Patents by Inventor William A. Taylor
William A. Taylor 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: 11823561Abstract: A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a load control device. The remote control device may include a mounting assembly and a control unit that is removably attachable to the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly may include a release tab that is configured to be operated from a locking position in which the control unit is secured to the mounting assembly, to a release position in which the control unit may be detached from the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly may include a clamp that is configured to engage with the toggle actuator of a mechanical switch to which the remote control device is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Chris Dimberg, Matthew Philip McDonald, William Taylor Shivell
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Patent number: 11817257Abstract: A provided wireless wallbox dimmer may accommodate a plurality of button configurations. The dimmer may be configured to contain a variable number of controllably conductive devices. The dimmer may include a yoke that defines a first plane and an antenna that defines a second plane that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane. The yoke may have a flange that is oriented angularly offset relative to the first plane and provides a plurality of mounting locations for controllably conductive devices. The antenna may provide the dimmer with a first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a faceplate that cooperates with the antenna to provide the dimmer with a second wireless transmission range that is broader than the first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a button assembly that is supported independently of the yoke.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Ankit Bhutani, Nikhil Vithal Bhate, William Taylor Shivell, Sean R. Pearson
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Publication number: 20230351505Abstract: Systems are provided for compressing portfolios of open option positions. Market participants may provide constraints, such as net delta and gamma values within a specific tolerance. A compression engine uses a linear, integer and/or linear-quadratic programming solver to analyze portfolios of multiple market participants and identify multilateral option spread trades that result in portfolios that are compressed subject to the constraints.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.Inventors: Richard Co, Dhiraj Subhash Bawadhankar, Florian Huchedé, John Balaam Alexander Kerpel, Andrey Lopatin, Romil Pradip Parekh, Robert William Taylor
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Patent number: 11805590Abstract: Remote control devices may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may be mounted over a mechanical switch that is installed in a wallbox. The remote control device may include a control unit and a faceplate assembly. The faceplate assembly may include a mounting frame, an adapter plate, and a faceplate. The mounting frame may be configured to abut a bezel of the mechanical switch such that that the faceplate is spaced away from the bezel of the mechanical switch to enable the mounting ring to extend through respective openings in the adapter plate and the faceplate.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventor: William Taylor Shivell
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Patent number: 11791067Abstract: Bundled cables and methods for preparing bundled cable are disclosed herein. In the method, a plurality of subunits is wound about a central member. The subunits include a subunit jacket made of a first thermoplastic composition and has a first outer surface, and the central member includes a central member jacket made of a second thermoplastic composition and has a second outer surface. A metal element is provided at an interface of the second outer surface and the first outer surface of the subunits. The metal element is heated such that at least one of the first thermoplastic composition or the second thermoplastic composition forms bonds with the other of the first thermoplastic composition or the second thermoplastic composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: David Ralph Maack, Lars Kristian Nielsen, James Arthur Register, III, William Taylor Rowell
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Publication number: 20230313580Abstract: In one example, an apparatus includes a blow molded structure with one or more parting lines. The blow molded structure includes a body portion that is an integral part of the blow molded structure, and a pin that is integral with the body portion, and a portion of the pin is spaced apart from the body portion of the blow molded structure so that a space is defined between the portion of the pin and the body portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Jeremy Ross Wendt, Kent David Ashby, Kenneth William Taylor, James Dale Hatch
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Publication number: 20230281165Abstract: A computer implemented method of reducing data elements in a data file includes: receiving a data file including one or more primary data elements; storing the data file in a memory coupled to the processor; generating, from at least one of the one or more primary data elements, a plurality of supplemental data elements; determining whether any of the plurality of supplemental data elements and any of the primary data elements offset each other; and upon determining that at least one of the plurality of supplemental data elements and at least one of the primary data elements offset each other, deleting, from the data file, at least one of the offset supplemental data elements or primary data elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.Inventors: Anton Chuprun, Robert William Taylor, Sean Michael Downey, Matthew Scott Simpson, Matthew Steven Waldis, Jeffrey Graham Rosenthal
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Patent number: 11727491Abstract: Systems are provided for compressing portfolios of open option positions. Market participants may provide constraints, such as net delta and gamma values within a specific tolerance. A compression engine uses a linear, integer and/or linear-quadratic programming solver to analyze portfolios of multiple market participants and identify multilateral option spread trades that result in portfolios that are compressed subject to the constraints.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.Inventors: Richard Co, Dhiraj Subhash Bawadhankar, Florian Huchedé, John Balaam Alexander Kerpel, Andrey Lopatin, Romil Pradip Parekh, Robert William Taylor
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Patent number: 11712264Abstract: An access device for accessing an intervertebral disc having an outer shield comprising an access shield with a larger diameter (˜16-30 mm) that reaches from the skin down to the facet line, with an inner shield having a second smaller diameter (˜5-12 mm) extending past the access shield and reaches down to the disc level. This combines the benefits of the direct visual microsurgical/mini open approaches and the percutaneous, “ultra-MIS” techniques.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Medos International SarlInventors: Daniel Thommen, Joern Richter, Michael Wang, Richard Assaker, Richard Fessler, Christoph Mehren, Seang Beng Tan, William Taylor, Eric Buehlmann, Michael White, Piet Hinoul, Richard Kocharian
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Publication number: 20230197376Abstract: A remote control device may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may be configured to be mounted over an installed mechanical switch having a paddle actuator and may include a base and a control unit that is configured to be removably attached to the base. The base may include a frame, a clamp arm, a screw, and/or a sleeve. The clamp arm may be configured to secure the base to a protruding portion of the paddle actuator. The clamp arm may be attached to the frame at a pivot joint. The clamp arm may be configured to pivot about the pivot joint. The pivot joint may be located proximate to an endpoint or a midpoint of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventor: William Taylor Shivell
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Patent number: 11681658Abstract: A computer implemented method of reducing data elements in a data file includes: receiving a data file including one or more primary data elements; storing the data file in a memory coupled to the processor; generating, from at least one of the one or more primary data elements, a plurality of supplemental data elements; determining whether any of the plurality of supplemental data elements and any of the primary data elements offset each other; and upon determining that at least one of the plurality of supplemental data elements and at least one of the primary data elements offset each other, deleting, from the data file, at least one of the offset supplemental data elements or primary data elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.Inventors: Anton Chuprun, Robert William Taylor, Sean Michael Downey, Matthew Scott Simpson, Matthew Steven Waldis, Jeffrey Graham Rosenthal
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Publication number: 20230187127Abstract: A provided wireless wallbox dimmer may accommodate a plurality of button configurations. The dimmer may be configured to contain a variable number of controllably conductive devices. The dimmer may include a yoke that defines a first plane and an antenna that defines a second plane that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane. The yoke may have a flange that is oriented angularly offset relative to the first plane and provides a plurality of mounting locations for controllably conductive devices. The antenna may provide the dimmer with a first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a faceplate that cooperates with the antenna to provide the dimmer with a second wireless transmission range that is broader than the first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a button assembly that is supported independently of the yoke.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Ankit Bhutani, Nikhil Vithal Bhate, William Taylor Shivell, Sean R. Pearson
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Patent number: 11672562Abstract: An access device for accessing an intervertebral disc having an outer shield comprising an access shield with a larger diameter (˜16-30 mm) that reaches from the skin down to the facet line, with an inner shield having a second smaller diameter (˜5-12 mm) extending past the access shield and reaches down to the disc level. This combines the benefits of the direct visual microsurgical/mini open approaches and the percutaneous, “ultra-MIS” techniques.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARLInventors: Daniel Thommen, Joern Richter, Michael Wang, Richard Assaker, Richard Fessler, Christoph Mehren, Seang Beng Tan, William Taylor, Eric Buehlmann, Michael White
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Publication number: 20230179141Abstract: Foldable solar power systems are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a solar power system includes a support structure mounted to an intermediate bulk container (IBC) or other tank structure. A plurality of solar panels are mounted to the support structure. The support structure is movable between (a) a first configuration for storage and transport and (b) a second configuration for energy generation. In the first configuration, the solar panels are folded adjacent to a sidewall of the IBC. In the second configuration, the solar panels are opened/expanded and generally coplanar with one another. The solar panels can be aligned with a solar energy source in the second configuration to generate electrical energy. The IBC can be filled with a ballast material to anchor the solar panels in the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Takia Roberts, William Taylor
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Publication number: 20230144460Abstract: A diagnostic system for determining the presence of a target in a sample liquid that includes a diagnostic reader and a microfluidic strip having a microfluidic channel network therein. An actuator within the reader modifies the pressure of a gas in gaseous communication with a liquid-gas interface of a sample liquid within the microfluidic channel network to move and/or mix the sample liquid. The pressure modifications may be continuous and/or oscillatory.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Aman Murtaza Khan, Badr Aman Khan, Brian McGuigan, David William Taylor, David Kinniburgh Lang, John Iain William Deane, Lois Bello Fernandez De Sanmamed, Michael Flett, Phill Lowe, Steven Alexander Keatch, Usman Ali Khan, Dave Scott, Thomas J. Quinlan, Nigel Malcolm Lindner, Marcus Twomey, Graeme John McInnes
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Publication number: 20230131496Abstract: A control device includes a moving portion, a magnetic element coupled to the moving portion, at least one magnetic sensing circuit responsive to magnetic fields, and at least one magnetic flux pipe structure. The magnetic element may comprise alternating positive and negative sections configured to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic element may be any shape, such as circular, linear, etc. The magnetic sensing circuit may be radially offset from the magnetic element, and the magnetic flux pipe structure may be configured to conduct the magnetic field generated by the magnetic element towards the magnetic sensing circuit. The magnetic element may generate the magnetic field in a first plane, and the magnetic sensing may be responsive to magnetic fields in a second direction that is angularly offset from the first plane. The magnetic flux pipe structure may redirect the magnetic field towards the magnetic sensing circuit in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Alexander Wade Gage, Stephen M. Ludwig, JR., Robert C. Newman, JR., William Taylor Shivell
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Patent number: 11625030Abstract: A method of deriving autonomous control information involves receiving one or more sets of associated environment sensor information and device control instructions. Each set of associated environment sensor information and device control instructions includes environment sensor information representing an environment associated with an operator controllable device and associated device control instructions configured to cause the operator controllable device to simulate at least one action taken by at least one operator experiencing a representation of the environment generated from the environment sensor information.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Kindred Systems Inc.Inventors: Suzanne Gildert, George Samuel Rose, Graham William Taylor, James Bergstra
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Patent number: 11610748Abstract: A remote control device may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may be configured to be mounted over an installed mechanical switch having a paddle actuator and may include a base and a control unit that is configured to be removably attached to the base. The base may include a frame, a clamp arm, a screw, and/or a sleeve. The clamp arm may be configured to secure the base to a protruding portion of the paddle actuator. The clamp arm may be attached to the frame at a pivot joint. The clamp arm may be configured to pivot about the pivot joint. The pivot joint may be located proximate to an endpoint or a midpoint of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventor: William Taylor Shivell
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Publication number: 20230080761Abstract: A hydrogel-based biological delivery vehicle used to effectively deliver drug and biological material to tissue or organ sites. More specifically, a hydrogel binding matrix having a biopolymer backbone containing carboxyl groups. Tyramine may be substituted for at least a portion of the carboxyl groups, so that, when hydrogen peroxide is added, it causes creation of covalent bonds between tyramine molecules and cross-links the hydrogel binding matrix, thereby enabling the hydrogel binding matrix to transition from liquid to gel state. The hydrogel binding matrix, in its liquid form, is capable of encapsulating drug reservoirs to create a homogenous liquid with evenly distributed particles containing drugs or target molecules. As the hydrogel binding matrix solidifies into a gel state, the newly created cross-links do not disrupt or react with the drugs or target molecules contained within the drug reservoirs. This hydrogel-based biological delivery vehicle can be used in several medical applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: William Taylor, Daniel Sipple, James Segermark
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Patent number: 11574771Abstract: A provided wireless wallbox dimmer may accommodate a plurality of button configurations. The dimmer may be configured to contain a variable number of controllably conductive devices. The dimmer may include a yoke that defines a first plane and an antenna that defines a second plane that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane. The yoke may have a flange that is oriented angularly offset relative to the first plane and provides a plurality of mounting locations for controllably conductive devices. The antenna may provide the dimmer with a first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a faceplate that cooperates with the antenna to provide the dimmer with a second wireless transmission range that is broader than the first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a button assembly that is supported independently of the yoke.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Ankit Bhutani, Nikhil Vithal Bhate, William Taylor Shivell, Sean R. Pearson