Patents by Inventor B. Lewis
B. Lewis 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).
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Dynamic and variable controlled information system and methods for monitoring and adjusting behavior
Patent number: 11980825Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide an apparatus and methods for assisting individuals in controlling respiratory rates. For example, a respiratory regulation apparatus is provided in the form of a plush animal toy that operates components to simulate the breathing rate of anxious individuals. The apparatus may include actuators that are controlled by a slotted cam that is dynamically rotated at varying speeds in a determined rotational direction. The actuators move inward and outward in relative directions to move a torso of the plush animal toy to simulate breathing. In certain aspects, actuators may expand outward while at the same time another actuator contracts inward to cause the torso to simulate realistic breathing movements. A processor controls the speed of the cam such that the simulated breathing of the animal toy apparatus can be reduced at a controlled rate to assist an individual in reducing their breathing rate to a calmer state.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: RIPPLE EFFECTS, INC.Inventors: Alice Ray, Leif Askeland, Richard J. Maddocks, Stephen B. Lewis, Shelley Smith, Eduardo Rodriguez, Brian White -
Patent number: 11959967Abstract: A system is provided including a current sensor arranged to sense current drawn by an electric motor of a powered device through an AC power line from a power supply and provide current data related to the powered device; a monitoring device arranged to receive the current data from the electrical sensor, the monitoring device including a controller processing the current data to obtain performance data associated with the powered device, the performance data relating to load applied to the electric motor; a data communication device communicating with the monitoring device and arranged to receive the performance data associated with the powered device; and a computing device including a graphical user interface, the computer device receiving a user's selection of the powered device from a list of powered devices and presenting the performance data to the user via the graphical user interface in response to the user's selection.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Jeffrey B. Pasquino, Lara Kudryk-Traska, Dalton S. Dawkins, Raymond D. Brubaker, Grzegorz J. Kwiatkowski, Joshua M. Hooks, Stephen J. Skeels, Richard B. Lewis
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Patent number: 11959185Abstract: A process is disclosed for the electro-refinement of titanium aluminides to produce titanium-aluminum master alloys which process is effective even in the presence of substantial amounts of aluminum and in the presence of ten (10) or more weight percent oxygen in the material(s) to be refined. The process is likewise effective without the addition of titanium chlorides or other forms of soluble titanium to the electrolyte bath comprising halide salts of alkali metals or alkali-earth metals or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSAL ACHEMETAL TITANIUM, LLCInventors: James R. Cox, Chanaka L. DeALWIS, Benjamin A. Kohler, Michael G. Lewis, Juliane B. Kluck
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Patent number: 11762583Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving, at a storage system, a command from a host. A command type of the command may be determined. It may be determined if a threshold associated with the command type has been met. In response to determining that the threshold associated with the command type has been met, a command queue full response may be sent, from the storage system, to the host.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company, LLCInventors: Kenneth Hill, Stephen Henderson, Daniel B. Lewis, Michael P. Wahl
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Publication number: 20230174975Abstract: Described herein are systems for targeting viral genomes. Also described herein are methods for targeting viral genomes utilizing the systems described in the instant disclosure. In some cases, systems and methods disclosed herein can be used to treat viral infections. In preferred embodiments, the systems utilise a CRISPR/Cas13d complex to target the genome of an RNA virus such as coronavirus or influenza virus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYInventors: Lei S. Qi, Marie F. LA RUSSA, Timothy R. ABBOTT, David B. LEWIS
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Publication number: 20230052379Abstract: A system is provided including a current sensor arranged to sense current drawn by an electric motor of a powered device through an AC power line from a power supply and provide current data related to the powered device; a monitoring device arranged to receive the current data from the electrical sensor, the monitoring device including a controller processing the current data to obtain performance data associated with the powered device, the performance data relating to load applied to the electric motor; a data communication device communicating with the monitoring device and arranged to receive the performance data associated with the powered device; and a computing device including a graphical user interface, the computer device receiving a user's selection of the powered device from a list of powered devices and presenting the performance data to the user via the graphical user interface in response to the user's selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey B. PASQUINO, Lara KUDRYK-TRASKA, Dalton S. DAWKINS, Raymond D. BRUBAKER, Grzegorz J. KWIATKOWSKI, Joshua M. HOOKS, Stephen J. SKEELS, Richard B. LEWIS
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Patent number: 11513154Abstract: A system is provided including a current sensor arranged to sense current drawn by an electric motor of a powered device through an AC power line from a power supply and provide current data related to the powered device; a monitoring device arranged to receive the current data from the electrical sensor, the monitoring device including a controller processing the current data to obtain performance data associated with the powered device, the performance data relating to load applied to the electric motor; a data communication device communicating with the monitoring device and arranged to receive the performance data associated with the powered device; and a computing device including a graphical user interface, the computer device receiving a user's selection of the powered device from a list of powered devices and presenting the performance data to the user via the graphical user interface in response to the user's selection.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey B. Pasquino, Lara Kudryk-Traska, Dalton S. Dawkins, Raymond D. Brubaker, Grzegorz J. Kwiatkowski, Joshua M. Hooks, Stephen Skeels, Richard B. Lewis
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Patent number: 11431409Abstract: An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Justin Hayward, Andrew B. Lewis, Stuart Russell
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Publication number: 20220129193Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving, at a storage system, a command from a host. A command type of the command may be determined. It may be determined if a threshold associated with the command type has been met. In response to determining that the threshold associated with the command type has been met, a command queue full response may be sent, from the storage system, to the host.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Kenneth Hill, Stephen Henderson, Daniel B. Lewis, Michael P, Wahl
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Patent number: 11097754Abstract: A system that allows an electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) railcar to be optionally selected as the ECP End of Train (EOT) device when that car is positioned at the end of a train regardless of its physical orientation. This eliminates the requirement to use and install a traditional End of Train (EOT) device at the end of an ECP train while maintaining the same train integrity monitoring functionality that is typically provided for train brake-in-two detection and closed cut-out cock detection. The system also eliminates the requirement for a dedicated EOT device at the end of the train for ECP “RUN” Mode operation, and allows any ECP car to function normally as part of the train or act as the EOT device when selected.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: New York Air Brake LLCInventors: Samuel D. Graham, John W. LaDuc, Brendan Wade Crowley, Bryan M. McLaughlin, Dale R. Stevens, David M. Socha, Roger B. Lewis, Evan M. Hall
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Publication number: 20210250087Abstract: An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Justin Hayward, Andrew B. Lewis, Stuart Russell
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Patent number: 10972181Abstract: An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Justin Hayward, Andrew B. Lewis, Stuart Russell
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Patent number: 10972180Abstract: An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, the beat signal may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Andrew B. Lewis, Stuart Russell
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Patent number: 10959399Abstract: A disposable and multiconfigurational animal habitat for obtaining physiological measurements of a small mammal is provided. The habitat includes a disposable and vertically oriented tower having a top, middle, and a bottom section. The tower includes a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is sized, shaped, and configured to house the small mammal and is disposed in the top section of the tower. A first instrumentation platform is disposed in the first chamber and configured to support the small mammal. The second chamber is also sized, shaped, and configured to house the small mammal and disposed underneath the first instrumentation platform. A second instrumentation platform disposed in the second chamber and configured to support the small mammal. The habitat can be assembled from a kit comprising sheet of foldable disposable material having cut-outs and fold lines that can be folded to form the tower of the habitat.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Mouse Specifics, Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Hampton, Melissa B. Lewis
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Dynamic and variable controlled information system and methods for monitoring and adjusting behavior
Publication number: 20210046392Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide an apparatus and methods for assisting individuals in controlling respiratory rates. For example, a respiratory regulation apparatus is provided in the form of a plush animal toy that operates components to simulate the breathing rate of anxious individuals. The apparatus may include actuators that are controlled by a slotted cam that is dynamically rotated at varying speeds in a determined rotational direction. The actuators move inward and outward in relative directions to move a torso of the plush animal toy to simulate breathing. In certain aspects, actuators may expand outward while at the same time another actuator contracts inward to cause the torso to simulate realistic breathing movements. A processor controls the speed of the cam such that the simulated breathing of the animal toy apparatus can be reduced at a controlled rate to assist an individual in reducing their breathing rate to a calmer state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Ripple Effects, Inc.Inventors: Alice Ray, Leif Askeland, Richard Joseph Maddocks, Stephen B. Lewis, Shelley Marie Smith, Eduardo Javier Rodriguez, Brian M. White -
Patent number: 10912926Abstract: A catheterization system for treatment of patients can include a peripherally inserted central catheter comprising a catheter tube joined to an extension leg with a junction and a securement device that fits around a portion of the junction to inhibit movement. The catheter tube can include a taper proximate the junction, the taper transitioning the catheter tube from a larger outer diameter and a larger wall thickness to a smaller outer diameter and a smaller wall thickness. The taper and thicker wall thickness near the junction can help prevent damage to the catheter tube near the junction when bent (e.g., to secure a proximal region of the catheter to a patient's arm). The securement device can configured to fit around an outer diameter of the junction to inhibit movement of the junction when the junction is held in the securement device.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Lisa I. Bailey, Chad A. Hadley, Caleb Campbell, Paul H. Shin, Richard B. Lewis
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Publication number: 20210015075Abstract: A disposable and multiconfigurational animal habitat for obtaining physiological measurements of a small mammal is provided. The habitat includes a disposable and vertically oriented tower having a top, middle, and a bottom section. The tower includes a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is sized, shaped, and configured to house the small mammal and is disposed in the top section of the tower. A first instrumentation platform is disposed in the first chamber and configured to support the small mammal. The second chamber is also sized, shaped, and configured to house the small mammal and disposed underneath the first instrumentation platform. A second instrumentation platform disposed in the second chamber and configured to support the small mammal. The habitat can be assembled from a kit comprising sheet of foldable disposable material having cut-outs and fold lines that can be folded to form the tower of the habitat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Thomas G. Hampton, Melissa B. Lewis
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Publication number: 20200259563Abstract: An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, the beat signal may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Andrew B. LEWIS, Stuart Russell
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Publication number: 20200247439Abstract: A system that allows an electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) railcar to be optionally selected as the ECP End of Train (EOT) device when that car is positioned at the end of a train regardless of its physical orientation. This eliminates the requirement to use and install a traditional End of Train (EOT) device at the end of an ECP train while maintaining the same train integrity monitoring functionality that is typically provided for train brake-in-two detection and closed cut-out cock detection. The system also eliminates the requirement for a dedicated EOT device at the end of the train for ECP “RUN” Mode operation, and allows any ECP car to function normally as part of the train or act as the EOT device when selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: New York Air Brake LLCInventors: Samuel D. Graham, John W. LaDuc, Brendan Wade Crowley, Bryan M. McLaughlin, Dale R. Stevens, David M. Socha, Roger B. Lewis, Evan M. Hall
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Publication number: 20200213003Abstract: An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Justin Hayward, Andrew B. Lewis, Stuart Russell