Patents by Inventor Aaron Powers
Aaron Powers 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: 20240124286Abstract: A lift device includes a lift assembly, a platform, and a controller. The lift assembly is configured to be driven to increase or decrease in length by extension and retraction of one or more actuators. The platform is coupled at an upper end of the lift assembly. The controller is configured to receive a value of a pitch angle and a roll angle of the lift device from an orientation sensor. The controller is further configured to determine a maximum allowable elevation of the platform based on at least one of the value of the roll angle and the value of the pitch angle of the lift device. The controller is further configured to limit operation of the lift assembly based on the maximum allowable elevation of the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Shashank Bhatia, Aaron Powers, Michael W. Stouffer
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Patent number: 11932601Abstract: Compounds that modulate the oxidoreductase enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, and compositions containing the compounds, are described herein. The use of such compounds and compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of a diverse array of diseases, disorders and conditions, including cancer- and immune-related disorders, that are mediated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Flexus Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: Hilary Plake Beck, Juan Carlos Jaen, Maksim Osipov, Jay Patrick Powers, Maureen Kay Reilly, Hunter Paul Shunatona, James Ross Walker, Mikhail Zibinsky, James Aaron Balog, David K. Williams, Weiwei Guo
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Publication number: 20240083063Abstract: A method for setting an axial position and gap dimension of a gap between one or more score blades and an anvil shaft of a rotary scoring device, includes providing a control system including a controller, at least one sensor, and at least one adjusting device actuated by the control system, and actuating the at least one adjusting device in response to the at least one sensor sensing a deviation from a desired state, thereby setting the axial position or the gap dimension between the one or more score blades and the anvil shaft. The method further includes actuating the at least one adjusting device is achieved as a result of the control system operating in a closed feedback loop, and sensing by the at least one sensor occurring with or without disruption of operation of the rotary scoring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Eric KOPPES, Aaron POWERS, Brady JOHNSON, Frank FANG, Casey STEVENS, Dave PURKERSON, Levi WILSON
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Patent number: 11884525Abstract: A lift device includes a lift assembly, a platform, and a controller. The lift assembly is configured to be driven to increase or decrease in length by extension and retraction of one or more actuators. The platform is coupled at an upper end of the lift assembly. The controller is configured to receive a value of a pitch angle and a roll angle of the lift device from an orientation sensor. The controller is further configured to determine a maximum allowable elevation of the platform based on at least one of the value of the roll angle and the value of the pitch angle of the lift device. The controller is further configured to limit operation of the lift assembly based on the maximum allowable elevation of the platform.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Shashank Bhatia, Aaron Powers, Michael W. Stouffer
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Publication number: 20240025518Abstract: A gyroscopic roll stabilizer for a boat includes an enclosure mounted to a gimbal for rotation about a gimbal axis and configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, and a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, with the flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for rotation about a flywheel axis. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer also includes a motor operative to rotate the flywheel assembly and disposed inside the enclosure. A motor cooling circuit is configured to transfer heat away from the motor. The motor cooling circuit has a closed fluid pathway for recirculating cooling fluid therein. The fluid pathway includes a fluid channel jointly defined by the motor and the enclosure and having the cooling fluid therein. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer is configured to transfer heat away from the motor to the cooling fluid. Related methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Brian John Sohacki, Aaron Powers, Grady Smith
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Patent number: 11780541Abstract: A gyroscopic roll stabilizer for a boat includes an enclosure mounted to a gimbal for rotation about a gimbal axis and configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, and a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, with the flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for rotation about a flywheel axis. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer also includes a motor operative to rotate the flywheel assembly and disposed inside the enclosure. A motor cooling circuit is configured to transfer heat away from the motor. The motor cooling circuit has a closed fluid pathway for recirculating cooling fluid therein. The fluid pathway includes a fluid channel jointly defined by the motor and the enclosure and having the cooling fluid therein. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer is configured to transfer heat away from the motor to the cooling fluid. Related methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: WAVETAMER LLCInventors: Brian John Sohacki, Aaron Powers, Grady Smith
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Publication number: 20230211858Abstract: A gyroscopic roll stabilizer for a boat includes an enclosure mounted to a gimbal for rotation about a gimbal axis and configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, and a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, with the flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for rotation about a flywheel axis. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer also includes a motor operative to rotate the flywheel assembly and disposed inside the enclosure. A motor cooling circuit is configured to transfer heat away from the motor. The motor cooling circuit has a closed fluid pathway for recirculating cooling fluid therein. The fluid pathway includes a fluid channel jointly defined by the motor and the enclosure and having the cooling fluid therein. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer is configured to transfer heat away from the motor to the cooling fluid. Related methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Brian John Sohacki, Aaron Powers, Grady Smith
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Patent number: 11215495Abstract: A load sensing system measures lift cylinder pressure and platform height to estimate platform load. The system functions to prevent overload and is designed to comply with regulatory requirements. The system provides the advantages of a force-based approach using simple, lower cost pressure-based measurement components.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: JLG INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Louis A. Bafile, James N. Smyly, Aaron A. Powers, Brendan Kotlanger
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Patent number: 10968089Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a control box for a movable work platform. The control box includes a housing and a display supported by the housing. The housing is defined by a first side panel and a second side partially surrounding and extending from a lower enclosure to an upper enclosure spaced apart from the lower enclosure. At least one of the upper enclosure and the lower enclosure supports a control panel having a plurality of inputs. At least one of the inputs is a platform positioning mechanism in communication with a lift system configured to move the work platform vertically between a stowed position and a deployed position. The display is supported by the housing and is in communication with at least one of the plurality of inputs. The display is configured to receive and present output obtained by a sensor monitoring a parameter of the work platform.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Shashank Bhatia, Aaron Powers, Michael W. Stouffer
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Publication number: 20200317489Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a control box for a movable work platform. The control box includes a housing and a display supported by the housing. The housing is defined by a first side panel and a second side partially surrounding and extending from a lower enclosure to an upper enclosure spaced apart from the lower enclosure. At least one of the upper enclosure and the lower enclosure supports a control panel having a plurality of inputs. At least one of the inputs is a platform positioning mechanism in communication with a lift system configured to move the work platform vertically between a stowed position and a deployed position. The display is supported by the housing and is in communication with at least one of the plurality of inputs. The display is configured to receive and present output obtained by a sensor monitoring a parameter of the work platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Shashank Bhatia, Aaron Powers, Michael W. Stouffer
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Publication number: 20200317492Abstract: A lift device includes a lift assembly, a platform, and a controller. The lift assembly is configured to be driven to increase or decrease in length by extension and retraction of one or more actuators. The platform is coupled at an upper end of the lift assembly. The controller is configured to receive a value of a pitch angle and a roll angle of the lift device from an orientation sensor. The controller is further configured to determine a maximum allowable elevation of the platform based on at least one of the value of the roll angle and the value of the pitch angle of the lift device. The controller is further configured to limit operation of the lift assembly based on the maximum allowable elevation of the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Shashank Bhatia, Aaron Powers, Michael W. Stouffer
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Publication number: 20200003607Abstract: A load sensing system measures lift cylinder pressure and platform height to estimate platform load. The system functions to prevent overload and is designed to comply with regulatory requirements. The system provides the advantages of a force-based approach using simple, lower cost pressure-based measurement components.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: JLG Industries, Inc.Inventors: Louis A. BAFILE, James N. SMYLY, Aaron A. POWERS, Brendan KOTLANGER
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Patent number: 9791860Abstract: A method of operating a remote vehicle configured to communicate with an operator control unit (OCU) includes executing a click-to-drive behavior, a cruise control behavior, and a retro-traverse behavior on a computing processor. The click-to-drive behavior includes receiving a picture or a video feed and determining a drive destination in the received picture or video feed. The cruise control behavior includes receiving an absolute heading and velocity commands from the OCU and computing a drive heading and a drive velocity. The a retro-traverse behavior includes generating a return path interconnecting at least two previously-traversed waypoints of a list of time-stamped waypoints, and executing a retro-traverse of the return path by navigating the remote vehicle successively to previous time-stamped waypoints in the waypoints list until a control signal is received from the operator control unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: IROBOT DEFENSE HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Emilie Phillips, Aaron Powers, Andrew Shein, Josef P. Jamieson, Tyson Sawyer
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Publication number: 20160378110Abstract: A method of operating a remote vehicle configured to communicate with an operator control unit (OCU) includes executing a click-to-drive behavior, a cruise control behavior, and a retro-traverse behavior on a computing processor. The click-to-drive behavior includes receiving a picture or a video feed and determining a drive destination in the received picture or video feed. The cruise control behavior includes receiving an absolute heading and velocity commands from the OCU and computing a drive heading and a drive velocity. The a retro-traverse behavior includes generating a return path interconnecting at least two previously-traversed waypoints of a list of time-stamped waypoints, and executing a retro-traverse of the return path by navigating the remote vehicle successively to previous time-stamped waypoints in the waypoints list until a control signal is received from the operator control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: iRobot CorporationInventors: Emilie Phillips, Aaron Powers, Andrew Shein, Josef P. Jamieson, Tyson Sawyer
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Patent number: 9002535Abstract: An operator control unit has a user interface that allows a user to identify a mode of display and interaction that narrows the user's options for his next interaction with the user interface. The user interface utilizes portals to transition between environments such as indoors to outdoors, outdoors to indoors, different rooms of a building, and different floors of a building, the portals representing one or more of stairways and doors, and being used in remote vehicle path planning as waypoints that may require execution of predetermined behaviors.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Aaron Powers, Justin Kearns, Robert Todd Pack, Orjeta Taka, Eben Rauhut, Marshall Vale
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Patent number: 8577517Abstract: A method of operating a remote vehicle configured to communicate with an operator control unit (OCU) includes executing a click-to-drive behavior, a cruise control behavior, and a retro-traverse behavior on a computing processor. The click-to-drive behavior includes receiving a picture or a video feed and determining a drive destination in the received picture or video feed. The cruise control behavior includes receiving an absolute heading and velocity commands from the OCU and computing a drive heading and a drive velocity. The a retro-traverse behavior includes generating a return path interconnecting at least two previously-traversed waypoints of a list of time-stamped waypoints, and executing a retro-traverse of the return path by navigating the remote vehicle successively to previous time-stamped waypoints in the waypoints list until a control signal is received from the operator control unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Emilie Phillips, Aaron Powers, Andrew Shein, Josef P. Jamieson, Tyson Sawyer
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Patent number: 8396611Abstract: A method for enhancing operational efficiency of a remote vehicle using a diagnostic behavior. The method comprises inputting and analyzing data received from a plurality of sensors to determine the existence of deviations from normal operation of the remote vehicle, updating parameters in a reference mobility model based on deviations from normal operation, and revising strategies to achieve an operational goal of the remote vehicle to accommodate deviations from normal operation. An embedded simulation and training system for a remote vehicle. The system comprises a software architecture installed on the operator control unit and including software routines and drivers capable of carrying out mission simulations and training.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Emilie Phillips, Aaron Powers, Andrew Shein, Josef P. Jamieson, Tyson Sawyer
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Patent number: D880126Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Aaron Powers
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Patent number: D880127Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Aaron Powers
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Patent number: D911359Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Shashank Bhatia, Aaron Powers, Michael W. Stouffer