230219105Abstract: One variation of a system includes: a mount defining an inlet configured to couple to a water supply; a body defining a fluid circuit and coupled to the mount; and a pressure regulator interposed between the inlet and the fluid circuit and configured to regulate water supplied at the inlet over a range of inlet pressures to a range of internal pressures less than and narrower than the range of inlet pressures. A set of nozzles arranged on the body and coupled to the fluid circuit are configured to, in response to the pressure regulator regulating a first inlet pressure down to a first internal pressure, discharge water droplets: exiting the body with kinetic energies in a range of kinetic energies; exiting the body in a first spray pattern defining a first width at a target distance below the body, and exhibiting a first volumetric ratio of water to air.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Gabriel Parisi-Amon, David Shulman, Jad Nasrallah, Brian Willkom, Thomas E. Murphy
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Patent number: 11548015Abstract: One variation of a system includes: a mount defining an inlet configured to couple to a water supply; a body defining a fluid circuit and coupled to the mount; and a pressure regulator interposed between the inlet and the fluid circuit and configured to regulate water supplied at the inlet over a range of inlet pressures to a range of internal pressures less than and narrower than the range of inlet pressures. A set of nozzles arranged on the body and coupled to the fluid circuit are configured to, in response to the pressure regulator regulating a first inlet pressure down to a first internal pressure, discharge water droplets: exiting the body with kinetic energies in a range of kinetic energies; exiting the body in a first spray pattern defining a first width at a target distance below the body, and exhibiting a first volumetric ratio of water to air.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Nebia Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Parisi-Amon, David Shulman, Jad Nasrallah, Brian Willkom, Thomas E. Murphy
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Patent number: 10672933Abstract: A new approach to graphene-enabled plasmonic resonant structures in the THz is demonstrated in a hybrid graphene-metal design in which the graphene acts as a gate-tunable inductor, and metal acts as a capacitive reservoir for charge accumulation. A large resonant absorption in graphene can be achieved using the metal-graphene plasmonic scheme, and the peak can approach 100% in an optimized device, ideal for graphene-based THz detectors. Using high mobility graphene (?>50000 cm2V?1s?1) will allow anomalously high resonant THz transmission (near 100%) through ultra-subwavelength graphene-filled metallic apertures at a resonance frequency that is gate tunable. This metal-graphene plasmonic scheme enables near perfect tunable THz filter or modulator.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: University of Maryland, College Park, The Government of the United States of America, as represented by The Secretary Of The Navy, Monash UniversityInventors: Mohammad M. Jadidi, Andrei B. Sushkov, David Kurt Gaskill, Michael Fuhrer, Howard Dennis Drew, Thomas E. Murphy
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Publication number: 20200086334Abstract: One variation of a system includes: a mount defining an inlet configured to couple to a water supply; a body defining a fluid circuit and coupled to the mount; and a pressure regulator interposed between the inlet and the fluid circuit and configured to regulate water supplied at the inlet over a range of inlet pressures to a range of internal pressures less than and narrower than the range of inlet pressures. A set of nozzles arranged on the body and coupled to the fluid circuit are configured to, in response to the pressure regulator regulating a first inlet pressure down to a first internal pressure, discharge water droplets: exiting the body with kinetic energies in a range of kinetic energies; exiting the body in a first spray pattern defining a first width at a target distance below the body, and exhibiting a first volumetric ratio of water to air.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Gabriel Parisi-Amon, David Shulman, Jad Nasrallah, Brian Willkom, Thomas E. Murphy
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Publication number: 20180315880Abstract: A new approach to graphene-enabled plasmonic resonant structures in the THz is demonstrated in a hybrid graphene-metal design in which the graphene acts as a gate-tunable inductor, and metal acts as a capacitive reservoir for charge accumulation. A large resonant absorption in graphene can be achieved using the metal-graphene plasmonic scheme, and the peak can approach 100% in an optimized device, ideal for graphene-based THz detectors. Using high mobility graphene (?>50000 cm2V?1s?1) will allow anomalously high resonant THz transmission (near 100%) through ultra-subwavelength graphene-filled metallic apertures at a resonance frequency that is gate tunable. This metal-graphene plasmonic scheme enables near perfect tunable THz filter or modulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicants: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, MONASH UNIVERSITYInventors: MOHAMMAD M. JADIDI, ANDREI B. SUSHKOV, DAVID KURT GASKILL, MICHAEL FUHRER, HOWARD DENNIS DREW, THOMAS E. MURPHY
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Patent number: 10084102Abstract: A plasmon-enhanced terahertz graphene-based photodetector exhibits an increased absorption efficiency attained by utilizing a tunable plasmonic resonance in sub-wavelengths graphene micro-ribbons formed on SiC substrate in contact with an array of bi-metallic electrode lines. The orientation of the graphene micro-ribbons is tailored with respect to the array of sub-wavelengths bi-metallic electrode lines. The graphene micro-ribbons extend at the angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to the electrode lines in the bi-metal electrodes array. The plasmonic mode is efficiently excited by an incident wave polarized perpendicular to the electrode lines, and/or to the graphene micro-ribbons. The absorption of radiation by graphene is enhanced through tunable geometric parameters (such as, for example, the width of the graphene micro-ribbons) and control of a carrier density in graphene achieved through tuning the gate voltage applied to the photodetector.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignees: University of Maryland, College Park, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Monash UniversityInventors: Xinghan Cai, Andrei B. Sushkov, Mohammad M. Jadidi, David Kurt Gaskill, Thomas E. Murphy, Michael Fuhrer, Howard Dennis Drew
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Patent number: 10072239Abstract: A life support system for providing a growth medium for at least one photosynthetic micro-organism and for converting CO2 to O2, with reduced water use that is as low as about 4 percent of the corresponding amount of water normally required for conventional micro-organism growth. The system includes a liquid transport capillary channel, a mixed culture photosynthetic biofilm and a liquid transport substrate that is positioned between and contiguous to the capillary channel and the biofilm, where the liquid transport rate is adjustable by adjustment of the local humidity. Approximately uniform radiation is received by the biofilm and contributes to microorganism growth.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the NASAInventors: Halil Berberoglu, Thomas E. Murphy, Leslie E. Bebout, Erich D. Fleming
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Patent number: 9923857Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to processing email having symbolic variables in the address. Aspects include receiving, by an email server, an email comprising an email address for an intended recipient and determining whether the email address includes a symbolic variable. Based on determining that the email address includes the symbolic variable, the symbolic variable from the email address are extracted, an email address for an additional recipient by querying a database based on the symbolic variable is identified, and the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient and the email address of the additional recipient. Based on determining that the email address does not include the symbolic variable, the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Anuja Deedwaniya, Thomas E. Murphy, Jr., Mark A. Nelson, Kevin H. Peters, Louis R. Ruggiero
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Publication number: 20180047856Abstract: A plasmon-enhanced terahertz graphene-based photodetector exhibits an increased absorption efficiency attained by utilizing a tunable plasmonic resonance in sub-wavelengths graphene micro-ribbons formed on SiC substrate in contact with an array of bi-metallic electrode lines. The orientation of the graphene micro-ribbons is tailored with respect to the array of sub-wavelengths bi-metallic electrode lines. The graphene micro-ribbons extend at the angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to the electrode lines in the bi-metal electrodes array. The plasmonic mode is efficiently excited by an incident wave polarized perpendicular to the electrode lines, and/or to the graphene micro-ribbons. The absorption of radiation by graphene is enhanced through tunable geometric parameters (such as, for example, the width of the graphene micro-ribbons) and control of a carrier density in graphene achieved through tuning the gate voltage applied to the photodetector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: XINGHAM CAI, ANDREI B. SUSHKOV, MOHAMMAD K. JADIDI, DAVID KURT GASKILL, THOMAS E. MURPHY, MICHAEL FUHRER, HOWARD DENNIS DREW
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Patent number: 9391942Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to processing email having symbolic variables in the address. Aspects include receiving, by an email server, an email comprising an email address for an intended recipient and determining whether the email address includes a symbolic variable. Based on determining that the email address includes the symbolic variable, the symbolic variable from the email address are extracted, an email address for an additional recipient by querying a database based on the symbolic variable is identified, and the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient and the email address of the additional recipient. Based on determining that the email address does not include the symbolic variable, the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Anuja Deedwaniya, Thomas E. Murphy, Jr., Mark A. Nelson, Kevin H. Peters, Louis R. Ruggiero
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Patent number: 9195970Abstract: A computer-implemented method, apparatus and computer-readable storage device for arranging a meeting in a networked environment having nodes assigned to respective individual users. Upon receiving a set of meeting requirements including at least a meeting time and a set of invitees from a user at one of the nodes, invitations for a meeting at the meeting time are sent to at least a subset of the invitees based on one or more of the meeting requirements. The meeting is confirmed at the meeting time responsive to receiving acceptances from a predetermined subset of the invitees, such as a set of invitees identified as being critical invitees or a number of invitees constituting a quorum, and is rescheduled or cancelled responsive to a failure to receive acceptances from the predetermined subset of the invitees.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas E. Murphy, Jr., Deborah A. Odell
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Patent number: 9069884Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for processing special attributes within a file are provided. The method includes accessing the file with a hierarchical tree structure of file elements, and retrieving special attributes associated with the file elements. The special attributes are selectively assigned to the file elements. The method also includes interpreting the special attributes using hierarchical inheritance to pass the special attributes from subordinate file elements to higher-level file elements. The method further includes creating a file-level representation of the interpreted special attributes.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gregory D. Dallari, Thomas E. Murphy, Jr., Adiswong Puiam
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Patent number: 9058239Abstract: A processor-implemented method for a concurrent software service upgrade is provided. The processor implemented method may include receiving a type of service request corresponding to the software service upgrade, determining, by the processor, the type of service request and then generating a plurality of subpartitions corresponding to a hypervisor. The method may further include applying the service request to at least one subpartition within the plurality of subpartitions, wherein the service request is applied to the at least one subpartition based on the type of service request and balancing the system resources among the plurality of subpartitions upon the applying of the service request to the at least one subpartition.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: George V. Madl, III, Thomas E. Murphy, Fred C. Shaheen, Steven Shultz
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Patent number: 9049070Abstract: A method and system for establishing and maintaining a connection in a client/server environment is disclosed. A client requests a connection from a server, and the client and server negotiate environment options to establish the connection including a recovery location comprising, in one example, an IP address and port. The server stores the recovery location received from the client in a recovery information file. In response to losing the connection with the server, the client checks the recovery location for a recovery notification sent by the server. When the server is re-started, a recovery notification is sent by the server to the recovery location that was stored in the recovery information file. The client receives this recovery notification, and the connection between the client and the server is re-established without the need for the client to query the server.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey S. Stevens, Paul F. Rieth, Daniel L. Krissell, Richard G. Hartmann, Francine M. Orzel, Thomas E. Murphy, Jr.
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Publication number: 20150113081Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to processing email having symbolic variables in the address. Aspects include receiving, by an email server, an email comprising an email address for an intended recipient and determining whether the email address includes a symbolic variable. Based on determining that the email address includes the symbolic variable, the symbolic variable from the email address are extracted, an email address for an additional recipient by querying a database based on the symbolic variable is identified, and the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient and the email address of the additional recipient. Based on determining that the email address does not include the symbolic variable, the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Anuja Deedwaniya, Thomas E. Murphy, JR., Mark A. Nelson, Kevin H. Peters, Louis R. Ruggiero
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Publication number: 20150113071Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to processing email having symbolic variables in the address. Aspects include receiving, by an email server, an email comprising an email address for an intended recipient and determining whether the email address includes a symbolic variable. Based on determining that the email address includes the symbolic variable, the symbolic variable from the email address are extracted, an email address for an additional recipient by querying a database based on the symbolic variable is identified, and the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient and the email address of the additional recipient. Based on determining that the email address does not include the symbolic variable, the email is transmitted to the email address of the intended recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anuja Deedwaniya, Thomas E. Murphy, JR., Mark A. Nelson, Kevin H. Peters, Louis R. Ruggiero
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Patent number: RE46969Abstract: A training system that provides web-based distribution, centralized control of pedagogy consistency and content customization, and efficient and economical resource utilization via group oriented training in which a plurality of trainees can be trained without the overhead of providing each trainee with an individual PC. Because the proven education delivery method includes entertaining situational modeling videos, game playing, and a high degree of interactivity, it assures high trainee comprehension with a minimum investment in hardware and instructor overhead.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Alchemy Systems, L.P.Inventors: Michael L. McGar, Jeffrey A. Eastman, Sean M. Ramsey, Vince J. Kemperman, Robert L. Prock, Thomas E. Murphy, David I. Perl, Archie D. Barrett, Jr., Paul Maine, Jr.