Patents by Inventor Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan 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: 20250131164
    Abstract: Systems and methods include managing a Network Digital Twin (NDT) for a network, the NDT including an emulation model and an optimization model, wherein the emulation model is configured to emulate the network and the optimization model is configured to determine configuration changes to the network based on a cost function; performing an iterative procedure with the optimization model and the emulation model to determine one or more configuration changes to the network based on the cost function; and providing the one or more configuration changes from the iterative procedure for use in the network, where the one or more configuration changes address the cost function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Barber, David Jordan Krauss, Mohamed Zalat, Thomas Kunz, Babak Esfandiari, Thomas Triplet
  • Publication number: 20250111794
    Abstract: A collision avoidance system for aggregating and processing data when an aircraft is on or near the ground. The collision avoidance system includes a data input module configured to obtain object data and contextual data from a plurality of aircraft systems. The collision avoidance system further includes a processor configured to combine the object data into an aggregated list of detected objects, and label the aggregated list of detected objects using the contextual data to form a contextualised list of detected objects for use in determining collision avoidance. The collision avoidance system further includes a data output module configured to output the contextualised list of detected objects to a set of output systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Giovanni Franzini, Niall Christopher RYAN, Randy H. Jacobson, Felix B. Turcios
  • Patent number: 12263981
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an apparatus for making pouch products includes a conveyor system. The conveyor system includes a first receiving location along a path of the conveyor system, and a dosing location along the path of the conveyor system. The apparatus also includes a first material dispensing station configured to transfer a first material to the first receiving location. The first material includes a first elastic layer and a first support layer. The first material dispensing station includes a dispenser roller configured to hold a roll of the first material, a plurality of rollers configured to convey the first material from the dispenser roller to the first receiving location, and a stripper plate configured remove at least a portion of the first support layer from a portion of the first elastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Gregory L. Nelson, Christopher Ryan Newcomb, James D. Evans, Thien Nguyen, Jarrod W. Chalkley, Robert V. Powell
  • Publication number: 20250106949
    Abstract: A folded heater of an electronic vaping device includes a first plurality of U-shaped segments arranged in a first direction and defining a first side of the heater and a second plurality of U-shaped segments arranged in the first direction and defining a second side of the heater. The second side is substantially parallel to the first side. The heater also includes a first lead portion and a second lead portion. The first plurality of U-shaped segments, the second plurality of U-shaped segments, the first lead portion, and the second lead portion are a single integral member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. TUCKER, Charles L. DENDY, William J. CROWE, Christopher Ryan NEWCOMB, Rangaraj S. SUNDAR, Isaac WEIGENSBERG, David RUBLI
  • Patent number: 12261462
    Abstract: A power transfer system comprises a patient transport apparatus and a power transfer device. The power transfer system provides convenience and ease of connection between a power source and the patient transport apparatus to provide power to one or more electrically powered devices on the patient transport apparatus or to provide energy for an energy storage device on the patient transport apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin M. Patmore, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Chad Conway Souke, Daniel V. Brosnan, Kurosh Nahavandi, Annie Désaulniers, Alexey Titov, Jeffrey S. Dunfee, II, Aaron D. Furman, Krishna S. Bhimavarapu
  • Patent number: 12259481
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for enabling seamlessly tracking a location of a water vessel by supplementing satellite data with mobile data location based on proximity of a water vessel to shore. The system receives a Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the water vessel, the GPS location of the water vessel based on using the satellite data of the water vessel. The system determines that the GPS location is within a threshold distance of a boundary. Responsive to determining that the GPS location is within the threshold distance of the boundary, the system initiates monitoring for a mobile signal emanating from a trajectory path of the water vessel. The system detects, during the monitoring, the mobile signal, the tracking the location of the water vessel based on mobile data of the mobile signal. The system provides the tracked location to a monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: i911 International, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Ryan Bennett
  • Publication number: 20250091656
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a hood assembly for a vehicle. The hood assembly includes a hood and a storage member attached to a lower surface of the hood. The hood assembly is configured for storage of one or more items in or on the storage member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher RYAN
  • Publication number: 20250084084
    Abstract: Described herein is a crystalline form of (2R)-2-(5-fluoro-2-methoxypyridin-4-yl)-1-[(2S)-7-methyl-6-(pyrimidin-2-yl)-3,4-dihydro-1H-spiro[1,8-naphthyridine-2,3-pyrrolidin]-1-yl]propan-1-one having a powder X-ray diffraction pattern comprising at least one characteristic peak, in terms of 2? at a copper wavelength, selected from 8.7±0.2, 11.1±0.2, and 13.3±0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan BUTLER, Michelle Renee GARNSEY, Kevin Alexander OGILVIE, Jana POLIVKOVA, Matthew Forrest SAMMONS, Aaron Christopher SMITH, Qingyi Yang
  • Publication number: 20250065606
    Abstract: A dynamic multi-pane insulating assembly and system including methods for dynamically maintaining the thermal resistance value of the assembly and system. The dynamic multi-pane insulating assembly and system includes an interior pane and first and second exterior panes. The first exterior pane and a first side of the interior pane defines an evacuated gap in communication with a vacuum source and a second side of the interior pane and the second exterior pane defines a pressurized gap in communication with the source of pressurized gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Tyler Kattmann, Christian Michael Elias, Christopher Ryan Price
  • Patent number: 12237596
    Abstract: A cable housing for a flat flexible cable includes a first cable housing having a first orientation guide and a second cable housing having a second orientation opening. A plurality of flat conductors exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable are disposed between the first cable housing and the second cable housing. The first orientation guide abuts a pair of flat conductors of the plurality of flat conductors and rotates a rotated portion of each of the flat conductors to a rotated orientation when the first orientation guide moves into the second orientation opening and the first cable housing is in a mated position with the second cable housing. The rotated orientation of the rotated portion is disposed at an angle with respect to a planar portion of each of the flat conductors in the insulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Christopher Ryan Raybold
  • Publication number: 20250062330
    Abstract: Transition metal oxide-based electrodes for electrochemical cells and electrochemical cells (e.g., aqueous electrochemical cells) comprising them are presented herein. Additionally, methods of preparation of the same are presented. In some embodiments, a transition metal oxide of a redox active material includes a tungsten oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Anthony Evans, Jae Hyo-Han, Kirk Hutchinson, Robert William Atkinson, III, Mohammad Alaghemandi, Rahul Mukherjee, Blayne Phillips, Nicholas Ryan Kamm, Christopher Ryan Marsh, Alolika Mukhopadhyay, Brian Crowley, David Wheeler
  • Patent number: 12232224
    Abstract: A folded heater of an electronic vaping device includes a first plurality of U-shaped segments arranged in a first direction and defining a first side of the heater and a second plurality of U-shaped segments arranged in the first direction and defining a second side of the heater. The second side is substantially parallel to the first side. The heater also includes a first lead portion and a second lead portion. The first plurality of U-shaped segments, the second plurality of U-shaped segments, the first lead portion, and the second lead portion are a single integral member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Charles L. Dendy, William J. Crowe, Christopher Ryan Newcomb, Rangaraj S. Sundar, Isaac Weigensberg, David Rubli
  • Publication number: 20250054493
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an electronic device. The electronic device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to provide an utterance to an NLU model, which selects an intent from the list of intents based on the utterance. The processor is also configured to cause a response to the utterance to be provided to a user based on the selected intent. The NLU may be trained by obtaining a dataset comprising one or more words, generating a list of intents based at least in part on the dataset, grouping the list of intents into one or more domains, generating a list of training utterances for each intent in the list of intents, and modifying one or more parameters of the NLU model based on the list of intents, the list of training utterances, and/or the one or more domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Arthur Eladio WESTON, Samuel Davis EDISON, Christopher Ryan GERMAIN, Sarah Elizabeth ROSSI
  • Publication number: 20250049621
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus for removably retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices. The patient support apparatus comprises a base, a litter with a patient support deck for supporting the patient, and a side rail. The side rail is coupled to the litter and arranged for movement relative to the base. The side rail includes a caddy comprising a back, a first brace, and a second brace spaced from the first brace. The first brace extends laterally from the back and defines a first bottom support region. The second brace extends laterally from the back and defines a second bottom support region converging toward the first bottom support region to arrange the first and second bottom support regions to provide differing points of contact for retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Kurosh Nahavandi, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Anish Paul, Jerald A. Trepanier, Kyle Stephen Spieker
  • Publication number: 20250038431
    Abstract: A terminal includes a terminal body extending between a mating end and a terminating end. The mating end has a mating interface. The terminating end has an insulation displacement contact. The insulation displacement contact includes a first contact element having a first blade and a second contact element having a second blade. The first blade faces the second blade across a cable slot configured to receive a cable. The terminal includes a contact support extending along the insulation displacement contact. The contact support holds the first contact element relative to the second contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Galen M. Martin, Christopher Ryan Raybold, Jeremy Christin Patterson, Adam Price Tyler, Ryan David Hetrick
  • Publication number: 20250031181
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for enabling accurate estimation of a location of a water vessel. In an embodiment, a rescue system transmits a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a user device on the water vessel, the SMS message comprising a selectable option that, when selected, causes a location of the user device to be shared. Based on a selection by a user of the user device of the selectable option, the system receives a plurality of location coordinates from the user device at a plurality of respective times, each respective location coordinate describing a respective location of the user device at its respective time. The system computes an estimated location of the water vessel based on the plurality of location coordinates and an elapsed time between a current time and a time at which a last-received location coordinate was received. The system transmits the estimated location to a responder device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher Ryan Bennett
  • Patent number: 12187727
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of treating MC4R-related conditions, diseases, or disorders by administering compounds of Formula I: or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein R1, R2, R3, X1, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5 are defined herein. Such conditions, diseases, or disorders include cachexia, anorexia, or anorexia nervosa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Butler, Michelle Renee Garnsey, Kevin Alexander Ogilvie, Jana Polivkova, Matthew Forrest Sammons, Aaron Christopher Smith, Qingyi Yang
  • Patent number: 12182608
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing an automation platform that is configured to analyze computing activities from a plurality of users so as to identify potential automation processes is provided. In one or more examples, a plurality of data collection agents are deployed across a plurality of computing devices and can be configured to collect and record activities performed on the computing device by one or more users of the computing devices. In one or more examples, each agent deployed on a computing device can be configured to transmit the collected data to a central server that can store the collected data in memory. The central server can be configured to collect the data from each agent and can be configured to apply one or more data science algorithms that can be configured to cluster various activities collected by the agents into groups for potential automation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: PwC Product Sales LLC
    Inventors: Shabbir Hussamuddin Alibhai, Ryan Paul Beechey, Joseph Michael Engel, Christopher Ryan Tucci, Thomas Joseph Foth, Antoinette L. Young
  • Patent number: D1064695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Justin Benacquisto, Kyle Stephen Spieker, Christopher Ryan Sweeney
  • Patent number: D1068487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Health Limited
    Inventors: Stefano Porcini, Charles Albert Prescott, Arvid Edward Roach, Paul Robert Scott, David Brian Seal, Michael Thomas Seum, Jillian Kaye Tackaberry, Rodrigo Andres Torres Torres, Christopher Ryan Watson