Patents by Inventor Craig Lawrence
Craig Lawrence 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).
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Publication number: 20240142036Abstract: A hinged cover overlays an opening that provides access to a pressurized inversion drum. A releasable latch assembly holds the cover in a closed and locked position. The latch assembly comprises a plurality of first knuckles formed in the cover that are interlaceable with a plurality of second knuckles formed in the body adjacent the opening. The latch assembly further comprises a rotatable latch pin that may be installed within the first and second knuckles. The latch assembly is moved from an unlocked to a locked position by rotation of the latch pin within the knuckles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Craig Lawrence Noggle, Robert F. Crane, Mark D. Randa, Steven W. Wentworth
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Patent number: 11797367Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may include a plurality of components, an embedded controller, and a read-only memory (ROM) to store a basic input output system (BIOS). A display device connected to the computing device may include a display panel and a timing controller. The embedded controller may be configured with instructions to determine that a power-on has been initiated, determine that a particular component of the plurality of components of the computing device has an issue that prevents booting the BIOS, and send a message from the embedded controller to the timing controller. The message may instruct the timing controller to display, on the display panel and before the CPU begins execution, one or more error messages associated with the particular component that has the issue preventing booting the BIOS. In some cases, a logo may be displayed along with the one or more error messages.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Geroncio Ong Tan, Yi Fan Wang, Hong-Ji Huang, Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Timothy Carlyle Shaw
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Publication number: 20230192197Abstract: In an embodiment, an energy-absorbing device can comprise: a polymer reinforcement structure, wherein the polymer reinforcement structure comprises a polymer matrix and chopped fibers; and a shell comprising 2 walls extending from a back and forming a shell channel, wherein the shell comprises continuous fibers and a resin matrix; wherein the polymer reinforcement structure is located in the shell channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Craig Lawrence MILNE, Gregory E. TREMBLAY, Dhanendra Kumar NAGWANSHI, Somasekhar Bobba Venkat, Arunachala PARAMESHWARA, Matthew D. MARKS
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Patent number: 11603142Abstract: In an embodiment, an energy-absorbing device can comprise: a polymer reinforcement structure, wherein the polymer reinforcement structure comprises a polymer matrix and chopped fibers; and a shell comprising 2 walls extending from a back and forming a shell channel, wherein the shell comprises continuous fibers and a resin matrix; wherein the polymer reinforcement structure is located in the shell channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Craig Lawrence Milne, Gregory E. Tremblay, Dhanendra Kumar Nagwanshi, Somasekhar Bobba Venkat, Arunachala Parameshwara, Matthew D. Marks
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Patent number: 11526839Abstract: Systems and methods to maintain inventory location data in an enterprise inventory management system, wherein the system includes a global inventory database subsystem for cataloging a plurality of inventory items, each of the inventory items identified in the database by at least a unique identification code and a physical location. The system, and related method, detects, using a motion detection subsystem, movement within a region between a first physical zone and a second physical zone; enables, in response to detecting movement, an RFID interrogator subsystem; identifies, utilizing the RF interrogator subsystem, any inventory items moving from the first physical zone to the second physical zone; and, reports, to the global inventory database subsystem, the identity of each identified inventory item, whereby the global inventory database system can update the physical location of each item from the first physical zone to the second physical zone.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SML Intelligent Inventory Solutions LLCInventors: Clinton Leroy Tennill, Craig Lawrence Tennill, Travis Clayton Ernst, Curtis James Stankovich, Dean Lee Frew
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Patent number: 11467936Abstract: Motherboard connector failures can be predicted. An embedded controller can be employed on the motherboard to monitor when devices are connected to and disconnected from the motherboard's connectors. The embedded controller can maintain an event log and connector information in which it counts the number of times a device is connected to/disconnected from a connector. The BIOS can leverage the event log and the connector information to notify an end user to take action to correct or prevent possible corrosion. Training records may also be employed to predict connector failure. The training records can track and maintain baseline and periodic device training attributes. When the periodic training attributes deviate from the baseline training attributes, an end user can be notified to take action to remove corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Siva Subramaniam Rajan, John Robert Lerma, Adolfo S. Montero
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Patent number: 11429288Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for securing hot-pluggable ports, such as USB ports, of an information handling system, by isolating a dedicated controller from the operating system of the information handling system. Devices that are to be allowed to be enabled at the ports are determined. A hash signature is created and saved to verify the devices. The controller and ports are held in reset until the devices are authenticated.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Siva Subramaniam Rajan
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Patent number: 11430408Abstract: Detecting failures using power consumption profiling, including calibrating, at a first time, a system power profile of an information handling system (IHS), including identifying an initial baseline current value of a backlight power of a display device of the IHS; identifying an initial baseline current value of a timing controller of the IHS; calculating, at a second time, an updated system power profile, including: identifying an updated current value of the backlight power of the display device of the IHS; identifying an updated current value of the timing controller of the IHS; determining whether the updated current value of the backlight power of the display device is within a threshold value of the initial baseline current value of the backlight power of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Siva Subramaniam Rajan, Adolfo S. Montero
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Publication number: 20220269421Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for securing hot-pluggable ports, such as USB ports, of an information handling system, by isolating a dedicated controller from the operating system of the information handling system. Devices that are to be allowed to be enabled at the ports are determined. A hash signature is created and saved to verify the devices. The controller and ports are held in reset until the devices are authenticated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Siva Subramaniam Rajan
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Publication number: 20220245042Abstract: Motherboard connector failures can be predicted. An embedded controller can be employed on the motherboard to monitor when devices are connected to and disconnected from the motherboard's connectors. The embedded controller can maintain an event log and connector information in which it counts the number of times a device is connected to/disconnected from a connector. The BIOS can leverage the event log and the connector information to notify an end user to take action to correct or prevent possible corrosion. Training records may also be employed to predict connector failure. The training records can track and maintain baseline and periodic device training attributes. When the periodic training attributes deviate from the baseline training attributes, an end user can be notified to take action to remove corrosion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Siva Subramaniam Rajan, John Robert Lerma, Adolfo S. Montero
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Patent number: 11373137Abstract: System and method for simulating the operation of an enterprise inventory management system.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: SML Intelligent Inventory Solutions LLCInventors: Clinton Leroy Tennill, Craig Lawrence Tennill, Travis Clayton Ernst, Samuel Andrew Shaw
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Patent number: 11163886Abstract: An information handling system embedded controller does not initiate a chipset having secure execution of chipset firmware unless the chipset firmware validates against error correcting checksums inserted into the embedded controller firmware. Comparing checksums calculated from chipset firmware against expected checksum values for the chipset firmware prevents secure chipset initiation failure due to bit errors associated with chipset firmware storage in flash memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Chun Yi Yang
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Patent number: 11157625Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) boot block code are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising BIOS instructions stored thereon; and an embedded controller (EC) coupled to the memory, the EC configured to: after a power-on sequence of the IHS is initiated and before a power rail of the processor is turned on, unlock write access to the memory; perform an Error Correction Code (ECC) evaluation of a BIOS boot block code portion of the BIOS instructions; verify integrity of the BIOS boot block code portion; lock write access to the memory; and allow the processor to execute the BIOS instructions.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventor: Craig Lawrence Chaiken
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Patent number: 11126502Abstract: A method may include, during a boot of an information handling system, detecting a soft failure associated with a read request to storage media of the information handling system wherein the soft failure is not visible to an operating system of the information handling system and in response to detecting the soft failure, rewriting a sector of the storage media affected by the soft failure to correct the soft failure.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Siva Subramaniam Rajan
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Patent number: 11087073Abstract: A method includes, but is not limited to any combination of: determining a plurality of third-party content elements based in part on information associated with a request for third-party content. The request for third-party content may be received from a web browser displaying a first webpage to a user. A first element from the plurality of determined third-party content elements is transmitted to the web browser. Upon receiving from the web browser a second request for third-party content including user interaction data with the first element, data associated with the determined plurality of third-party content elements is updated based at least in part on the user interaction data. A second third-party element from the plurality of updated third-party content elements is transmitted to the web browser.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Timothy Wong O'Connor, Craig Lawrence Warner, Fei Qi, Abby Weaver Johns, John Sung Joon Park, Job Lawrence
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Patent number: 10995204Abstract: A fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composition includes a polypropylene polymer component including a low flow grade polypropylene and a high flow grade polypropylene, and a fiber reinforcement component. The fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composition is capable of being vacuum formed. In another aspect a thermoplastic composition includes a homopolymer component including polypropylene, a co-polymer component, an impact modifier, and one or more of a flame retardant component and a fiber reinforcement component. The thermoplastic composition is capable of being vacuum formed. The fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composition may be formed into an article such as an enclosure for an electrical component, and it may be chemically resistant to a medical grade cleaner.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Michael M. Laurin, Craig Lawrence Milne, Rein Mollerus Faber, Manish Nandi, Christianus Johannes Jacobus Maas, Hochul Jung, Mohammad Moniruzzaman
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Systems and methods for dynamically electrically margining devices in an information handling system
Patent number: 10936329Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, an information handling resource communicatively coupled to the processor, and an electrical margining module communicatively coupled to the processor. The electrical margining module may be configured to, during a boot of the information handling system, determine whether a condition has occurred for electrically re-margining the information handling resource, and responsive to determining that the condition has occurred, determine a new receiver equalization setting for receiving signals from the information handling resource and determine a new driver pre-emphasis setting for transmitting signals to the information handling resource.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Siva Subramaniam Rajan -
Publication number: 20210034452Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may include a plurality of components, an embedded controller, and a read-only memory (ROM) to store a basic input output system (BIOS). A display device connected to the computing device may include a display panel and a timing controller. The embedded controller may be configured with instructions to determine that a power-on has been initiated, determine that a particular component of the plurality of components of the computing device has an issue that prevents booting the BIOS, and send a message from the embedded controller to the timing controller. The message may instruct the timing controller to display, on the display panel and before the CPU begins execution, one or more error messages associated with the particular component that has the issue preventing booting the BIOS. In some cases, a logo may be displayed along with the one or more error messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Geroncio Ong Tan, Yi Fan Wang, Hong-Ji Huang, Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Timothy Carlyle Shaw
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Publication number: 20200406593Abstract: A housing for an electronic device comprising: a core layer comprising a first thermoplastic material; a first skin layer comprising a second thermoplastic material located on a first side of the core layer; a second skin layer comprising the second thermoplastic material located on a second side of the core layer opposite the first side; wherein the core layer comprises a foam structure, a honeycomb structure, or combinations thereof; and wherein the thickness of the core layer is 30% to 75% of the total thickness of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Scott Michael Davis, Daniel Sowle, Craig Lawrence Milne, Christopher Wall, Emile Homsi
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Publication number: 20200372442Abstract: An enterprise inventory management system, and methods of use thereof, including a global inventory database subsystem for cataloging a plurality of inventory items, each of the items identified by at least a unique identification code; and, a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator subsystem, the RFID interrogator subsystem operative to read radio RFID tags associated with each of the plurality of inventory items, wherein each of the RFID tags is programmed with at least a unique identification code for its associated item. The system provides functionality for improved single item identification/location, verification of shipping and receiving of inventory items, and inventory operations utilizing single or multiple RFID interrogators.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: SML Intelligent Inventory Solutions LLCInventors: Clinton Leroy Tennill, Craig Lawrence Tennill, Travis Clayton Ernst, Samuel Andrew Shaw, Curtis James Stankovich, Joel Robert Armstrong