Patents by Inventor William Charles
William Charles 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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Publication number: 20240138573Abstract: A body support structure includes a base, a seat and a backrest, with the backrest connected to the base with a torsion leaf spring. The torsion leaf spring may be configured with a plurality of fingers, and/or one or more flex regions. One or more struts may be connected between the seat or backrest and the base. In another aspect, the seat and/or backrest may be supported with one or more links that provide a counter-intuitive motion. In another aspect, a link may be coupled to a support with a flexible blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gary Karsten, Mark Spoelhof
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Publication number: 20240132260Abstract: A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell and a container. The coupling shell is provided with a dispensing opening and at least one front aperture. The container includes a membrane seal engaged with a sealing surface of the container. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Richard Christopher HAGEE, William Michael CANNON, John Charles VAN RENS, Kerry Lloyd WEAVER
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Publication number: 20240130571Abstract: A cutting board with one or more cut-out sections is provided. The cutting board includes at least one work surface and a frame that transitions from a first (e.g., closed, stowed) position to a second position in which the frame at least partially defines a cut-out for removably holding one or more containers. The work surface may be used to prepare food ingredients, which are easily transported to the one or more containers. When work is complete, the containers are removed and the frame is returned to the first position, in which the cutting board occupies less space than in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2024Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TidyBoard LLCInventors: Matthew Charles, Mark Van Velzen, William Charles
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Publication number: 20240132261Abstract: A coupling shell including a top wall, a shell wall, a front aperture in the top wall, a dispensing opening in the top wall, and a neck fitment projecting into the shell interior of the shell wall. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Kerry Lloyd WEAVER, Richard Christopher HAGEE, William Michael CANNON, John Charles VAN RENS
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Publication number: 20240130599Abstract: A dispensing system for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing system includes a housing partially enclosing a cavity and a cradle moveable within the housing along a z-axis from a first position to a second position. The dispensing system further includes a chassis and a sliding lock that includes an open frame. An inlet canula projects through the open frame. When the cradle is in the second position, the inlet canula entrance projects through the open frame and through a liquid transport aperture in the cradle. Latches extending from the open frame also project through engagement apertures in the cradle when the cradle is in the second position. The dispensing system further includes a pump in fluid communication with the inlet canula and a mop head in fluid communication with the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Kerry Lloyd WEAVER, Richard Christopher HAGEE, William Michael CANNON, John Charles VAN RENS
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Patent number: 11963499Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PZDF21B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PZDF21B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PZDF21B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PZDF21B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PZDF21B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PZDF21B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Cristiano Lemes Da Silva, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall
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Patent number: 11964059Abstract: A method of delivering a health care active having the steps of administering to a mammal in need of a health benefit or a treatment for a health condition a personal health care article and consuming the article. The article contains one or more filaments that contain a backbone material, a health care active and optionally aesthetic agents, extensional aids, plasticizers, and crosslinking agents.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Trevor John Darcy, Steven Ray Gilbert, Gregory Charles Gordon, Rajeev Chhabra, William Maxwell Allen
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Patent number: 11964895Abstract: A method of forming a glass sheet comprises: (a) forming a ribbon of glass from molten glass with a pair of forming rollers; (b) reducing horizontal temperature variability of the ribbon of glass to be 10° C. or less across 80 percent of an entire width of the ribbon of glass before the ribbon of glass cools to a glass transition temperature; (c) controlling a cooling rate of the ribbon of glass while the ribbon of glass moves vertically downward within a setting zone such that the ribbon of glass has a first average cooling rate before the ribbon of glass cools to the glass transition temperature and a second average cooling rate after the ribbon of glass cools to the glass transition temperature, the first average cooling rate being less than the second average cooling rate; and (d) separating a glass sheet from the ribbon of glass.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Douglas Dale Bressler, David Alan Deneka, Michael Charles Gerrish, Douglas Hull Jennings, Miki Eugene Kunitake, William Edward Lock, Shyam Prasad Mudiraj, Neil Eugene Partridge, Jeremy Nathan Payne, Eugene Roland Proulx, II, Ryan Christopher Sutton, Steven Howard Tarcza
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Patent number: 11963621Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a support shell including a seat portion and a chair back portion each configured to support a seated user, the chair seat portion having a front region and a rear region and the chair back portion having an upper region and a lower region, where the rear region of the seat portion is coupled to the lower region of the chair back portion, a control member including a substantially flexible front support and an attachment point, where the front support engages the support shell in the front region of the seat portion and the control member engages the back portion, and a substantially rigid second support attached to the control member at the attachment point, wherein the control member is an integral, one-piece component including multiple flex regions configured to allow the support shell to move between an upright and reclined position.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: James Ludwig, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt Heidmann, Bruce Michael Smith, Mark Spoelhof
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Patent number: 11966737Abstract: Systems and methods for an efficient and robust multiprocessor-coprocessor interface that may be used between a streaming multiprocessor and an acceleration coprocessor in a GPU are provided. According to an example implementation, in order to perform an acceleration of a particular operation using the coprocessor, the multiprocessor: issues a series of write instructions to write input data for the operation into coprocessor-accessible storage locations, issues an operation instruction to cause the coprocessor to execute the particular operation; and then issues a series of read instructions to read result data of the operation from coprocessor-accessible storage locations to multiprocessor-accessible storage locations.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventors: Ronald Charles Babich, Jr., John Burgess, Jack Choquette, Tero Karras, Samuli Laine, Ignacio Llamas, Gregory Muthler, William Parsons Newhall, Jr.
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Patent number: 11963702Abstract: A bolster system having a first bolster device, a second bolster device, and an adjustable tether that includes a one-way pre-tied slideable adjustment knot. The adjustment knot is at a first position prior to insertion of the first bolster device into a passageway in one or more bones. The second bolster device includes a body portion having an outer portion that is sized to be received in the passageway and/or in an aperture of a bone plate. The body portion also includes a channel that is sized to accommodate recessed and/or embedded placement of the pre-tied slideable adjustment knot. The second bolster device can also include an oversized plate portion that abuts against a cortex of a bone or a wall of a bone plate. The second bolster device can also include a threaded member or retention tab that lockingly secures the second bolster device to a bone plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Paul O'Connor, Michael Charles Ferragamo, William R. Davis, Rajesh Sivakumar
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Publication number: 20240129259Abstract: A durability assessment system may receive a request, from a computing system, for a durability index describing an entity. The durability assessment system may determine the durability index based on information about the resource usage by the entity, such as a resource availability score or a resource allocation score. The durability assessment system may compare the obtained resource availability score and resource allocation score to ranges associated with a set of durability indices. Based on the comparison, the durability assessment system may determine a durability index for the entity. The durability index may indicate an ability of the entity to return accessed resources. In some cases, the durability assessment system may provide the durability index to an allocation computing system that is configured to determine whether to grant access to resources based on the durability index.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Todd Duncan HOOVER, Brandi Nicole RECKER, William Charles GATES, Sean Patrick MCKEOWN, Matthew Richard JACKSON, Dinesh Hiro WADHWANI
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Patent number: 11947780Abstract: A method at an electronic device with a display includes: displaying a user interface having a first region and a second region; receiving, and displaying in the first region of the user interface, a live video stream of a physical environment captured by a remote video camera; displaying, in the second region, a timeline corresponding to a timespan for a first portion of a duration during which the live video stream may have been recorded; in response to receiving a user interaction to move the timespan to a second portion of the duration, transitioning the displayed timeline to a new timeline that corresponds to the timespan for the second portion, and while transitioning, displaying, in the first region, a subset of video frames representing the first and/or second portion of the duration.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Christopher Charles Burns, George Alban Heitz, III, James Edward Stewart, Cameron Hill, Seungho Yang, Joe Delone Venters, William Alex Finlayson, Carsten Hinz, Timothy Samuel Psiaki, Nathan Scott Klee, Gregory Rourk Nelson, Kevin James Avery, Lawrence W. Neal, Martin Davidsson
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Publication number: 20240102241Abstract: This disclosure pertains to the use of black liquors from kraft pulp mills as a source of catalysts for the thermochemical conversion of organic matter feedstocks to bio oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicants: Canfor Pulp Ltd., Licella Pty Ltd.Inventors: William Neil Rowlands, Leonard James Humphreys, Robert William Clayton Thew, James Allan Spankie, Victor Charles Uloth, Pawl Andrew Watson, Martin William Pudlas
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Publication number: 20240101274Abstract: An electric pushback vehicle includes a frame having a forward portion and a rear portion. The vehicle further includes front drive axle and a rear drive axle configured to communicate power to ground engaging members. A traction battery is housed within the electric pushback vehicle and provides electric power to an electric motor to drive an output shaft. A transmission is connected to receive mechanical power from the electric motor through a torque converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Trevor Douglas ROEBUCK, Brian Wallace YODER, Patrick Dwaine WARDEN, Chase Cherek SCHOFIELD, Robert Charles BRADLEY, Anthony Christopher MORRIS, Joshua David BARNES, William Cole KOSTER, Ian Kendall BALK, James Chandler LIGGETT
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Publication number: 20240104826Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for improving the throughput of ray intersection or visibility queries performed by a ray tracing hardware accelerator. Throughput is improved, for example, by releasing allocated resources before ray visibility query results are reported by the hardware accelerator. The allocated resources are released when the ray visibility query results can be stored in a compressed format outside of the allocated resources. When reporting the ray visibility query results, the results are reconstructed based on the results stored in the compressed format. The compressed format storage can be used for ray visibility queries that return no intersections or terminate on any hit ray visibility query. One or more individual components of allocated resources can also be independently deallocated based on the type of data to be returned and/or results of the ray visibility query.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Gregory MUTHLER, John BURGESS, Ronald Charles BABICH, JR., William Parsons Newhall, JR.
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Publication number: 20240092077Abstract: A controller design for a dual input single output (DISO) system is applied to a robot for printing layouts at construction sites. The differential drive robot has a separately controlled linear actuator that moves the print head perpendicularly to the fore-aft axis of the robot. The output is the lateral position of the print head; the sum of the position of the linear actuator (faster stage) relative to a reference point on the front of the robot, which is determined by the steering of the robot (slower stage). Both are measurable. The controller coordinates the action of the separately controlled linear actuator and the differential steering to achieve fast convergence and sub-millimeter tracking. Simulations and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Sohum Misra, Ryan Michael Dimick, William Charles Messner, Philipp Josef Herget
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Publication number: 20240092296Abstract: A retractable step and side bar assembly that can be used for raised vehicles, such as trucks. The retractable step can be configured to provide for significant reach in a deployed position to allow for a user to enter the raised vehicle. Further, in the stowed position the retractable step can be located within the side bar, thereby providing a low profile as well as an enhanced aesthetic appearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Anthony Nicholas Smith, Eric Charles Bajza, William Franklin Bibb, VI
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Publication number: 20240093186Abstract: The disclosure provides, e.g., compositions, systems, and methods for targeting, editing, modifying, or manipulating a host cell's genome at one or more locations in a DNA sequence in a cell, tissue, or subject. Gene modifying systems for treating cystic fibrosis, e.g., in subjects having a mutation resulting in F508del, are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Robert Charles Altshuler, Anne Helen Bothmer, Daniel Raymond Chee, Cecilia Giovanna Silvia Cotta-Ramusino, Kyusik Kim, Randi Michelle Kotlar, Gregory David McAllister, Aamir Mir, Ananya Ray, Nathaniel Roquet, Carlos Sanchez, Barrett Ethan Steinberg, Robert James Citorik, William Edward Salomon, William Querbes, Luciano Henrique Apponi, Zhan Wang
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Patent number: D1020154Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William Michael Cannon, Richard Christopher Hagee, Victoria Jung, John Charles Van Rens, Kerry Lloyd Weaver