Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Henry

Daniel A. Henry 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).

  • Patent number: 11530091
    Abstract: Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Sidewalk Labs LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, Anand Naga Babu, Jesse Shapins, Matthew Eli Breuer, Violet Whitney, Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Amanda Meurer
  • Patent number: 11521543
    Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (micro-LED) display backplane includes a plurality of macro-pixels. Each macro-pixel includes: a contiguous two-dimensional (2-D) array of bitcells storing display data bits for driving a set of micro-LEDs of a 2-D array of micro-LEDs; and drive circuits configured to generate, based on the display data bits stored in the contiguous 2-D array of bitcells, pulse-width modulated (PWM) drive signals for driving the set of micro-LEDs of the 2-D array of micro-LEDs. In one example, the plurality of macro-pixels is grouped into a plurality of sub-arrays, where each sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays includes a set of macro-pixels and a local periphery circuit next to the set of macro-pixels. The local periphery circuit includes, for example, a buffer, a repeater, a clock gating circuit for gating an input clock signal to the sub-array, and/or a sub-array decoder for selecting the sub-array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Morris, Michael Yee
  • Publication number: 20220380022
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flight control device that can be mounted to a body of a wing of an aircraft to reduce or eliminate backlash in electromechanical actuators (EMAs). The flight control device can include a flight control member and first and second actuators for moving the flight control member relative to the wing of the aircraft. The first and second actuators can be mechanically isolated from one another except for their mutual connection to the flight control member. The first and second actuators can cooperate to apply torsional loading to the flight control member about an axis of the flight control member to reduce or eliminate backlash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Henry ROBERTS, Tyler Quincey CURTIS, Richard Strong WALLACE, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220375511
    Abstract: System on a Chip (SoC) integrated circuits are configured to reduce Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) power leakage. For example, SoCs configured to reduce SRAM power leakage may form part of an artificial reality system including at least one head mounted display. Power switching logic on the SoC includes a first power gating transistor that supplies a first, higher voltage to an SRAM array when the SRAM array is in an active state, and a third power gating transistor that isolates a second power gating transistor from the first, higher voltage when the SRAM array is in the active state. The second power gating transistor further supplies a second, lower voltage to the SRAM array when the SRAM array is in a deep retention state, such that SRAM power leakage is reduced in the deep retention state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Morris, Alok Kumar Mathur
  • Publication number: 20220355915
    Abstract: Various flight control components can be operated through gearbox driven rotary actuators. In the event of a jam occurring the gearbox, the gearbox can be decoupled from a surrounding support housing to enable free-trailing or limited motion relative to the support housing. The motion may or may not be damped. Decoupling the gearbox enables the flight control component to move to a neutral or non-interfering position even when user control over the component has been lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Daniel Henry Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220254974
    Abstract: For small, high-resolution, light-emitting diode (LED) displays, such as for a near-eye display in an artificial-reality headset, LEDs are spaced closely together. A backplane can be used to drive an array of LEDs in an LED display. A plurality of interconnects electrically couple the backplane with the array of LEDs. The backplane can have a different coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the array of LEDs. During bonding of the backplane to the array of LEDs, CTE mismatch can cause misalignment of bonding sites. The higher the bonding temperature, the greater the misalignment of bonding sites. Lower temperature bonding, using materials with lower melting or bonding temperatures, can be used to mitigate misalignment during bonding so that interconnects can be more closely spaced, which can allow LEDs to be more closely spaced, to enable a higher-resolution display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Henry MORRIS, John GOWARD, Chloe Astrid Marie FABIEN, Michael GRUNDMANN
  • Publication number: 20220228654
    Abstract: A screw type linear actuator that includes a system for automatically fixing the nut in an axial position when it is retracted. When the system is commanded to operate the screw, the nut can automatically unlock. When the system screw is retracted fully, it automatically engages a mechanical lock. The lock does not require electrical power to remain engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Tyler Quincey Curtis, Daniel Henry Roberts, Xingmin Cai
  • Patent number: 11349052
    Abstract: For small, high-resolution, light-emitting diode (LED) displays, such as for a near-eye display in an artificial-reality headset, LEDs are spaced closely together. A backplane can be used to drive an array of LEDs in an LED display. A plurality of interconnects electrically couple the backplane with the array of LEDs. The backplane can have a different coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the array of LEDs. During bonding of the backplane to the array of LEDs, CTE mismatch can cause misalignment of bonding sites. The higher the bonding temperature, the greater the misalignment of bonding sites. Lower temperature bonding, using materials with lower melting or bonding temperatures, can be used to mitigate misalignment during bonding so that interconnects can be more closely spaced, which can allow LEDs to be more closely spaced, to enable a higher-resolution display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Morris, John Goward, Chloe Astrid Marie Fabien, Michael Grundmann
  • Publication number: 20220072111
    Abstract: There is provided a method for treating or reducing the effects of fructose intolerance and health problems associated with excessive fructose intake by administration of glucose isomerase. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: VITAMERICA UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT)
    Inventors: Daniel Henry WYROBNIK, Isaac Harry WYROBNIK
  • Patent number: 11268555
    Abstract: A laminated load ring for a balloon assembly includes a plurality of ring stacking units stacked one on top of the other. Each of the ring stacking units can include a main body having a central opening, a plurality of arms, and at least one weld line. The plurality of arms may each extend away from the main body around a circumference of the main body. The at least one weld line can be formed on the main body. The plurality of arms of the plurality of ring stacking units may be aligned with one another. The weld line of each of the plurality of ring stacking units may be offset from the weld line of a directly adjacent ring stacking unit in a direction extending around the circumference of the laminated load ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Aerostar International, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Henry Fourie
  • Patent number: 11239399
    Abstract: For small, high-resolution, light-emitting diode (LED) displays, such as for a near-eye display in an artificial-reality headset, LEDs are spaced closely together. A backplane can be used to drive an array of LEDs in an LED display. A plurality of interconnects electrically couple the backplane with the array of LEDs. As spacing between LEDs becomes smaller than interconnect spacing, a thin-film circuit layer can be used to reduce a number or interconnects between the backplane and the array of LEDs, so that interconnect spacing can be larger than LED spacing. This can allow LEDs in the LED display to be more densely arranged while still allowing use of a silicon backplane with drive circuitry to control operation of the LEDs in the LED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Morris, John Goward, Chloe Astrid Marie Fabien, Michael Grundmann
  • Publication number: 20210382501
    Abstract: A fleet management system dispatches autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs) as on-demand power sources. The fleet management system receives a request for a power source including a location and data describing the amount of power requested. The fleet management system selects an AEV of the fleet to service the request based on the relative locations of the AEVs to the requested location, and based on the amount of power requested. The fleet management system instructs the selected AEV to drive to the location and supply power. The fleet management system instructs the selected AEV to disconnect and return to the charging station, and may instruct another AEV to continue fulfilling the request if additional power is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Tracy Cheung, Adam Mandel-Senft, Daniel Henry Curzon, Michael Frank Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11166992
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition for use in therapy of lactose intolerance or conditions arising from lactase deficiency, wherein the composition is a non-dairy solid dosage form comprising: (a) a lactase; and (b) one or more lactase-producing and/or lactase containing microorganisms selected from Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus; wherein the lactase (a) is other than a lactase derived from the said one or more microorganisms (b); and wherein the one or more lactase-producing and/or lactase-containing microorganisms (b) are in dried form. Also provided are uncoated capsule and tablet compositions containing the lactase and the lactase-producing and/or lactase-containing microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Vitacare GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Wyrobnik, Isaac Harry Wyrobnik
  • Patent number: 11147861
    Abstract: There is provided a method for treating or reducing the effects of fructose intolerance and health problems associated with excessive fructose intake by administration of glucose isomerase. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: VITAMERICA UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT)
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Wyrobnik, Issac Harry Wyrobnik
  • Patent number: 11095101
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of electric power infrastructure and repurposing existing oil and gas pipeline, or other pipelines which are no longer in use for their original purpose, for installation of conduits and electrical cables/conduits, typically underground, for electric power transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
    Inventors: William H. Hastings, John Walter Fluharty, II, Herbert Fluharty, Daniel Henry Tait, Ronald G. Halderman
  • Patent number: 11095102
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of electric power infrastructure and repurposing existing oil and gas pipeline, or other pipelines which are no longer in use for their original purpose, for installation of conduits and electrical cables/conduits, typically underground, for electric power transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
    Inventors: William H. Hastings, John Walter Fluharty, II, Herbert Fluharty, Daniel Henry Tait, Ronald G. Halderman
  • Patent number: 11093322
    Abstract: A determination is made that bit errors of a selected data chunk stored in a computer memory are unable to be completely corrected using an initial error correction scheme. A plurality of other data chunks sharing a physical layout structure element of the computer memory with the selected data chunk is analyzed to identify one or more likely bit error locations of the selected data chunk aligned with one or more corresponding bit error locations of a threshold number of the analyzed other data chunks. An attempt is made to correct the bit errors of the selected data chunk based on the identified one or more likely bit error locations of the selected data chunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Cai, Daniel Henry Morris
  • Publication number: 20210201769
    Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (micro-LED) display backplane includes a plurality of macro-pixels. Each macro-pixel includes: a contiguous two-dimensional (2-D) array of bitcells storing display data bits for driving a set of micro-LEDs of a 2-D array of micro-LEDs; and drive circuits configured to generate, based on the display data bits stored in the contiguous 2-D array of bitcells, pulse-width modulated (PWM) drive signals for driving the set of micro-LEDs of the 2-D array of micro-LEDs. In one example, the plurality of macro-pixels is grouped into a plurality of sub-arrays, where each sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays includes a set of macro-pixels and a local periphery circuit next to the set of macro-pixels. The local periphery circuit includes, for example, a buffer, a repeater, a clock gating circuit for gating an input clock signal to the sub-array, and/or a sub-array decoder for selecting the sub-array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Henry MORRIS, Michael YEE
  • Publication number: 20210139235
    Abstract: Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, Anand Naga Babu, Jesse Shapins, Matthew Eli Breuer, Violet Whitney, Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Amanda Meurer
  • Publication number: 20210116138
    Abstract: One or more methods and apparatuses are provided for liquid recycling for air handling equipment. An apparatus comprises a reservoir configured to store a liquid. The apparatus comprises a switch positioned relative to the reservoir. The switch is configured to selectively activate or deactivate a valve. The valve is configured to fill the reservoir with the liquid when activated. The apparatus comprises a pump positioned inside the reservoir. The pump is configured to pump the liquid from the reservoir into a humidifier when activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel Henry Vallish