Patents by Inventor Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt 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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Publication number: 20240125064Abstract: A curb brush device for sweeping a newly formed curb includes a frame for attachment to a vehicle such that the frame extends forwardly from the vehicle. The frame includes a frame attachment bracket and a rail coupled to the frame attachment bracket. A brush arm is coupled to the rail and is extendable laterally from the rail. A brush is coupled to the brush arm. The brush is rotatable for sweeping a surface laterally offset from the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Eric Schmidt, Ryan Merrill
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Patent number: 11960760Abstract: Systems and methods for scheduling the execution of disk access commands in a split-actuator hard disk drive are provided. In some embodiments, while a first actuator of the split actuator is in the process of performing a first disk access command (a victim operation), a second disk access command (an aggressor operation) is selected for and executed by a second actuator of the split actuator. The aggressor operation is selected from a queue of disk access commands for the second actuator, and is selected based on being the disk access command in the queue that can be initiated sooner than any other disk access command in the queue without disturbing the victim operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Gary W. Calfee, Richard M. Ehrlich, Thorsten Schmidt, Eric R. Dunn
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Patent number: 11934998Abstract: The invention relates to the monitoring of products by means of active radio tags. According to the invention, packagings of products are provided with an active radio tag that detects at least one environmental condition and/or at least one packaging state, and which emits a signal at time intervals, which provides information about a unique identifier and at least one state in which the respective product is found. The signal is picked up by a receiver that extracts the unique identifier and the state information and transmits same together with location information to an external server.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Christof Backhaus, Katharina Berger, Uwe Schenkel, Jürgen Schmidt, Walter Speth, Klaus Glismann, Eric Willms, Markus Storz, Arne Wendt, Gregory James Dibble
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Patent number: 11934997Abstract: The invention relates to the monitoring of products by means of active radio tags. According to the invention, packagings of products are provided with an active radio tag that detects at least one environmental condition and/or at least one packaging state, and which emits a signal at time intervals, which provides information about a unique identifier and at least one state in which the respective product is found. The signal is picked up by a receiver that extracts the unique identifier and the state information and transmits same together with location information to an external server.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Christof Backhaus, Katharina Berger, Uwe Schenkel, Jürgen Schmidt, Walter Speth, Klaus Glismann, Eric Willms, Markus Storz, Arne Wendt, Gregory James Dibble
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Patent number: 11934999Abstract: The invention relates to the monitoring of products by means of active radio tags. According to the invention, packagings of products are provided with an active radio tag that detects at least one environmental condition and/or at least one packaging state, and which emits a signal at time intervals, which provides information about a unique identifier and at least one state in which the respective product is found. The signal is picked up by a receiver that extracts the unique identifier and the state information and transmits same together with location information to an external server.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Christof Backhaus, Katharina Berger, Uwe Schenkel, Jürgen Schmidt, Walter Speth, Klaus Glismann, Eric Willms, Markus Storz, Arne Wendt, Gregory James Dibble
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Patent number: 11934996Abstract: The invention relates to the monitoring of products by means of active radio tags. According to the invention, packagings of products are provided with an active radio tag that detects at least one environmental condition and/or at least one packaging state, and which emits a signal at time intervals, which provides information about a unique identifier and at least one state in which the respective product is found. The signal is picked up by a receiver that extracts the unique identifier and the state information and transmits same together with location information to an external server.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Christof Backhaus, Katharina Berger, Uwe Schenkel, Jürgen Schmidt, Walter Speth, Klaus Glismann, Eric Willms, Markus Storz, Arne Wendt, Gregory James Dibble
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Publication number: 20240034191Abstract: A vehicle is proposed to control regeneration and reuse of captured energy in a through-the-road hybrid configuration. The vehicle comprises a vehicle frame, an energy store, and a controller. The vehicle frame is configured for over-the-roadway travel under a power of plural drive axles. At least one of the plural drive axles is coupled via a primary drivetrain to a fuel-fed engine to drive at least a pair of wheels. At least one other of the plural drive axles is an electrically-powered drive axle configured to supply supplemental torque to additional wheels. The energy store is configured to supply the electrically-powered drive axle with electrical power in a first mode of operation and receive energy recovered using the electrically-powered drive axle in a second mode of operation. The controller is coupled between the electrically-powered drive axle and one or more sensor inputs to transition between different modes of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Thomas Joseph Healy, Wilson Sa, Morgan Culbertson, Eric Schmidt, Roger Richter
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Patent number: 11766951Abstract: A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a truck, a tractor unit, a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, at a tandem, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Hyliion Inc.Inventors: Thomas Joseph Healy, Wilson Sa, Morgan Culbertson, Eric Schmidt, Roger Richter
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Patent number: 11752981Abstract: This technology relates to a system for clearing a sensor cover. The system may be comprised of a first sensor that rotates within a sensor cover, a plurality of second sensors that are fixed relative to the sensor cover, a first wiper that is configured to clear the sensor cover of debris, and a motor. The motor may rotate the first wiper in a first direction at a first predetermined rotation rate defined at least in part by a second predetermined rotation rate of the first sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Benjamin Ingram, Eric Schmidt, Seth Gilbertson, Nicholas Wiles
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Publication number: 20230059385Abstract: A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a truck, a tractor unit, a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, at a tandem, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Thomas Joseph HEALY, Wilson SA, Morgan CULBERTSON, Eric SCHMIDT, Roger RICHTER
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Patent number: 11485328Abstract: This technology relates to a system for clearing a sensor cover. The system may be comprised of a first sensor that rotates within a sensor cover, a plurality of second sensors that are fixed relative to the sensor cover, a first wiper that is configured to clear the sensor cover of debris, and a motor. The motor may rotate the first wiper in a first direction at a first predetermined rotation rate defined at least in part by a second predetermined rotation rate of the first sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Benjamin Ingram, Eric Schmidt, Seth Gilbertson, Nicholas Wiles
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Patent number: 11479144Abstract: A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a truck, a tractor unit, a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, at a tandem, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Hyliion Inc.Inventors: Thomas Joseph Healy, Wilson Sa, Morgan Culbertson, Eric Schmidt, Roger Richter
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Patent number: 11440738Abstract: A contact protection structure can be positioned on a belt body to prevent a pinching gap, where the belt body presents a conveyor belt deflected by a roller, and where a roller holder supporting the roller and attachable to the belt body also supports the contact protection structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Wipotec GmbHInventors: Kay-Eric Schmidt, Markus Jochen Walter
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Patent number: 11425987Abstract: A brush head for an electrically driven toothbrush is provided herein. The brush head includes a holding part connected to a carrier part, at least one bristle bundle formed by bristle filaments, and a resiliently soft cleaning element. The carrier part includes passage bores, through which the bristle bundle and resiliently soft cleaning element project, and each is fixed to the carrier part by way of a thickened portion formed by a filament material or a resiliently elastic material, respectively. A method of producing a brush head is also provided, including preparing the carrier part as a separate component with passage bores, fixing the bristle bundle and the resiliently clastic cleaning element to the carrier part with a thickened portion provided on the bristle bundle and the resiliently elastic cleaning element, respectively, and connecting the carrier part to the holding part.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Inventors: Erwin Buchholz, Berthold Meyer, Eric Schmidt
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Patent number: 11325498Abstract: A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a truck, a tractor unit, a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, at a tandem, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Hyliion Inc.Inventors: Thomas Joseph Healy, Wilson Sa, Morgan Culbertson, Eric Schmidt, Roger Richter
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Patent number: 11230426Abstract: A child-resistant dispenser includes a housing (110); and a slider (150) disposed on the housing and configured to slide from a closed position to a dispensing position, the slider comprising a movable engagement portion (148) that engages a stop (122) on the housing, wherein the engagement between the movable engagement portion and the stop restricts movement of the slider to the dispensing position and the movable engagement portion is configured to disengage from the stop in response to a release force applied to the slider.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Joseph Martin, Eric Schmidt, Robert G. Petit
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Patent number: 11104929Abstract: The disclosure provides recombinant cells and methods for producing a ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptide (RiPP), as well as RiPP libraries and methods for producing RiPP libraries.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventor: Eric Schmidt
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Publication number: 20210245961Abstract: A contact protection structure can be positioned on a belt body to prevent a pinching gap, where the belt body presents a conveyor belt deflected by a roller, and where a roller holder supporting the roller and attachable to the belt body also supports the contact protection structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Wipotec GmbHInventors: Kay-Eric Schmidt, Markus Jochen Walter
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Publication number: 20210046845Abstract: A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a truck, a tractor unit, a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, at a tandem, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Hyliion Inc.Inventors: Thomas Joseph HEALY, Wilson SA, Morgan CULBERTSON, Eric SCHMIDT, Roger RICHTER
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Patent number: D1025710Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Starbucks CorporationInventors: Rob Vanderhenst, Andrew James Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts, Eric Schmidt, Randal Caleb Warwick