Patents by Inventor Charles Cox

Charles Cox 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: 20240117499
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant bimetal includes a part and one or more sacrificial anodes. The part includes a metal component that is susceptible to corrosion. The sacrificial anodes consists of an attachment to the part through a metallic bond between the metal component and the sacrificial anode to form a crystalline solid that includes the sacrificial anode and the metal component of the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
    Inventor: Stephen Charles Cox
  • Patent number: 11846030
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant bimetal includes a part and one or more sacrificial anodes. The part includes a metal component that is susceptible to corrosion. The sacrificial anodes consists of an attachment to the part through a metallic bond between the metal component and the sacrificial anode to form a crystalline solid that includes the sacrificial anode and the metal component of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Stephen Charles Cox
  • Patent number: 11686567
    Abstract: A handrail installation device, including a first arm removably connected to at least a portion of a stair tread, a second arm pivotally disposed at a first end on at least a portion of the first arm to rotate from retracted in parallel with the first arm in a first position to at least partially extended away from the first arm in a second position, and rotate from extended away from the first arm in the second position to retracted in parallel with the first arm in the first position, and a bubble level disposed on at least a portion of the second arm to identify a level surface based on a position of at least one of the first arm and the second arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Blane Lowe, Charles A Cox
  • Publication number: 20230168955
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing a stream of incoming messages sent from a specific input message source and validating each incoming message of that stream before sending them to a specific target system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Crouse, Charles Cox
  • Publication number: 20230117811
    Abstract: A handrail installation device, including a first arm removably connected to at least a portion of a stair tread, a second arm pivotally disposed at a first end on at least a portion of the first arm to rotate from retracted in parallel with the first arm in a first position to at least partially extended away from the first arm in a second position, and rotate from extended away from the first arm in the second position to retracted in parallel with the first arm in the first position, and a bubble level disposed on at least a portion of the second arm to identify a level surface based on a position of at least one of the first arm and the second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Blane Lowe, Charles A. Cox
  • Publication number: 20230060648
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant bimetal includes a part and one or more sacrificial anodes. The part includes a metal component that is susceptible to corrosion. The sacrificial anodes consists of an attachment to the part through a metallic bond between the metal component and the sacrificial anode to form a crystalline solid that includes the sacrificial anode and the metal component of the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
    Inventor: Stephen Charles Cox
  • Patent number: 11544125
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing a stream of incoming messages sent from a specific input message source and validating each incoming message of that stream before sending them to a specific target system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Crouse, Charles Cox
  • Publication number: 20220318916
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using computer vision methods to forecast damage. A computing platform may receive historical images comprising aerial images of residential properties and historical loss data corresponding to the residential properties. Using the historical images and the historical loss data, the computing platform may train a computer vision model, which may configure the computer vision model to output loss prediction information directly from an image. The computing platform may receive a new image corresponding to a particular residential property, and may analyze the new image, using the computer vision model, which may directly result in a likelihood of damage score. Based on the likelihood of damage score, the computing platform may send likelihood of damage information and one or more commands directing a user device to display the likelihood of damage information, which may cause the user device to display the likelihood of damage information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Deborah-Anna Reznek, Adam Sturt, Jeremy Werner, Adam Austin, Amber Parsons, Xiaolan Wu, Ryan Rosenberg, Lizette Lemus Gonzalez, Weizhou Wang, Stephanie Wong, Charles Cox, Jean Utke, Yusuf Mansour, Tia Miceli, Lakshmi Prabha Nattamai Sekar, Meg G. Walters, Dylan Stark, Emily Pavey
  • Publication number: 20220318980
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using computer vision methods for asset evaluation. A computing platform may receive historical images of a plurality of properties and corresponding historical inspection results. Using the historical images and historical inspection results, the computing platform may train a roof waiver model (which may be a computer vision model) to output inspection prediction information directly from an image. The computing platform may receive a new image corresponding to a particular residential property. Using the roof waiver model, the computing platform may analyze the new image to output of a likelihood of passing inspection. The computing platform may send, to a user device and based on the likelihood of passing inspection, inspection information indicating whether or not a physical inspection should be performed and directing the user device to display the inspection information, which may cause the user device to display the inspection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Deborah-Anna Reznek, Adam Sturt, Jeremy Werner, Adam Austin, Amber Parsons, Xiaolan Wu, Ryan Rosenberg, Lizette Lemus Gonzalez, Weizhou Wang, Stephanie Wong, Charles Cox, Jean Utke, Yusuf Mansour, Tia Miceli, Lakshmi Prabha Nattamai Sekar, Meg G. Walters, Dylan Stark, Emily Pavey
  • Publication number: 20210392833
    Abstract: A container gardening structure has a grow tray with multiple growing stations that extend a radially from a central point of the grow tray. A light fixture has multiple lighting elements disposed above the grow tray to radiate light to the grow tray and extending outwardly from a central axis for the light fixture, with the central axis extending upward from the grow tray through the grow tray central point, and the lighting elements extend along the light fixture such that a distance from lighting elements to the grow tray increases in length from a lowest lighting element to a highest lighting element. The light fixture and grow tray move relative to each other such that the growing stations are moved away from lights that are disposed closer to the grow tray and toward lights that are disposed further from the grow tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SynchroSystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Cox
  • Publication number: 20210397493
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing a stream of incoming messages sent from a specific input message source and validating each incoming message of that stream before sending them to a specific target system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Crouse, Charles Cox
  • Patent number: 11157337
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing a stream of incoming messages sent from a specific input message source and validating each incoming message of that stream before sending them to a specific target system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Crouse, Charles Cox
  • Publication number: 20210190758
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring clotting capacity of a patient's blood comprises a probe having a wetted portion, a well to receive a blood sample to contact the wetted portion, a spring element intermediate the wetted portion and a probe support, and a sensor to determine the displacement of the wetted portion resulting from a displacing force imparted to the wetted portion by a clotting blood sample in the well. Embodiments of the apparatus of the present invention may include a variable capacitance displacement sensor, an eddy current variance sensor, a microelectromechanical sensor and an optical instrument. Embodiments of the apparatus may include a current source. The present invention enables reliable detection of mitochondrial dysfunction and sepsis in a blood sample. Embodiments of the apparatus of the invention may be portable. A probe used in such embodiments may be disposable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Brijesh S. Gill, Kevin Aroom, Charles Cox, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10948357
    Abstract: A smart part comprising: a body, manufactured by a three dimensional (3D) additive manufacturing (AM) process, having high-stress and low-stress sections, wherein when the smart part is in operational use the high-stress section is subjected to higher stress than the low-stress section; a resistive strain gauge embedded within the body during the AM process at the high-stress section, wherein the strain gauge is configured to produce a variable output; and a temperature sensor embedded within the body during the AM process at the low-stress section, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to produce a variable output based on temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Stephen Charles Cox
  • Patent number: 10914641
    Abstract: A smart part comprising: a body, manufactured by a three-dimensional (3D) additive manufacturing (AM) process, having high-stress and low-stress sections, wherein when the smart part is in operational use the high-stress section is subjected to higher stress than the low-stress section; and wherein the body comprises a void having a predefined geometry intentionally created within the high-stress section of the body during the AM process, such that the void is completely embedded within the body and is configured to provide quality assurance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Stephen Charles Cox
  • Publication number: 20200282154
    Abstract: A portable apparatus to warm a stream of biocompatible fluid prior to introduction into a patient comprises a heat exchanger base with a first side and a second side, a gas chamber cover coupled to the first side to form a gas chamber therebetween, a fluid warming chamber cover coupled to the second side to form a fluid warming chamber therebetween, an air-fuel mixing chamber with an outlet feeding an inlet to the gas chamber, a catalyst member disposed within a catalyst compartment of the gas chamber to receive an air-fuel mixture from the inlet to the gas chamber, a tortuous pathway between the catalyst compartment and an exhaust port of the gas chamber, an air mover to receive ambient air and discharge air into the air-fuel mixing chamber, and a fuel storage tank connected to feed a stream of fuel gas to the air-fuel mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Brijesh S. Gill, Kevin Aroom, Charles Cox, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200241942
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing a stream of incoming messages sent from a specific input message source and validating each incoming message of that stream before sending them to a specific target system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Crouse, Charles Cox
  • Publication number: 20200200732
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining blood clotting capacity comprises an actuator to cyclically move a member within a sample of blood received in a well in a tray and one of a deflection sensor and a position sensor to determine the position of the wetted member upon being acted upon by the actuator. The theoretical position of the wetted member, as determined using a known actuator force and wetted member physical data, is compared to the sensed deflection or position of the wetted member, and the resistance to movement of the wetted member caused by the blood is determined and correlated to a clotting capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Brijesh S. Gill, Kevin Aroom, Charles Cox, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10688902
    Abstract: In one representative embodiment, a vehicle has a frame, a material hopper mounted on the frame, a swing arm assembly coupled to the frame, and a conveyor mounted on the swing arm assembly. The swing arm assembly can have a support bracket configured to pivot relative to the hopper about a vertical pivot axis, the support bracket also configured to pivot relative to the hopper about a horizontal pivot axis, wherein the support bracket is configured to support the conveyor for pivoting movement of the conveyor relative to the hopper about the vertical pivot axis and about the horizontal pivot axis to move the conveyor from a first, stowed position extending alongside one of the sides of the hopper to a second, use position extending rearwardly away from the rear end of the hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Conveyor Application Systems LLC
    Inventors: Arlen Rexius, Jay Dee Werlinger, Brent Whitley, Jeremy Lee Oesterling, David Looney, Matthew Charles Cox
  • Publication number: 20190392499
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating memorial products using a memorial product design and ordering system (the “design system”). The design system may generally be configured to provide users with a platform, tools, design elements, automated processes, and/or the like for designing, customizing and ordering memorial products. The design system may be configured to present users with graphical or virtual representations of physical memorial products (“virtual product templates”) that may be customized by specifying product characteristics and adding various design elements. In some embodiments, the virtual product templates may be and/or may include photo-realistic and/or three-dimensional (3D) representations of the actual physical memorial products. In this manner, the design system may be configured to provide a customer with a realistic user experience from a virtual and/or online design tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Pete JONES, Patrick Charles COX, Lamonica Jo TITCHNELL