Patents by Inventor David John Smith

David John Smith 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: 11933510
    Abstract: This application relates to a building energy analysis and management system for measurement and verification of building performance. The system can analyze, optimize, manage, maintain, trouble shoot, and/or modify building systems, such as HVAC systems, in connection with the building energy usage. Measurements may be gathered for one or more HVAC units coupled to pressure independent valves, and sent to one or more Surge Panels that pass data to remote analysis servers, which can receive other system or external data. The analysis servers compare measurements to predicted values and can standardize the predicted values to account for external conditions. The comparison can result in difference values used to generate probable causes and optimization recommendations. The system outputs reports or other data display using a graphical user interface that can be adjusted for an anticipated user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FlowEnergy, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Arthur Neal Smith, Joshua Jerome Doerr, Christopher Tillman Reed, Jeffrey Michael Creighton, Christopher John Robson, Andrew James Horn, David Anthony Rogers, Larry Ray Willis, Jr., Billy Joe Melin, Sr., Tamara Jewell Hansen
  • Publication number: 20230413003
    Abstract: The various systems and methods disclosed herein provide an enhanced audio experience in a virtual environment. In some implementations of the system and method for enhancing audio, a user forms a group with one or more desired audio sources in a virtual environment, and audio coming from sources outside of the group are filtered to become less obtrusive. In some implementations, causing non-group audio to become less obtrusive is accomplished by lowering its perceived volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: David John Smith, Brennan McTernan
  • Publication number: 20230380961
    Abstract: Delivery devices for delivering an ophthalmic device into an eye. In some embodiments the delivery devices are adapted to deliver an intraocular lens into an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Terah Whiting SMILEY, John A. SCHOLL, David John SMITH, Russell J. REDMOND, Derek L. MORAN, Barry CHESKIN, John REGGIE, Gregory Vinton MATTHEWS, Claudio ARGENTO
  • Patent number: 11759313
    Abstract: Delivery devices for delivering an ophthalmic device into an eye. In some embodiments the delivery devices are adapted to deliver an intraocular lens into an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Terah Whiting Smiley, John A. Scholl, David John Smith, Russell J. Redmond, Derek L. Moran, Barry Cheskin, John Reggie, Gregory Vinton Matthews, Claudio Argento
  • Patent number: 11751991
    Abstract: Accommodating intraocular lenses containing a flowable media and their methods of accommodation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Terah Whiting Smiley, David John Smith, Steven Choi, Henry Wu, John A. Scholl, Denise Horrilleno Burns
  • Publication number: 20230133652
    Abstract: A system for uncertainty prediction is provided. The system includes at least one target system including at least one target device and configured to generate data corresponding to a plurality of parameters of the target device. The system further includes a computing device including a processor configured to receive, during a training phase, first data obtained from the at least one target system, perform a Monte Carlo simulation to generate a first plurality of uncertainty intervals based on the first data, and generate a machine learning model by training using the first plurality of uncertainty intervals and the first data. The processor is further configured to receive, during a prediction phase, second data from the at least one target system and generate, using the machine learning model, a second plurality of uncertainty intervals based on the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Jinbo Cao, Richard Louis Hart, David John Smith
  • Patent number: 11482394
    Abstract: A bidirectional gas discharge tube (GDT) includes a discharge chamber, first and second cathodes, a gas disposed within the discharge chamber, and a control grid. The first and second cathodes are disposed within the discharge chamber and include first and second faces, respectively. The first face and the second face are plane-parallel. The gas is configured to insulate the first cathode from the second cathode. The control grid is disposed between the first and second cathodes within the discharge chamber. The control grid is configured to generate an electric field to initiate establishment of a conductive plasma between the first and second cathodes to close a conduction path extending between the first and second cathodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Technology Gmbh
    Inventors: Timothy John Sommerer, Joseph Darryl Michael, David John Smith
  • Patent number: 11251598
    Abstract: A DC circuit breaker includes a gas discharge tube (GDT) coupled in parallel with an extinguishing path. The GDT conducts and interrupts a load current through a normal current path. The GDT includes a thermionic cathode, an anode, and a control grid. The control grid is configured to regulate opening and closing of the normal current path. The extinguishing path is configured to lengthen a break time for the DC circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Timothy John Sommerer, Joseph Darryl Michael, David John Smith
  • Publication number: 20210218240
    Abstract: A DC circuit breaker includes a gas discharge tube (GDT) coupled in parallel with an extinguishing path. The GDT conducts and interrupts a load current through a normal current path. The GDT includes a thermionic cathode, an anode, and a control grid. The control grid is configured to regulate opening and closing of the normal current path. The extinguishing path is configured to lengthen a break time for the DC circuit breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy John Sommerer, Joseph Darryl Michael, David John Smith
  • Publication number: 20210217573
    Abstract: A bidirectional gas discharge tube (GDT) includes a discharge chamber, first and second cathodes, a gas disposed within the discharge chamber, and a control grid. The first and second cathodes are disposed within the discharge chamber and include first and second faces, respectively. The first face and the second face are plane-parallel. The gas is configured to insulate the first cathode from the second cathode. The control grid is disposed between the first and second cathodes within the discharge chamber. The control grid is configured to generate an electric field to initiate establishment of a conductive plasma between the first and second cathodes to close a conduction path extending between the first and second cathodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy John Sommerer, Joseph Darryl Michael, David John Smith
  • Publication number: 20210030530
    Abstract: Accommodating intraocular lenses containing a flowable media and their methods of accommodation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Terah Whiting SMILEY, David John SMITH, Steven CHOI, Henry WU, John A. SCHOLL, Denise Horrilleno BURNS
  • Patent number: 10889786
    Abstract: A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanguy Marie Louis Alexandre Catlin, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Charles Rupert Gillham, James Ian Kinloch, David John Smith, Alison Lesley Main, Helen Varley
  • Publication number: 20200388177
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for assessing user interaction with a simulated reality environment. The system includes a user device, sensor(s), a computer readable instructions, and a processor. The sensor(s) detect user data associated a simulated real world task in the simulated reality environment related to at least one of biological indicator, user interactional input, and behavioral user activity. The processor is configured to cause display, on the user device, of the simulated reality environment configured for user interaction with the simulated real world task; receive, from the sensor(s), data related to the detected user data associated with the simulated real world task; determine, based on the received user data, a confidence grade for the user. The confidence grade is indicative of the user's confidence in performance of the simulated real world task within the simulated reality environment. The processor causes transmission of feedback related to the confidence grade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Rodney Joseph Recker, David John Smith, Lyron L. Bentovim
  • Patent number: 10835373
    Abstract: Accommodating intraocular lenses containing a flowable media and their methods of accommodation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Terah Whiting Smiley, David John Smith, Steven Choi, Henry Wu, John A. Scholl, Denise Horrilleno Burns
  • Patent number: 10580610
    Abstract: A cold-cathode switching device is presented. The cold-cathode switching device includes a housing defining a chamber; an ionizable gas disposed in the chamber; and a plurality of electrodes disposed in the chamber. The plurality of electrodes includes a cathode and an anode defining a discharge gap, and wherein at least one of the cathode and anode comprises a material that is liquid at an operating temperature of the cathode or the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy John Sommerer, Joseph Darryl Michael, David John Smith, Sergey Joseph Zalubovsky
  • Publication number: 20190374335
    Abstract: Delivery devices for delivering an ophthalmic device into an eye. In some embodiments the delivery devices are adapted to deliver an intraocular lens into an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: PowerVision, Inc.
    Inventors: Terah Whiting SMILEY, John A. SCHOLL, David John SMITH, Russell J. REDMOND, Derek L. MORAN, Barry CHESKIN, John REGGIE, Gregory Vinton MATTHEWS, Claudio ARGENTO
  • Patent number: 10390937
    Abstract: Accommodating intraocular lenses containing a flowable media and their methods of accommodation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: PowerVision, Inc.
    Inventors: Terah Whiting Smiley, David John Smith, Steven Choi, Henry Wu, John A. Scholl, Denise Horrilleno Burns
  • Publication number: 20190240004
    Abstract: Accommodating intraocular lenses containing a flowable media and their methods of accommodation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: PowerVision, Inc.
    Inventors: Terah Whiting SMILEY, David John SMITH, Steven CHOI, Henry WU, John A. SCHOLL, Denise Horrilleno BURNS
  • Patent number: 10368979
    Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens includes an optic portion a haptic portion and a backstop. The optic portion of the lens includes an actuator that deflects a lens element to alter the optical power of the lens responsive to forces applied to the haptic portion of the lens by contraction of the ciliary muscles. Forces applied to the haptic portion may result in fluid displacements from or to the haptic portion from the actuator. The backstop provides support to the haptic so that bulk translation of the haptic is prevented in response to the forces applied by the capsular sac.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: PowerVision, Inc.
    Inventors: John A Scholl, Terah Whiting Smiley, David John Smith, Denise Horrilleno Burns, Barry Cheskin
  • Patent number: 10350060
    Abstract: Delivery devices for delivering an ophthalmic device into an eye. In some embodiments the delivery devices are adapted to deliver an intraocular lens into an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PowerVision, Inc.
    Inventors: Terah Whiting Smiley, John A. Scholl, David John Smith, Russell J. Redmond, Derek L. Moran, Barry Cheskin, John Reggie, Gregory Vinton Matthews, Claudio Argento