Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Moore

Christopher A. Moore 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).

  • Charge air cooler, and intake manifold including the same
    Patent number: 9038609
    Abstract: An air intake manifold for an engine includes an air inlet to receive a flow of compressed charge air, and multiple runners to deliver cooled compressed charge air to corresponding combustion cylinders of the engine. A charge air cooler is arranged within the intake manifold between the air inlet and the runners, and includes a first core section and a second core section. The first and second core sections are arranged fluidly in parallel with respect to the flow of compressed charge air, so that the charge air is divided into a first portion that is substantially directed through the first core section to a first subset of the runners, and a second portion that is substantially directed through the second core section to a second subset of the runners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: Modine Manufacturing Company, Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Steven Meshenky, Jason Braun, Christopher Moore
  • Magnetic electrical contact system
    Patent number: 9030087
    Abstract: A system for completing an electrical circuit includes first and second base contacts electrically isolated from each other, each having a magnetic portion secured thereto, each magnetic portion having an opposite polarity, and each of said base contacts electrically connected to an electrical lead for transmitting an electrical signal through said base contacts. The system also includes first and second mating contacts electrically isolated from each other, each having a magnetic portion of opposite polarity secured thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher Moore
  • Motion-based device operations
    Patent number: 8952895
    Abstract: Methods, program products, and systems of motion-based device operations are described. A mobile device can coordinate operations of a motion sensor and a proximity sensor. The mobile device can determine a gesture event using the motion sensor. The mobile device can determine a proximity event using the proximity sensor. The mobile device can use the gesture event and proximity event to confirm one another, and determine that the mobile device has moved in proximity to a target object following a specified gesture. Upon confirmation, the mobile device can perform a specified task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Christopher T. Mullens, Gregory Novick, Ronald K. Huang, William Matthew Vieta, Xiaoyuan Tu
  • Modular windings for an electric machine
    Patent number: 8946964
    Abstract: The invention incorporates a modular winding system for an electrical machine that includes a plurality of readily assembled modular windings for engaging a plurality of stator teeth of the machine. Windings comprise a pair of opposed legs terminating in upper and lower flanges, and are readily secured together to make consistent electrical contact between adjacent windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher Moore
  • Activity detection
    Patent number: 8892391
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining a presumed activity associated with a mobile device. A plurality of sensor values detected by one or more sensors onboard the mobile device is received over a period of time. A plurality of derived values is calculated from the plurality of sensor values. The derived values are selectively combined to generate one or more abstract values. A presumed activity is identified from a plurality of possible activities based on a level of similarity between the one or more abstract values and expected values of each of the plurality of possible activities that correspond to the one or more abstract values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Tu, Ronald K. Huang, Christopher Moore, Glenn Donald MacGougan, Tusi Chowdhury
  • Patty-Forming Apparatus with Top Feed and Rotary Pump
    Publication number: 20140308387
    Abstract: The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the fill pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Scott A. Lindee, Paul Taylor, Christopher Moore, E. William Wight
  • CHARGE AIR COOLER, AND INTAKE MANIFOLD INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140230797
    Abstract: An air intake manifold for an engine includes an air inlet to receive a flow of compressed charge air, and multiple runners to deliver cooled compressed charge air to corresponding combustion cylinders of the engine. A charge air cooler is arranged within the intake manifold between the air inlet and the runners, and includes a first core section and a second core section. The first and second core sections are arranged fluidly in parallel with respect to the flow of compressed charge air, so that the charge air is divided into a first portion that is substantially directed through the first core section to a first subset of the runners, and a second portion that is substantially directed through the second core section to a second subset of the runners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Steven Meshenky, Jason Braun, Christopher Moore
  • Patty-forming apparatus with top feed and rotary pump
    Patent number: 8801427
    Abstract: The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the fill pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Formax, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Lindee, Paul Taylor, Christopher Moore, E. William Wight
  • PRODUCED WATER TREATMENT TO REMOVE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20140151296
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removing organic contaminants from water may be used, for example, to treat produced water from a steam assisted heavy oil recovery operation. The treated produced water may be re-used to create steam. Alternatively, the produced water may be a blowdown stream treated to facilitate further treatment in a thermal crystallizer. The treatments may include pH adjustment or separating de-solubilized organics or both. Other treatments may include one or more of oxidation, sorption and biological treatments. The treatments may be used alone or in various combinations. One exemplary combination includes reducing the pH of produced water, separating de-solubilized organics from the produced water, and oxidizing the produced water or contacting the produced water with activated carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian Christopher MOORE, Hope MATIS, William Leonard KOSTEDT, IV, David M. POLIZZOTTI, Matthew Alan PETERSEN, Jeffrey Lynn SCHWORM, Anthony Yu-Chung KU
  • Sliding hitch assembly
    Patent number: 8727369
    Abstract: Sliding hitch assemblies including a rail assembly, a support assembly disposed upon and configured to translate between at least two positions along the rail assembly, a hitch head assembly mounted on the support assembly, and a translation lock mechanism including a locking assembly coupled to the support assembly and configured to selectively lock the support assembly in one or more of the at least two positions on the rail assembly, and an actuating assembly configured to actuate the locking assembly, where the actuating assembly is operably coupled to the locking body by an anti-binding assembly. The support assembly may be disposed upon the rail assembly via a glide block that includes a composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: The Coast Distribution System, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney Peterson, Christopher Moore, David Hoover, Dennis A. Castagnoia
  • SENSOR FUSION
    Publication number: 20140121855
    Abstract: Accurate and reliable techniques for determining a current status of an accessory device in relation to an electronic device are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. CRETELLA, JR., Venu Madhav DUGGINENI, Michael Man-Cheung ENG, Ronald Keryuan HUANG, Christopher MOORE, Christopher T. MULLENS
  • PATTY-FORMING APPARATUS WITH BOTTOM FEED AND ROTARY PUMP
    Publication number: 20140079842
    Abstract: The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a the mold plate configured to be driven to reciprocated between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive is reciprocating a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from a cavity in the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated by a mold plate drive between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine further includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Formax, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Lindee, Paul Taylor, Christopher Moore, E. William Wight
  • Personal Fatigue Risk Management System And Method
    Publication number: 20140081179
    Abstract: A system and method for personal fatigue risk management, performed using a smartwatch including a digital processor, associated memory, and an accelerometer for measuring acceleration in X,Y, and Z axes. A signal is received from the accelerometer indicating a movement of the smartwatch, and the value of the signal is stored in association with indicia of the time at which the signal was received in a time-stamped bin. The stored movement values are analyzed using a state algorithm to determine sleep, wake, and off-wrist state values. Fatigue risk values are determined from the sleep and wake state values, using a state algorithm. The probable relative risk of errors and incidents as compared to average risk, for the wearer of the watch, are then calculated. A warning is issued when the fatigue risk data indicates that one of the thresholds has been exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Martin Christopher Moore-Ede
  • Calibrating sensor measurements on mobile devices
    Patent number: 8626465
    Abstract: Sensor measurements are used to detect when a device incorporating the sensor is stationary. While the device is stationary, sensor measurements at a current device temperature are used to estimate model parameters. The model parameters can be used in a state estimator to provide an estimated attitude that can be provided to other applications. In some implementations, the estimated attitude can be used to mitigate interference in other sensor measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Brian Michael King, William Matthew Vieta, Xiaoyuan Tu, Patrick Piemonte
  • Sensor fusion
    Patent number: 8624695
    Abstract: Accurate and reliable techniques for determining a current status of an accessory device in relation to an electronic device are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Cretella, Jr., Venu Madhav Duggineni, Michael Man-Cheung Eng, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Christopher Moore, Christopher T. Mullens
  • Patty-forming apparatus with bottom feed and rotary pump
    Patent number: 8613615
    Abstract: The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a the mold plate configured to be driven to reciprocated between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive is reciprocating a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from a cavity in the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated by a mold plate drive between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine further includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Formax, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Lindee, Paul Taylor, Christopher Moore, E. William Wight
  • ADAPTIVE FRAME RATE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20130328894
    Abstract: Displaying frames on an electronic display. Each frame is characterized by a time. Determining a characteristic of data related to each element of a first set of frames, each frame characterized as within a first time period. Determining a rate of change over time of the characteristic. Determining a frame rate based on the determined rate of change. Displaying a second set of frames at the frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Seejo K. Pylappan
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D709915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Inose, Christopher Moore, Marcel van Os, Eleanor Cady Wachsman
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D711910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Inose, Christopher Moore, Marcel van Os, Eleanor Cady Wachsman
  • Display screen of portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D719578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Inose, Christopher Moore, Marcel van Os, Eleanor Cady Wachsman