Patents by Inventor Daniel Clark

Daniel Clark 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: 20250026564
    Abstract: A container lifting assembly for raising and/or lowering containers stacked in stacks in a grid storage structure, includes a gripping device configured to releasably grip a container; a raising and lowering mechanism configured to raise and lower the gripping device; and a gearing mechanism configured to wind and/or unwind at least one tether. A motor is configured to actuate the gearing mechanism to wind and/or unwind the at least one tether. The at least one tether is connected to the gripping device such that winding and unwinding of the at least one tether is configured to raise and lower the gripping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Wilhelm Karl JOHANNISSON, Daniel CLARK
  • Publication number: 20250023222
    Abstract: Antenna systems for controlled coverage in buildings are disclosed where a data communications network in a building includes one or more external antennas. At least one of the external antennas is disposed on a roof or exterior of the building disposed in or associated with a window, a sky sensor or a digital architectural element. The one or more external antennas are coupled to a network infrastructure of the building via one or more data carrying lines and/or wireless links and are configured for communication with an external wireless network. The network infrastructure includes one or more data carrying lines, one or more network switches, and at least one control panel. In some embodiments, at least one of the external antennas is configured for communication with an external wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen Clark Brown, John R. Sanford, Erich Robert Klawuhn, Dhairya Shrivastava, Robert Tad Rozbicki, Daniel Loy Purdy, Todd Daniel Antes, Todd Sean Gray
  • Patent number: 12072740
    Abstract: A kickstand assembly comprises a backplate including a backplate deploy magnet having a first magnetic pole orientation. An upper kickstand plate is slidably connected to the backplate, and a lower kickstand plate is rotatably coupled to the upper kickstand plate. The lower kickstand plate includes a closing magnet having a second magnetic pole orientation that attracts the backplate deploy magnet, and an opening magnet laterally spaced from the closing magnet and having the first magnetic pole orientation that repels the backplate deploy magnet to cause the lower kickstand plate to rotate about the upper kickstand plate when the upper kickstand plate is laterally translated relative to the backplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gordon Oldani, Benjamin Alexander Davids, Daniel Clark Park
  • Publication number: 20240281040
    Abstract: An apparatus allows a device to open from a closed configuration. The device comprises a first frame comprising a first magnet assembly, and a second frame rotatably coupled to the first frame. The apparatus comprises a second magnet assembly rotatably coupled to the second frame and configured to attract the first magnet assembly when the two frames and are in the closed configuration. A biasing member biases the second magnet assembly for rotation in an open direction. An actuator comprises first and second arms extending from an elongated base toward first and second cams that are coupled to the second magnet assembly. Translation of the elongated base toward the second magnet assembly causes the arms to rotate the cams, thereby causing rotation of the second magnet assembly in the open direction to reduce a magnetic force between the first magnet assembly and the second magnet assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Clark PARK, Nicholas Benjamin WENDT, Brett Andrew TOMKY, Karsten AAGAARD, Denys V. YAREMENKO
  • Patent number: 12056215
    Abstract: Systems, methods and products for classifying images according to a visual concept where, in one embodiment, a system includes an object detector and a visual concept classifier, the object detector being configured to detect objects depicted in an image and generate a corresponding object data set identifying the objects and containing information associated with each of the objects, the visual concept classifier being configured to examine the object data set generated by the object detector, detect combinations of the information in the object data set that are high-precision indicators of the designated visual concept being contained in the image, generate a classification for the object data set with respect to the designated visual concept, and associate the classification with the image, wherein the classification identifies the image as either containing the designated visual concept or not containing the designated visual concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Clark Salo
  • Patent number: 12036291
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: CHDI Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Christopher John Brown, Thomas Martin Krülle, Daniel Clark-Frew, Sarah Hayes
  • Publication number: 20240201734
    Abstract: Examples of kickstand assemblies for foldable computing devices are provided. In one example, in a foldable computing device comprising a first frame rotatably coupled to a second frame, a method of using a kickstand assembly to release the first frame and the second frame from a closed orientation comprises sliding an upper kickstand plate of the kickstand assembly in a lateral direction relative to the first frame. The method includes, at least on condition of sliding the upper kickstand plate in the lateral direction, biasing the first frame and the second frame to rotate open from the closed orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Clark PARK, Michael Gordon OLDANI
  • Publication number: 20240201747
    Abstract: A kickstand assembly comprises a backplate including a backplate deploy magnet having a first magnetic pole orientation. An upper kickstand plate is slidably connected to the backplate, and a lower kickstand plate is rotatably coupled to the upper kickstand plate. The lower kickstand plate includes a closing magnet having a second magnetic pole orientation that attracts the backplate deploy magnet, and an opening magnet laterally spaced from the closing magnet and having the first magnetic pole orientation that repels the backplate deploy magnet to cause the lower kickstand plate to rotate about the upper kickstand plate when the upper kickstand plate is laterally translated relative to the backplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gordon OLDANI, Benjamin Alexander DAVIDS, Daniel Clark PARK
  • Publication number: 20240184893
    Abstract: A cyberthreat detection system queries a content database for unstructured content that contains a set of keywords, clusters the unstructured content into clusters based on topics, and determines a cybersecurity cluster utilizing a list of vetted cybersecurity phrases. The set of keywords represents a target of interest such as a newly discovered cyberthreat, an entity, a brand, or a combination thereof. The cybersecurity cluster thus determined is composed of unstructured content that has the set of keywords as well as some percentage of the vetted cybersecurity phrases. If the size of the cybersecurity cluster, as compared to the amount of unstructured content queried from the content database, meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold, the query is saved as a new classifier rule that can then be used by a cybersecurity classifier to automatically, dynamically and timely identify the target of interest in unclassified unstructured content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel Clark Salo
  • Patent number: 12000537
    Abstract: Cladding of the interior of a component part of a pressure vessel is shown. A lining which conforms to at least a portion of the interior geometry of the component is positioned in the interior of the component. The lining is then pressed into the component past its yield strength. The lining is then fused to the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE SMR LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Clark, Sebastiano D Giudice, Carl Boettcher
  • Patent number: 11994253
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to the rotational mounting of a display device to another supporting structure, such as a stand or a wall. One example provides a system comprising a display device, a support structure configured to be mounted to another structure to thereby support the display device on the other structure, and a mechanical interface rotationally connecting the display device and the support structure. The mechanical interface comprises three or more rail segments including a cam rail segment comprising a cam, and for each rail segment, one or more corresponding rollers, a roller for the cam rail segment being a follower and being coupled with a spring configured to bias the follower toward the cam rail segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Andrew Tomky, Christina Ashley Yee, Daniel Clark Park, Nicholas Benjamin Wendt
  • Patent number: 11982012
    Abstract: A method of electropolishing an internal passageway of a component, wherein the passageway has an inlet and an outlet; including: providing an electrode assembly including a flexible electrode, a shuttle and a guide cable extending between the flexible electrode and the shuttle; inserting the shuttle into the inlet; causing fluid to flow through the passageway to transport the shuttle through the passageway from the inlet towards the outlet; pulling the guide cable through the passageway to position the electrode in the passageway adjacent to a region of the passageway to be polished; and electropolishing the passageway using the electrode while moving the electrode within the passageway. Also, an electrode assembly for electropolishing an internal passageway of a component, including: a flexible electrode, a shuttle, and a guide cable extending between the flexible electrode and the shuttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Daniel Clark
  • Patent number: 11957467
    Abstract: Techniques (methods and devices) for neural stimulation through audio with dynamic modulation characteristics are disclosed. The techniques include receiving a mapping of sensor-input values and modulation-characteristic values, wherein each sensor-input value corresponds to a respective modulation-characteristic value; receiving an audio element from an audio source, wherein the audio element comprises at least one audio parameter; identifying an audio-parameter value of the audio parameter; receiving a sensor-input value from a sensor; determining a sensor-input value based on the sensor-input value; selecting from the mapping of sensor-input values and modulation-characteristic values, a modulation-characteristic value that corresponds to the sensor-input value; generating an audio output based on the audio-parameter value and the modulation-characteristic value; and playing the audio output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BrainFM, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. P. Woods, Daniel Clark
  • Patent number: 11934535
    Abstract: A cyberthreat detection system queries a content database for unstructured content that contains a set of keywords, clusters the unstructured content into clusters based on topics, and determines a cybersecurity cluster utilizing a list of vetted cybersecurity phrases. The set of keywords represents a target of interest such as a newly discovered cyberthreat, an entity, a brand, or a combination thereof. The cybersecurity cluster thus determined is composed of unstructured content that has the set of keywords as well as some percentage of the vetted cybersecurity phrases. If the size of the cybersecurity cluster, as compared to the amount of unstructured content queried from the content database, meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold, the query is saved as a new classifier rule that can then be used by a cybersecurity classifier to automatically, dynamically and timely identify the target of interest in unclassified unstructured content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Clark Salo
  • Publication number: 20240011293
    Abstract: There is described a method of manufacturing a dome (2), the method comprising: providing a plurality of beams (6, 106, 206, 306), each of the plurality of beams (6, 106, 206, 306) comprising one or more slots (16, 22); and engaging at least one of the slots (16, 22) of each of the plurality of beams (6, 106, 206, 306) with a slot (16, 22) of the one or more slots (16, 22) of another of the plurality of beams (6, 106, 206, 306) so as to form at least part of the dome (2). There is also described a dome (2) manufactured in accordance with the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel CLARK
  • Patent number: 11852185
    Abstract: A joint assembly joins first and second components about a common axis. The first component has a first end portion having a radially outwardly facing surface shaped to fit radially inside a second surface of a hollow second end portion of the second component to form an interface between the opposing first and second surfaces. The first and second surfaces have a concavity extending laterally with respect to the axis such that when the first and second surfaces are opposingly arranged the opposing concavities define a cavity at the interface. A retaining member is insertable into the cavity at the interface to prevent axial separation of the first and second components. One of the first and second end portions has a free end protrusion axially spaced from the concavity and the other of the first and second end portions has an axially extending recess arranged to receive the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: David R Coles, Daniel Clark
  • Patent number: 11851446
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CHDI Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Alex Kiselyov, Christopher John Brown, Michael Edward Prime, Peter David Johnson, Daniel Clark-Frew
  • Publication number: 20230398642
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a dome comprising: providing a plurality of components; joining a first and a second component together, joining the first and second components together comprising: positioning the first component and the second component in an initial position in which the first surfaces of components are angled from each other by a first angle; melting a volume of material extending between the first and the second component, the volume of material increasing in thickness from the second surfaces to the first surfaces; and the volume of material cooling and solidifying so as to join the first component and the second component together, the cooling of the volume of material reducing the angle between the first surfaces to a second angle less than the first angle such that the first surfaces face towards a centre of the dome and the first and second components form part of the dome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel CLARK
  • Publication number: 20230393624
    Abstract: A foldable computing device comprises a first portion, a second portion, a hinge assembly rotatably coupling the first portion to the second portion, and a flexible display. The flexible display extends at least partially across the first portion and at least partially across the second portion, and spans the hinge assembly between the first portion and the second portion. The hinge assembly includes a hinge core, a first linkage component rotatably coupling the hinge core to the first portion and forming a portion of a backing support for the flexible display, and a first hinge guide rotatably coupling the hinge core to the first portion. The hinge assembly further includes a second linkage component rotatably coupling the hinge core to the second portion and forming another portion of the backing support for the flexible display, and a second hinge guide rotatably coupling the hinge core to the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Devin Samuel Jacob CAPLOW-MUNRO, Daniel Clark PARK, Eric Paul WITT, Karsten AAGAARD, Denys V. YAREMENKO, Brett Andrew TOMKY, Errol Mark TAZBAZ, Tung Yuen LAU
  • Publication number: 20230393633
    Abstract: A foldable computing device comprises a first portion, a second portion, a hinge assembly rotatably coupling the first portion to the second portion, and a flexible display. The hinge assembly includes a hinge core, a timing element, a first linkage component rotatably coupling the hinge core to the first portion, a first hinge guide rotatably coupling the hinge core to the first portion, a second linkage component rotatably coupling the hinge core to the second portion, and a second hinge guide rotatably coupling the hinge core to the second portion. The first linkage component defines one or more helical surfaces that interface with the timing element, and the second linkage component defines one or more helical surfaces that interface with the timing element. The timing element coordinates rotation of the first linkage component with rotation of the second linkage component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Devin Samuel Jacob CAPLOW-MUNRO, Daniel Clark PARK, Eric Paul WITT, Karsten AAGAARD, Denys V YAREMENKO, Brett Andrew TOMKY, Errol Mark TAZBAZ, Tung Yuen LAU