Patents by Inventor Andrew Phillips

Andrew Phillips 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).

  • Publication number: 20250121925
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a target position for a watercraft; determining a current position and a current heading axis of the watercraft; and determining a position error based on the difference between the target position and the current position. A position error axis is defined between the target position and the current position. The method further includes determining a heading error based on the current heading axis and a desired heading axis. The desired heading axis is orthogonal to the position error axis. The method further includes activating a plurality of thrusters to minimize the heading error; determining when the heading error is less than a threshold; and activating the plurality of thrusters to minimize the position error and the heading error in response to determining the heading error is less than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew Phillips, Amogh Dixit
  • Patent number: 12263765
    Abstract: A rotatable child safety seat can include a seat shell for receiving a child therein. a rotating pedestal, and a seat base. The pedestal and seat shell can rotate with respect to the seat base. The pedestal can include a locking pin and the seat base can include a multitude of pin receiving apertures that allow a user to rotate the seat shell and pedestal in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction at a number of different angles or positions. The child safety seat can also include two separate seat belt/LATCH tether pathways. One seat belt/LATCH tether pathway can be provided on the seat back of the seal shell and can be used when the child safety seat is in a forward-facing configuration and the other seat belt/LATCH tether pathway can be provided in the seat base and used when in a rearward-facing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Brunick, Thomas Jake Mitchell, Andrew Phillip Kitchens, David Hotard
  • Publication number: 20250052123
    Abstract: A tool for installation in a drill string for delivering, retrieving, activating and/or deactivating one or more downhole tools for performing one or more down-hole functions with a drill string, the tool comprising: an outer body, a control shaft with at least one fluid path from the inside to the outside of the control shaft, a wireline coupling for connection to a wireline, and a lodgement assembly that is deployable to secure the tool within the drill string and/or bottom hole assembly and allow fluid flow in the fluid path when the tool has reached an installed position, the lodgement assembly comprising: a latch that is free to deploy when the tool reaches the installed position, and a valve with a valve actuator with movement interdependent on and/or constrained by the latch, wherein during installation: if the tool reaches the installed position, the latch is free to deploy and the valve actuator is free to move into an operational position that permits fluid flow in the fluid path, if the tool does n
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew Phillip Beach, Matt Holliday
  • Patent number: 12199969
    Abstract: An enclave manager of a network enclave obtains a request to retrieve configuration information and state information corresponding to compute devices and network devices comprising a network enclave. The request specifies a set of parameters of the configuration information and the state information usable to generate a response to the request. The enclave manager evaluates the compute devices, the network devices, and network connections among these devices within the network enclave to obtain the configuration information and the state information. Based on the configuration information and the state information, the enclave manager determines whether the network enclave is trustworthy. Based on the parameters of the request, the enclave manager generates a response indicating a summary that is used to identify the trustworthiness of the network enclave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Delano Ward, Robert Stephen Rodgers, Andrew Phillips Thurber, Eric Voit, Thomas John Giuli
  • Patent number: 12187366
    Abstract: A method of reversing a trailer along a defined path according to a disclosed exemplary embodiment includes, among other possible things, detecting a deviation from a predefined path of a trailer coupled to a tow vehicle with a sensor system disposed within the tow vehicle, determining a correction path required to move the trailer back to the predefined path, determining a dampening factor for limiting deviation from the predefined path, combining the determined correction path and the dampening factor to determine a desired curvature, wherein the desired curvature represents a path from a current position of the trailer to the predefined path, and determining a steering angle of the tow vehicle that provides the desired curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Phillip Bolduc
  • Publication number: 20240418471
    Abstract: A recoil assembly for a rifle includes a barrel assembly, a bolt, bolt actuator, and a buffer assembly. The barrel assembly includes a barrel secured to a barrel extension. The barrel assembly is slidably received in the receiver and the barrel extension is coupled to a hydraulic buffer assembly located below the barrel extension. The hydraulic buffer assembly is configured and arranged to arrest rearward movement of the barrel assembly when the rifle is fired. An op-rod spring is coupled to an op rod extending that can be actuated by a gas piston assembly on the barrel. The op-rod spring is configured and arranged to arrest rearward movement of the bolt assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Sig Sauer, Inc.
    Inventors: David Luke Steimke, Jeffery John Melochick, Andrew Phillip Loriot, Jacob Thomas Shawley, Lindsay Lee Bunch
  • Publication number: 20240382722
    Abstract: A method for monitoring patients undergoing cSDH evacuation for spreading depolarization comprising the steps of: placing a subdural electrode strip and drain tube having a distal tip on the cortex of the patient, and a method and device wherein, at the time of surgery, a subdural assembly comprising a drainage tube and an electrode strip is placed between the brain and skull of a patient undergoing cSDH evacuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: UNM Rainforest Innovations
    Inventor: Andrew Phillip Carlson
  • Patent number: 12116863
    Abstract: An inner core barrel assembly incorporates an inner core tube. A body is connected to the inner core tube with a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism is configured to maintain a fixed rotational orientation with the inner core tube. The body includes a flow path for liquid within the inner core tube to flow as the inner core barrel assembly descends through a drill string. a core orientation system is contained within the body and positioned within the inner core tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: REFLEX INSTRUMENTS ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD
    Inventors: Andrew Phillip Beach, Nigel Warwick Gaylard, Timothy Merle Price, Richard Kabzinski, James Barry Reilly
  • Patent number: 12116912
    Abstract: A replaceable fluid container for an engine comprising: a reservoir for holding a fluid; a fluid coupling adapted to provide fluidic communication between the reservoir and a fluid circulation system of an engine; and a data provider arranged such that positioning the container to permit fluidic communication between the reservoir and the fluid circulation system of the engine arranges the data provider for data communication with an engine control device of the engine. There is also provided a method of facilitating control of an engine and an engine control system, apparatus and a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Castrol Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Phillip Barnes, Peter Stuart Brett, Steven Paul Goodier, Mark O'Malley
  • Patent number: 12116411
    Abstract: The invention relates to new anti-hCD3 antibodies that, in contrast to prior art anti-CD3 antibodies, bind specifically to human CD3 at acidic pH, but do not significantly bind to human CD3 at neutral or physiological pH, methods to produce these antibodies and therapeutic uses of these antibodies. These antibodies are able to activate T cells at acidic pH while having significantly reduced activity at neutral or physiological pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Abzyme Therapeutics LLC
    Inventors: Hiep Tran, Carla Campbell, Byung Lee, Fouad Moussa, Andrew Phillips, Rajesh Singh, Laura DeCristofano
  • Patent number: 12098728
    Abstract: An inducer and a submersible pump for pumping a slurry comprising solids and viscous fluids, the inducer mountable to the pump's drive shaft adjacent to and immediately upstream of an impeller mounted on said shaft. The inducer comprises a hub, two to four inducer blades extending outwardly from and wrapping helically around the hub, the hub and the inducer blades defining a plurality of channels A trailing edge of each inducer blade is positioned snugly adjacent to and in fluidical alignment with a leading edge of a corresponding impeller blade when the inducer is mounted on the drive shaft of the pump, such that a velocity curve of the slurry is smooth as the slurry travels from a leading edge of the inducer blades to the leading edge of the impeller blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dajustco IP Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas James Guenther, Timothy Andrew Phillip Gjernes
  • Patent number: 12092414
    Abstract: A recoil assembly for a rifle includes a barrel assembly, a bolt, bolt actuator, and a buffer assembly. The barrel assembly includes a barrel secured to a barrel extension. The barrel assembly is slidably received in the receiver and the barrel extension is coupled to a hydraulic buffer assembly located below the barrel extension. The hydraulic buffer assembly is configured and arranged to arrest rearward movement of the barrel assembly when the rifle is fired. An op-rod spring is coupled to an op rod extending that can be actuated by a gas piston assembly on the barrel. The op-rod spring is configured and arranged to arrest rearward movement of the bolt assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Sig Sauer, Inc.
    Inventors: David Luke Steimke, Jeffery John Melochick, Andrew Phillip Loriot, Jacob Thomas Shawley, Lindsay Lee Bunch
  • Patent number: 11987287
    Abstract: A method for autonomously parking a vehicle-trailer system is provided. The method includes receiving sensor system data from a sensor system supported by the vehicle. The sensor system data includes images of surroundings along a driving path of the vehicle-trailer system. The method includes determining a local map based on the sensor system data. The local map includes surroundings along the driving path. The method includes receiving a user selection of an image location within the images. The image location representing a position in the local map associated with a selected location within the surroundings. The method includes determining a parking path from a current location of the vehicle-trailer system to the position based on the local map and instructing a drive system to execute an autonomous parking behavior causing the vehicle-trailer system to autonomously drive along the parking path and autonomously park in the selected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Jose Ramirez Llanos, Dhiren Verma, Xin Yu, Matthew Donald Berkemeier, Julien Ip, Kyle P Carpenter, Francisco Alejandro Fuentes Perez, Joseph Zagroba, Victor Manuel Camacho Ruiz, Andrew Phillip Bolduc, Erick Daniel Rivera Gutierrez, William Nichols, Isemany Angelica Leal Martinez
  • Publication number: 20240149759
    Abstract: A rotatable child safety seat can include a seat shell for receiving a child therein. a rotating pedestal, and a seat base. The pedestal and seat shell can rotate with respect to the seat base. The pedestal can include a locking pin and the seat base can include a multitude of pin receiving apertures that allow a user to rotate the seat shell and pedestal in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction at a number of different angles or positions. The child safety seat can also include two separate seat belt/LATCH tether pathways. One seat belt/LATCH tether pathway can be provided on the seat back of the seal shell and can be used when the child safety seat is in a forward-facing configuration and the other seat belt/LATCH tether pathway can be provided in the seat base and used when in a rearward-facing configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Brunick, Thomas Jake Mitchell, Andrew Phillip Kitchens, David Hotard
  • Publication number: 20240099456
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses (such as desks) with adjustable top panels. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a frame, having a movable component that is configured to move upwards and downwards. The apparatus also includes: a first top panel attached to the movable component and configured to move upwards and downwards with the movable component, and a second top panel attached to the frame and aligned parallel to the first panel, so that the first panel is adjustable to be flush with the second panel or adjustable to a level above the second panel. The apparatus can also include a barrier panel attached to the frame or the first panel, arranged perpendicular to the first and second panels and oriented downward from the first panel at a side of the first panel closest to the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Addington, Andrew Phillip Addington, Thomas Gordon Addington
  • Patent number: 11931663
    Abstract: An automated damping system including a damping device arranged and disposed to provide variable resistance to a load. The variable resistance provides resistance values corresponding to a displacement position of the damping device. The system includes a damping profile generator that calculates a damping profile and a sensor is arranged and disposed to measure one or more damping affecting properties. The sensor provides the one or more damping affecting properties to the damping profile generator. The damping profile provides the variable resistance based upon the one or more damping affecting properties of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Bettinger, Nicholas James Bonsell, Andrew Phillips Mudie, Andrew John Penney, James Fowler Shumway, Jr., McLane Walker Snow
  • Patent number: 11915488
    Abstract: A localization and mapping system and method for a motor vehicle is disclosed and includes at least one camera configured to obtain images of an environment surrounding the motor vehicle, at least one sensor configured to obtain location information for objects surrounding the motor vehicle and a controller configured to receive the images captured by the at least one camera and the location information obtained by the at least one sensor. The controller enhances the captured images utilizing a neural network and combines the enhanced images with the location information to localize the vehicle within the mapped environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Jose Ramirez Llanos, Andrew Phillip Bolduc, Julien Ip, Dhiren Verma, Xin Yu
  • Patent number: 11884188
    Abstract: A rotatable child safety seat can include a seat shell for receiving a child therein, a rotating pedestal, and a seat base. The pedestal and seat shell can rotate with respect to the seat base. The pedestal can include a locking pin and the seat base can include a multitude of pin receiving apertures that allow a user to rotate the seat shell and pedestal in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction at a number of different angles or positions. The child safety seat can also include two separate seat belt/LATCH tether pathways. One seat belt/LATCH tether pathway can be provided on the seat back of the seat shell and can be used when the child safety seat is in a forward-facing configuration and the other seat belt/LATCH tether pathway can be provided in the seat base and used when in a rearward-facing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel J Brunick, Thomas Jake Mitchell, Andrew Phillip Kitchens, David Hotard
  • Publication number: 20240023705
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses (such as desks) with adjustable top panels. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a frame, having a movable component that is configured to move upwards and downwards. The apparatus also includes: a first top panel attached to the movable component and configured to move upwards and downwards with the movable component, and a second top panel attached to the frame and aligned parallel to the first panel, so that the first panel is adjustable to be flush with the second panel or adjustable to a level above the second panel. The apparatus can also include a barrier panel attached to the frame or the first panel, arranged perpendicular to the first and second panels and oriented downward from the first panel at a side of the first panel closest to the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Addington, Andrew Phillip Addington, Thomas Gordon Addington
  • Publication number: 20240031350
    Abstract: An enclave manager of a network enclave obtains a request to retrieve configuration information and state information corresponding to compute devices and network devices comprising a network enclave. The request specifies a set of parameters of the configuration information and the state information usable to generate a response to the request. The enclave manager evaluates the compute devices, the network devices, and network connections among these devices within the network enclave to obtain the configuration information and the state information. Based on the configuration information and the state information, the enclave manager determines whether the network enclave is trustworthy. Based on the parameters of the request, the enclave manager generates a response indicating a summary that is used to identify the trustworthiness of the network enclave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: David Delano Ward, Robert Stephen Rodgers, Andrew Phillips Thurber, Eric Voit, Thomas John Giuli