Patents by Inventor Christopher Perkins

Christopher Perkins 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: 11957257
    Abstract: A mat includes a mat body defining an upper surface dimensioned for a user to stand on the upper surface. The upper surface is non-planar and includes at least one terrain feature defining the non-planarity. The terrain feature has a size that is on the order of magnitude of the size of the user's foot. Presenting this surface to the user may help remind him or her to move his or her feet to thereby adopt multiple poses, thereby preventing the user from maintaining any single pose for a fatigue-inducing duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ergodriven Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins, Isaac Borowiec
  • Patent number: 11423193
    Abstract: An interface system generates interfaces for visualizing human-machine interactions including piping systems. The interface system receives, as input, parameters describing a first pipe data object and a second pipe data object. The pipe data objects can be diagrams representing physical piping in an industrial system. Using the parameters of the first and second pipe data objects, the system determines whether images of the pipes in the interface will overlap. When the system renders vector graphic images of the first pipe data object and the second pipe data object, the second pipe data object is rendered with markings that provide a visual indication that the two pipes overlap and are not connected. The interface system further enables a user to edit the piping diagram to combine the first and second pipe data objects into a single combined pipe data object and updates the rendered images for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: INDUCTIVE AUTOMATION, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Christopher Perkins
  • Publication number: 20220233009
    Abstract: A mat includes a mat body defining an upper surface dimensioned for a user to stand on the upper surface. The upper surface is non-planar and includes at least one terrain feature defining the non-planarity. The terrain feature has a size that is on the order of magnitude of the size of the user's foot. Presenting this surface to the user may help remind him or her to move his or her feet to thereby adopt multiple poses, thereby preventing the user from maintaining any single pose for a fatigue-inducing duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Ergodriven, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins, Isaac Borowiec
  • Patent number: 11191353
    Abstract: A desktop includes a first portion, a second portion, and a linkage assembly attached to the first and second portions. The first desktop portion has a first, substantially planar, upper surface, and an edge. The second desktop portion has a second, substantially planar, upper surface, a proximal edge, and a distal edge. The linkage assembly is configured such that the second desktop portion is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. At the first configuration, the second desktop portion is substantially coplanar with the first desktop portion, and the proximal edge of the second desktop portion is adjacent the edge of the first desktop portion. At the second configuration, the proximal edge of the second desktop portion is beneath the edge of the first desktop portion, and the second desktop portion is not coplanar with the first desktop portion and is not parallel to the first desktop portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Ergodriven, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins
  • Patent number: 11109703
    Abstract: A mat includes a mat body defining an upper surface dimensioned for a user to stand on the upper surface. The upper surface is non-planar and includes at least one terrain feature defining the non-planarity. The terrain feature has a size that is on the order of magnitude of the size of the user's foot. Presenting this surface to the user may help remind him or her to move his or her feet to thereby adopt multiple poses, thereby preventing the user from maintaining any single pose for a fatigue-inducing duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ERGODRIVEN, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins, Isaac Borowiec
  • Patent number: 11013427
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the study of gastrointestinal transit in a human or animal subject. The method being for the study of a subject which has previously ingested a container containing first and second fluids that are detectable and distinguishable by MRI, which method comprises the steps of forming a first magnetic resonance image of at least a portion of the subject's GI tract in which the container is located, wherein the magnetizations of the first and second fluids are in-phase; forming a second magnetic resonance image, coincident with the first image, wherein the magnetizations of the first and second fluids are out-of-phase; and subtracting the second image from the first image, or vice versa, to form a composite image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
    Inventors: Luca Marciani, Roy Harris, Caroline Louise Hoad, Penelope Anne Gowland, Alan Christopher Perkins, Mark Robert Fox, Robin Charles Spiller
  • Publication number: 20200113323
    Abstract: A desktop includes a first portion, a second portion, and a linkage assembly attached to the first and second portions. The first desktop portion has a first, substantially planar, upper surface, and an edge. The second desktop portion has a second, substantially planar, upper surface, a proximal edge, and a distal edge. The linkage assembly is configured such that the second desktop portion is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. At the first configuration, the second desktop portion is substantially coplanar with the first desktop portion, and the proximal edge of the second desktop portion is adjacent the edge of the first desktop portion. At the second configuration, the proximal edge of the second desktop portion is beneath the edge of the first desktop portion, and the second desktop portion is not coplanar with the first desktop portion and is not parallel to the first desktop portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Ergodriven Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins
  • Patent number: 10448733
    Abstract: A desktop includes a first portion, a second portion, and a linkage assembly attached to the first and second portions. The first desktop portion has a first, substantially planar, upper surface, and an edge. The second desktop portion has a second, substantially planar, upper surface, a proximal edge, and a distal edge. The linkage assembly is configured such that the second desktop portion is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. At the first configuration, the second desktop portion is substantially coplanar with the first desktop portion, and the proximal edge of the second desktop portion is adjacent the edge of the first desktop portion. At the second configuration, the proximal edge of the second desktop portion is beneath the edge of the first desktop portion, and the second desktop portion is not coplanar with the first desktop portion and is not parallel to the first desktop portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ergodriven Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins
  • Publication number: 20190150648
    Abstract: A mat includes a mat body defining an upper surface dimensioned for a user to stand on the upper surface. The upper surface is non-planar and includes at least one terrain feature defining the non-planarity. The terrain feature has a size that is on the order of magnitude of the size of the user's foot. Presenting this surface to the user may help remind him or her to move his or her feet to thereby adopt multiple poses, thereby preventing the user from maintaining any single pose for a fatigue-inducing duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins, Isaac Borowiec
  • Patent number: 10219644
    Abstract: A mat includes a mat body defining an upper surface dimensioned for a user to stand on the upper surface. The upper surface is non-planar and includes at least one terrain feature defining the non-planarity. The terrain feature has a size that is on the order of magnitude of the size of the user's foot. Presenting this surface to the user may help remind him or her to move his or her feet to thereby adopt multiple poses, thereby preventing the user from maintaining any single pose for a fatigue-inducing duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins, Isaac Borowiec
  • Patent number: 9988144
    Abstract: A steering device for an aircraft landing gear leg including a main fitting has a steering collar for rotatably mounting on the outside of the main fitting; an actuator having an actuator body; and an actuator arm arranged to move between an extended position and retracted position with respect to the actuator body. The actuator arm is pivoted to the main fitting, and a bracket is pivoted to the main fitting; a second pivot location pivoted to the actuator body; and a third pivot location pivotally connected to one end of a steering arm. The steering arm is pivoted at its other end to the steering collar. Also, an aircraft landing gear with the steering device and aircraft having the landing gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Perkins, Nick White, Stuart Alexander
  • Patent number: 9663363
    Abstract: A multiple stage synthesis gas generation system is disclosed including a high radiant heat flux reactor, a gasifier reactor control system, and a Steam Methane Reformer (SMR) reactor. The SMR reactor is in parallel and cooperates with the high radiant heat flux reactor to produce a high quality syngas mixture for MeOH synthesis. The resultant products from the two reactors may be used for the MeOH synthesis. The SMR provides hydrogen rich syngas to be mixed with the potentially carbon monoxide rich syngas from the high radiant heat flux reactor. The combination of syngas component streams from the two reactors can provide the required hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio for methanol synthesis. The SMR reactor control system and a gasifier reactor control system interact to produce a high quality syngas mixture for the MeOH synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Sundrop Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne W. Simmons, Sidney P. White, Christopher Perkins
  • Publication number: 20170137284
    Abstract: A multiple stage synthesis gas generation system is disclosed including a high radiant heat flux reactor, a gasifier reactor control system, and a Steam Methane Reformer (SMR) reactor. The SMR reactor is in parallel and cooperates with the high radiant heat flux reactor to produce a high quality syngas mixture for MeOH synthesis. The resultant products from the two reactors may be used for the MeOH synthesis. The SMR provides hydrogen rich syngas to be mixed with the potentially carbon monoxide rich syngas from the high radiant heat flux reactor. The combination of syngas component streams from the two reactors can provide the required hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio for methanol synthesis. The SMR reactor control system and a gasifier reactor control system interact to produce a high quality syngas mixture for the MeOH synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Wayne W. Simmons, Sidney P. White, Christopher Perkins
  • Patent number: 9509244
    Abstract: An electric power generation system may be constructed of multiple similar generator modules arranged between a rotor and a stator. The rotor may be coupled to and/or integrated with a turbine that is configured to rotate in the presence of a fluid stream such as wind or water. Each generator module may have a rotor portion configured to generate a magnetic field having at least one characteristic that changes with respect to the rotational speed of the rotor. Each generator module may further have a stator portion configured to generate an alternating electric current responsive to the magnetic field. The generated electric current may be controlled by the stator portion of the generator module in order to magnetically control the rotational speed of the rotor and the turbine. Separation between the rotor and stator portions of the generator module may be magnetically maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: UNIMODAL SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: John Lee Wamble, III, Christopher Perkins, John Cole, Clark Foster, Robert Baertsch
  • Publication number: 20160206090
    Abstract: A desktop includes a first portion, a second portion, and a linkage assembly attached to the first and second portions. The first desktop portion has a first, substantially planar, upper surface, and an edge. The second desktop portion has a second, substantially planar, upper surface, a proximal edge, and a distal edge. The linkage assembly is configured such that the second desktop portion is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. At the first configuration, the second desktop portion is substantially coplanar with the first desktop portion, and the proximal edge of the second desktop portion is adjacent the edge of the first desktop portion. At the second configuration, the proximal edge of the second desktop portion is beneath the edge of the first desktop portion, and the second desktop portion is not coplanar with the first desktop portion and is not parallel to the first desktop portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins
  • Publication number: 20160174745
    Abstract: A mat includes a mat body defining an upper surface dimensioned for a user to stand on the upper surface. The upper surface is non-planar and includes at least one terrain feature defining the non-planarity. The terrain feature has a size that is on the order of magnitude of the size of the user's foot. Presenting this surface to the user may help remind him or her to move his or her feet to thereby adopt multiple poses, thereby preventing the user from maintaining any single pose for a fatigue-inducing duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins, Isaac Borowiec
  • Publication number: 20160024403
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for a solar-driven chemical plant are disclosed. Some embodiments may include a solar thermal receiver to absorb concentrated solar energy from an array of heliostats and a solar-driven chemical reactor. This chemical reactor may have multiple reactor tubes, in which particles of biomass may be gasified in the presence of a carrier gas in a gasification reaction to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide products. High heat transfer rates of the walls and tubes may allow the particles of biomass to achieve a high enough temperature necessary for substantial tar destruction and complete gasification of greater than 90 percent of the biomass particles into reaction products including hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas in a very short residence time between a range of 0.01 and 5 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Perkins, Zoran Jovanovic, Steven Strand, Courtland Hilton, Donna Kelley
  • Publication number: 20150376518
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for a solar-driven bio-refinery that may include a entrained-flow biomass feed system that is feedstock flexible via particle size control of the biomass. Some embodiments include a chemical reactor that receives concentrated solar thermal energy from an array of heliostats. The entrained-flow biomass feed system can use an entrainment carrier gas and supplies a variety of biomass sources fed as particles into the solar-driven chemical reactor. Biomass sources in a raw state or partially torrified state may be used, as long as parameters such as particle size of the biomass are controlled. Additionally, concentrated solar thermal energy can drive gasification of the particles. An on-site fuel synthesis reactor may receive the hydrogen and carbon monoxide products from the gasification reaction use the hydrogen and carbon monoxide products in a hydrocarbon fuel synthesis process to create a liquid hydrocarbon fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Zoran Jovanovic, Bryan Schramm, Christopher Perkins, Courtland M. Hilton, Wayne W. Simmons
  • Patent number: D771974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: ERGODRIVEN INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins, Isaac Borowiec
  • Patent number: D825223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: ERGODRIVEN INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Feeley, Christopher Perkins