Patents by Inventor Christopher A. James

Christopher A. James 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: 11834104
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transportation of equipment, generally but not necessarily limited to sporting equipment. Generally, the apparatus described herein comprises a collapsible or foldable frame adapted for installation in the bed of a pickup truck or similar vehicle, where the apparatus can be unfolded to a “deployment configuration” in which elongated equipment may be securely attached to the apparatus for transportation. The apparatus generally comprises two opposing rails with bracing and equipment storage elements mounted in between, foldable at about a midpoint for easy of storage when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher James Dix
  • Publication number: 20230382766
    Abstract: A fluid treatment system and method of aligning and securing mechanical components within the system. The system comprises a container base with vertically extending sidewalls forming a sump, and a tank retainer disposed on the base within the sump. A system plate encapsulates the sump, and may include a bridge member projecting from the plate's top surface. A media bottle's bottom surface is placed within the tank retainer, and the media bottle's neck is received by an annular collar of the system plate such that the media bottle is secured within the system and movement of the media bottle within the sump is inhibited and/or restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher James Fangman, Marty Louis Sobeck, Ryan Jeffrey Boyd
  • Patent number: 11825985
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a plurality of electric heating elements, and a heat shield. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber and an exhaust path downstream therefrom to direct vapor from the cabinet. The plurality of electric heating elements may be mounted within the cabinet. The heat shield may be mounted within the cabinet. The heat shield may extend along a shield plane from a first end to a second end. The heat shield may define a plurality of vent channels spaced apart along the shield plane from the first end to the second end. The plurality of vent channels may be disposed in fluid communication between the cooking chamber and the exhaust path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher James Adelmann
  • Patent number: 11829892
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting and correcting anomalies in computer-based reasoning systems are provided herein. The techniques can include obtaining current context data and determining a contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and a reasoning model. The reasoning model may have been determined based on one or more sets of training data. The techniques may cause performance of the contextually-determined action and, potentially, receiving an indication that performing the contextually-determined action in the current context resulted in an anomaly. The techniques include determining a portion of the reasoning model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action based on the obtained context data and causing removal of the portion of the model that caused the determination of the contextually-determined action, to produce a corrected reasoning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher James Hazard
  • Patent number: 11829370
    Abstract: Data structures and applications are defined with the point-and-click visual tools or speech recognition and recorded as metadata descriptions, which are converted at runtime to generate underlying software code (e.g., C #, SQL, JavaScript, etc.) to implement the application. The data structures include application data elements described in a data serialization format, such as JSON, are stored in a NoSQL database. Each application data element includes fields that each represent an individual value. Each field is defined with a label, a data type, and attributes. The data structures also describe relationships or links between application data elements, as well as data-driven or time-based rules that drive further data manipulation and interactions within and external to the programming development environment through a variety of interfaces (e.g., HTTP, SMTP, SMS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher James Aversano
  • Publication number: 20230379362
    Abstract: Techniques for using honeypots to lure attackers and gather data about attackers and attack patterns on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) instances. The gathered data may then be analyzed and used to proactively prevent such attacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher James Ries, Nikkolas Anthony Lavorato, Kevin Raymond, JR., Philip Nathan Andrews, III, Christa Agnes Johnson Scura
  • Publication number: 20230372610
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with tubing sets operatively connected to a medication deliver device, where the apparatus constricts fluid flow within the tubing are described for deliver a therapeutic medication to a patient, the apparatus operatively engages an outside surface of the tubing set causing compression of the tubing and reducing an inner diameter of the tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Michael Coyne, III, Christopher James Franzese, Molly Christine Larson-Wakeman, Alejandra Linares Martinez, Matthew Conner D'Auria, Katherine Ford Brigham, Sebastian Karlsson, Christoph Egloff, Madeleine Hayden Anderson
  • Patent number: 11823080
    Abstract: The techniques herein include using an input context to determine a suggested action and/or cluster. Explanations may also be determined and returned along with the suggested action. The explanations may include (i) one or more most similar cases to the suggested case (e.g., the case associated with the suggested action) and, optionally, a conviction score for each nearby cases; (ii) action probabilities, (iii) excluding cases and distances, (iv) archetype and/or counterfactual cases for the suggested action; (v) feature residuals; (vi) regional model complexity; (vii) fractional dimensionality; (viii) prediction conviction; (ix) feature prediction contribution; and/or other measures such as the ones discussed herein, including certainty. The explanation data may be used to determine whether to perform a suggested action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Diveplane Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Michael Resnick, Christopher Fusting
  • Patent number: 11822413
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for reducing power consumption at an electromechanical gun. The electromechanical gun may transition to an inactive state to reduce power consumption, and the electromechanical gun may transition to an active state to perform a system check procedure or to allow a projectile to be fired from the electromechanical gun. The electromechanical gun may identify a sleep event based on an analysis of an output of a first electronic component, compute an estimated time duration based on an amount of electric charge remaining in the energy store, set a sleep timer according to the estimated time duration, and transition to the inactive state by terminating a power supply of a second electronic component. The electromechanical gun may transition to the active state in response to the sleep timer elapsing or a second output indicating that a user is touching the electromechanical gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Biofire Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Owens, Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Karl Fredrick Brakora
  • Patent number: 11824030
    Abstract: An electronics package includes an electrically insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface, an adhesive layer positioned on the first surface of the electrically insulating substrate, and an electrical component having a top surface coupled to the adhesive layer on a surface thereof opposite the electrically insulating substrate, the electrical component having contact pads on the top surface. Vias are formed through the electrically insulating substrate and the adhesive layer at locations corresponding to the contact pads by way of a mechanical punching operation, with each of the vias having a via wall extending from the second surface of the electrically insulating substrate to a respective contact pad. At each via, the electrically insulating substrate comprises a protrusion extending outwardly from the first surface thereof so as to cover at least part of the adhesive layer in forming part of the via wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher James Kapusta, Youichi Nishihara
  • Publication number: 20230368527
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing scene understanding can include obtaining a plurality of images, stitching images associated with the scene, detecting objects in the scene, and providing information associated with the objects in the scene. The systems and methods can include determining filter tags or query tags that can be selected to filter the plurality of objects, which can then be provided as information to the user to provide further insight on the scene. The information may be provided in an augmented-reality experience via text or other user-interface elements anchored to objects in the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jessica Lee, Christopher James Kelley, Alok Aggarwal, Harshit Kharbanda
  • Publication number: 20230365531
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula I: and their use as anti-viral agents for inhibition of the replication of hRSV and hMPV and treatment and prophylaxis of hRSV and hMPV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Brett R. Ambler, Kira A. Armacost, Christopher James Bungard, Danielle M. Hurzy, Peter J. Manley, Kelly Ann S. Schlegel, Linda M. Suen-Lai, Mahdieh Yazdani
  • Publication number: 20230365551
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and their use for the treatment of hRSV and hMPV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Brett R. Ambler, Kira A. Armacost, Christopher James Bungard, Danielle M. Hurzy, Peter J. Manley, Kelly-Ann S. Schlegel, Linda M. Suen-Lai, Mahdieh Yazdani
  • Patent number: 11818210
    Abstract: Systems and methods of writing data acquired from measurement instrumentation. Embodiments include establishing a direct data connection between the test equipment and a network storage drive, generating test data from a sample under test, and writing the test data to the network storage drive without assistance of a computerized controlling device configured to control the testing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Measurement Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Ward, Brian Sayers
  • Patent number: 11813328
    Abstract: A method for reducing the viscosity of a pharmaceutical formulation is provided that utilizes a viscosity-reducing concentration of an excipient selected from the group consisting of the n-acetyl arginine, n-acetyl lysine, n-acetyl proline and mixtures thereof in combination with a therapeutiv protein. A stable pharmaceutical formulation is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Christopher James Sloey, Sekhar Kanapuram
  • Publication number: 20230355872
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods described herein monitor when the fluid path of a medication in a parenteral medication delivery device is established or interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Matthew Beggs, Christopher James Sleckman, Glen Robert Kleinschmidt, Aravindh Shanmuganathan
  • Publication number: 20230356987
    Abstract: A system for visually maintaining a predetermined minimum approach distance between load handling equipment and energized electrical equipment includes at least two elongate electrically insulating members that have lengths that correspond to the predetermined minimum approach distance that are mounted to at least a distal end of the load handling equipment so that they extend orthogonally outwardly from the distal end by substantially the predetermined minimum approach distance. One of the insulating members is rotatably mounted using a counterweight so as to be vertical, independent of the orientation of the load handling equipment. In use, when the distal end is in the vicinity of the energized electrical equipment, the insulating members provide visual indication that the predetermined minimum approach is being maintained and is not being encroached. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Palmer, Randolph Bolton Cassidy, Jonathan Breaux Pipsair, Christopher James Snapp, Derek Michael Helmke, Peter Raymond McKay, JR., Trevor Stanley Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230349484
    Abstract: A fluid transfer device can include a first attachment portion configured to engage a first port of a source container and a second attachment portion configured to engage a second port of an intermediate container. The first attachment portion can include a first projection defining a first fluid passage and the second attachment portion can include a second projection defining a second fluid passage. The fluid transfer device can further include a selector portion for selectively transitioning the fluid transfer device from a first configuration in which a flow path between the first and second fluid passages is closed to a second configuration in which the flow path between the first and second fluid passages is open. The fluid transfer device can further include a limiter configured to inhibit the selector portion from selectively transitioning the fluid transfer device from the first configuration to the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Amanda Punim, David Nelson, Erik Scott Shauver, Christopher James Hughes
  • Publication number: 20230351228
    Abstract: The techniques herein include using an input context to determine a suggested action. One or more explanations may also be determined and returned along with the suggested action. The one or more explanations may include (i) one or more most similar cases to the suggested case (e.g., the case associated with the suggested action) and, optionally, a conviction score for each nearby cases; (ii) action probabilities, (iii) excluding cases and distances, (iv) archetype and / or counterfactual cases for the suggested action; (v) feature residuals; (vi) regional model complexity; (vii) fractional dimensionality; (viii) prediction conviction; (ix) feature prediction contribution; (x) conviction ratio; (xi) contribution ratio; and / or other measures such as the ones discussed herein, including certainty. In some embodiments, the explanation data may be used to determine whether to perform a suggested action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher James Hazard, Michael Resnick, Christopher Fusting
  • Patent number: 11802122
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of Nav1.8 channel activity and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by Nav1.8 channel activity. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of pain disorders, cough disorders, acute itch disorders, and chronic itch disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, Ian M. Bell, Christopher James Bungard, Christopher S. Burgey, Jason M. Cox, Michael J. Kelly, III, Mark E. Layton, Hong Liu, Jian Liu, James J. Perkins, Akshay A. Shah, Michael David VanHeyst, Zhe Wu