Patents by Inventor David Thompson

David Thompson 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: 20240329875
    Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus includes an extender with a first connector to a single-ported input/output (I/O) device, and a second connector to a connection plane connected to a plurality of controllers. The extender includes a multiplexer to selectively connect different controllers of the plurality of controllers to the single-ported I/O device based on a control input comprising a plurality of reset indications from respective controllers of the plurality of controllers. Each reset indication of the plurality of reset indications when asserted causes a reset of the single-ported I/O device, and the plurality of reset indications are to control the multiplexer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Ayman Abouelwafa, James David Preston, Christopher David Thompson
  • Patent number: 12102348
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to devices, kits, and methods for treating lumbar spinal stenosis by at least partially decompressing a compressed nerve root. The method can include identifying the compressed nerve root and percutaneously accessing a region of a lamina located adjacent to the compressed nerve root. The method can also include forming a channel through the region of the lamina, wherein the channel can be formed medial to a lateral border of the lamina. Further, the method can include expanding the channel in a lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Vertos Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Minh Tran, Randel Woodgrift, James M. Corbett, Phillip A. Thompson, David P. Lalor, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240315942
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a personal care composition comprising from about 14% to about 40% of one or more surfactants; from about 0.1% to about 10% of one or more surfactant soluble agents having a ClogP greater than 3.0; wherein when the personal care composition is diluted to about 1.5% surfactant concentration has a ratio of surfactant diffusion coefficient to soluble agent diffusion coefficient greater than 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Debora W. Chang, Eric Scott Johnson, Robert Wayne Glenn, JR., Todd Ryan Thompson, Michelle Lynn Carter, Allison Lynn Edwards, Charles David Eads, Stacy Renee Hertenstein, Jennifer Anne Corder, Steven Louis Diersing, Jianjun Justin Li, Ruzhan Peng
  • Patent number: 12097647
    Abstract: A mold for use in the production of a ballistic article from a composite laminate stacked material wherein the mold has a sliding sealing section that nests with a outer permitter section and base portion so as to shield the sides of the composite laminate stacked material from applied isostatic pressure applied when in an autoclave. By shielding the sides of the composite laminate stacked material excess resin matrix material can be forced from the composite laminate stacked material to provide a uniform composite article with reduced weight and reduced thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: XTEK LTD
    Inventor: David Thompson
  • Patent number: 12101612
    Abstract: A smart speaker power controller may be configured to receive power conforming to one of a plurality of power modes from an input power source. The power controller may be further configured to communicate the power mode to at least one component of a processing system or at least one component of an audio system for operating the smart speaker according to the received power mode, including determining a current limit of a power converter; determining a shutdown voltage threshold and safely shutting down the smart speaker if the input voltage falls below the threshold, and/or modifying audio operation of the smart speaker in response to the power mode. The smart speaker can further include an audio power supply controller configured to monitor energy required to reproduce an audio signal and to servo a power supply voltage provided to an audio amplifier in response to this energy level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhigang Dang, Daniel Naito, Evan Thompson, Peter Poon, Manasi Lagare, Michael Nussbaum, David Sumberg
  • Publication number: 20240312296
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system that can accommodate one or more modularly replaceable topper displays. The gaming system includes a first housing proximate a second housing that has a link and a modular mounting component. The first housing includes a first display device. The second housing is configured to receive different variants of a second topper display that has common mounting components to mount on the modular mounting component. When coupled to the link, power and data are transmitted to the topper displays connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Linn McKay, Steven Wong, Dominic DeMarco, Martin Mirakhour, Calvin Kim, David Thompson, Yi-Ching Leo Lin
  • Patent number: 12094766
    Abstract: Methods for selectively depositing on metallic surfaces are disclosed. Some embodiments of the disclosure utilize a hydrocarbon having at least two functional groups selected from alkene, alkyne, ketone, hydroxyl, aldehyde, or combinations thereof to form a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on metallic surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. McSwiney, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Mark Saly, Drew Phillips, Aaron Dangerfield, David Thompson, Kevin Kashefi, Xiangjin Xie
  • Patent number: 12085532
    Abstract: There is provided a chloride selective membrane including an epoxide-based matrix reacted with a stoichiometric amount of an amino compound and an activator such that the epoxide-based matrix comprises a number of quaternary ammonium groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Peng, David Thompson
  • Patent number: 12086064
    Abstract: An apparatus includes first CPU and second CPU cores, a L1 cache subsystem coupled to the first CPU core and comprising a L1 controller, and a L2 cache subsystem coupled to the L1 cache subsystem and to the second CPU core. The L2 cache subsystem includes a L2 memory and a L2 controller configured to operate in an aliased mode in response to a value in a memory map control register being asserted. In the aliased mode, the L2 controller receives a first request from the first CPU core directed to a virtual address in the L2 memory, receives a second request from the second CPU core directed to the virtual address in the L2 memory, directs the first request to a physical address A in the L2 memory, and directs the second request to a physical address B in the L2 memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Abhijeet Ashok Chachad, Timothy David Anderson, Pramod Kumar Swami, Naveen Bhoria, David Matthew Thompson, Neelima Muralidharan
  • Publication number: 20240295458
    Abstract: An edge device receives sensor data from a sensor affixed to a moveable gate. The edge device determines the positional state of the moveable gate based on the sensor data by inputting the received data into a machine learning model or by comparing the sensor data to values associated with a positional state through a calibration process. The edge device stores a log that associates the positional state and sensor data. The edge device determines the health state of the moveable gate using a machine learning model that is trained to predict, based on input of a new log, the health state of the gate. Responsive to determining that the health state of the gate is unhealthy, the edge device triggers a remedial action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Barry James O'Brien, Leah Sardone, Zachary James Thompson, Kyle Bradley Kufalk, Luis Felipe Rodriguez Herrera, Antonio Ortega, Alexander David Israel
  • Patent number: 12078493
    Abstract: A worksite management system for a worksite includes a sensor module associated with each of one or more machines working on the worksite. The sensor module generates a signal indicative of a location of a corresponding one of a machine from the one or more machines. An on-board controller associated with each of the one or more machines receives the signal corresponding to the location of the corresponding one of the machine on the worksite, and looks up the location of the corresponding one of the machine in at least one of a pre-generated or learned terrain map of a network of haul routes. The on-board controller identifies at least one condition of the haul route at the looked-up location, and then generates an alert for an operator to perform one or more recommended actions with respect to an operating parameter of the corresponding one of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: David Richard Wisley, Paul Minniss, Jonathan Moses, Christopher Mullins, Russell Pugh, Anthony James Pollock, David Thompson, Thomas Henry Abel
  • Publication number: 20240281329
    Abstract: In described examples, a processor system includes a processor core that generates memory write requests, and a cache memory with a memory controller having a memory pipeline. The cache memory has cache lines of length L. The cache memory has a minimum write length that is less than a cache line length of the cache memory. The memory pipeline determines whether the data payload includes a first chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a partial write and are writable by a first cache write operation, and a second chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a full write operation that can be performed separately from the first cache write operation. The memory pipeline performs an RMW operation to store the first chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory, and performs the full write operation to store the second chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Abhijeet Ashok Chachad, Timothy David Anderson, David Matthew Thompson, Daniel Brad Wu
  • Publication number: 20240281429
    Abstract: Systems and methods use dynamically generated validation rules. These validation rules comprise a first validation rule portion that is generated using a standardized validation process (e.g., corresponding to a standardized schema) and a second validation rule portion that is generated using a validation process selected based on a non-standardized schema that is specific to a respective asset type of the plurality of respective asset types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Singaram SUBRAMANIAN, Christian LEMLER, Saket HATWAR, Adwait Suresh TALATHI, Sumod SOMAN, Michael LOM, Mariam RAJABI, Snehal PATIL, Heena PATEL, John PROUT, David THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 12066634
    Abstract: The present application discloses examples of various apparatuses and systems that can be utilized for augmented reality. According to one example, a wearable device that can optionally comprise: a frame configured for wearing by a user; one or more optical elements mounted on the frame; an array having a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to the one or more optical elements, wherein the one or more optical elements and the array are mounted within a field of view of the user when the frame is worn by the user; and additional onboard electronic components carried by the frame including at least a battery that is configured to provide for electrically powered operation of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Matthew Bates, Ilteris Canberk, Brandon Carrillo, David G. Fliszar, Adam Douglas Greengard, Kenneth Kubala, David Meisenholder, Jonathan M Rodriguez, II, Amit Singh, Samuel Thompson
  • Patent number: 12064511
    Abstract: This disclosure provides silyl lipid molecules in which one or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds in the lipophilic portion is substituted with a silicon atom. Guidance is provided by which the reader may make silyl lipid molecules from molecular building blocks, and then incorporate silyl lipid molecules into lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). The silyl LNPs can be used as carriers of pharmaceutical agents. Flexible steric and substitution patterns of silyl groups in the LNPs give the user a way to fine-tune physicochemical properties, achieving improved stability and clinical efficacy. This technology is useful for immunization or genetic therapy, such as the preparation and administration of RNA vaccines for protection against the virus that causes COVID-19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Annaliese Franz, Angel Cobo, Leah Thompson, David Coppage
  • Patent number: 12064512
    Abstract: This disclosure provides silyl lipid molecules in which one or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds in the lipophilic portion is substituted with a silicon atom. Guidance is provided by which the reader may make silyl lipid molecules from molecular building blocks, and then incorporate silyl lipid molecules into lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). The silyl LNPs can be used as carriers of pharmaceutical agents. Flexible steric and substitution patterns of silyl groups in the LNPs give the user a way to fine-tune physicochemical properties, achieving improved stability and clinical efficacy. This technology is useful for immunization or genetic therapy, such as the preparation and administration of RNA vaccines for protection against the virus that causes COVID-19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Annaliese Franz, Angel Cobo, Leah Thompson, David Coppage
  • Patent number: 12068938
    Abstract: Respective network metrics sets corresponding to one or more data sources are examined at a network health manager. Network health states corresponding to one or more endpoint pair categories are determined based on the analysis of the network metric sets. An indication of the network health state of a particular endpoint pair category is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Grey Richards, Schuyler David Thompson, Adam Siefker, Kevin Christopher Miller, Meenakshi Rameshkumar
  • Patent number: 12069158
    Abstract: A system and method of passive data encryption through keychain activated data object key utilizing AES-256 and SHA-256 encryption standards is disclosed. The system and method of passive data encryption through keychain activated data object key utilizing AES-256 and SHA-256 encryption standards allows for passive data encryption to occur without the need of logging in. The passcode key cannot also be copied the same way a session ID token is able to be copied. The key is encrypted as a data file and not a string in either plain text or the hash code produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas David Thompson
  • Publication number: 20240269931
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus can include a stage configured to hold one or more cured layers of resin that form a component. A radiant energy device can be operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image. An actuator can be configured to change a relative position of the stage relative to the radiant energy device. A reclamation system can be downstream of the stage and can be configured to remove at least a portion of the resin from a resin support. The reclamation system can include a first collection structure configured to accept a resin support along a resin support movement direction. A first scraper is positioned within the first collection structure. The first scraper has an elongation axis that is offset from the resin support movement direction by an offset angle that is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Christopher David Barnhill, Xi Yang, William Joseph Steele, Brian Thomas Thompson
  • Publication number: 20240254992
    Abstract: A highly efficient circulator system is provided, useful for hydronic systems, including both heating and cooling systems. The stand-alone circulator motor is controllable by input from certain sensors, preferably thermal sensors, which provide data enabling the controller of the brushless pump motor to vary its flow output to meet changes in systems loads. The circulator has a ceramic permanent magnet rotor, such as a ferrite, with an electronically, preferably sinusoidally, commutated, electro-magnetic stator controlling the input of electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: TACO, INC.
    Inventors: STEVE THOMPSON, VLADISLAV MILCHEV STAKEV, ROBERT F. BIRKENSTOCK, JR., DOUGLAS BIRD, DAVID E. SWEET