Patents by Inventor James A. Michael

James A. Michael 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING ACTIVE THERMAL BUFFER ELEMENT FOR IMPROVED JOULE HEATING
    Publication number: 20200001385
    Abstract: A system and method for more consistent joule heating of a material blank to a desired temperature. An electrical terminal delivers a current to an end portion of the blank. The terminal has a heat sink effect which would otherwise prevent the end portion from reaching the desired temperature. An active thermal buffer element is interposed between the terminal and the end portion. The buffer element includes a first surface which abuts the end portion and a second surface which abuts the terminal. The buffer element is joule heated with the blank, and a temperature gradient is created across the buffer element such that the first surface is at the desired temperature and the second surface is at a lower temperature due to the heat sink effect of the terminal. The buffer element thereby compensates for the heat sink effect and allows the end portion to reach the desired temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventor: James Michael Wagner, JR.
  • HIGH DENSITY LOCATION-BASED SERVICE ZONE MANAGEMENT FOR A GEOGRAPHIC REGION
    Publication number: 20190394610
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing which location-based service zones to monitor within a geographic region. An active zone defining a geographic region and location-based service zones within the geographic region is provided by another computing device. The selection of a subset of the location-based service zones to monitor within an active zone can be based on an estimated current device location and/or other parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Ronen Barenboim, Michael Bowerman, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Michael Schollmeyer, James Michael Sutula
  • Tag reader with diagnostic tag and an industrial vehicle incorporating the same
    Patent number: 10515237
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle comprising a tag reader, a reader module, and a diagnostic tag, wherein the diagnostic tag is coupled to the industrial truck within a read range of the tag reader. The reader module and the tag reader cooperate to identify the diagnostic tag and individual tags of a tag layout and the reader module discriminates between the individual tags of the tag layout and the diagnostic tag and the individual tags of the tag layout, correlates an identified individual tag of the tag layout with tag data, correlates an identified diagnostic tag with operation of the tag reader, and generates a missing tag signal if the diagnostic tag is not identified or the operation of the tag reader is not within specified operating parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Cole Steinbrunner, Thomas L. Mallak, Donald T. Meiring, Daniel D. Walton, Nicholas J. Sherman, James Michael Grannan
  • Two-stage process for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
    Patent number: 10513721
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes of multi-stage hydrolysis where different enzyme compositions are added in at least two stages of hydrolysis. In a first stage, a first enzyme composition of one or more cellulolytic enzymes and at least one of an oxidoreductase and an AA9 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity is added, followed by a latter stage in which a second enzyme composition comprising one or more cellulases is added. Also provided are processes for obtaining hydrolysis products and fermentation products using processes of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jiyin Liu, James Michael Broering, Keith McFarland, Xin Li
  • Turbine engine with a platform cooling circuit
    Patent number: 10508548
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can comprise a platform having first and second opposing surfaces, an airfoil extending from the first surface, a base extending from the second surface, and a platform cooling circuit including a feed tube, a first branch, a second branch, and a flow divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Michael Hoffman, Weston Nolan Dooley, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Steven Robert Brassfield
  • Electrowetting cell constructs
    Patent number: 10509220
    Abstract: An electrowetting cell includes a substrate that includes a well filled with at least one fluid an external contact surface. The substrate is formed of ceramic or fiberglass mesh infused with resin. A control channel electrode connection pad and a common electrode connection pad are on the external contact surface. A first plate is coupled to the substrate to seal a first end of the well. A second plate is coupled to the substrate to seal a second end of the well. The electrowetting cell further includes a control channel electrode on the substrate configured to control a shape of the at least one fluid via an electric field, a common electrode, a control channel electrode interconnect connected to the control channel electrode and the control channel electrode connection pad, and a common electrode interconnect connected to the common electrode and the common electrode connection pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: James Michael Phipps, Alexander Jacob Schultz, John M. Reilly, An Mao
  • Page cache write logging at block-based storage
    Patent number: 10503650
    Abstract: A block-based storage system may implement page cache write logging. Write requests for a data volume maintained at a storage node may be received at a storage node. A page cache for may be updated in accordance with the request. A log record describing the page cache update may be stored in a page cache write log maintained in a persistent storage device. Once the write request is performed in the page cache and recorded in a log record in the page cache write log, the write request may be acknowledged. Upon recovery from a system failure where data in the page cache is lost, log records in the page cache write log may be replayed to restore to the page cache a state of the page cache prior to the system failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Wei, John Luther Guthrie, II, James Michael Thompson, Benjamin Arthur Hawks, Norbert P. Kusters
  • Video content optimization system and method for content and advertisement placement improvement on a third party media content platform
    Patent number: 10503794
    Abstract: A system involves a network-connected service platform including a computerized server, a processor operating in the computerized server, executing instructions from a non-transitory physical medium, a data repository coupled to the network-connected server, a programmable interface operable in the service platform, enabled for two-way communication with a content platform, enabling the service platform to access and retrieve data from the content platform, and classification data and profile data stored in the data repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Diginary Software, LLC
    Inventors: Alison Jane Provost, Jeffrey Alan Martin, Hitesh Kulkarni, James Michael Waltman, Ajoy Thomas, Gregory McKillop Spear, Judi Lee Costanza, Chasity Friend Stevens, Simon Tso
  • SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating metabolic disorders in patients with renal impairment or chronic kidney disease
    Patent number: 10500186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as ertugliflozin or a co-crystal or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treating and/or preventing metabolic disorders, such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes, in patients with renal impairment or chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present invention also relates to methods for preventing neuronal damage following the incidence of ischemic stroke and close-head traumatic brain injury in animals comprising the step of administering to an animal, in need of such treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of ertugliflozin or a co-crystal or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Ramachandra G. Naik, Elizabeth S. Ommen, James Michael Rusnak, Steven G. Terra
  • NOZZLE SENSOR PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20190366708
    Abstract: A fluid ejection die that may include a drive bubble device, a sensor and a sensor control logic. The drive bubble device can include a fluid ejector. Furthermore, the sensor can be operatively connected to the drive bubble device and the sensor control logic can be operatively connected to the sensor. Moreover, the sensor control logic can include a protective circuitry that can be operatively connected between the sensor control logic and the drive bubble device. The protective circuitry can be configured to shunt excess portions of a signal transmitted from the sensor to protect a circuit path to a DBD control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: James Michael Gardner, Daryl E Anderson, Eric Martin
  • LED STRUCTURES FOR REDUCED NON-RADIATIVE SIDEWALL RECOMBINATION
    Publication number: 20190371964
    Abstract: LED structures are disclosed to reduce non-radiative sidewall recombination along sidewalls of vertical LEDs including p-n diode sidewalls that span a top current spreading layer, bottom current spreading layer, and active layer between the top current spreading layer and bottom current spreading layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: David P. Bour, Kelly McGroddy, Daniel Arthur Haeger, James Michael Perkins, Arpan Chakraborty, Jean-Jacques P. Drolet, Dmitry S. Sizov
  • Micro LED Mixing Cup
    Publication number: 20190371987
    Abstract: A light emitting structure including mixing cups are described. In an embodiment, a light emitting structure includes a light emitting diode (LED) bonded to a substrate, a diffuser layer adjacent the LED, an angular filter directly over the diffuser layer and the LED, and an overcoat layer directly over the angular filter and the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: James Michael Perkins, Sergei Y. Yakovenko, Dmitry S. Sizov
  • DRIVE BUBBLE EVALUATION
    Publication number: 20190366709
    Abstract: In some examples, a fluid ejection system can include one or more drive bubble devices and a sensor for each drive bubble device of the one or more drive bubble devices to detect a characteristic of each drive bubble device. The fluid ejection system can also include a controller. The controller can be configured to evaluate a first drive bubble device of the one or more drive bubble devices, and during the evaluation of the first drive bubble device, utilize one or more other drive bubble devices of the one or more drive bubble devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Daryl E Anderson, Eric Martin, James Michael Gardner, Tsuyoshi Yamashita
  • NOZZLE SENSOR EVALUATION
    Publication number: 20190366707
    Abstract: A fluid ejection die including a plurality of drive bubble devices, a sensor operatively connected to each drive bubble device, and a current source connected to each sensor. Furthermore, the fluid ejection die may include an evaluation logic connected to each sensor and an impedance element. The evaluation logic can be configured to selectively connect the current source, through the impedance element, to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Daryl E Anderson, Eric Martin, James Michael Gardner
  • Sealing and lateral pressure compensation structures usable with fluidic or gaseous material containers
    Patent number: 10495869
    Abstract: The examples herein relate to assembly techniques and structures for sealing and lateral pressure compensation techniques that can be utilized in, for example, an electrowetting cell. The electrowetting cell can include a substrate that supports a well filled with a liquid. The electrowetting cell can include a control channel electrode to control the liquid via an electric field and a circuit connection to drive the control channel electrode. A seal is coupled to a spacer to seal the well between the substrate and the transparent cover. An expansion space, exterior to the well, is formed with the coupling of the seal and the spacer. As the liquid or the gas thermally expands or contracts, the seal compensates laterally by deforming sideways in an empty space of the expansion space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: James Michael Phipps, John M. Reilly, Alexander Jacob Schultz, Steve Lyons
  • Matching resources associated with a virtual machine to offered resources
    Patent number: 10496428
    Abstract: A request to instantiate one or more virtual machines in a cloud may be received. The request may specify a service level agreement (SLA). A specification for resources to instantiate the virtual machine in view of a type of the virtual machine and the SLA may be determined. A value and specifications offered for the resources to instantiate the type of the virtual machines may be received. A value for at least one specification in view of an amount of time for providing the resources and a comparison with other values for resources of other clouds may be determined. The specification for the resources to instantiate the type of the virtual machines and the value offered for the resources to instantiate the type of the virtual machines may be matched with at least one specification for resources offered and the value determined for the at least one specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventor: James Michael Ferris
  • J-hook filter assembly
    Patent number: 10493385
    Abstract: A fluid filter assembly includes a housing, a proximal end cap, and a nut plate. The housing defines a longitudinal axis and includes an inner surface. The inner surface surrounds the longitudinal axis and defines a hook portion. The proximal end cap is disposed within the housing and includes a flange engaging the inner surface of the housing. The nut plate is disposed within the housing and includes a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end engages the hook portion of the housing. The distal end engages the proximal end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL Filtration Technology Group Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Glazewski, Matthew Robert Hudson, David Brent Harrelson
  • Modules to evaluate ink signals
    Patent number: 10493753
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes modules to generate an input signal, apply the input signal to an ink sample to obtain an ink signal, compare the ink signal to a reference value, and identify whether the ink signal is consistent with an ink signature. A module may be contained on an inkjet printhead die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Daryl E. Anderson, Eric T. Martin, Peter James Fricke, James Michael Gardner
  • Magnetic probes for in vivo capture and detection of extracellular vesicles
    Patent number: 10492709
    Abstract: Body-mountable devices are provided to detect the presence or status of an analyte in subsurface vasculature of a body by detecting fluorescent reporters that are bound to instances of the analyte in the subsurface vasculature. Such devices further operate to exert an attractive magnetic force on magnetic nanoparticle-containing probes that are configured to bind to the analyte, thus concentrating the analyte proximate the devices by magnetically exerting attractive forces on such probes that are bound to instances of the analyte. The analyte can be an extracellular vesicle that is characteristic of a cancer, and a body-mountable device as described herein could be used to detect such extracellular vesicles in a portion of subsurface vasculature such that a presence or status of a tumor could be determined based on an amount, presence, or other detected property of the extracellular vesicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Mark Audeh, Joshua Simon Klein, Anthony M Giannetti, Stephen Morton, James Michael Higbie
  • Wiping article
    Patent number: D871082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Oriel Bradley, Melanie Samantha Chu, Jerrod Lee Kibbel, James Michael Hoying, Kevin Christopher Possell