Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Mills
Christopher A. Mills 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: 20240148642Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cell housing device and a method of manufacturing such a device that has an array of channels to increase the ratio of surface area to volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: CHRISTOPHER THANOS, Danya M. Lavin, Briannan E. Bintz, Divya Bhatnagar, John Mills, Megan Billings
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Patent number: 11951206Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cell housing device and a method of manufacturing such a device that has an array of channels to increase the ratio of surface area to volume.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Christopher Thanos, Danya M. Lavin, Briannan E. Bintz, Divya Bhatnagar, John Mills, Megan Billings
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Publication number: 20240067326Abstract: An aircraft wing is disclosed having a main fixed wing portion and a wing tip device at a tip thereof. The wing tip device is configurable between a flight configuration and a ground configuration, in which ground configuration the wing tip device is moved away from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. A hinge arrangement connects the main fixed wing portion and the wing tip device and enables the wing tip device to rotate between the ground configuration and the flight configuration. The hinge arrangement protrudes beyond an outer surface of the main fixed wing portion and wing tip device. A fairing covers at least part of the hinge arrangement on at least a suction side of the wing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Oliver FAMILY, Robert MILLS, Christopher GRAY, Thomas WILSON
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Patent number: 11199331Abstract: An oven including a chamber defining an oven cavity with an open front. A rack assembly is slidable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the chamber. A door is provided for closing the open front. A hinge assembly connects the door to the rack assembly. The hinge assembly allows the door to slide between a first position and a second position with respect to the rack assembly. The hinge assembly includes a lock assembly for locking the rack assembly in the extended position. The lock assembly is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The lock assembly is in the unlocked position when the door is in the first position thereby allowing the rack assembly to freely moved, and the lock assembly is in the locked position when the door is in the second position thereby securing the rack assembly in the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Mills, Randy Anderson, Todd Brooks, Santosh Venkappa Pujer, Kiran Kumar Rao, Vikas Venkatramana Naik
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Publication number: 20210350385Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing assistance for customer service agents are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a computing device, customer interaction data that reflects an interaction between a first user and a second user. The actions further include receiving, by the computing device, a customer summary file that reflects characteristics of the first user. The actions further include, based on the customer interaction data and the customer summary file, determining, by the computing device, instructions for the second user to continue interacting with the first user during the interaction between the first user and the second user. The actions further include, based on determining the instructions, providing, for output to the second user, the instructions for the second user to continue interacting with the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: James Ellison, Mark Hanson, Joel Werdell, Stephen King, Christopher Mills, Phoebe Parsons, Kasey Snow
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Publication number: 20210350384Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing assistance for customer service agents are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a computing device, customer interaction data that reflects an interaction between a first user and a second user. The actions further include receiving, by the computing device, a customer summary file that reflects characteristics of the first user. The actions further include, based on the customer interaction data and the customer summary file, determining, by the computing device, instructions for the second user to continue interacting with the first user during the interaction between the first user and the second user. The actions further include, based on determining the instructions, providing, for output to the second user, the instructions for the second user to continue interacting with the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: James Ellison, Mark Hanson, Joel Werdell, Stephen King, Christopher Mills, Phoebe Parsons, Kasey Snow
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Publication number: 20210108802Abstract: An oven including a chamber defining an oven cavity with an open front. A rack assembly is slidable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the chamber. A door is provided for closing the open front. A hinge assembly connects the door to the rack assembly. The hinge assembly allows the door to slide between a first position and a second position with respect to the rack assembly. The hinge assembly includes a lock assembly for locking the rack assembly in the extended position. The lock assembly is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The lock assembly is in the unlocked position when the door is in the first position thereby allowing the rack assembly to freely moved, and the lock assembly is in the locked position when the door is in the second position thereby securing the rack assembly in the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Christopher Mills, Randy Anderson, Todd Brooks, Santosh Venkappa Pujer, Kiran Kumar Rao, Vikas Venkatramana Naik
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Publication number: 20210071874Abstract: A door for a self-clean cooking appliance, such as an oven, is constructed to maintain a low external surface temperature during high temperature operations within the appliance. The door includes three glass panes in spaced apart relation where the spacing between an outermost glass pane and a central glass pane is greater than the spacing between an innermost glass pane and the central glass pane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Sabari Gopalakrishnan, Sooraj Puthiyaveetil, Christopher Mills
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Publication number: 20200308066Abstract: CMC articles and methods for forming CMC articles are provided. In one example aspect, a method for forming a CMC article includes forming a CMC preform defining a first section and a second section. The first section has one or more plies that include sacrificial fibers. The second section of the CMC preform does not include sacrificial fibers. The first and second sections can be laid up to form the CMC prior to thermally processing, e.g., consolidation, firing, and infiltration. When the CMC preform is fired or burned out, the sacrificial fibers are removed or decomposed resulting in formation of channels within the first section of the pyrolyzed CMC preform. The channels are used as gas transport paths during chemical vapor infiltration to facilitate infiltration of a gaseous infiltrant into the fired CMC preform. The channels are then backfilled with a liquid infiltrant during a melt infiltration process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Joseph John Shiang, Ryan Christopher Mills, Jared Hogg Weaver
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Publication number: 20200198734Abstract: Systems and methods are presented of operating a seawater system to reduce fouling. The seawater system may be installed in a waterborne vessel. A method comprises establishing suction in a first manifold, drawing seawater through a first manifold port, and discharging seawater through a second manifold simultaneous to drawing fluid through the first manifold port. The first manifold is in fluid communication with a first manifold port defined by a cover assembly. The second manifold is in fluid communication with a second manifold port defined by the cover assembly. The cover assembly is positioned in contact with a body of seawater.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Eric Christopher MILLS, Ryan Patrick MILLS
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Patent number: 10685283Abstract: A pipeline system for time-series data forecasting using a distributed computing environment is disclosed herein. In one example, a pipeline for forecasting time series is generated. The pipeline represents a sequence of operations for processing the time series to produce modeling results such as forecasts of the time series. The pipeline includes a segmentation operation for categorizing the time series into multiple demand classes based on demand characteristics of the time series. The pipeline also includes multiple sub-pipelines corresponding to the multiple demand classes. Each of the sub-pipelines applies a model strategy to the time series in the corresponding demand class. The model strategy is selected from multiple candidate model strategies based on predetermined relationships between the demand classes and the candidate model strategies. The pipeline is executed to determine the modeling results for the time series.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.Inventors: Yue Li, Michele Angelo Trovero, Phillip Mark Helmkamp, Jerzy Michal Brzezicki, Macklin Carter Frazier, Timothy Patrick Haley, Randy Thomas Solomonson, Sangmin Kim, Steven Christopher Mills, Yung-Hsin Chien, Ron Travis Hodgin, Jingrui Xie
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Publication number: 20200143246Abstract: A pipeline system for time-series data forecasting using a distributed computing environment is disclosed herein. In one example, a pipeline for forecasting time series is generated. The pipeline represents a sequence of operations for processing the time series to produce modeling results such as forecasts of the time series. The pipeline includes a segmentation operation for categorizing the time series into multiple demand classes based on demand characteristics of the time series. The pipeline also includes multiple sub-pipelines corresponding to the multiple demand classes. Each of the sub-pipelines applies a model strategy to the time series in the corresponding demand class. The model strategy is selected from multiple candidate model strategies based on predetermined relationships between the demand classes and the candidate model strategies. The pipeline is executed to determine the modeling results for the time series.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: SAS Institute Inc.Inventors: YUE LI, MICHELE ANGELO TROVERO, PHILLIP MARK HELMKAMP, JERZY MICHAL BRZEZICKI, MACKLIN CARTER FRAZIER, TIMOTHY PATRICK HALEY, RANDY THOMAS SOLOMONSON, SANGMIN KIM, STEVEN CHRISTOPHER MILLS, YUNG-HSIN CHIEN, RON TRAVIS HODGIN, JINGRUI XIE
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Patent number: 10618603Abstract: Systems and methods are presented of operating a seawater system to reduce fouling. The seawater system may be installed in a waterborne vessel. A method comprises establishing suction in a first manifold, drawing seawater through a first manifold port, and discharging seawater through a second manifold simultaneous to drawing fluid through the first manifold port. The first manifold is in fluid communication with a first manifold port defined by a cover assembly. The second manifold is in fluid communication with a second manifold port defined by the cover assembly. The cover assembly is positioned in contact with a body of seawater.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Eric Christopher MILLS et alInventors: Eric Christopher Mills, Ryan Patrick Mills
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Publication number: 20200077182Abstract: A system for detecting sound in a vehicle comprises: at least one structure-borne sensor disposed on at least one contact surface, wherein the at least one structure-borne sensor is configured to be contactable with a transmission medium, and the at least one contact surface is separately arranged from transmission medium which transfers sound inside the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Michael SCHREIBER, Bernd-Uwe PLATZKE, Christopher MILLS
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Patent number: 10508056Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of forming substantially crystalline, dense silicon carbide fibers from infusible polysilazane fibers by utilizing a single stage pyrolysis. The pyrolysis is performed using a continuous process in a single furnace with a constant atmospheric condition. Also disclosed are substantially crystalline, dense silicon carbide fibers formed by these methods.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Anthony Yu-Chung Ku, Gary C. Buczkowski, Ryan Christopher Mills, Peter Kennedy Davis
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Publication number: 20190248448Abstract: Systems and methods are presented of operating a seawater system to reduce fouling. The seawater system may be installed in a waterborne vessel. A method comprises establishing suction in a first manifold, drawing seawater through a first manifold port, and discharging seawater through a second manifold simultaneous to drawing fluid through the first manifold port. The first manifold is in fluid communication with a first manifold port defined by a cover assembly. The second manifold is in fluid communication with a second manifold port defined by the cover assembly. The cover assembly is positioned in contact with a body of seawater.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Eric Christopher Mills, Ryan Patrick Mills
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Patent number: 10163431Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a pickup for a string instrument. The pickup includes: a plurality of pole pieces arranged along a non-linear path and a wire coil formed around said plurality of pole pieces and having a profile corresponding to said non-linear path. Another aspect of the invention provides a string instrument including: the pickup as described herein and a plurality of strings. Each string of said plurality of strings passes over a respective pole piece of said plurality of pole pieces.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Inventor: Christopher Mills
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Publication number: 20180322857Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a pickup for a string instrument. The pickup includes: a plurality of pole pieces arranged along a non-linear path and a wire coil formed around said plurality of pole pieces and having a profile corresponding to said non-linear path. Another aspect of the invention provides a string instrument including: the pickup as described herein and a plurality of strings. Each string of said plurality of strings passes over a respective pole piece of said plurality of pole pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: Christopher Mills
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Patent number: 10016955Abstract: A panel apparatus is described that includes a first sandwich panel and a second sandwich panel arranged substantially parallel to each other, and the first sandwich panel and the second sandwich panel each include a core material inserted between at least two skin layers. The panel apparatus also includes at least one mechanical fastener mechanically embedded into the first sandwich panel and the second sandwich panel. The at least one mechanical fastener at least extends through one skin layer and into the core material of the first sandwich panel and at least extends through one skin layer and into the core material of the second sandwich panel, and the at least one mechanical fastener is configured to accept insertion of an item. Methods of assembling the panel apparatus are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Christopher Mills
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Publication number: 20170297301Abstract: A panel apparatus is described that includes a first sandwich panel and a second sandwich panel arranged substantially parallel to each other, and the first sandwich panel and the second sandwich panel each include a core material inserted between at least two skin layers. The panel apparatus also includes at least one mechanical fastener mechanically embedded into the first sandwich panel and the second sandwich panel. The at least one mechanical fastener at least extends through one skin layer and into the core material of the first sandwich panel and at least extends through one skin layer and into the core material of the second sandwich panel, and the at least one mechanical fastener is configured to accept insertion of an item. Methods of assembling the panel apparatus are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventor: Christopher Mills