Patents by Inventor C. King

C. King 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: 11352937
    Abstract: A marine drive is for propelling a vessel in body of water. The marine drive has a powerhead, a crankcase on the powerhead, and a cooling system that pumps a first flow of cooling water from the body of water through a powerhead cooling conduit for cooling the powerhead and in parallel pumps a second flow of cooling water from the body of water through a crankcase cooler for cooling the crankcase and lubricant in the crankcase. A valve controls the second flow of the cooling water to the crankcase cooler. The valve is normally positioned in a closed position, which inhibits the second flow of cooling water to the crankcase cooler and thereby reduces condensation of water from the lubricant in the crankcase. The valve is moved into an open position upon operation of the powerhead at or above a threshold speed, which permits the second flow of cooling water to the crankcase cooler and thereby cools the lubricant in the crankcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Dreyer, Chetan Avinash Dharmadhikari, Nathan C. King, Barry P. Schleicher
  • Publication number: 20220139266
    Abstract: A series of a plurality of articles includes a panel strip and a plurality of elastic fastening loops. The panel strip includes a plurality of ruptureably-connected panel portions of the plurality of articles. Each of the plurality of elastic fastening loops is secured to a respective panel portion at a bond zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Robert B. Ludlow, Justin C. King, Kim A. Milbrandt, Colin M. O'Donnell, Jeffrey D. Tschetter
  • Publication number: 20220139688
    Abstract: The present invention comprises novel methods of continuously monitoring the performance of an atmospheric pressure ionization (API) system. The methods of the invention allow for improved quality monitoring of the processes that leads to the formation of ions at atmospheric pressure. The methods of the invention further allow for continuously monitoring for the quality of the ion formation process in API without the addition of extraneous material (such as labelled compounds or control known compounds) to the system being monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: RICHARD C. KING, III, WILLIAM J. METZLER, IV
  • Patent number: 11295071
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for creating and linking a series of interfaces configured to display information and receive confirmation of classifications made by a natural language modeling engine to improve organization of a collection of documents into an hierarchical structure. In some embodiments, the interfaces may display to an annotator a plurality of labels of potential classifications for a document as identified by a natural language modeling engine, collect annotated responses from the annotator, aggregate the annotated responses across other annotators, analyze the accuracy of the natural language modeling engine based on the aggregated annotated responses, and predict accuracies of the natural language modeling engine's classifications of the documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: 100.co, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Munro, Christopher Walker, Sarah K. Luger, Jason Brenier, Paul A. Tepper, Ross Mechanic, Andrew Gilchrist-Scott, Gary C. King, Brendan D. Callahan, Tyler J. Schnoebelen, Edgar Nunez, Haley Most
  • Patent number: 11288444
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and computer readable medium are presented for generating a natural language model. A method for generating a natural language model comprises: selecting from a pool of documents, a first set of documents to be annotated; receiving annotations of the first set of documents elicited by first human readable prompts; training a natural language model using the annotated first set of documents; determining documents in the pool having uncertain natural language processing results according to the trained natural language model and/or the received annotations; selecting from the pool of documents, a second set of documents to be annotated comprising documents having uncertain natural language processing results; receiving annotations of the second set of documents elicited by second human readable prompts; and retraining a natural language model using the annotated second set of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: 100.co, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Munro, Schuyler D. Erle, Jason Brenier, Paul A. Tepper, Tripti Saxena, Gary C. King, Jessica D. Long, Brendan D. Callahan, Tyler J. Schnoebelen, Stefan Krawczyk, Veena Basavaraj
  • Patent number: 11257400
    Abstract: A linear series of connected unitary sheet-like articles, each of which comprises a panel flatly conjoined along a unifying flat bond zone with a flexible elastic layer that extends away from the panel and includes an elastic fastening loop. Adjacent articles of the series are ruptureably connected in a manner permitting the series to be handled as a unit while at the same time permitting ruptureable separation of individual articles from the series. In one embodiment, the linear series is wound into roll form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Bedford Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Ludlow, Justin C. King, Kim A. Milbrandt, Colin M. O'Donnell, Jeffrey D. Tschetter
  • Publication number: 20210379750
    Abstract: Inserts disposed in a housing of a pneumatically or hydraulically powered tool having a motor adapted to rotate a drive lug in either of first and second rotational directions. The insert is composed of a material resistive to creep and/or stress relaxation. The insert contacts fasteners applying a clamping force to the tool and remove the housing from the load path of the clamping force, thereby reducing the possibility of fluid leaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Bothmann, Brian C. King, Ray Kinsley
  • Patent number: 11177577
    Abstract: A repeater device comprises a periodic array of alternating metallic phase shifting elements, the array being periodic in at least one axis, formed on a first surface of a dielectric substrate, with an opposite surface of the dielectric substrate having a ground plane formed thereon, wherein each phase shifting element provides from 0° to 360° phase shifting in the microwave frequency range. The repeater device can be utilized in a microwave network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Constand E. Yemelong, Stephen P. LeBlanc, Stephen C. King
  • Publication number: 20210232763
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for creating and linking a series of interfaces configured to display information and receive confirmation of classifications made by a natural language modeling engine to improve organization of a collection of documents into an hierarchical structure. In some embodiments, the interfaces may display to an annotator a plurality of labels of potential classifications for a document as identified by a natural language modeling engine, collect annotated responses from the annotator, aggregate the annotated responses across other annotators, analyze the accuracy of the natural language modeling engine based on the aggregated annotated responses, and predict accuracies of the natural language modeling engine's classifications of the documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: AI IP INVESTMENTS LTD
    Inventors: Robert J. Munro, Christopher Walker, Sarah K. Luger, Jason Brenier, Paul A. Tepper, Ross Mechanic, Andrew Gilchrist-Scott, Gary C. King, Brendan D. Callahan, Tyler J. Schnoebelen, Edgar Nunez, Haley Most
  • Publication number: 20210232760
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and computer readable medium are presented for generating a natural language model. A method for generating a natural language model comprises: selecting from a pool of documents, a first set of documents to be annotated; receiving annotations of the first set of documents elicited by first human readable prompts; training a natural language model using the annotated first set of documents; determining documents in the pool having uncertain natural language processing results according to the trained natural language model and/or the received annotations; selecting from the pool of documents, a second set of documents to be annotated comprising documents having uncertain natural language processing results; receiving annotations of the second set of documents elicited by second human readable prompts; and retraining a natural language model using the annotated second set of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Robert J. Munro, Schuyler D. Erle, Jason Brenier, Paul A. Tepper, Tripti Saxena, Gary C. King, Jessica D. Long, Brendan D. Callahan, Tyler J. Schnoebelen, Stefan Krawczyk, Veena Basavaraj
  • Publication number: 20210232762
    Abstract: Systems are presented for generating a natural language model. The system may comprise a database module, an application program interface (API) module, a background processing module, and an applications module, each stored on the at least one memory and executable by the at least one processor. The system may be configured to generate the natural language model by: ingesting training data, generating a hierarchical data structure, selecting a plurality of documents among the training data to be annotated, generating an annotation prompt for each document configured to elicit an annotation about said document, receiving the annotation based on the annotation prompt, and generating the natural language model using an adaptive machine learning process configured to determine patterns among the annotations for how the documents in the training data are to be subdivided according to the at least two topical nodes of the hierarchical data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Al IP INVESTMENTS LTD
    Inventors: Robert J. Munro, Schuyler D. Erie, Christopher Walker, Sarah K. Luger, Jason Brenier, Gary C. King, Paul A. Tepper, Ross Mechanic, Andrew Gilchrist-Scott, Jessica D. Long, James B. Robinson, Brendan D. Callahan, Michelle Casbon, Ujjwal Sarin, Aneesh Nair, Veena Basavaraj, Tripti Saxena, Edgar Nunez, Martha G. Hinrichs, Haley Most, Tyler J. Schnoebelen
  • Publication number: 20210207428
    Abstract: Materials and methods for preparing thick, mesoporous silica monolithic slabs and coatings with high transparency and low thermal conductivity are provided. The transparent silica materials are particularly suited for window or solar applications including insulation barriers for existing or new single, double pane windows or glass panel building components. The template-free, water-based sol-gel methods produce slabs or coatings by gelation of a colloidal suspension of silica or other oxide nanoparticles or by ambigel formation and then ageing and drying the gels under ambient conditions. Solvent exchanges with nonpolar, low-surface-tension solvents help to avoid cracking caused by drying stress. Mesoporous slabs can also be cast in molds on perfluorocarbon liquid substrates to reduce adhesion and enable gels to shrink freely during aging and drying without incurring significant stress that could cause fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Laurent Pilon, Bruce S. Dunn, Sarah H. Tolbert, Michal Marszewski, Yan Yan, Sophia C. King, Esther H. Lan, Danielle Butts, Patricia E. McNeil
  • Patent number: 11049703
    Abstract: The present invention comprises novel methods of continuously monitoring the performance of an atmospheric pressure ionization (API) system. The methods of the invention allow for improved quality monitoring of the processes that leads to the formation of ions at atmospheric pressure. The methods of the invention further allow for continuously monitoring for the quality of the ion formation process in API without the addition of extraneous material (such as labelled compounds or control known compounds) to the system being monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PharmaCadence Analytical Services, LLC
    Inventors: Richard C. King, III, William J. Metzler, IV
  • Publication number: 20210185620
    Abstract: Multi-radio wireless network devices are capable of transmitting and/or receiving data from multiple radiofrequency (RF) networks at different bands. Total transmission power limitations may be in place due to, for example, safety reasons. As a result, active management of transmission power may be performed during simultaneous transmission in different bands and/or networks. In some embodiments, the management may take place on group-by-group basis and a network-by-network basis. Antennas may be grouped based on their relative positions and impact on radiation emitted by the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Indranil S. Sen, Jonathan C. King, Mohit Narang, Prathyusha Sangepu, Qiong Wu, Shrenik Milapchand, Vijay Gadde, Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20210157984
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented for a novel natural language tokenizer and tagger. In some embodiments, a method for tokenizing text for natural language processing comprises: generating from a pool of documents, a set of statistical models comprising one or more entries each indicating a likelihood of appearance of a character/letter sequence in the pool of documents; receiving a set of rules comprising rules that identify character/letter sequences as valid tokens; transforming one or more entries in the statistical models into new rules that are added to the set of rules when the entries indicate a high likelihood; receiving a document to be processed; dividing the document to be processed into tokens based on the set of statistical models and the set of rules, wherein the statistical models are applied where the rules fail to unambiguously tokenize the document; and outputting the divided tokens for natural language processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Robert J. Munro, Rob Voigt, Schuyler D. Erle, Brendan D. Callahan, Gary C. King, Jessica D. Long, Jason Brenier, Tripti Saxena, Stefan Krawczyk
  • Publication number: 20210150130
    Abstract: Methods are presented for generating a natural language model. The method may comprise: ingesting training data representative of documents to be analyzed by the natural language model, generating a hierarchical data structure comprising at least two topical nodes within which the training data is to be subdivided into by the natural language model, selecting a plurality of documents among the training data to be annotated, generating an annotation prompt for each document configured to elicit an annotation about said document indicating which node among the at least two topical nodes said document is to be classified into, receiving the annotation based on the annotation prompt; and generating the natural language model using an adaptive machine learning process configured to determine patterns among the annotations for how the documents in the training data are to be subdivided according to the at least two topical nodes of the hierarchical data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Robert J. Munro, Schuyler D. Erle, Christopher Walker, Sarah K. Luger, Jason Brenier, Gary C. King, Paul A. Tepper, Ross Mechanic, Andrew Gilchrist-Scott, Jessica D. Long, James B. Robinson, Brendan D. Callahan, Michelle Casban, Ujjwal Sarin, Aneesh Nair, Veena Basavaraj, Tripti Saxena, Edgar Nunez, Martha G. Hinrichs, Haley Most, Tyler Schnoebelen
  • Publication number: 20210110111
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented for a trained language model to be stored in an efficient manner such that the trained language model may be utilized in virtually any computing device to conduct natural language processing. Unlike other natural language processing engines that may be computationally intensive to the point of being capable of running only on high performance machines, the organization of the natural language models according to the present disclosures allows for natural language processing to be performed even on smaller devices, such as mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Singapore Biotech PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Schulyer D. Erle, Robert J. Munro, Brendan D. Callahan, Gary C. King, Jason Brenier, James B. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20210081611
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for generating natural language models using a novel system architecture for feature extraction. A method for extracting features for natural language processing comprises: accessing one or more tokens generated from a document to be processed; receiving one or more feature types defined by user; receiving selection of one or more feature types from a plurality of system-defined and user-defined feature types, wherein each feature type comprises one or more rules for generating features; receiving one or more parameters for the selected feature types, wherein the one or more rules for generating features are defined at least in part by the parameters; generating features associated with the document to be processed based on the selected feature types and the received parameters; and outputting the generated features in a format common among all feature types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Singapore Biotech PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Robert J. Munro, Schuyler D. Erle, Tyler J. Schnoebelen, Brendan D. Callahan, Jessica D. Long, Gary C. King, Paul A. Tepper, Jason A. Brenier, Stefan Krawczyk
  • Patent number: 10939387
    Abstract: Multi-radio wireless network devices are capable of transmitting and/or receiving data from multiple radiofrequency (RF) networks at different bands. Total transmission power limitations may be in place due to, for example, safety reasons. As a result, active management of transmission power may be performed during simultaneous transmission in different bands and/or networks. In some embodiments, the management may take place on group-by-group basis and a network-by-network basis. Antennas may be grouped based on their relative positions and impact on radiation emitted by the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Indranil S. Sen, Jonathan C. King, Mohit Narang, Prathyusha Sangepu, Qiong Wu, Shrenik Milapchand, Vijay Gadde, Yu Chen
  • Patent number: D958624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Brian C. King, Richard Bothmann, Raymond Kinsley