Patents by Inventor David Middleton
David Middleton 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: 11901532Abstract: Provided is a battery module and battery rack having enhanced fire safety features. The battery module includes a swelling/pressure sensor that detects swelling of a battery cell. An output signal of the sensor is used to halt operation of a battery rack/battery system containing the battery module and prevent charging and discharging of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery module uses an AC-to-AC power supply to provide AC frequency power for balancing battery cells of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery rack includes an internal water fire suppression system that provides battery cooling in the event of a battery cell fire to prevent the spread and/or reigniting of the fire.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: VLTRU SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Virgil L. Beaston, Michael W. Allen, David Middleton, Howard Scott Ryan
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Publication number: 20230060396Abstract: Provided is a battery module and battery rack having enhanced fire safety features. The battery module includes a swelling/pressure sensor that detects swelling of a battery cell. An output signal of the sensor is used to halt operation of a battery rack/battery system containing the battery module and prevent charging and discharging of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery module uses an AC-to-AC power supply to provide AC frequency power for balancing battery cells of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery rack includes an internal water fire suppression system that provides battery cooling in the event of a battery cell fire to prevent the spread and/or reigniting of the fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: VLTRU Systems, LLCInventors: Virgil L. Beaston, David Middleton, Michael W. Allen, Howard Scott Ryan
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Patent number: 11550800Abstract: A datastore engine at an edge location of a content delivery network (CDN) may perform low-latency query processing and data retrieval for multiple types of databases at one or more origin servers. When a client sends a query to the edge location, the datastore engine translates the query from a back-end database format into a native format of the local edge datastore. If the requested data is not there, then the datastore engine retrieves the data from the back-end table and inserted inserts the data into the local edge datastore. By using multiple queries over time to re-construct data from the backend database tables at the edge, the datastore engine may provide low-latency access to data from the backend database tables (avoiding the need to retrieve data from the back-end tables to serve subsequent queries).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Karthik Uthaman, Ted David Middleton, Ronil Sudhir Mokashi, Prashant Verma, Alexander Korobeynikov
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Publication number: 20220344738Abstract: Provided is a battery module and battery rack having enhanced fire safety features. The battery module includes a swelling/pressure sensor that detects swelling of a battery cell. An output signal of the sensor is used to halt operation of a battery rack/battery system containing the battery module and prevent charging and discharging of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery module uses an AC-to-AC power supply to provide AC frequency power for balancing battery cells of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery rack includes an internal water fire suppression system that provides battery cooling in the event of a battery cell fire to prevent the spread and/or reigniting of the fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: VLTRU Systems, LLCInventors: Virgil L. BEASTON, Michael W. ALLEN, David MIDDLETON, Howard Scott RYAN
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Publication number: 20220271357Abstract: Provided is a battery module and battery rack having enhanced fire safety features. The battery module includes a swelling/pressure sensor that detects swelling of a battery cell. An output signal of the sensor is used to halt operation of a battery rack/battery system containing the battery module and prevent charging and discharging of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery module uses an AC-to-AC power supply to provide AC frequency power for balancing battery cells of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery rack includes an internal water fire suppression system that provides battery cooling in the event of a battery cell fire to prevent the spread and/or reigniting of the fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: VLTRU Systems, LLCInventors: Virgil L. BEASTON, Michael W. ALLEN, David MIDDLETON, Howard Scott RYAN
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Publication number: 20220181713Abstract: Provided is a battery module and battery rack having enhanced fire safety features. The battery module includes a swelling/pressure sensor that detects swelling of a battery cell. An output signal of the sensor is used to halt operation of a battery rack/battery system containing the battery module and prevent charging and discharging of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery module uses an AC-to-AC power supply to provide AC frequency power for balancing battery cells of the battery module. In an embodiment, the battery rack includes an internal water fire suppression system that provides battery cooling in the event of a battery cell fire to prevent the spread and/or reigniting of the fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: VLTRU Systems, LLCInventors: Virgil L. BEASTON, Michael W. ALLEN, David MIDDLETON, Howard Scott RYAN
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Patent number: 11089136Abstract: Edge functions at an edge location of a content delivery network (CDN) may access data from a back-end database without the need to make high-latency network calls to the back-end databases. When a client sends a query to the edge location, an edge function is triggered. The requested data may be retrieved from a read-only local table at the edge location (populated from a back-end database) and the retrieved data is provided to the edge function's memory for low-latency access during function execution.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Karthik Uthaman, Ted David Middleton, Ronil Sudhir Mokashi, Prashant Verma, Alexander Korobeynikov
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Patent number: 7644546Abstract: Disclosed is a utility pipe tape to act as a termite barrier and a support for a waterproof membrane to prevent gaps from forming between pipe and slab that lets ground termites in through the slab.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Inventor: David Middleton
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Publication number: 20070135103Abstract: Disclosed is electronic equipment (e.g., a communication device) and method directed to electronic equipment having an improved electronic phonebook application for rating electronic phonebook entries (e.g., contacts). The electronic equipment and method includes an electronic phonebook including a plurality of contacts having a plurality of entries including a cumulative time connected to one or more of contacts, a total number of calls connected to one or more of the contacts. A processor is coupled to the electronic phonebook, wherein the processor calculates a contact rating for one more of the plurality of contacts based at least in part on the cumulative time connected and the total number of calls connected to one or more of the plurality of contacts. In another embodiment, the electronic equipment and method includes an override function that allows users to override a user selected feature based on the override function associated with a particular contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: David Middleton
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Publication number: 20060213117Abstract: Disclosed is a utility pipe tape to act as a termite barrier and a support for a waterproof membrane to prevent gaps from forming between pipe and slab that lets ground termites in through the slab.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventor: David Middleton
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Publication number: 20050143124Abstract: Mobile terminal with ergonomic imaging functions. The present invention, by way of example embodiments, provides for a mobile terminal with ergonomic imaging or camera functions. A single display can be used, for example in portrait mode while terminal functions are being used and in landscape mode while imaging functions are being used. The change between the two orientations can be accomplished automatically. In some embodiments, the capability is also provided to process an image for assignment to a terminal function, where the image has at least one display attribute that makes it at least partly unsuitable for use with the terminal function. The processing may include resizing, cropping, and/or rotating the image. This processing can be accomplished for example, so that a landscape image can be viewed conveniently in a portrait orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2004Publication date: June 30, 2005Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ABInventors: Peter Kennedy, Laurie Gray, Charles Hunt, Elisabeth Gibbons, David Middleton, James Cunningham, Stacy Smith, Amy Swanson, David Bates
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Publication number: 20040035197Abstract: An ultrasonic system for measuring the volume of liquid in a container having a lid in which an ultrasonic signal is emitted and received by a sensor subsystem located on the underside of the lid of the ultrasonic system. The ultrasonic system can measure the exact amount of liquid or the level of the liquid held in the container by processing the roundtrip time the ultrasonic signals took to travel from the sensor subsystem to the surface of the liquid where the ultrasonic signals are reflected back to the ultrasonic sensor subsystem. A solid state, three-phase SCR/diode bridge converts a three-phase alternating current (AC) to a direct current (DC) power source for heating the liquid in a boiler subsystem prior to its transport to the container. A second, triac controlled heater is powered by a single phase of the three phase power source, and is used to warm and maintain the liquid held within the container at a constant temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2002Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Nicholas F. D'Antonio, Nicholas J. D'Antonio, Ronald W. D'Antonio, Harold Richards, David Middleton
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Publication number: 20030217132Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for remotely managing a server processing system, by using a wireless communications device. The wireless communications device sends a request for managing the server processing system to the server processing system through a gateway. The request is formatted in a first protocol in the wireless communications device, and is sent to the gateway. The gateway converts the request to be formatted in a second protocol, and sends the request to the server processing system. In response to the request, the server processing system sends a response, formatted in the second protocol, to the wireless communications device through the gateway. This time, the gateway converts the response to be formatted in the first protocol, and sends the response to the wireless communications device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Middleton Batten, Kyusun Chang, Vandana Kumar, Patrick Justin Laffey, Kim-Khanh Vu Tran, Vi Trieu Tran
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Patent number: 6166618Abstract: An electrical safety receptacle (10) including a dielectric housing (12), first electrical contacts (14) in the housing for electrical connection to one side of an electrical power line, second electrical contacts (16) in the housing for electrical connection to the other side of the electrical power line, and power-interruption members (48) provided as part of the second electrical contacts to interrupt the electrical power when an operating and/or environmental temperature exceeds the thermal rating thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1999Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: James W. Robertson, Harry M. Capper, Deborah Laun, Kurt Werner, David Middleton, Howard S. Ryan
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Patent number: D390650Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1995Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Assignee: Draeger LimitedInventor: David Middleton
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Patent number: D747601Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Inventor: David Middleton