Patents by Inventor Andrew David

Andrew David 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).

  • TURBINE ENGINE WITH A BLADE
    Publication number: 20230399954
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes an engine core extending along an engine centerline and includes a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. A temperature sensor is provided within the engine and configured to detect a gas temperature within the engine core. A set of blades is circumferentially arranged in the turbine section. A blade in the set of blades includes an outer wall bounding an interior, a cooling conduit within the interior, and a plurality of film holes fluidly coupled to the cooling conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Rausch, Zachary Daniel Webster, Kevin Robert Feldmann, Andrew David Perry, Kirk Douglas Gallier, Daniel Endecott Osgood
  • AUTOMATIC COMPLIANT PASSWORD GENERATION
    Publication number: 20230394135
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for automatic compliant password generation. The method includes activating password generation for a given input field and gathering information from one or more sources associated with the input field. The method includes determining password criteria from the gathered information and generating bound requirements based on the determined password criteria. The method further includes generating a randomized password meeting the bound requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin David Cox, Joseph Sayer, Andrew David Lyell
  • MODULAR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20230392376
    Abstract: A building panel is constructed of a corrugated material. The panel can be folded into a U-shaped configuration. Successive folded panels can be coupled together using complementary shaped corrugations to fix panels in position relative to each other. Shaped connectors can be used to connect building panels in one plane to building panels in another plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: L2U Group Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Klaus Hammersholt Hansen, Andrew David Hunter
  • Identifying photogenic locations on autonomous vehicle routes
    Patent number: 11838619
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating images from an autonomous vehicle ride. Systems and methods are provided for determining whether a vehicle route passes a photogenic location and, if so, capturing an image at the photogenic location. The user can be provided with an option to take a detour to a nearby photogenic location. Additionally, a route can be selected based on one or more photogenic locations along the route. Captured images are provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Willem Gerrese, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Katherine Mary Stumpf, Andrew David Acosta
  • ENHANCED DESTINATION INFORMATION FOR RIDESHARE SERVICE
    Publication number: 20230385979
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving a ride request from a user having a user profile, the ride request including a requested drop-off location within a service area and the user profile specifying at least one drop-off location preference parameter; querying a database to obtain data regarding a condition of the requested drop-off location, wherein the data is collected by a plurality of vehicles traversing the service area and equipped with at least one sensor and at least one imaging device; determining whether the obtained data satisfies the at least one drop-off location preference parameter; and determining at least one alternative drop-off location within a first distance from the requested drop-off location if the obtained data does not satisfy the at least one drop-off location preference parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Mary Stumpf, Reed Townsend Jones, Andrew David Acosta
  • One or more conformal members used in the manufacture of a lapping plate, and related apparatuses and methods of making
    Patent number: 11826881
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes one or more resilient members for use in an apparatus used to form lapping plates. The resilient members can permit processing members such as charging elements and shaving blades to conform to irregularities in surface topography of lapping plate platens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mihaela Ruxandra Baurceanu, Chea Phann, Kevin Lamber Mayer, Ricky Ray Anderson, Andrew David Habermas
  • Dual Cavity Cooking System
    Publication number: 20230371743
    Abstract: A cooking system is provided. In one embodiment, the cooking system includes a housing having a first internal heating compartment having a first opening, and a second internal heating compartment having a second opening. A first heating element is configured to heat the first internal heating compartment, and a second heating element is configured to heat the second internal heating compartment. The system further includes a door assembly having a first door configured to cover the first opening, a second door configured to cover the second opening, a first frame member, and a second frame member. The second door is pivotally arranged relative to the first door and is configured to selectively allow access to the second internal heating compartment while the first door covers the first opening, and the second door selectively locks to the first frame member and the second frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ethan S. Kramer, Robert J. Bone, III, Andrew David Zdeblick
  • Guiding device and associated system
    Patent number: 11822252
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet radiation (EUV) source, including: a vessel having an inner vessel wall and an intermediate focus (IF) region; an EUV collector disposed inside the vessel, the EUV collector including a reflective surface configured to reflect EUV radiation toward the intermediate focus region, the reflective surface configured to directionally face the IF region of the vessel; a showerhead disposed along at least a portion of the inner vessel wall, the showerhead including a plurality of nozzles configured to introduce gas into the vessel; and one or more exhausts configured to remove gas introduced into the vessel, the one or more exhausts being oriented along at least a portion of the inner vessel wall so that the gas is caused to flow away from the EUV collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Dzmitry Labetski, Christianus Wilhelmus Johannes Berendsen, Rui Miguel Duarte Rodreigues Nunes, Alexander Igorevich Ershov, Kornelis Frits Feenstra, Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov, Klaus Martin Hummler, Arun Johnkadaksham, Matthias Kraushaar, Andrew David Laforge, Marc Guy Langlois, Maksim Loginov, Yue Ma, Seyedmohammad Mojab, Kerim Nadir, Alexander Shatalov, John Tom Stewart, Henricus Gerardus Tegenbosch, Chunguang Xia
  • Compartmentalised combinatorial chemistry by microfluidic control
    Patent number: 11821109
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for the synthesis of compounds comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalising two or more sets of primary compounds into microcapsules; such that a proportion of the microcapsules contains two or more compounds; and (b) forming secondary compounds in the microcapsules by chemical reactions between primary compounds from different sets; wherein one or both of steps (a) and (b) is performed under microfluidic control; preferably electronic microfluidic control The invention further allows for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, and which is co-compartmentalised into the microcapsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, United Kingdom Research and Innovation
    Inventors: Andrew David Griffiths, David A. Weitz, Darren Roy Link, Keunho Ahn, Jerome Bibette
  • COMPARTMENTALISED COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY BY MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL
    Publication number: 20230366125
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for the synthesis of compounds comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalising two or more sets of primary compounds into microcapsules; such that a proportion of the microcapsules contains two or more compounds; and (b) forming secondary compounds in the microcapsules by chemical reactions between primary compounds from different sets; wherein one or both of steps (a) and (b) is performed under microfluidic control; preferably electronic microfluidic control The invention further allows for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, and which is co-compartmentalised into the microcapsules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew David Griffiths, David A. Weitz, Darren Roy Link, Keunho Ahn, Jerome Bibette
  • HIGH POWER ATHERECTOMY WITH MULTIPLE SAFETY LIMITS
    Publication number: 20230363788
    Abstract: An atherectomy system includes an electric drive mechanism that is adapted to rotatably actuate an atherectomy burr and a controller that is adapted to regulate operation of the electric drive mechanism. The controller regulates operation of the electric drive mechanism in accordance with a power input limit value that limits how much power can be put into an atherectomy burr and an energy input limit value that limits how much energy can be put into the atherectomy burr. The controller may also regulate operation of the electric drive mechanism in accordance with a dynamic torque limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: MATTHEW SATERBAK, CORYDON CARLSON, ANDREW DAVID BICEK
  • CARTILAGE-HOMING PEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20230364183
    Abstract: Peptides that home, target, migrate to, are directed to, are retained by, or accumulate in and/or binds to the cartilage of a subject are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and uses for peptides or peptide-active agent complexes comprising such peptides are also disclosed. Such compositions can be formulated for targeted delivery of a drug to a target region, tissue, structure or cell in the cartilage. Targeted compositions of the disclosure can deliver peptide or peptide-active agent complexes to target regions, tissues, structures or cells targeted by the peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: James OLSON, Andrew David Strand, Emily June Girard, Roland Strong, Christopher Mehlin, Colin Correnti, Natalie Nairn
  • Flavorant for Beverage Carbonation System
    Publication number: 20230363574
    Abstract: A flavorant container for use in a beverage system is provided. The flavorant container can be retained by a beverage system to dispense flavorant, which can be mixed with carbonated and/or uncarbonated water. In one embodiment, the flavorant container includes a container, a cap, and one or more features located on the cap. The features can include an inlet that is able to receive pressurized air, and an outlet that is able to dispense a flavorant when the inlet receives the pressurized air. The features can also include at least one raised protrusion that is capable of being retained by a complimentary pattern located on a beverage system in order to properly seat the flavorant container in the beverage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua David Anthony, John Kevin Clay, Daniel Taek Kim, Thomas James Launders, Stuart Mark Leslie, Luis Ramiro Gutierrez Montenegro, Joyce Chien Tu, Carl Robert Wrigglesworth, Andrew David Zdeblick
  • Flavored Beverage Carbonation Process
    Publication number: 20230363575
    Abstract: A beverage system and methods for preparing flavored beverages are provided. In one embodiment, the beverage system includes a housing, a flavorant system, and a processor. The housing includes a mixing chamber configured to operably couple to a fluid reservoir and pressurized gas source. The processor is disposed in the housing and can be configured to cause, in response to at least one input, the separate dispensing of a fluid and a flavorant into a receptacle. The processor can also cause the delivery of gas from the pressurized gas source to the mixing chamber, where it can be used to form a carbonated fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua David Anthony, John Kevin Clay, Gregory Allan Fish, Thomas James Launders, Stuart Mark Leslie, Luis Ramiro Gutierrez Montenegro, Joyce Chien Tu, Evan James White, Carl Robert Wrigglesworth, Andrew David Zdeblick
  • Vacuum pumping system having multiple pumps
    Patent number: 11815079
    Abstract: A vacuum pumping system comprising: a high pressure getter pump configured to operate from an initial pressure of between 10 and 10?2 mbar to a second pressure between 10?3 mbar and 10?6 mbar and at least one high vacuum pump configured to operate at higher vacuums than the high pressure getter pump, the two pumps being mounted on a same flange, the flange being configured to mount the vacuum pumping system to a vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventor: Andrew David Chew
  • Predicting Vessel Compliance Responsive to Multiple Potential Treatments
    Publication number: 20230355106
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods to both infer stent expansion (vessel expansion or compliance) and probability of procedural success (vessel patency) from pretreatment diagnostic imaging at the point-of-care and also train an inference model to generate such an inference, thus allowing a physician to choose with greater certainty an optimal treatment tool and treatment protocol for treating a vessel of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Massimini, Andrew David Bicek, Wenguang Li
  • RECYCLABLE SHIPPING PACK AND METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A SHIPPING PACK FOR LOOSE-FILL PRODUCE
    Publication number: 20230348132
    Abstract: A container blank (1), so sized and shaped as to form a shipping pack having front (2) and rear (3) walls to which there are attached, along respective fold lines (2a,2b,3a), side wall sections (11,12;16,17) each being foldable so that said front and rear walls are in juxtaposed alignment, wherein an interior open-mouthed bag (30) is adhered to the inner surfaces of the front and rear walls. When a shipping pack is erected from said container blank, the folded interior bag (30) is deployed to align with the inner volume of said erected pack so as to provide a lined open-mouthed container to be filled and subsequently sealed for dispatch. The shipping pack is configurable in a folded flat stackable form having an interior bag in situ for storage or dispatch and is easily machine assembled or manually formed into an open-mouthed shipping pack at point of use. [FIG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew David Whiteside
  • EXPANDED IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL ARRAY
    Publication number: 20230353896
    Abstract: An image sensor may be implemented by mounting a first die to a second die. The first die may include an image sensor pixel array having active pixels and non-active pixels, while the second die may include pixel control and readout circuitry that are coupled to the image sensor pixel array via inter-die connections. The image sensor pixel array may have pixel columns in excess of corresponding column readout paths in the pixel readout circuitry and/or pixel rows in excess of corresponding sets of row control paths in the pixel control circuitry. A select set of inter-die connections may be implemented to provide connections between a desired set of pixel columns and the limited number of column readout paths and to provide connections between a desired set of pixel rows and the limited number of sets of row control paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul Cowley, Andrew David Talbot
  • Fastener-driving tool with chamber member retaining assembly
    Patent number: 11794323
    Abstract: A combustion-powered fastener-driving tool that include a chamber member retainer assembly configured to enable the controller of the tool to prevent the chamber member of the tool from moving to an open unsealed position and to ensure the tool's combustion chamber remains sealed until the piston fully returns to its pre-firing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Moeller, Olivier Baudrand, Andrew David Litch, Hanxin Zhao
  • Handheld illusion device
    Patent number: 11794125
    Abstract: An improved device having a size suitable for handheld use and being used for providing the illusion that a first object has disappeared from view. The first pouch being provided on a first side of a rotatable floor by the timed rotation of the rotatable floor to a second side. The rotatable floor revealing a second object in a second pouch that is provided thereon. The device being operable by a control unit including a microprocessor in communication with a timer mechanism for the motorized rotational movement of the rotatable floor. A display screen having a user interface is used to select the timer parameters for the first and second rotation of the rotational floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Joya Lashan Lyons, Andrew David Lyons, II