Patents by Inventor Alan Miller
Alan Miller 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: 20240115301Abstract: A bone screw comprises a shaft defining a longitudinal axis and a minor diameter. The shaft including a core having an angled surface relative to the axis. The angled surface extending from the minor diameter adjacent a proximal portion of the shaft to a distal portion of the shaft, and a wall disposed about the angled surface. The wall including at least one thread having an external thread form. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: Dale A. Tempco, Rodney Ray Ballard, Keith E. Miller, William Alan Rezach
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Patent number: 11945600Abstract: A fuel system is provided for an aircraft having a fuel source. The fuel system includes a fuel oxygen reduction unit defining a liquid fuel supply path, a stripping gas supply path, a liquid fuel outlet path, and a stripping gas return path, wherein the stripping gas return path is in airflow communication with the fuel source.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Brandon Wayne Miller
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Publication number: 20240102388Abstract: A system for controlling a turbine valve is provided. The system includes a hydraulic pilot valve section being moveable in a first direction and a second direction; a main hydraulic valve section being moveable in a first direction to close the turbine valve and a second direction to open the turbine valve; a position demand indicating a desired position of the turbine valve; a first feedback indicating an actual position of the hydraulic pilot valve section; and aa second feedback indicating an actual position of the main hydraulic valve section. The system also includes a pilot valve error; a main valve error; a turbine valve error; and a pilot valve adjustment moving the hydraulic pilot valve section in response to the turbine valve error. The turbine valve error is repeatedly determined and the pilot valve adjustment repeatedly moves the hydraulic pilot valve section to minimize the turbine valve error.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Camilo Lopez, Mark Foltz, Steve Miller, Kevin Dowdell, Mark Wieland, Alan Majors
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Patent number: 11937736Abstract: A cooking appliance includes an oven body having an interior compartment and a door panel for accessing the interior compartment, wherein the interior compartment is sized to receive a food product; a removable heated tray positionable within the interior compartment, wherein the heated tray includes a top tray surface and a first heating source positioned below the top tray surface; and a second heating source positioned within the interior compartment.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.Inventors: Peter Alan Steiner, Jacob Daniel Smith, John Aaron Miller, Drew William Heidenreich
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Publication number: 20240070641Abstract: Systems and methods for P2P transaction functionality include payment collection from a third party source. A system includes at least one processor and a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including receiving transaction information from a vendor where a card was used and analyzing the transaction information. The operations also include sending one or more requests for repayment to one or more P2P service systems, receiving repayment information, regarding one or more repayments, from the one or more P2P service systems and, based on the repayment information, applying the one or more repayments to the transaction performed on the card.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Walter Avery MILLER, Jason E. FERRELL, Troy Alan DYE, Robert A. MARTIN, Jordan FISCHER
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Patent number: 11814617Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing ensiled plant materials using the anaerobic bacterium Megasphaera elsdenii and ensiled plant materials thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: Kansas State University Research Foundation, Axiota U.S., Inc.Inventors: James Scott Drouillard, Kevin Alan Miller, Celine Caroline Aperce, Taylor Marie Horne, Tara Jo Ellerman, Gina Rae Herren
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Patent number: 11769015Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programming products for alleviating ambiguity amongst the terms and language displayed by the user interface of software products and services. The disclosed solutions catalog terms displayed by the UI of software and services and identify where overlapping terms with the same or substantially similar term names are presented by the UI but have different meanings than the software most familiar to the user. Natural language processing is leveraged to derive meanings of software terms using the context of the surrounding words and text elements within the UI, as well as product documentation, error messages, sentiment and other textual clues. Ambiguity among overlapping terms is alleviated by modifying the UI, highlighting differences in term definitions from the software or services a user is most familiar with using, and updating the UI in a manner that differentiates the overlapping terms displayed by accessed products or services.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Amy Travis, Laura Janet Rodriguez, Sara Beth Weber, Brittany Bogle, Smriti Talwar, Brent Alan Miller
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Patent number: 11747385Abstract: A device for detecting stray electrical currents in fluid mediums comprises at least two probes for partially disposing in a fluid medium and a control unit. The control unit comprises at least one analog-to-digital signal converter in electrical communication with at least one of the probes, at least one audio-visual alarm, and a processor operably coupled to the at least one converter and to the at least one audio-visual alarm. The processor is operable to measure an electrical potential difference between the two probes, to calculate at least one frequency-dependent characteristic associated with a plurality of said measurements, and to transmit an alert signal if the at least one frequency-dependent characteristic satisfied a threshold. Advantageously, by monitoring for the frequency, the device more consistently and more reliably detects the presence of stray alternating currents.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Marine Co. Systems LLCInventors: Matthew Bruce Fitzgerald, Arnar Thors, Roger Alan Miller, John David Cook, Daniel James Myers
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Publication number: 20230166057Abstract: A device for inhaling an active agent is provided that can be moved from a first configuration to a second configuration. The device comprises two flexible substrates and a membrane (40) located between the two flexible substrates, and the two flexible substrates being connected at two opposing edges and unconnected at two further opposing edges. An active agent provided on the membrane may be inhaled by a user when the device is in the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Gregor John McLennan ANDERSON, Alan Miller SUTTIE, Donald SMITH, Lisa Charleston MCMYN
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Patent number: 11647886Abstract: A check valve assembly for a drain pump configured to transfer fluid from a sump, through a volute having a pump discharge passageway extending from the volute, includes a seat assembly and a flapper assembly. The seat assembly has a body with a first distal end and a second distal end, and a fluid passage extending through the body. The body defines a valve seat having a sealing surface about the fluid passage. The flapper assembly is operably coupled to the seat assembly. The flapper assembly has a moveable portion configured to selectively move between a closed position where the moveable portion seals against the sealing surface and an opened position where the moveable portion raises to allow liquid through the fluid passage. The check valve assembly is configured to be located within the pump discharge passageway.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Matthew Jerel Jaske, Antony M. Rappette, John Alan Miller, Todd Michael Jozwiak
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Publication number: 20230093217Abstract: An antenna mount assembly includes a baseplate having a bolt hub with a threaded bore and a sliding ramp. A vehicle mounting bracket is coupled to the baseplate with rooftop latches latchably coupled to an interior surface of a rooftop of a vehicle. A lock assembly is located below the baseplate and includes mounting legs coupled to the interior surface of the rooftop. The lock assembly includes a slider post engaging the sliding ramp to locate the lock assembly relative to the baseplate. A bolt is threadably coupled to the baseplate and tightened to move the lock assembly toward the baseplate. The slider post slides along the sliding ramp to rotate the lock assembly to a locked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Sumit Bongir, Yassine Borkadi, Alan Miller
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Patent number: 11542270Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula I, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are defined herein, their use as branched-chain alpha keto acid dehydrogenase kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such inhibitors and the use of such inhibitors to treat, for example, diabetes, NASH and heart failure.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Samit Kumar Bhattacharya, Leanne Marie Buzon, Kevin James Filipski, David Andrew Griffith, Bethany Lyn Kormos, Luis Angel Martinez-Alsina, Russell Alan Miller, Matthew Richard Reese, Rachel Jane Roth Flach, Yuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20220387738Abstract: A device for inhaling an active agent is provided that can be moved from a first configuration to a second configuration. The device comprises two flexible substrates and a membrane located between the two flexible substrates, and the two flexible substrates being connected at two opposing edges and unconnected at two further opposing edges. An active agent provided on the membrane may be inhaled by a user when the device is in the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Donald SMITH, Gregor John McLennan ANDERSON, Lisa Charleston MCMYN, Alan Miller SUTTIE
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Publication number: 20220363673Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula I, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are defined herein, their use as branched-chain alpha keto acid dehydrogenase kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such inhibitors and the use of such inhibitors to treat, for example, diabetes, NASH and heart failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Samit Kumar Bhattacharya, Christopher Ryan Butler, Kevin James Filipski, Bethany Lyn Kormos, Luis Angel Martinez-Alsina, Russell Alan Miller, Kiyoyuki Omoto, Brian Raymer, Matthew Richard Reese, Rachel Jane Roth Flach, Yuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20220313001Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods and systems described herein are directed to a Sieve. The Sieve includes a removable filter that can be disposed within an interior of a hollow sieve body. The hollow sieve body has a first opening and a second opening. When the removable filter is disposed within the interior of the hollow sieve body, a first edge of the removable filter is situated on an edge of the first opening of the hollow sieve body. A detachable lid assembly connects to the first opening of the hollow sieve body and a detachable cap may be connected to the second opening of the hollow sieve body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Jacob Alan Miller, Jacob Daniel DiMiceli
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Publication number: 20220318510Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programming products for alleviating ambiguity amongst the terms and language displayed by the user interface of software products and services. The disclosed solutions catalog terms displayed by the UI of software and services and identify where overlapping terms with the same or substantially similar term names are presented by the UI but have different meanings than the software most familiar to the user. Natural language processing is leveraged to derive meanings of software terms using the context of the surrounding words and text elements within the UI, as well as product documentation, error messages, sentiment and other textual clues. Ambiguity among overlapping terms is alleviated by modifying the UI, highlighting differences in term definitions from the software or services a user is most familiar with using, and updating the UI in a manner that differentiates the overlapping terms displayed by accessed products or services.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Amy Travis, Laura Janet Rodriguez, Sara Beth Weber, Brittany Bogle, Smriti Talwar, Brent Alan Miller
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Publication number: 20220298056Abstract: A glass composition includes a base glass portion comprising: 65-75 wt % SiO2; 5-15 wt % CaO; 0-5 wt % MgO; 0-5 wt % K2O; 10-14 wt % Na2O; and 1-5 wt % Al2O3; wherein the glass composition has a ratio of Na2O to Al2O3 is in the range of 9.5-12.5 wt %/wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: John Rich, Alan Miller, José Guadalupe Cid-Aguilar
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Patent number: 11446451Abstract: A device for inhaling an active agent is provided that can be moved from a first configuration to a second configuration. The device comprises two flexible substrates and a membrane located between the two flexible substrates, and the two flexible substrates being connected at two opposing edges and unconnected at two further opposing edges. An active agent provided on the membrane may be inhaled by a user when the device is in the second configuration. A method of using the device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: INHALER LIMITEDInventors: Donald Smith, Gregor John McLennan Anderson, Lisa Charleston Mcmyn, Alan Miller Suttie
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Patent number: D965766Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: INHALER LIMITEDInventors: Donald Smith, Gregor John McLennan Anderson, Lisa Charleston McMyn, Alan Miller Suttie
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Patent number: D1022503Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Breeo, LLCInventors: Amos A. Stoltzfus, Jonathan C. Miller, Amos Alan Allgyer, Christopher Boehmer