Patents by Inventor Gareth O'Laughlin

Gareth O'Laughlin 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: 20240300343
    Abstract: A power supply system comprises a first node connected to a second node via an electrically conducting cable, wherein the cable is conducting alternating current at high frequency (e.g. 100 Hz or higher, e.g. 20 KHz or higher) between the first and second nodes, and the electrically conducting cable is a capacitive cable. A power supply at the high frequency can be connected to the first node, or a power supply at 50 or 60 Hz can be connected to a converter outputting power at the high frequency with the converter output connected to the first node. A converter can be connected to the second node, or an electrical appliance operating using high frequency power can be connected to the second node. A related wireless electric vehicle charging system comprises (a) a power supply, optionally a power supply system of the invention. (b) an inverter connected to the power supply and adapted to output power at a high frequency. e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Lucas-Clements, Ashkan Daria Hajiloo, Mansour Salehi Moghadam, Gareth O'Brien, Dominic Quennell
  • Publication number: 20240128021
    Abstract: A capacitive cable comprised six long, thin and narrow electrode plates or strips 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106. Typically they are 5 km long, 10 cm wide and 0.5 mm thick of aluminium or copper foil. Individual ones of them are separated by 0.25 mm thick polypropylene ribbons 107 insulating the individual strips from each other in an insulating manner. The assembly of strips and ribbons is contained within an insulating sheath 108. At opposite ends 111,112, the alternate strips are cut off short and the remaining fingers 114,115 are joined together and to connection wires 116,117, typically by riveting 118. The wires are insulated and the insulating sheath extends onto the insulation of the wires, whereby the entire cable is insulated for safe contact with foreign objects between the ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Gareth O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11923143
    Abstract: A capacitive cable comprised six long, thin and narrow electrode plates or strips (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106). Typically, they are 5 km long, 10 cm wide and 0.5 mm thick of aluminum or copper foil. Individual ones of them are separated by 0.25 mm thick polypropylene ribbons (107) insulating the individual strips from each other in an insulating manner. The assembly of strips and ribbons is contained within an insulating sheath 108. At opposite ends (111,112), the alternate strips are cut off short and the remaining fingers (114,115) are joined together and to connection wires (116,117), typically by riveting (118). The wires are insulated and the insulating sheath extends onto the insulation of the wires, whereby the entire cable is insulated for safe contact with foreign objects between the ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Enertechnos Limited
    Inventor: Gareth O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20220406489
    Abstract: An object of the instant application is to provide a capacitive power transmission cable comprising at least two sets of conductive strands, the sets of strands being insulated from each other and in capacitive relationship, the one with the other; wherein the conductive strands are laid at least substantially in a multiples of six layer structure, with substantially equal numbers of strands of both sets; and wherein each layer has strands of one set alternating with strands of the other set and the strands of the respective sets have different contrasting color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mansour Salehi-Moghadam, Gareth O'Brien, Dominic Quennell, Ashkan Hajiloo
  • Publication number: 20220349437
    Abstract: Aspects herein are generally directed to a fastener having a disco-rectangular cross-sectional shape. This shape is advantageous for purposes of gripping and as the disco-rectangular shape provides a gap between the edges of a countersunk bore and the edges of the disco-rectangular shape. As such, a user of the disco-rectangular shape may be able to grip the edges of the disco-rectangular shape, with fingers or any other type of tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mark BUTTERFIELD, Gareth O'NEIL, Bradford Shane MCCRACKEN
  • Publication number: 20220076885
    Abstract: A capacitive cable comprised six long, thin and narrow electrode plates or strips (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106). Typically, they are 5 km long, 10 cm wide and 0.5 mm thick of aluminum or copper foil. Individual ones of them are separated by 0.25 mm thick polypropylene ribbons (107) insulating the individual strips from each other in an insulating manner. The assembly of strips and ribbons is contained within an insulating sheath 108. At opposite ends (111,112), the alternate strips are cut off short and the remaining fingers (114,115) are joined together and to connection wires (116,117), typically by riveting (118). The wires are insulated and the insulating sheath extends onto the insulation of the wires, whereby the entire cable is insulated for safe contact with foreign objects between the ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Gareth O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11158440
    Abstract: A capacitive power transmission cable (1) having at least two sets of conductive strands (2) and the strands of the sets are distributed in a transverse cross-section of the cable, whereby the two sets are in capacitive relation to each other, wherein preferably, the capacitance is at least 10 nF/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Enertechnos Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Mansour Salehi-Moghadam, Gareth O'Brien, Charles Lucas-Clements, Dominic Quennell
  • Publication number: 20210249156
    Abstract: A capacitive power transmission cable (1) comprising at least two sets of conductive strands (2). The strands of the sets are distributed in a transverse cross-section of the cable, whereby the two sets are in capacitive relation to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Mansour Salehi-Moghadam, Gareth O'Brien, Charles Lucas-Clements, Dominic Quennell
  • Patent number: 10698474
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus for designing a pattern for a wearable item, comprising: (a.) position detector adapted to detect a position of at least a portion of a body of a user; and (b.) data processor adapted to compute at least one intersection of at least one virtual object and the portion of the body of the user, and pattern data representative of a pattern for the wearable item based on the intersection. In addition, described is a method for designing a pattern for a wearable item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Matteo Colaianni, Jan Hill, Anna Wilhelmi, Jochen Björn Süßmuth, David Joseph Gareth O'Mahony
  • Patent number: 10228682
    Abstract: Methods and systems for manufacturing a piece or apparel. According to an aspect of the invention, a method for the manufacture of a piece of apparel comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining body data corresponding to at least one dimension of at least a part of the user's body, (b) obtaining pattern data corresponding to at least one pattern of the piece of apparel to be manufactured, (c) generating, based on the body data and the pattern data, manufacturing data adapted to be processed by a manufacturing machine, and (d) transmitting the manufacturing data to a manufacturing machine. When the manufacturing data is received at the manufacturing machine, the manufacturing data is processed and at least part of the piece of apparel is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Matteo Colaianni, Jan Hill, Anna Wilhelmi, Jochen Björn Süßmuth, David Joseph Gareth O'Mahony, Christian Lott
  • Publication number: 20180103360
    Abstract: In one or more implementations, a request is received at a client device to initiate a communication session with a selected contact using a communication service. One of a first communication network or a second communication network for the communication session with the selected contact is selected at the client device. The selection is based on the selected contact and user preferences. Next, the communication session is established with the selected contact using the selected first communication network or second communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Skype
    Inventors: Taavet Hinrikus, Gareth O'Loughlin, Liz Rice, Max Melchior
  • Publication number: 20170351323
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus for designing a pattern for a wearable item, comprising: (a.) position detector adapted to detect a position of at least a portion of a body of a user; and (b.) data processor adapted to compute at least one intersection of at least one virtual object and the portion of the body of the user, and pattern data representative of a pattern for the wearable item based on the intersection. In addition, described is a method for designing a pattern for a wearable item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Matteo Colaianni, Jan Hill, Anna Wilhelmi, Jochen Björn Süßmuth, David Joseph Gareth O'Mahony
  • Publication number: 20170351246
    Abstract: Methods and systems for manufacturing a piece or apparel. According to an aspect of the invention, a method for the manufacture of a piece of apparel comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining body data corresponding to at least one dimension of at least a part of the user's body, (b) obtaining pattern data corresponding to at least one pattern of the piece of apparel to be manufactured, (c) generating, based on the body data and the pattern data, manufacturing data adapted to be processed by a manufacturing machine, and (d) transmitting the manufacturing data to a manufacturing machine. When the manufacturing data is received at the manufacturing machine, the manufacturing data is processed and at least part of the piece of apparel is manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Matteo Colaianni, Jan Hill, Anna Wilhelmi, Jochen Björn Süßmuth, David Joseph Gareth O'Mahony, Christian Lott
  • Publication number: 20170311650
    Abstract: Described is a sock, in particular a soccer sock, having at least one first portion with a synthetic fiber having a diameter of less than 1 ?m, wherein the at least one first portion is arranged at least partly in a heel part of the sock, and wherein the at least one first portion comprises more than 30%, preferably more than 50% and more preferably more than 80% of the surface of the sock encompassing a foot of a wearer when worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Maarten Dominique Wilhelmus Hupperets, David Joseph Gareth O'Mahony, James Tarrier, Constantin Zwick
  • Patent number: 9807578
    Abstract: A terminal for use in a voice communications system includes a base station and at least one handset arranged to communicate wirelessly with the base station. The base station includes a first interface to a packet data network and a second interface to a public switched telephone network, the base station being arranged to selectively establish a packet data call from the first interface and a public switched telephone call from the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Skype
    Inventors: Taavet Hinrikus, Gareth O'Loughlin, Liz Rice, Max Melchior
  • Publication number: 20150312364
    Abstract: A communications system including a plurality of mobile user computing devices, and a service provider subsystem for enabling communications between any of the mobile user computing devices and enterprise network systems. The service provider subsystem has a plurality of clusters strategically distributed across at least one geographical region and interconnected by a global services bus. Each of the clusters includes a plurality of nodes interconnected to a distributed memory storage bus. Each of the nodes includes a service manager module for monitoring services available to the node, a service access point module for enabling communications between the node and enterprise network systems, a client access point module for enabling communications between the node and at least one of the mobile user computing devices, and a message control point module for managing communications between the client access point module and the service access point module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Paul R. Bayliss, Robert A. Cohen, Gareth O. Collins, Kai Y. Yip, Daniel E. Zeck
  • Patent number: 8768879
    Abstract: Methods of storing data records produced from monitoring interactions between external agents and a system are described. The method defines specific interactions that occur between the external agents and the system as events of interest. A chain of interactions occurring during respective interaction sessions between a respective external agent and the system are monitored and events of interest occurring in the chain are determined. Data records from the monitored chain are produced, the respective data record including data identifying determined events of interest and data associated therewith. A profile identity, representative of the external agent, is assigned to each data record produced during an interaction session. Data records of individual events of interest are stored in a way ordered according to the type of event of interest and data records of events of interest occurring during an interaction session are stored in a way ordered according to assigned profile identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nice Systems Technologies UK Limited
    Inventors: Alan Paul Rolleston Phillips, John Graham-Cumming, Gareth O'Loughlin, Jason Derek McFall, Paul David Mellor, Neil Samuel Ferguson, Alfredo Ramos-Alvarez, Liam Philip Clancy, Fiann James Curry-Towneley-O'Hagan, Andrew Galloni, Steven Heron, Maciej Buczkowski, Panagiotis Belesis, Benjamin Thomas Pickering
  • Publication number: 20140115030
    Abstract: A communications system including a plurality of mobile user computing devices, and a service provider subsystem for enabling communications between any of the mobile user computing devices and enterprise network systems. The service provider subsystem has a plurality of clusters strategically distributed across at least one geographical region and interconnected by a global services bus. Each of the clusters includes a plurality of nodes interconnected to a distributed memory storage bus. Each of the nodes includes a service manager module for monitoring services available to the node, a service access point module for enabling communications between the node and enterprise network systems, a client access point module for enabling communications between the node and at least one of the mobile user computing devices, and a message control point module for managing communications between the client access point module and the service access point module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Paul R. Bayliss, Robert A. Cohen, Gareth O. Collins, Kai Y. Yip, Daniel E. Zeck
  • Publication number: 20140112207
    Abstract: A terminal for use in a voice communications system includes a base station and at least one handset arranged to communicate wirelessly with the base station. The base station includes a first interface to a packet data network and a second interface to a public switched telephone network, the base station being arranged to selectively establish a packet data call from the first interface and a public switched telephone call from the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Taavet Hinrikus, Gareth O'Laughlin, Liz Rice, Max Melchior
  • Patent number: D812889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Zachary Clinton Coonrod, David Joseph Gareth O'Mahony