Patents by Inventor Wayne A. Anderson

Wayne A. Anderson 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: 11976881
    Abstract: A desolventizer for processing solvent-wet solid material may include a thermal recirculation loop to increase thermal performance. In some examples, the desolventizer includes a housing, an ejector, and a vent. The housing contains a first tray and a second tray vertically elevated above the first tray to define a processing space. The ejector has an inlet located between the first tray and the second tray and an outlet also located between the first tray and the second tray. The vent has an inlet located between the first tray and the second tray. In operation, the ejector can draw gas from the processing space via the inlet and discharge the gas through the outlet back into the processing space, creating a recirculation loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CROWN IRON WORKS COMPANY
    Inventors: Benjamin Wayne Floan, George E. Anderson, Paul William Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20240087010
    Abstract: An automated teller machine comprises a communications module; an image module; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive a first cheque for deposit; engage the image module to capture an image of the first cheque; send, via the communications module and to a server computer system, a signal that includes the image of the first cheque for acceptance; send, via the communications module and to an automated teller machine switch, a signal that includes a request for transaction authorization approval based on the first cheque; receive, via the communications module and from the server computer system, a signal that includes an indication of acceptance of the image of the first cheque; receive, via the communications module and from the automated teller machine switch, a signal that includes an indication of approval of the request for the transaction authorization based on the first cheque; and responsive to r
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: A. Warren PRATTEN, Anthony Wayne MILES, Graham Allan ANDERSON, Tristan RODZEN, David H. SCHLEICHER, Robert John FARMER, Giovanni FAVRETTO, Chico Chi-Kuo LAM
  • Patent number: 11915541
    Abstract: A display, as for an electronic gaming machine, includes one or more rotatable mechanical reels including at least one variable displaying position at which the display may be varied. Content is displayed at the variable displaying position when the variable displaying position registers with the display. One or more reels can include a reel strip which includes at one location a pre-printed symbol and at another location a window. A video display can be arranged, configured and controlled by a processor to cast a display at the inside of the reel to impart light and video effects to pre-printed symbol locations or to cast video content through the reel strip window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jeffery Anderson, Linn Anthony McKay, Scott Monroe Stewart, Anthony Wayne Bond
  • Publication number: 20240058016
    Abstract: A system including an instrument having a working tool configured to penetrate a tissue; a sensor configured to generate in real-time one or more torque signals related to torque of the working tool; a controller in operative communication with the sensor and configured to receive the one or more torque signals. The controller processes the torque signals into one or more processed signals representative of torque, energy, power or a combination thereof. The system also includes a display providing to the user in real-time the one or more processed signals. Related devices, systems, methods, and articles are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Quartus Engineering Incorporated
    Inventors: Wayne Anderson, John J. Perry, Michael M. Karch, Anthony D. Truscott, Edward J. Dohring
  • Patent number: 11839385
    Abstract: A system including an instrument having a working tool configured to penetrate a tissue; a sensor configured to generate in real-time one or more torque signals related to torque of the working tool; a controller in operative communication with the sensor and configured to receive the one or more torque signals. The controller processes the torque signals into one or more processed signals representative of torque, energy, power or a combination thereof. The system also includes a display providing to the user in real-time the one or more processed signals. Related devices, systems, methods, and articles are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUARTUS ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Anderson, John J. Perry, Michael M. Karch, Anthony D. Truscott, Edward J. Dohring
  • Publication number: 20230382500
    Abstract: A benthic lander can include a frame structure that comprises a plurality of frames, wherein each frame is formed with a central aperture, and a first plurality of coupling structures coupling adjacent frames of the plurality of frames. The benthic lander can also include at least one pressure vessel formed with an interior cavity comprising electronics disposed within the interior cavity. Each pressure vessel can be disposed within the central aperture of at least one frame of the plurality of frames such that the at least one frame holds the pressure vessel in place. A weight structure can be disposed underneath the frame structure, wherein the weight structure is removably coupled to the frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Yolanda Meriah Arias-Thode, David B Chadwick, Kevin Hardy, Alexander Stevens-Bracy, Gregory Wayne Anderson, Matthew Lanford Bond
  • Publication number: 20230165592
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for creating a bore in bone. The devices and methods described involve driving a rotating bit in an axial direction such that both rotation and linear movement are controlled and measurable. The instrument is useful for a surgeon to control and simultaneously measure the travel of the tool into the bone and prevent injury to surrounding structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventor: Wayne Anderson
  • Patent number: 11651074
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed herein to accelerate security threat investigation. An example apparatus includes a model trainer to train a security investigation model, a game engine to determine a source security software product and a destination security software product of a security threat object, an actions database to store at least one of the previous security response action, the source security software product, the destination security software product, and the security threat object, an action generator to generate at least one suggested security response action in response to a user security investigation action, wherein the suggested security response action is based on an execution of the security investigation model, and a software product controller to adjust a display of the destination security software product of the security threat object in response to the security response action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MUSARUBRA US LLC
    Inventor: Wayne Anderson
  • Patent number: 11517324
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for creating a bore in bone. The devices and methods described involve driving a rotating bit in an axial direction such that both rotation and linear movement are controlled and measurable. The instrument is useful for a surgeon to control and simultaneously measure the travel of the tool into the bone and prevent injury to surrounding structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Smart Medical Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Anderson
  • Patent number: 11422519
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for controlling machine configurations. An example method includes deter mining a desired trajectory of an auxiliary machine based at least in part on a desired work path or an alignment of a host machine and the auxiliary machine; determining a first actual trajectory of the auxiliary machine based on i) determining a first distance between a first side of the auxiliary machine and the host machine and ii) determining a second distance between a second side of the auxiliary machine and the host machine, the first side is opposite the second side; comparing the desired trajectory of the auxiliary machine to the first actual trajectory of the auxiliary machine; and when the first actual trajectory does not satisfy a threshold distance of the desired trajectory, selecting a trajectory-assist mode to steer the auxiliary machine toward the desired trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Noel Wayne Anderson, Bryan Kirk Buerkle, Niels Dybro
  • Publication number: 20210342442
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed herein to accelerate security threat investigation. An example apparatus includes a model trainer to train a security investigation model, a game engine to determine a source security software product and a destination security software product of a security threat object, an actions database to store at least one of the previous security response action, the source security software product, the destination security software product, and the security threat object, an action generator to generate at least one suggested security response action in response to a user security investigation action, wherein the suggested security response action is based on an execution of the security investigation model, and a software product controller to adjust a display of the destination security software product of the security threat object in response to the security response action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Wayne Anderson
  • Patent number: 10925619
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for creating a bore in bone. The devices and methods described involve controlling the drive and measuring the drilling energy of a working tool such that a user can avoid injuries to surrounding structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SMART MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Wayne Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200323541
    Abstract: A system including an instrument having a working tool configured to penetrate a tissue; a sensor configured to generate in real-time one or more torque signals related to torque of the working tool; a controller in operative communication with the sensor and configured to receive the one or more torque signals. The controller processes the torque signals into one or more processed signals representative of torque, energy, power or a combination thereof. The system also includes a display providing to the user in real-time the one or more processed signals. Related devices, systems, methods, and articles are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: SMART MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Anderson, John J. Perry, Michael M. Karch, Anthony D. Truscott, Edward J. Dohring
  • Patent number: 10736643
    Abstract: A system including an instrument having a working tool configured to penetrate a tissue; a sensor configured to generate in real-time one or more torque signals related to torque of the working tool; a controller in operative communication with the sensor and configured to receive the one or more torque signals. The controller processes the torque signals into one or more processed signals representative of torque, energy, power or a combination thereof. The system also includes a display providing to the user in real-time the one or more processed signals. Related devices, systems, methods, and articles are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SMART MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Anderson, John J. Perry, Michael M. Karch, Anthony D. Truscott, Edward J. Dohring
  • Publication number: 20200250185
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for storing and manipulating customer transaction data received from a plurality of sources. The method may use a computer system comprising a storage device for storing the customer transaction data and a processor for processing the customer transaction data. The method may comprise receiving the customer transaction data, the customer transaction data relating to spending characteristics; appending customer demographic information to the customer transaction data, the customer demographic information including customer demographic variables; organizing the customer transaction data within a predetermined organizational structure; aggregating the customer transaction data based on at least one of customer demographic variables and spending characteristics; and creating a customer profile based on the customer transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Russell Wayne Anderson, Pavel Bogdanov Nedanov, Shantanu Chandra
  • Publication number: 20200133216
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for controlling machine configurations. An example method includes deter mining a desired trajectory of an auxiliary machine based at least in part on a desired work path or an alignment of a host machine and the auxiliary machine; determining a first actual trajectory of the auxiliary machine based on i) determining a first distance between a first side of the auxiliary machine and the host machine and ii) determining a second distance between a second side of the auxiliary machine and the host machine, the first side is opposite the second side; comparing the desired trajectory of the auxiliary machine to the first actual trajectory of the auxiliary machine; and when the first actual trajectory does not satisfy a threshold distance of the desired trajectory, selecting a trajectory-assist mode to steer the auxiliary machine toward the desired trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Noel Wayne Anderson, Bryan Kirk Buerkle, Niels Dybro
  • Publication number: 20200060694
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for creating a bore in bone. The devices and methods described involve driving a rotating bit in an axial direction such that both rotation and linear movement are controlled and measurable. The instrument is useful for a surgeon to control and simultaneously measure the travel of the tool into the bone and prevent injury to surrounding structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Wayne Anderson
  • Patent number: 10539935
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for controlling machine configurations. An example method includes determining a desired trajectory of an auxiliary machine based at least in part on a desired work path or an alignment of a host machine and the auxiliary machine; determining a first actual trajectory of the auxiliary machine; comparing the desired trajectory of the auxiliary machine to the first actual trajectory of the auxiliary machine; when the first actual trajectory does not satisfy a threshold distance of the desired trajectory, crab steering the auxiliary machine toward the desired trajectory while a course of the host machine is different than a course of the auxiliary machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Noel Wayne Anderson, Bryan Kirk Buerkle, Niels Dybro
  • Patent number: 10456146
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for creating a bore in bone. The devices and methods described involve driving a rotating bit in an axial direction such that both rotation and linear movement are controlled and measurable. The instrument is useful for a surgeon to control and simultaneously measure the travel of the tool into the bone and prevent injury to surrounding structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Smart Medical Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Anderson
  • Publication number: 20190247057
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for creating a bore in bone. The devices and methods described involve controlling the drive and measuring the drilling energy of a working tool such that a user can avoid injuries to surrounding structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Wayne Anderson