Patents by Inventor Aaron Roberts

Aaron Roberts 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).

  • State Extractor For Middlebox Management System
    Publication number: 20180095773
    Abstract: A method of automatically identifying state information in different middlebox programs first identifies relevant program portions by expanding outward from a packet processing loop to statements dependent either by control or data dependency on that packet processing loop. Persistent variables in the statements are then collected and optionally winnowed by whether they are “used” or modified by those statements. The identified state variables may be segregated according to flow-spaces and/or output function so that a request for state data may be tailored precisely to the necessary state data greatly reducing network burden in state data transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Srinivasa Aditya Akella, Junaid Khalid, Aaron Robert Gember-Jacobson
  • Compliant tire
    Patent number: 9919874
    Abstract: A powered drive unit system of an aircraft is disclosed herein. The system may include a support structure, a plurality of motor driven tires configured to present a horizontal motive force on an object, and an axle of a tire. The axle of the tire may be retained by the support structure. The object may move relative to the static support structure. The location of an axle of the tire may be rigidly fixed in position relative to the support structure housing the axle. Normal force on the object by the tire may be created through tire compliance. The axle of the tire may be retained by the support structure. The axis of rotation of the axle may be in a substantially static three dimensional plane relative to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Aaron Roberts
  • Cutting tool and method of operating same
    Patent number: 9902519
    Abstract: A cutting tool and method of operating cutting tool. The tool includes a support having a first side and a second side. The tool further includes a handle coupled to at least one of the first side and the second side. The handle includes a blade, wherein the handle is configured to move the blade between a first position and a second position. An alignment guide is coupled to the support. The alignment guide includes a channel configured to receive the blade positioned in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: David Scott Wright, Christine Mary Anderson, Curt Backman, Donald Wayne Coffland, Aaron Robert Ayers, Donald Richard Young
  • Lift and hold differential lift PDU utilizing a permanent magnet rotor
    Patent number: 9878789
    Abstract: A power drive unit (PDU) for moving cargo relative to a cargo bay of an aircraft includes a cam shaft. The PDU also includes a lift cam coupled to the cam shaft and configured to cause the PDU to be in at least one of a raised position or a lowered position based on rotation of the cam shaft. The PDU also includes a permanent magnet motor configured to generate a cogging torque sufficient to resist rotation of the cam shaft such that the PDU remains in the raised position in response to power being removed from the permanent magnet motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Roberts, Scott Harms, Wesley K. Stegmiller, Dustin P. Scheer
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS WITH DATA ACQUIRED FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES
    Publication number: 20180011910
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide an abstraction layer capable of accessing one or more data sources. A set of data can be acquired, via the abstraction layer, from the one or more data sources. The set of data can be searched, based on a query acquired via a data processing environment, to produce resulting data. At least some of the resulting data can be utilized to perform one or more data operations via the data processing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Sagar Kuverji Savla, Mark Aaron Roberts, Ryan David Robitaille, Christopher Ranfeng Zhou
  • Dynamic research system and methods of use
    Patent number: 9727651
    Abstract: A dynamic research system and associated methods are disclosed for assisting an at least one user with dynamically and automatically researching an at least one subject across a plurality of data sources. In at least one embodiment, upon a new instance of a browser application being opened on the user device, a navigation display is overlaid onto a user interface of the browser application. Additionally, for each of the at least one data source, upon determining that an at least one page of said data source contains data related to the at least one subject, a graphical element associated with said at least one page of said data source is generated and displayed in the navigation display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Charlie Contacts Corp
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Frazin, Christopher John Curtis
  • Cloud architecture with state-saving middlebox scaling
    Patent number: 9705785
    Abstract: An enterprise computer system efficiently adjusts the number of middleboxes associated with the the enterprise, for example, with changes in demand, by transferring not only flows of instructions but also middlebox states associated with those flows. Loss-less transfer preventing the loss of packets and its state, and order-preserving transfer preserving packet ordering may be provided by a two-step transfer process in which packets are buffered during the transfer and are marked to be processed by a receiving middlebox before processing by that middlebox of ongoing packets for the given flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Gember-Jacobson, Srinivasa Aditya Akella, Chaithan M. Prakash, Raajay Viswanathan
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLASMA SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHITIC PRODUCTS INCLUDING GRAPHENE
    Publication number: 20170113935
    Abstract: Apparatus and method are disclosed for plasma synthesis of graphitic products including graphene. A plasma nozzle is coupled to a reaction chamber. A process gas is supplied to the plasma nozzle, the process gas comprising a carbon-containing species. Radio frequency radiation is supplied to the process gas within the plasma nozzle, so as to produce a plasma within the nozzle in use, and thereby cause cracking of the carbon-containing species. The plasma nozzle is arranged such that an afterglow of the plasma extends into the reaction chamber. The cracked carbon-containing species also passes into the reaction chamber, and the cracked carbon-containing species recombines within the afterglow, so as to form the graphitic products including graphene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Dale Andrew PENNINGTON, Aaron Robert CLAYTON, Katarzyna Luiza JUDA, Catharina PAUKNER, Lukasz KURZEPA, Robert Henry ST. JOHN COOPER, Krzysztof Kazimierz KOZIOL, Jerome Yi-Zhe JOAUG
  • Bicyclic agonists of GPR131 and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9593109
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds that act as agonists of, or otherwise modulate the activity of, GPR131 and to their use in the treatment of various diseases. In particular embodiments, the structure of the compounds is given by Formula I: wherein the variables are as described herein. Related compositions, formulations and methods for the preparation of compounds of formula I are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: CYMABAY THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jiangao Song, Phuongly Pham, Jingyuan Ma, Aaron Robert Novack, Imad Nashashibi, David W. G. Wone, Dong-Fang Shi, Xin Chen
  • LINEAR ACTUATOR LOCK RING SPREADER
    Publication number: 20160339571
    Abstract: A lock ring spreader is provided. In one aspect, the invention provides for a lock ring spreader that includes a linear actuator suitable for spreading lock rings associated with large wheel rims, for example wheel rims suitable for use with mining equipment. The lock ring spreader includes mounts that can be removably coupled to a lock ring, whereupon the distance between the mounts is increased to expand the lock ring and remove the lock ring from the wheel rim. The lock ring spreader may be remotely controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: GKN ARMSTRONG WHEELS, INC.
    Inventors: Leonard Austin Hensel, Aaron Robert Dahl, Matthew J. Waeltz
  • Tracking And Analyzing Mobile Application User Interactions
    Publication number: 20160254970
    Abstract: The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for tracking and analyzing mobile application user interactions. One or more mobile devices run an application. At each of the one or more mobile devices, a framework level interaction logger logs user interactions with the application. Analysis modules and heat map generators can use the logged user interactions to generate reports and heat maps indicative of the performance of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Bartholomew, William Hogg
  • Portable sliding electronic device operable to disable a touchscreen display when opening and closing the device
    Patent number: 9432490
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (200), including a first housing (204), a second housing (202) slidably coupled to the first housing, the first housing and the second housing movable between a closed position, an open position and a transition position between the open position and the closed position, at least one input device (212), and at least one position sensor (230, 232) operable to detect whether the portable electronic device is in the open position, the closed position or the transition position. When the at least one position sensor detects the transition position, the at least one input device is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Rohit Krishna Koppal, Aaron Robert Allen, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Laura Ann Mahan, Michael George Langlois, Donald James Lindsay, Sean David Drew Wilson, Tomas Manuel Trujillo
  • METHOD OF CALIBRATION OF WEIGHING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160238436
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a weighing system associated with a worksite is provided. The method includes, receiving, from the weighing system, readings indicative of a payload on a first set of machines and a second set of machines of the worksite. The second set of machines are configured to receive a payload from the corresponding first set of machines. The method also includes formulating a predefined number of equations from the readings and determining error coefficients of the weighing system by optimizing the predefined number of equations. The method further includes calibrating the weighing system based on the determined error coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Shatters, Michael Anthony Spielman, JR.
  • Cloud Architecture with State-Saving Middlebox Scaling
    Publication number: 20160182360
    Abstract: An enterprise computer system efficiently adjusts the number of middleboxes associated with the the enterprise, for example, with changes in demand, by transferring not only flows of instructions but also middlebox states associated with those flows. Loss-less transfer preventing the loss of packets and its state, and order-preserving transfer preserving packet ordering may be provided by a two-step transfer process in which packets are buffered during the transfer and are marked to be processed by a receiving middlebox before processing by that middlebox of ongoing packets for the given flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Gember-Jacobson, Srinivasa Aditya Akella, Chaithan M. Prakash, Raajay Viswanathan, Robert Grandl, Junaid Khalid, Sourav Das
  • COLLAPSIBLE TELESCOPING SLAPHAMMER
    Publication number: 20160066973
    Abstract: A collapsible slap hammer tool is disclosed herein for use in the insertion, removal or other manipulation of an object coupled thereto. The collapsible slap hammer tool comprises a guide rod engaged with a telescoping handle assembly including two or more telescoping members. The guide rod can be telescopically retracted within or extended from the telescoping handle assembly. The guide rod can mate with an object such that in response to a user manipulation the telescoping handle assembly generates a force on the guide rod and a corresponding force on an object coupled to the guide rod, for insertion, removal or other manipulation of the object coupled thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Borries, Aaron Robert Gorsuch
  • CUTTING TOOL AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME
    Publication number: 20160059985
    Abstract: A cutting tool and method of operating cutting tool. The tool includes a support having a first side and a second side. The tool further includes a handle coupled to at least one of the first side and the second side. The handle includes a blade, wherein the handle is configured to move the blade between a first position and a second position. An alignment guide is coupled to the support. The alignment guide includes a channel configured to receive the blade positioned in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: David Scott Wright, Christine Mary Anderson, Curt Backman, Donald Wayne Coffland, Aaron Robert Ayers, Donald Richard Young
  • Portable slidable electronic device having a dynamic flex alignment scheme and methods of assembling same
    Patent number: 9210240
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a portable electronic device that includes a base portion and a sliding portion. The sliding portion is adapted to be coupled to the base portion and slideable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position. The device also includes a flex connector coupled to the sliding portion, the flex connector having a connector end, a dynamic region, and an intermediate coupler between the connector end and the dynamic region. The device also includes a guide base slidably coupled to the sliding portion, the guide base being adapted to be mechanically coupled to the intermediate coupler so as to secure the flex connector to the guide base before the sliding portion is coupled to the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Shawn Glenfield Bernard, Patrick Yves Mas, Martin Earl Holman, IV, Felipe Alonso Varela
  • Cutting tool and method of operating same
    Patent number: 9186804
    Abstract: A cutting tool and method of operating cutting tool. The tool includes a support having a first side and a second side. The tool further includes a handle coupled to at least one of the first side and the second side. The handle includes a blade, wherein the handle is configured to move the blade between a first position and a second position. An alignment guide is coupled to the support. The alignment guide includes a channel configured to receive the blade positioned in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David Scott Wright, Christine Mary Anderson, Curt Backman, Donald Wayne Coffland, Aaron Robert Ayers, Donald Richard Young
  • Electronic Timepiece
    Publication number: 20150277384
    Abstract: An electronic watch is provided in which multiple features of the watch with each other in at least one other display thereof such that the features are integrated with the module, band, and/or clasp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Mankowski, Ryan Alexander Geris, Dietmar Frank Wennemer, Aaron Robert Allen, Timothy Herbert Kyowski
  • Thermal imager
    Patent number: D757838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Fluke Corporatrion
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Laho, Jeffrey M. Elrod, Timothy J. Kesti