Patents by Inventor Eric Richard

Eric Richard 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: 12389224
    Abstract: A computer processing device for providing access to one or more electronic devices is provided. The device comprising processing means (103) configured to: determine a location identifier associated with a user login event; associate the location identifier with a user session identifier; and communicate (3013) the location identifier and associated user session identifier to an application (109).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SITA Information Networking Computing USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Balwinder Singh Atwal, Matthys Christiaan Serfontein, Shamus Edward Gleason, Mian Tamur Ul Haq, Eric Richard Torbenson
  • Patent number: 12378507
    Abstract: The invention provides a process of producing a non-alcoholic beer comprising the steps of: fermenting the wort with live yeast to produce a fermented wort; subjecting the fermented wort to one or more further process steps to produce a non-alcoholic beer; and introducing the non-alcoholic beer in a sealed container; wherein either the fermentation produces a non-alcoholic fermented wort or wherein the fermentation produces an alcoholic fermented wort and alcohol is subsequently removed to produce a non-alcoholic fermented wort or a non-alcoholic beer; and wherein the heated wort, the non-alcoholic fermented wort and/or the non-alcoholic beer is contacted with a hydrophobic silicate-based molecular sieve. Flavour substances contributing to undesirable flavour notes in non-alcoholic beer can be removed effectively during production by contacting wort before or after fermentation with a hydrophobic silicate-based molecular sieve, provided the wort contains virtually no alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN B.V.
    Inventors: Deborah Casandra Gernat, Eric Richard Brouwer, Marcel Ottens
  • Patent number: 12379245
    Abstract: The invention shows a sensor for measuring diffuse solar irradiance including: an hemisphere having an approximately 2? steradian solid opening angle with a non-transparent layer and a transparent aperture pattern, the transparent aperture pattern providing a near-uniform transmission of the diffuse radiation as seen from near a center of the hemisphere, an aperture being an area occupying a part of the hemisphere surface area that is smaller than 2% and two or more light-sensitive sensors arranged in an array near the center of the hemisphere such that under any position of the sun relative to the sensor at least one of the two or more light-sensitive sensors is shaded from direct solar radiation by the hemisphere with aperture pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Hukseflux Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Jan Van Den Bos, Eric Richard Hoeksema
  • Patent number: 12365474
    Abstract: A battery heating system for a hybrid aircraft powertrain includes a combustion engine, a battery pack, a combustion engine coolant circuit, and a battery pack coolant circuit. The battery heating system further includes a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the combustion engine coolant circuit and the battery pack coolant circuit. The battery heating system further includes at least one throttling device operatively connected to one of the combustion engine coolant circuit or the battery pack coolant circuit. The battery heating system further includes a controller configured to transmit a signal to the at least one throttling device to adjust a flow of coolant through the heat exchanger of at least one of the combustion engine coolant circuit or the battery pack coolant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: VerdeGo Aero, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Richard Bartsch, Richard Pat Anderson, Xavier Gerardo Santacruz
  • Patent number: 12367539
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for systems and methods for generating potential flight plans to be used by a ride sharing network, including dynamic and/or automated changes to flight plans that have been engaged with passengers based on real-time information. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can operate to generate a fleet-level set of potential flight plans which comply with one or more constraints for a fleet of aircraft. The potential flight plans can be exposed into and used by a ride sharing network to provide transportation to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Richard Mueller, Bogu Wei, Igor Dolgov, Raphael Max Lurie, Adam Warmoth, Kellen Christopher Mollahan, Karl Weston Schulz
  • Publication number: 20250206454
    Abstract: An aircraft engine includes a low pressure spool, a high pressure spool, and an alternative power source. The alternative power source is configured to add power to the high pressure spool. A controller is configured to determine a noise sensitive condition; and control, in response to determining the noise sensitive condition, the alternative power source to add power to the high pressure spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Kishore Ramakrishnan, Trevor Howard Wood, Harry Kirk Mathews, JR., Eric Richard Westervelt, Honggang Wang, Timothy Richard DePuy
  • Publication number: 20250196313
    Abstract: An Allen wrench grip that is used in combination with an Allen wrench or a Hex wrench that provides more comfort, speed, precision, and torque than using a standalone Allen wrench or Hex wrench. The Allen wrench grip includes a handle style grip embodiment, a shaft style grip embodiment, and a removable shaft style embodiment. The handle style grip embodiment includes an elongated gripping surface having a plurality of relatively hard, smooth plastic strips disposed lengthwise across the elongated screwdriver handle and a plurality of relatively soft, tactile rubber strips. The shaft style grip embodiment includes an extending shaft extending from the top surface that includes a slot and a pair of apertures. The removable shaft style includes a hollow body, a pair of grasping notches, a pair of end notches, and a pair of apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventor: Eric Richards
  • Patent number: 12320300
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system can be controlled to adjust one or more parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
  • Patent number: 12317441
    Abstract: A computer supernode including two or more printed circuit boards that each include two or more compute nodes, two or more switches, and two or more connectors. The compute nodes are connected to each switch, and the switches are connected to each connector by a number of lanes. The computer supernode also includes two or more H-cables connecting the printed circuit boards together in an all-to-all configuration. Each H-cable connects a connector of a printed circuit board to a connector in each of two or more other printed circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Casey Glenn Thielen, Eric Richard Borch
  • Patent number: 12297409
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a beer having reduced quantities of AcHFA. It has been found that beer with reduced AcHFA quantities has improved foam stability. The invention provides beer with reduced AcHFA quantities, as well as methods for removing AcHFA from beer during or after fermentation, or for removing a precursor for AcHFA from wort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Heineken Supply Chain B.V.
    Inventors: Augustinus Cornelius Aldegonde Petrus Albert Bekkers, Eric Richard Brouwer
  • Publication number: 20250145918
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a beer having reduced quantities of AcHFA. It has been found that beer with reduced AcHFA quantities has improved foam stability. The invention provides beer with reduced AcHFA quantities, as well as methods for removing AcHFA from beer during or after fermentation, or for removing a precursor for AcHFA from wort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Augustinus Cornelius Aldegonde Petrus Albert Bekkers, Eric Richard Brouwer
  • Patent number: 12275532
    Abstract: An aircraft engine includes a low pressure spool, a high pressure spool, and an alternative power source. The alternative power source is configured to add power to the high pressure spool. A controller is configured to determine a noise sensitive condition; and control, in response to determining the noise sensitive condition, the alternative power source to add power to the high pressure spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kishore Ramakrishnan, Trevor Howard Wood, Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Eric Richard Westervelt, Honggang Wang, Timothy Richard DePuy
  • Publication number: 20250091723
    Abstract: A hybrid-electric genset includes a direct current (DC) bus, an engine, and an electric generator configured to receive mechanical power from the engine and generate first alternating current (AC) power. The hybrid-electric genset further includes an inverter configured to convert the first AC power to DC power and output the DC power to the DC bus. The hybrid-electric genset further includes a controller configured to control the engine to increase or decrease the AC power output by the electric generator. The DC bus is configured to attach to at least one battery pack or supercapacitor. The at least one battery pack or supercapacitor is configured to maintain a nominal voltage of the DC bus approximately at a nominal battery pack voltage of the at least one battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: David N. Spitzer, Mark Ricklick, Richard Pat Anderson, Eric Richard Bartsch
  • Publication number: 20250073471
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a system for generating a set of stimulation parameters, the system comprising at least one processor and a memory in communication with the at least one processor and having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, is configured to cause the system to analyze, using a machine learning model, data from the deep brain stimulation device or an electromyography and generate, in response to analyzing, at least in part, the data, a set of stimulation parameters for deep brain stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Eric Richard Cole, Matthew C. Gombolay, Robert Gross, Svjetlana Miocinovic, Enrico Opri, Mariah Schrum
  • Publication number: 20250056750
    Abstract: A computer supernode including two or more printed circuit boards that each include two or more compute nodes, two or more switches, and two or more connectors. The compute nodes are connected to each switch, and the switches are connected to each connector by a number of lanes. The computer supernode also includes two or more H-cables connecting the printed circuit boards together in an all-to-all configuration. Each H-cable connects a connector of a printed circuit board to a connector in each of two or more other printed circuit boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Casey Glenn Thielen, Eric Richard Borch
  • Publication number: 20250035041
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system is provided that adjusts parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
  • Publication number: 20250019432
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide antibodies binding to sialic acid binding-immunoglobulin type lectin (siglec) proteins. Also provided are methods of treating and diagnosing cancer using such antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Anthony Clark Stevens, Eric Richard SJOBERG
  • Patent number: 12178772
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of differential air pressure systems and methods of using and calibration such systems for individuals with impaired mobility. The differential air pressure systems may include an access assist device configured to help a mobility impaired user to stand in a pressure chamber configured to apply a positive pressure on a portion of the user's body in the sealed pressure chamber. The system may also include load sensors configured to measure the user's weight exerted inside and outside the chamber. The system may be calibrated by determining a relationship between the actual weight of the user and the pressure in the chamber, where the actual weight of the user may be measured by more than one load sensor and at least one load sensor is not in the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: AlterG, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Richard Kuehne, Christopher Loew, Glen R. Mangseth, Kenneth R. Krieg, David P. Grenewetzki, Clifford T. Jue, Trevor L. Donald
  • Publication number: 20240418131
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes at least two propulsors. The at least two propulsors each comprising a fan having a plurality of fan blades. A controller includes memory and one or more processors. The memory stores instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the system to perform the following: determine a pairwise phase difference between one propulsor of the at least two propulsors and another propulsor of the at least two propulsors; generate a reference phase angle; determine a target phase shift for each propulsor of the at least two propulsors; and adjust a speed of each propulsor of the at least two propulsors based on the target phase shift until the pairwise phase difference is equal to the reference phase angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Kalpesh Singal, Eric Richard Westervelt
  • Publication number: 20240371275
    Abstract: A method of assigning an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to a skylane includes accessing: (i) a trip request for aerial transport at a particular travel time from an origin location to a destination location within a particular geographic area; and (ii) skylane network data indicative of a plurality of skylanes for eVTOL aircraft travel in the particular geographic area. A subset of the plurality of skylanes are computed as candidate skylanes for servicing the trip request. The candidate skylanes are determined based on a route assessment configured to evaluate an operating constraint associated with respective skylanes relative to parameter data for the particular geographic area at the particular travel time. A selected skylane is computed from the candidate skylanes for servicing the trip request, and a trip assignment is generated for deployment of an eVTOL aircraft from the origin location into the selected skylane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Christabelle Simone Juliette Bosson, Eric Richard Mueller, Thomas Prevot