Patents by Inventor Andrew Turner

Andrew Turner 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).

  • Methodology of grading reliability and performance of chips across wafer
    Patent number: 9575115
    Abstract: A system and method sorts integrated circuit devices. Integrated circuit devices are manufactured on a wafer according to an integrated circuit design using manufacturing equipment. The design produces integrated circuit devices that are identically designed and perform differently based on manufacturing process variations. The integrated circuit devices are for use in a range of environmental conditions, when placed in service. Testing is performed on the integrated circuit devices. Environmental maximums are individually predicted for each device. The environmental maximums comprise ones of the environmental conditions that must not be exceeded for each device to perform above a given failure rate. Each integrated circuit device is assigned at least one of a plurality of grades based on the environmental maximums predicted for each device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Nathaniel R. Chadwick, James P. Di Sarro, Robert J. Gauthier, Jr., Tom C. Lee, Junjun Li, Souvick Mitra, Kirk D. Peterson, Andrew A. Turner
  • Physically aware insertion of diagnostic circuit elements
    Patent number: 9557381
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for inserting diagnostic circuit elements in a scan chain of a chip may include creating, via a processor, a segment for each latch of a plurality of latches in the scan chain to create a plurality of adjacent and connected segments, merging, via the processor, the two adjacent and connected segments to form a super-segment comprising all latches contained in the two adjacent and connected segments based on the objective function, and inserting, via the processor, a logic circuit element between the super-segment and a segment that is adjacent and connected to the super-segment in the scan chain, where the logic circuit element allows diagnostic isolation of the scan chain super-segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: William V. Huott, Mary P. Kusko, Sridhar H. Rangarajan, Robert C. Redburn, Andrew A. Turner
  • Valve timing control
    Patent number: 9494060
    Abstract: A valve timing control having a stator body constructed of a plastic material. The stator body has an annular side wall and a front plate which, together, define a plurality of annularly spaced internal cavities within the stator body. A rotor having a plurality of vanes is positioned within the stator body so that one vane is positioned within each cavity. The rotor is movable relative to the stator body between a first and second rotational position. A plurality of threaded metal inserts are embedded within the stator body and used to attach a metal sprocket to the stator body at a position opposed to the front plate. Two of these inserts also receive the impact load from the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Taylor, Andrew Turner
  • COLLAPSIBLE ROLLING LUGGAGE
    Publication number: 20160270496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a collapsible luggage bag that improves maneuverability of the bag when a user is towing the bag and collapses to a reduced size to improve portability. In particular, the invention relates to a handle that is slideably interconnected to one or more stays such that the upper ends of the stays change position along the length of the handle as the handle retracts into the luggage. Further, the handle disconnects from one or more of the stays such that the handle, stays, and other frame components collapse and lie in a common plane. This collapsibility improves the portability of the luggage bag when the internal volume of the luggage bag is not used to store items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Noah Pitchforth, Andrew Turner
  • METHOD FOR CONDITIONING THE SCALP TO RESIST DANDRUFF
    Publication number: 20160250116
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and uses for conditioning the scalp against the onset, return or worsening of symptoms associated with dandruff, comprising applying glycerol or a composition comprising glycerol to the scalp of an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Xiaoying BIAN, Clive Roderick HARDING, Christopher John LITTLE, Ritu NIRULA, Graham Andrew TURNER, Susan WELCH
  • MODIFIED VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20160220642
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified Vasoactive Intestinal Peptides (VIPs), encoding polynucleotides and vectors, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The invention further provides methods of making and using the modified VIP agents. In accordance with the invention the VIP exhibits an extended circulatory half-life, receptor-binding or biological potency, and/or altered receptor binding profile with respect to unmodified VIP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Homayoun SADEGHI, Suzanne DAGHER, Andrew TURNER
  • Benzoxazinone amides as mineralocorticoid receptor modulators
    Patent number: 9394291
    Abstract: Disclosed are certain derivatives of benzoxazinone amides of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that act as mineralocorticoid (MR) receptor modulators that may reduce oxidative stress in endothelium and hence improve vascular function, to methods for their potential therapeutic use, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to processes for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Gavin O'Mahony, Michael Kossenjans, Karl Edman, Johan Kajanus, Karl Anders Hogner, Philip Cornwall, Andrew Turner
  • EVACUATION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160042615
    Abstract: An evacuation assistance apparatus for indicating a route within a building or other structure is disclosed. Multiple housings contain laser light line sources for producing a beam of laser light as a linear line. Adjusters are used to alter the laser light line so that the line starts substantially vertically below said housing. The adjusters also allow the line to be directed on to a portion of the wall to highlight an exit doorway. The apparatus is provided as a modular system including multiple sensors making it suitable for installation in many buildings and providing feedback information to prevent or determine the cause of a fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Turner, William Scott, David Frame
  • Anti-dandruff shampoo
    Patent number: 9242002
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-dandruff shampoo comprising: —a) from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of an anti-dandruff zinc salt; b) from 1 to 8 wt. % of an alkyl glycinate and/or alkyl carboxyglycinate; c) from 2 to 16 wt. % of an alkyl sulphate and/or an ethoxylated alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant; and, d) from 1 to 10 wt. % of a fatty acyl isethionate product which product comprises 40 to 80 wt. % fatty acyl isethionate and 15 to 50 wt. % free fatty acid and/or fatty acid salt and to the use of a surfactant system comprising components b) to d) to provide an improvement to the skin stratum corneum barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan, Caroline Alexandra Hall, Albert Joseph Post, Georgia Shafer, Graham Andrew Turner, Aneliya Nikolova Zdravkova
  • BENZOXAZINONE AMIDES AS MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR MODULATORS
    Publication number: 20150376170
    Abstract: Disclosed are certain derivatives of benzoxazinone amides of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that act as mineralocorticoid (MR) receptor modulators that may reduce oxidative stress in endothelium and hence improve vascular function, to methods for their potential therapeutic use, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to processes for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Gavin O'MAHONY, Michael KOSSENJANS, Karl EDMAN, Johan KAJANUS, Karl Anders HOGNER, Philip CORNWALL, Andrew TURNER
  • Method of self-correcting power grid for semiconductor structures
    Patent number: 9214427
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a self-correcting power grid for a semiconductor structure and a method of using thereof. Various embodiments include a self-correcting power grid for a semiconductor structure. The power grid may include a plurality of interconnect layers. Each of the plurality of interconnect layers may include a plurality of metal lines, where each of the plurality of metal lines are positioned substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to a plurality of distinct metal lines in adjacent interconnect layers. Additionally the interconnect layers may include a plurality of fuses formed within each of the metal lines of the plurality of interconnect layers. In the power grid, at least one of the fuses positioned immediately adjacent to a defect included in the power grid may be configured to blow during a testing process to isolate the defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Cathryn J. Christiansen, Andrew H. Norfleet, Kirk D. Peterson, Andrew A. Turner
  • SPACECRAFT CAPTURE MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20150314893
    Abstract: The present invention provides a capture mechanism for capturing and locking onto the Marman flange located on the exterior surfaces of spacecraft/satellites. The capture mechanism achieves its goal of quickly capturing a client spacecraft by splitting the two basic actions involved into two separate mechanisms. One mechanism performs the quick grasp of the target while the other mechanism rigidises that grasp to ensure that the target is held as firmly as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Rembala, Andrew Turner, Justin Charbonneau
  • METHOD OFSELF-CORRECTING A POWER GRID FOR SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20150243601
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a self-correcting power grid for a semiconductor structure and a method of using thereof. Various embodiments include a self-correcting power grid for a semiconductor structure. The power grid may include a plurality of interconnect layers. Each of the plurality of interconnect layers may include a plurality of metal lines, where each of the plurality of metal lines are positioned substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to a plurality of distinct metal lines in adjacent interconnect layers. Additionally the interconnect layers may include a plurality of fuses formed within each of the metal lines of the plurality of interconnect layers. In the power grid, at least one of the fuses positioned immediately adjacent to a defect included in the power grid may be configured to blow during a testing process to isolate the defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Cathryn J. Christiansen, Andrew H. Norfleet, Kirk D. Peterson, Andrew A. Turner
  • SPECULATIVE INTERRUPT SIGNALLING
    Publication number: 20150220465
    Abstract: A data processing system 2 includes an interrupt controller having a priority level arbitrator 10 and trigger circuitry 12. The priority level arbitrator 10 and the trigger circuitry 12 operate in parallel to process interrupt signals received by an interrupt signal receiver 6. The trigger circuitry 12 generates a trigger signal initiating interrupt processing before the priority level arbitrator 10 has completed its arbitration determination at an arbitration-completed time. If the interrupt processing triggered by the trigger signal was inappropriate, then is terminated once the result of the arbitration is known after the arbitration-completed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Michael KENNEDY, Simon John CRASKE, Andrew TURNER, Richard Anthony LANE
  • Self-correcting power grid for semiconductor structures method
    Patent number: 9087841
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a self-correcting power grid for a semiconductor structure and a method of using thereof. Various embodiments include a self-correcting power grid for a semiconductor structure. The power grid may include a plurality of interconnect layers. Each of the plurality of interconnect layers may include a plurality of metal lines, where each of the plurality of metal lines are positioned substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to a plurality of distinct metal lines in adjacent interconnect layers. Additionally the interconnect layers may include a plurality of fuses formed within each of the metal lines of the plurality of interconnect layers. In the power grid, at least one of the fuses positioned immediately adjacent to a defect included in the power grid may be configured to blow during a testing process to isolate the defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cathryn J. Christiansen, Andrew H. Norfleet, Kirk D. Peterson, Andrew A. Turner
  • Motor with a sealing sleeve
    Patent number: 9077217
    Abstract: A motor comprising a motor housing, a stator located within the motor housing, a rotor supported for rotation within the motor housing upon a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being supported for rotation by bearings, and a sealing sleeve, wherein the sealing sleeve is of closed ended form and encircles the rotor, the sealing sleeve being sealed adjacent its open end to the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: GOODRICH CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Gareth Edward Morris, James Andrew Turner
  • Modified vasoactive intestinal peptides
    Patent number: 9029505
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified Vasoactive Intestinal Peptides (VIPs), encoding polynucleotides and vectors, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The invention further provides methods of making and using the modified VIP agents. In accordance with the invention the VIP exhibits an extended circulatory half-life, receptor-binding or biological potency, and/or altered receptor binding profile with respect to unmodified VIP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Phasebio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Homayoun Sadeghi, Suzanne Dagher, Andrew Turner
  • SELF-CORRECTING POWER GRID FOR SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES METHOD
    Publication number: 20150115400
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a self-correcting power grid for a semiconductor structure and a method of using thereof. Various embodiments include a self-correcting power grid for a semiconductor structure. The power grid may include a plurality of interconnect layers. Each of the plurality of interconnect layers may include a plurality of metal lines, where each of the plurality of metal lines are positioned substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to a plurality of distinct metal lines in adjacent interconnect layers. Additionally the interconnect layers may include a plurality of fuses formed within each of the metal lines of the plurality of interconnect layers. In the power grid, at least one of the fuses positioned immediately adjacent to a defect included in the power grid may be configured to blow during a testing process to isolate the defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cathryn J. Christiansen, Andrew H. Norfleet, Kirk D. Peterson, Andrew A. Turner
  • Updating interface settings for an interface
    Patent number: 9008196
    Abstract: A computer system includes a processor, and the processor includes at least one interface for communicating with an electronic component. Each of the at least one interface has a set of interface settings. The computer system further includes a memory containing machine executable instructions. Execution of the instructions causes the processor to: monitor communications traffic on the at least one interface; store, eye distribution data acquired during the monitoring of the communications traffic in a database; compare the eye distribution data to a set of predetermined criteria; and generate a set of updated interface settings if the eye distribution does not satisfy the set of predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Angelotti, Michael D. Campbell, Kenneth L. Christian, Martin Eckert, Hubert Harrer, Rohan Jones, Neil A. Malek, Gary A. Peterson, Andrew A. Turner, Dermot Weldon
  • VALVE TIMING CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150075464
    Abstract: A valve timing control having a stator body constructed of a plastic material. The stator body has an annular side wall and a front plate which, together, define a plurality of annularly spaced internal cavities within the stator body. A rotor having a plurality of vanes is positioned within the stator body so that one vane is positioned within each cavity. The rotor is movable relative to the stator body between a first and second rotational position. A plurality of threaded metal inserts are embedded within the stator body and used to attach a metal sprocket to the stator body at a position opposed to the front plate. Two of these inserts also receive the impact load from the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth Taylor, Andrew Turner