Patents by Inventor Frederick A. Williams
Frederick A. Williams 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: 20240153548Abstract: Disclosed is a memory system including a memory component having at least one tag row and at least one data row and multiple ways to hold a data group as a cache-line or cache-block. The memory system includes a memory controller that is connectable to the memory component to implement a cache and operable with the memory controller and the memory component in each of a plurality of operating modes including a first and second operating mode having differing addressing and timing requirements for accessing the data group. The first operating mode having placement of each of at least two ways of a data group in differing rows in the memory component, with tag access and data access not overlapped. The second operating mode having placement of all ways of a data group in a same row in the memory component, with tag access and data access overlapped.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Frederick A. Ware, Thomas Vogelsang, Michael Raymond Miller, Collins Williams
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Publication number: 20240147178Abstract: Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing audio for virtual experiences. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, at a server, a first request to generate a plurality of sounds for a user device, wherein the user device is associated with a virtual experience hosted by the server, obtaining, by the server, sound source data for a plurality of sound sources associated with the plurality of sounds, obtaining, by the server, virtual experience state information that comprises a location of a virtual microphone in the virtual experience and at least one of a velocity of the virtual microphone in the virtual experience or an orientation of the virtual microphone in the virtual experience, generating, by the server, an audio mix of the plurality of sounds based on the sound source data and the virtual experience state information, and transmitting the audio mix to the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Roblox CorporationInventors: Philippe CLAVEL, Paul KERR, David O'NEAL, Frederick William UMMINGER, III, Alex ZHUKOV
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Publication number: 20240101791Abstract: Described herein are improved thermoplastic composites, which demonstrate excellent physical properties, such as yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, toughness, elongation, and, optionally, superior tunable biodegradability when compared to known thermoplastics. The composite comprises minimally a thermoplastic polymer, at least one phenolic compound, and, optionally, a filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: WARNER BABCOCK INSTITUTE FOR GREEN CHEMISTRY, LLCInventors: Christopher William Livesey, Alexander Hsu, Brandon Ackley, Samuel Ellman, Frederick Richard Kearney, John C. Warner, Joseph Luke Pont, James V. Babcock
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Patent number: 11935799Abstract: Disclosed herein are integrated circuit (IC) package lids with polymer features, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package may include a package substrate, a lid, and a die between the package substrate and the lid. A foot or rib of the lid may include a polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Elah Bozorg-Grayeli, Taylor William Gaines, Frederick W. Atadana, Sergio Antonio Chan Arguedas, Robert F. Cheney
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Patent number: 11935861Abstract: Disclosed herein are structures and techniques for underfill flow management in electronic assemblies. For example, in some embodiments, an electronic assembly may include a first component, a second component, an underfill on the first component and at least partially between the first component and the second component, and a material at a surface of the first component, wherein the material is outside a footprint of the second component, and the underfill contacts the material with a contact angle greater than 50 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Intel CoroprationInventors: Frederick W. Atadana, Taylor William Gaines, Edvin Cetegen, Wei Li, Hsin-Yu Li, Tony Dambrauskas
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Patent number: 11919647Abstract: Thermal control system for aircraft main landing gear wheel wells and related methods are disclosed. An example thermal control system includes a conduit defining a fluid passageway between an inlet and an outlet. The inlet of the conduit positioned in fluid communication with a landing gear wheel well and the outlet of the conduit positioned in fluid communication with the atmosphere. The conduit generates a pressure differential through the fluid passageway between the inlet and the outlet to exhaust heat from the landing gear wheel well to the atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Andrew David Clark, Thamir Rauf Al-Alusi, David William Kirkbride, Frederick T. Calkins, Bradley J. Mitchell
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Publication number: 20240062676Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for methods, systems, and user interfaces for contact lens insertion and removal. An example method may comprise receiving one or more images of at least a portion of a user. The one or more images may comprise a representation of an eye of the user and a representation of a contact lens on the eye of the user. The example method may comprise analyzing, based on the one or more images, placement of the contact lens on the eye of the user. The example method may comprise outputting an indication of proper placement or improper placement of the contact lens based on the analyzing placement of the contact lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Kurt Moody, Charissa Lee, Frederick Williams
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Publication number: 20240058930Abstract: A clinch fastener mechanism including a pivoting base configured to be pivotally connected to a pneumatic fastener tool. The clinch fastener mechanism further includes a clinch arm pivotally connected to the pivoting base at a proximal end of the clinch arm; and a clinch plate disposed on a distal end of the clinch arm, wherein tool operates within three pressure zones. The system may also include a two-valve system which works by moving pressure throughout three specific zones. The first pressure zone has pressure introduced to it by the user attaching the tool to a pressure delivery source, such as a compressor, or other source. The second pressure zone may be used to operate the clinch arm or a safety mechanism. Mechanical safeties may be configured to prevent accidental or double firing of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventor: FREDERICK WILLIAM LAMB
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Publication number: 20240033087Abstract: A penile prosthesis includes a first penile implant implantable into a first corpora cavernosum and a second penile implant implantable into a second corpora cavernosum, and a pump assembly coupled to the implants by tubing. Each implant includes a tubular film sealed in a liquid-tight arrangement between a proximal tip implantable into a crus penis and a distal tip implantable into a glans penis, a scaffold nested inside of the tubular film, and a first liquid volume contained inside of the tubular film.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Frederick William Hamlin, John J. Allen, Rahul Dilip Sathe, Neal Poucher
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Publication number: 20240035643Abstract: A lighting module includes a heat sink with a sidewall and a partition defining two cavities, a LED light source disposed in one cavity to emit light, a driver module disposed in the other cavity with driver circuitry to provide electrical power to the light source, and an optical assembly to provide a desired emission profile. The optical assembly is field-changeable and includes a cover lens with snap-fit connectors to facilitate removal and replacement. The optical assembly further includes either a reflector coupled to the cover lens or an optical lens coupled to the heat sink via an optic holder. In some examples, the driver circuitry facilitates dimming of the light source. The heat sink also dissipates heat generated by the light source and the driver circuitry to maintain desired operating temperatures and thereby facilitate increased light output.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: DMF, Inc.Inventors: Frederick William Kopitzke, Nolan Gunsolley, Amir Lotfi, Benjamin Pin-Chun CHEN
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Publication number: 20240017340Abstract: Systems and methods for wire arc additive manufacturing systems that print in horizontal orientations are described. Horizontal WAAM 3D print systems comprise metal 3D print systems in a horizontal orientation with one or more robots operating concurrently on a work piece using one or more wire feeds and a rotating, horizontal build plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Relativity Space, Inc.Inventors: Kristopher Konrath, Steven Webb, Jeffrey Campbell, Matthew Swift, Twain Glaser, Jeremy Mika, Fritz Gruber, Justin Gray, John Cummings, Bryan Watson, Johann Freeberg, Edward Cottiss, Saeed Hashemi, Shivam Desai, Ellis Sansone, Hudhaifa Jasim, Rocco DiVerdi, Lan Pham, Alyssa Ishigo, Nazareth Ekmekjian, Frederick William Ambrose, Alex Kanghyun Lee, Timothy David Child
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Patent number: 11858099Abstract: A clinch staple mechanism including a pivoting base configured to be pivotally connected to a pneumatic stapling tool. The pneumatic stapling tool is configured to dispense staples each staple having a crown and a pair of staple legs, wherein the crown is disposed in a crown direction. The clinch staple mechanism further includes a clinch arm pivotally connected to the pivoting base at a proximal end of the clinch arm; and a clinch block disposed on a distal end of the clinch arm, wherein the clinch block is configured to bend the staple legs in a direction perpendicular to the crown direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: PneuTools, Inc.Inventor: Frederick William Lamb
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Publication number: 20230414634Abstract: Methods of treating pruritus, including cholestatic pruritus, particularly cholestatic pruritus in primary biliary cholangitis comprising administration of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Stuart Frederick William KENDRICK, Megan M. MCLAUGHLIN
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Patent number: 11819412Abstract: A penile prosthesis has an energy assembly coupled to a proximal end of a tubular body. The energy assembly has a housing enclosing a piston, a heating element, and a liquid phase change material (PCM) sealed between an interior surface of the housing and the piston. When the heating element heats the liquid PCM to a gaseous state, the piston moves in a distal direction to increase pressure in the tubular body and provide the prosthesis with erection.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Frederick William Hamlin, John J. Allen, Rahul Dilip Sathe, Neal Poucher, Kellie J. Giese
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Patent number: 11794893Abstract: Systems are described for transporting organic material, such as trees and logs, by flight. Such a transportation system may include a remotely-piloted air vehicle, a frame coupled thereto, multiple air vehicles, one or more propellers, a harness, and/or other components. The frame is coupled to both the remotely-piloted air vehicle and to the multiple other air vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Frederick William MacDougall
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Publication number: 20230302616Abstract: A pneumatic framing tool includes a housing with an axis of symmetry X, a nose with a tubular portion centered about the axis X and secured to the housing by at least one bolt, a sleeve disposed within the housing, a piston driver disposed within the sleeve having a base portion centered about axis X and a tubular portion that extends from the base portion along the axis X into the tubular portion of the nose, and a bumper disposed within the sleeve such that the tubular portion of the piston driver extends through a center of the bumper along axis X. The bumper include a plurality of retaining alignment protrusions that align the bumper in the sleeve and an external concentric ring that rests between the sleeve and the nose and allows for removal of the bumper without removing the bolts and the nose from the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Frederick William Lamb, Frederick William Lamb, II
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Patent number: 11766771Abstract: A clinch fastener mechanism including a pivoting base configured to be pivotally connected to a pneumatic fastener tool. The clinch fastener mechanism further includes a clinch arm pivotally connected to the pivoting base at a proximal end of the clinch arm; and a clinch plate disposed on a distal end of the clinch arm, wherein tool operates within three pressure zones. The system may also include a two-valve system which works by moving pressure throughout three specific zones. The first pressure zone has pressure introduced to it by the user attaching the tool to a pressure delivery source, such as a compressor, or other source. The second pressure zone may be used to operate the clinch arm or a safety mechanism. Mechanical safeties may be configured to prevent accidental or double firing of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Pneutools, Inc.Inventor: Frederick William Lamb
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Patent number: 11741672Abstract: A system may receive imaging data generated by an imaging device directed at a heart. The system may receive a first input operation indicative of a selected time-frame. The system may display images of the heart based on the intensity values mapped to the selected time-frame. The system may receive, based on interaction with the images, an apex coordinate and a base coordinate. The system may calculate, based on the apex coordinate and the base coordinate, a truncated ellipsoid representative an endocardial or epicardial boundary of the heart. The system may generate a four-dimensional mesh comprising three-dimensional vertices spaced along the mesh. The system may overlay, on the displayed images, markers representative of the vertices. The system may receive a second input operation corresponding to a selected marker. The system may enhance the mesh by adjusting or interpolating vertices across multiple time-frames.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Craig J. Goergen, Frederick William Damen
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Publication number: 20230202013Abstract: A clinch nailer tool system. The system includes a clinch nailer tool body, coil magazine disposed in a bottom of the clinch nailer tool body and configured to hold a coil of nails, clinch arm pivotally connected to the clinch nailer tool body at a proximal end of the clinch arm, clinch nailer tool nose disposed in a front portion of the clinch nailer tool body, wherein the clinch nailer tool nose includes an opening in a lower portion thereof for receiving a nail from the coil magazine; and clinch plate disposed on a distal end of the clinch arm, wherein the clinch plate is configured to bend a nail from the clinch nailer tool nose.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventor: Frederick William Lamb
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Patent number: 11660737Abstract: A clinch nailer tool system. The system includes a clinch nailer tool body, coil magazine disposed in a bottom of the clinch nailer tool body and configured to hold a coil of nails, clinch arm pivotally connected to the clinch nailer tool body at a proximal end of the clinch arm, clinch nailer tool nose disposed in a front portion of the clinch nailer tool body, wherein the clinch nailer tool nose includes an opening in a lower portion thereof for receiving a nail from the coil magazine; and clinch plate disposed on a distal end of the clinch arm, wherein the clinch plate is configured to bend a nail from the clinch nailer tool nose.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: PneuTools, Inc.Inventor: Frederick William Lamb