Patents by Inventor Andre The

Andre The 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PRESERVE USER'S PRIVACY IN A VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230056836
    Abstract: A road usage charge system uses a proprietary blockchain to conduct transactions for road usage fees. While driving, a mobile device or equivalent tracks the vehicle location, speed, time of day, day of week, and any other parameter that may be used to modify a base road use fee are tracked and applied to conditional modifiers of the smart contract to create a new transaction block. As a result, the tedious reconciliation process normally associated with vehicular payments can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jaime Andres Borras, Wyatt Drake Geist
  • PACKAGING DEVICE, PACKAGING METHOD AND PACKAGE FOR VISUAL COMMUNICATION BOARDS
    Publication number: 20230054647
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a device for packaging visual communication boards and to the respective packaging method, characterized by a set of at least nine sections that comprises feeding the boards (1); fitting the lateral and upper profiles (2), cleaning of the boards (3); placing of the boards in the packaging material (4) and the positioning of the packaging material, the distribution of the bonding product on the surface of the packaging material and the placing of tops on the packaging material (5); executing the bonding of the referred tops on the packaging material; folding the packaging material and package seal (6); sealing the packaging material (7), labelling the package (8); control and wrapping (9) or palletization of the final product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Andre Gonçalves MARTINS DE VASCONCELOS
  • ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230055386
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system is provided with a central drive unit that supports and operates one or more robotic tools and a robotic arm and boom assembly that movably supports the control unit assembly in space. The robotic arm and boom assembly selectively allows movement of the control unit assembly along a plane, as well as in pitch and yaw, upon actuation of one or more actuators of the robotic arm and boom assembly to allow movement of the central drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Aki Hannu Einari Laakso, Hans Christian Pflaumer, James Davies, Adrian Edward Cooper, Thomas Henry Brittain, Andre Fraser Monteiro, Chace Francis Medeiros
  • MODULAR CARGO STORAGE SYSTEM FOR PASSENGER VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230056731
    Abstract: Provided are modular cargo storage systems for passenger vehicles, as well as methods of using the same. A modular cargo system can include a plurality of rails each having a plurality of slots at a lower portion thereof, as well as a plurality of click and lock modules, which are a type of removable fastener that can be squeezed to fit inside one of the rails and released to be removably secured within a slot position of the rail. The click and lock modules can be placed as desired within the rails, and within the slots of the respective rails as desired, and stretchable bands can be connected to the click and lock modules as desired in order to customize the storage capability of the modular cargo storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Andre Hudson, Young Joon Ju
  • 3D spacer textiles for crop protection and insect control
    Patent number: 11582968
    Abstract: A variety of agricultural spacer fabrics/textiles are provided that protect plants from insect penetration while allowing for light and air penetration, and methods of use. The textiles can be used alone or in conjunction with agents such as insecticides, insect repellants, and fungicides. The agricultural textile can have an outermost fabric layer, an innermost fabric layer, and a plurality of filaments connecting the outermost fabric layer and the innermost fabric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Andre J. West, Marian G. McCord, Richard Michael Roe, James Brian Davis, Jiwei Zhu
  • Device for recording the vascular response of the human spinal cord triggered by a suprasensible stimulus through the use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy
    Patent number: 11583201
    Abstract: The invention consists of a device to evaluate hemodynamic response generated by the spinal cord in response to a suprasensorial stimulus applied to a peripheral nerve (medium or posterior tibial) by the use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The device consists of 3 main components, an electrical stimulator, an optical recording unit and a signal processing and control module. The device allows non-invasive, comfortable, harmless, portable, home-based, and low-cost evaluation of changes in local hemodynamic parameters in response to neuronal activation of the spinal cord by electrical stimulation of a peripheral nerve. The invention also includes a corresponding method of using the device and monitoring the spinal function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
    Inventors: Felipe Ignacio Valenzuela Beck, Sergio Andres Uribe Arancibia, Antonio Alejandro Eblen Zajjur, Ranganatha Sitaram, Mohit Rana
  • Automated proximity fraud account lock systems and methods
    Patent number: 11587063
    Abstract: Methods and systems described in this disclosure for protecting one or more consumer accounts. In one implementation, the system includes a security device and a portable computing device. The portable computing device detects whether it is in proximity to the security device. When the portable computing device is in proximity to the security device, one or more consumer accounts associated with the portable computing device is permitted to be used in a transaction. When the portable computing device is not in proximity to the security device, one or more consumer accounts is prevented from being used in the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Andre Rene Buentello, David Alexander Lilley
  • Outer shroud of an intermediate casing for a dual flow turbine engine for an aircraft, comprising improved air-sealing and fire-resistance devices
    Patent number: 11585292
    Abstract: An outer shroud of an intermediate casing for a dual flow turbine engine for an aircraft, the shroud including: an annular downstream portion provided with a shroud opening passing through an annular downstream edge of the shroud; a connecting member (50) attached to the annular downstream portion, and intended to attach an arm that passes through a secondary flow path; an air-sealing and fire-resistance device including: a portion including: a pad arranged in a hollow annular area of the annular downstream edge of the shroud; a blade protruding from the pad and clamped between a circumferential end and the radially outer end of the arm, a leaf spring (pressing the pad into the hollow annular area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Bruno Alexandre Didier Jacon, Baghdad Achbari, Thomas Claude Broage, Florent Robert André Godin, Joël François Roudil, Hervé Simonotti
  • Sound transducer including a piezoceramic transducer element integrated in a vibratory diaphragm
    Patent number: 11583896
    Abstract: A sound transducer, in particular, for an ultrasonic sensor, includes a functional group, the functional group including a diaphragm cup and at least one electroacoustic transducer element. The sound transducer also includes a housing. The diaphragm cup includes a vibratory diaphragm and a circumferential wall, and at least one electroacoustic transducer element, the transducer element being configured to stimulate the diaphragm to vibrate and/or to convert vibrations of the diaphragm into electrical signals. The diaphragm cup is formed from a plastic material, the at least one transducer element being integrated into the vibratory diaphragm, in particular without an additional adhesive layer, the transducer element including a piezoceramic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Gerlach, Johannes Henneberg
  • Acromioclavicular hook plate
    Patent number: 11583317
    Abstract: A bone plate for treating acromioclavicular dislocations includes a shaft including a lateral portion sized and shaped to be positioned along a superior aspect of a lateral clavicle, the shaft including a plurality of openings extending therethrough for receiving bone fixation elements therein and a hook member extending from the shaft so that, in an operative position, the hook member is hooked under an acromion and the lateral portion of the shaft is positioned on the superior aspect of the lateral clavicle, the lateral portion of the shaft being substantially rounded so that the hook member is movable in one of an anterior direction and a posterior direction while the shaft maintains contact with the superior aspect of the lateral clavicle without any portion of the lateral portion of the shaft protruding beyond a surface of the lateral clavicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Zenker, André Galm, Daniel Andermatt, Martin Bammerlin, Gianluca Tordi, Martin Jaeger
  • Systems and methods for multi-carrier or multiband low-PAPR precoding that handle cyclic prefix
    Patent number: 11588674
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) reduction in a MIMO OFDM transmitter system. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a transmitter system includes, for each carrier of two or more carriers, performing precoding of frequency-domain input signals for the carrier to provide frequency-domain precoded signals for the carrier, the frequency-domain input signals for the carrier being for a plurality of transmit layers for the carrier, respectively. The method further includes processing the two or more pluralities of frequency-domain precoded signals for the two or more carriers, respectively, in accordance with a multi-carrier processing scheme to provide a plurality of multi-carrier time-domain transmit signals for a plurality of antenna branches, respectively, of the MIMO OFDM transmitter system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Pierre-Andre Laporte, Mark Edward Rollins
  • Cable holder and running element
    Patent number: 11583711
    Abstract: A cable holder and a running element for a cable system of an anti-fall device, wherein the cable holder is reversibly rotatably mounted and the axis of rotation of the cable holder is offset parallel to a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SPANSET INTER AG
    Inventors: Andre Mamie, David Ehnimb
  • Seating assembly for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11584280
    Abstract: A seating assembly comprises a calf rest coupled to a seat base and having a body that comprises a first trough that extends from a first exterior peak to an interior peak and a second trough that extends from a second exterior peak to the interior peak. The seating assembly also comprises a wire that extends across the first trough from the first exterior peak to the interior peak, the wire being operable between an at rest condition and a contracted condition, wherein movement of the wire from the at rest condition to the contracted condition moves a portion of the wire between the first exterior peak and the interior peak away from a bottom of the first trough. The seating assembly further comprises a controller that prompts electrical current to be supplied to the wire to move the wire from the at rest condition to the contracted condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dylan Mandelbaum, Michael Steven Medoro, Andres Almeida Senatore, Siddharthan Selvasekar, Jimmy Moua, Katherine Ann Arnold, Johnathan Andrew Line
  • Electronic file management
    Patent number: 11586591
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and system for electronic file management having a central server that periodically scans files accessible to multiple computers to identify every file stored onto multiple electronic data repositories. The central server then executes a predetermined protocol to generate a unique identifier for each identified file. The central server then generates an interconnected nodal data structure computer model where each node represents an identified file and where the nodes are linked based on their respective files having similar unique identifiers. The central server periodically scans the electronic data repositories to identify related data. When a related file is identified, the central server modifies the nodal data structure accordingly. When a user requests access to a file, the central server displays all related data to the requested file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: COMAKE, INC.
    Inventors: Andres Gutierrez, Adler Faulkner, Benjamin Rainero De Haan
  • Aircraft seating configuration
    Patent number: D978548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Alakai Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian D. Morrison, Andre H. De Salis, Martti J. Lampela, Adil M. Ali, Peter F. Falt
  • Vehicle wheel
    Patent number: D978756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Lopes, Alexandre Andre Costa Motta
  • Aircraft airframe
    Patent number: D978768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Alakai Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian D. Morrison, Andre H. De Salis, Martti J. Lampela, Adil M. Ali, Peter F. Falt
  • Pair of earphones
    Patent number: D978842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviéve Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D978856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Portable display device
    Patent number: D978857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer