Patents by Inventor Christopher Adams

Christopher Adams 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).

  • Fluid drilling head with sliding gauging ring
    Patent number: 9528323
    Abstract: A fluid drilling head for drilling a bore hole through rock. The fluid drilling head has a rotatable nozzle assembly incorporating a plurality of nozzles arranged to form fluid jets when provided with a supply of drilling fluid under pressure. The fluid jets include pilot jets directed in the general direction of movement of the drilling head and reaming jets directed generally radially and arranged to enlarge the initial hole formed by the pilot jets. A gauging ring is located behind the cutting head and sized to the intended diameter of the bore hole. The gauging ring is arranged to slide axially relative to the rotating cutting head between a rearward position where the reaming jets are exposed, and a forward position where some or all of the reaming jets are shrouded by the gauging ring and inhibited from enlarging the diameter of the bore hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: CMTE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Scott Christopher Adam
  • Whole slide fluorescence scanner
    Patent number: 9523844
    Abstract: A system for creating a contiguous digital image of a fluorescence microscope sample. In an embodiment, the system comprises a both a macro camera and a time delay integration (TDI) line scan camera. The system may also comprise a motorized stage, an illumination module, a light source, an excitation filter, an objective lens, an emission filter, and at least one processor configured to assemble a plurality of digital images of portions of the fluorescence microscope sample, generated by the TDI line scan camera, into a contiguous digital image of at least a portion of the fluorescence microscope sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Leica Biosystems Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Peyman Najmabadi, Gregory J. Crandall, Aaron Alan Stearrett, Dirk G. Soenksen, Christopher Adam Lee, Cynthia Perz
  • SELECTIVE ELECTRIC MODE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160347308
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes using a controller to automatically operate a vehicle in an electric mode when an actual speed of the vehicle is at or below a set threshold, and to automatically operate the vehicle in a hybrid mode when the actual speed is above the set threshold. The method further including adjusting the set threshold using a selector device such that the set threshold is changed without influencing the actual speed. Another exemplary method includes using a controller to automatically initiate a transition of a vehicle from an electric mode to a hybrid mode, or from the hybrid mode to the electric mode. The controller initiates the transition in response to a comparison of a state of charge of a battery of the vehicle to a threshold state of charge that is configured to be adjusted by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Angel Fernando Porras, Bryan Michael Bolger, Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Joseph Gerald Supina
  • Whole slide fluorescence scanner
    Patent number: 9488816
    Abstract: A system for creating a contiguous digital image of a fluorescence microscope sample. In an embodiment, the system comprises a both a macro camera and a time delay integration (TDI) line scan camera. The system may also comprise a motorized stage, an illumination module, a light source, an excitation filter, an objective lens, an emission filter, and at least one processor configured to assemble a plurality of digital images of portions of the fluorescence microscope sample, generated by the TDI line scan camera, into a contiguous digital image of at least a portion of the fluorescence microscope sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Leica Biosystems Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Peyman Najmabadi, Gregory J. Crandall, Aaron Alan Stearrett, Dirk G. Soenksen, Christopher Adam Lee, Cynthia Perz
  • 2-BENZYL-BENZIMIDAZOLE COMPLEMENT FACTOR B INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160311779
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Christopher ADAMS, Takeru EHARA, Keith JENDZA, Nan JI, Toshio KAWANAMI, Nello MAINOLFI, James J. POWERS, Michael SERRANO-WU, Chun ZHANG, Rajeshri Ganesh KARKI
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A PRIVATIZED ELECTRONIC IMAGE FOR A PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20160316097
    Abstract: A set of electronic documents, such as emails, may include private information. A privatized image is generated to represent the set of electronic documents by identifying probable-pixel and proven-pixel locations within a subset of images. The subset of images is used to create blurred and obfuscated image having the private information distorted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Email Data Source, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin LINEWEBER, Christopher ADAMS
  • Bridge drain for showers
    Publication number: 20160270604
    Abstract: A bridge drain for a shower floor consists of two or more bridge support drains supporting cantilevers joined at their distal ends by a bridge deck supporting an overlying drain grate optionally accommodating tiles. The box of a linear drain is replace by a drainage surface floor below the surface of the shower floor, bounded by built up areas of the shower floor and any walls, and drained by the point drains provided by the bridge support drains. Advantages include provision of drainage to the very edge of shower entrances, increased flexibility of installation through only having to install point drains instead of box drain troughs, and increased flexibility of provision of an infinite variety of polygonal perimeter drains to ensure thorough drainage from the shower floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher Adam McLeod
  • Method and assembly for reducing energy consumption of an electrified vehicle
    Patent number: 9446772
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes changing a scheduled preconditioning cycle of an electrified vehicle in response to a period without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle. Another exemplary method includes communicating an alert to an operator of an electrified vehicle in response to at least one preconditioning cycle of the electrified vehicle without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Karin Lovett, Angel Fernando Porras, Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Ryan J. Skaff
  • VARIABLE CREEP TORQUE
    Publication number: 20160264020
    Abstract: An exemplary creep torque selection method includes selecting an amount of reverse creep torque for a vehicle. The selecting is independent from an amount of forward creep torque for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Joseph F. Stanek, Matthew Fleming, Stephen Li-Chun Shen, Robert David Hancasky
  • PASSENGER CABIN PRECONDITIONING DURING DC FAST CHARGING EVENTS
    Publication number: 20160263961
    Abstract: A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, automatically preconditioning a passenger cabin of an electrified vehicle during a DC fast charging event of a battery assembly if the electrified vehicle is turned OFF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: William David TREHARNE, Thomas Scott GEE, Christopher Adam OCHOCINSKI
  • Selective electric mode for electric vehicle
    Patent number: 9440644
    Abstract: An example method includes operating an electric vehicle in an electric mode when a speed of the electric vehicle is at or below a threshold speed, and operating the electric vehicle in a hybrid mode when the speed of the electric vehicle is above the threshold speed. The threshold speed is an operator-adjustable threshold speed. Another example method includes operating an electric vehicle in an electric mode when a state of charge of a battery of the electric vehicle is at a threshold state of charge, and operating the electric vehicle in a hybrid mode when the state of charge of the battery is at or below the threshold state of charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Angel Fernando Porras, Bryan Michael Bolger, Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Joseph Gerald Supina
  • Systems, apparatus, methods and articles for use in sanitization or disinfection
    Patent number: 9433695
    Abstract: Various devices allow for sanitization or disinfection by exhausting a dry fog biocide agent into an ambient environment. A nebulizer, for instance a vibrator that oscillates or vibrates at ultrasonic frequencies, nebulizes a biocide agent, for instance chlorine dioxide, peracetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, to create the dry fog. Such devices may withdraw the dry fog or biocide agent from the ambient environment after some period of time. Operational parameters of the devices may be tracked or monitored. Each device may implement tracking or monitoring. Additionally or alternatively, a separate tracking or monitoring system may track or monitor the operational parameters of one or more devices. Tracking or monitoring may include exception reporting, as well as other reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: DILIGENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Alan Aamodt, John William Mayer, Christopher Adam Thompson, James Van't Slot
  • Video message capture and delivery for online purchases
    Patent number: 9361639
    Abstract: Techniques for delivering a video message from a purchaser of an order to a recipient of the order are described. An order for one or more items is received, the order specifying a recipient and having an association with a purchaser. The order further specifies to deliver a video message from the purchaser to the recipient. Embodiments receive a video message from the purchaser. The order for the one or more items is fulfilled. Embodiments transmit at least an indication of the video message to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Stauffer, Patricia Elaine Colley, Kimberly J. Cullen, Jesse James Garrett, Peter David Merholz, Dane Robert Petersen, Margaret Ann Shear, Kristin Anne Miller, Jonathan Hunt Warner, Christopher Adam Wronski
  • Gel comfort gun holster
    Publication number: 20160153748
    Abstract: A Gel Comfort Gun Holster puts a gel pad on a gun holster to make carrying the gun next to the user's body more comfortable than a typical holster. Typical holsters encase the handgun in a material to secure the handgun and cover the trigger. The typical material used to make a handgun holster is leather, plastic, and nylon. These materials are not very comfortable when pressed against the user's body. Gel Comfort Gun Holsters solve this problem by attaching a gel pad to the holster body. The gel pad distributes the pressure of the holster and handgun pressed against the user's body, making the Gel Comfort Gun Holster much more comfortable to carry than a traditional handgun holster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher Adam Tedder
  • Piperidinyl-Indole Derivatives Complement Factor B Inhibitors and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20160152605
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I: (I) a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses as inhibitors of the complement alternative pathway, in particular of Factor B. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Christopher ADAMS, Michael Paul CAPPARELLI, Takeru EHARA, Rajeshri Ganesh KARKI, Nello MAINOLFI, Chun ZHANG
  • FUEL DISPENSER FLOW METER HAVING VAPOR PRESSURE CORRECTION ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160122175
    Abstract: A meter for measuring the flow rate of fuel in a fuel dispenser comprises a housing with an axial bore extending therethrough and defining an inlet and an outlet. A flow indicating mechanism comprising one or more rotatable components are mounted in the axial bore of the housing and configured to rotate as fuel flows from the inlet to the outlet, wherein each rotation indicates fuel flow. A pulse generating device senses rotation of the rotatable components and generates an output signal indicative of the fuel flow. Finally, a vapor generating device is configured to generate vapor bubbles that flow through the flow indicating mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Charles Liebal, Christopher Adam Oldham, Brian Keith Jones
  • QUALITY TEST DEVICE FOR INSPECTING VEHICULAR DISPLAY MODULE HAVING THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS
    Publication number: 20160125582
    Abstract: A quality test device tests a display device having a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs). The quality test device includes a color analyzer for determining a color of an image displayed by the display device, and a quality inspection module. The quality inspection module controls a display state of the display device and determines whether the TFTs are adequately disposed within the display device based on a performance threshold. The quality inspection module determines that the display device is defective when a performance data of the display device is outside of the performance threshold, and determines that the display device is normal when the performance data is within the performance threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher ADAMS
  • FUEL DISPENSER FLOW METER HAVING VAPOR PRESSURE CORRECTION ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160122174
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving the accuracy of fuel flow meters by compensating for the presence of vapor bubbles generated within the flow meter. The method comprises measuring the temperature of the fuel flowing through the meter and using an algorithm or static lookup table to determine a vapor compensation factor based on that temperature. Because the tendency of fuel to vaporize depends largely on seasonal variations in fuel temperature, applying a temperature-dependent vapor compensation factor promotes year-round accuracy of the flow meter output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Charles Liebal, Christopher Adam Oldham
  • METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF AN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160107656
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes changing a scheduled preconditioning cycle of an electrified vehicle in response to a period without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle. Another exemplary method includes communicating an alert to an operator of an electrified vehicle in response to at least one preconditioning cycle of the electrified vehicle without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Karin Lovett, Angel Fernando Porras, Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Ryan J. Skaff
  • ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE OPERATING MODE PROMPT
    Publication number: 20160068168
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes prompting a user to change an operating mode of an electrified vehicle from a first mode to a second mode that is different than the first mode. The first mode is a default mode. The second mode is a non-default mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Bryan Michael Bolger, Angel Fernando Porras, Christopher Adam Ochocinski, William David Treharne