Patents by Inventor Colin Williams

Colin Williams 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: 20240119405
    Abstract: Systems, method and computer readable medium are provided for automated storage and retrieval. User authentication information is received via a user interface for a dynamic storage and retrieval device. The user identity is verified based upon the authentication information and previously stored authentication data. Order information is retrieved for an order associated with the user following the verifying of user identity, the order information indicating one or more locations for items associated with the order. Instructions are transmitted to initiate a physical opening of at least one of the dynamic storage and retrieval device and at least one static storage location to enable the user to retrieve at least one item of the order, the static storage location including a controller controlling a locking mechanism and communicatively coupled to the dynamic storage and retrieval device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Edward Durkee, Stuart William Clark, Colin Holmes, Jason D. Shaffer, Mark R. Ibbotson, John Suarez
  • Patent number: 11919133
    Abstract: A quick-release captive clamping pin that uses a ball-lock pin and an endcap assembly to provide a tooling assembly with both holding and clamping action with a quick-release function. The captive clamping pin may include an adjustable-length ball-lock pin inserted through the tool and workpiece, where the length adjustment is used to apply clamping force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Carr Lane Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Colin Walker Frost, Joshua Matthew Herschbach, Michael William Viejo-Robles, Nancy Jerrell Ruth Shepard
  • Patent number: 11896260
    Abstract: A tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen includes a tube extending axially along the catheter. A junction box housing is located at a distal end of the tube. An elongate body extends distally from the junction box housing. The elongate body is sized and shaped to be received in the body lumen. A gear assembly is disposed in the junction box housing. The gear assembly engages the elongate body for rotating the elongate body. A tissue-removing element is mounted on a distal end portion of the elongate body. The tissue-removing element is configured to remove the tissue as the tissue-removing element is rotated by the elongate body within the body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Aram Jamous, John Kelly, Conor McMullen, Matthew Fleming, Colin William Meade, Grainne Teresa Carroll
  • Patent number: 11871958
    Abstract: A tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen includes an elongate body having an axis, and proximal and distal end portions spaced apart from one another along the axis. The elongate body is sized and shaped to be received in the body lumen. A tissue-removing element is mounted on the distal end portion of the elongate body. The tissue-removing element is configured to remove the tissue as the tissue-removing element is rotated by the elongate body within the body lumen. An inner liner is received within the elongate body and defines a guidewire lumen. The inner liner is coupled to the tissue-removing element at a distal end portion of the inner liner. A coupling assembly is disposed in the tissue-removing element for coupling the inner liner to the tissue-removing element. The coupling assembly includes a bushing attached directly to the distal end portion of the inner liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Aram Jamous, John Kelly, Conor McMullen, Matthew Fleming, Colin William Meade, Grainne Teresa Carroll, Paul Morton
  • Publication number: 20230404107
    Abstract: This invention relates to berberine alkaloids, formulations thereof and their use for the prevention and/or treatment of infectious disease, especially disease caused by C. perfringens and Eimeria in animals. The invention also relates to improving the feed conversion ratio in a food producing animal by administering berberine compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: IRP Health Pty Ltd
    Inventors: David Xiang YU, Zhicheng XIAO, Colin William POUTON, Zhiyong HE
  • Publication number: 20230397322
    Abstract: An air sanitizing apparatus arranged within an HVAC duct having an air scoop, the air scoop arranged on a surface of the HVAC duct, the air scoop having an inlet end and an outlet end, the air scoop having a bracket extending distally from the air scoop, a UV light module, the UV light module secured to the bracket, the UV light module having a temperature sensor, a heat sink, the heat sink secured to the UV light module and proximate to the outlet end and, a control board, the control board in communication with the UV light module, the control board having a microprocessor in communication with an ambient temperature sensor and a heat-source temperature sensor arranged proximate to an external heat source, the microprocessor in communication with the temperature sensor of the UV light module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel COON, Colin WILLIAMS, Gregory CLEVELAND, Stephen MARCY
  • Patent number: 11738367
    Abstract: Films including a water-soluble layer and a vapor-deposited organic coating are disclosed. The films can optionally further include a vapor-deposited inorganic layer. The films exhibit enhanced barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emily Charlotte Boswell, Srinivas Krishnaswamy Mirle, Vesselin Nikolov Shanov, Rachit Malik, Colin William McConnell
  • Patent number: 11690645
    Abstract: A method of removing tissue in a body lumen includes advancing a tissue-removing catheter over a guidewire in the body lumen to position a distal end of the catheter adjacent the tissue and a proximal end portion of the catheter outside of the body lumen. The catheter includes an elongate body, a tissue removing element mounted on a distal end portion of the elongate body, and an inner liner disposed within the elongate body. The inner liner defines a guidewire lumen in which the guidewire is disposed during the advancement of the catheter. The method further includes rotating the elongate body and tissue-removing element of the catheter to remove the tissue. Detecting wear of the inner liner caused by the elongate body contacting the inner liner during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Fleming, Aram Jamous, John Kelly, Conor McMullen, Colin William Meade, Grainne Teresa Carroll
  • Publication number: 20230006832
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of registering a user device with a cloud-based management service using an intermediate cloud storage. For instance, the intermediate cloud storage may store an encrypted data blob including information that identifies the user device. The intermediate cloud storage or a registration system may decrypt the encrypted data blob so that the registration system may use the decrypted data blob to register the user device with the cloud-based management service. For instance, the registration system may retrieve the encrypted or decrypted data blob from the intermediate cloud storage by providing a requisite secret to the intermediate cloud storage. The requisite secret may be provided to the registration system by the user device (e.g., via a matrix barcode, such as a QR code).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian Francisco TERAN GUAJARDO, Hung Minh DANG, Yanan ZHANG, Brian Stuart PERLMAN, Colin William HASSETT, Jonathan M. ANDES
  • Patent number: 11473190
    Abstract: Methods for making films including a water-soluble polymeric material and a vapor-deposited inorganic coating are disclosed. The method comprises providing a layer of water-soluble polymeric material and vapor depositing an inorganic coating to at least one surface of the layer of water-soluble polymeric material, wherein the inorganic coating comprises a metal oxide. The method further comprises forming a plurality of microfractures extending along the surface of the inorganic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emily Charlotte Boswell, Srinivas Krishnaswamy Mirle, Vesselin Nikolov Shanov, Rachit Malik, Colin William McConnell
  • Patent number: 11446393
    Abstract: Non-viral nucleic acid delivery agents and methods for the delivery or transfer of nucleic acid molecules to target cells are disclosed. The agents comprise a complex of a nucleic acid cargo for delivery, one or more lipopeptide compound, and one or more polymeric charge-neutralising agent, and the complex is in the form of a particle with substantially neutral or negative surface charge. The agents and methods may be useful in a variety of applications such as therapies (including gene therapies and nucleic acid vaccinations) for diseases and medical disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Monash University
    Inventors: Colin William Pouton, Kha Tu Joan Ho, Paul James White, Catherine Thoa Bui, Nabila Akhtar, Hareth Ali Al-Wassiti
  • Patent number: 11446053
    Abstract: A tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen includes an elongate body having an axis and proximal and distal end portions spaced apart from one another along the axis. A turbine is fixed to the elongate body and is disposed at an intermediate position between the proximal and distal end portions of the elongate body. A rotatable tissue-removing element is at the distal end portion of the elongate body and is operatively coupled to the turbine such that the turbine imparts rotation of the tissue-removing element. The tissue-removing element removes the tissue from the body lumen as the tissue-removing element is rotated by the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Aram Jamous, John Kelly, Colin William Meade, Micheal Moriarty, Barry O'Connell, Grainne Carroll
  • Patent number: 11438163
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of registering a user device with a cloud-based management service using an intermediate cloud storage. For instance, the intermediate cloud storage may store an encrypted data blob including information that identifies the user device. The intermediate cloud storage or a registration system may decrypt the encrypted data blob so that the registration system may use the decrypted data blob to register the user device with the cloud-based management service. For instance, the registration system may retrieve the encrypted or decrypted data blob from the intermediate cloud storage by providing a requisite secret to the intermediate cloud storage. The requisite secret may be provided to the registration system by the user device (e.g., via a matrix barcode, such as a QR code).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Francisco Teran Guajardo, Hung Minh Dang, Yanan Zhang, Brian Stuart Perlman, Colin William Hassett, Jonathan M. Andes
  • Patent number: 11339964
    Abstract: A burner assembly for providing a flame and combustion gas to a plurality of inlets includes a burner frame having a channel formed therein. The channel extends parallel to a longitudinal plane defined by the plurality of inlets. A burner is mounted within the channel of the burner frame. The burner is arranged in fluid communication with the plurality of inlets. A burner bracket is used to mount the burner assembly within a burner box. The burner bracket defines a cavity within which the channel of the burner frame and the burner are positionable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eugene Duane Daddis, Fahad Anwar, Colin William Carey, Vance Larell Chapman, Amir Ali Montakhab
  • Publication number: 20220055065
    Abstract: Films including a water-soluble layer and a vapor-deposited organic coating are disclosed. The films can optionally further include a vapor-deposited inorganic layer. The films exhibit enhanced barrier properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Emily Charlotte BOSWELL, Srinivas Krishnaswamy MIRLE, Vesselin Nikolov SHANOV, Rachit MALIK, Colin William McCONNELL
  • Patent number: 11208246
    Abstract: Films including a water-soluble polymeric material and a vapor-deposited inorganic coating are disclosed. The water-soluble polymeric material may comprise polyvinyl alcohol. The vapor-deposited inorganic coating may include a metal oxide. The vapor-deposited inorganic coating may include a plurality of microfractures. The films may form part of a package and/or a water-soluble unit dose article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emily Charlotte Boswell, Srinivas Krishnaswamy Mirle, Vesselin Nikolov Shanov, Rachit Malik, Colin William McConnell
  • Patent number: 11192139
    Abstract: Films including a water-soluble layer and a vapor-deposited organic coating are disclosed. The films can optionally further include a vapor-deposited inorganic layer. The films exhibit enhanced barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emily Charlotte Boswell, Srinivas Krishnaswamy Mirle, Vesselin Nikolov Shanov, Rachit Malik, Colin William McConnell
  • Publication number: 20210377033
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of registering a user device with a cloud-based management service using an intermediate cloud storage. For instance, the intermediate cloud storage may store an encrypted data blob including information that identifies the user device. The intermediate cloud storage or a registration system may decrypt the encrypted data blob so that the registration system may use the decrypted data blob to register the user device with the cloud-based management service. For instance, the registration system may retrieve the encrypted or decrypted data blob from the intermediate cloud storage by providing a requisite secret to the intermediate cloud storage. The requisite secret may be provided to the registration system by the user device (e.g., via a matrix barcode, such as a QR code).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Adrian Francisco Teran Guajardo, Hung Minh Dang, Yanan Zhang, Brian Stuart Perlman, Colin William Hassett, Jonathan M. Andes
  • Publication number: 20210362924
    Abstract: Methods for making films including a water-soluble polymeric material and a vapor-deposited inorganic coating are disclosed. The method comprises providing a layer of water-soluble polymeric material and vapor depositing an inorganic coating to at least one surface of the layer of water-soluble polymeric material, wherein the inorganic coating comprises a metal oxide. The method further comprises forming a plurality of microfractures extending along the surface of the inorganic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Emily Charlotte BOSWELL, Srinivas Krishnaswamy MIRLE, Vesselin Nikolov SHANOV, Rachit MALIK, Colin William McCONNELL
  • Patent number: 11182095
    Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to a highly distributed replica of a volume stored in a networked elastic computing environment. First and second replicas of the volume can be synchronously replicated, and some implementations of the tertiary replica can be asynchronously replicated. The highly distributed nature of the tertiary replica supports parallel data transfer of the data of the volume, resulting in faster creation of backups and new copies of the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Magee Greenwood, Colin Williams, Kiran-Kumar Muniswamy-Reddy, Danny Wei, Wells Lin, Igor A. Kostic