Patents by Inventor Benjamin Michael

Benjamin Michael 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).

  • Bicycle rolling-element bearing assembly
    Patent number: 10436253
    Abstract: A bicycle rolling-element bearing assembly includes an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring, a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the outer bearing ring and the inner bearing ring and rotatably supporting the outer bearing ring relative to the inner bearing ring, and a lubricant reservoir, configured as a first cage, for storing and dispensing a lubricant, the first cage including bridge elements extending between the rolling elements and at least one side ring connecting the bridge elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventor: Benjamin Michael
  • REMOTE CONTROLLED UNMANNED FISHING BOAT
    Publication number: 20190263484
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a remote controlled unmanned fishing boat intended to effect remote control fishing. The remote controlled unmanned fishing boat includes a fish shoal detector for detecting a shoal of fish, a first transmitter for transmitting by specific radio waves the information concerning the shoal of fish detected by the fish shoal detector, a propelling power source for propelling the boat, a controller for steering the boat, and a first receiver for receiving specific radio waves concerning the operations of the fish shoal detector, the propelling power source, and the controller, all for inducing the operations. Further, the boat is provided with a lifting handle for lifting the boat from the water surface, wherein the lifting handle is formed from a cutout portion of the boat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Benjamin Michael Wilson
  • BICYCLE ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190257359
    Abstract: A bicycle rolling-element bearing assembly includes an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring, a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the outer bearing ring and the inner bearing ring and rotatably supporting the outer bearing ring relative to the inner bearing ring, and a lubricant reservoir, configured as a first cage, for storing and dispensing a lubricant, the first cage including bridge elements extending between the rolling elements and at least one side ring connecting the bridge elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Benjamin Michael
  • DEVELOPING WORKFLOW-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS AND OBSERVED BEHAVIOR
    Publication number: 20190258976
    Abstract: A pipeline object recommendation system may be configured to analyze a software development project for development attributes. The system may then generate a pipeline object corresponding to the development project based on the plurality of development attributes. The system may then present the pipeline object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Parees, Clayton Palmer Coleman
  • Maintaining a limited user profile for social networking system users unable to establish a user profile
    Patent number: 10362038
    Abstract: A social networking system maintains a limited user profile associated with a user of the social networking system who does not satisfy one or more criteria for the social networking system to maintain a user profile. The limited user profile includes information describing the user and allows the user to be associated with limited types of interactions with the social networking system. An administrator is associated with the limited user profile and may modify information associated with the limited user profile as well as authorize or deny interactions involving the limited user profile. When the user satisfies criteria for the social networking system maintaining a user profile, the social networking system generates a user profile based on information in the limited user profile and prior interactions involving the limited user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Holson, Dan Barak
  • USAGE INSTRUMENTED WORKLOAD SCHEDULING
    Publication number: 20190220319
    Abstract: Usage instrumented workload scheduling is disclosed. For example, a plurality of nodes host first and second pluralities of guests. An orchestrator includes a usage monitor, a workload classifier, and a scheduler, and executes on a processor to track, by the usage monitor, respective usage patterns of a plurality of accounts including a first account. A first workload is received from the first account, which has a first account factor based on the respective usage patterns of the first account. The first workload is assigned by the workload classifier to a first workload type of a plurality of workload types. The first workload is assigned by the scheduler to the first plurality of guests based on the first account factor and the first workload type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Parees, Derek Wayne Carr, Clayton Palmer Coleman
  • ASPIRATION MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190209745
    Abstract: Aspiration medical device as well as methods for making and using aspiration medical devices are disclosed. An example aspiration medical device may include a tubular member having a distal end region and defining an inflow orifice adjacent to the distal end region. An aspiration member may be disposed within the tubular member. The aspiration member may have a plurality of axially-spaced fluid jets formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: CASS ALEXANDER HANSON, BENJAMIN MICHAEL WILKE
  • Pump Monitoring
    Publication number: 20190203736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pump system comprising a pump and a sensor. The pump comprises a pump casing defining a pump chamber, an inlet for receipt of flowable material into the chamber, an outlet for discharge of flowable material from the chamber, and an impeller disposed within the pump chamber to accelerate flowable material within the pump chamber. The pump also comprises a transition region extending between an inner peripheral surface of the pump chamber and an inner peripheral surface of the outlet, the transition region configured in use to divert flowable material accelerated by the impeller to the outlet. The vibration sensor is mounted to the pump casing and arranged in use to detect vibration of the transition region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Hambe, Craig Donald Strudwicke, Benjamin Michael Baker
  • Methods for Removing a Melt of Silicon from a Crucible and Related Wick Assemblies
    Publication number: 20190203378
    Abstract: Methods for removing a melt of silicon from a crucible used in a silicon ingot growth process and associated wick assemblies are disclosed. The wick is made of porous carbon that ignites upon reaching an ignition temperature causing relatively rapid and relatively large volume take-up of silicon from the crucible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Bayard K. Johnson, Henry Frank Erk, Steven Lee Garner, John Gibbons, Anthony Thomas Berhorst, Joseph C. Holzer, Benjamin Michael Meyer, Parthiv Daggolu, Arash Mehdizadeh Dehkordi, Shawn Wesley Hayes
  • Machine Monitoring
    Publication number: 20190187679
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for monitoring the operation of a machine. The method comprises measuring a plurality of parameters of the machine to obtain a plurality of measured values and transforming the measured values to generate a plurality of normalised indicator values. The method further comprises using the normalised indicator values to indicate a condition of the machine. Also disclosed is a method of managing the operation of a machine. The method includes measuring a plurality of parameters of the machine, predicting, based on historical data, a time at which the measured values will reach a replacement criterion, identifying one or more components of the machine that require to be replaced in order to prevent the replacement criterion being met, and communicating, to a service provider, an indication of the one or more components that require replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Craig Donald Strudwicke, Michael Hambe, Mark Janos, Benjamin Michael Baker
  • DEVICE PROGRAMMING SYSTEM WITH PROTOCOL EMULATION
    Publication number: 20190146934
    Abstract: A system and method of operation of a device programming system includes a protocol emulation layer for translating data storage commands from an initial protocol to the protocol of the programmable devices. The protocol emulation layer simplifies the data access and control of the programmable devices by allowing the reuse of existing code bases for legacy devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Anthony Rosensprung, Andrew Wygle, Benjamin Michael Deagen
  • CRYSTAL PULLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING MONOCRYSTALLINE INGOTS WITH REDUCED EDGE BAND DEFECTS
    Publication number: 20190136408
    Abstract: A crystal pulling system for growing a monocrystalline ingot from a melt of semiconductor or solar-grade material includes a crucible for containing the melt of material, a pulling mechanism configured to pull the ingot from the melt along a pull axis, and a multi-stage heat exchanger defining a central passage for receiving the ingot as the ingot is pulled by the pulling mechanism. The heat exchanger defines a plurality of cooling zones arranged vertically along the pull axis of the crystal pulling system. The plurality of cooling zones includes two enhanced-rate cooling zones and a reduced-rate cooling zone disposed vertically between the two enhanced-rate cooling zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Soubir Basak, Gaurab Samanta, Parthiv Daggolu, Benjamin Michael Meyer, William L. Luter, Jae Woo Ryu, Eric Michael Gitlin
  • Embedded coil assembly and production method
    Patent number: 10256027
    Abstract: An embodiment of coil assembly includes a laterally disposed ferrite ring having a central opening. A laterally disposed annular conductive member is positioned above the ferrite ring and has a plurality of spaced-apart circumferential segments. A plurality of bond wires are connected at opposite ends thereof to outer and inner portions of the plurality of spaced-apart circumferential segments. A layer of mold compound covers the ferrite ring and the bond wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Haiying Li, Benjamin Michael Sutton, Ming Li
  • VIRTUAL ACCESS TO A LIMITED-ACCESS OBJECT
    Publication number: 20190096133
    Abstract: In a method of facilitating interaction between a user of an augmented reality (AR) mobile device and a first real-world object, a display device is caused to superimpose digital information on portions of a process control environment within a field of view of a camera of the device. The superimposed information is associated with nodes in a map of the environment, and the nodes correspond to other objects in the environment. The display is caused to indicate a direction to the first object. After detecting a user input that indicates selection of the first object, the display is caused to superimpose, on a portion of the process control environment currently within the field of view, a digital model or image of the first object. A user interface is caused to provide one or more virtual controls and/or one or more displays associated with the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: James Aaron Crews, Trevor Duncan Schleiss, Benjamin Michael Bishop
  • 3D Mapping of a Process Control Environment
    Publication number: 20190096131
    Abstract: In a method of mapping a real-world process control environment, a mobile device is registered at a reference location, and 3D positions and orientations of the mobile device are tracked using an inertial measurement unit. A user input indicating that a new node is to be added to a 3D map of the process control environment is detected, and a 3D position of a real-world object relative to the reference location is determined, or caused to be determined, based on a tracked 3D position and orientation of the mobile device. A node database is caused to add the new node to the 3D map of the process control environment, at least by causing the 3D position of the real-world object to be stored in association with the new node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: James Aaron Crews, Trevor Duncan Schleiss, Benjamin Michael Bishop
  • VIRTUAL X-RAY VISION IN A PROCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20190096132
    Abstract: In a method of providing virtual enhanced vision to a user of an augmented reality (AR) mobile device, it is determined that a first node associated with a map of a process control environment corresponds to a first real-world object currently within a field of view of a camera of the AR mobile device. A relationship between the first node and one or more other nodes is determined, with the relationship indicating that one or more other objects corresponding to other nodes are at least partially obscured by the first object. At least partially in response to determining the relationship, one or more digital models or images depicting the other object(s) is/are retrieved from memory. A display of the AR mobile device is caused to present the retrieved digital models or images to the user while the first object is in the field of view of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: James Aaron Crews, Trevor Duncan Schleiss, Benjamin Michael Bishop
  • SETTING APPLICATION PERMISSIONS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20190068612
    Abstract: Application permissions can be set in a cloud computing environment based on a user's authorization level in the cloud computing environment. For example, a system can determine that a user has a particular authorization level in a cloud computing environment. The system can determine that the user is to have particular permissions for a continuous integration tool by mapping the particular authorization level to the particular permissions. The system can then set a permission setting for the continuous integration tool to limit the user to the particular permissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: David Michael Eads, Benjamin Michael Parees, Jordan Thomas Liggitt, Gabriel Garcia Montero
  • Agile imaging system
    Patent number: 10215551
    Abstract: An agile optical imaging system for optical coherence tomography imaging using a tunable source comprising a wavelength tunable VCL laser is disclosed. The tunable source has long coherence length and is capable of high sweep repetition rate, as well as changing the sweep trajectory, sweep speed, sweep repetition rate, sweep linearity, and emission wavelength range on the fly to support multiple modes of OCT imaging. The imaging system also offers new enhanced dynamic range imaging capability for accommodating bright reflections. Multiscale imaging capability allows measurement over orders of magnitude dimensional scales. The imaging system and methods for generating the waveforms to drive the tunable laser in flexible and agile modes of operation are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: Praevium Research, Inc., Thorlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Potsaid, James Yi Jiang, Vijaysekhar Jayaraman, Scott Barry, Anjul M. Davis Loiacono, Alex Ezra Cable
  • Furniture for aircraft
    Patent number: D850131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Qatar Airways Q.C.S.C.
    Inventors: Nigel Anthony Goode, Benjamin Michael Rowan, Christopher James Haslam, Felix Karsten Haeffner, Elizabeth Kyle Scorgie
  • Furniture for aircraft
    Patent number: D850132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Qatar Airways Q.C.S.C.
    Inventors: Nigel Anthony Goode, Benjamin Michael Rowan, Christopher James Haslam, Felix Karsten Haeffner, Elizabeth Kyle Scorgie