Patents by Inventor Christopher MICHAEL

Christopher MICHAEL 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: 11982183
    Abstract: A downhole fluid sampling tool comprising one or more probes configured to take at least one fluid sample from the wellbore and perform a Saturates, Aromatics, Resins, Asphaltenes (SARA) analysis on the at least one fluid sample. Additionally, the downhole fluid sampling tool comprises an information handling system for developing a first remediation operation based at least in part on the first SARA analysis and performing the first remediation operation on the first fluid sample to form a first remediated fluid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Rohin Naveena-Chandran, Anthony Herman VanZuilekom
  • Patent number: 11981354
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mitigating certain spoofing of vehicle features are disclosed herein. An example method can include determining input torque values obtained from a steering torque sensor associated with a steering wheel of a vehicle, wherein the input torque values are obtained over a period of time, determining road disturbances using a road disturbance model, applying a driver model that is indicative of human driver hands-on-wheel behaviors, determining when input torque values are indicative of a spoof or human interaction with the steering wheel using the input torque values, the road disturbance model, and the driver model, and executing a remediating measure when the input torque values are indicative of the spoof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, Catherine Marie Amodeo, Yashanshu Jain, Christopher Colarusso
  • Patent number: 11981201
    Abstract: A drive mechanism that connects to a rotary drive component for transferring rotary motion to another component. The drive mechanism may be a conversion assembly to facilitate a connection to an existing rotary drive component and transfer the rotary motion to another component. The drive mechanism may include a drive shaft, a housing with a rotary bearing and seal, an enclosure and a drive pulley or other transfer component. The drive shaft may include a cap and flange to connect to a rotary drum and extend to a drive pulley in an enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TSI Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen William O'Brien, Todd Michael Coleman, Christopher Delmont Corfman, Charles J. Martis, Kerry Wayne Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20240150438
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind SARS-CoV spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and methods of using same for treating or preventing conditions associated with SARS or COVID-19 and for detecting SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: AbCellera Biologics Inc., The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Svcs.
    Inventors: Kathryn WESTENDORF, Stefanie ZENTELIS, Krithika MUTHURAMAN, Kevin JEPSON, Ester FALCONER, John MASCOLA, Barney GRAHAM, Kizzmekia CORBETT, Julie LEDGERWOOD, Lingshu WANG, Olubukola ABIONA, Wei SHI, Wing-pui KONG, Yi ZHANG, Bryan Edward JONES, Denisa FOSTER, Julian DAVIES, Qing CHAI, Christopher Carl FRYE, Ganapathy GOPALRATHNAM, Jörg HENDLE, John Michael SAUDER, Jeffrey Streetman BOYLES, Anna PUSTILNIK
  • Publication number: 20240148409
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for creating bone tunnels. In particular, described herein are embodiments of bone tunneling devices configured to create curvilinear tunnels in bone, as well as methods and devices relating thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Adam H. Hsieh, Joe Ty Lin, Christopher Michael Rodriguez, Jacob Lev Rudelson
  • Publication number: 20240149056
    Abstract: A medical device, including an implantable portion of the medical device, the implantable portion including at least one electrode, wherein the implantable portion is configured to, while implanted in a human, obtain data indicative of wear of the at least one electrode. In an exemplary embodiment, the medical device is a cochlear implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Michael CARTER, Nicholas Charles Kendall PAWSEY, Christopher Joseph LONG, Sara Ingrid DURAN, Peter GIBSON
  • Publication number: 20240153080
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes assigning, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, one of a vein classification and an artery classification to one or more blood vessels in ultrasound images. The method also includes determining a misclassification for one blood vessel that denotes the neural network assigning the one of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in one ultrasound image and the other of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in additional ultrasound images. The method includes displaying, in the one ultrasound image, an indication of the other of the vein classification and the artery classification for the one blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Davinder S. Dhatt, Christopher Aleksandr White, Adam Benjamin Pely, Thomas Michael Duffy, Paul Tomotaro Danset, Diku Pranav Mandavia
  • Publication number: 20240149121
    Abstract: An example putter presented herein is designed manufactured in a way that allows for a golfer to adjust weight balance of the golf club head by moving respective weights through a toe-side track and a heel-side track on a bottom side of the golf club head. The putter may also be configured with adjustable toe-hang, face material, and loft all in one club, in order to optimize the club for the day's game without having to purchase a new golf club each time one desires to try something new. The putter head can combine a removable, stackable face plate with a continuous range of shaft attachment points to allow a golfer to adjust each factor all in one club.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Caroline MEANS, Stewart CINK, Jason KUPIER, Justin MARTIN, William Judson READY, Rex ROSS, Christopher Javellana SALDANA, Jaime Michael Schnaier BEREZ, Elliott JOST, Brittan D. PERO
  • Publication number: 20240151140
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a method, that includes lowering a downhole tool to a target depth of a wellbore, sampling reservoir fluid containing asphaltene at the target depth using the downhole tool, controlling a pressure of the sampled reservoir fluid while downhole to induce one or more phase transitions of the asphaltene, measuring the sampled reservoir fluid after inducing the one or more phase transitions, and identifying fluid composition of the reservoir fluid based on the measuring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohin Naveena-Chandran, Syed Muhammad Farrukh Hamza, Gibran Mushtaq Hashmi, Jason A. Rogers, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman VanZuilekom
  • Patent number: 11978272
    Abstract: Adapting a machine learning model to process data that differs from training data used to configure the model for a specified objective is described. A domain adaptation system trains the model to process new domain data that differs from a training data domain by using the model to generate a feature representation for the new domain data, which describes different content types included in the new domain data. The domain adaptation system then generates a probability distribution for each discrete region of the new domain data, which describes a likelihood of the region including different content described by the feature representation. The probability distribution is compared to ground truth information for the new domain data to determine a loss function, which is used to refine model parameters. After determining that model outputs achieve a threshold similarity to the ground truth information, the model is output as a domain-agnostic model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Li, Christopher Alan Tensmeyer, Curtis Michael Wigington, Handong Zhao, Nikolaos Barmpalios, Tong Sun, Varun Manjunatha, Vlad Ion Morariu
  • Patent number: 11976553
    Abstract: A test tool attached to test string comprising a fluid conduit is deployed to a test position within a wellbore. The deployment includes hydraulically isolating a portion of the wellbore proximate the test tool to form an isolation zone containing the test position. A fluid inflow test is performed within the isolation zone and an initial formation property and a fluid property are determined based on the fluid inflow test. A fluid injection test is performed within the isolation zone including applying an injection fluid through the test string into the isolation zone, wherein the flow rate or pressure of the injection fluid application is determined based, at least in part, on the at least one of the formation property and fluid property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Anton Proett, Christopher Michael Jones, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom, Mehdi Alipour Kallehbasti
  • Publication number: 20240138633
    Abstract: Compositions are provided for dissolvable solid unit dose formulations that can be used with a wand apparatus to clean a toilet surface. The formulations include anionic surfactant, a carbonate or bicarbonate salt, an organic acid, and virgin soap pellets wherein a ratio of the virgin soap pellets to the surfactant is from about 0.5:1 to about 2:1, preferably about 1:1 to about 1.5:1, and most preferably about 1.2:1 to 1.3:1. Compressed compositions retain sufficient hardness to facilitate cleaning a toilet surface but are still able to have a time to breakage when submerged in toilet water of less than 5 minutes to enable easy disposal by flushing with toilet water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Rodriguez, Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Juan Salas, John Daniel Konikowski
  • Publication number: 20240141681
    Abstract: Kits for assembling rackable gates are provided. The kits comprise a pair of gate uprights, each gate upright comprising a tubular elongate member and a bracket. The tubular elongate member comprises apertures configured to accept a fence panel rail therethrough and into an elongate channel situated on an interior surface therein and configured to securely receive an end of the fence panel rail such that lateral and torsional movement of said fence panel rail is restricted. The bracket comprises a pair of bracket arms attached to an exterior surface of the tubular elongate member, each situated directly opposite the other with an aperture situated therebetween and configured to accommodate a fastener for fastening a fence panel rail thereto. Also provided are methods for assembling gates from such kits and gates assembled from such kits and by such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Paige Barbara Moore, Patrick Joseph Bertke, Christopher Rolland Clark
  • Publication number: 20240141682
    Abstract: Devices for extending the height of a barrier are provided. The devices comprise an elongate member having a downward-facing rail channel comprising a plurality of opposed longitudinal projections extending inwardly into the rail channel, a decorative accent feature mounted on the top surface of the elongate member and extending upwardly therefrom, and a top rail mounted onto a top surface of the decorative accent feature. The devices are configured for downward installation onto the top rail of a barrier panel, whereby a first pair of the opposed longitudinal projections rest on any upwardly facing surface of the top rail, while at least one further pair of the opposed longitudinal projections contacts the opposing side-facing surfaces of the top rail. Also provided are systems comprising these devices, as well as methods for installing these systems onto the top rail of a barrier panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher J. Heritage, Christopher Michael Schneider
  • Publication number: 20240140024
    Abstract: Methods of creating additive manufactured parts include selectively dispensing, in a shape area according to a layer of a part to be created by additive manufacturing, a second composition onto a top surface of a first composition in a vat, wherein a polymerization component is in the second composition. In some cases, polymerization components for formation of the layer are kept separate from each other until the dispensing. In some cases, a first polymerization component is in the first composition, and a second polymerization component is in the second composition. The top surface is illuminated to expose the first composition and the second composition to light having a polymerization wavelength, thereby causing polymerization of the layer of the part only in the shape area. The dispensing comprises customizing a reaction variable of the polymerization to customize reaction kinetics in different portions of the shape area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Intrepid Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Wynne, Shirley Lee, Jamie Lynn Etcheson, Christopher Sean Tanner, Robert Lee Mueller, Ivan Dejesus Chousal, James Michael Pingel
  • Publication number: 20240141685
    Abstract: A system includes a board at an initial position. The system also includes a first connecting apparatus positioned at one end of the boards. The first connecting apparatus includes a front end configured to be positioned within an opening of the board and a bottom end configured to be positioned within a fence structure. The system also includes a second connecting apparatus positioned at another end of the board. The second connecting apparatus includes a front end configured to be positioned within another opening of the board and a bottom end configured to be positioned within the fence structure. The system also includes a plurality of corner posts configured to receive the first connecting apparatus and the second connecting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Patrick Joseph Bertke
  • Publication number: 20240141684
    Abstract: A system includes a top rail configured at an initial position. The system also includes one or more plugs positioned underneath the top rail. The one or more plugs and top rail are positioned within a same connected device. The one or more plugs include spring clips to enable the top rail and one or more plugs to be connected to a top portion of a fence. The system also includes a mid-rail positioned at the top portion of the fence, wherein the mid-rail is configured to receive the one or more plugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Rolland Clark, Paige Barbara Moore, Patrick Joseph Bertke
  • Publication number: 20240141683
    Abstract: A system includes a first mid-rail slit positioned at a first position. A second mid-rail slit is positioned at a second position directly across from the first mid-rail slit. A first and second stile are positioned between the first and second mid-rail slit. The first and second stile are inserted and positioned in a perpendicular direction to a bottom panel to be aligned in a vertical direction between the first and second mid-rail slit. The first and second stile provide separation for a plurality of decorative screen panels. The plurality of decorative screen panels are positioned in contact with the first and second stile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Douglas Grant Wright, Patrick Joseph Bertke
  • Publication number: 20240141679
    Abstract: A system includes a top rail configured at a first position. The system also includes a bottom rail configured at a second position below the top rail. The system also includes a first set of clips positioned on the top rail. The system also includes a second set of clips positioned on the bottom rail. The system further includes a plurality of screws inserted in an area within the front portion of the first set of clips and the second set of clips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Rolland Clark, Patrick Joseph Bertke
  • Patent number: D1026941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniele De Iuliis, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer