Patents by Inventor Ann O'Connell

Ann O'Connell 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: 12283144
    Abstract: A method for providing access into a building is shown. The method includes receiving an indication that a potential building occupant is requesting access into the building. The method includes providing input data into a probabilistic model, the input data comprising current health data of the potential building occupant obtained in response to receiving the indication. The method includes analyzing, via the probabilistic model, relationships between a plurality of weighted variables within the probabilistic model to determine an entry decision for the potential building occupant, wherein each of the plurality of weighted variables are representative of subsets of the input data. The method includes, in response to the entry decision permitting the building occupant to enter the building, providing a control signal to a security system to permit access to the building for the building occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Eamonn Jerry O'Toole, Ronan Fineen Hennessy, Róisín Ann O'Brien
  • Patent number: 12261315
    Abstract: A battery housing assembly for housing battery components of an electric vehicle includes a battery tray, a lid, and a sealant. The battery tray includes a channel located outwardly relative to the battery components. The lid is secured to the battery tray and includes an end portion disposed within the channel. The lid further includes at least one alignment feature configured to align the lid and the battery tray. The sealant is disposed within a portion of the channel of the battery tray and is configured to secure the battery tray and the lid to each other. The sealant is further configured to seal an internal cavity of the battery housing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Renata Michaela Arsenault, David Brian Glickman, Kent Snyder, Brian Joseph Robert, Ann O'Neill, Lorne Forsythe
  • Publication number: 20240195001
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a base including a first locking feature, a lid including a second locking feature, and a metal joint fusing the first locking feature to the second locking feature. The metal joint is configured to melt to disconnect the first locking feature from the second locking feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Renata Michaela Arsenault, Brian Joseph Robert, Ann O'Neill, David Brian Glickman, Kent Snyder, Lorne Forsythe
  • Publication number: 20240189939
    Abstract: A system for recycling a component of a battery assembly includes a removal tool and a cover of the battery assembly. The cover includes a component removal zone configured to be removable from the cover by the removal tool to expose the component and a locator identifying the component removal zone for removal by the removal tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Renata Michaela Arsenault, Kent Snyder, Brian Joseph Robert, Ann O'Neill, David Brian Glickman
  • Patent number: 11940767
    Abstract: Systems and methods of operating a collaborative building network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of operating a building management system includes acquiring, by a first computing system, data using one or more sensors of a first building of a first entity, providing, by the first computing system, a set of sharing rules for the acquired data, determining, by the first computing system by applying the set of sharing rules, whether to share the acquired data with a second computing system associated with a second building of a second entity, and providing, by the first computing system, the acquired data to the second computing system responsive to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Ronan Fineen Hennessy, Róisín Ann O'Brien, Eamonn Jerry O'Toole
  • Publication number: 20230344058
    Abstract: A battery housing assembly for housing battery components of an electric vehicle includes a battery tray, a lid, and a sealant. The battery tray includes a channel located outwardly relative to the battery components. The lid is secured to the battery tray and includes an end portion disposed within the channel. The lid further includes at least one alignment feature configured to align the lid and the battery tray. The sealant is disposed within a portion of the channel of the battery tray and is configured to secure the battery tray and the lid to each other. The sealant is further configured to seal an internal cavity of the battery housing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Renata Michaela Arsenault, David Brian Glickman, Kent Snyder, Brian Joseph Robert, Ann O'Neill, Lorne Forsythe
  • Patent number: 11763388
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for providing a recreation of an event are disclosed. A plurality of data is received from a plurality of sources of information. The plurality of data describes an event. Each data in the plurality of data has a different format. Each data in the plurality of data is converted into a predetermined format. The converted received plurality of data is combined. Based on the combined converted received data, a report describing a recreation of the event is generated. The generated report is transmitted for display on at least one user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Esurance Insurance Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Melissa Ann O'Kane
  • Publication number: 20230288892
    Abstract: Systems and methods of operating a collaborative building network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of operating a building management system includes acquiring, by a first computing system, data using one or more sensors of a first building of a first entity, providing, by the first computing system, a set of sharing rules for the acquired data, determining, by the first computing system by applying the set of sharing rules, whether to share the acquired data with a second computing system associated with a second building of a second entity, and providing, by the first computing system, the acquired data to the second computing system responsive to the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ronan Fineen Hennessy, Róisín Ann O'Brien, Eamonn Jerry O'Toole
  • Publication number: 20230281721
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for providing a recreation of an event are disclosed. A plurality of data is received from a plurality of sources of information. The plurality of data describes an event. Each data in the plurality of data has a different format. Each data in the plurality of data is converted into a predetermined format. The converted received plurality of data is combined. Based on the combined converted received data, a report describing a recreation of the event is generated. The generated report is transmitted for display on at least one user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Melissa Ann O'Kane
  • Publication number: 20230277714
    Abstract: A method of treating the air with a sanitizing composition is provided. The method includes dispensing a sanitizing composition in the form of liquid particles and vapor from a dispensing device; circulating the vapor into the air; removing at least a portion of the liquid particles dispensed from the dispensing device; and reducing the level of airborne microorganisms in the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Dana Paul GRUENBACHER, Julie Ann O'NEIL, Champak DAS, Thomas Paul HARTRANFT, Michael Robert EIDELL
  • Publication number: 20230277710
    Abstract: An air sanitizing system is provided. The air sanitizing system includes a dispensing device configured to dispense a sanitizing composition into liquid particles and vapor. The air sanitizing system also includes a fan that is configured to disperse the vapor of sanitizing composition into the air. The air sanitizing system includes a filtering device configured to remove at least a portion of the liquid particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Dana Paul GRUENBACHER, Julie Ann O'NEIL, Champak DAS, Thomas Paul HARTRANFT, Michael Robert EIDELL
  • Patent number: 11618008
    Abstract: Methods for preparing ceria-zirconia (CZO) materials calcined with precious group metals (PGM) include calcining a CZO material with PGM. The calcined CZO/PGM catalyst is reduced at a temperature of ?1000° C. to ?1100° C. for a time of ?0.5 hour to 1 hour to form a (CZO/PGM)-pyrochlore catalyst. The (CZO/PGM)-pyrochlore catalyst exhibits superior oxygen storage capacity characteristics as a three-way catalyst in vehicle exhaust gas systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Wu, Giovanni Cavataio, Ann O'Neill, Natalie Roxas
  • Publication number: 20230071399
    Abstract: System and method to display PIM application content in one or more PIM application display panes of a graphical user interface (GUI), select the displayed PIM application content for which to obtain a one or more record overviews of a CRM record related to the PIM application content, receive PIM application context data related to selected PIM application content, generate the one or more record overviews of the CRM record related to the PIM application content to display in a context-specific display pane based on the received PIM application content or PIM application context data, and display the generated one or more record overviews in the context-specific display pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Melissa Ann O'Kane, Sriram Venkata Krishnan Iyer, Daniel Tafner McGarry, Douglas M. Lowder, Anthony J. Annuzzi, Elias Yates Andrew, Emily Schwartzman, Christopher Thomas Sellinger
  • Patent number: 11500522
    Abstract: System and method to display PIM application content in one or more PIM application display panes of a graphical user interface (GUI), select the displayed PIM application content for which to obtain a one or more record overviews of a CRM record related to the PIM application content, receive PIM application context data related to selected PIM application content, generate the one or more record overviews of the CRM record related to the PIM application content to display in a context-specific display pane based on the received PIM application content or PIM application context data, and display the generated one or more record overviews in the context-specific display pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Melissa Ann O'Kane, Sriram Venkata Krishnan Iyer, Daniel Tafner McGarry, Douglas M. Lowder, Anthony J. Annuzzi, Elias Yates Andrew, Emily Schwartzman, Christopher Thomas Sellinger
  • Publication number: 20220307093
    Abstract: Methods for use in multiplex amplification and or detection of Trichomonas vaginalis. The multiphase amplification provides fast, quantitative, sensitive detection with lower variability at low analyte concentrations. Described are detection probes, capture probes, amplification oligonucleotides, nucleic acid compositions, probe mixes, methods, and kits useful for amplifying and determining the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis in a test sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tamara Jane Angeles Johnson, Meghan Ann O'Donnell, Alice Jiang
  • Publication number: 20220105492
    Abstract: Methods for preparing ceria-zirconia (CZO) materials calcined with precious group metals (PGM) include calcining a CZO material with PGM. The calcined CZO/PGM catalyst is reduced at a temperature of ?1000° C. to ?1100° C. for a time of ?0.5 hour to 1 hour to form a (CZO/PGM)-pyrochlore catalyst. The (CZO/PGM)-pyrochlore catalyst exhibits superior oxygen storage capacity characteristics as a three-way catalyst in vehicle exhaust gas systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Wu, Giovanni Cavataio, Ann O'Neill, Natalie Roxas
  • Publication number: 20220036713
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by one or more processing circuits, risk data indicative of at least one of behavior of the users relating to the shared space or a user risk relating to a risk of one or more of the users contracting or spreading a disease, determining, by the one or more processing circuits, an accessibility limit for the shared space based on the risk data, the accessibility limit comprising at least one of an occupancy limit for the shared space or a timeframe during which the shared space is prohibited from occupancy, and generating, by the one or more processing circuits, an indicator of the accessibility limit for the shared space, the indicator providing an indication to the users of at least one of the occupancy limit or the timeframe during which the shared space is prohibited from occupancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Ronan Fineen Hennessy, Róisín Ann O'Brien, Eamonn Jerry O'Toole, Rachel D.M. Ellerman
  • Patent number: 11209963
    Abstract: A system and method to access one or more insights to display in a context-specific display pane based on PIM application context data, filter the one or more insights to display in the context-specific display pane, and display the filtered one or more insights in the context-specific display pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Melissa Ann O'Kane, Sriram Venkata Krishnan Iyer, Daniel Tafner McGarry, Douglas M. Lowder, Anthony J. Annuzzi, Elias Yates Andrew, Emily Schwartzman, Christopher Thomas Sellinger
  • Patent number: 11209962
    Abstract: A system and method to display Personal Information Management (PIM) application content in one or more PIM application display panes of a graphical user interface (GUI). Some portion of the displayed RIM application content is selected for which to obtain one or more insights. The system obtains PIM application context data relating to selected PIM application content and generates the one or more insights to display in a context-specific display pane based on the received PIM application context data. The generated one or more insights is then displayed in the context-specific display pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Melissa Ann O'Kane, Sriram Venkata Krishnan Iyer, Daniel Tafner McGarry, Douglas M. Lowder, Zachary Cohen, Elias Yates Andrew, Anthony J. Annuzzi, Allyson Paige O'Malley, Emily Schwartzman, Christopher Thomas Sellinger
  • Publication number: 20210313097
    Abstract: Polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) bodies and fuse devices formed therefrom are described. In various embodiments, the PPTC bodies comprise a matrix polymer and a conductive filler comprising a compound of general formula Mn+1AXn, where M is a transition d metal element, A is a p-block element, X is carbon or nitrogen, and n is 1, 2 or 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Kwan Tsang, Jianhua Chen, Ann O. Banich