Patents by Inventor Brian Michael

Brian 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).

  • Publication number: 20240407905
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the intravascular treatment of clot material within a blood vessel of a human patient are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, positioning a distal portion of a catheter proximate to the clot material within the blood vessel. The method can further include coupling a pressure source to the catheter via a tubing subsystem including a valve or other fluid control device and, while the valve is closed, activating the pressure source to charge a vacuum. The valve can then be opened to apply the vacuum to the catheter to thereby aspirate at least a portion of the clot material from the blood vessel and into the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Ben Merritt, Jacqueline Macias, Brian Michael Strauss, Thomas Tu, John Coleman Thress, Paul Lubock
  • Patent number: 12162497
    Abstract: A system for detecting a road surface includes a processor programmed to identify, in a vehicle sensor field of view, environment features including a sky, a road surface, a road shoulder, based on map data and data received from the one or more vehicle sensors, upon determining a low confidence in identifying an area of the field of view to be a road surface or sky, to receive a polarimetric image, and to determine, based on the received polarimetric image, whether the identified area is a mirage phenomenon, a wet road surface, or the sky. The low confidence is determined upon determining that a road surface has a vanishing edge, a road lane marker is missing, or an anomalous object is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, Aaron Lesky, Akshat Rajvanshi, Brian Quinn Kettlewell, Geoffrey Horowitz
  • Patent number: 12165336
    Abstract: Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an object-model based event detection system that comprises a plurality of sensor devices, to perform operations that include: generating sensor data at the plurality of sensor devices; accessing the sensor data generated by the plurality of sensor devices; detecting an event, or precursor to an event, based on the sensor data, wherein the detected event corresponds to an event category; accessing an object model associated with the event type in response to detecting the event, wherein the object model defines a procedure to be applied by the event detection system to the sensor data; and streaming at least a portion of a plurality of data streams generated by the plurality of sensor devices to a server system based on the procedure, wherein the server system may perform further analysis or visualization based on the portion of the plurality of data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Saleh ElHattab, Justin Joel Delegard, Bodecker John DellaMaria, Brian Tuan, Jennifer Winnie Leung, Sylvie Lee, Jesse Michael Chen, Kirti Varun Munjeti, Frances Peijin Guo
  • Patent number: 12164306
    Abstract: Techniques are described for determining to modify a coordinate system in response to the occurrence of a condition. As non-limiting examples, such conditions comprise distance traveled, speed of the vehicle (or system), an amount of computational resources available, a time since the last change, a number of objects present, the presence (or absence) of a particular object proximate the vehicle, a distance to a proximate object, based on a particular frequency, or the like. Such modifications may improve the operation and safety of a computing system used for path planning and trajectory generation by allowing lower precision numerical representations to be used in safety-critical situations while avoiding potential computational errors that would otherwise result from using such a representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Michael Filarsky, Joseph Funke, Mark Jonathon McClelland, Amirhossein Tamjidi, Olivier Toupet
  • Publication number: 20240401399
    Abstract: A fenestration system includes one or more of a light modulation controller or ventilation modulation controller. The light modulation controller is in communication with at least one light modulation element of a fenestration assembly having a frame and a panel. The light modulation controller includes a light prescription module configured to provide a specified light prescription for the building interior. A lighting difference module is configured to determine a prescription difference between the specified light prescription and ambient light. A dynamic light module of the light modulation controller operates the at least one light modulation element according to the prescription difference. The ventilation modulation controller is in communication with at least one operator configured to open and close the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Michael Farnes, Thomas James Hensrud, Gatetano Ling, Christopher Steven Hill, Nikolaj Dam Roadley-Battin
  • Publication number: 20240398576
    Abstract: Certain embodiments generally provide an improved tibial base member comprising keel portions that allow one or both cruciate ligaments to be preserved. Other embodiments provide improved lateral and/or medial inserts having a mesial lip that helps relieve and or prevent impingement between the femoral component and the tibial eminence. Other embodiments provide improved femoral components having various chamfers to provide additional clearance with respect to the tibial eminence and posterior cruciate ligament without decreasing bone coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Milton Lenz, Richard Michael Smith, Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Brian William McKinnon, Abraham Biglari Salehi, Jonathan Kirk Nielsen, Michael D. Ries, Gerald J. Jerry
  • Publication number: 20240399635
    Abstract: In order to reduce oscillations in process variables of an injection molding process, an injection molding machine may be operatively connected to a model database that stores models of injection molding machines and molds. A tuning controller may set initial gain values of a variable-gain proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller. To set the initial gains, the tuning controller may be configured to obtain, from the model database, a model for a first and second injection molding machines and a model for a mold. The tuning controller may analyze the models to determine a correlation between injection molding machine parameters and mold cycle performance for the mold. Accordingly, the tuning controller may apply the correlation to determine an initial gain value for a least one of the first, second, and third gains of the PID controller. The tuning controller may then set the initial gain values for the PID controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Brian Matthew Burns
  • Patent number: 12151417
    Abstract: In order to improve the consistency of molded products as viscosity shifts throughout a run, a controller of an injection molding machine executes a calibration cycle in accordance with a mold cycle. The controller analyzes a plurality of sensed melt pressure values during the calibration cycle to determine one or more calibration metrics. The controller then uses the calibration metrics when executing each mold cycle of the run. More particularly, during each mold cycle of the run, the controller detects a plurality of sensed melt pressures prior to and during a fill phase of the mold cycle and compares the plurality of sensed melt pressures to the one or more calibration metrics to predict cavity pressure for a pack and hold phase of the mold cycle. The controller then adjusts a set point pressure for the pack and hold phase based on the predicted cavity pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Bryler Collins, Gene Michael Altonen, Chow-Chi Huang, Brandon Michael Birchmeier, Brian Matthew Burns
  • Patent number: 12150860
    Abstract: Certain embodiments generally provide an improved tibial base member comprising keel portions that allow one or both cruciate ligaments to be preserved. Other embodiments provide improved lateral and/or medial inserts having a mesial lip that helps relieve and or prevent impingement between the femoral component and the tibial eminence. Other embodiments provide improved femoral components having various chamfers to provide additional clearance with respect to the tibial eminence and posterior cruciate ligament without decreasing bone coverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventors: Nathaniel Milton Lenz, Richard Michael Smith, Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Brian William McKinnon, Abraham Biglari Salehi, Jonathan Kirk Nielsen, Michael D. Ries, Gerald J. Jerry
  • Patent number: 12152912
    Abstract: A wireless process variable transmitter for use in an industrial process includes a process variable sensor configured to sense a process variable of the industrial process and provide a process variable sensor output. A battery power source includes a plurality of battery power banks each having a primary cell battery, a low voltage cut-off circuit electrically connected to the primary cell battery which provides an electrical connection to the primary cell battery while a voltage of the primary cell battery is above a threshold, and an ideal diode having an input electrically connected to the primary cell battery through the low voltage cut-off and providing a power bank output. A power sharing node has an input connected to the battery power bank output of each of the plurality of battery power banks and having a shared power output which provides power to circuitry of the wireless process variable transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lee Westfield, Theodore Henry Schnaare, Cory Michael Robinson, Nicholas Aaron Wienhold
  • Publication number: 20240383559
    Abstract: A sealed speaker enclosure for a bass speaker that is hand-insertable and removable from a hard-side motorcycle saddlebag. The body of the enclosure complements the interior space of the saddlebag making sealing contact with the interior walls of the saddlebag. The bass speaker faces the motorcycle side of the saddlebag within the shock absorber tower indentation overlapping and opening. A speaker grill overlays the opening in the shock absorber tower indentation of the saddlebag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Talfryne Jones, JR., Richard James Agins, III, Bryce Edward Steidler, Brian Michael Von Pasecky, Mark Allen Fisher
  • Patent number: 12146154
    Abstract: A spheroid cell culture article including: a chamber including: an opaque side wall surface; a top aperture; and a gas-permeable, liquid impermeable bottom including at least one concave surface, wherein at least a portion of the bottom is transparent, wherein at least a portion of the bottom includes a low-adhesion or no-adhesion material in or on the at least one concave surface, and wherein the gas permeable, liquid impermeable bottom includes polystyrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Scott Matthew Bennett, Brian Robb Douglass, Paul Ernest Gagnon, Jr., Gregory Roger Martin, Paul Michael Szlosek, Allison Jean Tanner
  • Patent number: 12147299
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of recovering corrupted data, comprising providing a FIFO storage structure on the memory controller, and providing an error correction code (ECC) generator to the memory device, the ECC generator configured to generate ECC check bits based on a data word. For each data word, the method comprises storing a copy of the data word, appended check bits, and associated address into the FIFO storage structure; generating expected check bits based on the data word; when the expected check bits match the appended check bits, storing the data word and appended check bits to the memory device; and when the expected check bits do not match the appended check bits, and an error in the data word is uncorrectable, replacing the data word and appended check bits with the copy of the data word and appended check bits that were stored in the FIFO storage structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Waseem Kraipak, Brian Michael Rogers, Pradipkumar Arunbhai Thaker
  • Publication number: 20240374085
    Abstract: A system includes a carousel apparatus, a support structure configured to hold a receptacle, and a linear actuator apparatus configured to move the support structure. The carousel apparatus includes: a holder in which a first plurality of openings and a second plurality of openings are formed, and a first motor coupled to the holder and adapted to rotate the holder around an axis. A linear actuator apparatus includes: a linear guide which extends underneath the holder and is coupled to the support structure, and a second motor coupled to the linear guide and adapted to move the support structure along the linear guide underneath the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: DoorDash, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Michael De Vitis, Kort Edward Reinecke, Naikang Kuan
  • Publication number: 20240375684
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting a pull-over location using machine learning. One of the methods includes obtaining data specifying a target pull-over location for an autonomous vehicle travelling on a roadway. A plurality of candidate pull-over locations in a vicinity of the target pull-over location are identified. For each candidate pull-over location, an input that includes features of the candidate pull-over location is processed using a machine learning model to generate a respective likelihood score representing a predicted likelihood that the candidate pull-over location is an optimal location. The features of the candidate pull-over location include one or more features that compare the candidate pull-over location to the target pull-over location. Using the respective likelihood scores, one of the candidate pull-over locations is selected as an actual pull-over location for the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Lee Pedersen, Yu Zheng, Eamonn Michael Doherty, Brian Clair Williammee, Kevin Joseph Malta, Chung Eun Kim, Xu Dong
  • Publication number: 20240378188
    Abstract: Multiple devices can update the same attribute of the same node stored in a zero-knowledge database. The node can contain one or more attributes and attribute values. The multiple devices can belong to the same user, or they can belong to different users who all have access to the node and the attributes, for example, via sharing. The disclosed technology determines how the updates to the attribute values are propagated through the system. The attribute values can include information about the user or can include information about the graph, such as incoming or outgoing edges from a node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Patrick SULLIVAN, James Michael FARIS, Brian Samuel TAYLOR
  • 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: 12139954
    Abstract: A fenestration automated operating system includes a fenestration frame, fenestration panel and one or both of a panel operating assembly or a panel latch assembly. The panel operating assembly is coupled with one or both of the fenestration frame or the fenestration panel. The panel operating assembly includes a panel actuator coupled with the panel actuator. A panel latch assembly is coupled with one or both of the fenestration frame or the fenestration panel. The panel latch assembly includes a latch and a latch actuator coupled with the latch. A fenestration controller is configured to operate each of the latch actuator and the panel actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Company, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Jon Curtis, Justin Wayne Magnusen, Brian Michael Farnes
  • Patent number: 12138041
    Abstract: A wireless hub includes a vehicle power connector that can draw power from a vehicle battery on a vehicle, a first wireless transmission circuit that can send or receive data with base stations in a long-range wireless network, a second wireless transmission circuit that can provide a short-range wireless network and to transfer data to and from electronic devices, and a network processor that can process data in the first wireless transmission circuit and the second wireless transmission circuit. The wireless hub has an antenna array for millimeter wave communications. Antenna array beamforming techniques can be applied in various wireless systems, including cellular networks, Wi-Fi, radar systems, and satellite communications, to improve coverage, capacity, and link quality. Using antenna arrays, the system can shape and direct the radiation pattern of the transmitted or received signal. Beam steering can steer the main lobe of the radiation pattern in a particular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Micro Mobio Corporation
    Inventors: Zlatko Aurelio Filipovic, Weiping Wang, Guan-Wu Wang, Adam James Wang, Brian Michael Wang, Yi-Jeng Y. Wang
  • Publication number: 20240368144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-substituted-dioxocyclobutenylamino-3-hydroxy-picolinamide compounds of Formulae (IA and 1B) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, that inhibit CC chemokine receptor 6 (CCR6), pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing diseases, conditions, or disorders ameliorated by inhibition of CCR6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Stephen Gerstenberger, Andrew Christopher Flick, Daniel Wei-Shung Kung, Vincent Michael Lombardo, James John Mousseau, Philippe Marcel Nuhant, Ralph Pelton Robinson, JR., Daniel Copley Schmitt, Mark Edward Schnute, Atli Thorarensen, John Isidro Trujillo, Rayomand Jal Unwalla, Huixian Wu