Patents by Inventor Christopher Collins

Christopher Collins 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: 12228018
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for containing one or more shaped charges in a single plane, arrayed about the center axis of a gun body, and detonated from a single initiator in a shaped charge cluster assembly, having one or more detonator circuits located within a recess within the shaped charge cluster assembly electrically coupled to the single initiator located at the center of the arrayed shaped charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Bradley, Richard Bradley, Charles Craig, Rick Blain, Christopher Sokolove, Adam Dyess, William Collins, Shane Wilson, Dale Langford, Jason Mai
  • Patent number: 12209682
    Abstract: A device for controlling the flow of a fluid through a conduit from an upstream side of the device to a downstream side of the device. The device includes an upstream valve casing defining an inlet, a downstream valve casing defining an outlet aperture, and a valve core secured between the upstream valve casing and the downstream valve casing. The upstream valve casing, the downstream valve casing and the valve core are formed as discrete parts. The valve core includes a housing defining a control volume. The valve member is mounted on the housing and positioned on the upstream side of the outlet aperture, the valve member being arranged to move reciprocally to selectively open and close the outlet aperture, thereby controlling flow of the fluid through the outlet aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: OFIP LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Collins, Christopher Kennell
  • Patent number: 12202505
    Abstract: A method of providing an onboard assistant for a vehicle, comprising: receiving sensor data from sensors of the vehicle; transforming the sensor data using a trained machine learning model to provide transformed sensor data; inferring from the transformed sensor data that a special condition for the vehicle requires intervention; and contacting an operator of the vehicle to inform the operator of the special condition and receive instructions for handling the special condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Livia Johanna, Bridget Collins, MinJie Tong, David Shuckerow, Christopher Warren, Bharatkumar Patel, Yosser D'Avanzo, Bonnie Lin
  • Patent number: 12202504
    Abstract: A method of providing an onboard assistant for a vehicle, comprising: receiving sensor data from sensors of the vehicle; transforming the sensor data using a trained machine learning model to provide transformed sensor data; inferring from the transformed sensor data that a special condition for the vehicle requires intervention; and contacting an operator of the vehicle to inform the operator of the special condition and receive instructions for handling the special condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: MinJie Tong, David Shuckerow, Christopher Warren, Bharatkumar Patel, Yosser D'Avanzo, Bonnie Lin, Livia Johanna, Bridget Collins
  • Patent number: 12179920
    Abstract: An air delivery barrel system is described, the air delivery barrel system includes a strap system that provides line stretch of the strap system when a force is exerted on the strap system, the strap system including a continuous strap, a first barrel, the first barrel being formed out of a cylindrically shaped wall and the cylindrically shaped wall including a channel that the strap system passes through, an end cap, the end cap being detachably connectable to a bottom end of the first barrel, the end cap protecting a bottom portion of the strap system, a lid, the lid being detachably connectable to a top end of the first barrel, the lid including a recess through which the strap system passes through, and a second barrel that can be situated within the first barrel and the cylindrically shaped wall of the first barrel protects the second barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: S.W.O.R.D. International Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Allen Elrod, Christopher Collin Klaftenegger
  • Patent number: 12169804
    Abstract: A method and system of providing users with dynamic content about a specific task during access of an application based on previous in-app activity by the app's community of users for the task. The system identifies experienced user activity that represents an efficient performance of the task. The activity is stored in a repository for use by a dynamic content generation module. When subsequent users appear to need assistance in performing the task, the system can present content that is based on the more experienced users' activity. As additional data is collected, this content can be updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Eric Jason Grenet, Brian Christopher Hawes, Paul Christopher Blanchard, Phillip E. Marks, Jeffrey Walton Easley, Douglas Austin Johnson, Katrina Marie Zell, Julia Yilan Kennedy, Lawrence Paul McDermott, Jr., David Morley, Christopher Collin Campbell
  • Publication number: 20240411860
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to dynamic creating a temporary isolated environment in an interactive communication environment for potential bots. In response to identifying that an avatar accessing the interactive communication environment is being controlled by a non-human entity, the avatar is dynamically placed in an isolated virtual environment. Permission of the avatar are disabled in the isolated virtual environment. An authentication inquiry is presented to the avatar identified as being controlled by the non-human entity. A location is transferred for the avatar identified as being controlled by the non-human entity, based on a user response to the authentication inquiry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Cesar Bravo, Christopher Collins Bode
  • Publication number: 20240411861
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing an advanced deterrence system for bots in an interactive communication environment. In response to identifying that an automated program for a user terminal is accessing an interactive communication environment hosted by a host computer system, a selection of an assignment for the automated program is triggered, where the automated program is designed to replicate a human behavior in the interactive communication environment. In response to triggering the selection, a task is selected as the assignment for the automated program designed to replicate the human behavior, the task being selected from a plurality of tasks that are queued to be executed by the host computer system. The task is caused to be executed by the automated program on the user terminal, the task causing a consumption of user computer resources on the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Cesar Bravo, Christopher Collins Bode
  • Publication number: 20240346672
    Abstract: A method and system for creating a point cloud are disclosed. A first image is captured by a first camera sensor and a second image is captured by a second camera sensor. The first and the second image have an area of overlap. Location of the first camera relative to the second camera is predetermined and each of the first and the second camera is having a field of view of more than 180 degrees. Based on the area of overlap, the first and the second image are stitched to create a composite stitched image. In one aspect, depth information from the area of overlap is extracted based on the predetermined location and a point cloud is created from otherwise to be discarded image data in the area of overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Simon Saito Haagen Nielsen, John Christopher Collins, Allan Joseph Evans, Graham Shaw, Vikas Gupta
  • Patent number: 12102164
    Abstract: A sensor hub for collecting sensor data during a parachuting or wing-suite event is described herein. In some instances, the sensor hub may include a sensor hub housing, the sensor hub housing including a first cavity that houses a power supply and a communication unit and a second cavity that houses a location sensor and an orientation sensor, wherein the communication unit is configured to share the location sensor and the orientation sensor with a second sensor hub and a helmet that attaches to the sensor hub housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: S.W.O.R.D. INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Allen Elrod, Christopher Collin Klaftenegger
  • Publication number: 20240306615
    Abstract: A system for housing a supply of aquatic organisms includes a plurality of holding tanks and a subsystem for continuously delivering fluid to each holding tank to ensure a suitable living environment. The subsystem includes a conduit in communication with each holding tank, a pump for driving the fluid through the conduit, a filter for removing impurities in the fluid driven by the pump, and a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure level of fluid traveling within the conduit. A water treatment controller in communication with the pressure sensor monitors the pressure level of fluid in the conduit and compensates for pressure level variances by adjusting the operating speed of the pump to ensure that fluid is delivered to the tanks at a constant flow rate. In this manner, the fluid delivery flow rate remains constant even as particulate blockages begin to form on the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: William Lane Peacock, Christopher Collins, Eric Alan Moore, Matthew S. Comstock
  • Patent number: 12072772
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, a data restore request; determining, by the computing device, at least one object in response to the data restore request; and querying, by the computing device, a client population to determine at least one client which has resources and network cardinality to assist the data restore request. The at least one client creates a distributed and crowd sourced cache of objects for the data restore request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Collins Bode, Marci Devorah Formato, Cesar Bravo
  • Patent number: 12073577
    Abstract: A method and system for creating a point cloud are disclosed. A first image is captured by a first camera sensor and a second image is captured by a second camera sensor. The first and the second image have an area of overlap. Location of the first camera relative to the second camera is predetermined and each of the first and the second camera is having a field of view of more than 180 degrees. Based on the area of overlap, the first and the second image are stitched to create a composite stitched image. In one aspect, depth information from the area of overlap is extracted based on the predetermined location and a point cloud is created from otherwise to be discarded image data in the area of overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Saito Haagen Nielsen, John Christopher Collins, Allan Joseph Evans, Graham Shaw, Vikas Gupta
  • Publication number: 20240270386
    Abstract: An inflatable unit load device that is used to deploy cargo from an aircraft is described herein. In some instances, the inflatable unit load device may include a bladder having one or more inflatable interior bladder cells and a top surface, the top surface of the bladder forming a rigid support surface when the bladder is inflated on which cargo can be loaded, an outer material that positions the one or more inflatable interior bladder cells of the bladder, and a cargo retaining system that retains the cargo on the top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Collin Klaftenegger, Jeremy Allen Elrod
  • Publication number: 20240248096
    Abstract: Early detection of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) including Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (MPS I) and Pompe Disease can greatly improve patient outcome as each disease can be fatal once symptoms emerge. Screening for MPS I and Pompe Disease using biological samples including dried blood spots (DBS), buccal swab, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), or white blood cells (WBCs) is described. The disclosed methods and assays provide a robust way to screen newborns for LSDs. The disclosed methods and assays can also allow rapid prediction of whether a patient with LSD will develop an immune response to enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), thus improving treatment for patients with LSDs. The disclosed methods and assays can also further reduce the number of false positives caused by pseudo deficiency cases of LSD, such as MPS I and Pompe Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Seattle Children's Hospital d/b/a Seattle Children's Research Institute
    Inventors: Sihoun Hahn, Christopher Collins, Remwilyn Dayuha, Fan Yi
  • Publication number: 20240127349
    Abstract: The technology disclosed provides systems and methods that display database objects representing entities, placement channels and workflow status in an insurance or other risk transfer program. Specially coded distribution trees and graphs of nodes represent the overall flow and, optionally, status of placement workflows. Node and edge data generated for display depicts multiple risk placements on behalf of at least one requesting party through intermediaries to responding parties. Line width of edges represents calculated relative size of placements, and pattern, style, and color of edges can depict statuses of the risk placements. Another geo-coded map display also depicts as nodes a requesting party, intermediaries and responding parties, connected by edges that represent communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: OnRisk, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Joseph Sweeney, John Arthur Daves Kelley, Christopher Collins
  • Patent number: 11940448
    Abstract: Early detection of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) including Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (MPS I) and Pompe Disease can greatly improve patient outcome as each disease can be fatal once symptoms emerge. Screening for MPS I and Pompe Disease using biological samples including dried blood spots (DBS), buccal swab, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), or white blood cells (WBCs) is described. The disclosed methods and assays provide a robust way to screen newborns for LSDs. The disclosed methods and assays can also allow rapid prediction of whether a patient with LSD will develop an immune response to enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), thus improving treatment for patients with LSDs. The disclosed methods and assays can also further reduce the number of false positives caused by pseudo deficiency cases of LSD, such as MPS I and Pompe Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Seattle Children's Hospital
    Inventors: Sihoun Hahn, Christopher Collins, Remwilyn Dayuha, Fan Yi
  • Patent number: 11767113
    Abstract: An inflatable unit load device that is used to deploy cargo from an aircraft is described herein. In some instances, the inflatable unit load device may include a bladder having one or more inflatable interior bladder cells and a top surface, the top surface of the bladder forming a rigid support surface when the bladder is inflated on which cargo can be loaded, an outer material that positions the one or more inflatable interior bladder cells of the bladder, and a cargo retaining system that retains the cargo on the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: S.W.O.R.D. INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Collin Klaftenegger, Jeremy Allen Elrod
  • Publication number: 20230270197
    Abstract: A sensor hub for collecting sensor data during a parachuting or wing-suite event is described herein. In some instances, the sensor hub may include a sensor hub housing, the sensor hub housing including a first cavity that houses a power supply and a communication unit and a second cavity that houses a location sensor and an orientation sensor, wherein the communication unit is configured to share the location sensor and the orientation sensor with a second sensor hub and a helmet that attaches to the sensor hub housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy Allen Elrod, Christopher Collin Klaftenegger
  • Publication number: 20230257118
    Abstract: An air delivery barrel system is described, the air delivery barrel system includes a strap system that provides line stretch of the strap system when a force is exerted on the strap system, the strap system including a continuous strap, a first barrel, the first barrel being formed out of a cylindrically shaped wall and the cylindrically shaped wall including a channel that the strap system passes through, an end cap, the end cap being detachably connectable to a bottom end of the first barrel, the end cap protecting a bottom portion of the strap system, a lid, the lid being detachably connectable to a top end of the first barrel, the lid including a recess through which the strap system passes through, and a second barrel that can be situated within the first barrel and the cylindrically shaped wall of the first barrel protects the second barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy Allen Elrod, Christopher Collin Klaftenegger