Patents by Inventor Craig Williams

Craig 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: 20240132243
    Abstract: A machine for forming a container from a blank of sheet material includes a frame and an identification tag applicator mounted to the frame. The blank includes a first surface that forms an interior surface of the container and a second surface that forms an exterior surface of the container. The identification tag applicator is configured to apply an identification tag to the first surface of the blank. The machine also includes a mandrel assembly mounted to the frame and located operationally downstream from the identification tag applicator. The mandrel assembly includes a mandrel having an external shape complimentary to an internal shape of at least a portion of the container. The machine also includes a lift assembly configured to lift the blank having the identification tag adhered thereto towards the mandrel and wrap the blank about the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Amer Aganovic, Theodore Hammond, Craig William Buscema, John Philip Dwyer
  • Patent number: 11951035
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling a patient's body temperature by endovascular heat exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLL Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak, Jessica Megan Clayton, John Thomas Buckley, Christo P. Pamichev, Craig Wendell Pendry, Paul Eric Peterson, Richard Allen Smith, Sean W. Yip, John William Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 11952897
    Abstract: A system for remotely operating a machine, such as a mine vehicle, includes at least one first emitter for emitting a first signal corresponding to a first zone adjacent to the machine. A transmitter is provided for receiving the first signal emitted by the emitter, the transmitter being adapted for issuing commands for controlling the machine and also indicating the presence of the transmitter in the first zone. A controller is also provided for controlling the machine based on the control signals from the transmitter based on the presence of the transmitter in the first zone. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: J.H. FLETCHER & CO.
    Inventors: Craig Matthew Collins, Billy Davis Goad, Jr., Robert William Thomas, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11954195
    Abstract: A computer system is provided for protecting access to one or more hardware devices with a hardware device password that is invisible to a user, the system comprising a mobile device and the hardware device, the mobile device including: a memory, the memory storing one or more invisible passwords; an application in the memory; a wireless interface for communicating with the hardware device; and a processor coupled to the memory, the application and the wireless interface, the hardware device including: a memory; a wireless interface for communicating with the mobile device; and a processor coupled to the memory and the wireless interface; wherein the processor in the mobile device is configured to receive a hardware device identifier from the processor in the hardware device; wherein the application in the mobile device is configured to select, based upon the hardware device identifier, the invisible password for the hardware device; and the processor in the hardware device is configured to authenticate the a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FTS FOREST TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Sean Daniel, Bradley William Zarikoff, Craig William Welburn, Joel Frederic Fieber Rose, Gabriel Rechwan
  • Patent number: 11949845
    Abstract: During operation of a machine, an understanding of terrain features is critical. Accordingly, disclosed embodiments augment a video stream, captured by a camera mounted on the machine, with terrain information. In particular, an overlay is generated on at least one image frame. The overlay, which may comprise one or more semi-transparent bands, may cyclically recede from a foreground to a background of the image frame(s), cyclically advance from a background to a foreground of the image frame(s), or cyclically move horizontally across the image frame(s). The overlay may be colorized to illustrate the height of the terrain underneath the overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Allan Lehocky, Michael William Bridenbaugh, Brad Robert Van de Veer, Jeffrey K. Berry, Jeffrey J. Baker
  • Publication number: 20240104234
    Abstract: Encrypted information retrieval can include generating a database that is partitioned into shards each having a shard identifier, and database entries in each shard that are partitioned into buckets having a bucket identifier. A batch of client-encrypted queries are received. The batch of client-encrypted queries are processed using a set of server-encrypted data stored in a database. The processing includes grouping the client-encrypted queries according to shard identifiers of the client-encrypted queries, executing multiple queries in the group of client-encrypted queries for the shard together in a batch execution process, and generating multiple server-encrypted results to the multiple queries in the group of client-encrypted queries. The multiple server-encrypted results for each shard are transmitted to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Eli Simon Fox-Epstein, Kevin Wei Li Yeo, Sarvar Patel, Raimundo Mirisola, Craig William Wright
  • Publication number: 20240087044
    Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method detect and act upon operator reliance to vehicle alerts. The system and method include receiving user profile data of an operator that includes a baseline of at least one driving activity aided by activation of an alert from a feature of an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS). The system and method may include receiving historical ADAS alert frequency data including a history of at least one driving activity aided by activation of the alert from the ADAS feature. The system and method may compare the user profile data with the historical ADAS alert frequency data, determine a reliance level based upon the comparing, and set at least a portion of an operator profile associated with the operator with the reliance level. As a result, a risk averse driver, and/or proper responsiveness to vehicle alerts may be rewarded with insurance-cost savings, such as increased discounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Andrew Joseph Zeglin, Joseph Harr, Aaron Williams, Craig Cope
  • Publication number: 20240073393
    Abstract: During operation of a machine, an understanding of terrain features is critical. Accordingly, disclosed embodiments augment a video stream, captured by a camera mounted on the machine, with terrain information. In particular, an overlay is generated on at least one image frame. The overlay, which may comprise one or more semi-transparent bands, may cyclically recede from a foreground to a background of the image frame(s), cyclically advance from a background to a foreground of the image frame(s), or cyclically move horizontally across the image frame(s). The overlay may be colorized to illustrate the height of the terrain underneath the overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Allan LEHOCKY, Michael William BRIDENBAUGH, Brad Robert VAN DE VEER, Jeffrey K. BERRY, Jeffrey J. BAKER
  • Patent number: 11907964
    Abstract: A specially programmed machine and method generates propensity information based on inputs received from machines connected as part of an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, where the machine appends a predictive segmentation attribute to each data input received and generates a matrix based on the counts of each attribute-input combination. The attribute-input counts for each combination are converted to a statistical metric that represents propensity information for consumers fitting into the segment associated with the particular attribute. The propensity information can be relayed to a client in a variety of ways, including a direct display of the propensity information, appendage of the propensity information to the clients database, or using the information to provide an audience report to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Acxiom LLC
    Inventor: Craig William Tomarkin
  • Publication number: 20240044304
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and a secondary fan located downstream of the primary fan within the inlet duct. The gas turbine engine defines a thrust to power airflow ratio between 3.5 and 100 and a core bypass ratio between 0.1 and 10, wherein the thrust to power airflow ratio is a ratio of an airflow through a bypass passage over the turbomachine plus an airflow through the fan duct to an airflow through the core duct, and wherein the core bypass ratio is a ratio of the airflow through the fan duct to the airflow through the core duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Randy M. Vondrell, David Marion Ostdiek, Craig William Higgins, Alexander Kimberley Simpson
  • Publication number: 20230395872
    Abstract: A closed-loop system of tracking and managing the recycling and manufacturing a lead acid battery is described herein. The system includes collecting one or more used lead acid batteries, collecting data related to the one or more lead acid batteries, and processing the one or more lead acid batteries. Processing the one or more lead acid batteries includes separate the batteries into lead, polymer, acid, and separator components and isolate the components. The lead and polymer are then recycled, and data is collected related to the recycled lead and recycled polymer. A new lead acid battery is created using the recycled lead and the recycled polymer and provided to a point of sale location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jason Searl, Brian Wycklendt, Craig William Rigby, Jeramy William LeMieux, Corey Lee Graven, Hiroko Kawai, Edmund Adam Muellerweiss
  • Publication number: 20230318809
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for retrieving information from a server. Methods can include a server receiving a set of client-encrypted queries. The server identifies a set of server-encrypted decryption keys and transmits the set to the client device. The server receives a set of client-server-encrypted decryption keys that includes the set of server-encrypted decryption keys encrypted by the client device. The server also receives a set of client-encrypted/client-derived decryption keys that were derived by the client device. The server generates matching a map that specifies matches between the set of client-server-encrypted decryption keys and the set of client-encrypted/client-derived decryption keys. The server filters the set of client-encrypted queries using the map to create a set of filtered client-encrypted queries and generates a set of query results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Eli Simon Fox-Epstein, Craig William Wright, Kevin Wei Li Yeo, Mariana Raykova, Karn Seth
  • Publication number: 20230284917
    Abstract: The invention described provides a way to use video image to estimate the human artery blood pressure reducing or completely eliminating the need for human contact (non invasive). Since video images can be stored and transmitted, the estimation of the blood pressure can be performed locally, remotely and in real time or offline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Craig William White, Artemio Aguilar-Coutino, Procopio Villareal-Garza
  • Publication number: 20230197462
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting evaporation of a formable material on a substrate, the method comprising holding the substrate with a substrate chuck, the substrate chuck being positioned within a central opening of a frame such that the frame surrounds at least a portion of the substrate chuck, supplying the formable material or a volatile material different from the formable material to a portion of the frame surrounding the substrate chuck, and dispensing the formable material on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Steven C. Shackleton, Edward Brian Fletcher, Zhengmao Ye, Craig William Cone, Hiroyuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20230177172
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving, at a first computing system, encrypted identifiers, performing, by the first computing system, a concealing operation on the encrypted identifiers to produce concealed encrypted identifiers, wherein the concealing operation conceals the encrypted identifiers from the first computing system and a second computing system but enables matching between the concealed encrypted identifiers, decrypting, by the second computing system, the concealed encrypted identifiers to produce concealed identifiers, analyzing, by the second computing system using one or more match rules, the concealed identifiers to generate one or more associations between the concealed identifiers, and generating, by the second computing system, one or more universal identifiers based on the one or more associations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Karn Seth, Benjamin R. Kreuter, John Mark Richter, Raimundo Mirisola, Evgeny Skvortsov, Craig William Wright, Mariana Petrova Raykova
  • Patent number: 11653630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluid moving devices (gas, liquid, or combination thereof). For example, particular devices of the present invention include drying devices, pumps, engines, motors, fans, and diffusers. Devices of the present invention also include display of mechanical movements for ornamental and practical purposes such as clock, model, or toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Craig William Lundin, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230153454
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the meta-estimation of data structures representing identifiers are disclosed. The system maintain one or more data records comprising one or more identifiers and one or more attributes. Using the data records, the system can generate a first data structure, such as a probabilistic data structure, that represents the plurality of data records. The first data structure can have a plurality of registers. The system can identify a subset of the plurality of registers that are equal to a predetermined value, and generate a second data structure that represents the subset of the plurality of registers. The system can then store the second data structure as a meta-estimation of the first, and can utilize the second data structure in further processing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Preston Wooju Lee, Craig William Wright, Joseph Sean Cahill Goodknight Knightbrook, Evgeny Skvortsov
  • Patent number: 11618580
    Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid electric propulsion system of an aircraft, the hybrid electric propulsion system comprising a turbomachine, an electric machine coupled to the turbomachine, and a propulsor coupled to the turbomachine, the method comprising: operating the turbomachine to drive the propulsor; receiving data indicative of a failure condition of the hybrid electric propulsion system; and extracting power from the turbomachine using the electric machine to slow down one or more rotating components of the turbomachine in response to receiving the data indicative of the failure condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Craig William Higgins
  • Patent number: D978112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TAIT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Rodney Stephen Mackrell, Daniel Richard Foster, Craig William Baxter, Malcolm James Falconer
  • Patent number: D1019937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Craig David Edwards, Stewart Joseph Wagner, Chia Ik Tan, Shiva Kumar Shanmuga Sundara, Murray William Lee, Alicia Kristianne Wells