Patents by Inventor Alejandro Martinez
Alejandro Martinez 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: 11139482Abstract: An electrocatalyst material comprising: (i) a support material comprising a plurality of individual support particles or aggregates; (ii) first particles comprising a first metal and an alloying metal; and (iii) second particles consisting of a second metal or a second metal oxide, wherein the second metal is platinum or iridium; wherein each individual support particle or aggregate has dispersed thereon first particles and second particles, characterised in that the mean average particle size of the second particles is smaller than the mean average particle size of the first particles is disclosed. The electrocatalyst material has particular use in an electrode, such as the cathode, of an electrochemical cell, such as a fuel cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells LimitedInventors: Jonathan David Brereton Sharman, Alejandro Martinez Bonastre, Geoffrey Spikes
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Patent number: 11132196Abstract: Address collisions are managed when performing vector operations. A register store stores vector operands. Execution circuitry performs memory access operations to move the vector operands between the register store and memory and data processing operations using the vector operands. The execution circuitry may iteratively execute a vector loop, where during each iteration the execution circuitry executes a sequence of instructions to implement the vector loop. The sequence includes a check instruction identifying a plurality of memory addresses. The execution circuitry responds to the check instruction to determine whether an address hazard condition exists among the plurality of memory addresses. For each iteration of the vector loop, the execution circuitry responds to the check instruction determining an absence of the hazard address condition to employ a default level of vectorization when executing the sequence of instructions to implement the vector loop.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Mbou Eyole, Jacob Eapen, Alejandro Martinez Vicente
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Publication number: 20210216371Abstract: A system for managing access to a shared resource includes a plurality of nodes is described. The system may determine a quota for each of a plurality of nodes in view of one or more factors associated with a respective node and set a local counter stored in a memory of each of the nodes to the value of the relevant quota. In response to a request to access a resource made by an end device, the system may serve the request with a first node in the nodes, wherein the local counter stored in the memory of the first node is more than zero, and decrement the local counter stored in the memory of the first node by one after serving the request. Synchronization data is sent from each of the nodes, including the value of the local counter stored in the memory of the relevant node.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventor: Alejandro Martinez Ruiz
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Patent number: 11060368Abstract: A well-logging system includes a first downhole tool coupled to a first cable for conveying the first downhole tool along a wellbore. A second downhole tool having a housing is coupled to a second cable for conveying the second downhole tool along the wellbore. The well-logging system includes a cable guide having a chassis structure coupled to the housing and a sleeve coupled to the chassis structure and disposed about the first cable. The first cable is configured to translate along the sleeve such that the sleeve facilitates guided movement of the first downhole tool relative to the second downhole tool.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Nicholas Fundytus, Alejandro Martinez Pereira, Colin Wilson, Richard Parker
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Publication number: 20210188206Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes an interior side wall, a floor structure and an airbag support member. The interior side wall defines a first door opening. The floor structure at least partially defines a passenger compartment of a vehicle along with the interior side wall. The floor structure defines seat supporting section adjacent to the first door opening. The airbag support member has an upper end and a lower end and an airbag attachment portion. The lower end is attached to the interior side wall at a first location above the floor structure between the first door opening and the seat supporting section, the upper end being attached to the interior side wall structure at a second location above the first location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventor: Alejandro MARTINEZ
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Patent number: 11042378Abstract: Data processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry to selectively apply a vector processing operation to data items at positions within data vectors according to the states of a set of respective predicate flags associated with the positions, the data vectors having a data vector processing order, each data vector comprising a plurality of data items having a data item order, the processing circuitry comprising: instruction decoder circuitry to decode program instructions; and instruction processing circuitry to execute instructions decoded by the instruction decoder circuitry; wherein the instruction decoder circuitry is responsive to a propagation instruction to control the instruction processing circuitry to derive a set of predicate flags applicable to a current data vector in dependence upon a set of predicate flags applicable to a preceding data vector in the data vector processing order, wherein when one or more last-most predicate flags of the set applicable to the preceding data vector are inacType: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: ARM LimitedInventors: Nigel John Stephens, Mbou Eyole, Alejandro Martinez Vicente
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Patent number: 11042375Abstract: An apparatus and method of operating the apparatus are provided for performing a count operation. Instruction decoder circuitry is responsive to a count instruction specifying an input data item to generate control signals to control the data processing circuitry to perform a count operation. The count operation determines a count value indicative of a number of input elements of a subset of elements in the specified input data item which have a value which matches a reference value in a reference element in a reference data item. A plurality of count operations may be performed to determine a count data item corresponding to the input data item. A register scatter storage instruction, a gather index generation instruction, and respective apparatuses responsive to them, as well as simulator implementations, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: ARM LimitedInventors: Mbou Eyole, Jesse Garrett Beu, Alejandro Martinez Vicente, Timothy Hayes
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Patent number: 10963305Abstract: A system for managing access to a shared resource includes a plurality of nodes. Each of the nodes is in communication with the shared resource and has a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The system further includes an orchestrator that has a controller and is in communication with the shared resource and the nodes. The controller is configured to determine a quota for each of the nodes, wherein each quota has a value of more than one. The processor of each of the nodes is configured to set a local counter stored in the memory of the relevant node to the value of the relevant node's quota. In response to a request received from an end device to use the shared resource, the processor of each of the nodes is further configured to serve the request and decrement the local counter by one. The processor stops serving requests when a value of the local counter reaches zero. At an end of a synchronization period, the processor sends synchronization data to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.Inventor: Alejandro Martinez Ruiz
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Patent number: 10947804Abstract: A system is disclosed as including a seal for sealing an area between a hanger and a housing of a wellhead. The seal is provided with at least a notch that defines at least a movable portion such as a wing or a lip. An e-ring is provided for a first energizing of the seal. The movable portion enables pressurized fluid from beneath the seal to cause the movable portion to protrude further against a mating side in the wellhead and the hanger for a second energizing of the seal. This type of seal maintains or improves the sealing of the wellhead in high pressure applications. Methods applied to the above seal are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Vetco Gray, LLCInventors: Andrew Ingram, Greg Dunn, Alejandro Martinez, Ronnie Hampton, Joseph Pallini
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Publication number: 20210020953Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst material, said catalyst material comprising a support material, a first metal and one or more second metals, wherein the first metal and the second metal(s) are alloyed and wherein the first metal is a platinum group metal and the second metal(s) is selected from the group of transition metals and tin provided the second metal(s) is different to the first metal is disclosed. The process comprises depositing a silicon oxide before or after deposition of the second metal(s), alloying the first and second metals and subsequently removing silicon oxide. A catalyst material prepared by this process is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Alejandro Martinez Bonastre, Geoffrey Hugh Spikes, Rachel Louise O'Malley
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Publication number: 20210009138Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle road load compensation system that includes an accelerator pedal, a throttle, a transmission wherein a vehicle torque is generated proportional to the transmission gear and the motor power, and a control unit disposed within the vehicle and configured to receive real-time sensor data relating to the road load of the vehicle. The control unit includes a real-time throttle map relating the accelerator pedal position to the throttle position, such that a given accelerator pedal position directs a corresponding target throttle position. The control unit also includes a real-time shift map relating a desired transmission gear to a current transmission gear, vehicle speed, and throttle position. In response to the sensor data, the control unit updates the throttle map and shift map such that the vehicle torque is altered based on the road load of the vehicle. The controller may also update a real-time torque converter lockup map.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Sandeep Kumar Reddy Janampally, Alejandro M. Sanchez, Alejandro Martinez
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Publication number: 20200403224Abstract: A high capacity anode material comprising pre-lithiated ?-MoO3 nanostructures is provided. A lithium sulfur full cell, battery, or pouch cell comprising the anode material and methods of fabricating the same are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Gamini U. Sumanasekera, Mahendra K. Sunkara, Alejandro Martinez-Garcia, Ruchira Ravinath Dharmasena
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Patent number: 10843785Abstract: A pressure bulkhead for an aircraft comprising a pressurized zone, the pressure bulkhead made of a composite material and comprising a front panel intended to be faced towards the pressurized zone; and a rear panel, substantially parallel to the front panel and intended to be located farther from the pressurized zone than the front panel. The pressure bulkhead further comprises a plurality of longerons located between the front panel and the rear panel, each one of them being attached to the front panel and to the rear panel; and a plurality of stiffeners, some of them being attached to the front panel and a remainder of them being attached to the rear panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.Inventors: Carlos García Nieto, Francisco José Cruz Domínguez, Juan Pablo Juste Mencía, Nuria Colmenarejo Matellano, Alejandro Martínez Cañizares
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Patent number: 10842313Abstract: Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: BEDFORD SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Thomas J. Novak, Ross Packard, Peter Peterson, Shawn Gulla, Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson, Camilla Schmitt, Mark Joseph Cohen, Ross Peter Jones, Nicolas Alejandro Martinez, Miles William Noel Hember, Fabien Yannick Schmitt, Gary Stacey, Niall Allan Mottram, Neil Lester Campbell, Cormac O'Prey, Wai Ting Chan, Nicholas David Rollings, Charles Frazer Kilby, Christopher Paul Richardson, Thomas Bates Jackson, Scott Grubb, Chris Covey, Barry Dobson, Paul Wilkins, Chris Roach, Peter David Cauwood, Keith Paul Thompson, James Hewitt, Marc Angotti, Ray Carroll, Richard Estabrook, Kevin Hartley, Frank Consoli
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Patent number: 10838523Abstract: A touch screen device includes a display screen having a touch surface, an input knob, and a microcontroller programmed to execute a method. The knob has a stationary member with conductive base pads facing the surface and a moveable member. The knob lacks a direct electrical connection to the surface. The microcontroller receives encoder signals as the moveable member moves with respect to the stationary member, with the signals being indicative of discrete touch events between the moveable member and the screen, e.g., via an intervening switch. The microcontroller processes the encoder signals to determine a direction of movement of the knob, and derives a true position of a center point of the knob using a position of each of the base pads. The microcontroller then controls an operation of the touch screen device.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Carlos A. Lopez, Omar Alejandro Martinez Vega, David Whitton
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Patent number: 10833334Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst material, said catalyst material comprising a support material, a first metal and one or more second metals, wherein the first metal and the second metal(s) are alloyed and wherein the first metal is a platinum group metal and the second metal(s) is selected from the group of transition metals and tin provided the second metal(s) is different to the first metal is disclosed. The process comprises depositing a silicon oxide before or after deposition of the second metal(s), alloying the first and second metals and subsequently removing silicon oxide. A catalyst material prepared by this process is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: JOHNSON MATTHEY FUEL CELLS LIMITEDInventors: Alejandro Martinez Bonastre, Geoffrey Hugh Spikes, Rachel Louise O'Malley
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Publication number: 20200337295Abstract: The present invention relates to a bracelet for the diffusion of volatile substances, comprising a strap (1) and a refill (2) impregnated with volatile substances, and is characterized in that the refill (2) comprises an outer surface (21) provided with at least one rib (3), defining at least one evaporation chamber (4). The present invention provides a bracelet for the diffusion of volatile substances having a higher volatile substance evaporation rate, with the refill having a size that is suitable for use in a bracelet and being firmly secured on the strap, even in bracelets for children.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Zobele Holding SPAInventors: Cedric Gobber, Moisés Caballero Tapia, Jorge Alejandro Martinez Uribe
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Publication number: 20200321622Abstract: An electrocatalyst material comprising: (i) a support material comprising a plurality of individual support particles or aggregates; (ii) first particles comprising a first metal and an alloying metal; and (iii) second particles consisting of a second metal or a second metal oxide, wherein the second metal is platinum or iridium; wherein each individual support particle or aggregate has dispersed thereon first particles and second particles, characterised in that the mean average particle size of the second particles is smaller than the mean average particle size of the first particles is disclosed. The electrocatalyst material has particular use in an electrode, such as the cathode, of an electrochemical cell, such as a fuel cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Jonathan David Brereton SHARMAN, Alejandro MARTINEZ BONASTRE, Geoffrey SPIKES
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Publication number: 20200313201Abstract: The use of an electrocatalyst material in an anode catalyst layer, wherein the electrocatalyst material comprises a support material, the support material comprising a plurality of individual support particles or aggregates wherein each individual support particle or aggregate has dispersed thereon (i) first particles and (ii) second particles, wherein: (i) the first particles comprise Pt optionally alloyed with an alloying metal X1; wherein the optional alloying metal X1 is selected from the group consisting of Rh, Ti, Os, V, Co, Ni, Ga, Hf, Sn, Ir, Pd, Mo, Zn, W, Zr and Re; (ii) the second particles consist essentially of a second metal or a second metal compound wherein the second metal is selected from the group consisting of Ir and Ru and the second metal compound comprises IrX2 wherein X2 is selected from the group consisting of Ta, Nb, Ru, Ni and Co; and wherein if the first particles consist of Pt then the second particles do not comprise IrTa; and wherein if the first particles consist of Pt withoutType: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2018Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Alejandro MARTINEZ BONASTRE, Jonathan SHARMAN, Geoffrey SPIKES
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Patent number: 10744992Abstract: A reservoir includes at least a container, a cap, a diaphragm, and a sealing device. The container includes a neck portion that extends from a body of the container. The neck portion includes an opening that provides access to an interior of the container. The cap is structured to interact with the neck portion. The cap includes a vent for pressure balancing of the reservoir. The diaphragm includes a slit that communicates with the vent. The sealing device includes a sealed vessel and a holder. The sealed vessel includes a sealing member sealed by a seal. The sealed vessel is movable to at least a first position such that the sealed vessel physically contacts the diaphragm to seal the slit. The sealed vessel is movable to a second position such that the sealed vessel is spaced from the diaphragm to unseal the slit. The holder is configured to bold the sealed vessel in alignment with the cap.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Josh Macy, Alejandro Martinez