Patents by Inventor A. Andrews

A. Andrews 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: 20230196800
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a dispensing cabinet incorporating an image based counting system that includes one or more imaging devices (e.g., one or more color cameras) to capture images of one or more items (e.g., pills, capsules, pharmaceutical units, items for medical use, etc.). Control circuitry of the image based counting system is configured to determine one or more properties of the one or more items based on the images. The dispensing cabinet includes a cabinet housing comprising one or more containers to hold the one or more items, which may employ mounting hardware to releasably secure the image based counting system to the cabinet housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Sukalski, Jacob Green, Gregory Abel, Eric Holland, Cory Hainy
  • Publication number: 20230193978
    Abstract: A clamping cable lockout device includes a pair of clamp jaws that are supported by a body and an arm movable relative thereto. A jaw release permits a one-way ratcheting of the arm relative to the body to reduce the distance between the jaws unless the jaw release is actuated to a release position. The device also has a cable having an end secured to the body and a free end. A cable securing mechanism is supported by the body and has a lockable cover selectively permitting access thereto such that, when the cable securing mechanism receives the free end of the cable and the cover is closed, a closed loop by the cable which can only be made smaller. The lockable cover has a blocking arm that, when lockable cover is in the closed position, prevents actuation of the jaw release to the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Enger, Gene Gladkov, Benjamin Caccese, Carlos Soria
  • Publication number: 20230199285
    Abstract: A compact video surveillance device consisting of a 30× zoom camera with internal recorder, cellular modem, and a video compressor in a compact size that can be easily concealed; the device having a length of 96.9 mm, a height of 74.24 mm, and a width of 51.2 mm. Live video transfer is at bit rates as low as 10 kbps by the video compressor for transfer by the modem across 3G/4G/LTE networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ashworth, Elizabeth A. Goblirsch
  • Publication number: 20230195106
    Abstract: A mobile terminal system includes equipment used to establish a terminal site with at least one landing pad sized and shaped to accommodate an autonomous vehicle of a fleet. A control subsystem determines that an autonomous vehicle of the fleet is in-bound to the established terminal site. After determining the in-bound autonomous vehicle, landing instructions are determined that indicate a landing pad in which the in-bound autonomous vehicle is to stop and a route that the in-bound autonomous vehicle is to travel along to reach the landing pad. The landing instructions are provided to the in-bound autonomous vehicle. The landing instructions cause the in-bound autonomous vehicle to travel along the route to the landing pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Erik Andrew Siegler, Joyce Tam
  • Publication number: 20230196324
    Abstract: This application relates to systems and methods for auditing registers. In some examples, a system comprises registers, a recycling device, handheld computing devices, and retailer computing devices. The retailer computing devices may be configured to store a decision model, receive a calculated monetary position and activity data for one of the registers, generate a first associate record based at least on the decision model and one or more of the calculated monetary position and the activity data, generate a second associate record based at least on the decision model and historical behavioral data for one or more associates, generate a first audit alert record based at least on the second associate record and the decision model, send audit alerts to the handheld computing devices, and send the first audit alert record to the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Philip Clay, Catherine Antill, Jingru Zhou, Tzu-Yen Wang, Uday B. Akella, Hui-Min Chen, Ashley Renee Renee Greehey, Chuying Ma, David Andrew Splittorff
  • Publication number: 20230191975
    Abstract: A grab bar mount is provided. The grab bar mount includes an upper member having a first channeled recess and a lower member having a second channeled recess. The first channeled recess has a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of an upper portion of a grab bar post of an off road vehicle. The second channeled recess has a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of a lower portion of the grab bar post of the off road vehicle. The upper member and the lower member are releasably coupled together around the grab bar post with the grab bar post extending through the first and second channeled recesses. The grab bar mount geometry of the channeled recesses operate to engage the outer surfaces of the grab bar post and inhibits movement of the grab bar mount with respect to the grab bar post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Gary Andrew Myers
  • Publication number: 20230198177
    Abstract: A semiconductor package provides a low profile connection to a bottom side of the semi-conductor package. The semi-conductor package includes a computer processor die and a substrate. The computer processor die is mounted on to a top surface of the substrate. The substrate is mounted on to a printed circuit board. A voltage regulator is coupled to the printed circuit board. A top surface of the voltage regulator is coupled to a bottom surface of the substrate. The package also includes a connector device. The connector device includes a cable configured to conduct power from an upstream source, and a low-profile connector module attached to an end of the cable. The connector module is configured to interface to a bottom surface of the voltage regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Todd Edward Takken, Yuan Yao, Andrew Ferencz
  • Publication number: 20230191574
    Abstract: A fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, and a driver blade attached to the piston and movable therewith between a top-dead-center (TDC) position and a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position. The driver blade including a body and a plurality of teeth extending therefrom. A lifter is operable to move the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The lifter including a plurality of lugs engageable with the teeth of the driver blade when moving the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The body of the driver blade has a first thickness and at least a first of the teeth has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness and the first tooth has a stepped configuration relative to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Bryan C. Ward, Jacob N. Zimmerman, Andrew J. Weber, Marcus Wechselberger, Leonard F. Mikat-Stevens
  • Publication number: 20230195504
    Abstract: A method may include a monitoring computer program: receiving a first message with a first unique identifier and first user data from a first service as part of a multi-step transaction; recording the first message and the first unique identifier and associating the first message with the first unique identifier; receiving, from a second service, a completion message for consumption of the first user data and the first unique identifier; recording the completion message and the first unique identifier; recording a status for the first message; receiving a status query for the first message with the first unique identifier from the first service; returning the status to the first service; receiving a second message comprising a second unique identifier and second user data from the second service; and recording the second message and the second unique identifier and associating the second message with the second unique identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Hemant MOTWANI, Bret GOLDSMITH, Andrew IRVING, Robert STONE
  • Publication number: 20230191025
    Abstract: A universal flow limiter assembly includes a body configured to receive a portion of an IV tube, where the body includes two opposing side beams, a hinge portion disposed at a first end of the body, a control portion disposed at a second end of the body, a groove defined between the side beams and disposed between the hinge portion and the control portion and a control knob. The universal flow limiter assembly is configured to regulate a flow rate of fluid flowing through the IV tube based on rotation of the control knob. IV sets with universal flow limiter assemblies and methods of operating universal flow limiter assemblies are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Jason Andrew WINE
  • Publication number: 20230194020
    Abstract: A tracer wire holder for use in securing tracer wires along the top of a pipe before burial. The tracer wire holder is comprised of a first section and a second section connected by a flexible planar intermediate section. The first section has generally arcuate outer and inner walls. The second section has generally planar outer and inner walls and a plurality of rib members projecting from the inner wall. Locking means is provided to secure first section with second section in a closed locked position The first and second sections form a cavity for receiving and securing a tracer wire when the first section is secured with the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Tracer Way Inc.
    Inventors: Jordon Clune, Andrew Bird, Robert Meeuwse, Brett Molnar
  • Publication number: 20230193354
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods that employ the compositions for conducting pairwise sequencing and for generating concatemer template molecules for pairwise sequencing. The concatemers can be generated using a rolling circle amplification reaction which is conducted either on-support, or conducted in-solution and then distributed onto a support. The rolling circle amplification reaction generates concatemers containing tandem copies of a sequence of interest and at least one universal adaptor sequence. An increase in the number of tandem copies in a given concatemer increases the number of sites along the concatemer for hybridizing to multiple sequencing primers which serve as multiple initiation sites for polymerase-catalyzed sequencing reactions. When the sequencing reaction employs detectably labeled nucleotides and/or detectably labeled multivalent molecules (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Sinan ARSLAN, Junhua ZHAO, Molly HE, Samantha SNOW, William LIGHT, Matthew KELLINGER, Michael PREVITE, Michael KIM, Hua YU, Yu-Hsien HWANG-FU, Marco TJIOE, Andrew BODDICKER
  • Publication number: 20230198756
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, non-transitory computer readable storage media, and systems that provide secure password sharing across a plurality of users and client devices via a shared folder. For example, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed system retrieves a public key set including public encryption keys for client devices having access to the shared folder. The disclosed system provides the public key set to a client device requesting to share the shared folder. The disclosed system receives an encrypted payload for the shared folder and a shared encryption key that is utilized to encrypt the payload and is encrypted in the shared folder utilizing the public key set. The disclosed system also detects key rotation events and notifies one or more client devices to generate a modified shared encryption key and re-encrypt the payload for storage within the shared folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jiayi Xu, Brent Heeringa, Andrew Hannon, Katherine Prior
  • Publication number: 20230189783
    Abstract: An agricultural system can include a boom assembly supporting one or more nozzle assemblies there along. A boom adjustment system can be operably coupled with the boom assembly. A sensing system can be configured to capture data indicative of one or more application variables. A computing system can be communicatively coupled to the boom adjustment system and the sensing system. The computing system can be configured to receive, from the sensing system, the data associated with the one or more application variables, calculate a spray quality index based on the data associated with the one or more application variables, and generate an output to change a position of the boom assembly through the boom adjustment system based at least in part on the calculated spray quality index deviating from a defined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew W. Harmon, Ajay Sharda
  • Publication number: 20230190230
    Abstract: An intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging system includes an IVUS imaging device positionable within a blood vessel. The IVUS imaging device includes a circumferential array of acoustic elements. The system includes a processor circuit. The processor circuit controls the circumferential array to emit ultrasound pulses. The ultrasound pulses include a first pulse emitted by a first subset of the circumferential array and a second pulse emitted by a second subset of the circumferential array. The second pulse occurs immediately after the first pulse. The first subset and the second subset are circumferentially spaced from one another around the circumferential array. The second subset is outside of a line of sight of first ultrasound echoes associated with the first ultrasound pulse. The processor circuit generates an IVUS image based on the ultrasound pulses and outputs the IVUS image to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Yiqun YANG, Andrew HANCOCK, David HOPE SIMPSON
  • Publication number: 20230198299
    Abstract: A wireless charging device for use in providing electrical power to one or more portable electronic devices is provided. The wireless charging device includes a ferrous core and a housing surrounding the ferrous core. The housing includes a plurality of guides that align a cable. When the cable is aligned in the plurality of guides and a current is passed through the cable, the cable and the ferrous core act as a transmission coil to transmit power from an electrical power source to at least one receiving coil in a first portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew R. Hoover
  • Publication number: 20230191906
    Abstract: A rear mount power take-off for a transmission includes a housing assembly configured to be mounted in an opening in the transmission. A power take-off shaft includes an externally splined end extending into an opening in the housing assembly and is configured to be driven by a component of the transmission. A guide sleeve is received in the housing assembly and includes an exterior shoulder opposing an interior retaining shoulder of the housing assembly, the guide sleeve further including an interior shoulder. A spring biases the guide sleeve against the interior retaining shoulder of the housing assembly. A coupler sleeve is secured to an interior of the guide sleeve and includes a first internal spline for selective engagement with the externally splined end of the power take-off input shaft and a second internal spline configured to engage a power take-off device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Graeme Andrew JACKSON
  • Publication number: 20230196941
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to improving existing technologies by detecting engagement of the one or more components of the logistics vehicle, which may be indicative of receiving an indication that the user is performing at least a first logistics operation. At least partially in response to the detecting, various embodiments cause display, at one or more monitors, of data where the data includes one or more instructions for the user to perform at least a second logistics operation and/or the data includes a video feed of real world scenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew HAFFORD, Tim SMITH
  • Publication number: 20230195505
    Abstract: An example method comprises generating one or more requests for information by a requesting party, via a document processing engine, transmitting, by the document processing engine, the one or more requests for information by the requesting party, via a multi-channel communication system, receiving, via the document processing engine, one or more documents and corresponding metadata transmitted by the requesting party, in response to the requests for information by the decisioning party, automatically processing, via the document processing engine, one or more documents and corresponding metadata transmitted by the requesting party, automatically validating, via the document processing engine, one or more documents and corresponding metadata transmitted by the requesting party, triggering, via the multi-channel communication system, one or more journeys, wherein completion of a journey results in a communication by the multi-channel communication system, storing, via a system of record, the one or more proces
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Diego Represas, Andrew R. Hurst
  • Publication number: 20230196231
    Abstract: Methods generally including interpreting at least a subset of the plurality of detection values to determine a state value comprising at least one of a process state or a component state; analyzing a subset of the plurality of detection values and the state value, using at least one of a neural net or an expert system, and providing an adjustment recommendation for the industrial production process, the adjustment recommendation, at least in part, in response to a sensitivity of at least one of the plurality of input channels relative to the state value; adjusting the industrial production process in response to the adjustment recommendation; determining a relevance of the adjustment recommendation to at least one role type stored within a role taxonomy; and reporting the adjustment to the industrial production process to at least one entity associated with the role type stored within the role taxonomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles H. Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Brent Bliven, Andrew Cardno, Jenna Parenti