Patents by Inventor Douglas A. Moore

Douglas A. Moore 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: 12171715
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of differential air pressure systems and components for differential air pressure systems. The air pressure systems include a chamber for receiving at least a portion of a user's body. Pressure in the chamber can be changed to adjust force on the user's body. Described herein are various methods and related structures for sealing a user into a pressurizable chamber. Also described herein are various methods and related structures for changing the shape and/or height of the chamber. Described herein are various types and configurations of chambers and support structures for chambers. Also described herein are various methods and related systems for treating various conditions using the differential air pressure systems, including but not limited to obesity, cardiac disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, or Down Syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: AlterG, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Tremaine Whalen, Mark A. Shughart, Douglas Frank Schwandt, Robert Tremaine Whalen, Edward Liou, Fritz Moore
  • Patent number: 12156837
    Abstract: A wheelchair includes a seat, a first adjustable leg coupled to a first side of the seat, a second adjustable leg coupled to a second side of the seat, one or more turning sensors, and a control unit. The first adjustable leg includes a first leg actuator configured to extend and retract the first adjustable leg. The second adjustable leg includes a second leg actuator configured to extend and retract the second adjustable leg. The one or more turning sensors are configured to output a turning signal indicative of the wheelchair performing a turning motion. The control unit is operable to determine the wheelchair is performing the turning motion based on the turning signal, and automatically adjust a tilt angle of the seat with the first leg actuator and the second leg actuator to lean a user of the wheelchair into the turning motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Moore, Dario S. Villarreal Suarez
  • Publication number: 20240366981
    Abstract: A utility connection system can include a primary utility spline having a length and a support frame. The utility connection system can include one or more utility conduits extending along at least a portion of the length of the primary utility spline and supported by the support frame. The system can include a sensor hub including one or more sensors; and one or more branch access interfaces having one or more ports in communication with the one or more utility conduits. The utility connection system can include a branch utility spline connected to the primary utility spline at the one or more branch access interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Dean C. Allen, Douglas Moore, Andie Philip, Anthony Lee Larson
  • Publication number: 20240348631
    Abstract: A packet-filtering system configured to filter packets in accordance with packet-filtering rules may receive data indicating network-threat indicators and may configure the packet-filtering rules to cause the packet-filtering system to identify packets comprising unencrypted data, and packets comprising encrypted data. A portion of the unencrypted data may correspond to one or more of the network-threat indicators, and the packet-filtering rules may be configured to cause the packet-filtering system to determine, based on the portion of the unencrypted data, that the packets comprising encrypted data correspond to the one or more network-threat indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: David K. Ahn, Sean Moore, Douglas M. Disabello
  • Publication number: 20240342022
    Abstract: A support device includes a base portion, a leg coupled to the base portion, the leg including an upper segment, a central segment pivotally coupled to the upper segment at a front wheel, a lower segment pivotally coupled to the central segment, a rear wheel coupled to the lower segment, and an engagement member coupled to the lower segment, where the engagement member is positionable between a disengaged position, in which at least a portion of the engagement member is positioned above the rear wheel, and an engaged position, in which at least a portion of the engagement member is positioned at or below the rear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Moore, Dario Jose Villarreal Suarez
  • Patent number: 12070639
    Abstract: A utility connection system can include a primary utility spline having a length and a support frame. The utility connection system can include one or more utility conduits extending along at least a portion of the length of the primary utility spline and supported by the support frame. The system can include a sensor hub including one or more sensors; and one or more branch access interfaces having one or more ports in communication with the one or more utility conduits. The utility connection system can include a branch utility spline connected to the primary utility spline at the one or more branch access interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Overcast Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Dean C. Allen, Douglas Moore, Andie Philip, Anthony Lee Larson
  • Patent number: 12065184
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a multi-function mobility device to provide cargo container transport are provided. A multi-function mobility device includes a frame configurable between a plurality of configurations. The frame includes a plurality of individually controllable wheeled leg members configured to traverse uneven terrain. The mobility device is configured to transform the frame into a cargo transport configuration that accepts two stacks of cargo bins locked together. The mobility device is also configured to transform the frame into a rideable configuration that accepts a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Moore, Paul Nichols, Tom Dair
  • Patent number: 12048656
    Abstract: A support device includes a base portion, a leg coupled to the base portion, the leg including an upper segment, a central segment pivotally coupled to the upper segment at a front wheel, a lower segment pivotally coupled to the central segment, a rear wheel coupled to the lower segment, and an engagement member coupled to the lower segment, where the engagement member is positionable between a disengaged position, in which at least a portion of the engagement member is positioned above the rear wheel, and an engaged position, in which at least a portion of the engagement member is positioned at or below the rear wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Moore, Dario Jose Villarreal Suarez
  • Patent number: 12039863
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed to provide train detection and alerts. Embodiments include monitoring train status data, detecting a presence of a train based on the train status data, capturing current train data and converting the current train data and mapping device location data from one or more mapping devices into train metrics. Embodiments estimate an arrival time of the train at a railroad crossing and a duration of the train at the railroad crossing, check the current train data for errors, apply rules to the current train data to validate the current train data and generate an alert in response to the rules being satisfied. Embodiments display the alert on the one or more mapping devices to notify one or more corresponding users of the one or more mapping devices of the presence of the train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Gresham Smith
    Inventors: Adrian Meads, Jr., Julian Bordelon, Kendra McCoy, Douglas Smith, Christina Florez, Herbert Moore, II
  • Patent number: 11903885
    Abstract: A wheelchair armrest storage system may include a housing for a wheelchair, where: the housing includes a proximal portion, a distal portion, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side, the housing extends longitudinally between the proximal portion and the distal portion, and at least one cover receiving cavity is defined in each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side. The wheelchair armrest storage system may further include a storage area defined within the housing, and a cover configured to translate within each of the at least one cover receiving cavity defined in each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Lee, Douglas A. Moore
  • Patent number: 11896536
    Abstract: Systems and methods of wheelchair systems having a companion control mode are disclosed. The wheelchair system includes a companion and a wheelchair. The wheelchair includes one or more wheels, at least one actuator coupled to the one or more wheels, a processing device, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processing device. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium includes one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine the companion, generate a companion profile based on the determined companion, determine a movement of the companion, and actuate the at least one actuator to drive the one or more wheels to follow the movement of the companion. The actuation of the at least one actuator to drive the one or more wheels to follow the movement of the companion is an autonomous control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dario Jose Villarreal Suarez, Sarah Darrow, Douglas A. Moore, Christopher Lee
  • Patent number: 11884101
    Abstract: An omni-wheel may include a shaft, a plurality of rollers, and a braking device. The plurality of rollers may be circumferentially arranged about the shaft and arranged radially outward from the shaft. The braking device may include a fluid-filled bladder and a plurality of braking pads. The fluid-filled bladder may be circumferentially arranged about the shaft. The plurality of braking pads may be arranged between the fluid-filled bladder and the plurality of rollers. The fluid-filled bladder may expand radially outward when pressurized, displacing the plurality of braking pads radially outward to contact the plurality of rollers, preventing rotation of the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas A. Moore
  • Patent number: 11865053
    Abstract: A powered wheelchair apparatus includes a chair component, a power base component and a wheelchair control system. The wheelchair control system includes a processor and a user input device communicatively coupled to the processor. A display is communicatively coupled to the processor. A memory module is communicatively coupled to the processor that stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to receive user instructions from the user input device and display a message on the display based on the user instructions. The display is on a back of the chair component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Moore, Christopher P. Lee, Melvin Alfredo Dominquez, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • Patent number: 11866084
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a mobility device. The mobility device includes a frame, a pair of foot plates, and a base. The frame has a pair of side rails. The pair of foot plates are pivotally attached to the pair of side rails. Each of the pair of foot plates have a transport surface. The base has an upper surface and an opposite lower surface. The lower surface of the base includes at least one receiving cavity that corresponds to a shape of the pair of foot plates. The base is positioned on the transport surface to receive the pair of foot plates within the at least one receiving cavity and is configured to receive a plurality of cargo containers on the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Moore, Paul Nichols, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • Patent number: 11859447
    Abstract: A window covering system that includes an elongated tube configured for a window covering to be wound around the tube, a clutch assembly that includes a pulley and a power spring having a first end engaging the pulley and a second end that is stationary, a limiter assembly, a booster assembly arranged between the clutch assembly and the limiter assembly, a cord arranged at least partially within the clutch assembly, and a wand fixed to the cord to selectively raise and lower the window covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLEASE ACMEDA, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Brown, II, Douglas Moore, Roccardo Santilli
  • Publication number: 20230364073
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl) cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Compound 1) in Form I and a solid dispersion comprising substantially amorphous N-(5-hydroxy-2,4-ditert-butyl-phenyl)-4-oxo-1H-quinoline-3-carboxamide (Compound 2), methods of treating, lessening the severity of, or symptomatically treating CFTR mediated diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, methods of manufacturing, methods of administering, and kits thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Marinus Jacobus VERWIJS, Radhika KARKARE, Michael Douglas MOORE
  • Patent number: 11806289
    Abstract: An exoskeleton wheelchair system includes a base, one or more wheels coupled to the base, a body support connected to the base comprising: a back support; and one or more leg supports pivotally coupled to the back support, and a gait wheel linked with the one or more leg supports via one or more gait linkages and configured to rotate the one or more leg supports. The one or more leg supports are configured to pivot about a first axis when the back support is in a standing position mode. The back support is maintained at a fixed position relative to a location of the base when the one or more leg supports pivot about the first axis while the back support is in the standing position mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Moore, Christopher Paul Lee
  • Patent number: 11789949
    Abstract: A partition key format for allocating partitions to data items in a single table database, where the data items are owned by different entities. The partition key format including a sequence of a plurality of frames, wherein a first of said frames is an identifier of the requesting entity (EID), and a second one of said frames is an identifier of the type of data item (TID).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Command Alkon Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas A. Moore, Todd McPartlin
  • Patent number: 11786421
    Abstract: A wheelchair system comprises a wheelchair comprising a seat, one or more first sensors disposed on or within the seat, one or more second sensors configured to communicate with the one or more first sensors and configured to be associated with a user to determine if the user is falling out of the wheelchair, wherein, upon detection that the user is falling out of the wheelchair, the wheelchair is configured to automatically stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas A. Moore
  • Patent number: 11648171
    Abstract: A mobility device positionable between a powered transport position and a powered wheelchair position is provided. The mobility device includes a frame including a pair of side rails, a pair of wheels on each side rail, a distance between each wheel on a corresponding side rail defining a length of the mobility device, a pair of arms coupled to an end of the pair of side rails, and a seat member positioned between the pair of arms. A pair of foot plates is pivotally attached to the pair of side rails and rotatable between an unfolded position in which the foot plate is horizontal and a folded position in which the foot plate is vertical. Each foot plate having a length at least substantially equal to the length of the mobility device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Institute for Creative Integration
    Inventors: Douglas A. Moore, Paul Nichols, Thomas Mitchell Dair