Patents by Inventor Benjamin Thomas

Benjamin Thomas 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).

  • Patent number: 10198336
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a plurality of pins coupled to a controller to receive a plurality of module statuses corresponding to slot locations of the enclosure at various proximity tiers relative to the module. The controller is to check a first pin of the plurality of pins to identify whether a first proximity tier relative to the module is occupied, regardless of a slot location of the module in the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventor: Benjamin Thomas Gaide
  • Patent number: 10146575
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer-readable mediums for task scheduling on an accelerated processing device (APD) are provided. In an embodiment, a method comprises: enqueuing one or more tasks in a memory storage module based on the APD; using a software-based enqueuing module; and dequeuing the one or more tasks from the memory storage module using a hardware-based command processor, wherein the command processor forwards the one or more tasks to the shader cote.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Sander, Michael Houston, Newton Cheung, Keith Lowery
  • Patent number: 10087600
    Abstract: An assembly for use in adjusting a pitch of a tool relative to a machine may have a link with a first end connectable to the tool and a second end connectable to the machine. The assembly may also have a bushing configured to engage a slot in at least one of the machine and the tool. An offset bore may be formed in the bushing. The assembly may also have a pin passing through the offset bore of the bushing and the link. The bushing may be reconfigurable between a plurality of discrete positions within the slot to incrementally adjust the pitch of the tool relative to the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Wilson Hoyt, Benjamin Thomas Nelson, Colin Swan Garnett
  • Publication number: 20180278419
    Abstract: Embodiments are direct to monitoring communication between computers may be using network monitoring computers (NMCs). Network packets that are communicated between the computers may be captured and stored in a data store. If the NMCs identify a secure communication session established between two computers, the NMCs may obtain key information that corresponds to the secure communication session that includes a session key that may be provided by a key provider. Correlation information associated with the secure communication session may be captured by the NMCs. The correlation information may include tuple information associated with the secure communication session. And, the key information and the correlation information may be stored in a key escrow. The key information may be indexed in the key escrow using the correlation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Higgins, Charlotte Ching-Hsing Tan, Jesse Abraham Rothstein
  • Publication number: 20180265172
    Abstract: There is disclosed a retrieval system for retrieving a vessel from water to a deck of a recovery vessel, comprising: a lifting device mounted on the deck of the recovery vessel, the device comprising a substantially vertically extending structure and a lifting hook mounted to said substantially vertically extending structure so as to be raised and lowered therefrom by way of a first winch; a connection lead having a free end configured to detachably connect to a connection link of the vessel to be retrieved from the water an opposing end of the connection lead being located on the recovery vessel; a capture member mounted with respect to the lifting hook to capture the connection link of the vessel when the free end of the connection lead is raised towards the lifting hook; and a control member mounted with respect to the lifting hook of the lifting device and configured to receive at least a portion of the connection lead so as to direct the connection link to the capture member to be captured thereby as the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: THRUST MARITIME HOLDINGS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Benjamin Thomas HEALY
  • Patent number: 10069779
    Abstract: A method of communicating data between at least two coprocessors in a single computing environment wherein one of the coprocessors is a transmitting processor and the other of the coprocessors is a receiving processor and the single computing environment includes a memory accessible by the coprocessors includes, among other things, determining in the transmitting processor the size of data to be communicated, attaching the data to a message and transmitting the message to the receiving processor if the size of the data is below or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and transmitting to the receiving processor a pointer that points to a location of the data in the memory if the size of the data is above the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Occhipinti, Konrad Robert Kuczynski, Eric Daniel Buehler
  • Publication number: 20180238120
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a differential coupling system, a method of coupling a first mandrel to a second mandrel and a coupler. In one embodiment, the system includes a first mandrel having a first external thread about an external surface of the first mandrel. The system also includes a second mandrel having a second external thread about an external surface of the second mandrel. The system further includes a coupler that includes a first internal thread that complements the first external thread of the first mandrel and a second internal thread that complements the second external thread of the second mandrel. The system further includes an aligning pin configured to engage a first aligning hole of the first mandrel and a second aligning hole of the second mandrel to restrict axial rotation between the first mandrel and the second mandrel when the first mandrel is engaged to the second mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Brice PATTERSON, Benjamin Thomas DERRYBERRY, Paul David RINGGENBERG
  • Publication number: 20180231546
    Abstract: Methods for detecting and quantifying toxins present in the oral cavity. The methods may include providing a biological sample, providing reporter cells expressing one or more Toll like receptors, exposing the cells to the biological sample, measuring the EC50 value of the lipopolysaccharide on activation of a Toll like receptor, quantification of the lipopolysaccharide in the biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: John Christian Haught, Sancai Xie, Benjamin Thomas Circello, Cheryl Sue Tansky, Malgorzata Klukowska, Thomas Glenn Huggins, Deepa Ashok Khambe, Donald James White
  • Patent number: 10046554
    Abstract: A feeding system in a printing apparatus is disclosed. For example, the feeding system includes a feed roll, a retard roll, a movable arm, a spring and a temperature dependent flexible material. The movable arm is coupled to the retard roll. The spring is coupled to the movable arm. The temperature dependent flexible material is located below the spring to move the retard roll towards the feed roll via the spring coupled to the end of the arm to maintain a nip force applied by the retard roll against the feed roll as a temperature in a location of the printing apparatus changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastian Rodrigo de Echaniz, Benjamin Thomas Thurnell, Paul Simon Golding, Michael John Wilsher
  • Publication number: 20180215138
    Abstract: A feeding system in a printing apparatus is disclosed. For example, the feeding system includes a feed roll, a retard roll, a movable arm, a spring and a temperature dependent flexible material. The movable arm is coupled to the retard roll. The spring is coupled to the movable arm. The temperature dependent flexible material is located below the spring to move the retard roll towards the feed roll via the spring coupled to the end of the arm to maintain a nip force applied by the retard roll against the feed roll as a temperature in a location of the printing apparatus changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Sebastian Rodrigo de Echaniz, Benjamin Thomas Thurnell, Paul Simon Golding, Michael John Wilsher
  • Publication number: 20180205845
    Abstract: A document scanning device includes first and second image sensors spaced along a document path and positioned to scan first and second sides of an input document. A first driven belt is configured to receive the input document directly onto a first surface of the first driven belt and transports the document past the first image sensor, where a first side of the document is scanned. A second driven belt, horizontally spaced from the first driven belt, receives the document after it has been scanned by the second image sensor and transports the document to an output. The device is suited to scanning of a variety of substrates and document sizes, such as normal, small, rigid, or delicate documents as the document path can be substantially straight and provide support for the document during scanning allowing delicate, small or rigid documents to be scanned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Wilsher, Sebastián Rodrigo de Echaniz, Paul Simon Golding, Benjamin Thomas Thurnell
  • Publication number: 20180179847
    Abstract: A modular manifold system includes a first manifold ring which comprises a first tubular body defined by an inner wall, an outer wall, a first end, and a second end. The inner wall and the outer wall extend between the first end and the second end. The first manifold ring also includes a first path formed between the inner wall and the outer wall and extending to at least one of the first end and the second end. At least one of the first end and second end comprises a coupling feature configured to couple the first manifold ring to a second manifold ring or well equipment. The first path is put in fluid communication or electrical communication with the second manifold ring or well equipment when the first manifold ring is coupled to the second manifold ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Derryberry, Darrin Nathaniel Towers
  • Patent number: 10005637
    Abstract: An image rendering apparatus and method of operating a center tray of an image rendering apparatus. The image rendering apparatus includes a cavity, and a center tray having a home position located within the cavity and a retrieval position located outside the cavity. The image rendering apparatus further includes a retraction mechanism that is attached to the center tray and an interior wall of the cavity. The retraction mechanism is configured to allow for the extension of the center tray from the home position to the retrieval position, and from the retrieval position to the home position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Wilsher, Sebastián Rodrigo de Echaniz, Benjamin Thomas Thurnell, Paul Simon Golding
  • Patent number: 10009175
    Abstract: A method for allowing a first party and a second party to obtain shared secret information is provided. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining, by the first party, a sequence of values A=X+NA where X is a sequence of values and NA is a random sequence associated with the first party; obtaining, by the second party, a sequence of values B=X+NB where NB is a random sequence associated with the second party; performing, by the first and second parties, a data matching procedure to identify corresponding pairs of values, a, b, in respective sequences A and B that match, wherein sequences A and B are discrete-valued sequences equal to, derived from, or derived using, sequences A and B; wherein the shared secret information is equal to, or derived from, or derived using, the matching values in sequences A and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: The University of Leeds
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Hornsby Varcoe, Matthew Christopher John Everitt
  • Patent number: 9970934
    Abstract: Methods for detecting and quantifying toxins present in the oral cavity. The methods may include providing a biological sample, providing reporter cells expressing one or more Toll like receptors, exposing the cells to the biological sample, measuring the EC50 value of the lipopolysaccharide on activation of a Toll like receptor, quantification of the lipopolysaccharide in the biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christian Haught, Sancai Xie, Benjamin Thomas Circello, Cheryl Sue Tansky, Malgorzata Klukowska, Thomas Glenn Huggins, Deepa Ashok Khambe, Donald James White
  • Publication number: 20180131074
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a structure configured to mount within a stock race to permit animals to pass therethrough. One or more antenna coils are attached to or within the structure and provide a magnetic field laterally across the structure. The coils may be arranged in a Helmholtz configuration to provide a substantially uniform field in a read zone. The structure may have an open top and the side walls of the structure may be slanted forwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas John WILKINSON, Patrick Bernard GUNSTON
  • Patent number: 9967292
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to monitoring communication between computers using network monitoring computers (NMCs). NMCs identify a secure communication session established between two of the computers based on an exchange of handshake information associated with the secure communication session. Key information that corresponds to the secure communication session may be obtained from a key provider such that the key information may be encrypted by the key provider. NMCs may decrypt the key information. NMCs may derive the session key based on the decrypted key information and the handshake information. NMCs may decrypt network packets included in the secure communication session. NMCs may be employed to inspect the one or more decrypted network packets to execute one or more rule-based policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ExtraHop Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Higgins, Jesse Abraham Rothstein
  • Publication number: 20180123642
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a direct current (DC) bias source coupled to a transmitter connector of a transmitter. The DC bias source is to apply, onto the transmission line, a DC bias signal isolatable from the transmission protocol by the receiver based on the receiver separating the DC bias signal from the transmission protocol without compromising the transmission protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Benjamin Thomas Gaide
  • Publication number: 20180120351
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a plurality of pins coupled to a controller to receive a plurality of module statuses corresponding to slot locations of the enclosure at various proximity tiers relative to the module. The controller is to check a first pin of the plurality of pins to identify whether a first proximity tier relative to the module is occupied, regardless of a slot location of the module in the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Benjamin Thomas Gaide
  • Patent number: D826431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Pleso, Daniel Neal Johnson