Patents by Inventor William Carlson

William Carlson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240108451
    Abstract: The present invention includes an embolic protection device comprising a catheter having a self-expanding embolic filter that is disposed around the catheter proximal to a distal portion, wherein the embolic filter comprises a frame, and the frame defines an opening of the embolic filter that faces the distal end of the catheter; a deployment mechanism that is disposed around at least a portion of the catheter, wherein the deployment mechanism is longitudinally movable with respect to the catheter, the deployment mechanism is configured to contain the embolic filter in a collapsed configuration, and the embolic filter is configured to self-expand upon the longitudinal retraction of the deployment mechanism; and a wire coupled to the frame for expanding the size or diameter of the embolic filter opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: William M. Merhi, Andy Black, Mark Carlson, Josh Greene, Kelly Jensen, Andy Leopold, Ben Rockwell
  • Publication number: 20240102773
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a viewing optic. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic with an active display and an enabler interface. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a system comprising a viewing optic with an active display and an imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Calen Havens, William Lowry, Sam Hamilton, Ian Klemm, Tom Cody, Garrison Bollig, Andy Carlson, Cory Taylor, Tim Rue, Tony Palzkill, Keegan Jauch, Zach Sausen, Alexander Lewis
  • Publication number: 20240101319
    Abstract: An example lid assembly can include a lid and a slider. The lid can include a wall defining a recess. The slider can be configured to slide in the recess and can be configured to move between a closed position where the slider covers an opening to aid in preventing spilling of contents of the container, and an opened position where the slider uncovers the opening such that the contents may be poured from the container. The slider can be configured to be removable from the lid and can be replaced back on the lid. Additionally, the slider can be formed from upper and lower sled elements 130,136 that are magnetically coupled to one another. In some examples, the lower sled of the slider may include an air vent with rounded entry portions, and the lid assembly may include engaging members with ramped surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Cody Jinkins, Andy Bondhus, Mark Carlson Rane, Dustin Bullock, John Fritz, William Drinkwater, Matthew Bryson, Elizabeth Ruchte
  • Publication number: 20240018968
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11859624
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Publication number: 20230226465
    Abstract: A gas separator for removing suspended gas from a fluid is provided. A plurality of pipes define an overall fluid pathway that includes: a first fluid path from the first fluid chamber to the third fluid chamber, the first fluid path passing through the second fluid chamber without interacting with contents the second fluid chamber, the first fluid pathway being narrower than the first fluid chamber such that fluid flows through the first fluid pathway faster than through the first fluid chamber; a second fluid path from the third fluid chamber to the second fluid chamber, the second fluid path extending at least partially along an exterior wall of the second and third fluid chamber; and a third fluid path from the second fluid chamber to the fourth fluid chamber, the third path passing through the second fluid chamber without interacting with content of the second fluid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: WESTERN INTELLECT LLC
    Inventors: Kent PRESZLER, William CARLSON
  • Publication number: 20230193911
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11608411
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include one or more UV-C light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the UV-C unit. The UV-C unit is mounted on either a universal mounting mechanism or a mobile support unit to provide mobility to the UV-C unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11578726
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Publication number: 20230008689
    Abstract: A method to prove the safety (e.g., value-alignment) and other properties of artificial intelligence systems possessing general and/or super-human intelligence (together, AGI). The method uses probabilistic proofs in Interactive proof systems (IPS), in which a Verifier queries a computationally more powerful Prover and reduces the probability of the Prover deceiving the Verifier to any specified low probability (e.g., 2?100) IPS-based procedures can be used to test AGI behavior control systems that incorporate hard-coded ethics or valuelearning methods. An embodiment of the method, mapping the axioms and transformation rules of a behavior control system to a finite set of prime numbers, makes it possible to validate safe behavior via IPS number-theoretic methods. Other IPS embodiments can prove an unlimited number of AGI properties. Multi-prover IPS, program-checking IPS, and probabilistically checkable proofs extend the power of the paradigm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Kristen William Carlson
  • Publication number: 20220275150
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include one or more UV-C light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the UV-C unit. The UV-C unit is mounted on either a universal mounting mechanism or a mobile support unit to provide mobility to the UV-C unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Publication number: 20220170472
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11332573
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including an air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air exiting the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile. The fixture may be housed in a recessed fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11255336
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: WLC Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Publication number: 20210397998
    Abstract: in an artificial general intelligence system that is safe for humans, distributed ledger technology (DLT, ‘blockchain’) is integral to the methods to reduce the probability of hacking, provide an audit trail to cheaply detect and correct errors or identify components causing vulnerability or failure and replace them or shut them down remotely and/or automatically. Smart contracts based on DLT are necessary to address evolution of AI that will be too fast for human monitoring and intervention. Proposed methods of a safe AGI system: 1) Access to technology by market license. 2) Transparent ethics embodied in DLT. 3) Morality encrypted via DLT. 4) Behavior control structure with values (ethics) at roots. 5) Individual bar-code identification of all critical components. 6) Configuration Item (from business continuity/disaster recovery planning). 7) Identity verification secured via multi-factor authentication and DLT. 8) ‘Smart’ automated contracts based on DLT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Kristen William Carlson
  • Publication number: 20210386732
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a semi-solid composition, comprising a gelling component in a sufficient amount to provide a cohesive gelled product, an anti-histamine composition, comprising an antihistamine, and a complexing agent, wherein the complexing agent is capable of interacting with the antihistamine and forming an antihistamine complex. In one embodiment, the antihistamine comprises diphenhydramine, cetirizine, levocetirizine, loratadine, desloratadine, fexofenadine, azelastine, bilastine, rupatadine, or a derivative, salt or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Feng WAN, William CARLSON
  • Publication number: 20210361661
    Abstract: A semi-solid composition comprising a gelling component in a sufficient amount to provide a cohesive gelled product, a caffeinated component comprising caffeine, wherein the caffeinated component is bitter, and a complexing component, wherein the complexing component is configured to reduce the bitterness of the caffeinated component by complexing with the caffeinated component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Feng WAN, William CARLSON, Bradley FITCH
  • Patent number: 11138277
    Abstract: An adaptive link is generated for delivering a device platform-specific and personalized digital pass. When the adaptive link is activated by an end user, a network request is sent from an end-user device to a digital pass management system. The network request may include header information that identifies the device platform of the end-user device. The digital pass management system extracts query string parameters included in the adaptive link. Based on the parameters, a personalized data set in a specific data format such as JSON is generated. A template that is compatible to the device platform is selected. A digital pass that is compatible with the device platform is generated and delivered based on the requirements of the end-user device. In some cases, the adaptive link may include location information such as latitude and longitude coordinates. The digital pass generated may also be location specific.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Airship Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Ackerman, Marc William Carlson, Stefan Schulz
  • Publication number: 20210241149
    Abstract: in an artificial general intelligence system that is safe for humans, distributed ledger technology (DLT, ‘blockchain’) is integral to the methods to reduce the probability of hacking, provide an audit trail to cheaply detect and correct errors or identify components causing vulnerability or failure and replace them or shut them down remotely and/or automatically. Smart contracts based on DLT are necessary to address evolution of AI that will be too fast for human monitoring and intervention. Proposed methods of a safe AGI system: 1) Access to technology by market license. 2) Transparent ethics embodied in DLT. 3) Morality encrypted via DLT. 4) Behavior control structure with values (ethics) at roots. 5) Individual bar-code identification of all critical components. 6) Configuration Item (from business continuity/disaster recovery planning). 7) Identity verification secured via multi-factor authentication and DLT. 8) ‘Smart’ automated contracts based on DLT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Kristen William Carlson
  • Patent number: D1020379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
    Inventors: Neil M. Day, Jr., Jeremy John Kuempel, Christopher William Ledesma, Thomas Drew Carlson