Patents by Inventor Alan AN

Alan AN 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).

  • DYNAMIC COMPARATIVE DIAGNOSTICS FOR CATALYTIC STRUCTURES AND COMBUSTIBLE GAS SENSORS INCLUDING CATALYTIC STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20210181171
    Abstract: A combustible gas sensor for detecting an analyte gas includes a first element including a first electric heating element, a first support structure on the first electric heating element and a first catalyst supported on the first support structure and electronic circuitry in electrical connection with the first element. The electronic circuitry is configured to provide energy to the first element to heat the first element to at least a first temperature at which the first catalyst catalyzes combustion of the analyte gas and to determine if the analyte gas is present based on a response of the first element to being heated to at least the first temperature. The electronic circuitry is further configured to apply an interrogation pulse to the first element in which energy to the first element is increased or decreased to induce an associated response from the first element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Flori Zanella, SR., Michael Alvin Brown, Meghan E. Swanson, Daniel D. Santoro, JR., Jeff Audia, Ryan Alan Sherry
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN ACOUSTIC MONITORING SYSTEM OF AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20210181162
    Abstract: A calibration system for an acoustic monitoring system of an additive manufacturing machine includes a calibration platform removably mountable to a build platform of the additive manufacturing machine and one or more calibrated acoustic sources mounted to the calibration platform. The one or more calibrated acoustic sources define a measurement standard when operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Scott Alan Gold
  • Heating systems and methods for heating a breast support platform
    Patent number: 11033242
    Abstract: A breast support platform for an x-ray imaging system includes a housing having a compression plate and a front wall, and a heating system disposed at least partially within the housing. The heating system is configured to heat at least a portion of the compression plate, at least a portion of the front wall, or at least a portion of the compression plate and the front wall. In an example, the heating system includes a transparent conducting film coupled to an inner surface of the housing. In another example, the heating system includes a blower disposed at least partially within the housing, and the blower is configured to channel hot air across an inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Douglas Myers, Shusheng He, Tarpit Patel, Alan Rego, Danielle Niremberg
  • Miniature implantable neurostimulator system for sciatic nerves and their branches
    Patent number: 11033737
    Abstract: This application describes a miniature implantable neurostimulator system for sciatic nerves and their branches. The implanted miniature neurostimulator is implanted in the leg and stimulates these nerves for the treatment of urinary or bowel incontinence. The miniature implantable neurostimulator has a low duty cycle permitting a small size with medically-acceptable longevity. The system includes a wireless programmer and patient-activated key fob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Alan Ostroff, Peter Jacobson
  • Control of a gas turbine driving a generator of an electrical system based on faults detected in the electrical system
    Patent number: 11035300
    Abstract: An example system includes a gas-turbine configured to generate mechanical energy using fuel; an electrical generator configured to generate electrical energy using the mechanical energy generated by the gas-turbine; an electrical converter configured to process the electrical energy generated by the electrical generator; and a converter controller configured to reduce, responsive to detecting occurrence of a fault in the electrical generator or the electrical converter, an amount of fuel provided to the gas-turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: Alan W. Smith
  • Sensor for monitoring rotors
    Patent number: 11034438
    Abstract: A sensor for monitoring rotors includes a rotating shaft coupled to a set of rotor blades and a non-rotating tube at least partially disposed within the rotating shaft and coupled to the rotating shaft. The non-rotating tube includes a first end and a second end, a sensor mount disposed within the non-rotating tube proximate to the second end of the non-rotating tube. One or more sensors are attached to the sensor mount, wherein the one or more sensors detect one or more parameters associated with the rotating shaft or the set of rotor blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Brian Edward Tucker, Glenn Alan Shimek, Leonard N. Jones, Joseph Wendelsdorf
  • Means to prevent wound dressings from adhering to closure device
    Patent number: 11033270
    Abstract: A wound dressing for use with a closure device is disclosed. The first and second base panels of the closure device are positioned on opposite lateral sides of a wound or incision. The base panels are coupled together to maintain wound or incision closure. A release liner is removed from a bottom surface of the wound dressing. The wound dressing is positioned over the closure device and the wound or incision. Exudate is absorbed by an absorbent material of the wound dressing through a porous strip of the wound dressing. The wound dressing is slightly larger than the closure device so that its perimeter area is adhered to the skin area around the closure device. Alternatively or in combination, the wound dressing is lightly adhered to the closure device and wound or incision area so that it can be removed without harming the underlying device and tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ZIPLINE MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Amir Belson, Eric Storne, Jeremy Edinger, Zachary Kimura, Alan Schaer, Keiichiro Ichiryu
  • Medical device
    Patent number: 11033292
    Abstract: A medical device is described having a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle, an end effector coupled to the shaft and an ultrasonic transducer coupled to the end effector for delivering ultrasonic energy to tissue or a vessel to be treated. A drive circuit is provided for generating a drive signal that is applied to the ultrasonic transducer. In one embodiment, the drive circuit includes a resonant circuit and a controller that varies the period of the drive signal passed through the resonant circuit in order to control the power supplied to the ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Alan Edward Green, Paul Christopher Roberts, Mark David Tuckwell, Peter Ralph Bonham
  • Cloud security stack
    Patent number: 11038842
    Abstract: Methods and systems for secure cloud provider communication are disclosed. A method may include receiving a request to transmit data from one of a first cloud provider, an entity network, and a second cloud provider to another of the first cloud provider, the entity network, and the second cloud provider. The method may further include determining levels of trust associated with the one of the first cloud provider, the entity network, and the second cloud provider and the another of the first cloud provider, the entity network, and the second cloud provider, wherein the levels of trust are based on endpoint control by the entity network. The method may also include transmitting the data from the one of the first cloud provider, the entity network, and the second cloud provider to a cloud security stack based on the determined levels of trust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher John Gerber, Michael David Smith, Mark Alan Pagan, Benjamin Ivy Crawford
  • Underbody charging of vehicle batteries
    Patent number: 11034254
    Abstract: A system for charging one or more batteries of a vehicle may include a charging box mounted to a vehicle to facilitate connection to a charge coupler from under the vehicle. The charge coupler may be configured to provide an electrical connection between an electrical power source and the charging box. A vehicle including the charging box may maneuver to a position above the charge coupler, after which electrical contacts of the charging box and the charge coupler may be brought into contact with one another. The charge coupler and/or the charging box may be configured to provide electrical communication between the electrical power source and the one or more batteries, so that the electrical power source may charge one or more of the batteries. Thereafter, the electrical contacts may be separated from one another, and the vehicle may maneuver away from the charge coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Emrys Booth, Moritz Boecker, Kyle Matthew Foley, Robert Alan Ng, Da Liu, Timothy David Kentley-Klay
  • Cell culture incubators with integrated imaging systems
    Patent number: 11034927
    Abstract: Aspects relate to automated cell culture incubators comprising imaging systems, e.g., holographic or phase-contrast imagers, configured for imaging said cells within the incubators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Thrive Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Blanchard
  • Optical inspection system and method including accounting for variations of optical path length within a sample
    Patent number: 11035793
    Abstract: An illuminator/collector assembly can deliver incident light to a sample and collect return light returning from the sample. A sensor can measure ray intensities as a function of ray position and ray angle for the collected return light. A ray selector can select a first subset of rays from the collected return light at the sensor that meet a first selection criterion. In some examples, the ray selector can aggregate ray intensities into bins, each bin corresponding to rays in the collected return light that traverse within the sample an estimated optical path length within a respective range of optical path lengths. A characterizer can determine a physical property of the sample, such as absorptivity, based on the ray intensities, ray positions, and ray angles for the first subset of rays. Accounting for variations in optical path length traversed within the sample can improve accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Arbore, Matthew A. Terrel
  • Methods of treating inflammation or neuropathic pain
    Patent number: 11034674
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating inflammation or neuropathic pain using an effective dose of a monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitor or a composition thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: H. LUNDBECK A/S
    Inventors: Jacqueline Lorayne Blankman, Jason Robert Clapper, R. Alan B. Ezekowitz, Iain Peter Fraser, Cheryl A. Grice, Todd K. Jones, Gary Paul O'Neill, Archie Wayne Thurston, Jr., Channing Rodney Beals
  • Predicate indicator generation for vector processing operations
    Patent number: 11036503
    Abstract: Processing circuitry selectively applies vector processing operations to one or more data items of one or more data vectors. Each data vector comprises a plurality of data items at respective vector positions in the data vector according to the state of respective predicate indicators associated with the vector positions. Predicate generation circuitry apply a processing operation to generate a set of predicate indicators, each associated with a respective one of the vector positions, to generate a count value indicative of the number of predicate indicators in the set having a given state, and to store the generated set of predicate indicators and the count value in a predicate store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ARM LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Alan Gorman, Lee Evan Eisen, Neil Burgess, Daniel Arulraj
  • Real time material and velocity control in a molding system
    Patent number: 11034070
    Abstract: A system includes a cavity, an injection nozzle configured to inject material into the cavity, and a plurality of sensors at sensor locations. Each of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure parameters at one of the sensor locations. The system lacks a strain gauge. The system further includes a controller configured to control a flow rate of the injection of material into the cavity. The controller is configured to receive the measured parameters and compare the received information to predetermined curves. The controller is configured to control the flow rate when the measured parameters deviate from the predetermined curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: IMFLUX INC.
    Inventors: Milko Gergov, Chow-Chi Huang, Steve Andrew Burns, Rick Alan Pollard
  • Controlled bypass temperature based pressure and airflow control
    Patent number: 11039553
    Abstract: A cold air outlet assembly can include one or more cold air outlets arranged to channel cold air to a contained cold region or cold aisle, and one or more bypass ducts arranged to fluidly connect a hot external environment with the cold region adjacent the cold air outlets. The bypass ducts include backdraft dampers arranged to allow flow of hot air from the hot environment to the cold region and restrict flow of cold air from the cold region to the hot environment so that, in operation, limited mixing of hot air and cold air within the cold region occurs under low pressure conditions in the cold region. The temperature of the mixed hot and cold air can be sensed and used for controlling airflow to the cold region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Joseph Lachapelle
  • Fluid handling system
    Patent number: 11033728
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a fluid handling system are disclosed herein. For example, the fluid handling system can include a catheter assembly and a console configured to control the operation of the catheter assembly. A removable interface member can be configured to provide fluid and electrical communication between the catheter assembly and the console. Additionally, a control system is disclosed for controlling operation of the fluid handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Alan L. Schenck, Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald
  • Host attestation
    Patent number: 11036861
    Abstract: A service provider provides virtual computing services using a fleet of one or more host computer systems. Each of the host computer systems may be equipped with a trusted platform module (“TPM”). The service provider, the host computer systems, and the virtual computing environments generate attestations that prove the integrity of the system. The attestations are signed with a one-time-use cryptographic key that is verifiable against the public keys of the service provider, a host computer system, and a virtual computing environment. The public key of the host computer system is integrated into a hash tree that links the public key of the host computer system to the public key of the service provider. The public key of the virtual computing environment is signed using a one-time-use graphic key issued to the host computer system that hosts the virtual computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew John Campagna, Gregory Alan Rubin, Eric Jason Brandwine
  • Display device with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D922427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Agatha Yick Jun Yu, Matthew Alan Scott
  • Communications booth
    Patent number: D922613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Cubicall LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Michael Pucci, Nicholas Alan Pucci