Patents by Inventor Dean King

Dean King 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: 20240379834
    Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor comprising a substrate. The substrate comprising: a buffer layer, a channel layer disposed on the buffer layer, an interlayer disposed on the channel layer, a spacer layer, and a first barrier layer between the spacer layer and a cap layer, the spacer layer is between the interlayer and the first barrier layer. The high electron mobility transistor comprises a source electrode disposed on the channel, a drain electrode disposed on the channel, and a gate electrode disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, the gate electrode defining a longitudinal portion extending through the capping layer, wherein a distal end of the longitudinal portion is in contact with the first barrier layer defines an external fillet between the distal end and the longitudinal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Keisuke Shinohara, Dean Regan, Casey King, Berinder Brar
  • Patent number: 12106037
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for XBRL tag suggestion and validation. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of: receiving an XBRL document associated with one or more assigned XBRL tags; analyzing the XBRL document using a trained machine learning model to generate one or more suggested XBRL tags and determine one or more corresponding confidence values; comparing the one or more assigned XBRL tags with the one or more suggested XBRL tags to generate comparison results; and determining a tag confidence value associated with each assigned XBRL tag of the one or more assigned XBRL tags based on the comparison results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: WORKIVA INC.
    Inventors: Rollie Diane Goodman, Houston Dean King, Michael Breecher, Edward Joseph Cupps, Alex Kharbush
  • Publication number: 20240310892
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing the distribution of electrical power are disclosed. The system can maintain a status of each account of a plurality of accounts. Each account can correspond to an electrical power generation device, an electrical power consumption device, and an electrical power transmission device. The system can generate a first record object in response to the generation of a unit of power. The system can identify a first path identifying a source device and a destination device to transmit the unit of power. The system can generate a control signal to route the unit of power from the source device to the destination device. The system can update an event tracker to indicate the routing of the unit of power. The system can generate a second record object corresponding to the destination device. The system can update a second account to include the second record object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: DMK Nano LLC
    Inventors: David Michael King, Robert Dean King
  • Publication number: 20240261068
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional model from an intra-oral optical coherence tomography scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher John CIRIELLO, Phillip GETTO, Dean ADDISON, Brian KING, Ryan Lucas FIELD
  • Patent number: 11989069
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing the distribution of electrical power are disclosed. The system can maintain a status of each account of a plurality of accounts. Each account can correspond to an electrical power generation device, an electrical power consumption device, and an electrical power transmission device. The system can generate a first record object in response to the generation of a unit of power. The system can identify a first path identifying a source device and a destination device to transmit the unit of power. The system can generate a control signal to route the unit of power from the source device to the destination device. The system can update an event tracker to indicate the routing of the unit of power. The system can generate a second record object corresponding to the destination device. The system can update a second account to include the second record object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DMK Nano LLC
    Inventors: David Michael King, Robert Dean King
  • Publication number: 20240157821
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first controller configured to control the first voltage converter to convert the second voltage into the first charging voltage and to provide the first charging voltage to the first energy storage device during a charging mode of operation and communicate with a second controller located remotely from the power electronic energy conversion system to cause a second charging voltage to be provided to the first energy storage device during the charging mode of operation to rapidly charge the first energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Dean King, Robert Louis Steigerwald
  • Publication number: 20240148935
    Abstract: A heart valve replacement device and methods of manufacturing same are provided. The heart valve replacement device includes a substrate and a low-profile composite covering in conformal contact with the substrate and suturelessly attached to the substrate. The low-profile composite covering includes a textile base layer and a thermoplastic polymer coating integrated with the textile base layer. The thermoplastic polymer coating or select portions thereof are substantially fluid impermeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David McCarthy, Tony Durkin, Dean King, Barry Nugent
  • Patent number: 11931529
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steerable medical or surgical device, in particular a steerable catheter having one or more actuators which may be integrated into a catheter without the need for welding the actuator to the catheter, the device comprising a main shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one braided actuator coupled to the main shaft at or adjacent the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Aran Biomedical Teoranta
    Inventors: Dean King, Stephen Duffy, Paul Flaherty
  • Patent number: 11884168
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first controller configured to control the first voltage converter to convert the second voltage into the first charging voltage and to provide the first charging voltage to the first energy storage device during a charging mode of operation and communicate with a second controller located remotely from the power electronic energy conversion system to cause a second charging voltage to be provided to the first energy storage device during the charging mode of operation to rapidly charge the first energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Dean King, Robert Louis Steigerwald
  • Publication number: 20230297763
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for XBRL tag suggestion and validation. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of: receiving an XBRL document associated with one or more assigned XBRL tags; analyzing the XBRL document using a trained machine learning model to generate one or more suggested XBRL tags and determine one or more corresponding confidence values; comparing the one or more assigned XBRL tags with the one or more suggested XBRL tags to generate comparison results; and determining a tag confidence value associated with each assigned XBRL tag of the one or more assigned XBRL tags based on the comparison results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Rollie Diane Goodman, Houston Dean King, Michael Breecher, Edward Joseph Cupps, Alex Kharbush
  • Patent number: 11752887
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a motor drive circuit includes a first energy storage device configured to supply electrical energy, a bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy storage device, a voltage inverter coupled to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and an input device configured to receive electrical energy from an external energy source. The motor drive circuit further includes a coupling system coupled to the input device, to the first energy storage device, and to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. The coupling system has a first configuration configured to transfer electrical energy to the first energy storage device via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and has a second configuration configured to transfer electrical energy from the first energy storage device to the voltage inverter via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Dean King, Robert Louis Steigerwald
  • Publication number: 20230270917
    Abstract: A heart valve replacement device and methods of manufacturing same are provided. The heart valve replacement device includes a substrate and a low-profile composite covering in conformal contact with the substrate and suturelessly attached to the substrate. The low-profile composite covering includes a textile base layer and a thermoplastic polymer coating integrated with the textile base layer. The thermoplastic polymer coating or select portions thereof are substantially fluid impermeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: David McCarthy, Tony Durkin, Dean King, Barry Nugent
  • Patent number: 11697352
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a controller configured to receive sensor feedback from a high voltage storage device and from a low voltage storage device, compare the sensor feedback to operating limits of the respective high and low voltage storage device, determine, based on the comparison a total charging current to the high voltage storage device and to the low voltage storage device and a power split factor of the total charging current to the high voltage device and to the low voltage device, and regulate the total power to the low voltage storage device and the high voltage storage device based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ruediger Soeren Kusch, Robert Dean King, Robert Louis Steigerwald
  • Patent number: 11694020
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for XBRL tag suggestion and validation. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of: receiving an XBRL document associated with one or more assigned XBRL tags; analyzing the XBRL document using a trained machine learning model to generate one or more suggested XBRL tags and determine one or more corresponding confidence values; comparing the one or more assigned XBRL tags with the one or more suggested XBRL tags to generate comparison results; and determining a tag confidence value associated with each assigned XBRL tag of the one or more assigned XBRL tags based on the comparison results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: WORKIVA INC.
    Inventors: Rollie Diane Goodman, Houston Dean King, Michael Breecher, Edward Joseph Cupps, Alex Kharbush
  • Patent number: 11670788
    Abstract: A drive circuit comprising a DC bus configured to supply power to a load, a first fuel cell coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide a first power output to the DC bus, and a second fuel cell coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide a second power output to the DC bus supplemental to the first fuel cell. The drive circuit further includes an energy storage device coupled to the DC bus and configured to receive energy from the DC bus when a combined output of the first and second fuel cells is greater than a power demand from a load, and provide energy to the DC bus when the combined output of the first and second fuel cells is less than the power demand from the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Dean King, Timothy Gerard Richter
  • Publication number: 20230049722
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first controller configured to control the first voltage converter to convert the second voltage into the first charging voltage and to provide the first charging voltage to the first energy storage device during a charging mode of operation and communicate with a second controller located remotely from the power electronic energy conversion system to cause a second charging voltage to be provided to the first energy storage device during the charging mode of operation to rapidly charge the first energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Dean King, Robert Louis Steigerwald
  • Publication number: 20220355681
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first controller configured to control the first voltage converter to convert the second voltage into the first charging voltage and to provide the first charging voltage to the first energy storage device during a charging mode of operation and communicate with a second controller located remotely from the power electronic energy conversion system to cause a second charging voltage to be provided to the first energy storage device during the charging mode of operation to rapidly charge the first energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Dean King, Robert Louis Steigerwald
  • Publication number: 20220347344
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a tissue integration device. The tissue integration device can be produced by forming a polymer mixture into a shape. The polymer mixture can include a polymer resin and a growth-promoting medium. Next, at least one polymer forming the polymer resin can be oriented in at least one direction. The shaped polymeric material can then be formed into the tissue integration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tony Durkin, Dean King, Barry Nugent, Peter Mulrooney, Kieran Moloney, Peter H. Gingras
  • Patent number: 11400820
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first controller configured to control the first voltage converter to convert the second voltage into the first charging voltage and to provide the first charging voltage to the first energy storage device during a charging mode of operation and communicate with a second controller located remotely from the power electronic energy conversion system to cause a second charging voltage to be provided to the first energy storage device during the charging mode of operation to rapidly charge the first energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Dean King, Robert Louis Steigerwald
  • Patent number: 11351874
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a multi-channel DC bus assembly comprising a first channel and a second channel, a first electromechanical device coupled to a positive DC link of the first channel, and a second electromechanical device coupled to a positive DC link of the second channel. A first DC-to-AC voltage inverter is coupled to the positive DC link of the first channel and a second DC-to-AC voltage inverter is coupled to the positive DC link of the second channel. The apparatus further includes a bi-directional voltage modification assembly coupled to the positive DC link of the second channel and a first energy storage system electrically coupled to the first electromechanical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Dean King, Zhihao Li