Patents by Inventor Brian Andrews

Brian Andrews 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).

  • Drainable weather resistive barrier
    Patent number: 10161129
    Abstract: Drainage promoting fabrics having commercial applications (e.g., housewrap) are provided. The drainage promoting fabric, according to certain embodiments of the invention, includes a weather resistive barrier having an outer surface, and a three-dimensional, non-uniform or non-continuous meltblown layer positioned on the outer surface of the weather resistive barrier. The meltblown layer may comprise meltblown shot, meltblown ropes, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: AVINTIV SPECIALTY MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Hickie, Gregory Wagner Farell
  • Generating a playlist based on content meta data and user parameters
    Patent number: 10162486
    Abstract: Systems and methods to generate a playlist based on content meta data. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving user-defined parameters; generating a playlist comprising a plurality of content portions, the generating comprising selecting the plurality of content portions from a data repository based on the user-defined parameters and further based on meta data for content stored in the data repository; and providing the playlist for display on a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: LEAF GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Byron William Reese, Monica Winn Landers, Brian Andrew Dillon
  • Intermodal storage and transportation container
    Patent number: 10118529
    Abstract: An intermodal container for transporting frac proppant, such as frac sand, and/or other types of granular material is disclosed. The intermodal container is designed to receive frac sand from a quarry or other frac sand supply source. Once the container is filled with material, the container is loaded onto a transportation device and transported to a well site. Once received at the well site, the containers can be stacked and the frac sand stored until needed. Once the frac sand is needed, the containers are placed on a base unit and the container discharges its contents onto a conveying system formed as part of the base unit. The conveying system directs the frac sand to a blending location. The empty intermodal containers can be removed from the base unit and loaded onto a transportation device to be refilled at a mine site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Proppant Express Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Eiden, III, Brian Andrew Hunter, Mathew Carley, Timothy Stefan, Mark D'Agostino, Scott D'Agostino
  • SYSTEM FOR OPTOGENETIC THERAPY
    Publication number: 20180311508
    Abstract: One embodment is directed to a probe for illuminating a target tissue of a patient, comprising: a plurality of optical fibers; a probe body portion having proximal and distal ends, the probe body portion being moveably coupled to the plurality of fibers and configured to at least partially encapsulate the plurality of fibers; a distal end portion coupled to the distal end of the probe body portion, the distal end portion comprising at least one guiding feature configured to redirect a path of at least one of the optical fibers comprising the plurality of optical fibers as such at least portion of one of the optical fibers is extended through and past the distal end portion by moving the plurality of fibers relative to the probe body portion. The probe further may comprise an ejector portion configured to move the plurality of fibers relative to the probe body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Circuit Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, Brian Beckey, Ethan Berry, Bruce Modesitt, Dan Andersen, David Angeley, Michael Drews, T.D. Barbara Nguyen-Vu, Laura Leung, Andrei T. Popescu
  • Chassis monitoring system having overload detection
    Patent number: 10112485
    Abstract: A monitoring system is disclosed for use with a rolling chassis of a vehicle. The monitoring system may include a tire sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a current tire condition of the rolling chassis, and a load sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of an actual load placed on the rolling chassis. The monitoring system may also include a controller in communication with the tire sensor and the load sensor. The controller may be configured to determine based on the first signal a theoretical load that the rolling chassis is capable of supporting given the current tire condition. The controller may also be configured to make a first comparison of the actual load with the theoretical load, and to selectively generate a first alert based on the first comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FARADAY & FUTURE INC.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Homsangpradit, Benjamin Charles Tarloff
  • Pathogen biomarkers and uses therefor
    Publication number: 20180305760
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, methods and apparatus for diagnosing and/or monitoring a virus-associated systemic inflammation by measurement of a host immune response. The invention can be used for diagnosis including early diagnosis, monitoring, making treatment decisions, or management of subjects suspected of having systemic inflammation associated with an infection. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to peripheral blood RNA and protein biomarkers that are useful for specifically distinguishing between the host systemic immune response to viruses as compared to the host immune response to other causes of systemic inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Bruce BRANDON, Brian Andrew FOX, Leo Charles MCHUGH, Dayle Lorand SAMPSON
  • SPORTS HELMET HAVING MODULAR COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20180303190
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are sports helmets having modular components. A modular component includes an eyewear adapter that is releasably attachable to the helmet and configured to interface with corresponding eyewear in an orientation that permits a wearer of the helmet to see through the eyewear. The eyewear adapter is configured such that, in use, the eyewear adapter enhances the fit or function of the eyewear relative to the use of the helmet and the eyewear without the eyewear adapter. A modular component includes electronics modules that can be mechanically and electrically coupled to the helmet. A modular component includes other functional modules that affect the aerodynamics of the helmet, the air flow of the helmet, the fit of the helmet, or the look of the helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan Anthony Calilung, Brian Andrew Lewis-Clark, Neil Wylie Ferrier, Chad Michael McKonly, Benjamin John Meunier, Ryan Neil Saylor, Eric Yoshinari
  • Focused advertising across multiple communication channels
    Patent number: 10089648
    Abstract: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for generating advertising campaigns or listings utilizing catalog information. A method comprises receiving, by an online publication system, a product catalog; accessing, by the online publication system, a merchant profile; and using the product catalog and the merchant profile to develop advertising data, wherein the advertising data includes at least one of an advertising campaign, a marketplace listing, or a store listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: David Gausebeck, Kuo-Yee Richard Lee, Brian Andrew Phillips, Vishwanath Shastry, Katherine Woo
  • Pivoting Internal Display Unit With Fixed Screen
    Publication number: 20180272957
    Abstract: Display systems for a vehicle are contemplated that comprise a seat display unit coupled with a display screen, where the display screen is affixed to a seat back and the seat display unit is disposed within the seat back. The display screen is fixed to the seat back such that its relative position with the seat back remains constant when the seat back is reclined. The seat display unit is coupled to the seat back, such that the seat display unit automatically tilts or pivots when the seat back is reclined, and while the display screen does not move relative to the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Romain Claude Andre Lecomte, Brian Andrew Simone, Samuel A. Carswell, Steve B. Sargeant
  • VASCULAR ACCESS CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20180243001
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising utilizing a dilator adaptor to assist with forming a substantially atraumatic geometric outer junction between a dilator member/introducer member assembly and a guidewire which may be somewhat undersized relative to a lumen formed through the dilator member, thereby creating a geometric fit gap which may be suboptimal from a tissue interfacing perspective. The dilator adaptor may be interposed between the guidewire and dilator member to assist in remedying this fit mismatch, and in generally providing a preferred outer instrument interface for insertion through a small defect in a vessel to gain access to a lumen defined through the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew ELLINGWOOD, D. Bruce Modesitt
  • DOWNHOLE UNDER-REAMER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20180195349
    Abstract: A downhole under-reamer for use in reaming a downhole bore. The under-reamer comprises a body and a plurality of cutters mounted on the body. The cutters are mounted on the body so as to be extendable from a retracted position to at least two extended positions. The at least two extended positions comprise reaming positions at respective first and second reaming diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Andrew McCarthy, Philip Graham Rodger
  • Wheel alignment systems and methods
    Patent number: 10012499
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for analyzing the alignment of at least one wheel of a vehicle using a non-contact locating system. Systems can include a tie rod with a three-dimensional target that is used by a non-contact measuring instrument to determine the position of the target in three dimensional space. The target may be pyramidal in shape. The position of the target may be indicative of a desired wheel alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: FARADAY & FUTURE INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Tarloff, Brian Andrew Homsangpradit
  • Interfaces for a spirit level application
    Patent number: 10007391
    Abstract: In one mode of an interface, a bounded area is displayed on a mobile device. A straight line is displayed that divides the bounded area into first and second areas. An angle of the line indicates an orientation of a first axis of the mobile device relative to a respective vector. In response to detecting the change in orientation of the second axis of the device relative to the vector, while maintaining the angle of the line at a first angle, a relative size of the first and second areas is changed in accordance with the change in orientation of the second axis. In a second mode, first and second bounded shapes are displayed. Positions of the bounded shapes with respect to each other are changed along one or more axes in response to a change in orientation of a surface of the mobile device relative to a respective vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alessandro F. Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Joshua Corey Weinberg
  • Polycyclic compounds as lysophosphatidic acid receptor antagonists
    Patent number: 10000456
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of lysophosphatidic receptor(s). Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such antagonists, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating LPA-dependent or LPA-mediated conditions or diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: AMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Clark, Brian Andrew Stearns, Lucy Zhao, Thomas Jon Seiders, Deborah Volkots, Jeannie M. Arruda
  • IMPLANTABLE OPTICAL FEEDTHROUGH CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20180156994
    Abstract: Configurations are described for creating and using separable optical feedthroughs. These are especially useful in their at least semi-hermetic form when integrated with implantable photomedical devices. One embodiment is directed to a system for operatively coupling an optical output from a light source positioned inside of a sealed housing to an external optical fiber, comprising: a first optical fiber disposed adjacent to the light source and configured to receive at least a portion of the optical output; a second optical fiber operatively coupled to the first optical fiber and configured to capture at least a portion of an output from the first optical fiber; a primary seal operatively coupled to the housing between the light source and the second optical fiber that is at least partially transparent; and a secondary seal positioned between the second optical fiber and the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Circuit Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Stahler, David Angeley, Brian Andrew Ellingwood
  • High-visibility status indicator
    Patent number: 9953772
    Abstract: A visual status indicator for an electrical apparatus is disclosed. The status indicator can be mounted within a lower cover of the electrical apparatus such that various display faces of the indicator are visible through one or more viewing windows of the lower cover. The status indicator can comprise a mounting base with protrusions and at least one wing, wherein the wing comprises at least one display face. At least one swing arm can be attached to the mounting base via the protrusions and the at least one swing arm can comprise at least one display face. The swing arm can be actuated such that either the display face on the wing or the display face on the swing arm is visible through the viewing window to indicate the status of the electrical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Korves, William Robert Luoma
  • Downhole under-reamer and associated methods
    Patent number: 9945184
    Abstract: A downhole under-reamer for use in reaming a downhole bore. The under-reamer comprises a body and a plurality of cutters mounted on the body. The cutters are mounted on the body so as to be extendable from a retracted position to at least two extended positions. The at least two extended positions comprise reaming positions at respective first and second reaming diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NOV Downhole Eurasia Limited
    Inventors: Brian Andrew McCarthy, Philip Graham Rodger
  • Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D819677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt
  • Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D836127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt
  • Modular wine rack
    Patent number: D839694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventor: Brian Andrew Pollard