Patents by Inventor Benjamin David

Benjamin David 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: 20220341305
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to a hydraulic fracturing pump comprising a fluid end assembly, the fluid end assembly comprising a cylinder body configured to receive a respective plunger from a power end; a suction bore configured to house a valve body, a valve seat, and a spring; a suction cap; and a spring retainer, wherein a surface of one or more of the cylinder body, the suction bore, the suction cap, and the spring retaining serves as a cathode, and wherein the fluid end comprises at least one of a plunger anode, a suction cap anode, a spring retainer anode, a valve top anode, a valve seat outer diameter anode, and a valve seat inner diameter anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob A. Bayyouk, Frazer Craig Brownlie, Trevor Hodgkiess, Brian Witkowski, Benjamin David Engstrom, Collin Garner
  • Patent number: 11479031
    Abstract: A printing assembly may include a first continuous cylinder and a first jogging assembly. The first continuous cylinder may be configured to apply print media to a flexible substrate responsive to contact with the flexible substrate. The first continuous cylinder may include a plurality of partitions configured such that only one of the partitions is aligned for contact with the flexible substrate at any given time, and each of the partitions may have a unique print characteristic associated therewith. The first jogging assembly may be operably coupled with the first continuous cylinder to move the first continuous cylinder along an axis thereof to change alignment of the partitions relative to the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin David Kemp, Graydon Alecander Carpenter
  • Patent number: 11476709
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a wheel end apparatus for a vehicle is provided that includes a wheel hub assembly configured to be mounted to a spindle and a wheel hub of the wheel hub assembly. The wheel end apparatus includes a coil of wire and at least one magnet of the wheel hub assembly configured to move relative to one another with rotation of the wheel hub around the spindle. The wheel end apparatus includes a wheel end device operably coupled to the coil of wire to receive electrical power generated by relative movement of the coil of wire and the at least one magnet. Further, the wheel end apparatus includes communication circuitry operably coupled to the wheel end device and configured to wirelessly communicate wheel end device information with a wheel end monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Consolidated Metco, Inc.
    Inventors: Cody Seibert, Brian Bove, William Joseph Edwards, Benjamin David Mortensen
  • Publication number: 20220327288
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically generating a program based on a natural language utterance using semantic parsing. The semantic parsing includes translating a natural language utterance into instructions in a logical form for execution. The methods use a pre-trained natural language model and generate a canonical utterance as an intermediate form before generating the logical form. The natural language model may be an auto-regressive natural language model with a transformer to paraphrase a sequence of words or tokens in the natural language utterance. The methods generate a prompt including exemplar input/output pairs as a few-shot learning technique for the natural language model to predict words or tokens. The methods further use constrained decoding to determine a canonical utterance, iteratively selecting sequence of words as predicted by the model against rules for canonical utterances. The methods generate a program based on the canonical utterance for execution in an application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin David VAN DURME, Adam D. PAULS, Daniel Louis KLEIN, Eui Chul SHIN, Christopher H. LIN, Pengyu CHEN, Subhro ROY, Emmanouil Antonios PLATANIOS, Jason Michael EISNER, Benjamin Lev SNYDER, Samuel McIntire THOMSON
  • Patent number: 11468006
    Abstract: A method performed by at least one computing system and including performing a document identifying operation on a corpus of documents. The documents are associated one each with a plurality of numeric tier scores. The operation identifies results including one or more of the documents. The method includes calculating each tier score in a portion of the numeric tier scores and organizing the documents into tiers based at least in part on the numeric tier scores. The portion of the numeric tier scores is identified based on the results. The tiers are ranked from most to least relevant and include relevant and non-relevant portions. The method includes sending any of the tiers in the relevant portion one at a time to one or more reviewer computing devices in an order determined by the ranking. Any of the tiers in the non-relevant portion are not sent to reviewer computing device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: JND HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin David Sexton
  • Publication number: 20220313240
    Abstract: Endoscopic and self-deploying gastrointestinal suture retention systems are provided herein. Such systems provide prolonged residency in the gastrointestinal tract for chronic physiological monitoring or controlled drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. A self-deploying system includes a substrate, sensor and torsion springs and an endoscopic system includes a tubular device that includes detachable components at the distal portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin David Pless, Daniel Bacher
  • Publication number: 20220313166
    Abstract: An integrated physiological monitoring and tissue anchoring device is provided. The device includes a detachable clamp at the distal portion that includes a sensor configured to sense a physiological parameter from the gastrointestinal tract. A handle at the proximal portion of the device is configured to actuate the clamp into a closed configuration in which gastrointestinal tissue is grasped by the clamp. A cable connects the handle to the clamp and has a frangible section near the clamp such that the clamp is detachable from the cable at the frangible section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin David Pless, Daniel Bacher
  • Publication number: 20220318292
    Abstract: A data processing system implements displaying, on a first device to a first participant, a first user interface for presentation of audio content, the first user interface including a navigation tool configured to visually represent contextual events in the audio content and a first selectable indicator linked to a second participant. The data processing system further implements receiving a first user selection of the first selectable indicator; and initiating, in response to at least the first user selection, a first telecommunication session between the first participant and the second participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez KIKIN-GIL, Benjamin David SMITH, Colleen Griffiths ESTRADA
  • Patent number: 11460011
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide methods for driving shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator wires in a more power-efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Benjamin David Brown, Daniel Burbridge
  • Publication number: 20220307890
    Abstract: The invention relates to a phenotyping system (1), comprising a plant unit (11) having one or more plants (17), a growing area (5), a measurement area (7), a sensor (73) located in the measurement area (5) for acquiring phene-data related to phenes of the plants (17), wherein the phenotyping system (1) is adapted to transport the plant unit (11) to the measurement area (5). The phenotyping system (1) is characterized by at least one weighing vehicle (49) comprising a weighing unit (66) for acquiring weight-data related to a weight of the plant unit (11). The invention further relates to a method for phenotyping of plants with a phenotyping system (1) in a second aspect and to a computer program for operating a phenotyping system (1) in a third aspect of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Benjamin David GRUBER, Harald AIGNER, Hanna WILDHAGEN, Sabine GUBATZ
  • Patent number: 11445928
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting configuration for a patient worn sensor assembly are described. In one aspect a method includes receiving, by a computer system, sensor assembly data for a particular sensor assembly, accessing, by the computer system, sensor assembly identifier information defining a plurality of sensor assembly identifiers, where each sensor assembly identifier is associated with a respective sensor assembly, identifying, by the computer system and based on the sensor assembly data, a particular sensor assembly identifier for the particular sensor assembly, and determining, by the computer system, configuration information for the particular sensor assembly based on the particular sensor assembly identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA VIOS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin David Meyer, Scott Thomas Mazar
  • Publication number: 20220265911
    Abstract: A method of controlling thermal transfer in a perfusion system heat exchanger of an extracorporeal fluid treatment device for conditioning an extracorporeal patient fluid for administration to a patient comprises a step of providing a perfusion system heat exchanger, wherein the perfusion system heat exchanger comprises a first fluid passage for a liquid heat transfer medium and a second fluid passage for the extracorporeal patient fluid to be temperature-controlled via exchange of thermal energy with the heat transfer medium, and a step of providing the heat transfer medium through the first fluid passage. The heat transfer medium comprises a component with anti-microbial properties, such as glycol. The provision of antimicrobial fluid reduces the risk of microbe contamination of the extracorporeal fluid, and hence the risk of clinical complications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Turner, Benjamin David Garbutt
  • Publication number: 20220269748
    Abstract: A variation testing system environment for performing variation testing of web pages and applications is disclosed. The variation testing system applies a weighted consistent hash function to user attributes of users to assign the users to a variant of a web page that is undergoing experimentation. The usage of the weighted consistent hash function allows for a stable experimental population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Ogden Kent, Benjamin David Bader, Jeffrey Bernard Arnold
  • Publication number: 20220266867
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for indoor localization. A self-driving vehicle may detect a first fiducial marker located at a first location within a building, wherein the first fiducial marker comprises first fiducial marker information associated with the first location. The self-driving vehicle may retrieve the first fiducial marker information from the first fiducial marker. The self-driving vehicle may generate localization information of the self-driving vehicle based on the first fiducial marker information. The self-driving vehicle may utilize the localization information to transition to a second location within the building, wherein the second location comprises a second fiducial marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin David Ballard, Matthew Puchalski, Dale Humbert Lord, Jason Paul Ziglar, John Martin Seminatore, Adela Hsien-Neng Wee, Kevin Scott Swanson
  • Patent number: 11423573
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for calibrating cameras with a fixed focal point. In particular, a camera calibration system comprising one or more computing devices can project a plurality of fiducial markers on a target surface using the plurality of collimators. The camera calibration system can capture, using the camera, a plurality of images of the target surface with the camera, wherein the camera is rotated between each captured image in the plurality of images. The camera calibration system can compare the plurality of images with a ground truth projection. The camera calibration system can generate calibration data based on the comparison of the plurality of images with the ground truth projection. The camera calibration system can store the calibration data for use in rectifying the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Zhijia Yuan, Randyll Mark Cash, II, Danny Hongyu Lu, David Golladay, Michael Vinent Praskovich, Benjamin David Himes, Armen Berberian
  • Patent number: 11423073
    Abstract: An audio-visual management system and process for facilitating comprehension of electronic documents. As an example, a user may access contents of an electronic document via a user interface and request a speech-synthesized recitation of any text in the electronic document. In addition, the user interface can include a navigation tool configured to visually represent significant events in the electronic document via selectable indicators, including but not limited to comments, slides, images, graphs, and/or other internal contextual markers. These indicators can serve as navigation options that can provide guidance to users as they listen to a reading of the electronic document. User selection of an indicator can initiate an audio presentation of textual content that is directly associated with the specified event. In addition, users can view availability of others currently listening to the document and connect with them to create a joint listening experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez Kikin-Gil, Benjamin David Smith, Colleen Griffiths Estrada
  • Patent number: D962391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA FAUCET COMPANY
    Inventor: Benjamin David Stoler
  • Patent number: D962397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA FAUCET COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony G. Spangler, Benjamin David Stoler
  • Patent number: D963120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA FAUCET COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony G. Spangler, Benjamin David Stoler
  • Patent number: D967343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA FAUCET COMPANY
    Inventor: Benjamin David Stoler