Patents by Inventor Charles A. Jones

Charles A. Jones 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: 20250018126
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a drug delivery device for setting and dispensing doses of a liquid drug which may be used together with a module for detecting the amount of a dose selected and/or delivered. The device comprises a housing and a dose setting and drive mechanism with a dose setting member. The dose setting and drive mechanism is configured to perform a dose setting operation for selecting a dose to be delivered by rotating the dose setting member relative to the housing and a dose delivery operation for delivering the set dose by pushing the dose setting member axially towards the housing without relative rotation therebetween. The dose setting member comprises a set of axially directed stop teeth formed at its distal end which are configured to engage with a set of counterstop teeth located on the housing at the end of the dose delivery operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Tom Alexander Earwaker, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Matthew Meredith Jones, Harry Robert Lester, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior, Robert Veasey
  • Publication number: 20240424981
    Abstract: A communication unit for attachment to a vehicle is provided. The communication unit may include a housing, a mount, a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), and a thermal architecture. The housing may include an enclosure defined by a lens surface and a rear enclosure. The lens surface has an emblem, and the rear enclosure has a vent. The mount may be coupled to the housing and is configured to attach the communication unit to a portion of the vehicle. The PCBA is disposed within the housing and behind the lens surface. The PCBA may include a plurality of light emitting elements configured to illuminate the emblem of the communication unit. The thermal architecture is disposed between the PCBA and the rear enclosure. The thermal architecture is configured to dissipate heat generated by one or more of the PCBA or the plurality of light emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Jones, II, Azhar Kamal Meyer, Marco Antonio Marroquin, Richard Wimmer, Ethan Duncan Eyler, John Sungchun Chiu, Lakshmaiah Brahmasani
  • Patent number: 12156962
    Abstract: Filtering cassettes, filtering systems, and methods for using the same are disclosed. An example filtering cassette may include a cassette housing. An inlet may be coupled to the cassette housing. The inlet may be configured to receive cerebrospinal fluid from a catheter. An outlet may be coupled to the cassette housing. The outlet may be configured to direct filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the catheter. One or more filters may be disposed within the cassette housing. An arcuate surface may be defined along a periphery of the cassette housing. The arcuate surface may be configured to engage a controller assembly when the cassette housing is mounted to the controller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: Bejan Michael Darbandi, Aaron R. Mccabe, Justin Charles Jones
  • Publication number: 20240361451
    Abstract: A method for facilitating the collection of sensor data and vehicle data captured by one or more sensors of a vehicle is provided. The method includes storing sensor data and vehicle data to a portable memory device coupled to a port of a compute system of a vehicle and determining a storage capacity level of the portable memory device. In response to determining that the storage capacity level of the portable memory device has been reached, the method further includes generating one or more notifications indicating that the portable memory device that the storage capacity level of the portable memory device has been reached. The method thus includes transmitting the one or more notifications to a remote central computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Jones, II, Marco Antonio Marroquín, Kevin Danford
  • Patent number: 12097801
    Abstract: An illuminated communication unit for a vehicle is provided. The communication unit may include an enclosure carrying components within a cavity that include a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and a heat sink. The PCBA may include a position sensor in communication with the vehicle and configured to detect a position of the vehicle, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed adjacent to the position sensor and configured to generate a light output. The heat sink may be configured to dissipate heat caused by the plurality of light emitting elements generating the light output. The communication unit may include a diffuser lens that includes a lens surface having an emblem disposed thereon, the diffuser lens being configured to receive the light output generated by the plurality of light emitting elements and diffusely illuminate the emblem. The lens surface may be configured to widely disperse the light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Jones, Azhar Kamal Meyer, Marco Antonio Marroquin, Richard Wimmer, Ethan Duncan Eyler, John Sungchun Chiu, Lakshmaiah Brahmasani
  • Patent number: 12096402
    Abstract: An Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) Mobile Terminal (MT) identifies its geographic location and determines a New Radio Licensed (NR-L) frequency band and a New Radio Unlicensed (NR-U) frequency band based on the location. The IAB MT determines received signal strengths for the frequency bands. The IAB MT compares the received signal strengths to and select the NR-U frequency band. The IAB MT wirelessly exchanges network signaling over the NR-U frequency band and establishes an IAB link over the NR-U frequency band. A Radio Unit (RU) wirelessly exchanges user data with wireless User Equipment (UEs) and exchanges the user data with a Distributed Unit (DU). The DU exchanges the user data with the IAB MT. The IAB MT wirelessly exchanges the user data over the IAB link using the NR-U frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: David Charles Jones
  • Publication number: 20240292341
    Abstract: Methods, media, and systems are provided for optimizing coverage and power usage in a network deploying an unlicensed band. A first transmission power associated with a primary carrier and a second transmission power associated with a secondary carrier are determined. Location data and channel state information from a user device utilizing the primary carrier and the secondary carrier are received. An interference level may be determined using the channel state information. Based on the location data and the interference level, the second transmission power associated with the secondary carrier is reduced and the first transmission power of the primary carrier is increased. In some aspects, a beamforming technique is applied for downlink transmissions via a 5G New Radio unlicensed band. In some aspects, upon detection of an increase of 3 dBi antenna gain, the second transmission power is reduced by 1 dBm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: David Charles Jones, Anokhi Shah
  • Publication number: 20240285840
    Abstract: Filtering device for filtering cerebrospinal fluid are disclosed. An example filtering device may include a filter housing having an inlet for receiving cerebrospinal fluid from a patient and an outlet for returning filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the patient. The filter housing may include a plurality of layers coupled together and defining a fluid pathway therein between the inlet and the outlet. A filtering section may be defined within the filter housing along the fluid pathway. The filtering section may include a widened region of the fluid pathway that is configured to slow the passage of fluid therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: JUSTIN CHARLES JONES, MATTHEW JOHN HILL, ELIZABETH CHRISTINE JOHNSON, BRETT JACOB ANDREAS, LUCAS JOHN SHEEHAN, NATHAN MUEGGENBERG, CHASE KNIGHT-SCOTT, DAVID JOHN DEROODE
  • Patent number: 12032056
    Abstract: A universal sensor assembly for mounting on a vehicle is provided. The universal sensor assembly includes a sensor suite. The sensor suite includes a baseplate and a sensor being supported by the baseplate. The sensor including a field of view (FOV) associated with detecting objects within an environment surrounding the vehicle. The universal sensor assembly further includes a support structure. The support structure includes a set of detachable attachment mechanisms supporting the baseplate. The set of detachable attachment mechanisms is included on a rooftop of the vehicle at positions that are based on surface parameters associated with the rooftop and a support component supporting the baseplate. The one support component is disposed at a position on the rooftop that is based on the surface parameters so that the FOV of the sensor is unoccluded by any portion of the vehicle and the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Jones, II, Marco Antonio Marroquín, Kevin Danford
  • Patent number: 12005171
    Abstract: Filtering device for filtering cerebrospinal fluid are disclosed. An example filtering device may include a filter housing having an inlet for receiving cerebrospinal fluid from a patient and an outlet for returning filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the patient. The filter housing may include a plurality of layers coupled together and defining a fluid pathway therein between the inlet and the outlet. A filtering section may be defined within the filter housing along the fluid pathway. The filtering section may include a widened region of the fluid pathway that is configured to slow the passage of fluid therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: Justin Charles Jones, Matthew John Hill, Elizabeth Christine Johnson, Brett Jacob Andreas, Lucas John Sheehan, Nathan Mueggenberg, Chase Knight-Scott, David John Deroode
  • Patent number: 12010632
    Abstract: Methods, media, and systems are provided for optimizing coverage and power usage in a network deploying an unlicensed band. A first transmission power associated with a primary carrier and a second transmission power associated with a secondary carrier are determined. Location data and channel state information from a user device utilizing the primary carrier and the secondary carrier are received. An interference level may be determined using the channel state information. Based on the location data and the interference level, the second transmission power associated with the secondary carrier is reduced and the first transmission power of the primary carrier is increased. In some aspects, a beamforming technique is applied for downlink transmissions via a 5G New Radio unlicensed band. In some aspects, upon detection of an increase of 3 dBi antenna gain, the second transmission power is reduced by 1 dBm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: David Charles Jones, Anokhi Shah
  • Publication number: 20240063985
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer-readable storage media are provided. Carrier aggregation capability information can be received from a UE. The carrier aggregation capability information can comprise a maximum supported bandwidth multiplied by MIMO layers. The maximum supported layers bandwidth is then utilized in conjunction with one or more network resource parameters to configure carrier aggregation on the UE, with the total bandwidth of carrier aggregation multiplied by MIMO layers configured on the UE does not exceed the maximum supported layers bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: William Martin SHVODIAN, David Charles JONES
  • Publication number: 20240064525
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein provide for adjustment of a spectrum sharing allocation between devices operating on 5G and/or 6G technologies. An inter-operator scheduler receives common signals associated with 5G and/or 6G devices and determines time and/or frequency divisions and configurations to a shared technology spectrum to allocate spectrum resources. In response to determining an allocation of the shared spectrum, the shared spectrum can be efficiently shared among 5G and 6G devices in a dynamic and flexible manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Dinesh Arcot Kumar, Anokhi Shah, Scott Francis Migaldi, George Frantz Cummings, III, John Joseph Humbert, IV, William Martin Shvodian, David Charles Jones, Pascale Dumit
  • Patent number: 11777601
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing wireless communications for a device. The methods can include receiving an indication from a device that the device is capable of receiving data via optical transmission. The methods can also include utilizing an optical transmitter to transmit one or more packets of data to the device via optical transmission. The methods can also include utilizing an antenna element to transmit one or more packets of data to the device via radio frequency (RF) transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventor: David Charles Jones
  • Publication number: 20230269671
    Abstract: Methods, media, and systems are provided for optimizing coverage and power usage in a network deploying an unlicensed band. A first transmission power associated with a primary carrier and a second transmission power associated with a secondary carrier are determined. Location data and channel state information from a user device utilizing the primary carrier and the secondary carrier are received. An interference level may be determined using the channel state information. Based on the location data and the interference level, the second transmission power associated with the secondary carrier is reduced and the first transmission power of the primary carrier is increased. In some aspects, a beamforming technique is applied for downlink transmissions via a 5G New Radio unlicensed band. In some aspects, upon detection of an increase of 3 dBi antenna gain, the second transmission power is reduced by 1 dBm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: David Charles JONES, Anokhi SHAH
  • Publication number: 20230209506
    Abstract: An Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) Mobile Terminal (MT) identifies its geographic location and determines a New Radio Licensed (NR-L) frequency band and a New Radio Unlicensed (NR-U) frequency band based on the location. The IAB MT determines received signal strengths for the frequency bands. The IAB MT compares the received signal strengths to and select the NR-U frequency band. The IAB MT wirelessly exchanges network signaling over the NR-U frequency band and establishes an IAB link over the NR-U frequency band. A Radio Unit (RU) wirelessly exchanges user data with wireless User Equipment (UEs) and exchanges the user data with a Distributed Unit (DU). The DU exchanges the user data with the IAB MT. The IAB MT wirelessly exchanges the user data over the IAB link using the NR-U frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: David Charles Jones
  • Publication number: 20230195565
    Abstract: In described examples, a memory system is accessed by reading a data line and error detection bits for the data line from a first memory. The data line and the error detection bits from the first memory are decoded to determine if an error is present in the data line from the first memory. A copy of the data line and the error detection bits are stored in a second memory. The copy of the data line and error detection bits are read from the second memory. The copy of the data line and error detection bits are decoded to determine if an error is present in the copy of the data line from the second memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Ruchi Shankar, Tejas Dhanajirao Salunkhe, Trevor Charles Jones
  • Patent number: 11674812
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine at least one potential route for navigating a vehicle within a geographic region. A score that measures a comfort level associated with the potential route can be determined, wherein the score is determined based on at least one sensor map that segments the geographic region into a grid of cells, and wherein the comfort level for the potential route is determined based at least in part on cells through which the vehicle travels while navigating along the potential route. A determination is made whether to use the potential route for navigating the vehicle based at least in part on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Sammy Omari, Joseph Patrick Wendell Whinnery, Alfred Charles Jones, II
  • Patent number: D1019432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Daniel Fields, Alfred Charles Jones, II, Kevin David Page, Alexander Charles Granieri, Johan Ulrich Lewin Jessen, David Timothy Milton
  • Patent number: D1025684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Everywhere Joe LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Charles Jones Risberg, Nicholas Conrad Yehle