Patents by Inventor Andrew Nicholas

Andrew Nicholas 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).

  • Patent number: 11978987
    Abstract: 1. An inverter device is disclosed, including; an enclosure comprising a plurality of sides; an antenna port in a first side of the plurality of sides; and an antenna pass through module comprising: an exterior connector assembly comprising a plurality of pins and a base, wherein the plurality of pins are operable to be connected to respective ones of a plurality of antennas, wherein the plurality of pins passes through the antenna port to an exterior of the enclosure, wherein the base of the exterior connector assembly is sealed against the first side on an interior of the enclosure to provide ingress protection; and an interior antenna circuit configured to: terminate connections from a plurality of transceivers within the interior of the enclosure; and select antenna signals from at least the plurality of pins on the exterior connector assembly to route the plurality of transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Lunar Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Nicholas Grolle, Peter H. J. How, Charles Ingalz, Stephen Robert Bannick, Andrew Diao, Mark Daniel Goldman
  • Publication number: 20240120694
    Abstract: 1. An inverter device is disclosed, including; an enclosure comprising a plurality of sides; an antenna port in a first side of the plurality of sides; and an antenna pass through module comprising: an exterior connector assembly comprising a plurality of pins and a base, wherein the plurality of pins are operable to be connected to respective ones of a plurality of antennas, wherein the plurality of pins passes through the antenna port to an exterior of the enclosure, wherein the base of the exterior connector assembly is sealed against the first side on an interior of the enclosure to provide ingress protection; and an interior antenna circuit configured to: terminate connections from a plurality of transceivers within the interior of the enclosure; and select antenna signals from at least the plurality of pins on the exterior connector assembly to route the plurality of transceivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Nicholas Grolle, Peter H.J. How, Charles Ingalz, Stephen Robert Bannick, Andrew Diao, Mark Daniel Goldman
  • Publication number: 20240121923
    Abstract: A system is including: an overmolded layer that is placed above a top surface and below a bottom surface of a circuit board, wherein the overmolded layer exposes at least communication interfaces on the circuit board and surrounds a heat generating component on the circuit board; a conductive layer that is placed over the overmolded layer on the top surface of the circuit board, wherein the conductive layer exposes the communication interfaces of the circuit board and covers the heat generating component on the circuit board; and wherein heat from the heat generating component is transferred into the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Nicholas Grolle, Gargi Kailkhura, Peter H.J. How, Charles Ingalz, Andrew Diao, Stephen Robert Bannick
  • Patent number: 11951972
    Abstract: Methods and a system are provided for shaping a torque profile for a motor of a hybrid vehicle. In one example, the method includes during a vehicle launch, an off condition of an engine, and upon receiving an engine start request, predicting a time of engine engagement, predicting a driver requested torque at the engine engagement; and reducing the driver requested torque until the predicted time of engine engagement based on the predicted driver requested torque at the engine engagement. The predicting of at least one of the time of engine engagement and the driver requested torque at the engine engagement may be based on a current position of an accelerator pedal and a driver profile. The method may further include controlling motor torque profile based on the reduced driver request torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Nicholas DeWalt, Fazal Urrahman Syed, Sassan Farahmand, Minku Lee, Justin Panhans, Andrew Burt
  • Publication number: 20240098512
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining information for the deployment of one or more small cells into an existing MNO network, the method comprising: retrieving a spatial map of building locations; retrieving a plurality of sensor data on the MNO network collected from a plurality of mobile network devices, wherein the sensor data comprises a measurement location; processing the plurality of sensor data and the spatial map of building locations to generate a spatial map of performance and/or usage characteristics of the MNO network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Guy Hobbs, Paul Nicholas Senior
  • Publication number: 20240067296
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a virtual torque for an electric motor of a motorcycle. One method includes detecting a position of a drive torque control included in the motorcycle, detecting a position of a regenerative brake control included in the motorcycle, mapping the detected position of the drive torque control to a requested driving torque, mapping the position of the regenerative brake control to a requested braking torque, determining, with an electronic control unit, a torque command based on the requested driving torque and the requested torque, and transmitting the torque command to an electric motor included in the motorcycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Alfred Knitt, James Joseph Williams, Samuel Nicholas Reitinger, James Sadauckas
  • Publication number: 20230401625
    Abstract: A digital imaging method of analyzing pixel data of an image of a diaper change region associated with an individual for determining an individual-specific diaper change region skin characteristic is provided, including aggregating training images of diaper change regions of individuals; training, with pixel data of the training images, a diaper change region skin model operable to determine diaper change region skin characteristics associated with a diaper change region based on the pixel data of the diaper change region; receiving an image of an individual captured by a digital camera; analyzing, by the diaper change region skin model, the image captured by the digital camera to determine an individual-specific diaper change region skin characteristic; generating an individual-specific recommendation designed to address a feature identifiable within pixel data of the individual's skin based on the individual-specific diaper change region skin characteristic; and providing the individual-specific recommendat
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jennifer Joan GUSTIN, Susanna BRINK, Ping HU, Li Sun, Andrew Nicholas CARR, Frank Peter KRESSMANN, Donald Carroll ROE
  • Patent number: 11784011
    Abstract: An electricity meter comprising an electrically-controlled electromechanical switch is disclosed. The electromechanical switch comprises a rotary actuator comprising a generally-cylindrical permanent magnet rotor having a central axis, a stator comprising a closed stator core and first and second opposite stator poles inwardly-projecting from the closed stator core towards the rotor and first and second coils wound around the first and second stator poles respectively. The electromechanical switch comprises a switch comprising at least one pair of first and second contacts wherein the first contact is movable. The electromechanical switch comprises mechanical linkage between the rotary actuator and the movable contact(s) configured such that rotation of the rotor from a first angular position to a second angular position causes the switch to be opened, and rotation from the second angular position to the first angular position causes the switch to be closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SENTEC LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Nicholas Dames, Michael Cantor, Lawrence Born, James Evett
  • Publication number: 20230291206
    Abstract: The energy management system and method provide for the control of electrical loads within a group. In one embodiment, a plurality of electrical loads are connected to an electrical grid and, upon detection of a predetermined condition, a user-defined sub-set of the electrical loads are disconnected from the electrical grid. The predetermined condition may be, for example, a blackout, thus when an interruption in power from the grid is detected by one or more sensors, the user-defined sub-set of the electrical loads is electrically disconnected from its electrical connection to the grid power. Following this disconnection, at least one of the electrical loads from the user-defined sub-set of the electrical loads is connected to an alternative source of power, such as a backup battery, a solar power system, a generator or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: EFLEX, INC.
    Inventors: ANDREW NICHOLAS WINTER, TREVOR GUSTOV FRANK, BARRY CINNAMON
  • Publication number: 20230282303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining one or more intrinsic properties of a DNA component from a plurality of measurements obtained over a time period from a cell culture, with each cell comprising the DNA component, wherein the DNA component is involved in transcription of one or more target signals, wherein the plurality of measurements comprises measurements relating to the density of the cell culture over the time period and measurements relating to the amount of the one or more target signals in the cell culture over the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Neil DALCHAU, Andrew Nicholas John Brojer PHILLIPS, Paul GRANT
  • Publication number: 20230263318
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a backpiece, hingeably mounted by one or more hinge elements to a frontispiece, enabling the frontispiece to be pivoted along a first edge between a closed, display position and an open position allowing insertion/removal of a display article. The frontispiece has a border section and a transparent viewing section, the viewing section and border section secured together to form the frontispiece. Additionally, a catch releasably securing the frontispiece to the backpiece is included, the catch comprising an actuator movable within the backpiece and in a direction through the body of the backpiece, to respectively engage and release the frontispiece, whereby movement of the actuator causes a retaining element to raise and lower to respectively engage and disengage from a retaining element barrier mounted on the frontispiece, said engagement preventing pivoting of the frontispiece from the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Nicholas HEEPS, Ian WEBB
  • Patent number: 11694766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining one or more intrinsic properties of a DNA component from a plurality of measurements obtained over a time period from a cell culture, with each cell comprising the DNA component, wherein the DNA component is involved in transcription of one or more target signals, wherein the plurality of measurements comprises measurements relating to the density of the cell culture over the time period and measurements relating to the amount of the one or more target signals in the cell culture over the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Dalchau, Andrew Nicholas John Brojer Phillips, Paul Grant
  • Publication number: 20230182095
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a flow generator (1) in a tank (20) configured for housing a liquid comprising solid matter, the flow generator (1) comprising an impeller and being located at a height (h-mixer) in the tank (20) and the tank (20) having a predetermined maximum filling height (h-max), wherein the flow generator (1) is configured to be operated at a variable operational speed (n) and the demand of operational speed (n-demand) is dependent on the present liquid level height (h-present) in the tank (20), wherein a max operational speed (n-max) of the flow generator (1) is the operational speed required when the liquid level in the tank (20) is equal to the maximum filling height (h-max), the present operational speed (n-present) being set equal to the demand of operational speed (n-demand) of the flow generator (1) that is determined using the formula: ( n - present ) = ( n - demand ) = ( n - max ) [ ( h - max ) / ( h - present ) ] ^ a at lea
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Xylem Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Loman, Ulf Carlsson, Andrew Nicholas Dames
  • Publication number: 20230096883
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a temperature sensor including a temperature output, a register including an input and an output, the input coupled to the temperature output, a subtraction circuit including a first subtraction input, a second subtraction input, and a subtraction output, the first subtraction input coupled to the input of the register, the second subtraction input coupled to the output of the register, a timing circuit including a cycle time input, a shift output, and a direction output, and a division circuit including a division input, a shift input, a direction input, and a divided output, the division input coupled to the subtraction output, the shift input coupled to the shift output, the direction input coupled to the direction output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Nicholas Mason, Shobha Subramanian, Hussain Kutbuddin Attarwala, Ryan Wade Selby
  • Publication number: 20230099808
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for transforming a digital score file into one or more of a plurality of levels of simplified visualization outputs. Methods of the present invention may be computer implemented. Systems of the present invention may include at least one display device, a non-transitory memory having instructions embedded thereon, and a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory and the at least one display device. Systems and methods of the present invention may be configured to receive at least one digital score file, upon which one or more simplification rules are executed, resulting in at least one simplified visualization output. Simplification rules may include, but are not limited to, song length, tempo adjustment, tie, rhythm, harmonic rhythm, and chord. One or more simplified visualization outputs are then provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Novel, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Nicholas Novoa
  • Patent number: 11611139
    Abstract: A device may include a housing with a plurality of top openings provided in a top portion of the housing and a plurality of bottom openings provided in a bottom portion of the housing. The device may include one or more internal components provided within the housing to provide a wireless service. The device may include a rotation extension connected to the bottom portion of the housing and configured to rotatably attach to a bracket that mounts the device to an object. The device may include a connector connected to the rotation extension and configured to receive a cable that provides communication signals to and from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nicholas Toth, Robert Stewart, Serge Van Steenkiste, Christopher Emmons, Walid Nabhane, Ming-Hung Hung, Jhan-Li Wu, Reid Schlegel
  • Publication number: 20230028715
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods of using modulators of interleukin-31 (IL-31) for treating, stabilizing, or lessening the severity or progression of pruritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Nicholas Billin, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: D991033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: AXE GROUP LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Nicholas
  • Patent number: D1001787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Stewart, Andrew Nicholas Toth, Amrit Bamzai, Christopher Emmons, Reid Schlegel, Po-Chang Chu, Yi-Chieh Lin, Ming-Hung Hung, Bo-Yen Chen, Man Ning Lu, Lan-Chun Yang, Bing-Chun Chung, Chun-Wei Wang, Bau-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: D1015285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Stewart, Andrew Nicholas Toth, Huiyu Wang, Christopher Emmons, Carlos Javier Borlando, Lance Koenders, Caleb Jones, Aiden Lee, Joe Frankl, Reid Schlegel, Easson Lin, Mark Su