Patents by Inventor Jacob Allen
Jacob Allen 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: 20250044123Abstract: A method of reducing error caused by rotational movement during position sensing in a system comprising a magnetic rod attached to a movable object, two or more linear position sensors positioned substantially equidistant to each other on a radius around the magnetic rod attached to the movable object, and electronics is disclosed. The method includes measuring magnetized lines of flux being radiated from the magnetic rod attached to the movable object, the linear position sensors translating respective sensed lines of flux into corresponding voltage and using the electronics to sum the corresponding signals i.e., voltages, and determine the average of the corresponding signals, i.e., voltages.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: Altronic, LLC.Inventors: Matthew Traina, JR., Joseph Martin Lepley, Frank Andrew Krempasky, Jacob Allen Jones
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Patent number: 12071260Abstract: Launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft and/or other payloads, including via parachute-assist, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An example system includes a rocket, a carriage, a guide element, and a launch guide. The carriage is coupled to the rocket and is configured to releasably support an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The guide element is coupled to the rocket. The launch guide is configured to be engaged by the guide element during a launch of the rocket while the carriage is supporting the UAV. The guide element is configured to move along the launch guide during the launch.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Insitu, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Dennis, Jacob Allen, Jeff Alldredge
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Publication number: 20240220835Abstract: Measuring a single linear function q(?1, ?2, . . . , ?d) of unknown parameters {?1, ?2, . . . , ?d} with a quantum sensor network while using the minimum amount of entanglement includes: providing a plurality of d quantum sensors, wherein each quantum sensor j is configured for measuring ?j; preparing the plurality of quantum sensors in a probe quantum state with a minimum amount of entanglement, such that the amount of entanglement is the smallest amount of entanglement that gives the same optimal measurement of the linear function q(?1, ?2, . . . , ?d) as if the amount of entanglement was not restricted; exposing the plurality of quantum sensors to the set of unknown parameters; measuring the plurality of quantum sensors; and calculating the single linear function q(?1, ?2, . . . , ?d) from the measurements of the plurality of quantum sensors with robust phase estimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Alexey Vyacheslavovich Gorshkov, Adam Ethan Ehrenberg, Jacob Allen Bringewatt
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Patent number: 11946518Abstract: A torque barrel for use with a brake system may comprise a torque barrel having a cylindrical structure including an inner surface, an outer surface, a first opening at a first end, and a second opening at an opposing second end; and a longitudinal hole disposed through the outer surface of the barrel between a first spline of the plurality of splines and a second spline of the plurality of splines.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: Nathaniel J. Herrmann, Robert L. French, Phillip E. Cooley, Jacob Allen Dickel
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Publication number: 20240003395Abstract: A piston assembly is disclosed herein. The piston assembly includes a piston having a first end, an opposing second end, and a sidewall extending from the first end to the second end, the piston further including a cavity at least partially defined by the sidewall, a spring guide having a first end and an opposing second end, the spring guide disposed within the cavity of the piston and adjacent the sidewall, an insulator having a first portion extending from the second end of the piston and a second portion disposed within the piston, an insulator shield disposed adjacent the first portion of the insulator, and a component coupled to the second end of the spring guide, the component being offset from the insulator shield by a distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Goodrich CorporationInventor: JACOB ALLEN DICKEL
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Publication number: 20230406537Abstract: Launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft and/or other payloads, including via parachute-assist, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An example system includes a rocket, a carriage, a guide element, and a launch guide. The carriage is coupled to the rocket and is configured to releasably support an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The guide element is coupled to the rocket. The launch guide is configured to be engaged by the guide element during a launch of the rocket while the carriage is supporting the UAV. The guide element is configured to move along the launch guide during the launch.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Brian D. Dennis, Jacob Allen, Jeff Alldredge
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Publication number: 20230382159Abstract: A heat shield for a wheel assembly may comprise a plurality of heat shield segments and a plurality of heat shield retainers coupled to the plurality of heat shield segments. A plurality of shield bumpers may be coupled to a radially outward surface of each heat shield segment of the plurality of arcuate heat shield segments. A first retainer bumper may be located over a first radially outward surface of each heat shield retainer of the plurality of heat shield retainers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: JERRY MILLER, JACOB ALLEN DICKEL, BRIAN P. FRANCIS, NATHANIEL J. HERRMANN, JAY G. PETERSON, MARCIN SZYMON SOKOLOWSKI, BARTLOMIEJ KAMIL ZUK
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Patent number: 11802603Abstract: A heat shield for an aircraft wheel assembly is made of a heat shield material evenly distributed across the heat shield along both the circumferential and the axial directions. The heat shield material has a high thermal conductivity greater than 30 W/mK. In various embodiments, the thermal conductivity is greater than 85 W/mK. In this manner, thermal flux is maximized throughout the heat shield to distribute heat evenly across the heat shield in both circumferential and axial directions.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventor: Jacob Allen Dickel
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Publication number: 20230323927Abstract: A torque barrel for use with a brake system may comprise a torque barrel having a cylindrical structure including an inner surface, an outer surface, a first opening at a first end, and a second opening at an opposing second end; and a longitudinal hole disposed through the outer surface of the barrel between a first spline of the plurality of splines and a second spline of the plurality of splines.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: NATHANIEL J. HERRMANN, ROBERT L. FRENCH, PHILLIP E. COOLEY, JACOB ALLEN DICKEL
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Publication number: 20230303240Abstract: A wheel and brake assembly comprising: a stator; a rotating assembly mounted around and rotatable relative to the stator about an axis A; a torque tube in fixed engagement with the stator; a stack of brake disks mounted about the torque tube, the stack of brake disks comprising alternate rotor disks and stator disks, the stator disks attached to the torque tube and the rotor disks attached to the rotating assembly; a brake actuator configured to, in response to a brake command, apply a pressing force on the stack of brake disks to cause frictional engagement between the rotor disks and the stator disks such that the stator disks prevent the rotor disks and, hence the rotating assembly, from rotating relative to the torque tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: KAROL STRAS, Adam Wyszowski, William P. May, Orly Leiva Lam, Michael Shu, Jacob Allen Dickel, Dominik Kosiba
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Patent number: 11745897Abstract: Methods and apparatus to recover unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with kites are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to recover a UAV during flight includes a tether line, a tensioner operatively coupled to the tether line, and a kite operatively coupled to the tether line to support the tether line for recovery of the UAV.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Insitu, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin T. Brown, Alice Fockele, Kelly A. Comstock, John Wong, Jacob Allen, Daniel L. Shaw, Jesse D. Kiewit
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Publication number: 20230097514Abstract: A wall cabinet for attachment to a wall includes a carcass that is fixable to a wall and a shelving unit that is housed within the carcass. The shelving unit is movable relative to the carcass between a first position, wherein the shelving unit is housed within the carcass, and second position, wherein the shelving unit extends at least partially beneath the carcass. Sensors may be provided to detect a position of a door of the cabinet, detect an environment beneath the shelving unit, and/or detect an acceleration of the shelving unit. The shelving unit includes a bottom shelf and a further shelf, and the bottom shelf protrudes forward beyond the further shelf.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: The West Retail Group LimitedInventors: Mark Sellars, Jacob Allen
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Publication number: 20230099221Abstract: A method of controlling a worktop unit including a frame configured to support a worksurface and a leg configured to support the frame such that the frame is movable relative to the leg between a first position and a second position having a greater elevation than the first position; and a sensor configured to detect an environment beneath the worktop unit and/or a sensor configured to detect an acceleration of the frame, includes the steps of: determining whether a safety condition is satisfied, the safety condition being a condition for avoiding collision between the worktop unit and its environment; or a crush condition; and if the safety condition is satisfied, moving the frame between the first position and the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: The West Retail Group LimitedInventors: Mark Sellars, Jacob Allen
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Patent number: 11603216Abstract: Launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft and/or other payloads, including via parachute-assist, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An example unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system includes a lift device, a parachute, and a capture line. The lift device includes a canister. The parachute is stowed in and deployable from the canister. The capture line is attached to the parachute and to a line control device. The capture line is configured to be engaged by a capture device located at an end of a wing of a UAV.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: INSITU, INC.Inventors: Brian D. Dennis, Jacob Allen, Jeff Alldredge
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Patent number: 11542037Abstract: Methods and apparatus to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by kites are disclosed. An example apparatus to deploy a UAV includes a tether line to support the UAV, a tensioner operatively coupled to the tether line, and a kite operatively coupled to the tether line to support the tether line for deployment of the UAV.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: INSITU, INC.Inventors: Benjamin T. Brown, Alice Fockele, Kelly A. Comstock, John Wong, Jacob Allen, Daniel L. Shaw, Jesse D. Kiewit
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Publication number: 20210381567Abstract: A heat shield for an aircraft wheel assembly is made of a heat shield material evenly distributed across the heat shield along both the circumferential and the axial directions. The heat shield material has a high thermal conductivity greater than 30 W/mK. In various embodiments, the thermal conductivity is greater than 85 W/mK. In this manner, thermal flux is maximized throughout the heat shield to distribute heat evenly across the heat shield in both circumferential and axial directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventor: Jacob Allen Dickel
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Publication number: 20210371126Abstract: Launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft and/or other payloads, including via parachute-assist, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An example unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system includes a lift device, a parachute, and a capture line. The lift device includes a canister. The parachute is stowed in and deployable from the canister. The capture line is attached to the parachute and to a line control device. The capture line is configured to be engaged by a capture device located at an end of a wing of a UAV.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Brian D. Dennis, Jacob Allen, Jeff Alldredge
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Publication number: 20210365919Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for implementing a payment optimizer application module are disclosed. A supplier system accepts a predefined fixed net payment term for all participating buyers on a network. A processor determines weighted average cost of capital (WACC) data of buyer key data points from buyer audited statements data corresponding to a payment file data and WACC data of supplier key data points from supplier audited statements data corresponding to the payment file data. The processor also determines an optimal disbursement date of payment over the predefined fixed net payment term based on the WACC data; applies the stored set of payment rules to determine an optimal payment method corresponding to the WACC data; and automatically executes disbursement of a payment to the supplier in accordance with the optimal disbursement date based on the optimal payment method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Inventors: Praveen KUMAR, Christopher RAMSAY, Shashin DALAL, Jacob Allen OLINS, Amit Ramraj SINGH, Vivek B. SHAH, Abhilash RAO
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Patent number: 11148314Abstract: The manual food processor includes a first shelf configured to receive a blade cartridge. The first shelf includes a first slider configured to selectively retain the blade cartridge at the first shelf. The manual food processor also includes a pair of guide rails extending from the first shelf and a second shelf slidable along the pair of guide rails. The second shelf is configured to receive a pusher block cartridge and includes a second slider configured to selectively retain the pusher block cartridge at the second shelf. The manual food processor also includes a handle mechanism operable to cause the second shelf to slide along the guide rails between an open position and a closed position. The first shelf is spaced apart from the second shelf in the open position, and the pusher block cartridge interfaces with the blade cartridge in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.Inventors: Jacob Allen Markiewicz, Jill Eileen Hundley, Matthew P. Schemelin
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Patent number: 11142339Abstract: Launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft and/or other payloads, including via parachute-assist, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative method for lofting a payload includes directing a lifting device upward, releasing a parachute from the lifting device, with the parachute carrying a pulley and having a flexible line passing around the pulley. The flexible line is connected between a tension device (e.g., a winch) and the payload. The method further includes activating the tension device to reel in the flexible line and accelerate the payload upwardly.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: INSITU, INC.Inventors: Brian D. Dennis, Jacob Allen, Jeffrey Paul Alldredge