Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Williams

Christopher A. Williams 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).

  • Publication number: 20250151223
    Abstract: Disclosed is a modular power system. The modular power system comprises a high current backplane for providing electrical connections, the high current backplane comprises a plurality of slots wherein each slot is configured to receive a power module from a plurality of power modules, and wherein a power module of the plurality of power modules can be removably coupled to a slot of the plurality of slots; and at least one memory device configured to store configuration data for one or more of the plurality of power modules, wherein each power module of the plurality of power modules comprises a processor operatively coupled with the at least one memory device to employ the configuration data for a desired operation of the modular power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher William Fotherby
  • Publication number: 20250146322
    Abstract: A mesh fence which includes a series of spaced vertical stay wires crossed by a series of spaced horizontal line wires, with at least some of the intersections of the stay wires and line wires secured by a knot, in which at least one of the line wires is made of barbed wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Brent HITCHINGS, David Jethro MILLER, Mark William ULLRICH
  • Publication number: 20250146826
    Abstract: The disclosed examples are directed to systems and methods for performing co-presence estimation. The systems and methods detect, by a first device associated with a first user, a beacon signal generated by a second device associated with a second user and generate co-presence information representing proximity between the first device and the second device based on detecting the beacon signal. The systems and methods select a graphical indicator from a plurality of graphical indicators of co-presence based on the generated co-presence information and present a proximity graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a map portion and a co-presence portion using the selected graphical indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: John Jacob Christie, Rebecca Leigh Maxworth, Christopher James Meschino, Dylan Babbs, Jacqueline Yilan Ji, Jordan Ponce, Steven William Schelter
  • Patent number: 12292876
    Abstract: A computing machine receives a plurality of observations. The computing machine generates an observation data structure. The computing machine extends, in accordance with the causal structures and hierarchical relationships, the observation data structure to include predicted states or predicted actions that are not from the plurality of observations. The computing machine reduces, in accordance with consistency rules stored in a memory of the computing machine, the extended observation data structure. The computing machine provides an output associated with the reduced observation data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Smart Information Flow Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher William Geib, Scott Ehrlich Friedman, Pavan Kantharaju, Robert Prescott Goldman
  • Publication number: 20250138838
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically generating and applying selected conditions to process data are provided. A system receives an application request is received, which includes one or more fields and one or more corresponding data items. The system also receives a configuration file from a configuration repository and processes the same to identify a plurality of rules. For each selected rule of the plurality of rules applicable to selected fields the one or more fields, the system evaluates the selected rules against selected data items associated with the selected fields. Based on the evaluating, the system determines a result of the application request and transmits the result for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Maitreyi Swaroop Ramesh, Christopher William Kelly, Gregory Suvajac
  • Patent number: 12287231
    Abstract: There is provided a method of measuring liquid volume in a sealed container of a breast pump of known volume comprising liquid and gas. The method includes a measurement phase, measuring the volume of gas in the container by changing a first parameter of the gas by a known amount. The method also includes measuring a change in a second parameter of the gas; calculating the volume of gas in the container using the measured change and a predetermined operation equation; and determining the volume of liquid in the container based on the calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher James Irlam, Jeremy William Crouch, Thomas Michael Malloy, Brian McVeigh, Jonathan James Harvey Heffer, Benjamin Peter Pescud, Jack Cyril Biltcliffe, Macdara O'Shea, Daniel John Thompson
  • Patent number: 12285908
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a support plate and a foil supporting an uncured layer of a resin. A stage is configured to hold a component of one or more cured layers of the resin. One or more actuators is operable to move the stage away from the support plate in a Z-axis direction. A radiant energy device is positioned opposite the stage such that the support plate is positioned between the radiant energy device and the stage. A foil interaction device includes a first pneumatic actuation zone and a second pneumatic actuation zone. Each of the first and second pneumatic actuation zones is configured to apply a force on a surface of the foil. The first and second pneumatic actuation zones are fluidly separable and configured to apply varied pressures relative to one another to the surface of the foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Christopher David Barnhill, Xi Yang, Lawrence William Nurre, Trent William Muhlenkamp, Mary Kathryn Thompson
  • Patent number: 12285715
    Abstract: A system comprising a pumping system configured to pump respective exhaust gases from each of a plurality of chemical etching process chambers and to combine the exhaust gases to provide a combined exhaust gas, and a noble gas recovery system configured to process the combined exhaust gas to remove one or more noble gases therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Seeley, Stephen Bruce Cottle, Neil Condon, Christopher Mark Bailey, Julian Richard Dean, Joanne Rachel Greenwood, Zachary William Dunbar
  • Publication number: 20250128815
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a flight deck including a flight deck door configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position. A secondary barrier door is moveably coupled to one or more monuments. The secondary barrier door is configured to linearly slide between a stowed position in which a path to the flight deck is open, and a deployed position in which the path to the flight deck is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew William Mueller, Christopher Lyle Schwitters
  • Patent number: 12280644
    Abstract: A truck that includes a bed section located rear of a cab section where the bed section is bounded on each side by opposing first and second upward-extending side walls, respectively. The truck includes a tonneau cover which has a first panel section pivotable with respect to the opposing first and second upward-extending side walls. A latching assembly is attached to the first panel section that selectively secures and releases the first panel section with respect to the first and second upward-extending side walls of the truck. The latching assembly includes at least one adjustable pinch latch assembly. The pinch latch assembly includes a latch handle portion and a latch base located on the first panel section adjacent the latch handle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Leer Group
    Inventors: Eugene A. Dylewski, II, Christopher David Mattison, John William Bevis, III, Thomas Augustine Hubbard
  • Patent number: 12283161
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes an input device and a processor coupled to the input device. The input device is configured to receive a game play event from a player. The processor is programmed to determine whether a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied based at least in part on the game play event. The jackpot trigger condition includes a target quantity of games played, a target set of game tokens, a target pattern of game symbols, and/or a target pattern of game play outcomes. The processor is further programmed to award a jackpot credit to one or more players when the jackpot trigger condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Video Gaming Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel William Milligan, Christopher John Thacker, Stephen Wade Brooks, Jason Todd Sprinkle
  • Publication number: 20250122274
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that specifically bind to pro/latent myostatin and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher CHAPRON, Frederick C. STREICH, JR., Kaleigh CANONICO, Shaun M. COTE, Francis DANEHY, JR., Melissa FULHAM, Yan HUANG, Justin William JACKSON, Mania KAVOSI, Sandeep KUMAR
  • Patent number: 12275801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) as a marker for identifying and/or isolating adult multipotential cells. The present invention also relates to cell populations enriched by methods of the present invention and therapeutic uses of these cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: MESOBLAST, INC.
    Inventors: Stan Gronthos, Andrew Christopher William Zannettino, John Paul Simmons
  • Patent number: 12276756
    Abstract: Techniques for protecting a sensor from an obstruction such as liquid are discussed herein. For instance, a sensor cover assembly can include a cover to protect a sensor from precipitation, contaminants, or other obstructions. The cover of the sensor cover assembly can be configured to direct an obstruction (e.g., a liquid) away from a lens of the sensor (e.g., a ring lens of a lidar sensor) to reduce obstructions to a field of view of the sensor. The cover can include one or more channels (e.g., a trough, a downspout, a gutter, etc.) or shapes (e.g., a curved surface, a sloped surface, a convex surface, etc.) to divert the obstruction away from the lens of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher William Labadie, Rajith Jayaratne, Mohammad Umar Piracha
  • Patent number: 12278031
    Abstract: A powder including a plurality of particulates, each particulate including a soft magnetic metallic core coated with a continuous dielectric coating having a thickness selected from a range of 100 nanometers to 100 micrometers. The particulates have a mean particle size selected from a range of 100 nanometers to 250 micrometers. Methods for forming the powder are disclosed. A soft magnetic composite component includes a soft magnetic material in a dielectric matrix, wherein (i) the soft magnetic material comprises a plurality of particulates comprising metallic cores, (ii) each metallic core is coated by a continuous dielectric coating covering >90% of a surface area of the metallic core, (iii) the metallic cores are electrically isolated from each other, and (iv) the dielectric coatings of adjacent metallic cores are consolidated together. Methods for formation of the soft magnetic component by additive manufacturing and hot isostatic pressing are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Carpenter Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Francis William Herbert, Chins Chinnasamy, James William Sears, Christopher Phillip Allen, Jaydip Das, Nir Vaks
  • Publication number: 20250117437
    Abstract: Forward-looking sales activities are poorly served by existing Customer Relationship Managements systems, as the customer information those systems maintain by definition does not include the speculatively interested “leads” pursued in initial sales contacts. An Enrichment database, asynchronously loaded with corporate and optionally individual contact information in anticipation of use, provides real-time access to information in support of such first customer contacts. The Enrichment information may also be used to expedite creation and revision of CRM records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher O'Donnell, Andrew PITRE, Matthew SCHNITT, Emil SIT, Tim HENNEKEY, Matt BALL, Greg BROWN, Ze'ev KLAPOW, Zoe SOBIN, Jared WILLIAMS, Marc NEUWIRTH, Ricardo VILLAMIL
  • Publication number: 20250118189
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying a condition associated with an individual in a home environment are provided. Sensors associated with the home environment detect data, which is captured and analyzed by a local or remote processor to identify the condition. In some instances, the sensors are configured to capture data indicative of electricity use by devices associated with the home environment, including, e.g., which devices are using electricity, what date/time electricity is used by each device, how long each device uses electricity, and/or the power source for the electricity used by each device. The processor analyzes the captured data to identify any abnormalities or anomalies, and, based upon any identified abnormalities or anomalies, the processor determines a condition (e.g., a medical condition) associated with an individual in the home environment. The processor generates and transmits a notification indicating the condition associated with the individual to a caregiver of the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Dana C. Hunt, Joseph Robert Brannan, Christopher N. Kawakita, Aaron Williams
  • Patent number: 12271417
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-image search can include obtaining two or more images and determining one or more search results that are based on the two or more images. The one or more search results can be determined based on determined shared attributes of the two or more images. The one or more search results may be based on feature embeddings associated with the two or more images. The two or more images may be obtained based on one or more user interactions with one or more databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Belinda Luna Zeng, Harshit Kharbanda, Christopher James Kelley, Erica Bjornsson, David William Hendon
  • Patent number: 12271436
    Abstract: Forward-looking sales activities are poorly served by existing Customer Relationship Managements systems, as the customer information those systems maintain by definition does not include the speculatively interested “leads” pursued in initial sales contacts. An Enrichment database, asynchronously loaded with corporate and optionally individual contact information in anticipation of use, provides real-time access to information in support of such first customer contacts. The Enrichment information may also be used to expedite creation and revision of CRM records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HubSpot, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher O'Donnell, Andrew Pitre, Matthew Schnitt, Emil Sit, Tim Hennekey, Matt Ball, Greg Brown, Ze'ev Klapow, Zoe Sobin, Jared Williams, Marc Neuwirth, Ricardo Villamil
  • Patent number: D1073115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE Healthcare UK Limited
    Inventors: Cheryl Louise Potts, Neil Williams, Christopher Burrows, Anthony Williams, Paul Slater