Patents by Inventor David Alvarez

David Alvarez 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: 20250248569
    Abstract: The present system provides a tamale press that is simple to operate and allows a person to make 75-100 tamales per hour. The device is designed to be used to make tamales and avoids the disadvantages of a tortilla press. The device comprises a base with a cavity for receiving a portion of masa to be pressed. A top portion is hingedly coupled to the base and includes a protruding section that approximately matches the dimensions of the cavity in the base. The top portion is closed and a pivoting handle is used to apply pressure to the device, causing the protruding section to press and spread the masa to the borders of the cavity in the base. When the handle and top are lifted, the formed tamale is removed and the next tamale can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: David Alvarez, Jorge Alvarez
  • Patent number: 12369230
    Abstract: A method of forming a heater assembly of an e-vaping device includes bending a wire to form a first lobe and bending the wire to form a second lobe. The first lobe and the second lobe form a generally sinuously-shaped heater having a first set of lobes and a second set of lobe. A first apex of the first lobe is generally opposite a second apex of the second lobe. The method may also include curling the first set of lobes towards the second set of lobes to form a heater having a substantially tubular form. The heater defines an opening there through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Charles Dendy, Nam Tran, David Alvarez, Patrick McElhinney
  • Patent number: 12365957
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rail includes casting a steel to obtain a semi-product. The steel has a composition comprising 0.20%?C?0.60%, 1.0%?Si?2.0%, 0.60%?Mn? 1.60% and 0.5?Cr?2.2%, optionally 0.01%?Mo?0.3%, 0.01%?V?0.30%; the remainder being Fe and impurities. The method also includes hot rolling the semi-product into a hot rolled semi-product having the shape of the rail and comprising a head, with a final rolling temperature TFRT higher than Ar3; and cooling the head to a cooling stop temperature TCS between 200° C. and 520° C. The method also includes maintaining the head in a temperature range comprised between 300° C. and 520° C. during a holding time thold of at least 12 minutes, and; cooling down the hot rolled semi-product to room temperature to obtain the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: José Arancon Alvarez, David Alvarez Diez, José Manuel Artimez Encina, Francisca Garcia Caballero, Benjamin Pohu
  • Publication number: 20250099693
    Abstract: A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a first frame, a second frame, a first heater, a second heater, and/or an aerosol-forming substrate. The first frame has a first interior face and a first exterior face. In addition, the first frame defines a first opening. The first heater may be secured to the first frame so as to cover the first opening. The second frame is connected to the first frame. The second frame has a second interior face and a second exterior face. Furthermore, the second frame defines a second opening. The second heater may be secured to the second frame so as to cover the second opening. The aerosol-forming substrate may be between the first heater and the second heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Gregory GRISCIK, Thien NGUYEN, Carl KITE, David ALVAREZ, Terrance BACHE, Zack BLACKMON, Patrick GOOD, Raymond LAU, Eric HAWES, Cristian POPA, James YORKSHADES, Adam PARROTT
  • Patent number: 12194226
    Abstract: A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a first frame, a second frame, a first heater, a second heater, and/or an aerosol-forming substrate. The first frame has a first interior face and a first exterior face. In addition, the first frame defines a first opening. The first heater may be secured to the first frame so as to cover the first opening. The second frame is connected to the first frame. The second frame has a second interior face and a second exterior face. Furthermore, the second frame defines a second opening. The second heater may be secured to the second frame so as to cover the second opening. The aerosol-forming substrate may be between the first heater and the second heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Griscik, Thien Nguyen, Carl Kite, David Alvarez, Terrance Bache, Zack Blackmon, Patrick Good, Raymond Lau, Eric Hawes, Cristian Popa, James Yorkshades, Adam Parrott
  • Patent number: 12189584
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for machine learning (ML) by flowing a dataset towards a target dataset. A method can include receiving a request to operate on a first dataset including first feature, label pairs, identifying a second dataset from multiple datasets, the second dataset including second feature, label pairs, determining a distance between the first feature, label and the second feature, label pairs, and flowing the first dataset using a dataset objective that operates based on the determined distance to generate an optimized dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Alvarez-Melis, Nicolo Fusi
  • Publication number: 20240387792
    Abstract: Metrology systems and processing methods for continuous lithium ion battery (LIB) anode pre-lithiation and solid metal anode protection are provided. In some embodiments, the metrology system integrates at least one complementary non-contact sensor to measure at least one of surface composition, coating thickness, and nanoscale roughness. The metrology system and processing methods can be used to address anode edge quality. The metrology system and methods can facilitate high quality and high yield closed loop anode pre-lithiation and anode protection layer deposition, alloy-type anode pre-lithiation stage control improves LIB coulombic efficiency, and anode coating with pinhole free and electrochemically active protection layers resist dendrite formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: David Masayuki ISHIKAWA, Girish Kumar GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR, Ezhiylmurugan RANGASAMY, David ALVAREZ, Kent Qiujing ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240382334
    Abstract: An off-loading wrist brace featuring a linear configuration, a split linear configuration, or a glove configuration with a thumb hole, pisiform hole, purlicue saddle, and closure components. The brace compresses to reduce repetitive movement of the carpal ligament while reducing compression of the pisiform to reduce injury and pain. The brace is removably affixed by placing the thumb through the thumb hole, wrapping the brace body around the wrist to attach the closure component at the tapered distal end to the closure component at the rounded proximal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: David Alvarez, Sharon Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 12080869
    Abstract: Metrology systems and processing methods for continuous lithium ion battery (LIB) anode pre-lithiation and solid metal anode protection are provided. In some embodiments, the metrology system integrates at least one complementary non-contact sensor to measure at least one of surface composition, coating thickness, and nanoscale roughness. The metrology system and processing methods can be used to address anode edge quality. The metrology system and methods can facilitate high quality and high yield closed loop anode pre-lithiation and anode protection layer deposition, alloy-type anode pre-lithiation stage control improves LIB coulombic efficiency, and anode coating with pinhole free and electrochemically active protection layers resist dendrite formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: David Masayuki Ishikawa, Girish Kumar Gopalakrishnan Nair, Ezhiylmurugan Rangasamy, David Alvarez, Kent Qiujing Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240148794
    Abstract: The disclosure features methods of modifying a cell or tissue in vivo with lipid nanoparticle (LNP) compositions comprising a payload. The LNP compositions of the present disclosure can modify a parameter associated with the cell or tissue; or modify a component associated with the cell or tissue. Further disclosed are methods of treating a subject having a disease, a disorder, a mutation, or a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an LNP composition comprising a payload. Also disclosed herein are LNP compositions comprising a payload and methods of making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David Alvarez, Jorge Rodrigo Mora
  • Publication number: 20240152576
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for generating synthetic datasets. A method includes obtaining a first training labelled dataset, obtaining a second training labelled dataset, determining an optimal transport (OT) map from a target labelled dataset to the first training labelled dataset, determining an OT map from the target labelled dataset to the second training labelled dataset, identifying, in a generalized geodesic hull formed by the first and second training labelled datasets in a distribution space and based on the OT maps, a point proximate the target dataset in the distribution space, and producing the synthetic labelled ML dataset by combining, based on distances between probability distribution representations of the first and second labelled training datasets in the distribution space and the point, the first and second labelled training datasets resulting in a labelled synthetic dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David ALVAREZ-MELIS, Jiaojiao Fan, Nicolo Fusi
  • Publication number: 20240090089
    Abstract: A method of forming a heater assembly of an e-vaping device includes bending a wire to form a first lobe and bending the wire to form a second lobe. The first lobe and the second lobe form a generally sinuously-shaped heater having a first set of lobes and a second set of lobe. A first apex of the first lobe is generally opposite a second apex of the second lobe. The method may also include curling the first set of lobes towards the second set of lobes to form a heater having a substantially tubular form. The heater defines an opening there through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. TUCKER, Charles DENDY, Nam TRAN, David ALVAREZ, Patrick MCELHINNEY
  • Publication number: 20240002966
    Abstract: A steel for rail having the following elements, 0.25%?C?0.8%; 1.0%?Mn?2.0%; 1.40%?Si?2%; 0.01%?Al?1%; 0.8%?Cr?2%; 0?P?0.09%; 0?S?0.09%; 0%?N?0.09%; 0%?Ni?1%; 0%?Mo?0.5%; 0%?V?0.2%; 0%?Nb ?0.1%; 0%?Ti?0.1%; 0%?Cu?0.5%; 0%?B?0.008%; 0%?Sn?0.1%; 0% ?Ce?0.1%; 0%?Mg?0.10%; 0%?Zr?0.10%; the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure having, by area percentage, 2% to 10% of Proeutectoid Ferrite, the balance being made of Pearlite wherein the pearlite having interlamellar spacing from 100 nm to 250 nm .
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Diego CARRASCAL, David ALVAREZ DIEZ, José ARANCON ALVAREZ, Wilberth SOLANO ALVAREZ
  • Publication number: 20230385247
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for machine learning (ML) by flowing a dataset towards a target dataset. A method can include receiving a request to operate on a first dataset including first feature, label pairs, identifying a second dataset from multiple datasets, the second dataset including second feature, label pairs, determining a distance between the first feature, label and the second feature, label pairs, and flowing the first dataset using a dataset objective that operates based on the determined distance to generate an optimized dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: David ALVAREZ-MELIS, Nicolo FUSI
  • Patent number: 11832357
    Abstract: A method of forming a heater assembly of an e-vaping device includes bending a wire to form a first lobe and bending the wire to form a second lobe. The first lobe and the second lobe form a generally sinuously-shaped heater having a first set of lobes and a second set of lobe. A first apex of the first lobe is generally opposite a second apex of the second lobe. The method may also include curling the first set of lobes towards the second set of lobes to form a heater having a substantially tubular form. The heater defines an opening there through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Charles Dendy, Nam Tran, David Alvarez, Patrick McElhinney
  • Patent number: D1011349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Maxime Dubreucq, Ram Chaturabul, Alejandro David Alvarez, Ingve Holmung
  • Patent number: D1025009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Fields, Libao Wu, Alejandro David Alvarez, Tania Alvarez Moreno
  • Patent number: D1038506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Griscik, Carl Kite, Thien Nguyen, David Alvarez, Terrance Bache, Zack W. Blackmon, Patrick Good, Raymond W. Lau, Eric Hawes, Cristian Popa
  • Patent number: D1059677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Griscik, Carl Kite, Thien Nguyen, David Alvarez, Terrance Bache, Zack W. Blackmon, Patrick Good, Raymond W. Lau, Eric Hawes, Cristian Popa
  • Patent number: D1087065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Grace Hina Lee, Alejandro David Alvarez, Ingve Holmung, Andrew Barker, Nicolas Jinkinson, Jasper Phua, Chun-Wei Su, Siu Lai Chan, Ka Wai Siu, Chang Ching Shao, Wei-Xiang Tai, Tzu Hua Huang, Cheng-Hann Wu, James Iming Tsai