Patents by Inventor A. Porterfield
A. Porterfield 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: 12186607Abstract: A fire suppression system includes a feed port and a channel to couple the feed port to an actuation chamber. A solenoid valve controllably blocks a connection between the feed port and the channel. Pressure from the feed port builds up in the actuation chamber based on the solenoid valve unblocking the connection. A piston is in communication with the actuation chamber. The system also includes an inlet port closed off by a disc. The piston travels through the inlet port and burst the disc based on the pressure in the actuation chamber. An outlet port is coupled to the inlet port.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Matthew Allen Newcomer, John Wright Porterfield, Jr., David William Frasure
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Patent number: 12189524Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to extended memory communication subsystems for performing extended memory operations are described. An example apparatus can include a plurality of computing devices. Each of the computing devices can include a processing unit configured to perform an operation on a block of data, and a memory array configured as a cache for each respective processing unit. The example apparatus can further include a first communication subsystem coupled to a host and to each of the plurality of communication subsystems. The example apparatus can further include a plurality of second communication subsystems coupled to each of the plurality of computing devices. Each of the plurality of computing devices can be configured to receive a request from the host, send a command to execute at least a portion of the operation, and receive a result of performing the operation from the at least one hardware accelerator.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Vijay S. Ramesh, Allan Porterfield, Richard D. Maes
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Publication number: 20240380838Abstract: A system and method to surface incoming call display data. The system includes a memory storing call source data of a call source and one or more processing devices. The one or more processing devices are to initiate a call using the call source data to a call destination. The one or more processing devices are further to receive incoming call display data determined in response to receiving the call. The incoming call display data includes data displayed by a user interface associated with the call destination in response to receiving the call. The one or more processing devices are further to transmit incoming call display image data based on the incoming call display data to a computing device to display a representation of the data displayed by the user interface associated with the call destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Ricardo Mauricio Garcia Fernandez, Aaron Arthur Gray, Emmanuel Lagarrigue Lazarte, Andrew Porterfield, Elizabeth Doris Marie Stephenson
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Publication number: 20240380837Abstract: A system and method for caller-identification verification. The system includes a memory to store call source data of a call source and one or more processing devices to generate a call using the call source data. The one or more processing devices are further to receive caller-identification data determined in response to receiving the call. The one or more processing devices are further to generate comparison data based on a comparison between the caller-identification data and the call source data. The one or more processing devices are further to generate an alert in response to the comparison data including a mismatch between the caller-identification data and the call source data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Ricardo Mauricio Garcia Fernandez, Aaron Arthur Gray, Emmanuel Lagarrigue Lazarte, Andrew Porterfield, Elizabeth Doris Marie Stephenson
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Publication number: 20240362024Abstract: Schedule instructions of a program for execution on a coarse grained reconfigurable array having a plurality of tiles operable in parallel. The program identifies data flows through memory locations represented by memory variables and identifies instructions configured to transform data in the data flows. Based on a hardware profile identifying features of the coarse grained reconfigurable array, a scheduler is configured to generate a memory map. The memory map identifies, for each respective memory variable in the program, one of the tiles that contains a memory location represented by the respective memory variable. Based on the memory map reducing possible choices for a brute force search, the scheduler assigns the instructions to the tiles for execution, and determines timing of execution of the instructions in the tiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Allan Kennedy Porterfield, Skyler Arron Windh, Bashar Romanous
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Publication number: 20240332727Abstract: A method of detecting a cell venting event in a battery pack includes determining a rate of increase of the concentration of a gas in the battery pack with respect to time, and providing an indication that the determined rate of increase of the concentration of the gas has exceeded a first preset rate of increase threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Robert Dunster, John Porterfield, Albert C. Rouse, John Lewis, Barret Stein
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Publication number: 20240314237Abstract: A system and method identifies call handling of an incoming call to allow corrective action to be taken to promote trust of a caller identifier used to make the call. The method includes receiving, from a mobile device associated with a spam filter, a request for a phone call. The phone call to the mobile device is initiated using a caller identifier. Call log data is received from the mobile device indicating whether the phone call was flagged as spam by the spam filter. A notification is generated in response to the call log data indicating that the phone call was flagged as spam. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Ricardo Mauricio Garcia Fernandez, Aaron Arthur Gray, Emmanuel Lagarrigue Lazarte, Andrew Porterfield, Elizabeth Doris Marie Stephenson
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Patent number: 12071644Abstract: The present invention relates to variant xylanase enzymes and their use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Fornia Biosolutions, Inc.Inventors: Jie Yang, William Buchanan Porterfield, Xiyun Zhang, Goutami Banerjee, Khin Oo, Wenhua Lu
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Patent number: 12056196Abstract: Systems and methods for cancelling a query are disclosed. A method includes establishing a connection over a network with a user computing device associated with a user, receiving, from the user computing device via the connection, a query request requesting query results from a database and, based on the query request, instructing, via the network, a server to begin executing a database query against the database. The method also includes determining that the connection is disconnected and, in response to determining that the connection is disconnected, instructing, via the network, the server to stop executing the database query.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Benjamin Porterfield
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Publication number: 20240245219Abstract: A body support structure includes a structural lattice structure having a first stiffness, and a compressive lattice structure supported by the structural lattice structure and having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness. A skin lattice structure is supported by the compressive lattice structure, wherein the skin lattice structure is resistant to shear deformation in response to a normal force and is expandable in a direction transverse to the normal force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Carl V. Forslund, III, John Hamilton, Kurt R. Heidmann, James Ludwig, Bruce Smith, Aaron Michael Porterfield, Sharon L. Tracy, Paul Noll
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Patent number: 12039335Abstract: Schedule instructions of a program for execution on a coarse grained reconfigurable array having a plurality of tiles operable in parallel. The program identifies data flows through memory locations represented by memory variables and identifies instructions configured to transform data in the data flows. Based on a hardware profile identifying features of the coarse grained reconfigurable array, a scheduler is configured to generate a memory map. The memory map identifies, for each respective memory variable in the program, one of the tiles that contains a memory location represented by the respective memory variable. Based on the memory map reducing possible choices for a brute force search, the scheduler assigns the instructions to the tiles for execution, and determines timing of execution of the instructions in the tiles.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Allan Kennedy Porterfield, Skyler Arron Windh, Bashar Romanous
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Publication number: 20240231647Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to storage device operation orchestration are described. A plurality of computing devices (or “tiles”) can be coupled to a controller (e.g., an “orchestration controller”) and an interface. The controller can control operation of the computing devices. For instance, the controller can include circuitry to request a block of data from a memory device coupled to the apparatus, cause a processing unit of at least one computing device of the plurality of computing devices to perform an operation on the block of data in which at least some of the data is ordered, reordered, removed, or discarded, and cause, after some of the data is ordered, reordered, removed, or discarded, the block of data to be transferred to the interface coupled to the plurality of computing devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Richard C. Murphy, Glen E. Hush, Vijay S. Ramesh, Allan Porterfield, Anton Korzh
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Patent number: 12034196Abstract: A hybrid circulator includes an isolator and an orthomode transducer coupled to the isolator. The hybrid circulator achieves high performance in the microwave and millimeter-wave (MMW) frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: MICRO HARMONICS CORPORATIONInventors: David W. Porterfield, Jr., Jeffrey L. Hesler
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Publication number: 20240216672Abstract: An apparatus for a heart of a patient having a cardiac assist device adapted to be implanted into the patient to assist the heart with pumping blood. The apparatus has a sensor adapted to be implanted into the patient. The sensor in communication with the cardiac assist device and the heart which measures native volume of the heart. Alternatively, the sensor monitors the heart based on admittance while the cardiac assist device. Alternatively, the sensor monitors the heart based on impedance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicants: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, CardioVol, LLCInventors: John Porterfield, Jonathan W. Valvano, Clay Heighten, Anil Kottam, Marc David Feldman, Aleksandra Borisovna Gruslova, Drew R. Nolen
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Publication number: 20240204308Abstract: A fire suppression system for a battery pack includes a controller, an inlet line, an outlet line, a detector, a first pressure vessel with a first valve, and a second pressure vessel with a second valve. The pack includes: an inlet, battery modules housing battery cells, and an outlet. The inlet line connects to the pack inlet and the outlet line connects to the outlet. The detector senses a condition indicative of a fire event caused by a battery cell breaking and produces a signal. The controller, connected to the detector, determines a fire event is occurring based on the signal. The first vessel and the second vessel connect to the inlet line. A first suppressant flows from the first vessel into the pack when the controller opens the first valve. A second suppressant flows from the second vessel into the pack when the controller opens the second valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: John W. Porterfield, Robert Dunster, Albert C. Rouse, Eugen Berns
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Publication number: 20240204285Abstract: A system for detecting gas leakage and/or a fire event within a battery pack includes a battery pack, a controller, a gas detector, and an infrared detector. The battery pack comprises a plurality of cells which may be subject to a gas leakage or a fire. The gas detector is configured to read a concentration value of one or more gases. The infrared detector is configured to read a level of infrared radiation. The gas detector and the infrared detector are configured to transmit alarm level signals to a controller. The controller is configured to output a first or second alarm level in response to the concentration value of gas. The controller is configured to output a third alarm level in response to the level of infrared radiation. Emergency response procedures may be implemented based on the level of gas leakage or infrared radiation within the battery pack indicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: John W. Porterfield, Robert Dunster, Albert C. Rouse, John Lewis, Barrett Stein
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Publication number: 20240201039Abstract: A system for detecting gas leakage within a battery pack includes a battery pack, a controller, and a detector. The battery pack comprises a plurality of cells which may be subject to a gas leakage. The detector is remotely mounted from the battery pack and is connected to the battery pack via airtight tubing. A fan conducts air from the battery pack to the detector. The detector is configured to read a concentration value of one or more gases. The detector is electrically connected to the controller and is configured to a return signal indicative of no alarm, a first alarm level, or a second alarm level to the controller. The controller is configured to output no alarm, a first alarm level or a second alarm level in response to the return signal. Emergency response procedures are implemented based on the level of gas leakage within the battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: John W. Porterfield, Albert C. Rouse
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Publication number: 20240198153Abstract: A fire suppressant for cooling a battery cell in a battery pack includes a pressurized mixture of an organic compound and carbon dioxide. The organic compound is 1,1,1,2,2,4,4,5,5,5-nonafluoro-4-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pentanone. A ratio of a mass of the organic compound to a mass of the carbon dioxide is between 1:4 and 4:1. The mixture is pressurized above a vapor pressure of the carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide, when depressurized, evaporates and cools the organic compound and the battery cell. The mixture, when depressurized, flows through the battery cell. An amount of the fire suppressant flowed through the battery pack is equal to or greater than an inerting volume of fire suppressant for the battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: John W. Porterfield, Robert Dunster, Albert C. Rouse, Eugen Berns
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Publication number: 20240198081Abstract: An apparatus for a heart of a patient having a cardiac assist device adapted to be implanted into the patient to assist the heart with pumping blood. The apparatus has a sensor adapted to be implanted into the patient. The sensor in communication with the cardiac assist device and the heart which measures native volume of the heart. Alternatively, the sensor monitors the heart based on admittance while the cardiac assist device. Alternatively, the sensor monitors the heart based on impedance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2024Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicants: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, CardioVol, LLCInventors: Jonathan W. Valvano, John Porterfield, Clay Heighten, Anil Kottam, Marc David Feldman, Aleksandra Borisovna Gruslova, Drew R. Nolen
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Publication number: 20240204271Abstract: A system for detecting gas leakage within a battery pack includes a battery pack, a controller, and a detector. The battery pack comprises a plurality of cells which may be subject to a gas leakage. The detector is configured to sense a concentration value of one or more gases. The detector is further configured to generate a return signal indicative of no alarm, a first alarm level, or a second alarm level. The detector is electrically connected to the controller and is configured to transmit the return signal to the controller. The controller is configured to output a first alarm level or a second alarm level in response to the return signal. Emergency response procedures may be implemented based on the level of gas leakage within the battery pack indicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: John W. Porterfield, Robert Dunster, Albert C. Rouse, John Lewis, Barrett Stein