Patents by Inventor Benjamin Edward McDonald

Benjamin Edward McDonald 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: 20240082004
    Abstract: Systems for improvising sensorimotor function of a patient, wherein the various systems can include at least one force and/or pressure sensor associated with at least one lower limb or prosthesis of the patient, at least one motion and/or angle sensor associated with at least one lower limb or prosthesis of the patient, a processor configured to receive force and/or pressure signals and motion and/or angle signals and generate an estimated center of pressure and a center of gravity, and generate balance stimulation signals based on the estimated center of pressure and the center of gravity, and at least one sensory stimulation unit disposed on at least one lower limb or prosthesis of the patient, wherein the at least one sensory stimulation unit comprises at least two stimulators that are actuable to provide stimulation to the patient based on the balance stimulation signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Lars Ingimar Eugen Oddsson, Daniel Allan Samuel Nilsson, Rudolf Johannes Cornelus Buijs, Jennifer Lynne Johansson, Todd Richard Garrell, Benjamin Edward McDonald
  • Patent number: 11672677
    Abstract: A system and method for transmission of a signal for a powered assistive device has a sensor node with a wireless transmitter adapted for digitally transmitting a transmitted signal, the sensor node adapted for receiving and monitoring a sensor signal from a sensor attached to a user, and a master node with a controller and a wireless receiver for receiving the transmitted signal from the wireless transmitter. The master node processes the transmitted signal and communicates a control signal to the powered assistive device. The wireless transmitter transmits the transmitted signal at a first rate when the wireless transmitter adapted to transmit the transmitted signal at a first rate when the sensor signal is indicative of the rest state and to transmit the transmitted signal at a second rate when the sensor signal is indicative of the active state, the second rate being greater than the first rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LIBERATING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Todd Richard Farrell, Edward Clancy, Jianan Li, Xinming Huang
  • Publication number: 20220039973
    Abstract: A system and method for transmission of a signal for a powered assistive device has a sensor node with a wireless transmitter adapted for digitally transmitting a transmitted signal, the sensor node adapted for receiving and monitoring a sensor signal from a sensor attached to a user, and a master node with a controller and a wireless receiver for receiving the transmitted signal from the wireless transmitter. The master node processes the transmitted signal and communicates a control signal to the powered assistive device. The wireless transmitter transmits the transmitted signal at a first rate when the wireless transmitter adapted to transmit the transmitted signal at a first rate when the sensor signal is indicative of the rest state and to transmit the transmitted signal at a second rate when the sensor signal is indicative of the active state, the second rate being greater than the first rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicants: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Liberating Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Todd Richard Farrell, Edward Clancy, Jianan Li, Xinming Huang
  • Patent number: 11154408
    Abstract: A system and method for transmission of a signal for a powered assistive device has a sensor node with a wireless transmitter adapted for digitally transmitting a transmitted signal, the sensor node adapted for receiving and monitoring a sensor signal from a sensor attached to a user, and a master node with a controller and a wireless receiver for receiving the transmitted signal from the wireless transmitter. The master node processes the transmitted signal and communicates a control signal to the powered assistive device. The wireless transmitter transmits the transmitted signal at a first rate when the wireless transmitter adapted to transmit the transmitted signal at a first rate when the sensor signal is indicative of the rest state and to transmit the transmitted signal at a second rate when the sensor signal is indicative of the active state, the second rate being greater than the first rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Liberating Technologies, Inc., Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Todd Richard Farrell, Edward Clancy, Jianan Li, Xinming Huang
  • Patent number: 10869773
    Abstract: A prosthetic finger includes a main body and a terminal gripper at an end of the main body for enabling fine-motor grasping skills. The terminal gripper has at least two tongs movable relative to one another. The prosthetic finger includes a gripping mode and a flexion mode. In the gripping mode, the tongs of the terminal gripper are able to move relative to one another while the main body is not able to flex, and in the flexion mode, the main body is able to flex while the at two tongs is not able to move relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: College Park Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Humberto Martinez-Luna, Michael Alfred Delph, II, Taylor Raven Duckworth, Todd Richard Farrell, Thane Robert Hunt, Craig Malone Kelly, Kevin Edward Keough, Carlton Winslow King, Benjamin Douglas Pulver, Todd William Roberts, Benjamin Edward McDonald
  • Publication number: 20200163782
    Abstract: A system and method for transmission of a signal for a powered assistive device has a sensor node with a wireless transmitter adapted for digitally transmitting a transmitted signal, the sensor node adapted for receiving and monitoring a sensor signal from a sensor attached to a user, and a master node with a controller and a wireless receiver for receiving the transmitted signal from the wireless transmitter. The master node processes the transmitted signal and communicates a control signal to the powered assistive device. The wireless transmitter transmits the transmitted signal at a first rate when the wireless transmitter adapted to transmit the transmitted signal at a first rate when the sensor signal is indicative of the rest state and to transmit the transmitted signal at a second rate when the sensor signal is indicative of the active state, the second rate being greater than the first rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Todd Richard Farrell, Edward Clancy, Jianan Li, Xinming Huang
  • Publication number: 20190105184
    Abstract: A prosthetic finger includes a main body and a terminal gripper at an end of the main body for enabling fine-motor grasping skills. The terminal gripper has at least two tongs movable relative to one another. The prosthetic finger includes a gripping mode and a flexion mode. In the gripping mode, the tongs of the terminal gripper are able to move relative to one another while the main body is not able to flex, and in the flexion mode, the main body is able to flex while the at two tongs is not able to move relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Carlos Humberto Martinez-Luna, Michael Alfred Delph, II, Taylor Raven Duckworth, Todd Richard Farrell, Thane Robert Hunt, Craig Malone Kelly, Kevin Edward Keough, Carlton Winslow King, Benjamin Douglas Pulver, Todd William Roberts, Benjamin Edward McDonald
  • Patent number: 9996058
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to end devices (e.g., meters, sensors, pumps, etc.) of an industrial monitoring system or an industrial control system. A system includes an end device having processing circuitry configured to execute instructions stored in at least one memory device to enable the end device to collect and store a plurality of measurements of operational parameters of a monitored system in the at least one memory device according to a dynamic mapping that is updatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventors: Mikhail Brusilovsky, Benjamin Edward McDonald
  • Patent number: 9259827
    Abstract: A tool for holding and applying torque to a nut including a keyway. The tool includes a longitudinal body having a longitudinal axis and a body channel. A longitudinal key is disposed in the body channel with one end of the key configured to engage the keyway of the nut. A first key portion contacts the body channel while a second key portion extends over the body channel forming a gap between the key and the body channel prior to insertion of the key into the keyway of the nut. The second key portion is configured to be resiliently deflected radially inward toward the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal body when the second key portion engages the keyway of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mykhaylo Barsukov, Benjamin Edward McDonald
  • Patent number: 9151651
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining temperature is disclosed. An ultrasonic signal is generated that propagates through a buffer and a portion of the signal is reflected at an interface. A time of flight is measured between generating the ultrasonic signal and detecting the reflected portion. The temperature is determined based on the time of flight of the reflected signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lei Sui, Benjamin Edward McDonald, Nicholas Anderson Hobbs
  • Patent number: 9140586
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for insertion into a sensor port of a flow cell is described herein. The apparatus includes an insert body, a sensor located in the cavity of the insert body, and an insert body holding nut and a sensor holding nut threaded to the interior surface of the sensor port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Toan Huu Nguyen, Mykhaylo Barsukov
  • Publication number: 20150177708
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to end devices (e.g., meters, sensors, pumps, etc.) of an industrial monitoring system or an industrial control system. A system includes an end device having processing circuitry configured to execute instructions stored in at least one memory device to enable the end device to collect and store a plurality of measurements of operational parameters of a monitored system in the at least one memory device according to a dynamic mapping that is updatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Mikhail Brusilovsky
  • Publication number: 20150101463
    Abstract: A tool for holding and applying torque to a nut including a keyway. The tool includes a longitudinal body having a longitudinal axis and a body channel. A longitudinal key is disposed in the body channel with one end of the key configured to engage the keyway of the nut. A first key portion contacts the body channel while a second key portion extends over the body channel forming a gap between the key and the body channel prior to insertion of the key into the keyway of the nut. The second key portion is configured to be resiliently deflected radially inward toward the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal body when the second key portion engages the keyway of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mykhaylo Barsukov, Benjamin Edward McDonald
  • Patent number: 8844347
    Abstract: An insert apparatus for installing a transducer assembly in a sensor port of a flow cell is disclosed. The transducer assembly is installed in the cavity of the insert body without the use of glues or adhesives to bond the transducer assembly to the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lei Sui, Nicholas Joseph Mollo, Benjamin Edward McDonald, Toan Huu Nguyen, Solomon Feldman, Nicholas Anderson Hobbs, Ganesh Devkar, John Austin True, Mykhaylo Barsukov
  • Publication number: 20140198822
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining temperature is disclosed. An ultrasonic signal is generated that propagates through a buffer and a portion of the signal is reflected at an interface. A time of flight is measured between generating the ultrasonic signal and detecting the reflected portion. The temperature is determined based on the time of flight of the reflected signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lei Sui, Benjamin Edward McDonald, Nicholas Anderson Hobbs
  • Publication number: 20140103274
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for installing or removing a cable is disclosed. A cable tool includes a cable channel with two channels having different channel openings for receiving or releasing the cable. The first end of the cable channel has a smaller channel opening and an arm that can be used to remove the cable and disconnect a connector on the end of the cable from a sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Mykhaylo Barsukov
  • Publication number: 20140083181
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for insertion into a sensor port of a flow cell is disclosed. The apparatus includes an insert body, a sensor located in the cavity of the insert body, and an insert body holding nut and a sensor holding nut threaded to the interior surface of the sensor port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Toan Huu Nguyen, Mykhaylo Barsukov
  • Patent number: 8621936
    Abstract: A flow cell for a plurality of sensor assemblies to communicate with a flow meter for measuring characteristics. The flow cell includes a sensor body with a sensor body bore extending through the sensor body. The flow cell also includes a sensor body quadrant extending outwardly from the sensor body bore on a side of the flow cell, wherein the sensor body quadrant intersects the sensor body bore. A plurality of sensor ports extend through the sensor body quadrant to provide openings from the exterior of the flow cell to the sensor body bore in which sensor assemblies can be inserted. A cable channel extends internally within the sensor body quadrant at least from the plurality of sensor ports to an access port on the exterior of the flow cell for routing cables from the sensor ports to communicate with the flow meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Mykhaylo Barsukov
  • Patent number: D689784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, Mykhaylo Barsukov, Toan Huu Nguyen
  • Patent number: D705102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward McDonald, John Albert Umina, Toan Huu Nguyen, Mykhaylo Barsukov