Patents by Inventor Christopher R. Conklin

Christopher R. Conklin 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: 20240116515
    Abstract: A method for correlating driving behavior to wear on a vehicle may include identifying a driver of the vehicle and receiving signals generated by a number of sensors built into specific locations on the vehicle. The method may include determining a driving pattern associated with the driver, assessing wear on the vehicle due to one or more wear mechanisms, identifying a correlation between the driving pattern and the assessed wear on the vehicle, and transmitting information associated with the correlation between the driving pattern and the assessed wear on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Philippe HERROU, Christopher R. CONKLIN, Parker Richard WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20240110800
    Abstract: A method for assessing driving routes to mitigate wear on a vehicle may include determining a driving route traversed by a vehicle, the driving route including an origin and a destination. The method may include receiving signals generated by a number of sensors built into specific locations on the vehicle, the sensors including at least one vibration sensor. The method may include assessing wear on the vehicle due to one or more wear mechanisms based on the signals. The method may include identifying a correlation between the driving route and the assessed wear on the vehicle, transmitting information associated with the correlation between the driving route and the assessed wear on the vehicle, receiving a routing recommendation based on information about an alternate route, and displaying the routing recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Philippe HERROU, Christopher R. CONKLIN, Parker Richard WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20200001932
    Abstract: A glass structure for a vehicle includes an outer layer of glass and an inner layer of glass. The inner layer of glass is perforated by a plurality of holes and the outer layer of glass and the inner layer of glass are separated by a gap disposed between opposing surfaces of the outer layer of glass and the inner layer of glass. The glass structure provided herein may provide noise absorption and temperature insulation characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Rosemary MOTTSMITH, William S. SWENEY, Christopher R. CONKLIN, HyunJun SHIN
  • Patent number: 9355746
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to built-in testing of an unused element on a chip. An aspect includes concurrently performing on a chip comprising a plurality of chip elements comprising a plurality of active elements, each active element enabled to perform a respective function, and at least one unused element that is disabled from performing the respective function and configured to be selectively enabled as an active element, the respective functions of the respective active elements and a built-in self test (BIST) test of the at least one unused element. Another aspect includes inputting an input test pattern to the unused element. Another aspect includes receiving an output test pattern based on the input test pattern from the unused element. Another aspect includes comparing the input test pattern to the output test pattern. Another aspect includes determining whether the unused element passed or failed the testing based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luiz C. Alves, William J. Clarke, Christopher R. Conklin, William V. Huott, Kevin W. Kark, Thomas J. Knips, K. Paul Muller
  • Publication number: 20150262711
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to built-in testing of an unused element on a chip. An aspect includes concurrently performing on a chip comprising a plurality of chip elements comprising a plurality of active elements, each active element enabled to perform a respective function, and at least one unused element that is disabled from performing the respective function and configured to be selectively enabled as an active element, the respective functions of the respective active elements and a built-in self test (BIST) test of the at least one unused element. Another aspect includes inputting an input test pattern to the unused element. Another aspect includes receiving an output test pattern based on the input test pattern from the unused element. Another aspect includes comparing the input test pattern to the output test pattern. Another aspect includes determining whether the unused element passed or failed the testing based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Luiz C. Alves, William J. Clarke, Christopher R. Conklin, William V. Huott, Kevin W. Kark, Thomas J. Knips, K. Paul Muller
  • Publication number: 20150262713
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to built-in testing of an unused element on a chip. An aspect includes concurrently performing on a chip comprising a plurality of chip elements comprising a plurality of active elements, each active element enabled to perform a respective function, and at least one unused element that is disabled from performing the respective function and configured to be selectively enabled as an active element, the respective functions of the respective active elements and a built-in self test (BIST) test of the at least one unused element. Another aspect includes inputting an input test pattern to the unused element. Another aspect includes receiving an output test pattern based on the input test pattern from the unused element. Another aspect includes comparing the input test pattern to the output test pattern. Another aspect includes determining whether the unused element passed or failed the testing based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Luiz C. Alves, William J. Clarke, Christopher R. Conklin, William V. Huott, Kevin W. Kark, Thomas J. Knips, K. Paul Muller
  • Patent number: 9136019
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to built-in testing of an unused element on a chip. An aspect includes concurrently performing on a chip comprising a plurality of chip elements comprising a plurality of active elements, each active element enabled to perform a respective function, and at least one unused element that is disabled from performing the respective function and configured to be selectively enabled as an active element, the respective functions of the respective active elements and a built-in self test (BIST) test of the at least one unused element. Another aspect includes inputting an input test pattern to the unused element. Another aspect includes receiving an output test pattern based on the input test pattern from the unused element. Another aspect includes comparing the input test pattern to the output test pattern. Another aspect includes determining whether the unused element passed or failed the testing based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Luiz C. Alves, William J. Clarke, Christopher R. Conklin, William V. Huott, Kevin W. Kark, Thomas J. Knips, K. Paul Muller
  • Patent number: 8499144
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method for updating the settings of a processor or a processor core, respectively, concurrently to the operation of the respective processor system in which the processor or processor core, respectively, is running. This enables the insertion of new scan chain data and thus enabling the modification of the hardware characteristics of the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R. Conklin, Michael F. Fee, Adolf Martens, Walter Niklaus, Scott B. Swaney, Tobias Webel
  • Publication number: 20110138167
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method for updating the settings of a processor or a processor core, respectively, concurrently to the operation of the respective processor system in which the processor or processor core, respectively, is running. This enables the insertion of new scan chain data and thus enabling the modification of the hardware characteristics of the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher R. Conklin, Michael F. Fee, Adolf Martens, Walter Niklaus, Scott B. Swaney, Tobias Webel
  • Patent number: 7664940
    Abstract: Reassignment of a physical processor backing a logical processor is performed concurrently to the operation of the processor. The operating state of one physical processor is loaded on another physical processor, such that the logical processor is backed by a different physical processor. This reassignment is performed concurrent to processor operation and transparent to the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R. Conklin, Randall W. Philley
  • Publication number: 20090070563
    Abstract: Reassignment of a physical processor backing a logical processor is performed concurrently to the operation of the processor. The operating state of one physical processor is loaded on another physical processor, such that the logical processor is backed by a different physical processor. This reassignment is performed concurrent to processor operation and transparent to the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher R. Conklin, Randall W. Philley
  • Patent number: 7461241
    Abstract: Reassignment of a physical processor backing a logical processor is performed concurrently to the operation of the processor. The operating state of one physical processor is loaded on another physical processor, such that the logical processor is backed by a different physical processor. This reassignment is performed concurrent to processor operation and transparent to the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R. Conklin, Randall W. Philley
  • Publication number: 20080028413
    Abstract: Reassignment of a physical processor backing a logical processor is performed concurrently to the operation of the processor. The operating state of one physical processor is loaded on another physical processor, such that the logical processor is backed by a different physical processor. This reassignment is performed concurrent to processor operation and transparent to the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher R. Conklin, Randall W. Philley
  • Patent number: 5611062
    Abstract: Special millicode instructions accelerate the "inner loop" portion of a millicode routine to execute ESA/390 string instructions. Specifically, these millicode instructions are: Replicate Byte, Find Byte Equal, Find Byte Not Equal, Compare String Bytes instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Webb, Mark S. Farrell, Christopher R. Conklin, Wen H. Li