Patents by Inventor Christopher Andrews

Christopher Andrews 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: 11852905
    Abstract: An optical element includes a first layer, a second layer, and a fluid. A first surface of the first layer is configured to change hydrophobicity in response to incoming activation light. Absorbing molecules in the fluid are repelled or attracted to the first surface in response to the hydrophobicity of the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jasmine Soria Sears, Christopher Andrew Galea, Junren Wang, Stephen John Holmes
  • Patent number: 11854855
    Abstract: An example of a method of micro-transfer printing comprises providing a micro-transfer printable component source wafer, providing a stamp comprising a body and spaced-apart posts, and providing a light source for controllably irradiating each of the posts with light through the body. Each of the posts is contacted to a component to adhere the component thereto. The stamp with the adhered components is removed from the component source wafer. The selected posts are irradiated through the body with the light to detach selected components adhered to selected posts from the selected posts, leaving non-selected components adhered to non-selected posts. In some embodiments, using the stamp, the selected components are adhered to a provided destination substrate. In some embodiments, the selected components are discarded. An example micro-transfer printing system comprises a stamp comprising a body and spaced-apart posts and a light source for selectively irradiating each of the posts with light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Erich Radauscher, Ronald S. Cok, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, James O. Thostenson
  • Patent number: 11850874
    Abstract: A micro-transfer structure comprises a stamp comprising a rigid support, only a single contiguous bulk layer disposed on the rigid support, and posts disposed on the bulk layer. Components are adhered to (e.g., disposed in contact with) some but not all of the posts. The posts can be substantially identical and disposed in a regular array on the bulk layer. Each component is adhered to (e.g., in contact with) two or more posts. Components can be disposed on a source wafer entirely over sacrificial portions of a sacrificial layer on or in the source wafer and attached to anchors disposed between sacrificial portions with a tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Tanya Yvette Moore, David Gomez, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Salvatore Bonafede
  • Patent number: 11855026
    Abstract: An electrical conductor structure comprises a substrate and an electrical conductor disposed on or in the substrate. The electrical conductor comprises a first layer and a second layer disposed on a side of the first layer opposite the substrate. The first layer comprises a first electrical conductor that forms a non-conductive layer on a surface of the first electrical conductor when exposed to air and the second layer comprising a second electrical conductor that does not form a non-conductive layer on a surface of the second electrical conductor when exposed to air. A component comprises a connection post that is electrically connected to the second layer and the electrical conductor. The first and second layers can be inorganic. The first layer can comprise a metal such as aluminum and the second layer can comprise an electrically conductive metal oxide such as indium tin oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl
  • Publication number: 20230406037
    Abstract: An aerodynamic bicycle rim comprising: a circumferential outer portion comprising a circumferential outer surface, the circumferential outer portion adapted to seat a bicycle tire; a nose; and a set of sidewalls, each sidewall extending radially from the nose of the aerodynamic bicycle rim to a corresponding transition to the circumferential outer surface to form a rim body having a maximum rim body width that is greater than a maximum width of the bicycle tire. The aerodynamic bicycle rim is operable to seat the bicycle tire so that the aerodynamic bicycle rim and the bicycle tire form an asymmetrical cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Arthur Hed, Christopher Andrew Edin
  • Publication number: 20230408079
    Abstract: A high bay light fixture (100) comprising multiple heat sink structures (102, 104, 106, 108) attached to an electronics housing (110), and light sources (132, 134, 136, 138) attached to the multiple heat sink structures (102, 104, 106, 108). Each heat sink structure (102, 104, 106, 108) includes a bottom wall (202) and side walls (204, 206, 208, 210) that extend up from the bottom wall (202). Each light source (132, 134, 136, 138) is attached to the bottom wall (202) of a respective heat sink structure (102, 104, 106, 108) on a surface of the bottom wall (202) facing away from the electronics housing (110). Each heat sink structure (102, 104, 106, 108) is spaced from other heat sink structures of the multiple heat sink structures (102, 104, 106, 108) that are adjacent to the heat sink structure (102, 104, 106, 108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Andrew VOELKER
  • Publication number: 20230403246
    Abstract: Traditional messaging applications (such as email, social networking platforms, text, instant messaging, chat, etc.) are ill-equipped for collaboration. For instance, a sender and recipients corresponding regarding a topic are often required to exchange multiple messages. As a result, determining a consensus regarding the topic or summarizing the collaboration is difficult and cumbersome. Moreover, when links are included in messages, recipients are required to navigate away from the messaging application to view the linked content. A messaging application is provided that may be configured to enable users to dynamically collaborate regarding links or data within a sent message or a receive message. In aspects, a collaborative user experience (UX) is provided, which may be an interface within a message that enables real-time collaboration between a sender and one or more recipients regarding message content —without exchanging additional messages or navigating away from the messaging application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Leeviana Peng GRAY, Sebastien Rene VANDENBERGHE, Kyle P. CURLETT, Yan Zhong LEIGH, Brian D. MEERSMA, Benjamin G. WILDE, Natalie Ann MIONIS, Sophia Isabel VENNIX, Christopher Andrews JUNG, Humberto LEZAMA GUADARRAMA
  • Publication number: 20230390485
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for use with peristaltic pumps. More particularly, provided herein are peristaltic pump systems that include a dampener for reducing the pulsations of the flowrate from the peristaltic pump system to produce, mix, transfer and/or manufacture pharmaceutical compositions and formulations, including pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising lipids and RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Daniel OVADIA, Christopher Andrew Petry, Fredric John Lim, Heinrich Haas, Sebastian Hoerner, Ferdia Bates, Tobias Kind, Peer Andre Berger
  • Patent number: 11839001
    Abstract: Ceiling fan having an electric lamp which has continuous color temperature control. A ceiling fan includes an electric motor which rotates blades; and an electric lamp, which is an integrated component of the ceiling fan and is co-located beneath the blades. The motor and the lamp receive electric power from a mains electric socket via a single electric power cord that provides Alternating Current. The lamp is configured to emit visible light having light warmth at a user-configurable level along a continuous spectrum of light warmth, between a lower-bound value and an upper-bound value. The electric lamp includes a first set of LEDs and a second set of LEDs. The first set of LEDs is capable of emitting visible light at a first, fixed, light warmth value, which is the lower-bound value of that continuous spectrum of light warmth levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OLIBRA LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Merck, Zohar Shinar
  • Patent number: 11832836
    Abstract: Retrieval of material from vessel lumens can be improved by electrically enhancing attachment of the material to the removal device. The removal device can have a core assembly that includes a hypotube coupled to a first electrical terminal and a pushwire coupled to a second electrical terminal, the pushwire extending through the hypotube lumen. An insulating layer separates the hypotube and the pushwire, and an interventional element is coupled to a distal end of the pushwire. The interventional element can be disposed adjacent to a thrombus. An electrical signal is delivered to the interventional element to promote adhesion of the thrombus to the interventional element. The electrical signal can optionally be a periodic waveform, and the total energy delivered can be between 0.75-24,000 mJ and the peak current delivered via the electrical signal can be between 0.5-5 mA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Gaurav Girdhar, Hoai Nguyen, Andyanhdzung Huynh, Ashok Nageswaran, Christopher Andrews
  • Patent number: 11831924
    Abstract: A device may be configured to general constraint information according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jonatan Samuelsson, Sachin G. Deshpande, Christopher Andrew Segall
  • Patent number: 11824678
    Abstract: Device, system, and method of dynamically configuring a Sub-1 Gigahertz reception module via a Wi-Fi communication link. For example, a ceiling fan includes rotatable blades, an electric motor to rotate them, and a fan controller to control activation and deactivation and rotation speed of the electric motor. The ceiling fan further includes a non-Wi-Fi wireless receiver unit, such as a Sub-1 Gigahertz wireless receiver unit, to receive incoming non-Wi-Fi signals indicating control commands to the ceiling fan which is associated with an existing Fan Address Code. The ceiling fan also includes a Wi-Fi wireless receiver unit, to receive an incoming Wi-Fi message indicating a replacement Fan Address Code. The ceiling fan includes a Fan Address Code Modification Unit, to replace (i) the existing Fan Access Code of the ceiling fan, with (ii) a replacement Fan Access Code that was received via the incoming Wi-Fi message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OLIBRA LLC
    Inventors: Zohar Shinar, Christopher Andrew Merck, Marcio Granzotto Rodrigues
  • Publication number: 20230370586
    Abstract: A video coding device may be configured to perform intra prediction coding according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: SEUNG-HWAN KIM, CHRISTOPHER ANDREW SEGALL
  • Patent number: 11818342
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for performing deblocking of reconstructed video data. According to an aspect of an invention, a maximum filter length is determined based on whether a P-block or a Q-block has an edge which is perpendicular to a deblocking boundary and whose size is greater than or equal to 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Kiran Mukesh Misra, Christopher Andrew Segall, Philip Cowan, Frank Bossen
  • Patent number: 11812967
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward an occlusive device comprising a coil having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The coil may be formed of an elongated member wound about the longitudinal axis of the coil in a series of contiguous loops, wherein each of the loops extend around the longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. The second end may be disposed at generally the same angular position as the first end about to the longitudinal axis of the coil. The elongated member may undulate along its longitudinal axis between the first and second ends of at least some of the individual loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Christopher Andrews, Etelvina Rivas, Hieu Dang
  • Patent number: 11817040
    Abstract: A flat-panel display comprises a display substrate, an array of pixels distributed in rows and columns over the display substrate, the array having a column-control side, and column controller disposed on the column-control side of the array providing column data to the array of pixels through column-data lines. In some embodiments, rows of pixels in the array of pixels form row groups and each column of pixels in a row group receives column data through a separate column-data line. In some embodiments, each pixel in each column of pixels in the array of pixels is serially connected and each pixel in the array of pixels comprises a token-passing circuit for passing a token through the serially connected column of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Christopher Andrew Bower
  • Patent number: 11817434
    Abstract: A display comprises a transparent polymer support, an array of light emitters embedded in the support, and a redistribution layer. Each light emitter comprises electrode contacts that are substantially coplanar with a back surface of the support and emits light through a front surface of the support opposite the back surface when provided with power through the electrode contacts. The redistribution layer comprises a dielectric layer that is disposed on and in contact with the support back surface and distribution contacts that extend through the dielectric layer. Each of the distribution contacts is electrically connected to an electrode contact and is at least partially exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Glenn Arne Rinne, Justin Walker Brown, Ronald S. Cok
  • Publication number: 20230359770
    Abstract: A system allows the identification and protection of sensitive data in a multiple ways, which can be combined for different workflows, data situations or use cases. The system scans datasets to identify sensitive data or identifying datasets, and to enable the anonymisation of sensitive or identifying datasets by processing that data to produce a safe copy. Furthermore, the system prevents access to a raw dataset. The system enables privacy preserving aggregate queries and computations. The system uses differentially private algorithms to reduce or prevent the risk of identification or disclosure of sensitive information. The system scales to big data and is implemented in a way that supports parallel execution on a distributed compute cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jason Derek MCFALL, Charles Codman CABOT, Timothy James MORAN, Kieron Francois Pascal GUINAMARD, Vladimir Michael EATWELL, Benjamin Thomas PICKERING, Paul David MELLOR, Theresa STADLER, Andrei PETRE, Christopher Andrew SMITH, Anthony Jason DU PREEZ, Igor VUJOSEVIC, George DANEZIS
  • Publication number: 20230362413
    Abstract: A device may be configured to signal scaling window information according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jonatan SAMUELSSON, SACHIN G. DESHPANDE, Christopher Andrew Segall
  • Patent number: 11807036
    Abstract: An aerodynamic bicycle rim, the bicycle rim comprising a circumferential clincher portion adapted to seat a clincher bicycle tire, a nose a set of sidewalls, each sidewall extending radially from the nose to a respective circumferential outer edge to form a rim body having a maximum rim body width that is greater than a maximum width of the clincher bicycle tire and spaced radially inward of the clincher portion and radially outward from a centerline of the rim body. The aerodynamic bicycle rim seats the clincher bicycle tire to form an asymmetrical cross-sectional shape in which the widest part of the rim body is spaced from a centerline of the asymmetrical cross-sectional shape and there is a tangent line tangent to the clincher bicycle tire and a sidewall of the set of sidewalls, the tangent line tangent to the sidewall radially inward from the respective circumferential outer edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HED CYCLING PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Arthur Hed, Christopher Andrew Edin