Patents by Inventor David A. Becker
David A. Becker 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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Patent number: 11920722Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervention drive pig comprising an umbilical. In this scenario, the present invention provides an intervention drive pig comprising an umbilical, wherein the umbilical (6) is manufactured from a low-density material, wherein the umbilical (6) comprises an external covering of material having a low coefficient of friction.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—PetrobrasInventors: Hugo Francisco Lisboa Santos, Ney Robinson Salvi Dos Reis, Maurício Galassi, Lincoln Homero Thome Ferreira, Igor Mendes Ursine Krettli, Hardy Leonardo Da Cunha Pereira Pinto, Tiago Becker, Rafael Antônio Comparsi Laranja, Luciana Porcher Nedel, Laura Amaya Torres, Jose Abel Ticona Larico, Jaime Andrés Riascos Salas, Gabrielle Almeida De Souza, Filipe Paixão Geiger, Fabiano Disconzi Wildner, Eduardo Antonio Wink De Menezes, Eduardo Donadel Basso, David Steeven Villa Salazar, Eduardo André Perondi, Anderson Maciel, Dante Augusto Couto Barone, Juliano Morato Franz
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Patent number: 11915821Abstract: This disclosure relates to a medical image viewer for incorporating multi-user collaboration features, such as in-image commenting and workspace sharing. An example method includes receiving a comment location including image coordinates and comment information associated with the comment from a user device. The comment information includes a text body, identify identity information related to the user, and a comment creation date. The example method further includes determining world coordinates based on the image coordinates, and storing the world coordinates and the comment information as a subset of header attributes of the DICOM image file.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ARTERYS INC.Inventors: Fabien Rafael David Beckers, John Axerio-Cilies, Maud Josee Caroline Benaddi, Patrick Ross Corless, Shek Bun Law, Justin Reid, Derek John Scherger, Kendall Wu
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Publication number: 20240022390Abstract: An apparatus for synchronizing frequency to a symbol timing, the apparatus including: a master oscillator to generate a master clock signal; an interpolator to accumulate a frequency error estimate between a symbol timing frequency and the master clock signal; and a frequency controller to transfer a portion of the frequency error estimate to the master oscillator to obtain a lock between the symbol timing and the master clock signal of the master oscillator in a manner that zeros-out the frequency error estimate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventor: Neal David Becker
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Publication number: 20240013903Abstract: A system for communication of data is provided. The system includes a medical device. A data consuming device is positioned at a first network layer. An edge communication device is positioned at a second network layer. The edge communication device is in communication with the medical device to receive data from the medical device. The edge communication device has a profile. The profile defines a data format for the data and a communication path for transmitting the data between the network layers. A gateway device is configured to route the data from the edge communication device to the data consuming device via the communication path. The edge communication device is also configured to modify the data format to correspond to the data consuming device and to format the data according to the data format.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventor: David Becker
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Publication number: 20230345880Abstract: A knotter assembly is used with a baler and configured to form knots in strands of a binding material used to secure a formed bale. The knotter assembly has a rotatably driven knotter disc, a rotary billhook driven by the knotter disc, and a twine disc assembly positioned adjacent the billhook for holding strands of binding material in position for engagement by the billhook. The billhook includes a billhook casting forming a platform, and a billhook tongue connected at a pivot point with the billhook casting. The platform has a first raised lip and a second raised lip forming a channel therebetween configured to receive the billhook tongue so as to firmly grasp the binding material. An upper surface of the first raised lip extends above an upper surface of the second raised lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: David A. Becker, Sascha Reichert
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Patent number: 11791039Abstract: A system for communication of data is provided. The system includes a medical device. A data consuming device is positioned at a first network layer. An edge communication device is positioned at a second network layer. The edge communication device is in communication with the medical device to receive data from the medical device. The edge communication device has a profile. The profile defines a data format for the data and a communication path for transmitting the data between the network layers. A gateway device is configured to route the data from the edge communication device to the data consuming device via the communication path. The edge communication device is also configured to modify the data format to correspond to the data consuming device and to format the data according to the data format.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventor: David Becker
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Publication number: 20230301977Abstract: The invention relates generally to the field of wound healing. In one embodiment is a method for generating a delayed wound model in an animal, the method comprising contacting a wound with a composition comprising an electrospun scaffold, wherein the scaffold is made from 80% PCL and 20% rat tail collagen and has been soaked in a biofilm conditioned media from Staphylococcus aureus or a small molecular drug FK866.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: David Becker, Jiah Shin Chin, Leigh Madden, Li Ling Mandy Tan
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Patent number: 11770737Abstract: A system and method for beamforming beams including: matching weights T to a distribution of resources for each of the beams based on a traffic variation for each of the beams; calculating, with a signal processor for each of the beams based on the weights T, a power scalar ? and a weighted minimum mean squared error (WMMSE) matrix WWMSE; and transmitting/receiving the beams based on the power scalar ? and the WMMSE matrix WWMSE, where the power scalar ? satisfies a total power constraint of an antenna subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Udaya Bhaskar, Stanley Kay, Neal David Becker
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Patent number: 11757505Abstract: A system and method for beamforming includes providing an antenna including feeds, a coverage area including service areas and data streams for each of the service areas; selecting a cluster of M feeds from the feeds; computing, with a GBBF processor (ground based beam former), M×N weights; generating M feed excitations by distributing the N data streams per the M×N weights; switching an array to transfer a respective one of the M feed excitations to a respective one of the M feeds; and beamforming, with the M feeds of the antenna, N beams. In the method, the N beams are each focused on a respective service area of each of the N data streams, the M×N weights improve the transmitting into the respective service area of each of the N data streams, and at least one of the N beams includes a portion of a plurality of the M feed excitations.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Stanley E. Kay, Uday R. Bhaskar, Neal David Becker
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Patent number: 11666003Abstract: A bale binding mechanism is configured to secure a strand of binding material around a bale of severed crop material. The bale binding mechanism includes a chassis, a knotter head assembly, and a captive lock. The knotter head assembly is operable to form at least one knot in the strand of binding material. The knotter head assembly includes a knotter head frame swingably mounted relative to the chassis and rotatable into and out of an operating position where the knotter head assembly can form the at least one knot. The captive lock is shiftably supported by one of the chassis and the knotter head frame. The captive lock is removably engaged with the other one of the chassis and the knotter head frame to secure the knotter head assembly in the operating position, with the captive lock being releasable to permit rotation of the knotter head assembly out of the operating position.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: AGCO CorporationInventors: Jeffery A. Baldauf, David A. Becker, Patrick Kendrick
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Patent number: 11632167Abstract: A system and method for scheduling a variable stayout distance when beam hopping, the method including providing an illumination area of a satellite and candidate beam centers disposed in the illumination area; measuring a respective scan angle from an antenna boresight to a respective beam center of the candidate beam centers; and determining a reuse factor k for each of the candidate beam centers, based on a proportion of the respective scan angle to a maximum scan angle. Each candidate beam center may be processed sequentially. Prior to adding each candidate beam center to a current beam center set, checking whether a candidate beam center meets the stayout distance criteria from all beam centers already in the beam center set.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Stanley Kay, Udaya Bhaskar, Neal David Becker
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Publication number: 20230106440Abstract: Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are commonly used to assess patients with known or suspected pathologies of the lungs and liver. In particular, identification and quantification of possibly malignant regions identified in these high-resolution images is essential for accurate and timely diagnosis. However, careful quantitative assessment of lung and liver lesions is tedious and time consuming. This disclosure describes an automated end-to-end pipeline for accurate lesion detection and segmentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Daniel Irving GOLDEN, Fabien Rafael David BECKERS, John AXERIO-CILIES, Matthieu LE, Jesse LIEMAN-SIFRY, Anitha Priya KRISHNAN, Sean Patrick SALL, Hok Kan LAU, Matthew Joseph DIDONATO, Robert George NEWTON, Torin Arni TAERUM, Shek Bun LAW, Carla Rosa LEIBOWITZ, Angélique Sophie CALMON
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Patent number: 11551353Abstract: Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are commonly used to assess patients with known or suspected pathologies of the lungs and liver. In particular, identification and quantification of possibly malignant regions identified in these high-resolution images is essential for accurate and timely diagnosis. However, careful quantitative assessment of lung and liver lesions is tedious and time consuming. This disclosure describes an automated end-to-end pipeline for accurate lesion detection and segmentation.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Arterys Inc.Inventors: Daniel Irving Golden, Fabien Rafael David Beckers, John Axerio-Cilies, Matthieu Le, Jesse Lieman-Sifry, Anitha Priya Krishnan, Sean Patrick Sall, Hok Kan Lau, Matthew Joseph Didonato, Robert George Newton, Torin Arni Taerum, Shek Bun Law, Carla Rosa Leibowitz, Angélique Sophie Calmon
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Publication number: 20220200696Abstract: A system and method for scheduling a variable stayout distance when beam hopping, the method including providing an illumination area of a satellite and candidate beam centers disposed in the illumination area; measuring a respective scan angle from an antenna boresight to a respective beam center of the candidate beam centers; and determining a reuse factor k for each of the candidate beam centers, based on a proportion of the respective scan angle to a maximum scan angle. Each candidate beam center may be processed sequentially. Prior to adding each candidate beam center to a current beam center set, checking whether a candidate beam center meets the stayout distance criteria from all beam centers already in the beam center set.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Stanley KAY, Udaya BHASKAR, Neal David BECKER
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Publication number: 20220182107Abstract: A system and method for beamforming includes providing an antenna including feeds, a coverage area including service areas and data streams for each of the service areas; selecting a cluster of M feeds from the feeds; computing, with a GBBF processor (ground based beam former), M×N weights; generating M feed excitations by distributing the N data streams per the M×N weights; switching an array to transfer a respective one of the M feed excitations to a respective one of the M feeds; and beamforming, with the M feeds of the antenna, N beams. In the method, the N beams are each focused on a respective service area of each of the N data streams, the M×N weights improve the transmitting into the respective service area of each of the N data streams, and at least one of the N beams includes a portion of a plurality of the M feed excitations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Stanley E. Kay, Uday R. BHASKAR, Neal David Becker
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Patent number: 11309958Abstract: A system and method for scheduling a variable stayout distance when beam hopping, the method including providing an illumination area of a satellite and candidate beam centers disposed in the illumination area; measuring a respective scan angle from an antenna boresight to a respective beam center of the candidate beam centers; and determining a reuse factor k for each of the candidate beam centers, based on a proportion of the respective scan angle to a maximum scan angle. Each candidate beam center may be processed sequentially. Prior to adding each candidate beam center to a current beam center set, checking whether a candidate beam center meets the stayout distance criteria from all beam centers already in the beam center set.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Stanley Kay, Udaya Bhaskar, Neal David Becker
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Publication number: 20220071099Abstract: A bale binding mechanism is configured to secure a strand of binding material around a bale of severed crop material. The bale binding mechanism includes a chassis, a knotter head assembly, and a captive lock. The knotter head assembly is operable to form at least one knot in the strand of binding material. The knotter head assembly includes a knotter head frame swingably mounted relative to the chassis and rotatable into and out of an operating position where the knotter head assembly can form the at least one knot. The captive lock is shiftably supported by one of the chassis and the knotter head frame. The captive lock is removably engaged with the other one of the chassis and the knotter head frame to secure the knotter head assembly in the operating position, with the captive lock being releasable to permit rotation of the knotter head assembly out of the operating position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: AGCO CorporationInventors: Jeffery A. Baldauf, David A. Becker, Patrick Kendrick
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Publication number: 20220077906Abstract: A system and method for beamforming beams including: matching weights T to a distribution of resources for each of the beams based on a traffic variation for each of the beams; calculating, with a signal processor for each of the beams based on the weights T, a power scalar ? and a weighted minimum mean squared error (WMMSE) matrix WWMSE; and transmitting/receiving the beams based on the power scalar ? and the WMMSE matrix WWMSE, where the power scalar ? satisfies a total power constraint of an antenna subsystem.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Udaya BHASKAR, Stanley KAY, Neal David BECKER
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Patent number: 11231122Abstract: A pressure compensated solenoid valve with fluid flow force balancing is provided. The solenoid valve includes an armature and a valve plunger arranged to transport hydraulic fluid from a supply end of a valve plunger to an upper end of the armature facilitating a resultant upper fluid force that acts upon the upper end of the armature to balance a resultant lower fluid force that acts on the supply end of the valve plunger. The solenoid valve includes a poppet that is configured as a pressure-relief valve for maintaining a minimum fluid pressure within an actuation fluid gallery. An inlet fluid force of the poppet is balanced by an outlet fluid force of the poppet.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CoInventors: David Becker, Stefan Konias
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Patent number: D974400Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: David Becker, Karen L. Smit, Daniel J. Martinson, Rebecca S. Paalman, Jon Anderson, Kimberly K. Leopold