Patents by Inventor Brian Andrew

Brian Andrew 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: 11746888
    Abstract: A scrolling shifter assembly having a housing rotatably supporting a scrolling wheel having a knurled exterior edge accessible to a vehicle operator, the scrolling wheel also including an annular side detent profile. A magnet is positioned in proximity to a sensor mounted to a printed circuit board (PCBA) within the housing and displaces relative to the sensor in response to rotation of the scrolling wheel. A display component is mounted in proximity to the PCBA. At least one haptic biasing component including any of spring loaded pawl or wave spring is supported within the housing and biases against the detent profile such that, and upon the operator actuating the scrolling wheel, the pawl is caused to displace relative to the profile in order to incrementally rotate the wheel, the magnet rotating relative to the PCBA sensor to cause an associated processor to electronically instruct a shift change to an engine control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kuster North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Mayville, Calogero Alu, Thorsten Dirk Connemann
  • Publication number: 20230249950
    Abstract: A crane fall protection system is disclosed herein for use within building or construction sites. The system may comprise a safety net and an adjustable scaffold structural member. The adjustable scaffold structural member may be provided as a deployable arm that extends from the side of a crane. In some embodiments, the system may include an access flap that enables an operator to access a ladder of the crane without removing the safety net. In some embodiments, one or more tension wires may extend from the safety net and/or the scaffold structural member and attach to a pad positioned underneath an outrigger of the vehicle to provide additional support for the safety net. In some embodiments, air inflatable units may be used instead of a safety net. In some embodiments, connections to outriggers may be used to suspend the safety net instead of a scaffold structural member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Marmon Crane Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. BENJAMIN, Brian Andrew BOUDREAUX, Roland VON KURNATOWSKI, Zach SCHULTZ, Meredith TUCKER
  • Publication number: 20230242471
    Abstract: Compounds provided herein function as thyromimetics and have utility for treating diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders and fibrotic diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds are also provided, as are methods of their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas von GELDERN, Bradley BACKES, Brian Andrew STEARNS, Jill Melissa BACCEI, Jason Randall HARRIS
  • Patent number: 11715315
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for identifying content to represent web pages and creating a representative image from the content. An example method may include retrieving a web document using a uniform resource locator (URL) contained in a dequeued work item, determining, from the web document, candidate images for creation of the representative image including extracting image references, wherein the image references are extracted by identifying image tags with source attributes, values of which are URLs locating images, filtering the URLs using a blacklist of expressions designed to match the URLs of images comprising one or more predefined undesirable characteristics, and retrieving the images which do not match any of the expressions using an HTTP client, and creating the representative image, comprising at least modifying a chosen image selected from among the candidate images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Henry Castillo, Brian Andrew Humphrey
  • Patent number: 11716329
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for securely verifying an identity of a user of a client device based on a signal transmitted by the client device. For example, systems disclosed herein include registering a client device and facility device via a cloud computing system to enable the client device and facility device to securely communicate a signal via a wireless connection. The systems disclosed herein additionally include determining whether a trigger condition applies based on a position of the client device relative to the facility device. The systems disclosed herein further include maintaining and updating a subset of user verification information to include personal verification of a registered user of the client device. Using the subset of user verification information, a biometric scanning device may efficiently and accurately verify an identity of an individual associated with the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Gorgenyi, Matthew Thomas Beaver, Aidan George Purdy-Say, Bartosz Henryk Paliswiat, Jared Enoch Henderson, Brian Andrew Bowman, Peter Dawoud Shenouda Dawoud, Arvind Muthukrishnan
  • Patent number: 11708104
    Abstract: A steering wheel mounted visual display including a housing incorporated at a location defined within a circumference of the steering wheel and having a graphical display output. Upon rotation of the steering wheel, the display adjusts to remain in an upright orientation. The housing further includes a main lower housing and an assemble-able upper housing sandwiching a display component providing the graphical display output. The display component further includes a stationary inner component, a display support and a PCB component cooperating for auto-updating the graphical display output in response to rotation of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KUSTER NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Mayville, Calogero Alu, Christopher Soave, Thorsten Dirk Connemann
  • Publication number: 20230172823
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a personal care composition with an effective way to impart a cooling effect on the skin upon topical application of a composition made according to the present invention. The invention thus relates to a composition comprising a synergistic combination of polyol, a sensor), modifier and water with polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Brian Andrew CROTTY, Matthew David ELLISON, Thomas Nikolaos MORIKIS, Nicholas Arthur VELEZIS
  • Patent number: 11666557
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is directed to compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful in the treatment of prostate, breast, colon, pancreatic, human chronic lymphocytic leukemia, melanoma and other cancers. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention disclosed herein is also directed to methods of treating prostate, breast, ovarian, liver, kidney, colon, pancreatic, human chronic lymphocytic leukemia, melanoma and other cancers. The invention disclosed herein is further directed to methods of treating prostate, breast, colon, pancreatic, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, melanoma and other cancers comprising administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a selective PPAR? antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TEMPEST THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Simon Stock, Austin Chih-Yu Chen, Yalda Mostofi Bravo, Jason Duarte Jacintho, Jill Melissa Baccei, Brian Andrew Stearns, Ryan Christopher Clark
  • Patent number: 11662698
    Abstract: The present application describes a machine learning method for detecting tamper. The method includes a step of training a model using one or more values obtained from one or more different sensors on an integrated module. The one or more values act as training data with respect to one or more of light, acceleration, magnetic field, rotation, temperature, pressure, humidity, and audio. The method also includes a step of predicting, via the trained model, tampering of the of the integrated module. The present application also describes a system for detecting tamper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CACI, Inc.—Federal
    Inventors: James Andrew Cook, Brian Andrew Rowe, Eric David Nystrom
  • Patent number: 11656906
    Abstract: A service partitioned into service components requiring different resources is assigned to at least one cloud of a set of clouds. With interdependent service components, a service-placement engine is configured to coordinate assignments of individual service components. The service-placement engine receives from a client a definition of each service component and indications of components interdependence. Each cloud that satisfies compliance requirements, capability requirements, and resource requirements of a service component is considered eligible to host the service component. Selection of a specific eligible cloud is based on an overall cloud merit which depends on the service-component definition and the location of the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Snow Software Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Clow, Mark Ian Jamensky
  • Publication number: 20230155810
    Abstract: The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented apparatuses and methods that validate confidential data based privacy-preserving homomorphic computations involving encrypted data. For example, an apparatus may receive, from a first computing system, encrypted data that includes a first encrypted value representative of at least one of first account data or an element of cryptographic data. Based on the first encrypted value and on second encrypted values, the apparatus may generate encrypted residual values representative of second account data associated with one or more reference accounts, and the apparatus may request and receive a decrypted residual value associated with each of the encrypted residual values from a second computing system. The apparatus may transmit the decrypted residual values to the first computing system, which may validate the first account data based on at least the decrypted residual values and perform operations associated with the validated first account data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Andrew LAM, Milos Dunjic, Alexey Shpurov
  • Patent number: 11651914
    Abstract: A vehicle shifter assembly having a housing rotatably supporting a monostable toggle knob accessible to a vehicle operator. A processor enabled printed circuit board is incorporated into the housing and, upon actuation of the knob, instructs a gear shift condition to a display component. The housing can be incorporated into any of a variety of locations accessible to the vehicle operator, including being integrated into the steering wheel so that, and upon rotation of the wheel, the housing or display is continuously reoriented so as to maintain an upright position as viewed by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Kuster North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Mayville, Calogero Alu, Michael Benedetto D'Annunzio, Thorsten Dirk Connemann
  • Publication number: 20230129607
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cosmetic composition precursor that is rapidly hydratable and conducive to creating a personalized end-product. This invention thus relates to a cosmetic composition precursor having fatty acid, inorganic base, and high HLB surfactants and methods of using said precursors in creating the end-product. The invention also relates to end-use compositions made from the hydratable cosmetic composition precursor of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Hasiba BEKTO, Brian Andrew CROTTY, Teanoosh MOADDEL, Alan Michael WEST
  • Patent number: 11635139
    Abstract: A plunger lock mechanism including a housing containing a rotationally supported lever shaped component, the component including at least one notch or recess configured within an arcuate surface. An electric motor is configured to rotate a cam extending within the housing, the cam actuating at least one plunger having an extending portion aligning with a selected notch. Upon rotation of the cam by the motor, the plunger is caused to displace between either of engaged and disengaged positions with the component such that, when disengaged, permitting rotation of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Kuster North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Soave, Brian Andrew Mayville
  • Publication number: 20230121604
    Abstract: An object detection system comprises two or more directional antennas arranged such that lobes of the antennas overlap within a designated area or volume. An electronic device detecting signals from at least two of the directional antennas is determined to be inside the area/volume, and a device detecting signals from none of the antennas or only one antenna is determined not to be inside the area/volume. In this manner, the system determines when a user has placed an electronic device within the area/volume, logs the time the electronic device is within the area/volume, and reports the logged time to the user and/or a central system. The area/volume can comprise a platform, a box, or other confined space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Heath Erron Wilson, Joseph Philip Welch Odom, Robert Paul Basil, Daniel K. Guthrie, Brian Andrew Wong Shui, Erick Eladio Rios
  • Publication number: 20230066112
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to one or more embodiments of mailer package assemblies including a fixed release liner and a mailer package. The fixed release liner is removably or detachably coupled to the mailer package by an adhesive layer. The fixed release liner includes one or more wickets (e.g., openings) such that the fixed release liner may be mounted to a wall by inserting fasteners (e.g., tack(s), pin(s), etc.) into the openings. The mailer package may be removed, detached, or decoupled from the fixed release liner by pulling on the mailer package decoupling the fixed release liner from the mailer package. After the mailer package is removed, an packaging associate may place an item or product within the mailer package to be shipped to a consumer. After the mailer package is removed from the fixed release liner, the fixed release liner remains mounted to the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Matthew Neal, Murray Fullerton, Brian Andrew Kendall, Paul Andrew Frederick, Leslie Nicholas Rogers, JR.
  • Patent number: 11595384
    Abstract: There is a provided a digital identity network interface system that may include a communications module and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a signal representing a digital identity request, the digital identity request defining one or more scopes associated with the request, at least one of the scopes identifying a data type associated with the request, generate a query based on the scopes by translating at least one of the scopes into a query having a query format associated with a digital identity network, the digital identity network storing data associated with a plurality of users, send a signal representing the query to the digital identity network, send a link to an authorization device, after successful authentication, obtain data associated with the digital identity request from the digital identity network, and release at least some of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Malcolm Clarke, Brian Andrew Lam
  • Patent number: 11588617
    Abstract: The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented apparatuses and methods that validate confidential data based privacy-preserving homomorphic computations involving encrypted data. For example, an apparatus may receive, from a first computing system, encrypted data that includes a first encrypted value representative of at least one of first account data or an element of cryptographic data. Based on the first encrypted value and on second encrypted values, the apparatus may generate encrypted residual values representative of second account data associated with one or more reference accounts, and the apparatus may request and receive a decrypted residual value associated with each of the encrypted residual values from a second computing system. The apparatus may transmit the decrypted residual values to the first computing system, which may validate the first account data based on at least the decrypted residual values and perform operations associated with the validated first account data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Lam, Milos Dunjic, Alexey Shpurov
  • Patent number: D986925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Christopher Foss, David C. Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D994700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitri Cavander, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt