Patents by Inventor Brandon Roberts

Brandon Roberts 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: 20240380153
    Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing having a mounting base at a rear configured to be mounted to a host circuit board. The receptacle connector includes a housing insert received in the receptacle housing. The housing insert includes a slot that receives a pluggable module. A flexible circuit is received in the receptacle housing and has a mating end in the housing insert for mating engagement with the pluggable module and a terminating end extending from the receptacle housing for termination to the host circuit board. A flexible circuit support is used to support the flexible circuit in the receptacle housing with support elements engage the flexible circuit to press the circuit conductors into mating engagement with the contacts of the pluggable module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Brandon Michael Matthews, Brian Patrick Costello, Sandeep Patel, Christopher William Blackburn
  • Patent number: 12139270
    Abstract: A system and method for using a fuel with an engine, an airframe having an aircraft heat load, a fuel tank, and a fuel oxygen reduction unit are provided. The method includes receiving an inlet fuel flow in the fuel oxygen reduction unit for reducing an amount of oxygen in the inlet fuel flow; separating a fuel/gas mixture within the fuel oxygen reduction unit into an outlet gas flow and an outlet fuel flow exiting the fuel oxygen reduction unit; controlling a first portion of the outlet fuel flow to the engine; and controlling a second portion of the outlet fuel flow to the airframe to transfer heat between the second portion of the outlet fuel flow and the aircraft heat load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Brandon Wayne Miller, Michael Robert Bonacum, John Michael Pyles
  • Publication number: 20240368973
    Abstract: The disclosure presents systems and methods for hot swapping pumps at a wellsite while minimizing the impact to the pumping operations. As one pump is swapped out, such as for maintenance, the remaining pumps in the set of pumps at the wellsite can continue pumping operations. In some aspects, the swapping of pumps can be performed by a user using a protection barrier to isolate the pump location where the pumps will be swapped. In some aspects, one or more of the steps to swap pumps can be performed through automation thereby minimizing danger to a user. In some aspects, the pump being located at the pump system can be primed and pressure tested prior to be located to improve the time to enable the pump for pumping operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Brad Robert Bull, Timothy Holiman Hunter, Kurt Harpold, Gero Testa, Andrew Silas Clyburn, Brandon Ellis, Russell Ray Lockman
  • Publication number: 20240346178
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system that tracks website usage without compromising user privacy. The system aggregates website usage data of multiple users across multiple websites. Website usage data is aggregated in a way that preserves each individual user's privacy. Specifically, information relevant to a particular user may be obtained from the aggregated information without exposing what was actually collected from that user. In some configurations, user-specific website usage data is aggregated using trusted execution environment computing hardware. This ensures that privacy is preserved while user-specific data is transferred to and processed by the system. The trusted execution environment applies differential privacy techniques to ensure that use of the aggregated information does not reveal actual information about a user's website usage history. In this way, privacy is maintained while still enabling many of the scenarios that would otherwise rely on third-party cookies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Erik Daniel ANDERSON, Joseph J. PFEIFFER, III, Denis Xavier CHARLES, Aleksandr REBRIKOV, John Robert MOORING, Brandon J. MASLEN, Davis Leland GILTON, Sergey YEKHANIN, Sivakanth GOPI
  • Patent number: 12119577
    Abstract: A cable connector module includes a cable card assembly including a circuit card, cables terminated to the circuit card, and a cable holder coupled to the circuit card and holding the cables relative to the circuit card. The cables include cable conductors electrically connected to corresponding cable contacts of the circuit card. The cable holder holds each of the contacts and includes a connecting tab coupled to the circuit card. The circuit card includes front and rear retaining tabs. The cable connector module includes a connector shell having a cavity that receives the cable card assembly. The connector shell includes a front retainer at the front receiving the front retaining tab to hold the front of the circuit card relative to the connector shell. The connector shell includes a rear retainer at the rear receiving the rear retaining tab to hold the rear of the circuit card relative to the connector shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Brandon Michael Matthews
  • Publication number: 20240325392
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to heterobifunctional molecules, referred to as cytotoxicity targeting chimeras (CyTaCs) or antibody recruiting molecules (ARMs) that are able to simultaneously bind a target cell-surface protein as well as an exogenous antibody protein. The present disclosure also relates to agents capable of binding to a receptor on a surface of a pathogenic cell and inducing the depletion of the pathogenic cell in a subject for use in the treatment of cancer, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, viral infection, or bacterial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Peiling CHEN, Jason W. DODSON, Beth A. KNAPP-REED, Craig LEACH, Yuehu LI, Joseph Paul MARINO, JR., Matthew Robert SENDER, Brandon TURUNEN, Guosen YE, Cunyu ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12099370
    Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation systems include a UAV charging pad positioned at a storage facility, a plurality of fiducial markers positioned at the storage facility, and a UAV. Each of the fiducial markers is associated with a fiducial dataset storing a position of the corresponding fiducial marker, and the fiducial datasets are stored in a fiducial map. The UAV includes a camera and logic that when executed causes the UAV to image a first fiducial marker, to access from the fiducial map a first fiducial dataset storing the position of the first fiducial marker, and to navigate based upon the first fiducial dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Wing Aviation LLC
    Inventors: Damien Jourdan, Brandon Jones, Richard Roberts
  • Patent number: 12095193
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a plug housing including a mating end and a cable end. The cable end is oriented perpendicular to the mating end. The plug housing includes a mating chamber at the mating end and a cable chamber at the cable end. The plug connector includes a contact assembly coupled to the plug housing. The contact assembly includes an array of contacts. Each contact includes a mating end and a terminating end. Each contact is a right angle contact having the terminating end being perpendicular to the mating end. The plug connector includes cables terminated to the terminating ends of the contacts. Ends of the cables extend into the cable end of the plug housing. The cables extend from the plug housing at the cable end. The cables extend along linear cable axes from the contacts to the exterior of the plug housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH et al.
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Brandon Michael Matthews, Xinjie Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240299844
    Abstract: In an aspect, a first controller module of a mobile device controller can be engaged with a first side of a mobile device of a user. A second controller module of the mobile device controller can be engaged with a second side of the mobile device. One or more mobile device controller characteristics associated with characteristics of the mobile device controller can be transmitted from the mobile device controller to the mobile device. A client application on the mobile device can be modified by a first data processor based on the one or more mobile device controller characteristics. The modified client application can be provided by the first data processor to the user in the mobile device, and the user can interact with the modified client application using the mobile device controller. Related systems, apparatus, techniques, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Leigh Vroom, Brandon Douglas Henry Parod, Kyle Robert Thompson, Jason Clyde
  • Publication number: 20240299163
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods relate to implants, such as prosthetic valves for replacing native heart valves. Delivery systems for delivering the implants to an implantation site are also disclosed herein. A prosthetic valve may include a valve body supporting a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets and one or more adjustable anchors coupled to the valve body for anchoring the prosthetic valve to leaflets of a native heart valve, wherein at least one of the adjustable anchors is axially slidable relative to the valve body for conforming to the native anatomy of the native heart valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Taylor Jacob Scheinblum, Hieu Minh Luong, David Robert Landon, Siddharth Vad, Ramon Aguilar, JR., David M. Taylor, Jesse Robert Edwards, Brandon Sina Dehdashtian
  • Publication number: 20240301325
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to poly alpha-1,6-glucan ether compounds comprising poly alpha-1,6-glucan substituted with at least one positively charged organic group and having a degree of substitution of about 0.001 to about 3.0. The poly alpha-1,6-glucan comprises a backbone of glucose monomer units wherein greater than or equal to 40% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and optionally about 3% of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2 and/or alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages. Compositions comprising a poly alpha-1,6-glucan ether compound can be useful in various applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon J. Burkhart, Michael D. Gagnon, Helen S. M. Lu, Weiming Qiu, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 12077656
    Abstract: A composition is provided comprising a cellulose ester component that comprises at least one cellulose ester; and an elastomeric component that comprises at least one elastomer, where the elastomeric component comprises 30 wt % or more of the composition, and where the composition is thermoplastic. Processes for producing the compositions as well as articles made using these compositions, such as automotive interior components, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Brandon Robert Williamson, Laura Bauerle Weaver, JingJing Xu, Michael Eugene Donelson
  • Patent number: 12080954
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for combining digital and analog beamsteering in a channelized antenna array. In some examples, a method can include receiving one or more signals at each of a plurality of groups of antenna elements, each group of antenna elements defining a respective channel from a plurality of channels, and steering, by each respective channel and using analog steering, the one or more signals in a respective direction to yield a steered analog signal pattern. The method can further include converting the steered analog signal pattern associated with each respective channel into a respective digital signal and, based on the respective digital signal, generating, using digital steering, digital signal patterns steered within the steered analog signal pattern associated with the respective digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Fortem Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Robertson Morin, Brandon Robert Hicks, James David Mackie, Bryan Alan Davis
  • Patent number: 12074396
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a plug housing including a mating end and a cable end perpendicular to the mating end. The contact assembly includes an array of contacts each having a mating end and a terminating end. The contacts are right-angle contacts terminated to an end of a conductor of a cable. The plug connector includes a latch coupled to the plug housing. The latch includes a main body and a latch member extending from the main body. The main body has an actuator is configured to actuate the latch. The latch member includes a securing base coupled to the plug housing to secure the latch to the plug housing. The latch member includes a latching tab configured to be latchably coupled to the mating connector to secure the plug connector to the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Brandon Michael Matthews
  • Patent number: 12060715
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a support block assembly including a strut and an overmolded support block. The strut may include a base, and the support block may include an anchor coupled to the strut. The anchor includes a tang with the support block overmolded on the tang with the tang extending into and encased within the support block forming a bond between the tang and the support block. In an embodiment, the base may define at least one opening. The support block is overmolded on the strut such that the support block extends through at least one opening to form the bond between the strut and the support block. The strut may include a lower side defining a dovetail-shaped groove with the support block overmolded on the strut and extending into the dovetail-shaped groove to form a bond between the strut and the support block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Sayali Shridhar Dhale, Nicholas Robert Grahek, Brandon Michael Tally
  • Patent number: 12055025
    Abstract: The disclosure presents systems and methods for hot swapping pumps at a wellsite while minimizing the impact to the pumping operations. As one pump is swapped out, such as for maintenance, the remaining pumps in the set of pumps at the wellsite can continue pumping operations. In some aspects, the swapping of pumps can be performed by a user using a protection barrier to isolate the pump location where the pumps will be swapped. In some aspects, one or more of the steps to swap pumps can be performed through automation thereby minimizing danger to a user. In some aspects, the pump being located at the pump system can be primed and pressure tested prior to be located to improve the time to enable the pump for pumping operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Robert Bull, Timothy Holiman Hunter, Kurt Harpold, Gero Testa, Andrew Silas Clyburn, Brandon Ellis, Russell Ray Lockman
  • Publication number: 20240250460
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a connector housing having a cavity and holding a contact assembly in the cavity. The contact assembly has a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array. Each contact includes a mating end, a terminating end, and an intermediate portion between the mating end and the terminating end. The card edge connector includes a connector sleeve coupled to the connector housing movable between a retracted position and an advanced position. The connector sleeve includes an insert received in the cavity having a card slot configured to receive a module circuit board of a pluggable module. The insert includes press anvils configured to engage the intermediate portions of the contacts to move the mating ends of the contacts toward the module circuit board to mate with corresponding contact pads on the module circuit board when moved to the advanced position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Michael John Phillips, Brandon Michael Matthews, Sandeep Patel, Christopher William Blackburn
  • Publication number: 20240250480
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a connector housing having a cavity and a card slot at a front configured to receive a module circuit board of the pluggable module. The card edge connector includes a contact assembly received in the cavity having a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array. The contacts are arranged in pairs. Each contact includes a mating end, a terminating end, and an intermediate portion held by the contact positioner. The mating ends extend into the card slot for mating to corresponding signal pads on the module circuit board. The card edge connector includes a shield structure having ground shields located between the pairs of the contacts. The ground shields include ground beams that extend into the card slot for mating to corresponding ground pads on the module circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Brian Patrick Costello, Brandon Michael Matthews
  • Patent number: 12044893
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes a jacket and a plurality of stranded core subunits, each core subunit comprising a flexible sheath and a plurality of ribbons arranged in a ribbon group, wherein each ribbon of the plurality of ribbons comprises a plurality of connected fibers such that 50-70% of the cross-sectional area inside the sheath is occupied by the connected fibers. The flexible sheath may be an extruded PVC material that conforms to the shape of the ribbon stack and keeps all of the ribbons acting as a unitary body during bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, David Alan Seddon, Rebecca Elizabeth Sistare, Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr., Brandon Robert Williamson
  • Patent number: 11803632
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for providing verified application access. An example method includes an access request for a first user device associated with a first user profile and determining an application associated with the access request. The example method further includes generating an evaluation element that includes testable content associated with the determined application and determining of the evaluation element by the first user device. In response to completion of the evaluation element by the first user device, the method includes providing access to the application for the first user device. The method also may include modifying the testable content of the evaluation element based upon one or more user parameters of the first user profile received from a user parameter database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Anatoliy Neymark, Brandon Robert Dresch, Minh H. Dang