Patents by Inventor Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson 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).
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Publication number: 20240376778Abstract: A ladder having a plane having a periphery. The plane having a body opening to receive a body of an impact driver and a trigger recess extending from the body opening to receive a trigger of the impact driver. The body opening conforming to a shape of the body and the trigger recess conforming to the shape of the trigger. The body opening and the trigger recess holding the impact driver when the impact driver is placed on the top. A ladder top. A method for using an impact driver with a ladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Joseph Dangrow, Troy Johnson, Derek Bibler, Christopher Ruppen
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Patent number: 12142745Abstract: A battery pack includes a housing defining an upper portion and a lower portion, a first protector portion coupled to a first corner of the housing, a second protector portion coupled to a second corner of the housing, a plurality of battery cells disposed within the housing, and a mating feature including a plurality of ports electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells and structured to supply power from the plurality of battery cells through the ports.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLCInventors: Jeff Zeiler, Christopher Krajewski, Kyle Harvey, Ryan Jaskowiak, Nicholas Zeidler, Mark Noller, Todd Johnson
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Patent number: 12140938Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a product. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a product, based on a causal model that measures causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of the product; ii) determining the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings, the causal model.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar, Frederick J. Arsenault, Nicholas A. Johnson, Brett R. Hemes, Thomas J. Strey, Jonathan B. Arthur, Nathan J. Herbst, Aaron K. Nienaber, Sarah M. Mullins, Mark W. Orlando, Cory D. Sauer, Timothy J. Clemens, Scott L. Barnett, Zachary M. Schaeffer, Patrick G. Zimmerman, Gregory P. Moriarty, Jeffrey P. Adolf, Steven P. Floeder, Andreas Backes, Peter J. Schneider, Maureen A. Kavanagh, Glenn E. Casner, Miaoding Dai, Christopher M. Brown, Lori A. Sjolund, Jon A. Kirschhoffer, Carter C. Hughes
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Patent number: 12142120Abstract: An anti-skimming device includes a base configured to be mounted to at least one of a support structure or a card reader device. The base includes mounting openings configured to receive mounting hardware for securing the base to the at least one of the support structure or the card reader device. An arm extends outward from the base. The arm includes a flange extending such that a gap is defined between the flange and the base. The gap is configured to receive at least portion of the card reader device therein such that the flange of the arm overlaps a portion of a front side of the card reader device.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Christopher Johnson, Garrett Fulghum, Claire Rushton, Jason Hogan
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Publication number: 20240360803Abstract: An engine comprises an air intake arrangement configured to receive air; a heat exchanger arrangement arranged downstream of the air intake arrangement, configured to cool the air, and comprising a plurality of heat exchanger modules; and one or more turbomachinery components configured to receive cooled air from the heat exchanger arrangement. The plurality of heat exchanger modules are arranged to be generally centred on and to be arranged along a longitudinal axis of the engine. At least one of the plurality of heat exchanger modules is arranged to at least partially overlap with at least one other one of the plurality of heat exchanger modules relative to the longitudinal axis of the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Reaction Engines LimitedInventors: Robert Alexander Bond, Kathryn Rebecca Evans, Russell Geoffrey Payne, Martin Christopher Johnson
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Patent number: 12122498Abstract: A stand-alone modular removable rudder system for watercraft having a rudder comprising a steering handle coupled to a quick release mechanism adapted to releasably secure said steering handle to said watercraft in proximity to the operator, said system further comprising, a rudder mount adapted to be coupled to the rear of the watercraft by a quick release mechanism adapted to releasably secure said rudder mount to said watercraft, said rudder being carried by a rudder support pivotal about said rudder mount and cables operatively connecting said steering handle to said rudder mount whereby the steering handle can be operated to steer the rudder.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Hobie Cat IP, LLCInventors: Drew William Brackett, William John Broadway, James Taylor Czarnowski, Mark Joseph Johnson, Jason Christopher Kardas, Victor Daniel Ortiz, Elizabeth Catherine Sexton, Shane Yellin, Philip James Dow
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Patent number: 12122872Abstract: Uncured aqueous composition comprising surfactant and a blend of (a) a first sulfonated polyester having a glass transition temperature not greater than 75° C. that is not sulfonated polyethylene naphthalate, (b) a second, sulfonated polyester that is a sulfonated polyethylene naphthalate, (c) melamine-formaldehyde crosslinker, and (d) an epoxy silane coupling agent; and cured composition thereof. Compositions described herein are useful, for example, for making primed film for release liners applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Jeffrey A. Peterson, Maria A. Appeaning, Christopher P. Gerlach, David J. Kinning, Madison P. Bennett, Marie A. Boulos, Anna M. Clausen, Victor Ho, Kevin T. Huseby, Stephen A. Johnson, Scott M. LeBow
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Publication number: 20240344083Abstract: Provided herein are methods of transducing resting or non-activated T cells using CD4-targeted viral vectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: Sana Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Christie CIARLO, Christopher BANDORO, Kutlu ELPEK, Hanane ENNAJDAOUI, Aaron FOSTER, Zach FRYE, Adam JOHNSON, Lauren Pepper MACKENZIE, Albert Ruzo MATIAS, Jagesh Vijaykumar SHAH
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Patent number: 12110124Abstract: A vertical takeoff and landing vehicle which includes an allocation block that receives a set of desired forces or desired moments and a health metric associated with at least one of: (1) a motor controller or (2) a rotor that operates in a vertical takeoff and landing mode at least some of the time. A command signal is determined per a first manner that attempts to satisfy both the set of desired forces or desired moments and the health metric. If the command signal is unable to be determined in the first manner, a second manner is used that prioritizes flight control associated with one or more of a roll axis or a pitch axis over flight control associated with a yaw axis where the axes are mutually orthogonal. The command signal is output to the motor controller that controls the rotor using the command signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Kitty Hawk CorporationInventors: Christopher Scott Saunders, Mark Johnson Cutler
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Patent number: 12111315Abstract: Device for use in a biosensor comprising a multisite array of test sites, the device being useful for modulating the binding interactions between a (biomolecular) probe or detection agent and an analyte of interest from a biological by modulating the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor. The device provides a biosensor which is more accurate, reliable and the results of which are more reproducible. Analytic methods for more accurately measuring an analyte of interest in a biological sample are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Nadezda Fomina, Christopher Johnson, Sam Kavusi, Habib Ahmad
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Patent number: 12108698Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for the automation of seed planting and analysis comprising automated planting of the seeds, germination, and analysis. The methods generally comprise conveying containers containing seeds to an automated seed planting station, wherein each container includes a machine-readable tag, planting at least some of the seeds in the container onto respective planting trays, wherein each planting tray includes a machine-readable tag, allowing the seeds to germinate, and analyzing the germinated seeds. The systems generally comprise a seed planting system and a planting verification and correction system. Also provided herein are backlit templates comprising a light source and a power interface configured to connect to a power source to power the light source.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Adam M. Barrick, Eric L. Borrowman, Jarrett R. Ceglinski, Jerry Christopher, Joshua Allen Crews, Daniel Dillard, Timothy P. Garvin, Charles K. Johnson, Jeffrey L. Kohne, Jason T. Mitchell, Jeffrey S. Morris, Ralph E. Nothdurft, Payman Rassoolkhani, Christian A. Saia
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Publication number: 20240319183Abstract: A method for detecting an amount of an analyte in a solution includes providing an assay chamber including an electrode positioned at a first end of the assay chamber and a capture molecule attached to the electrode via a linker. A solution including an analyte, a binding partner of the analyte, at least one electrochemically active agent, and a detecting probe having a signaling tag attached thereto may be provided to the assay chamber. An electrical signal may be applied to the electrode to change the pH of the solution in the area near the electrode. The analyte may bind to the capture molecule and to the detecting probe at the first end of the assay chamber at the new pH. A signal produced by the signaling tag at the first end of the assay chamber may be measured to calculate the amount of the analyte in the solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Nadezda FOMINA, Christopher JOHNSON, Young Shik SHIN, Christoph LANG
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Publication number: 20240319746Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide docking assist for mobile structures. A docking assist system includes a logic device, one or more sensors, one or more actuators/controllers, and modules to interface with users, sensors, actuators, and/or other modules of a mobile structure. The logic device is adapted to receive docking assist parameters from a user interface for the mobile structure and perimeter sensor data from a perimeter ranging system mounted to the mobile structure. The logic device determines docking assist control signals based, at least in part, on the docking assist parameters and perimeter sensor data, and it then provides the docking assist control signals to a navigation control system for the mobile structure. Control signals may be displayed to a user and/or used to adjust a steering actuator, a propulsion system thrust, and/or other operational systems of the mobile structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Mark Johnson, Oliver Hawker, Richard Jales, Christopher Yeomans, Marcelo Rull, Mark Rivers
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Publication number: 20240315792Abstract: A medical instrument includes cable pairs respectively wound around input spindles and connected to actuate degrees of freedom of an instrument shaft structure. The cables may connect so that rotating the input spindles actuates corresponding degrees of freedom. First pulleys in the instrument may receive first cables from the input spindles and redirect the first cables toward the instrument shaft, and second pulleys may receive second cables from the input spindles and redirect the second cables toward the instrument shaft. In one configuration, the first and second pulleys are respectively mounted at first and second levels, and the second pulleys redirect the second cables through the first level. Additionally or alternatively, one level of cables may cross while the other level of cables does not.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Bram Gilbert Antoon LAMBRECHT, S. Christopher ANDERSON, Ladd T. JOHNSON
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Patent number: 12099222Abstract: Photochromic article having first and second opposed major surfaces comprising a first, transparent layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, the first layer comprising thermoplastic, a second, transparent layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, the second layer comprising photochromic dye and amorphous copolyester, wherein the first major surface of the second layer is adjacent to the second major surface of the first layer, and a third layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, wherein the first major surface of the third layer is adjacent to the second major surface of the second layer. Embodiments of photochromic article described herein are useful, for example in eyewear, window films, security films, decorative films, electronic devices (i.e., having a display with a photochromic article).Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kevin T. Huseby, Michael Benton Free, Victor Ho, Stephen A. Johnson, Christopher W. A. Krohe
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Publication number: 20240310322Abstract: A target molecule detection method includes contacting oxidation and reduction electrodes with a solution having redox tags. The method further includes applying a first oxidation voltage pulse to the oxidation electrode when the solution does not contain the target molecules to obtain a first oxidation current profile, applying a second oxidation voltage pulse to the oxidation electrode when the solution contains the target molecules to obtain a second oxidation current profile, applying a first reduction voltage pulse to the reduction electrode when the solution does not contain the target molecules to obtain a first reduction current profile, and applying a second reduction voltage pulse to the reduction electrode when the solution contains the target molecules to obtain a second reduction current profile. The method also includes detecting the target molecules in response to one or more electrical properties of the first and second oxidation and reduction current profiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Young Shik SHIN, Nadezda FOMINA, Christopher JOHNSON, Armin DARVISH, Gabrielle VUKASIN, Gary YAMA, Christoph LANG
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Patent number: 12084155Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide graphical user interfaces for assisted and/or autonomous navigation for mobile structures. A navigation assist system includes a user interface for a mobile structure comprising a display and a logic device configured to communicate with the user interface and render a docking user interface on the display. The logic device is configured to monitor control signals for a navigation control system for the mobile structure and render the docking user interface based, at least in part, on the monitored control signals. The docking user interface includes a maneuvering guide with a mobile structure perimeter indicator, an obstruction map, and a translational thrust indicator configured to indicate a translational maneuvering thrust magnitude and direction relative to an orientation of the mobile structure perimeter indicator.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: FLIR Belgium BVBAInventors: Mark Rivers, Natalie Holder, Oliver Hawker, Richard Jales, Christopher Yeomans, Marcelo Rull, Mark Johnson
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Publication number: 20240294534Abstract: A series of substituted imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazine derivatives of formula (I), being potent modulators of human IL-17 activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Gareth Neil BRACE, Daniel Christopher BROOKINGS, Shuyu CHU, Rickki Lee CONNELLY, Anne Marie FOLEY, James Richard FROST, Ellen Olivia GALLIMORE, Paul GOLDSMITH, James Andrew JOHNSON, James Thomas REUBERSON, Robert STRAKER, Richard David TAYLOR, Luigi Piero STASI
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Publication number: 20240287092Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF3 or C1-C4 alkyl; R6 is H, OH, or halogen; B is a substituted or unsubstituted heterobicycle, pyridazine, pyrazole, pyrazine, thiadiazole, or triazole, wherein the heterobicycle is other than chloro substituted indole; and the pyrazole, when substituted, is substituted with other than trifluoromethyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkInventors: Konstantin Petrukhin, Christopher Cioffi, Graham Johnson, Nicoleta Dobri, Emily Freeman, Ping Chen, Michael Conlon, Lei Zhu
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Patent number: D1050565Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: The Urban Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Amato, David Dawson, Joeangel Casanova, Hope Johnson, Christopher Roof, Brianna Magagnoli, Janis Golubeckis