Patents by Inventor Charles Dudley
Charles Dudley 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).
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Publication number: 20240087779Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an electrical power surge arresting apparatus. Specifically, the surge arresting apparatus may be implemented within a port of an electrical power cord. In some embodiments, the surge arresting power cable comprises a plurality of conductive plates that may be attached to the hot, neutral, and ground leads of the electrical power cord. A plurality of Metal Oxide Varistors (MOV) may be positioned between the plurality of conductive plates. The plurality of conductive plates may be directly coupled to or comprise a plurality of conductive clips that may be configured to directly couple to a surge protected electronic device. Accordingly, there are no leads between the surge protecting device and the surge protected electronic device. The surge arresting device may further comprise one or more capacitors serving as a low-pass filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: David A. Kleeberg, Charles Dudley, Kyle A. Lyke
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Patent number: 11763296Abstract: A device configured to receive a service request for modifying a user account. The device is further configured to add an entry in a service request log and in an event log in response to receiving the first service request. The device is further configured to apply the modifications instructions from the service request to a current status of the user account in a status log and to modify the current status of the user account in the status log. The device is further configured to determine a second data control device is associated with the user account. The device is further configured to determine the first set of service instructions based on the updated first current status of the user account, to generate a second service request that comprises the first set of service instructions, and to send the second service request to the second network device.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Christopher Papernik, John H. Kling, Nathaniel B. Clark, Brian Russell Iverson, Charles Dudley, Paul Joseph Harding
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Patent number: 11658832Abstract: A device configured to receive a service request for modifying a user account. The device is further configured to add an entry in a service request log and an event log in response to receiving the service request. The device is further configured to query a status log to determine a current status of the user account. The device is further configured to apply modification instructions from the service request to the current status of the user account to update the current status of the user account and to modify the current status of the user account in the status log. The device is further configured to identify a provisioning service device that is associated with the user account, to determine service instructions for the provisioning service device based on the updated current status of the user account, and to send the service instructions to the provisioning service device.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Christopher Papernik, John H. Kling, Nathaniel B. Clark, Brian Russell Iverson, Charles Dudley, Paul Joseph Harding
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Patent number: 11593351Abstract: A device configured to receive a first current status for a user account from a provisioning service device. The device is further configured to query a status log using to determine a second current status of the user account. The device is further configured to compare the first current status for the user account from the provisioning service device to the second current status of the user account in the status log, to determine the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account, and to update one of the status log and the provisioning service device in response to determining that the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Christopher Papernik, John H. Kling, Nathaniel B. Clark, Brian Russell Iverson, Charles Dudley, Paul Joseph Harding
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Patent number: 11573953Abstract: A device configured to receive a first current status for a user account from the provisioning service device. The device is further configured to send a query to a plurality of data control devices to determine a second current status for the user account from the status logs of the plurality of data control devices. The device is further configured to determine the first current status for the user account from the provisioning service device does not match a second current status of the user account from a status log of a first data control device from among the data control devices. The device is further configured to update one of the status log of the first data control device and the provisioning service device in response to determining that the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Christopher Papernik, John H. Kling, Nathaniel B. Clark, Brian Russell Iverson, Charles Dudley, Paul Joseph Harding
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Publication number: 20220092053Abstract: A device configured to receive a first current status for a user account from a provisioning service device. The device is further configured to query a status log using to determine a second current status of the user account. The device is further configured to compare the first current status for the user account from the provisioning service device to the second current status of the user account in the status log, to determine the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account, and to update one of the status log and the provisioning service device in response to determining that the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Christopher Papernik, John H. Kling, Nathaniel B. Clark, Brian Russell Iverson, Charles Dudley, Paul Joseph Harding
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Publication number: 20220092054Abstract: A device configured to receive a first current status for a user account from the provisioning service device. The device is further configured to send a query to a plurality of data control devices to determine a second current status for the user account from the status logs of the plurality of data control devices. The device is further configured to determine the first current status for the user account from the provisioning service device does not match a second current status of the user account from a status log of a first data control device from among the data control devices. The device is further configured to update one of the status log of the first data control device and the provisioning service device in response to determining that the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Christopher Papernik, John H. Kling, Nathaniel B. Clark, Brian Russell Iverson, Charles Dudley, Paul Joseph Harding
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Publication number: 20220092585Abstract: A device configured to receive a service request for modifying a user account. The device is further configured to add an entry in a service request log and in an event log in response to receiving the first service request. The device is further configured to apply the modifications instructions from the service request to a current status of the user account in a status log and to modify the current status of the user account in the status log. The device is further configured to determine a second data control device is associated with the user account. The device is further configured to determine the first set of service instructions based on the updated first current status of the user account, to generate a second service request that comprises the first set of service instructions, and to send the second service request to the second network device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Christopher Papernik, John H. Kling, Nathaniel B. Clark, Brian Russell Iverson, Charles Dudley, Paul Joseph Harding
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Publication number: 20220094752Abstract: A device configured to receive a service request for modifying a user account. The device is further configured to add an entry in a service request log and an event log in response to receiving the service request. The device is further configured to query a status log to determine a current status of the user account. The device is further configured to apply modification instructions from the service request to the current status of the user account to update the current status of the user account and to modify the current status of the user account in the status log. The device is further configured to identify a provisioning service device that is associated with the user account, to determine service instructions for the provisioning service device based on the updated current status of the user account, and to send the service instructions to the provisioning service device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Christopher Papernik, John H. Kling, Nathaniel B. Clark, Brian Russell Iverson, Charles Dudley, Paul Joseph Harding
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Publication number: 20200382911Abstract: Servers and methods for determining geo-relevant interactive assets are provided. A server and method can be configured to determine a starting location, a direction, and a speed of travel. The server can then calculate future location information, and use the future location information to filter one or more geo-relevant interactive assets. Filtered geo-relevant interactive assets can be added to a map, and current location information can be determined. Geo-relevant interactive assets can be played or displayed according to the current location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Gotham Studios, Inc.Inventors: Peter Neal Nissen, Arriènne Monique Lezak, Russell Johnson, Charles Dudley
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Patent number: 9993632Abstract: A connection between a guard tube and a needle holder for a syringe for injecting medication into an IV bag, the guard tube having a needle holder receiving end having an aperture for the needle holder to be inserted from the outside, the aperture terminating at an inner end face, the needle holder having an aperture-penetrating portion having a rim wider than the aperture, or than a step in the aperture, that can be pushed through the aperture to snap fit over the end face or over the step and resist retraction therefrom by a force F which is greater than forces normally experienced by the aperture penetrating portion after it has effected a snap fit.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Gamolin LimitedInventor: Charles Dudley
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Publication number: 20160346527Abstract: A connection between a guard tube and a needle holder for a syringe for injecting medication into an IV bag, the guard tube having a needle holder receiving end having an aperture for the needle holder to be inserted from the outside, the aperture terminating at an inner end face, the needle holder having an aperture-penetrating portion having a rim wider than the aperture, or than a step in the aperture, that can be pushed through the aperture to snap fit over the end face or over the step and resist retraction therefrom by a force F which is greater than forces normally experienced by the aperture penetrating portion after it has effected a snap fit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventor: CHARLES DUDLEY
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Patent number: 9432119Abstract: A contactless connector module includes first and second fiber optic connector assemblies. The first fiber optic connector assembly includes a first fiber optic cable and a first connector provided at an end of the first fiber optic cable. The first connector includes a first converter converting between optical and electrical signals and a first communication chip electrically connected to the first converter. The first communication chip is configured to transmit wireless RF signals. The second fiber optic connector assembly includes a second fiber optic cable and a second connector provided at an end of the second fiber optic cable. The second connector includes a second converter converting between optical and electrical signals and a second communication chip electrically connected to the second converter. The second communication chip is configured to receive the wireless RF signals from the first communication chip.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Charles Dudley Copper, Sean Patrick McCarthy, Terry Patrick Bowen
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Publication number: 20150265826Abstract: A connection between a guard tube and a needle holder for a syringe for injecting medication into an IV bag, the guard tube having a needle holder receiving end having an aperture for the needle holder to be inserted from the outside, the aperture terminating at an inner end face, the needle holder having an aperture-penetrating portion having a rim wider than the aperture, or than a step in the aperture, that can be pushed through the aperture to snap fit over the end face or over the step and resist retraction therefrom by a force F which is greater than forces normally experienced by the aperture penetrating portion after it has effected a snap fit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventor: CHARLES DUDLEY
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Patent number: 8941624Abstract: A touch sensor comprises a substrate capable of propagating acoustic waves and includes a first surface having a touch sensitive region. A first sidewall intersects the first surface along a first edge. The first edge is configured to propagate a first acoustic wave along the first edge. The first acoustic wave may be a one-dimensional edge wave. A wave converter converts the first acoustic wave to a second acoustic wave, and the first surface is configured to propagate the second acoustic wave across the touch sensitive region.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignees: Touch Panel Systems, K.K., Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Joel C. Kent, Paulo I. Gomes, Paul Jerome Fehrenbach, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Charles Dudley Copper, Ingrid Adler
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Publication number: 20140270790Abstract: A contactless connector module includes first and second fiber optic connector assemblies. The first fiber optic connector assembly includes a first fiber optic cable and a first connector provided at an end of the first fiber optic cable. The first connector includes a first converter converting between optical and electrical signals and a first communication chip electrically connected to the first converter. The first communication chip is configured to transmit wireless RF signals. The second fiber optic connector assembly includes a second fiber optic cable and a second connector provided at an end of the second fiber optic cable. The second connector includes a second converter converting between optical and electrical signals and a second communication chip electrically connected to the second converter. The second communication chip is configured to receive the wireless RF signals from the first communication chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Charles Dudley Copper, Sean Patrick McCarthy, Terry Patrick Bowen
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Publication number: 20140017940Abstract: A layered connector includes a transmission unit having a supporting dielectric cell and an exposing dielectric cell. The supporting dielectric cell has a first surface supporting a signal conductor extending to a mating end of the supporting dielectric cell. The exposing dielectric cell is laminated to the first surface such that the signal conductor is positioned between the supporting dielectric cell and the exposing dielectric cell. The exposing dielectric cell is positioned on the first surface such that a portion of the first surface at the mating end and a portion of the signal conductor is exposed for direct electrical connection of the signal conductor to a mating component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Bicheng Chen, Sean Patrick McCarthy, Charles Dudley Copper
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Patent number: 8511632Abstract: A suspension system for a cryostat includes a coupling mechanism, a fixation body, and a pin. The coupling mechanism is joined to an outer vessel and coupled with a strap. The fixation body is joined to an inner vessel. The fixation body extends between a front side that faces the coupling mechanism and an opposite receiving side with an interior channel extending from the receiving side to the front side. The channel defines a front opening in the front side and a rear opening in the receiving side. The pin is loaded into the fixation body through the rear opening in the receiving side of the fixation body with the strap looped around the pin and extending through the front opening to the coupling mechanism. The pin secures the coupling mechanism to the fixation body via the strap by engaging the fixation body inside the channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Derakhshan, William Einziger, Longzhi Jiang, Timothy Wise, Venkata Krishnan Veeraraghavan Narayanan, Charles Helms, Charles Dudley Yarborough
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Patent number: 8272904Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a main conductive member and a tap conductive member separately fabricated from one another. Each of the main and tap conductive members including at least one conductor receiving channel, wherein the main and tap conductive members together include at least three channels configured to receive conductors therein and extending along three different channel axes. The channel(s) of the main conductive member is configured to receive a main power line conductor, and the channel(s) of the tap conductive member is configured to receive a tap power line conductor.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventor: Charles Dudley Copper
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Publication number: 20120182269Abstract: A touch sensor comprises a substrate capable of propagating acoustic waves and includes a first surface having a touch sensitive region. A first sidewall intersects the first surface along a first edge. The first edge is configured to propagate a first acoustic wave along the first edge. The first acoustic wave may be a one-dimensional edge wave. A wave converter converts the first acoustic wave to a second acoustic wave, and the first surface is configured to propagate the second acoustic wave across the touch sensitive region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Joel C. Kent, Paulo I. Gomes, Robert Adler, Ingrid Adler, Paul Jerome Fehrenbach, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Charles Dudley Copper