Patents by Inventor Charles Malone

Charles Malone 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: 12223272
    Abstract: An incident report management system is configured to receive and analyze incident reports relating to workplace accidents and injuries. A natural language processing function utilizes word dictionaries of varying type and scope to reduce an incident description to a set of core components that are far smaller than the input text while also preserving important aspects of the input text. The reduced core component set may be analyzed for meaning, compared to large volumes of historic incident reports, and otherwise processed more quickly and more efficiently whether by an expert function or AI function. In this manner, the system is able to provide real-time feedback during submission of incidents to improve quality and completeness, and after submission of incidents to notify users of serious incidents, provide dashboard analytics, and identify underlying and undiscovered risks in the workplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Benchmark Digital Partners LLC
    Inventors: R Mukund, Matthew Bayuk, Natasha Porter, Vijay Alluru, Charles Malone
  • Publication number: 20230077338
    Abstract: An incident report management system is configured to receive and analyze incident reports relating to workplace accidents and injuries. A natural language processing function utilizes word dictionaries of varying type and scope to reduce an incident description to a set of core components that are far smaller than the input text while also preserving important aspects of the input text. The reduced core component set may be analyzed for meaning, compared to large volumes of historic incident reports, and otherwise processed more quickly and more efficiently whether by an expert function or AI function. In this manner, the system is able to provide real-time feedback during submission of incidents to improve quality and completeness, and after submission of incidents to notify users of serious incidents, provide dashboard analytics, and identify underlying and undiscovered risks in the workplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: R Mukund, Matthew Bayuk, Natasha Porter, Vijay Alluru, Charles Malone
  • Patent number: 6474702
    Abstract: An oven door lock for self-cleaning ovens is described. The oven door lock includes a manually operated latch mechanism moveable from an unlatched state. In the latched state, a thermally responsive element is provided with a pin adapted to be received in a hole defined in the latch mechanism to lock the latch mechanism in the latched state during self-cleaning operation. The oven door lock is provided with a nuisance latch which prevents the latch mechanism from being moved to the latched state during non-self-cleaning use of the oven. A switch is provided to indicate when the latch mechanism is in the latched state. An insulation pad is sandwiched between the switch and a mounting bracket of the oven door lock to thermally and electrically insulate the switch from the oven door lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: France/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Charles Malone, James D. Livers, Jr., James Ramsey
  • Patent number: 4517426
    Abstract: A switch arm connector block for mounting a plurality of spring switchblades in a predetermined array for sequential cooperation with a timer cam and for providing a quick-disconnect connector for electrically connecting the blades to a wiring harness is disclosed. The connector block is formed by a plurality of insulating wafers which encapsulate a plurality of flat, parallel switchblades. The faces of the wafers are spaced from each other by projecting curbs around the perimeters of the wafers and window openings are provided in the wafers so that internal bussing may be provided in the block. End bussing is provided and the end bussing strips are covered by a protective cap having insulating fences for protecting the bussing strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: The Scott & Fetzer Company
    Inventors: James D. Edwards, Charles Malone