Patents by Inventor Austin ROBERTS

Austin ROBERTS 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).

  • SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF CD38 AS IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS
    Publication number: 20240131047
    Abstract: In one aspect disclosed herein are small molecule inhibitors of CD38 and their use in treating, inhibiting, decreasing, reducing, ameliorating and/or preventing graft versus host disease, ischemia reperfusion injury, graft rejection, inflammatory injury to a graft or a graft recipient. Additionally, disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting CD38 pathway and activity comprising contacting a cell expressing CD38 or administering to a subject in need of CD38 inhibition, any of the small molecule CD38 inhibitors disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Sylvester Michael BLACK, Bryan Alan WHITSON, Blake Robert PETERSON, Austin SCHENK
  • HIGHLY THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE, ULTRA-LOW-K TWO-DIMENSIONAL COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORK DIELECTRIC LAYERS
    Publication number: 20240092809
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are low dielectric constant (low-k) two-dimensional covalent organic framework materials that have a dielectric constant k less than 2.4, optionally less than 1.9, and are comprised of regularly porous, covalently linked, layer structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Austin Michael Evans, William Robert Dichtel, Mark C. Hersam, Vinod Kumar Sangwan, Ioannina Castano, Patrick E. Hopkins, Ashutosh Giri
  • Systems and methods for cryptographic trading
    Patent number: 11893637
    Abstract: A system and method that relies upon smart contracts to facilitate cryptocurrency trades through a plurality of different exchanges. The system and method preferably operate on the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Coinbase, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bleznak, Sergey Tsyba, Jordan Lyall, Noah Passalacqua, Nate Welch, Craig Braun, Ed Posnak, Eric Bujold, Colleen Stabler, Svenn Mahle, Katie Horne, Austin Roberts, Chris Behar, Andrew Trudel, Andrew Katsevich, Harry Wright, Audrey Sciortino
  • CONDENSED SUMP PUMP CROCK
    Publication number: 20240018769
    Abstract: A sump pump crock includes a body including an upper body and a lower body, wherein the external surface of the upper body, and in some embodiments the inner surface of the upper body, extends radially past the external surface of the lower body. The body may also include two or more flanges, including at least one upper flange on the upper body that extends radially past the at least one lower flange on the lower body. Furthermore, the lower body of the sump pump crock may include one or more ports, such as to provide a lower location for attachment of components (e.g., a perimeter drain). The sump pump crock may further include a first portion and a second portion that is separate from the first portion, which when assembled form the upper body and the lower body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Independence Materials Group, LLC
    Inventors: Karl Chapel, Austin Robert Genord
  • Development of a switching roller finger follower for cylinder deactivation in internal combustion engines
    Patent number: 11788439
    Abstract: A rocker arm includes an outer arm having a first side and a second side, an inner arm positioned between the first side and the second side of the outer arm, a pivot axle pivotally coupling the inner arm to the outer arm at a first end of the inner arm and a first end of the outer arm, and a latch pin having a first position and a second position. The latch pin in the first position pivotally fixes the inner arm to the outer arm at a second end of each of the inner arm and a second end of the outer arm, and in the second position allows the inner arm and the outer arm to pivot independently. Two lost motion springs are respectively secured to mounts provided on the outer arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Andrei Dan Radulescu, Austin Robert Zurface, James R. Sheren, Anthony L. Spoor, Luigi Lia, Philip Michael Kline
  • System, method, and apparatus for multi-port power converter and inverter assembly
    Patent number: 11658477
    Abstract: A multi-port power converter includes a housing that includes a plurality of ports structured to electrically interface to a plurality of loads, the plurality of loads having distinct electrical characteristics. The multi-port power converter also includes a plurality of solid state components configured to provide selected electrical power outputs and to accept selected electrical power inputs and a plurality of solid state switches configured to provide selected connectivity between the plurality of solid state components and the plurality of ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Wayne Mensch, Brandon William Fisher, Robert Stephen Douglass, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Suda, Asheesh Soni, Karsten Gerving, Guido Vollmar, Gerd Schmitz, Christoph Bausch, Ute Molitor, Lutz Friedrichsen, Kai Schroeder, Julia Otte, Madeline Philipsohn, Norbert Roesner, Volker Lang, Johannes Meissner, Paolo D'Amico, Jalpa Shah, Meng Wang, Damrongrit Piyabongkarn, Niles Stephen Ramseyer, Dennis Dukaric, Matt Haylock, Justin Keith Griffiths
  • Method to prevent binding in road milling machines
    Patent number: 11591759
    Abstract: A road milling machine includes a milling drum, an enclosure assembly, an actuator, and a controller. The milling drum may modify surface. The enclosure assembly includes a member moveable between a closed state and an open state. In the closed state, the member at least partially encloses the milling drum to direct materials milled by the milling drum to a conveyor. The actuator is adapted to be actuated between a first state and a second state to correspondingly move the member between the closed state and the open state. Further, the controller is configured to detect the closed state of the member; determine a lowering of the milling drum with respect to the surface; and reverse an actuation of the actuator towards the second state to offset and balance out a weight of the member based on the lowering of the milling drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Robert Bies, Nicholas James Argenziano
  • Automated consent management system and method for managing autoreply messages to incoming calls
    Patent number: 11496620
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein provide automated consent management for ensuring compliance with user-consent laws, rules, and/or regulations integrated with the automatic generation and transmission of autoreply messages. In accordance with the disclosed embodiments, a computer system may be configured to communicate with a user over both first and second communication channels, where the system requires the user's consent before it can communicate with the user over the second communication channel. The system may receive an incoming communication, such as a telephone call, from the user over the first communication channel. The computer system may automatically generate an autoreply message, such as a text message, to send to the user over the second communication channel in response to the incoming communication if the computer system automatically determines that the user has provided all necessary user consents for sending the autoreply message over the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Rhinogram Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Dressler, Austin Roberts, Stanley Dressler
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REINFORCEMENT LEARNING MOLECULAR MODELING
    Publication number: 20220351808
    Abstract: A system can include one or more processors configured to identify a candidate molecule, provide the candidate molecule as an input to a simulation, operate the simulation, monitor at least one parameter of the simulation, modify the candidate molecule based on the at least one parameter, and output the modified candidate molecule responsive to a convergence condition being satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Robert Clyde, Arvind Ramanathan, Rick Stevens
  • CONTACTOR DAMAGE AND DIAGNOSTICS
    Publication number: 20220337070
    Abstract: A method includes interpreting a contactor open event and a contactor load value for a contactor positioned on a motive power circuit for a mobile application, determining that a contactor opening event under load has occurred in response to the contactor open event and the contactor load value, and updating a contactor wear condition in response to the contactor opening event under load, wherein updating the contactor wear condition comprises accumulating a number of the contactor opening events under load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Keith Griffiths, Nilesh Surase, Ritika Shetty, Shalini Tripathy, Somdut Dey, Madhavi Gupta, Mayura Madane, Sadiya Qureshi, Toseed Khan, Amit Chavan, Kumar Prasad Telikepalli, Atul Solvande, Hao Wang, Jiong Chen, Yueyue Deng, Jason Carroll, Srinivasan Arjun Tekalur, Jacob William Green, Ashok Chakravarthi Kandru, Cheng Luo, Tianyang Jiang, Cheng Wan, Ye Zhu, John Trublowski, Robert Stephen Douglass, Rajen Modi, Nilay Mehta, Laura Natali Valencia Fritsch, Han Li, Dongxin JIn, Lewei Qian, Jun Li, Hongrae Kim, Daniel R. Ouwenga, Patrick Herranz, Miroslav Horejs, Rohit Baranwal, Zhe Zhang, Martin Wayne Mensch, Brandon William Fisher, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Kumar Suda, Asheesh Kumar Soni, Rene Guy Gallet, Michael Scott Sullivan, Karsten Gerving, Guido Völlmar, Gerd Schmitz, Christoph Bausch, Ute Molitor, Lutz Friedrichsen, Kai Schroeder, Julia Otte, Madeline Philipsohn, Norbert Roesner, Volker Lang, Johannes Meissner, Paolo D'Amico, Jalpa Shah, Meng Wang, Damrongrit Piyabongkarn, Niles Stephen Ramseyer, Dennis Dukaric, Matt Haylock, Anvaya R. Hingangave, Devendra Patil
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SECURE, ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER NETWORKS FOR AUTHORIZING USE OF CRYPTOGRAPHY-BASED DIGITAL REPOSITORIES IN ORDER TO PERFORM BLOCKCHAIN OPERATIONS IN DECENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220318907
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the use of multi-party computation (“MPC”) key systems that involve the use of multiple parties, each of which hold respective private data that may be used to evaluate a computation without ever revealing any of the private data held by each party to perform blockchain operations. Using the MPC key systems, the methods and systems generate secure, encrypted communications across distributed computer networks for authorizing use of cryptography-based digital repositories in order to perform blockchain operations in decentralized applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Toffee Merger Sub ll, LLC
    Inventors: David BLEZNAK, Sergey TSYBA, Jordan LYALL, Noah PASSALACQUA, Nate WELCH, Craig BRAUN, Ed POSNAK, Eric BUJOLD, Colleen STABLER, Svenn MAHLE, Katie HORNE, Austin ROBERTS, Chris BEHAR, Andrew TRUDEL, Andrew KATSEVICH, Harry WRIGHT, Audrey SCIORTINO
  • FUSE AND CONTACTOR MANAGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC MOBILE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20220274504
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle including a motive electrical power path; a power distribution unit including: a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit including a fuse and a contactor in a series arrangement with the fuse; a high voltage power input coupling including a first electrical interface for a high voltage power source; and a high voltage power output coupling including a second electrical interface for a motive power load, where the current protection circuit electrically couples the high voltage power input coupling to the high voltage power output coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Douglass, Brandon William Fisher, Martin Wayne Mensch, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Suda, Asheesh Soni
  • System and method for cryptocurrency trading
    Patent number: 11386493
    Abstract: A system and method that relies upon smart contracts to facilitate cryptocurrency trades through a plurality of different exchanges. The system and method preferably operate on the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Toffee Merger Sub II, LLC
    Inventors: David Bleznak, Sergey Tsyba, Jordan Lyall, Noah Passalacqua, Nate Welch, Craig Braun, Ed Posnak, Eric Bujold, Colleen Stabler, Svenn Mahle, Katie Horne, Austin Roberts, Chris Behar, Andrew Trudel, Andrew Katsevich, Harry Wright, Audrey Sciortino
  • Fuse and contactor management for an electric mobile application
    Patent number: 11370324
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle including a motive electrical power path; a power distribution unit including: a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit including a fuse and a contactor in a series arrangement with the fuse; a high voltage power input coupling including a first electrical interface for a high voltage power source; and a high voltage power output coupling including a second electrical interface for a motive power load, where the current protection circuit electrically couples the high voltage power input coupling to the high voltage power output coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Douglass, Brandon William Fisher, Martin Wayne Mensch, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Suda, Asheesh Soni
  • Dryer appliance having a fire extinguishing system equpped with a multiway inlet valve
    Patent number: 11247084
    Abstract: A dryer appliance that includes a fire extinguishing system is provided. In one aspect, the dryer appliance includes a drum rotatably mounted within a cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying. The dryer appliance includes a water inlet valve in fluid communication with a steam nozzle operable to deliver water into the chamber to form mist or steam. The dryer appliance also includes an extinguisher nozzle in fluid communication with the chamber of the drum and with the water inlet valve. Upon detection of a fire, water is provided to the extinguisher nozzle and the extinguisher nozzle directs a stream of water into the chamber to extinguish the detected fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Austin Robert Fischer
  • METHOD TO PREVENT BINDING IN ROAD MILLING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20210324589
    Abstract: A road milling machine includes a milling drum, an enclosure assembly, an actuator, and a controller. The milling drum may modify surface. The enclosure assembly includes a member moveable between a closed state and an open state. In the closed state, the member at least partially encloses the milling drum to direct materials milled by the milling drum to a conveyor. The actuator is adapted to be actuated between a first state and a second state to correspondingly move the member between the closed state and the open state. Further, the controller is configured to detect the closed state of the member; determine a lowering of the milling drum with respect to the surface; and reverse an actuation of the actuator towards the second state to offset and balance out a weight of the member based on the lowering of the milling drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Robert Bies, Nicholas James Argenziano
  • Dryer appliance having a fire extinguishing system
    Patent number: 11141614
    Abstract: A dryer appliance that includes a fire extinguishing system is provided. In one aspect, the dryer appliance includes a drum rotatably mounted within a cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying. The dryer appliance includes a water inlet valve in fluid communication with a steam nozzle operable to deliver water into the chamber to form mist or steam. The dryer appliance also includes an extinguishing nozzle in fluid communication with the chamber of the drum and with the water inlet valve. Upon detection of a fire, water is provided to the extinguishing nozzle and the extinguishing nozzle directs a stream of water into the chamber to extinguish the detected fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Austin Robert Fischer
  • Electromagnetic latch assembly with flexible latch pin coupling
    Patent number: 11143064
    Abstract: In an electromagnetic latch assembly of a type that includes an armature, an electromagnet operative to actuate the armature, a latch pin, and a rigid metal structure that supports both the electromagnet and the latch pin, the latch pin is attached to the armature through a bendable connection. The electromagnet may be mounted to or housed within the metal structure. The latch pin may protrude from the rigid metal structure and may be guided by the metal structure. The bendable connection couples translation of the armature to translation of the latch pin while allowing the two parts to move independently to some degree. The bendable connection may reduce forces on the armature that could cause the armature to bend or stick. Those forces may result from misalignment between the latch pin and the armature or from the latch pin being driven off axis under load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Austin Robert Zurface, Dale Arden Stretch, Brian Karl Vandeusen
  • Log transport tool hook
    Patent number: D1006569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Roberts, Austin Roberts, Keith Epstein
  • Log transport tool handle
    Patent number: D1006577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Roberts, Austin Roberts, Keith Epstein