Patents by Inventor Aaron Thomas
Aaron Thomas 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: 11970045Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for providing temperature control for to a temperature-controlled storage compartment in a tunnel of a vehicle. The tunnel extends from a first side of the vehicle, such as the passenger side, to a second side of the vehicle, such as the driver side. The vehicle also includes a refrigeration module that is moveable on a shuttle of the tunnel. The refrigeration module includes a temperature-controlled storage unit configured to open and close in accordance with a path defined by an accessibility assembly. The shuttle transfers power from a power source, such as a battery, to the temperature-controlled storage unit, for example, to provide temperature control even when the vehicle is powered off. Accordingly, the refrigeration module provides a space-efficient system for ensuring prolonged temperature control of items stored in the temperature-controlled storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Daniel Geoffrey Walker, Austin Keith Simpson, William Thomas Wanstall, Rachel Sarah Jewkes, Ruey-Khan Kenneth Tsang, Bar Sarig, Parmita Pradip Dalal, Martyn Sweeney, Aaron B. Weast
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Publication number: 20240131992Abstract: A cargo-module arrangement for a vehicle having a body-in-white (BIW) portion and a load floor secured to the BIW portion may include a cargo platform disposed above the load floor and having a front edge and a back edge. The cargo platform may be selectively movable along a track arrangement in forward and rearward directions and include a cargo gate disposed proximate to the back edge. The cargo gate may include a forward edge and a rearward edge and may be pivotable upward about at least one of the forward edge or the rearward edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: LEAR CORPORATIONInventors: Sumanth MUTHYALA, Lea Thomas SMITH, Aaron ROGGOW, Salim MAROUF, Arjun YETUKURI
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Publication number: 20240127296Abstract: A system includes a millimeter (MM) wave radar detector, where the MM wave radar detector generates signal data associated with a person of interest (POI) within a field of view of the MM wave radar detector. The system further includes an Access Point (AP) coupled with the MM wave radar detector. The AP includes a computing device to receive and analyze the signal data provided by the MM wave radar detector to determine a movement of the POI within an environment, and facilitate generation of a feedback response in response to the determined movement or action of the POI within the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Joel Goergen, Kameron Rose Hurst, John Scott Scheeler, Alpesh Umakant Bhobe, Dylan Thomas Walker, Aaron P. Tondra
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Patent number: 11958956Abstract: Additive-polymer precursor materials for filaments (e.g., for three-dimensional (3D) printing) are provided, as well as methods of fabricating and using the same. One or more two-dimensional (2D) additive materials (e.g., nano materials, such as nanosheets) can be mixed with a polymer base to give an additive-polymer precursor composite material. The additive material can be dissolved in a first solvent to give an additive solution, and the polymer can be dissolved in a second solvent to give a polymer base. The additive solution can be mixed with the polymer base to give a mixed solution. Solvent casting can then be performed on the mixed solution to evaporate the solvent(s) and give the additive-polymer precursor composite material, which can have a layered structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEESInventors: Daniela Rodica Radu, Cheng-Yu Lai, Melissa Venedicto, Faizan Syed, Dakota Aaron Thomas, Samuel Oyon
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Publication number: 20240117030Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to one or more of IL-4, IL-13, IL-33, TSLP, and p40. The present invention further relates to antibodies that bind to one of IL-4, IL-13, IL-33, or TSLP. The invention further relates to multispecific antibodies that specifically bind to IL-4 and IL-13, and at least one other target. The present invention relates to multispecific antibodies that bind IL-4, IL-13, and one of IL-33, TSLP, or p40. The present invention also pertains to related molecules, e.g. nucleic acids which encode such antibodies or multispecific antibodies, compositions, and related methods, e.g., methods for producing and purifying such antibodies and multispecific antibodies, and their use in diagnostics and therapeutics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Rita Diane AGOSTINELLI, James Reasoner APGAR, Eric Matthew BENNETT, Laird BLOOM, Ting CHEN, Aaron Michael D'ANTONA, Arnab DE, Fang JIN, Marion Teresa KASAIAN, Matthew Allister LAMBERT, Kimberly Ann MARQUETTE, Virginie MCMANUS, Jessica Haewon MIN DEBARTOLO, Nicole Melissa PICHE-NICHOLAS, Richard Thomas SHELDON, Lioudmila TCHISTIAKOVA, Alexander Michael Shuford BARRON, Richard Lee GIESECK, III, Xiaotian ZHONG
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Publication number: 20240113500Abstract: A system and method for optical coupling. In some embodiments, the system includes a first semiconductor chip, including a semiconductor optical amplifier; and a second semiconductor chip, including a fork coupler. The fork coupler may includes a plurality of waveguide fingers, and an output waveguide. The waveguide fingers may be configured to guide, together, a first optical mode of the fork coupler; and the fork coupler may be arranged such that an output mode of the semiconductor optical amplifier couples to the first optical mode of the fork coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Babak BAHARI, Abu THOMAS, Andrea TRITA, Aaron John ZILKIE
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Patent number: 11940817Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for open path laser spectroscopy with mobile platforms. An example system may include a first mobile platform and a second mobile platform, each of which supports a payload. A light beam directed from one payload to another may define a measurement path, which may be at a particular height above the ground. The payloads may determine a gas concentration along the measurement path. Wind information at the measurement height may be used to determine a gas flux. One or both of the mobile platforms may then move to a new location, and take a measurement along a new measurement path. By combining the measurement paths, gas flux through a flux surface may be determined.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Bridger Photonics, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Thomas Kreitinger, Michael James Thorpe, Peter Aaron Roos
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Patent number: 11936720Abstract: A method for reducing the number of images or the length of a video from a digital image collection using a social network, includes receiving a digital image collection captured by a user to be viewed by a viewer; wherein the viewer and the user are members of the same social network and using a processor to access the social network to determine a relationship between a viewer and the user. The method further includes using the processor to determine a set of summarization parameters based on the relationship between the viewer and the user and using the processor to reduce the number of images or the length of the video from the digital image collection using the determined set of summarization parameters to be viewed by the viewer.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Kodak Alaris Inc.Inventors: Andrew Charles Gallagher, Aaron Thomas Deever
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Publication number: 20240079187Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a wearable gait monitoring system for monitoring characteristics of an animal pulling a payload. The system can comprise and inertial measurement unit (IMU), a load sensor, and a display. The IMU can be configured to be positioned proximate the animal and configured to generate IMU data indicative of an acceleration and rotation of the animal. The load sensor can be configured to generate force data indicative of a force exerted on the payload by the animal. The display can be configured to display load and gait information to a user, wherein the load and gait information can be based on the IMU data and the force data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Jud Ready, Julia Allen, Andrew Gunawan, Aaron Thomas, Deven Saurin Shah
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Publication number: 20240076180Abstract: A beverage production system, comprising a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups, a beverage dispensing station configured to dispense a beverage, and a turntable assembly. The turntable assembly comprising a central axis, an inner turntable including a first row of cup receptacles, and an outer turntable including a second row of cup receptacles. The outer turntable is disposed circumferentially about the inner turntable, and the outer turntable is configured to rotate about the central axis to align the cup receptacles of the second row with the cup dispensing station and the beverage dispensing station. The turntable assembly is configured to align an opening in a cup receptacle in the second row with an opening in a cup receptacle in the first row. A slide assembly includes an arm configured to slide a cup positioned in the cup receptacle in the second row into the aligned opening of the cup receptacle in the first row.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Nicholas Michael Degnan, Arthur Francois David Levy, Robert William Lyle, Joseph Park, Aaron Thomas, Karl Thomas Szatrowski, Won Suk You, Elvis Junior Palma, Sze Wun Wong
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Patent number: 11915276Abstract: A system includes a millimeter (MM) wave radar detector, where the MM wave radar detector generates signal data associated with a person of interest (POI) within a field of view of the MM wave radar detector. The system further includes an Access Point (AP) coupled with the MM wave radar detector. The AP includes a computing device to receive and analyze the signal data provided by the MM wave radar detector to determine a movement or action of the POI within the field of view, and facilitate generation of a feedback response in response to the determined movement or action of the POI.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Joel Goergen, Kameron Rose Hurst, John Scott Scheeler, Alpesh Umakant Bhobe, Dylan Thomas Walker, Aaron P. Tondra
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Patent number: 11904914Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes capturing, by a machine vision device, an image of an object in a railway environment. The machine vision device is attached to a first train car that is moving in a first direction along a first railroad track of the railway environment. The method also includes analyzing, by the machine vision device, the image of the object using one or more machine vision algorithms to determine a value associated with the object. The method further includes determining, by the machine vision device, that the value associated with the object indicates a potential deficiency of the object and communicating, by the machine vision device, an alert to a component external to the first train car. The alert comprises an indication of the potential deficiency of the object.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BNSF Railway CompanyInventors: Dennis William Morgart, Joshua John McBain, Corey Tremain Pasta, Aaron Thomas Ratledge
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Publication number: 20230348256Abstract: A beverage production system, comprising a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups, a beverage dispensing station configured to dispense a beverage, and a turntable assembly. The turntable assembly comprising a central axis, an inner turntable including a first row of cup receptacles, and an outer turntable including a second row of cup receptacles. The outer turntable is disposed circumferentially about the inner turntable, and the outer turntable is configured to rotate about the central axis to align the cup receptacles of the second row with the cup dispensing station and the beverage dispensing station. The turntable assembly is configured to align an opening in a cup receptacle in the second row with an opening in a cup receptacle in the first row. A slide assembly includes an arm configured to slide a cup positioned in the cup receptacle in the second row into the aligned opening of the cup receptacle in the first row.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Nicholas Michael Degnan, Arthur Francois David Levy, Robert William Lyle, Joseph Park, Aaron Thomas, Karl Thomas Szatrowski, Won Suk You, Elvis Junior Palma, Sze Wun Wong
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Patent number: 11801533Abstract: Automated sorting of a sealable bag includes contactlessly scanning a surface or surfaces of a sealable bag (upper or lower surface or both) as the sealable bag is conveyed past an inspection station; obtaining a surface profile topology of the scanned surface; calculating apparent volume of the sealable bag from the surface profile topology; determining whether the apparent volume is within volume thresholds of over filled, under filled and unsealed bags; and sorting the sealable bag to a discard station responsive to a determination that the apparent volume of the sealable bag does not fit within the selected threshold(s).Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Inventors: Aaron Thomas Bacon, Aerick William Bacon, Thomas Dell Bacon
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Patent number: 11795012Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an end-of-arm tool having multiple robotic grippers, such as two or more grippers, and coordination of motion of the multiple grippers, so as to allow for automated testing and packaging of sealable bags conveyed to an inspection station.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventors: Aaron Thomas Bacon, Aerick William Bacon, Thomas Dell Bacon
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Publication number: 20230314266Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for anomalous gas concentration detection. A spectroscopic system, such as a wavelength modulated spectroscopy (WMS) system may measure gas concentrations in a target area. However, noise, such as speckle noise, may interfere with measuring relatively low concentrations of gas, and may lead to false positives. A noise model, which includes a contribution from a speckle noise model, may be used to process data from the spectroscopic system. An adaptive threshold may be applied based on an expected amount of noise. A speckle filter may remove measurements which are outliers based on a measurement of their noise. Plume detection may be used to determine a presence of gas plumes. Each of these processing steps may be associated with a confidence, which may be used to determine an overall confidence in the processed measurements/gas plumes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Bridger Photonics, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Thomas Kreitinger, Michael James Thorpe
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Patent number: 11738987Abstract: A beverage production system, comprising a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups, a beverage dispensing station configured to dispense a beverage, and a turntable assembly. The turntable assembly comprising a central axis, an inner turntable including a first row of cup receptacles, and an outer turntable including a second row of cup receptacles. The outer turntable is disposed circumferentially about the inner turntable, and the outer turntable is configured to rotate about the central axis to align the cup receptacles of the second row with the cup dispensing station and the beverage dispensing station. The turntable assembly is configured to align an opening in a cup receptacle in the second row with an opening in a cup receptacle in the first row. A slide assembly includes an arm configured to slide a cup positioned in the cup receptacle in the second row into the aligned opening of the cup receptacle in the first row.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: YUM Connect, LLCInventors: Nicholas Michael Degnan, Arthur Francois David Levy, Robert William Lyle, Joseph Park, Aaron Thomas, Karl Thomas Szatrowski, Won Suk You, Elvis Junior Palma, Sze Wun Wong
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Publication number: 20230228876Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for a rotating optical reflector. Optical systems may have a limited field of view, and so in order to expand the area that the optical system collects data from, the field of view of the optical system may be scanned across a target area. The present disclosure is directed to a rotating optical reflector, which includes a transmissive layer which refracts light onto a reflective layer, which has a normal which is not parallel to the axis about which the optical reflector is rotated. The optical reflector may be both statically and dynamically balanced, which may allow an increased size of the optical reflector, which in turn may increase the aperture of an optical system (e.g., a lidar system) using the rotating optical reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Bridger Photonics, Inc.Inventors: Peter Aaron Roos, Michael James Thorpe, Aaron Thomas Kreitinger, Christopher Ray Wilson
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Publication number: 20230227497Abstract: A device and method for in-line homogenizing a non-uniform feed stream is described herein, which includes a plug flow reactor (PFR), a bypass line, and a pump in a closed-circuit flow path that allows for rapid homogenization of the non-uniform feed stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Matthew Robert BROWN, Scott A. GODFREY, Aaron Thomas KWONG
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Publication number: 20230221219Abstract: Apparatuses systems and methods for gas emission rate detection sensitivity and probability of detection (PoD) based on emission rate. A measurement system may be characterized by its ability to detect gas plumes as a function of the emission rate of those plumes. The measurement system may be characterized based on a generalized PoD function which expresses PoD relative to emission rate as a function of gas concentration noise and gas flow speed. In an example application, the PoD may be used to estimate a cumulative distribution of gas plumes which were not detected based on a cumulative distribution of measured gas plumes. In another example application, the PoD may be used to refine an estimate for a measured emission rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Bridger Photonics, Inc.Inventors: Michael James Thorpe, Aaron Thomas Kreitinger