Patents by Inventor Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts 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).

  • Method for coating a sensor unit, and associated sensor unit
    Patent number: 11629980
    Abstract: A method for coating a sensor unit providing at least one sensor element and a sensor body supporting the sensor element. The method includes applying, in the assembled state of the sensor unit, a coating on the exterior surface of the sensor unit such as to coat the sensor element and the sensor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Eric Robert, Alexandre Taillepied, Benedicte Thomas
  • Systems and methods for managing a database back end as a service
    Patent number: 11630642
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a database back end as a service are described. In some aspects, the described systems and methods provide for a cloud-based resource for servicing a request for data from an application to a remote database and/or a service. In some aspects, the described systems and methods provide for a cloud-based application client for requesting data from a remote database and/or a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MongoDB, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliot Horowitz, Michael Patrick O'Brien, Eric Robert Daniels
  • FIREARM ACCESSORY MOUNTING INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20230109948
    Abstract: An accessory mounting interface for a firearm, and a related method, are disclosed. The interface has a firearm accessory, a first elongated fastener, and a second fastener rotationally mated to the first elongated fastener. The first elongated fastener has right-handed threading and is arranged through a through hole in the firearm accessory with a first end extending below first and second halves of a first slot protrusion of the firearm accessory. The second fastener has a length greater than a width, the length measured along a longitudinal axis of the second fastener, the second fastener having a plurality of straight edges. At least one of the plurality of straight edges prevents the second fastener from rotating further than a closed position when the at least one of the straight edges abuts a sidewall of an elongated slot in the firearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Michael T. Mayberry, William Bradley Bennett, Timothy Eric Roberts, Duane Liptak, Brian L. Nakayama
  • Bipod with sling stud mount
    Patent number: 11624577
    Abstract: An interface for coupling a bipod to a sling stud of a firearm forend. The interface can include two pawls that pivot to release or grasp the sling stud. The pawls can be biased upward via a detent that rides within a vertical aperture in a pivot holder. The pivot holder can move up and down within a vertical aperture in a mounting plate of the interface, and via this movement the pawls may be forced open or closed. A bottom surface of one or both pawls can include an irregular surface different portions of which interface with a top of the detent depending on a vertical position of the pivot holder within the aperture in the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Method for manufacturing a target holder for a sensor bearing unit, and associated sensor bearing unit
    Patent number: 11619265
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing of a target holder 26 for a sensor bearing unit. The target holder providing at least an axial fixing portion secured to a ring of the sensor bearing unit, and a radial portion extending at least radially with respect to the axial fixing portion, a curved linking portion being formed between the axial fixing portion and the radial portion. The method further providing a step of shot peening at least on the internal surface of the curved linking portion of the target holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Olivier Message, Eric Robert
  • Write driver with magnetic field compensation
    Patent number: 11621026
    Abstract: A method for compensating for external magnetic fields in memory devices that includes positioning at least one external magnetic field sensing element adjacent to at least one array of memory cells, wherein a write driver is in electrical communication with at least one external magnetic field sensing element and at least one array of memory cells. The at least one external magnetic field sensing element is monitored for signals indicative of the present of an external magnetic field. The write current to the at least one array of memory cells can be adjusted by trimming the write driver to operate the memory device while compensating for the external magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dimitri Houssameddine, Kotb Jabeur, Eric Robert Joseph Edwards
  • Native valve repair devices and procedures
    Patent number: 11612485
    Abstract: A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repair the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a delivery catheter and a valve repair device. The valve repair device is disposed inside the delivery catheter. The valve repair device includes a pair of paddles and a pair of gripping members. The pair of paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position. The pair of paddles and the pair of gripping members are configured to secure the valve repair device to leaflets of the native valve. The pair of paddles are compressed inside the delivery catheter. Each paddle of the pair of paddles is configured to expand upon exiting the delivery catheter to increase the surface area of each paddle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asher L. Metchik, Gregory Scott Tyler, II, Matthew T. Winston, Sergio Delgado, Lauren R. Freschauf, Eric Robert Dixon, Alexander J. Siegel
  • Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor
    Patent number: 11602431
    Abstract: An exemplary valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient includes a coaption element, a pair of paddles, and barb portions. The barb portions extend directly from at least one of the coaption element and the pair of paddles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio Delgado, Eric Robert Dixon, David M. Taylor, Asher L. Metchik, Matthew T. Winston, Gregory Scott Tyler, II, Lauren R. Freschauf, Alexander J. Siegel
  • Sensor bearing unit
    Patent number: 11598368
    Abstract: A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder, with a target mounted on the target holder, and with a sleeve secured to the first ring. The target holder having a mounting portion secured to the first ring of the bearing. The target holder has at least anti-rotation feature axially spaced apart from a free end of the mounting portion and cooperating with a complementary anti-rotation feature of the first ring so as to prevent angular movement of the impulse ring relative to the first ring. The anti-rotation feature of the target holder extends into the complementary anti-rotation feature of the first ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Nicolas Berruet, Charles Chambonneau, Eric Robert, Vincent Sausset
  • Mitigation of Physical Impact-Induced Mechanical Stress Damage to Printed Circuit Boards
    Publication number: 20230061712
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses directed to the mitigation of physical impact-induced mechanical stress damage to printed circuit boards through the utilization of a conductive shield track having a varied width (dynamic width). In an aspect, disclosed is a device that includes a printed circuit board, an electrical component on the printed circuit board in a shielded area, a conductive shield track on the printed circuit board, a component shield having a sidewall and a sidewall base, and solder disposed between the sidewall base and the conductive shield track to couple the component shield to the ground plane of the PCB to form a shielded compartment over the shielded area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eric Robert Lee, Hsinhsin Lee
  • Sensor bearing unit and associated apparatus and manufacturing method
    Patent number: 11585385
    Abstract: The sensor bearing unit provides a bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring centered on an axis, the inner ring mounted on a shaft, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder and with a target mounted on the target holder, the target holder being secured to the inner ring. The target holder includes anti-rotation features adapted to cooperate with complementary anti-rotation features of the shaft so as to prevent angular movement of the impulse ring relative to the shaft by abutment in circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Gilles Ngningha, Jr., Eric Robert, Vincent Sausset, Charlotte Vu
  • BICYCLE FRAME WITH ANGLED STRUT
    Publication number: 20230034772
    Abstract: A bicycle includes a front wheel and a rear wheel and a frameset supported on the front wheel and the rear wheel. The frameset includes a main frame and a front fork rotationally coupled to the main frame. The main frame includes a top tube, a head tube rotationally supporting the front fork, a down tube coupling the head tube to a bottom bracket, a seat tube extending downward from the top tube and including a lower end spaced from the bottom bracket, a seatstay extending rearward from the lower end of the seat tube, and a strut member extending forward from the lower end of the seat tube and connecting the seat tube to the down tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Graham Russell, Eric Robert Fischer, Chad Nathaniel Price, Philip Alan Primeaux
  • METHOD FOR COATING A SENSOR UNIT, AND ASSOCIATED SENSOR UNIT
    Publication number: 20230028121
    Abstract: A sensor unit including a sensor element; a sensor body supporting the sensor element; an output cable mounted inside the sensor body and extending outward relative to the sensor body; and a coating layer covering an outer surface of the sensor element, an outer surface of the sensor body, and an entire outer surface of the output cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Robert, Alexandre Taillepied, Benedicte Thomas
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS ELECTRONIC IMAGES TO DETERMINE HISTOPATHOLOGY QUALITY
    Publication number: 20230024468
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for processing an electronic image may include receiving, by an artificial intelligence (AI) system at an electronic storage of the AI system, one or more digital whole slide images (WSIs) and extracting one or more vectors of features from one or more foreground tiles of tile images of the one or more digital WSIs. The method may include running a trained machine learning model on the one or more vectors of features and determining, based on an output of the trained machine learning model, whether one or more quality issues are present in the one or more digital WSIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Eric ROBERT, George SHAIKOVSKI, Christopher KANAN
  • HIGH FLEXIBILITY IMPLANT CATHETER WITH LOW COMPRESSION
    Publication number: 20230014540
    Abstract: An implant catheter has a highly flexible portion. The highly flexible portion includes a liner positioned adjacent to a catheter coil. Some implementations of the implant catheter include sections where a portion of the coil layer is free from all material of the outer jacket. In some implementations, a portion of a layer internal to the catheter is omitted. Some implementations include a coil formed form wire with a self-aligning cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Asher L. Metchik, Eric Robert Dixon
  • Native valve repair devices and procedures
    Patent number: 11547564
    Abstract: A valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient includes a pair of paddles and a pair of gripping members. The pair of paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position. Each paddle comprises a metal loop that is moveable from a compressed condition where each metal loop has a first width to an expanded condition where each loop has a second width that is greater than the first width. The pair of gripping members are configured to attach to the native valve of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Asher L. Metchik, Sergio Delgado, Alexander J. Siegel, Eric Robert Dixon, Lauren R. Freschauf, Matthew T. Winston, Gregory Scott Tyler, II
  • Firearm accessory mounting interface
    Patent number: 11536535
    Abstract: An accessory mounting interface for a firearm, and a related method, are disclosed. The interface has a firearm accessory, a first elongated fastener, and a second fastener rotationally mated to the first elongated fastener. The first elongated fastener has right-handed threading and is arranged through a through hole in the firearm accessory with a first end extending below first and second halves of a first slot protrusion of the firearm accessory. The second fastener has a length greater than a width, the length measured along a longitudinal axis of the second fastener, the second fastener having a plurality of straight edges. At least one of the plurality of straight edges prevents the second fastener from rotating further than a closed position when the at least one of the straight edges abuts a sidewall of an elongated slot in the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Michael T. Mayberry, William Bradley Bennett, Timothy Eric Roberts, Duane Liptak, Brian L. Nakayama
  • Bipod with sling stud mount
    Patent number: D977054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Toy
    Patent number: D978989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Eric Jacoby Design, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Robert Jacoby
  • Door for a vehicle
    Patent number: D980145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Shem, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Robert Schwartz, Adam J. Burck, Kyle Allen Ezra, Herman Edward Steyn, Jon Hull, Mike Desmond, Chris Schuttera, Gary Ragle