Patents by Inventor Eric Thomas Miller

Eric Thomas Miller 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).

  • Publication number: 20190339064
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a system that includes a first optical sensor, a second optical sensor, and a gear feature controller. The first optical sensor measures a plurality of first distances measured from a first reference point to a surface provided between a pair of adjacent teeth among a plurality of teeth circumferentially distributed about a first side of a gear. The second optical sensor measures a plurality of second distances measured from a second reference point to a surface along a second side of the gear opposite the first side. The gear feature controller configured to determine a stock removal amount of the gear based on the first distances and the second distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Paul Bojanowski, Eric Thomas Miller, Scott Klozik
  • Patent number: 10466037
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a system that includes a first optical sensor, a second optical sensor, and a gear feature controller. The first optical sensor measures a plurality of first distances measured from a first reference point to a surface provided between a pair of adjacent teeth among a plurality of teeth circumferentially distributed about a first side of a gear. The second optical sensor measures a plurality of second distances measured from a second reference point to a surface along a second side of the gear opposite the first side. The gear feature controller configured to determine a stock removal amount of the gear based on the first distances and the second distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Paul Bojanowski, Eric Thomas Miller, Scott Klozik
  • Publication number: 20140323440
    Abstract: The invention provides certain amino-pyridine-containing compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and n are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk) kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Eric Thomas Miller, Michelle R. Machacek, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Thomas Allen Miller, Brian Michael Andresen, Neville John Anthony, Brandon M. Taoka, Yuan Liu