Patents by Inventor A. Adam
A. Adam 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: 20250232666Abstract: A system and method for longitudinal control on approach to a traffic cluster includes receiving sensor data detected by one or more sensors in communication with a vehicle, processing the sensor data to determine that it indicates an approaching cluster, and verifying the approaching cluster by comparing the approaching cluster to route data and determining that the approaching cluster does not correspond to the route data. The method also includes generating a cluster confidence score for the approaching cluster based on a number of objects included in the approaching cluster, and initiating an open-loop longitudinal response to the approaching cluster. The method further includes performing a transition optimization on the open-loop longitudinal response to determine a handoff point for the vehicle, and, at the handoff point, transitioning from the open-loop longitudinal response to a closed-loop longitudinal response.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Paul A. Adam, Jeffrey Scott Parks, Bryan M. Joyner, Tetyana V. Mamchuk, Jaehoon Kim
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Publication number: 20250222925Abstract: A system for controlling lateral positioning in a host vehicle. The system includes a controller adapted to identify targets surrounding a planned path with at least one distance sensor on the host vehicle and determine at least one attribute for each of the targets. The controller is also adapted to determine a lane quality along the planned path with at least one optical sensor on the host vehicle and determine a first target point and a second target point based at least one on the attributes of the targets when the lane quality has degraded below a predetermined threshold. Furthermore, the controller is adapted to calculate a follow trajectory for the host vehicle based on the first and second target points and direct the host vehicle along the follow trajectory when a lane marker identification distance is less than a minimum look ahead distance for the host vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: July 10, 2025Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Namal P. Kumara, Tetyana V. Mamchuk, Christopher M. Churay, Paul A. Adam, Xuefei Yang, Jeffrey S. Parks, Riley Stroven
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Publication number: 20250221318Abstract: Magnetoelectric spin-orbit (MESO) devices, integrated circuit devices and systems with MESO devices, and methods of forming the same, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a first layer that includes a magnetoelectric material; one or more second layers over the first layer, where the second layer(s) include one or more ferromagnetic materials; a third layer over the second layer(s), where the third layer includes an antiferromagnetic material; and a fourth layer over the third layer, where the fourth layer includes at least one of a metal, a topological insulator, or a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2023Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Mahendra DC, Punyashloka Debashis, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Hai Li, Ian Alexander Young, Marko Radosavljevic, John J. Plombon, Scott B. Clendenning, Carly Rogan, Dominique A. Adams
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Publication number: 20250204938Abstract: Disclosed embodiments describe systems and methods to aspirate a thrombus. Embodiments include an elongate shaft configured for placement within a blood vessel of a subject and an aspiration lumen extending along the elongate shaft. Additionally, embodiments include multiple supply lumens extending along the elongate shaft which are configured to allow pressurized fluid to exit into the aspiration lumen to macerate thrombotic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Ted Su, Nianjiong Bei, Nora V. Legarda, Seung Hae Clare Chung, Gioconda Alvarado, Grant A. Adams, Dustin M. Cossio, Randolf von Oepen
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Publication number: 20250195091Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of an aspiration catheter comprising a tissue encroachment prevent assembly for preventing vessel tissue from being drawn into the aspiration lumen and/or into close proximity to an injection of pressurized fluid from a supply lumen during aspiration of a thrombus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2024Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventors: Ted Su, Jared Ryan G. Lumauig, Connie Vien Cheng, Seung Hae Clare Chung, Grant A. Adams, Rafael A. Castellanos Alvarez, Randolf von Oepen
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Publication number: 20250177065Abstract: A robotic surgical instrument includes a housing, a support plate disposed within the housing, and a shaft having a proximal end portion coupled to the support plate within the housing, a proximal segment, a distal segment, and an articulating portion interconnecting the proximal and distal segments. An end effector assembly is coupled to the distal segment of the shaft. A plurality of actuation components extends through the support plate and at least a portion of the shaft to operably couple to at least one of the end effector assembly, the articulating portion, or the distal segment to enable selective actuation of the end effector assembly. A seal configuration establishes seals against an interior annular surface of the shaft, about each actuation component of the plurality of actuation components, and within the proximal end portion of the shaft to inhibit fluid communication from the shaft into the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2025Publication date: June 5, 2025Inventors: Haralambos P. Apostolopoulos, Russell W. Holbrook, Jason G. Weihe, Zachary S. Heiliger, Dylan R. Kingsley, Crystal A. Adams
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Patent number: 12296854Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous operating mode. One method involves a controller associated with a vehicle identifying a visual attention state associated with a driver of the vehicle based at least in part on output of an imaging device onboard the vehicle, determining, based at least in part on the visual attention state, a driver lane preference corresponding to an adjacent lane in a visual attention direction relative to a current lane of travel for the vehicle, adjusting a priority associated with the adjacent lane corresponding to the driver lane preference and autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle to initiate maneuvering the vehicle from the current lane in a manner that is influenced by the adjusted priority associated with the adjacent lane.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Christopher Michael Churay, Paul A Adam, Reza Zarringhalam, Milad Jalaliyazdi
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Patent number: 12286111Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous operating mode. One method involves determining a current value for a range of view associated with a sensing device onboard the vehicle, determining a target value for the range of view based at least in part on a speed of the vehicle, and in response to determining the current value is less than the target value, determining a dropback adjustment distance based at least in part on a difference between target value for the range of view and an estimated distance to a closest in path (CIP) vehicle ahead of the vehicle within a current lane of travel, determining a longitudinal trajectory for the vehicle based at least in part on the dropback adjustment distance, and autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the longitudinal trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jeffrey Scott Parks, Paul A. Adam, Namal P. Kumara, Harsh Ketan Patel
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Patent number: 12258843Abstract: The well system includes a first piece of wellsite equipment and a monitoring and control unit. The first piece of wellsite equipment includes an electronic storage device storing information related to the first piece of wellsite equipment. The monitoring and control unit is in electronic communication with the storage device of the first piece of wellsite equipment and configured to receive the stored information from the first piece of wellsite equipment, identify the first piece of wellsite equipment, and configure operational settings of the first piece of wellsite equipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Alexander S. Chretien, Stanley V. Stephenson, Mark A. Adams
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Publication number: 20250090189Abstract: An end effector assembly includes a clevis having first and second spaced-apart arms, a ceiling, a floor, pivot and cam pins extending between the arms, and first and second jaw members. Each jaw member includes a proximal portion and a distal body extending distally from the clevis. The proximal portion of the first jaw member includes a first flag disposed between the first and second arms of the clevis, operably coupled to both the pivot pin and the cam pin, extending vertically at least partially through openings defined within the ceiling and floor. The proximal portion of the second jaw member includes second and third flags disposed between the first and second arms of the clevis in spaced-apart relative to one another and between the ceiling and the floor. The second and third flags are fixedly engaged to the clevis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Dylan R. Kingsley, Jason G. Weihe, William R. Whitney, Zachary S. Heiliger, Curtis M. Siebenaller, Crystal A. Adams
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Patent number: 12252121Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining, by a processor, that a lane centering feature is active in the vehicle; identifying, by the processor, a pattern of steering wheel torque; determining, by the processor, a driver requested offset based on a location of the vehicle and a location of a center of the lane; applying, by the processor, the driver requested offset to a planned trajectory of the vehicle; evaluating, by the processor, one or more duration conditions; and in response to the evaluating, selectively generating, by the processor, a control signal based on the planned trajectory with the driver requested offset.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Xuefei Yang, Paul A Adam, Tetyana V Mamchuk, Brian Porto, Ashraf Abualfellat
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Publication number: 20250083649Abstract: A method of automated vehicle braking control includes detecting a first object threat in a reverse travel path of a vehicle, monitoring a distance of the vehicle from the first object threat with respect to a time to collision threshold, and in response to a determination that the vehicle is crossing the time to collision threshold, initiating a first rear virtual bumper event by automatically applying brakes of the vehicle. The method includes storing a location of the first object threat, defining a boundary region surrounding the location of the first object threat, detecting a second object threat in the reverse travel path, comparing a location of the second object threat with the boundary region, and inhibiting automatic application of the brakes in response to a determination that the location of the second object threat is within the boundary region, to avoid a second rear virtual bumper event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Paul A. ADAM, Harsh Ketan PATEL, Zhiyuan DU, Tetyana V. MAMCHUK
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Patent number: 12240492Abstract: Methods and systems of controlling a vehicle. The methods and systems include switching to a second processor executed mode in response to determining that a range of perception information extends to a range end point that is closer to the vehicle than a first Look Ahead (LA) point. In the second processor executed mode: a motion planner requests a lateral controller to provide a closer LA point relative to the vehicle. The lateral controller determines the closer LA point and sends the closer LA point to the motion planner. The lateral controller generates control commands for an EPS system based on an error between a desired trajectory and an actual trajectory at the closer LA point. The motion planner generates the desired trajectory based on perception data and the closer LA point.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Tetyana V Mamchuk, Paul A Adam, Reza Zarringhalam, Zhi Li
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Publication number: 20250065363Abstract: A spray gun assembly for applying a coating with plural components includes a nozzle, a main pneumatic inlet, an atomizing air flow path, a fan air flow path, a colloidal feed inlet, an internal atomizing outlet, a pressurized feed inlet, and a catalyst outlet. The nozzle includes a main atomizing outlet and a fan air outlet. The main pneumatic inlet receives compressed air from a compressed air source. The colloidal feed inlet receives a colloidal suspension component of the coating via gravity feed from a gravity feed container. The pressurized feed inlet receives a catalyst component of the coating from a pressurized feed container. The catalyst outlet expels the catalyst component in the fan air flow path proximate the nozzle. A method for applying a coating with plural components is also provided. A system includes the gravity feed container, the pressurized feed container and the spray gun assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Waynie M. Schuette, Scott A. Adams, Anthony E. Dillard
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Patent number: 12226178Abstract: A robotic surgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft assembly extending distally from the housing, and an end effector assembly. The shaft assembly has a proximal segment coupled to the housing, a clevis supporting the end effector assembly, and at least one articulating link pivotably coupled to and interconnecting the proximal segment and the clevis such that the end effector assembly is configured to articulate relative to the proximal segment via the at least one articulating link in at least two directions.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2024Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Dylan R. Kingsley, Jason G. Weihe, William R. Whitney, Russell W. Holbrook, Zachary S. Heiliger, Curtis M. Siebenaller, Crystal A. Adams, Kurt J. Anglese
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Publication number: 20250051088Abstract: A valve dispenses flowable product from a container. The valve includes a mounting cup for mounting the valve on the container, a seal supported on the mounting cup, and a valve stem extending through the seal. The seal and the valve stem define a generally annular passage section of the valve passage that extends longitudinally along the valve axis radially between the valve stem and the seal. At least one of the valve stem and the seal includes a baffle extending transverse to the valve axis, the baffle defining a flow restriction along the generally annular passage section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventor: William A. Adams
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Publication number: 20250050872Abstract: A vehicle control system for evasive steering maneuvers includes a forward object detector configured to detect objects in a driving path of a vehicle, a steering wheel configured to control a steering direction of the vehicle, a vehicle user interface configured to display a visual indication to a driver and generate audio for the driver, and a vehicle control module configured to identify, via the forward object detector, an object in the driving path of the vehicle, determine an estimated time to collision with the object, and in response to the estimated time to collision being less than a specified time threshold, execute at least one of providing a visual indication of a recommended evasive steering maneuver to the driver via the vehicle user interface, generating an audio alert of the recommended evasive steering maneuver, applying steering torque to the steering wheel to indicate the recommended evasive steering maneuver.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Milad JALALIYAZDI, Reza ZARRINGHALAM, Brandon Alan SCHOETTLE, Yi Guo CLASER, Chad T. ZAGORSKI, Parisa MAHVELATISHAMSABADI, Paul A. ADAM, Tetyana V. MAMCHUK
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Patent number: 12220186Abstract: A robotic surgical instrument includes a housing, a support plate disposed within the housing, and a shaft having a proximal end portion coupled to the support plate within the housing, a proximal segment, a distal segment, and an articulating portion interconnecting the proximal and distal segments. An end effector assembly is coupled to the distal segment of the shaft. A plurality of actuation components extends through the support plate and at least a portion of the shaft to operably couple to at least one of the end effector assembly, the articulating portion, or the distal segment to enable selective actuation of the end effector assembly. A seal configuration establishes seals against an interior annular surface of the shaft, about each actuation component of the plurality of actuation components, and within the proximal end portion of the shaft to inhibit fluid communication from the shaft into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Haralambos P. Apostolopoulos, Russell W. Holbrook, Jason G. Weihe, Zachary S. Heiliger, Dylan R. Kingsley, Crystal A. Adams
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Publication number: 20250042415Abstract: Methods and systems for providing driving assistance in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining, by a processor, a trajectory of the vehicle along a roadway; determining, by the processor, a confidence score based on a predicted lateral acceleration and an actual lateral acceleration at a point along the trajectory; determining, by the processor, longitudinal velocity data based on the confidence score; and generating, by the processor, control signals to vehicle actuators to control the vehicle based on the longitudinal velocity data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Matthew Jared Palmer, Paul A. Adam, Tetyana V Mamchuk
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Publication number: 20250042393Abstract: A system for controlling lateral positioning in a host vehicle includes a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory. The host vehicle is located on a host lane defined by a host lane center. The controller is adapted to determine if a first and second enabling condition are met. The first enabling condition is met when the host vehicle is travelling on a non-divided road having no physical barrier separating respective traffic lanes travelling in opposing directions. The second enabling condition is met when the host lane is an inner most lane adjacent to an opposing traffic lane. When the first and second enabling conditions are both met, the controller is adapted to determine a non-divided road offset relative to the host lane center in real-time. Operation of the vehicle is controlled based in part on a magnitude, and a direction of the non-divided road offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Harsh K. Patel, Paul A. Adam, Xuefei Yang, Brian M. Porto, Christopher M. Churay