Patents by Inventor David Smith

David 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).

  • Publication number: 20260161586
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to handling multi-destination transfer requests within the context of a system that implements a DMA controller including control circuitry and a transmit buffer. In one example embodiment a technique for responding to a request to transfer data from a source to multiple destinations is provided. The technique first includes, by the control circuitry, controlling the transferring of the data from the source to the transmit buffer. Next the technique includes, by the control circuitry, controlling the transferring of the data from the transmit buffer to a first destination of the multiple destinations. Finally, the technique includes, by the control circuitry, controlling the transferring of the data from the transmit buffer to a second destination of the multiple destinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: David Smith, Eric Lasmana, Chunhua Hu, Vignesh Raghavendra
  • Publication number: 20260161456
    Abstract: Techniques for executing machine learning (ML) models including receiving an indication to run an ML model on a processing core; receiving a static memory allocation for running the ML model on the processing core; determining that a layer of the ML model uses more memory than the static memory allocated; transmitting, to a shared memory, a memory request for blocks of the shared memory; receiving an allocation of the requested blocks; running the layer of the ML model using the static memory and the range of memory addresses; and outputting results of running the layer of the ML model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Mihir Narendra MODY, Kedar Satish CHITNIS, Kumar DESAPPAN, David SMITH, Pramod Kumar SWAMI, Shyam JAGANNATHAN
  • Publication number: 20260153924
    Abstract: A ride system may include a ride vehicle that supports a passenger and an attention tracker to determine a current direction of attention of the passenger. The ride system may also include a control system for maintaining an environment of the passenger. Maintaining the environment may include determining a set of content to be incorporated into the environment based at least in part on the current direction of attention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Mark James Traynor, Robert Michael Jordan, Patrick John Goergen, David Smith
  • Publication number: 20260150973
    Abstract: A system can include a zipper that connects a mattress to a bed foundation. For example, the zipper can extend from a head end to a foot end of an adjustable foundation. For another example, a zipper can connect to a mattress along a seam of the mattress and/or to a foundation along a seam of a foundation. For another example, a first zipper can connect the mattress core to a second zipper and the second zipper can connect a foundation to the first zipper. For another example, first and second zippers can be substantially vertically aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Natalie Negus, David Smith, Matthew Griffith, Hummy Truh
  • Publication number: 20260149433
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling a switch transition in an inductive switching circuit are disclosed. A switch driver is configured to receive an indication of current through a diode associated with a first switch and dynamically control a switch transition of a second switch based on the indication of current, so as to reduce the switch transition time, when possible, whilst maintaining a voltage transient due to the switch transition within an acceptable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2026
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Vikas VIJAY, Eduardo VELARDE, Bryan QUINONES, Douglas J. W. MACFARLANE, David SMITH, Saurabh K. SINGH
  • Publication number: 20260143565
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The cartridge may include a base, a reservoir substrate, and an atomizer. The reservoir substrate may define a cavity therethrough. The atomizer may comprise a liquid transport element and a heating element extending at least partially about the liquid transport element. The atomizer may extend through the cavity through the reservoir substrate such that the heating element is positioned proximate an end of the reservoir substrate. Ends of the liquid transport element may extend to an opposing end of the reservoir substrate. A related method for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: John DePiano, David Smith, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Frank S. Silveira, Steven Lee Alderman, Grady Lance Dooly, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR., Stephen Benson Sears, John William Wolber, Michael Laine
  • Publication number: 20260143826
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating solar cell emitter regions with differentiated P-type and N-type layouts and incorporating dotted diffusion, and resulting solar cells, are described. In an example, a solar cell includes a substrate having a light-receiving surface and a back surface. A first polycrystalline silicon emitter region of a first conductivity type is on a first thin dielectric layer on the back surface of the substrate. A second polycrystalline silicon emitter region of a second, different, conductivity type is on a second thin dielectric layer on the back surface of the substrate. The second polycrystalline silicon emitter region has a vertical thickness less than a vertical thickness of the first polycrystalline silicon emitter region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: DAVID SMITH, GERLY REICH
  • Publication number: 20260130519
    Abstract: A system can include a zipper that connects a mattress to a bed foundation. For example, the zipper can extend from a head end to a foot end of an adjustable foundation. For another example, a zipper can connect to a mattress along a seam of the mattress and/or to a foundation along a seam of a foundation. For another example, a first zipper can connect the mattress core to a second zipper and the second zipper can connect a foundation to the first zipper. For another example, first and second zippers can be substantially vertically aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2026
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Natalie Negus, David Smith, Matthew Griffith
  • Publication number: 20260133923
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to handling traffic in a split DMA controller having primary channel circuits, secondary channel circuits, a packet switch, and a state machine. In one example embodiment, a technique for routing data via the state machine is provided. The technique first includes receiving a request to transmit data via a primary channel circuit to a device associated with a secondary channel circuit. Next, the technique includes determining that the secondary channel circuit is available and responsively pairing the primary channel circuit with the secondary channel circuit. The technique then includes enabling a virtual channel that is associated with the device and the secondary channel circuit. Finally, the technique includes instructing the primary channel circuit to transmit the data via the packet switch to the secondary channel circuit and causing the secondary channel circuit to write the data to the device using the virtual channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: David Smith, Vignesh Raghavendra, Chunhua Hu
  • Publication number: 20260133924
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to handling traffic in a split DMA controller having primary DMA channel circuits coupled to a first device, secondary DMA channel circuits coupled to second devices, a packet switch coupled to the primary and secondary DMA channel circuits, and a state machine coupled to the packet switch. In one example embodiment, a technique for pairing a primary DMA channel circuit to a secondary DMA channel circuit via the state machine is provided. The technique first includes receiving a request to transmit data via a primary DMA channel circuit to a device associated with a secondary DMA channel circuit. Next, the technique includes pairing the primary DMA channel circuit with the secondary DMA channel circuit. Finally, the technique includes instructing the primary DMA channel circuit to transmit the data to the secondary DMA channel circuit via the packet switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: David Smith, Vignesh Raghavendra, Chunhua Hu
  • Publication number: 20260125363
    Abstract: The disclosure provides processes for preparing a compound of Formula (I):
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Paul T. Angell, Cristian Harrison, Robert M. Hughes, Berenice Lewandowski, Benjamin J. Littler, Vito Melillo, William A. Nugent, David Andrew Siesel, David Smith, John Studley
  • Publication number: 20260109516
    Abstract: A two-piece paint tube cap having a somewhat hollow base piece which is intended to be attached to an artist's paint tube that allows extrusion of paint from the paint tube, and a cap piece which is to be attached to the base piece, each piece has a separate gripping element to facilitate removing and replacing the cap piece to the base piece without damage to the paint tube or a loss of paint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventor: David Smith
  • Publication number: 20260071107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heat transfer compositions comprising 1234yf refrigerant, PAG lubricant and dispersant and to methods of retrofitting R134a MAC systems with using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Martin Bluhm, Ankit Sethi, David Smith, Nilesh Purohit
  • Publication number: 20260071108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heat transfer compositions comprising 1234yf refrigerant, PAG lubricant and surfactant and to methods of retrofitting R134a MAC systems with using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Martin Bluhm, Ankit Sethi, David Smith, Nilesh Purohit
  • Publication number: 20260061650
    Abstract: A coconut cutting device includes a knife having an elongated, straight blade, a handle coupled to a first end of the blade, a base pivotally connected to the second end of the blade via a hinge, allowing the blade to rotate about the hinge, the base configured to stabilize the coconut during a cutting operation, a slot formed within the base, the slot configured to accommodate the blade when the blade is fully rotated towards the base, a downward facing spike coupled to the handle, and positioned to engage the coconut, and, a platform coupled to the base and positioned beneath the spike, the platform configured to stabilize the coconut during a piercing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: David Smith, Wang Yaping
  • Patent number: 12560996
    Abstract: A ride system may include a ride vehicle that supports a passenger and an attention tracker to determine a current direction of attention of the passenger. The ride system may also include a control system for maintaining an environment of the passenger. Maintaining the environment may include determining a set of content to be incorporated into the environment based at least in part on the current direction of attention as well as a future direction of attention that is determined utilizing a machine learning algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Mark James Traynor, Robert Michael Jordan, Patrick John Goergen, David Smith
  • Patent number: 12556165
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling a switch transition in an inductive switching circuit are disclosed. A switch driver is configured to receive an indication of current through a diode associated with a first switch and dynamically control a switch transition of a second switch based on the indication of current, so as to reduce the switch transition time, when possible, whilst maintaining a voltage transient due to the switch transition within an acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas Vijay, Eduardo Velarde, Bryan Quinones, Douglas J. W. Macfarlane, David Smith, Saurabh K. Singh
  • Patent number: 12551024
    Abstract: A system can include a zipper that connects a mattress to a bed foundation. For example, the zipper can extend from a head end to a foot end of an adjustable foundation. For another example, a zipper can connect to a mattress along a seam of the mattress and/or to a foundation along a seam of a foundation. For another example, a first zipper can connect the mattress core to a second zipper and the second zipper can connect a foundation to the first zipper. For another example, first and second zippers can be substantially vertically aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Natalie Negus, David Smith, Matthew Griffith, Hummy Truh
  • Patent number: 12550229
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The cartridge may include a base, a reservoir substrate, and an atomizer. The reservoir substrate may define a cavity therethrough. The atomizer may comprise a liquid transport element and a heating element extending at least partially about the liquid transport element. The atomizer may extend through the cavity through the reservoir substrate such that the heating element is positioned proximate an end of the reservoir substrate. Ends of the liquid transport element may extend to an opposing end of the reservoir substrate. A related method for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John DePiano, David Smith, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Frank S. Silveira, Steven Lee Alderman, Grady Lance Dooly, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Stephen Benson Sears, John William Wolber, Michael Laine
  • Patent number: D1124683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: CYBEX GmbH
    Inventors: David Smith, Philippe Garaude, Ralf Holleis, Melanie Indaco, Stefan Mache, Johanna Samou, Petra Napier