Patents by Inventor Christopher Howard

Christopher Howard 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: 20240115237
    Abstract: Systems and methods to configure ultrasound systems based on a scanner grip are described. In some embodiments, an ultrasound system includes an ultrasound scanner having a touch sensitive surface and a processor that is configured to determine a grip orientation on the touch sensitive surface; and activate, based on the grip orientation, a region of the touch sensitive surface to accept a user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Craig Chamberlain, Christopher Howard, Andrew Lundberg, Davin Dhatt
  • Publication number: 20240115238
    Abstract: Systems and methods to provide an ultrasound scanner with a display interface are described. An ultrasound system includes an ultrasound scanner having an interface configured to display a visual representation, and a first transceiver configured to communicate over a communication link. The ultrasound system includes a display device having a reader configured to read the visual representation displayed by the ultrasound scanner, and a second transceiver configured to, responsive to the reader reading the visual representation, initiate communication with the first transceiver of the ultrasound scanner over the communication link to pair the ultrasound scanner and the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Nally, Tyler Dawson, Kenji Kimura, John Fogelberg, Christopher Howard, Craig Chamberlain, Andrew Lundberg
  • Patent number: 11941159
    Abstract: An example storage medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause a processor of a computing device to read, during start-up of the computing device, first configuration data from a first storage device of the computing device; read second configuration data from a second storage device of the computing device; determine that there is an inconsistency between the first configuration data and the second configuration data; check a tamper status of the computing device; based on the tamper status and the determination that there is an inconsistency between the first configuration data and the second configuration data: (i) clear a secure storage location of the computing device, the secure storage location storing data to access protected data; or (ii) replace the first configuration data on the first storage device of the computing device based on second data and continue the start-up of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher Howard Stewart, Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne, Richard Alden Bramley, Jr., Maugan Cedric Villatel
  • Publication number: 20240083332
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylindrical cargo container includes: providing a plurality of rigid panels together formable into a cylindrical shell; forming a first semi-cylindrical shell from a first set of the panels; forming a second semi-cylindrical shell from a second set of the panels; forming the cylindrical shell from the first semi-cylindrical shell and the second semi-cylindrical shell; forming a collar conformably encircling the cylindrical shell; constricting the collar to compress joints formed at abutting edges of pairs of adjacent panels; rolling the cylindrical shell and collar to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to a lower position, and welding an inside seam of the joint when at the lower position; removing the collar from the cylindrical shell; and rolling the cylindrical shell to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to an upper position, and welding an outside of the joint when at the upper position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Titan Trailers Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kloepfer, Trever Lorne Howden, Christopher Howard Kloepfer
  • Publication number: 20240078129
    Abstract: An example non-transitory machine-readable medium includes instructions that cause a processor of a computing device to create a first virtual machine using a hypervisor, execute a trusted basic input/output system (BIOS) in the first virtual machine, create a second virtual machine using the hypervisor, and execute an untrusted BIOS component in the second virtual machine. The first virtual machine is executed with a greater privilege to access a resource of the computing device than the second virtual machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher Howard Stewart, Richard Alden Bramley, Jr., James Misra McKenzie, Krzysztof Tadeusz Uchronski, Gianluca Guida, Christopher Ian Dalton, Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne
  • Patent number: 11850989
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylindrical cargo container includes: providing a plurality of rigid panels together formable into a cylindrical shell; forming a first semi-cylindrical shell from a first set of the panels; forming a second semi-cylindrical shell from a second set of the panels; forming the cylindrical shell from the first semi-cylindrical shell and the second semi-cylindrical shell; forming a collar conformably encircling the cylindrical shell; constricting the collar to compress joints formed at abutting edges of pairs of adjacent panels; rolling the cylindrical shell and collar to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to a lower position, and welding an inside seam of the joint when at the lower position; removing the collar from the cylindrical shell; and rolling the cylindrical shell to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to an upper position, and welding an outside of the joint when at the upper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Titan Trailers Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kloepfer, Trever Lorne Howden, Christopher Howard Kloepfer
  • Patent number: 11833293
    Abstract: A system, a method, a device, and a computer program for detecting, monitoring and logging smoking activity related data. The device can comprise a housing, a power supply located within the housing, an atomizer electrically coupled to the power supply, a liquid solution fluidly coupled to the atomizer, and a data logging device configured to be located within the housing and that can comprise a microcontroller, a memory, and a data interface. The data logging device can be configured to detect, monitor, and log smoking activity data, and a data logging device that can comprise a microcontroller, a memory, and a data interface. The data logging device can be configured to detect, monitor, and log smoking activity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fontem Ventures B.V.
    Inventors: Ramon Alarcon, Chris Kepner, Michael Starman, Dennis Christopher Howard
  • Patent number: 11790456
    Abstract: Techniques for providing information related to insurance services solicit interaction from a user (e.g., during video game play). The solicited interaction identifies a real property. A virtual environment gaming landscape is generated. The gaming landscape includes a virtual representation of the identified real property. Additional interaction from the user with the virtual environment gaming landscape is solicited. A risk assessment related to the identified real property is performed based on user's interaction with the virtual environment gaming landscape. A recommendation regarding one or more services is provided based on the performed risk assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (“USAA”)
    Inventor: Christopher Howard
  • Patent number: 11742498
    Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for controlling thermal aspects during operation of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system, including controlling target cathode and anode inlet stream temperatures and differential temperatures defined by the anode and cathode inlet and outlet streams. In one aspect, thermal management is achieved by controlling a combustion stream temperature and by employing one heat exchanger having two cold side pathways. In another aspect, thermal management is achieved by controlling a temperature of a combustion stream distributed through a cathode feed heat exchanger and an anode feed heat exchanger, optionally with bypassing a portion of the cathode air stream around the cathode feed heat exchanger. In another aspect, thermal management is achieved by employing a cathode feed heat exchanger to heat a cathode air stream and by employing an equalizer heat exchanger to equilibrate temperatures of the resulting heated cathode air stream and an anode fuel stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.
    Inventors: Saurabh Vilekar, Christian Junaedi, Eric Edward Allocco, Christopher Howard
  • Publication number: 20230243620
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a controller (10) for a counter measure system against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the controller (10) comprising a display device (18) and a processor configured to: receive target position data indicative of a position of a target UAV; receive effector position data indicative of a position of at least one counter measure effectors (12, 14); receive effector orientation data indicative of an orientation of the at least one counter measure effector (12, 14) relative to geographic cardinal directions; determine a field of effect (30, 32) of the at least one counter measure effector on the basis of the effector position data and the effector orientation data, said field (30, 32) of effect being indicative of an area covered by electromagnetic radiation emitted, in use, by the at least one counter measure effector; and, generate a display signal for displaying, on the display device, the position of the target UAV with respect to the field of effect (30, 32) of the at leas
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Howard HAMER, Richard TAWN
  • Publication number: 20230225994
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides epinephrine formulations and methods of treating anaphylaxis, methods for concomitant therapy during a cardiac event, methods for treating hypoglycemia, and a prophylactic method for immunotherapy, using the epinephrine formulations disclosed herein. The epinephrine formulations of the present disclosed are formulated for delivery via the oral mucosa. Epinephrine formulations of the present disclosure may further comprise citric acid to improve delivery of epinephrine through the oral mucosa. The epinephrine formulations of the present disclosure induce a robust, global sympathetic response in a subject that is disproportionate to the serum epinephrine concentration in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: G. Lynn Howard, Nicholas J. Farina, Christopher Howard, Edward J. Walters
  • Publication number: 20220388035
    Abstract: An actuator includes a housing, a moving element and two springs connected between the housing and the moving element such that one of the two springs crosses the other of the two rotor springs without contacting the other of the two springs. A drive component causes the moving element to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Robin Elenga, Dan Knodle, Steven Combest, Liam O'Brien, Dave Beecher, Christopher Howard
  • Patent number: 11446701
    Abstract: The current document is directed to non-linear haptic actuators that use a rotor, rotor-suspension, and spring subsystem to efficiently generate vibrational forces in various types of devices and appliances in which the non-linear haptic actuators are incorporated. Non-linear haptic actuators can be designed and manufactured to be more space efficient than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules and, because most of the frictional forces produced in unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules are eliminated from non-linear haptic actuators, non-linear haptic actuators are generally more power efficient and robust than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Resonant Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Elenga, Dan Knodle, Steven Combest, Liam O'Brien, Dave Beecher, Christopher Howard
  • Publication number: 20220255095
    Abstract: Molten carbonate fuel cell configurations are provided that allow for introduction of an anode input gas flow on a side of the fuel cell that is adjacent to the entry side for the cathode input gas flow while allowing the anode and cathode to operate under co-current flow and/or counter-current flow conditions. It has been discovered that improved flow properties can be achieved within the anode or cathode during co-current flow or counter-current flow operation by diverting the input flow for the anode or cathode into an extended edge seal region (in an extended edge seal chamber) adjacent to the active area of the anode or cathode, and then using a baffle to provide sufficient pressure drop for even flow distribution of the anode input flow across the anode or cathode input flow across the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Howard, Brandon J. O'Neill, Paul J. Rubas, Frank Hershkowitz, Lu Han, Lawrence J. Novacco, Frank J. Dobek, Keith David, Brian Bullecks
  • Publication number: 20220133654
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides sublingual epinephrine tablets and methods of treating anaphylaxis, methods for concomitant therapy during a cardiac event, treating hypoglycemia, and prophylaxis for immunotherapy, using sublingual epinephrine tablets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: G. Lynn Howard, Nicholas J. Farina, Edward J. Walters, Christopher Howard
  • Patent number: 11253488
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides sublingual epinephrine tablets and methods of treating anaphylaxis, methods for concomitant therapy during a cardiac event, treating hypoglycemia, and prophylaxis for immunotherapy, using sublingual epinephrine tablets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: pHase Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventors: G. Lynn Howard, Nicholas J. Farina, Edward J. Walters, Christopher Howard
  • Publication number: 20220016213
    Abstract: Methods for treating a human suffering from osteoarthritis are provided. Aspects of the methods include intra-articularly administering to the human a dosage comprising a nucleic acid coding sequence for a human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) to treat the human suffering from osteoarthritis. Also provided are compositions for use in practicing the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas W. Chalberg, Christopher Howard Evans
  • Publication number: 20210308392
    Abstract: A system, a method, a device, and a computer program for detecting, monitoring and logging smoking activity related data. The device can comprise a housing, a power supply located within the housing, an atomizer electrically coupled to the power supply, a liquid solution fluidly coupled to the atomizer, and a data logging device configured to be located within the housing and that can comprise a microcontroller, a memory, and a data interface. The data logging device can be configured to detect, monitor, and log smoking activity data, and a data logging device that can comprise a microcontroller, a memory, and a data interface. The data logging device can be configured to detect, monitor, and log smoking activity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ramon Alarcon, Chris Kepner, Michael Starman, Dennis Christopher Howard
  • Publication number: 20210253016
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylindrical cargo container includes: providing a plurality of rigid panels together formable into a cylindrical shell; forming a first semi-cylindrical shell from a first set of the panels; forming a second semi-cylindrical shell from a second set of the panels; forming the cylindrical shell from the first semi-cylindrical shell and the second semi-cylindrical shell; forming a collar conformably encircling the cylindrical shell; constricting the collar to compress joints formed at abutting edges of pairs of adjacent panels; rolling the cylindrical shell and collar to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to a lower position, and welding an inside seam of the joint when at the lower position; removing the collar from the cylindrical shell; and rolling the cylindrical shell to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to an upper position, and welding an outside of the joint when at the upper position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Titan Trailers Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kloepfer, Trever Lorne Howden, Christopher Howard Kloepfer
  • Patent number: 11034278
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylindrical cargo container includes: providing a plurality of rigid panels together formable into a cylindrical shell; forming a first semi-cylindrical shell from a first set of the panels; forming a second semi-cylindrical shell from a second set of the panels; forming the cylindrical shell from the first semi-cylindrical shell and the second semi-cylindrical shell; forming a collar conformably encircling the cylindrical shell; constricting the collar to compress joints formed at abutting edges of pairs of adjacent panels; rolling the cylindrical shell and collar to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to a lower position, and welding an inside seam of the joint when at the lower position; removing the collar from the cylindrical shell; and rolling the cylindrical shell to bring respective joints of pairs of panels to an upper position, and welding an outside of the joint when at the upper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Titan Trailers Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kloepfer, Trever Lorne Howden, Christopher Howard Kloepfer