Patents by Inventor Edward Little
Edward Little 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: 11852104Abstract: A propulsion system includes multiple solid rocket motors that are activated by a single initiator. The rocket motors act in parallel, providing thrust in a single direction. The initiator activates an ignition charge that is in or operatively coupled to a plenum that transports hot gasses from the ignition charge to the rockets to be ignited. The plenum may be an annular plenum, which may be located in an annular manifold. The plenum may be an unchoked plenum, allowing flow of hot gasses without choking. The plenum may be lined with an insulator material. A cover may be used to cover the plenum, and also to receive the rocket motors. The rocket motors may be solid-fuel rocket motors. The individual rocket motors may have separate ignition booster charges coupled to the plenum, which are ignited by the ignition charge and which in turn ignite the propellant grains.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Jacob Pinello-Benavides, John Meschberger, Stephen Moore, Edward Little, III
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Patent number: 11846252Abstract: A power generation system includes a manifold having multiple plenums, capable of receiving multiple solid rocket motors. Initiators are coupled to the manifold, and are operatively coupled to respective of the plenums, to selectively fire different groups of the rocket motors coupled to respective of the plenums. The rocket motors act in parallel, to provide thrust in a single direction. The initiators may activate ignition charges that are in the plenums. The plenums may be annular plenums, which may be located in an annular manifold. The plenums may be lined with an insulator material. A cover may be used to cover the plenums, and also to receive the rocket motors. The rocket motors may be solid-fuel rocket motors, with propellant grains and nozzles. The individual rocket motors may have separate ignition booster charges coupled to the plenum, which are ignited by the ignition charge.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Edward Little, III, Bryce Chanes, Jacob Pinello-Benavides, John Meschberger
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Patent number: 11643997Abstract: A propulsion system includes multiple solid rocket motors that are activated by a single initiator. The rocket motors act in parallel, providing thrust in a single direction. The initiator activates an ignition charge that is in or operatively coupled to a non-annular plenum that transports hot gasses from the ignition charge to the rockets to be ignited. The plenum may be an unchoked plenum, allowing flow of hot gasses without choking. The plenum may be lined with an insulator material. A cover may be used to cover the plenum, and also to receive the rocket motors. The rocket motors may be solid-fuel rocket motors, with propellant grains and nozzles. The individual rocket motors may have separate ignition booster charges coupled to the plenum, which are ignited by the ignition charge and which in turn ignite the propellant grains.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Jacob Pinello-Benavides, John Meschberger, Stephen Moore, Edward Little, III
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Publication number: 20230073547Abstract: A propulsion system includes multiple solid rocket motors that are activated by a single initiator. The rocket motors act in parallel, providing thrust in a single direction. The initiator activates an ignition charge that is in or operatively coupled to a plenum that transports hot gasses from the ignition charge to the rockets to be ignited. The plenum may be an annular plenum, which may be located in an annular manifold. The plenum may be an unchoked plenum, allowing flow of hot gasses without choking. The plenum may be lined with an insulator material. A cover may be used to cover the plenum, and also to receive the rocket motors. The rocket motors may be solid-fuel rocket motors. The individual rocket motors may have separate ignition booster charges coupled to the plenum, which are ignited by the ignition charge and which in turn ignite the propellant grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Jacob Pinello-Benavides, John Meschberger, Stephen Moore, Edward Little, III
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Publication number: 20230071915Abstract: A propulsion system includes multiple solid rocket motors that are activated by a single initiator. The rocket motors act in parallel, providing thrust in a single direction. The initiator activates an ignition charge that is in or operatively coupled to a non-annular plenum that transports hot gasses from the ignition charge to the rockets to be ignited. The plenum may be an unchoked plenum, allowing flow of hot gasses without choking. The plenum may be lined with an insulator material. A cover may be used to cover the plenum, and also to receive the rocket motors. The rocket motors may be solid-fuel rocket motors, with propellant grains and nozzles. The individual rocket motors may have separate ignition booster charges coupled to the plenum, which are ignited by the ignition charge and which in turn ignite the propellant grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Jacob Pinello-Benavides, John Meschberger, Stephen Moore, Edward Little, III
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Publication number: 20230072320Abstract: A power generation system includes a manifold having multiple plenums, capable of receiving multiple solid rocket motors. Initiators are coupled to the manifold, and are operatively coupled to respective of the plenums, to selectively fire different groups of the rocket motors coupled to respective of the plenums. The rocket motors act in parallel, to provide thrust in a single direction. The initiators may activate ignition charges that are in the plenums. The plenums may be annular plenums, which may be located in an annular manifold. The plenums may be lined with an insulator material. A cover may be used to cover the plenums, and also to receive the rocket motors. The rocket motors may be solid-fuel rocket motors, with propellant grains and nozzles. The individual rocket motors may have separate ignition booster charges coupled to the plenum, which are ignited by the ignition charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Edward Little, III, Bryce Chanes, Jacob Pinello-Benavides, John Meschberger
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Patent number: 11160396Abstract: An adjustable pillow includes an inner cover defining a pocket and removable stuffing within the pocket. A related method of manufacture includes forming the inner cover having a pocket from a sheet and placing stuffing within the pocket.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TR Products, LLCInventors: John Edward Little, Robert L. Phillips
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Patent number: 9858588Abstract: Methods and systems for providing for display attribution data associated with one or more events are disclosed. Processor identifies channels from paths including events corresponding to position data identifying a position along the path at which the event was performed. Processor determines attribution credits assigned to each event included in the paths corresponding to the channel. Processor determines a number of attribution credits assigned to the channel. Processor identifies, from the paths, a plurality of event-position pairs. Each event-position pair corresponds to events that correspond to a respective channel and are performed at a respective position of the plurality of paths corresponding to the event-position pair. Processor determines, for each identified event-position pair, a weighting based on an aggregate of the attribution credits assigned to the events to which the event-position pair corresponds.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Stefan Schnabl, John Chih Chang Huang, Hongxu Cai, William Patrick Kee, Bozhena Bidyuk, Chao Cai, Xiaosa Zhao, James Edward Stewart, Richard Edward Little, Todd Morris Jackson
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Methods and systems for creating rules for assigning attribution credit across a plurality of events
Patent number: 9858586Abstract: Systems and methods for creating rules for assigning attribution credit across events, includes, identifying, by a processor, conversions at a website. The processor identifies path types associated with the conversions. Each path type identifies events and a index position indicating an event's relative position. The processor identifies a subset of the identified path types to be rewritten according to a path rewriting policy. The processor then rewrites the identified subset of the identified path types as rewritten path types. The processor determines, for each of the rewritten path types and remaining identified path types associated with the identified conversions, attribution credits for each event included in the path type. The processor creates, for each of the rewritten path types and remaining identified path types associated with the identified conversions, a rule for assigning the determined attribution credit to each event of the path type for which the rule is created.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Richard Edward Little, Bozhena Bidyuk, Chao Cai, Todd Morris Jackson, John Chih Chang Huang -
Patent number: 9852439Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring conversion probabilities of a path types for an attribution model includes, identifying by a processor, paths taken by visitors to visit a website. The paths correspond to a sequence of events that cause a visitor to visit the website. The processor can identify as paths, for each path, subpaths corresponding to each visit to the website. The processor computes a total path count for each path type. The processor identifies, for each path type, a conversion path count indicating a number of paths taken by visitors that resulted in a conversion at the website. The processor calculates, for each path type, a probability of conversion and then provides the calculated probability of conversion for a given path type for an attribution model used in assigning attribution credit to events of a path.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Bozhena Bidyuk, Chao Cai, William Patrick Kee, Richard Edward Little, David Earl Barney, Stefan Schnabl
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Patent number: 9852440Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting content for display at a device includes, identifying by a processor, a visitor identifier associated with a device on which to display content. The processor can identify a path associated with the visitor identifier. The path corresponding to a sequence of one or more events through which the visitor identifier has visited the website. The processor can identify a conversion probability of the identified path. The conversion probability of the identified path indicates a likelihood that the visitor identifier will convert at the website. The conversion probability of the identified path is a ratio of a number of conversions at the website to a number of visits to the website over a given time period. The processor can select content for display. The content selected based on the identified conversion probability of the identified path.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Bozhena Bidyuk, Stefan Schnabl, Richard Edward Little, Chao Cai, David Earl Barney, William Patrick Kee
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Patent number: 9788631Abstract: This invention enables a physically impaired individual to trim his or her fingernails or toenails with a commercial nail clipper without holding and squeezing the clipper. The device includes a base which holds a small and/or large commercial nail clipper in a removable, reversible sleeve, a hand/foot rest to aid in placing and holding nails between the clipper cutting blades and a lever to be pressed to apply force to the clipper actuating arm and accomplish nail trimming. The primary purpose of the device is to assist individuals in trimming their own fingernails or toenails, especially those who have lost the dexterity in one or both hands or experience pain when squeezing a nail clipper. The invention may also be hand-held by an individual who needs assistance holding and operating a nail clipper.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Inventors: Brian Edward Little, Marion Sears Little
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Publication number: 20170164714Abstract: This invention enables a physically impaired individual to trim his or her fingernails or toenails with a commercial nail clipper without holding and squeezing the clipper. The device includes a base which holds a small and/or large commercial nail clipper in a removable, reversible sleeve, a hand/foot rest to aid in placing and holding nails between the clipper cutting blades and a lever to be pressed to apply force to the clipper actuating arm and accomplish nail trimming. The primary purpose of the device is to assist individuals in trimming their own fingernails or toenails, especially those who have lost the dexterity in one or both hands or experience pain when squeezing a nail clipper. The invention may also be hand-held by an individual who needs assistance holding and operating a nail clipper.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Brian Edward Little, Marion Sears Little
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Patent number: 9437384Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a frame, at least one conductor supported by the frame, and a breaker mechanism supported by the frame and including a trip bar assembly that actuates the breaker mechanism. The circuit breaker also includes a magnetic armature assembly including an armature plate configured to move responsive to a current in the at least one conductor and an elongate link member (e.g., a rod) coupling the armature plate to the trip bar and having at least one flanged portion retained in at least one keyed slot in at least one of the armature plate and the trip bar assembly. The elongate link member may have a narrowed portion sized to allow passage of the link member through a narrowed portion of the at least one keyed slot to facilitate engagement of the at least one flanged portion in the at least one keyed slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Bradley Patrick Rizzo, Raymond Lee Jurek, James Patrick Sisley, David Edward Little
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Publication number: 20160012998Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a frame, at least one conductor supported by the frame, and a breaker mechanism supported by the frame and including a trip bar assembly that actuates the breaker mechanism. The circuit breaker also includes a magnetic armature assembly including an armature plate configured to move responsive to a current in the at least one conductor and an elongate link member (e.g., a rod) coupling the armature plate to the trip bar and having at least one flanged portion retained in at least one keyed slot in at least one of the armature plate and the trip bar assembly. The elongate link member may have a narrowed portion sized to allow passage of the link member through a narrowed portion of the at least one keyed slot to facilitate engagement of the at least one flanged portion in the at least one keyed slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Bradley Patrick Rizzo, Raymond Lee Jurek, James Patrick Sisley, David Edward Little
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Patent number: 9136081Abstract: A D/C trip assembly for a circuit breaker is provided. The D/C trip assembly includes a magnet, a mounting assembly and an armature assembly. The mounting assembly includes a body, the mounting assembly body including a pivotal coupling. The armature assembly includes a magnetic body and a trip bar linkage, the trip bar linkage extending from the armature assembly body. The armature assembly body is structured to move between a first position, wherein the armature assembly body is close to the magnet, and a second position, wherein the armature assembly body is spaced from the magnet. The trip bar linkage is structured to move between a first position and a second position, the trip bar linkage positions corresponding to the armature assembly body positions. The trip bar linkage is structured to be coupled to a trip bar.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Kin Hang Leung, James Patrick Sisley, David Curtis Turner, David Edward Little, Paul Alan Merck
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Publication number: 20150179380Abstract: A D/C trip assembly for a circuit breaker is provided. The D/C trip assembly includes a magnet, a mounting assembly and an armature assembly. The mounting assembly includes a body, the mounting assembly body including a pivotal coupling. The armature assembly includes a magnetic body and a trip bar linkage, the trip bar linkage extending from the armature assembly body. The armature assembly body is structured to move between a first position, wherein the armature assembly body is close to the magnet, and a second position, wherein the armature assembly body is spaced from the magnet. The trip bar linkage is structured to move between a first position and a second position, the trip bar linkage positions corresponding to the armature assembly body positions. The trip bar linkage is structured to be coupled to a trip bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Eaton CorporationInventors: Kin Hang Leung, James Patrick Sisley, David Curtis Turner, David Edward Little, Paul Alan Merck
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Publication number: 20150161652Abstract: Methods and systems for providing for display attribution data associated with one or more events are disclosed. Processor identifies channels from paths including events corresponding to position data identifying a position along the path at which the event was performed. Processor determines attribution credits assigned to each event included in the paths corresponding to the channel. Processor determines a number of attribution credits assigned to the channel. Processor identifies, from the paths, a plurality of event-position pairs. Each event-position pair corresponds to events that correspond to a respective channel and are performed at a respective position of the plurality of paths corresponding to the event-position pair. Processor determines, for each identified event-position pair, a weighting based on an aggregate of the attribution credits assigned to the events to which the event-position pair corresponds.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Stefan Schnabl, John Chih Chang Huang, Hongxu Cai, William Patrick Kee, Bozhena Bidyuk, Chao Cai, Xiaosa Zhao, James Edward Stewart, Richard Edward Little, Todd Morris Jackson
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Publication number: 20150161657Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring conversion probabilities of a path types for an attribution model includes, identifying by a processor, paths taken by visitors to visit a website. The paths correspond to a sequence of events that cause a visitor to visit the website. The processor can identify as paths, for each path, subpaths corresponding to each visit to the website. The processor computes a total path count for each path type. The processor identifies, for each path type, a conversion path count indicating a number of paths taken by visitors that resulted in a conversion at the website. The processor calculates, for each path type, a probability of conversion and then provides the calculated probability of conversion for a given path type for an attribution model used in assigning attribution credit to events of a path.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Bozhena Bidyuk, Chao Cai, William Patrick Kee, Richard Edward Little, David Earl Barney, Stefan Schnabl
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Patent number: D749897Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Inventors: Dustyn Zicafoose, Edward Little