Patents by Inventor Timothy Allen
Timothy Allen 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: 11875173Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing auxiliary functions in an on-demand code execution system in a manner that enables efficient execution of code. A user may generate a task on the system by submitting code. The system may determine the auxiliary functions that the submitted code may require when executed on the system, and may provide these auxiliary functions by provisioning or configuring sidecar virtualized execution environments that work in conjunction with the main virtualized execution environment executing the submitted code. Sidecar virtualized execution environments may be identified and obtained from a library of preconfigured sidecar virtualized execution environments, or a sidecar agent that provides the auxiliary function may be identified from a library, and then a virtualized execution environment may be provisioned with the agent and/or configured to work in conjunction with the main virtualized execution environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Niall Mullen, Philip Daniel Piwonka, Timothy Allen Wagner, Marc John Brooker
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Patent number: 11865857Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to a heterogeneous fiber fluid reservoir for holding and delivering fluid. A reservoir may comprise a rod having a core component and a surrounding component. Each of the core component and the surrounding component may comprise fibers. The core component may have a first property, and the surrounding component may have a second property different from the first property, or the core component and the surrounding component may each have a different value or range of values for the same property. Alternatively, a reservoir may comprise a rod that includes fibers and has a cross-sectional diameter. At least one property of the rod may vary in value along the cross-sectional diameter of the rod. The property may include, for example, fiber bulk density, fiber diameter, fiber material, fiber morphology, fiber surface tension, capillary force, fluid absorption capacity, color, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Porex Technologies CorporationInventors: David Bradley Harris, Kevin Sporrer, Janie Wierzbicki, Ronald Eugene Billups, Yelena Rogova, Thomas E. Harris, Qiang Zhou, Timothy Allen Martin, Xingguo Li, Guoqiang Mao
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Publication number: 20240002196Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the transport of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items to one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces. The present disclosure is also directed to the holding of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items during transport to one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces. The present disclosure is also directed to the holding of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items on one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: TIMOTHY ALLEN NIEDZWIECKI, SCOTT DAVID COMPTON
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Publication number: 20230410431Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for a dynamic, reconfigurable virtual reality environment with in-environment access to external data and resources. Implementations of these systems also provide an external mechanism for modifying other aspects of the virtual reality experience with no need to recode or compile the experience. This can alter the primary flow of the experience, change its behavior based on the specific user accessing it and add branded or customer-specific aspects to the application. The same level or environment can provide drastically different experiences for various users from beginners through experts, even allowing the option of random or ordered events, controllable by an instructor or administrator, through simple configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: OBERON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Scott ALLEN, Timothy ALLEN
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Publication number: 20230395211Abstract: A method for prioritized updating of a node graph data structure includes storing a node graph comprising a plurality of patient nodes and a plurality of attribute nodes; receiving, by the one or more processors, a set of data from one or more data sources, each of the one or more data sources corresponding to a different clinic visited by one or more patients represented in the node graph; inserting a first piece of data regarding a first patient having a first patient node in the node graph into a first queue and a second piece of data regarding a second patient having a second patient node in the node graph into a second queue; and updating the node graph with the first piece of data prior to updating the node graph with the second piece of data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Michigan Health Information Network Shared ServicesInventors: Matthew Englehart, Timothy Allen Pletcher
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Publication number: 20230373457Abstract: A diagnostic system and method obtain a thermal signature for one or more first components of a powered system. The thermal signature represents thermal measurements obtained at different locations of the powered system. The system and method identify an abnormal operating condition of the one or more first components of the powered system or one or more second components of the powered system based on the thermal signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Robert Snyder, Long Wang Lucas Lin, Bill Bailey, Sean Patrick Cillessen, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Janmejay Tripathy, Andrew Ryan Staats, Timothy Allen Schultz, Milan Karunaratne, Evan Sevel, Adam Hausmann, Larry Chalmers, Alan Fisher, Amit Kenjale, Benjamin Henniges, Daniel Spencer, Danial Rice
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Patent number: 11802024Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the transport of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items to one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces. The present disclosure is also directed to the holding of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items during transport to one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces. The present disclosure is also directed to the holding of one or more loads of items including building materials and/or other items on one or more target surfaces including one or more elevated surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Nilec Solutions, LLCInventors: Timothy Allen Niedzwiecki, Scott David Compton
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Patent number: 11798142Abstract: A system includes a sensor including a set of cameras configured to capture a set of images of an enclosed space. The system further includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: (a) receiving the set of images captured by the set of cameras; (b) pre-processing the set of images to increase quality and reduce effect of ambient lighting; (c) building a disparity map for the set of images based at least in part on a relationship between the set of cameras; and (d) determining an occupancy of the enclosed space based at least in part on the disparity map. The system can be used to determine occupancy in a trailer with irregularly shaped cargo using low cost sensors.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: XIRGO TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Brian Joseph Walstrom, John Lee Ponti, Savanna Liah Steinmetz, Timothy Allen Nelson
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Publication number: 20230329814Abstract: A method of reprocessing a surgical instrument includes flowing a flow of irrigation fluid through an accessory drive device operably coupled to the surgical instrument, the accessory drive device comprising inflatable bladders, and the flow of irrigation fluid causing inflation of the bladders. The method further includes converting inflation of the bladders to motion of an input drive member of the surgical instrument; converting the motion of the input drive member to motion of an actuation element of the surgical instrument; converting the motion of the actuation element to motion of a distal component of the surgical instrument; and irrigating the surgical instrument with the flow of irrigation fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventor: Timothy Allen Limon
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Publication number: 20230319954Abstract: A heating pad having at least one heating element positioned within an encapsulation layer. Each heating element has a carbon fiber tape layer and a conductive sheath surrounding the carbon fiber tape layer. Within each heating element, an insulation layer can be positioned between the carbon fiber tape layer and the conductive sheath. The carbon fiber tape layer of each heating element can have opposing ends to which electrodes can be secured. Systems and methods of using and making the heating pad are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Zhaohui Yang, Timothy Allen, Carl Swanson
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Publication number: 20230293373Abstract: Support pad assemblies and person support apparatuses are disclosed. A person support apparatus includes a base frame, a longitudinal frame coupled to the base frame, and a support deck supported on the longitudinal frame. The longitudinal frame extends in a longitudinal direction and the support deck is adjustable from a planar configuration to a concave configuration or a convex configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Bennett DuBois, Ben Hertz, Timothy Allen Lane, Rachel L. Willliamson, Kiana Mathews Dezelon, Nicholas Mann, Varad Narayan Srivastava
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Patent number: 11763527Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for a dynamic, reconfigurable virtual reality environment with in-environment access to external data and resources. Implementations of these systems also provide an external mechanism for modifying other aspects of the virtual reality experience with no need to recode or compile the experience. This can alter the primary flow of the experience, change its behavior based on the specific user accessing it and add branded or customer-specific aspects to the application. The same level or environment can provide drastically different experiences for various users from beginners through experts, even allowing the option of random or ordered events, controllable by an instructor or administrator, through simple configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: OBERON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Scott Allen, Timothy Allen
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Publication number: 20230280157Abstract: A tool, such as a level, including one or more magnetic coupling device is provided. The magnetic coupling device may be a magnetic circuit including metal components surrounding a magnet, such as a permanent rare-earth magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Richard J. LaSota, Timothy Allen Schultz, Christopher Frederick Boehme, Adam Christopher Resnick
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Patent number: 11730553Abstract: A method of reprocessing a surgical instrument includes converting force associated with a flow of fluid used during reprocessing of a surgical instrument to a drive force to drive an input drive member of a transmission mechanism of the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventor: Timothy Allen Limon
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Publication number: 20230215082Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for a dynamic, reconfigurable virtual reality environment with in-environment access to external data and resources. Implementations of these systems also provide an external mechanism for modifying other aspects of the virtual reality experience with no need to recode or compile the experience. This can alter the primary flow of the experience, change its behavior based on the specific user accessing it and add branded or customer-specific aspects to the application. The same level or environment can provide drastically different experiences for various users from beginners through experts, even allowing the option of random or ordered events, controllable by an instructor or administrator, through simple configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Oberon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Scott Allen, Timothy Allen
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Publication number: 20230211817Abstract: In one example, a wayside device monitoring system is provided. The system may include a wayside device and a controller. The wayside device may detect one or more operating parameters of a vehicle in a vehicle system moving over a route segment. The controller can receive information from the wayside device regarding at least the one or more operating parameters detected, and can control movement the vehicle directly or indirectly based at least in part on the received information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Janmejay Tripathy, Andrew Ryan Staats, Timothy Allen Schultz, Milan Karunaratne, Evan Sevel, Adam Hausmann, Larry Chalmers, Alan Fisher, Amit Kenjale, Benjamin Henniges, Daniel Spencer, Danial Rice
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Patent number: 11691657Abstract: A vehicle control system and method wirelessly communicate from at least one wireless transmitter positioned proximate a route crossing to a wireless receiver of a vehicle via a wireless wayside transceiver. The system and method communicate an indication of whether the route crossing is clear for passage of the vehicle through the route crossing. The system and method receive the indication by the wireless transmitter and using the vehicle receiver. A vehicle controller or an operator of the vehicle can determine whether it is safe for the vehicle to travel through the route crossing based on the indication received by the vehicle receiver from the portable transmitter. The vehicle can then be operated based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Andrew Ryan Staats, Timothy Allen Schultz
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Patent number: 11686579Abstract: A tool, such as a level, including one or more magnetic coupling device is provided. The magnetic coupling device may be a magnetic circuit including metal components surrounding a magnet, such as a permanent rare-earth magnet.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Richard J. LaSota, Timothy Allen Schultz, Christopher Frederick Boehme, Adam Christopher Resnick
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Patent number: 11679443Abstract: An apparatus for a quick release cutting device blade assembly is provided. The apparatus includes a blade carrier assembly. The blade carrier assembly includes an adaptor and a backing plate configured to fit over the central post and including a second flat surface. The adaptor includes a flat end plate including a first flat surface, a central post, and a female threaded portion configured to be engaged to a male threaded portion of an output shaft of a cutting device. The blade carrier assembly is configured to affix a cutting device blade between the first flat surface and the second flat surface. The female threaded portion includes a thread pattern configured for resisting a tool-lock condition when a force transmitted through teeth of the thread pattern is maintained below a maximum operational force.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Lemco Products LLCInventors: Timothy Allen Steensma, Timothy John Morscheck
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Patent number: 11673092Abstract: A control valve for a reverse osmosis water purifying system provides a feed water port, a squeeze water port, a drain port, and a product water connection, each of which open into a bore. A first, second, and third O-rings are located in the bore successively between the feed water port, the squeeze water port, the drain port, and the product water connection. A control piston is moveably located in the bore of the housing. The control piston includes a vent/drain well in which a side is chamfered and at least one recess disposed around an end of the control piston. The vent/drain well provides a fluid passage between the squeeze water port and the drain port when the vent/drain well passes over the second O-ring. The fluid passage includes an opening formed between the second O-ring and the chamfered side of the vent/drain well, where the size of the opening is responsive to the position of the control piston.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Topper Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Timothy Allen Beall