Patents by Inventor Christopher F. Miller

Christopher F. Miller 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: 11923030
    Abstract: A system includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations including initiating a read operation with respect to a block of the memory device, selecting, based on a set of criteria, a default read offset from a set of read offsets, wherein the set of criteria includes at least one of: a parameter related to trigger rate, or an amount of time that an open block is allowed to remain open to control threshold voltage shift due to storage charge loss, and applying the default read offset to a read operation performed with respect to the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary F. Besinga, Renato C. Padilla, Tawalin Opastrakoon, Sampath K. Ratnam, Michael G. Miller, Christopher M. Smitchger, Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, Ashutosh Malshe
  • Patent number: 10935342
    Abstract: A firearm stock with a reinforcing member and related methods are disclosed. A reinforcing member has a proximal end having at least one proximal tab shaped to engage a firearm housing, and a distal end having a locking pin engagement surface and at least one distal tab shaped to engage at least one of the firearm housing or a battery tube. The member also has a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a first wall having a longitudinal length greater than a width. The member also has at least one sidewall one of coupled to or unitary with the first wall, and at least one side tab positioned on the sidewall and extending towards a center portion of the reinforcing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher F. Miller, Eric Chow, Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Publication number: 20190204045
    Abstract: A firearm stock with a reinforcing member and related methods are disclosed. A reinforcing member has a proximal end having at least one proximal tab shaped to engage a firearm housing, and a distal end having a locking pin engagement surface and at least one distal tab shaped to engage at least one of the firearm housing or a battery tube. The member also has a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a first wall having a longitudinal length greater than a width. The member also has at least one sidewall one of coupled to or unitary with the first wall, and at least one side tab positioned on the sidewall and extending towards a center portion of the reinforcing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher F. Miller, Eric Chow, Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Patent number: 10240891
    Abstract: A firearm stock with a reinforcing member and related methods are disclosed. A reinforcing member has a proximal end having at least one proximal tab shaped to engage a firearm housing, and a distal end having a locking pin engagement surface and at least one distal tab shaped to engage at least one of the firearm housing or a battery tube. The member also has a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a first wall having a longitudinal length greater than a width. The member also has at least one sidewall one of coupled to or unitary with the first wall, and at least one side tab positioned on the sidewall and extending towards a center portion of the reinforcing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher F. Miller, Eric Chow, Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Publication number: 20180003459
    Abstract: A firearm stock with a reinforcing member and related methods are disclosed. A reinforcing member has a proximal end having at least one proximal tab shaped to engage a firearm housing, and a distal end having a locking pin engagement surface and at least one distal tab shaped to engage at least one of the firearm housing or a battery tube. The member also has a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a first wall having a longitudinal length greater than a width. The member also has at least one sidewall one of coupled to or unitary with the first wall, and at least one side tab positioned on the sidewall and extending towards a center portion of the reinforcing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher F. Miller, Eric Chow, Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Patent number: 9702655
    Abstract: A system and method for a user's appendages when firing a weapon is described. One embodiment includes a cover kit for a firearm handguard. The kit has a base and an insert. The base has a longitudinal axis, an upright axis, a transverse axis, a socket, an exterior surface, and an interior surface. The insert has an insert body and a plug. The socket has a movable engagement prong shaped to engage a wall surface of a handguard slot. The plug has a prong engagement surface shaped to engage the engagement prong. The plug is shaped to apply a force on the engagement prong such that a distal portion of the engagement prong is flexed more than a proximal portion of the engagement prong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Brian L. Nakayama, Christopher F. Miller, Michael T. Mayberry, Nicholas Kielsmeier, Richard M. Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20160161206
    Abstract: A system and method for a user's appendages when firing a weapon is described. One embodiment includes a cover kit for a firearm handguard. The kit has a base and an insert. The base has a longitudinal axis, an upright axis, a transverse axis, a socket, an exterior surface, and an interior surface. The insert has an insert body and a plug. The socket has a movable engagement prong shaped to engage a wall surface of a handguard slot. The plug has a prong engagement surface shaped to engage the engagement prong. The plug is shaped to apply a force on the engagement prong such that a distal portion of the engagement prong is flexed more than a proximal portion of the engagement prong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Brian L. Nakayama, Christopher F. Miller, Michael T. Mayberry, Nicholas Kielsmeier, Richard M. Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 9222749
    Abstract: A system and method for a user's appendages when firing a weapon is described. One embodiment includes a cover kit for a firearm handguard. The kit has a base and an insert. The base has a longitudinal axis, an upright axis, a transverse axis, a socket, an exterior surface, and an interior surface. The insert has an insert body and a plug. The socket has a movable engagement prong shaped to engage a wall surface of a handguard slot. The plug has a prong engagement surface shaped to engage the engagement prong. The plug is shaped to apply a force on the engagement prong such that a distal portion of the engagement prong is flexed more than a proximal portion of the engagement prong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: MAGPUL INDUSTRIES, CORP.
    Inventors: Brian L. Nakayama, Christopher F. Miller, Michael T. Mayberry, Nicholas Kielsmeier, Richard M. Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 4414625
    Abstract: An apparatus in a microprogrammed digital data processing system is disclosed for reducing the time to select, from a plurality of available system condition signals in the system, one system condition signal to be tested during the performance of a microinstruction. The operation code portion of a new macroinstruction word is used to address a memory to output an associated one of a plurality of stored preselected signal patterns. In response to the outputted signal pattern, a first selection circuit preselects a set of system condition signals from the plurality of available system condition signals. A second selection circuit is responsive to a control signal provided by each microinstruction of the instruction for selecting a particular one of the set of system condition signals to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Burroughs Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher F. Miller
  • Patent number: D738983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Michael T. Mayberry, Yehezkel Eitan, Christopher F. Miller
  • Patent number: D746404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Eric H. Chow, Michael T. Mayberry, Christopher F. Miller, William B. Bennett
  • Patent number: D748753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Eric H. Chow, Michael T. Mayberry, Christopher F. Miller, William B. Bennett
  • Patent number: D755332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Kielsmeier, Brian Nakayama, Michael T. Mayberry, Richard Fitzpatrick, Christopher F. Miller