Patents by Inventor James Allen

James 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).

  • Publication number: 20230379275
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a first communication request, from a web browser of a user. A first responder requests information and a response to the request for information is received as part of a conversation. A conversation identifier is used to store the conversation. Based on the conversation, the conversation is determined to stop and a second responder is identified. The conversation is then transferred to the second responder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: John Patrick Francis DANDISON, James Allen JOHNSON, Paul Joseph Lyman SCHOTTLAND
  • Publication number: 20230370377
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for processing data packets and implementing policies in a software defined network (SDN) of a virtual computing environment. At least one network device is configured to disaggregate enforcement of policies of the SDN from hosts of the virtual computing environment. Tier-0 devices are communicatively coupled to network interfaces of the network device. The network device comprises a plurality of data processing units that are configured to implement functionality of the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Gerald Roy DE GRACE, James Allen GRANTHAM, Kristina E. MOORE, Lihua YUAN, Nan GE
  • Patent number: 11815173
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating a transmission that includes one or more dog clutches are described. In one example, a torque capacity of a gear is estimated from an engagement depth of the dog clutch, and the gear may be held or shifted according to the torque capacity of the gear and a commanded torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: James Allen, Jordan M. Houser, Nathan Smith
  • Patent number: 11803913
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for controlling operational states of a hardware matching processor includes monitoring, by a circuit breaker, incoming electronic data transaction request messages to the hardware matching processor; dynamically defining a range of values as a function of values included with electronic data transaction request messages received during a rolling lookback window; detecting that an incoming electronic data transaction request message contains a value outside the range of values; transitioning the electronic data transaction processing system into a pre-open state for a predetermined period, thereby preventing the hardware matching processor from matching incoming electronic data transaction request messages; calculating a pre-open value at an end of the pre-open state; and re-opening the electronic data transaction processing system at the calculated pre-open value, thereby allowing the hardware matching processor to match incoming electronic data transaction request messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Alan Millhuff, John Paul Scheerer, Neil Andrew Lustyk, Supreet Dhillon, James Allen Bailey, Julie Holzrichter
  • Publication number: 20230342448
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for automatically controlling access and limiting functionality of a computer workstation based on which user is currently logged in. In some implementations, an overwatch application is installed on the workstations to be controlled and monitored. If an authorized, but limited, user logs in, the overwatch application can initiate a lockdown process on the workstation. In some instances, the lockdown process is managed by a dedicated lockdown application, which is initiated or notified from the overwatch application, and which can initiate a lockdown of particular applications, functionality, and allowed interactions on the workstation until the limited user has completed their task and a new user logs in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Chad Philip McKenzie, Benjamin James Allen Dougall, Lori-Anne Carley
  • Patent number: 11796038
    Abstract: An electric powertrain includes a first electric motor that has an uninterrupted connection with a drive shaft of a vehicle. The electric powertrain further includes a second electric motor that has an interruptible connection with the drive shaft. In one form, this interruptible connection includes a clutch. The electric powertrain further includes a first gear train in the form of a first planetary gear and a second gear train in the form of a second planetary gear. The first gear train, second gear train, and clutch are arranged downstream from the first electric motor and second electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur L. McGrew, Jr., Isaac Mock, George S. Pelton, James Allen Raszkowski
  • Publication number: 20230331234
    Abstract: Methods and systems for evacuating lubricant from an area of an axle are described. The lubricant may be evacuated away from one or more clutches during low temperatures so that a clutch may be engaged while having to displace less lubricant to engage the clutch. In one example, an electric machine may be rotated to evacuate lubricant away from the clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jordan M. HOUSER, James ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20230334248
    Abstract: Origin text content to be analyzed using natural language processing is received. A two-dimensional item sequence representation for at least a portion of the received origin text content is generated. Using one or more processors, one or more evaluation metrics are determined based on an analysis of the two-dimensional item sequence representation. A reduced version of the origin text content is automatically generated based on the one or more evaluation metrics to assist in satisfying a constraint of a natural language processing model. The reduced version of the origin text content is used as an input to the natural language processing model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dariush Shahgoshtasbi, Brian Robert Silverstein, James Allen Crotinger
  • Publication number: 20230334231
    Abstract: Origin text content to be analyzed using natural language processing is received. The received origin text content is preprocessed using one or more processors including by vectorizing at least a portion of the received origin text content and identifying a closest matching centroid to automatically generate a reduced version of the origin text content to assist in satisfying a constraint of a natural language processing model. The reduced version of the origin text content is used as an input to the natural language processing model. A result of the natural language processing model is provided for use in managing a computerized workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dariush Shahgoshtasbi, Brian Robert Silverstein, James Allen Crotinger
  • Patent number: 11787281
    Abstract: An electric powertrain includes a first electric motor that has an uninterrupted connection with a drive shaft of a vehicle. The electric powertrain further includes a second electric motor that has an interruptible connection with the drive shaft. In one form, this interruptible connection includes a clutch. The electric powertrain further includes a first gear train in the form of a first planetary gear and a second gear train in the form of a second planetary gear. To provide a compact configuration, the first electric motor and second electric motor are arranged in a longitudinal orientation with the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac Mock, James Allen Raszkowski, Jeremy Turner
  • Publication number: 20230324559
    Abstract: A LIDAR unit includes a housing defining a cavity. The LIDAR unit further include a plurality of emitters disposed on a circuit board within the cavity. Each of the emitters emits a laser beam along a transmit path. The LIDAR system further includes a first telecentric lens assembly positioned within the cavity and along the transmit path such that the laser beam emitted from each of the plurality of emitters passes through the first telecentric lens assembly. The LIDAR further includes a second telecentric lens assembly positioned within the cavity and along a receive path such that a plurality of reflected laser beams entering the cavity pass through the second telecentric lens assembly. The first telecentric lens assembly and the second telecentric lens assembly each include a field flattening lens and at least one other lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: James Allen Haslim, Michael Bryan Borden, Daniel Thomas Sing
  • Patent number: 11784236
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device include providing a semiconductor substrate that includes a plurality of epitaxial layers, including a channel layer and a permanent cap over the channel layer, where the permanent cap defines an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and forming a sacrificial cap over the permanent cap in an active region of the device, where the sacrificial cap comprises a semiconductor material that includes aluminum. The method also includes forming one or more current carrying regions (e.g., source and drain regions) in the semiconductor substrate in the active region of the device by performing an ion implantation process to implant ions through the sacrificial cap, and into the semiconductor substrate, completely removing the sacrificial cap in the active region of the device, while refraining from removing the permanent cap, and forming one or more current carrying contacts over the one or more current carrying regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jenn Hwa Huang, Yuanzheng Yue, Bruce Mcrae Green, Karen Elizabeth Moore, James Allen Teplik
  • Publication number: 20230280440
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a communications node that includes an interfacing plate assembly; an antenna assembly; a board mounting assembly; a housing; and an enclosure. The housing includes the antenna assembly and the board mounting assembly. The enclosure is a rigid, open ended, sleeve structure that selectively receives the housing and thereby encloses the antenna assembly and the board mounting assembly therein. An interfacing plate assembly is positioned at a second end. The interfacing plate includes an input device coupled to the control circuit that receives user operational input. The antenna assembly includes an antenna frame that includes the antenna elements and orients the antenna elements in each nodal cardinal direction. The board mounting assembly includes the communication device and the control circuit that are positioned proximate to a plate. The plate is coupled to the first end opposite the interfacing plate and thermally coupled to the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Vorbeck Materials Corp.
    Inventors: JOHN LETTOW, SRIRAM MANIVANNAN, Dan Scheffer, James Allen Turney, Christie Burrow, Samarpita Chowdhury, Victor Contreras, TRENTICE BOLAR
  • Patent number: 11744308
    Abstract: It is common for the organizers of endurance sports to provide aid stations along the route where participants may receive water to prevent dehydration. To reduce waste at these events, organizers encourage ‘cupless’ races that requiring participants to carry their own vessels. The present invention comprises a hat with a visor, such as a baseball style cap, with a collapsible drinking vessel integrated into the visor. During the course of the race, a runner may encounter a water stop and require a vessel to contain the liquid for immediate consumption. At such time the runner can simply remove their hat and configure the vessel to the open position to receive the liquid. Post-consumption the vessel is configured back to the closed position and becomes seamlessly integrated into the visor with no negative effects upon the runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Alan Joseph Hathcock, James Allen Trumbly, Benjamin Ryan Phelps
  • Patent number: 11744827
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating a lysosomal movement associated disease in an animal, in which the position of lysosomes can influence disease progression, comprising administering an effective amount of a first lysosome migration inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, stereoisomer, enantiomer or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: James Allen Cardelli, Magdalena Liliana Circu, Samantha Sarah Dykes, Hazem Edmond El-Osta
  • Publication number: 20230270052
    Abstract: A flow distribution assembly provides air circulation to a rack-based vertical gardening system. The distribution assembly includes a housing having air inlet and outlet portions. At least one elongated duct has an end fluidly coupled to housing’s air outlet portion, the duct adapted to extend along a shelf of the rack, to an opposite end thereof. A fan is fluidly coupled to the housing’s air inlet portion and is supportable by the rack so that it can direct ambient air into the air inlet portion. The duct has a plurality of openings arranged to direct air at a plant growing area of the gardening system when the distribution assembly is mounted on a rack system. Optionally, the air inlet portion is positionable laterally outboard of plant growing regions of the vertical gardening system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Bogner, James Allen Cunningham
  • Patent number: 11734410
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for automatically controlling access and limiting functionality of a computer workstation based on which user is currently logged in. In some implementations, an overwatch application is installed on the workstations to be controlled and monitored. If an authorized, but limited, user logs in, the overwatch application can initiate a lockdown process on the workstation. In some instances, the lockdown process is managed by a dedicated lockdown application, which is initiated or notified from the overwatch application, and which can initiate a lockdown of particular applications, functionality, and allowed interactions on the workstation until the limited user has completed their task and a new user logs in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Chad Philip McKenzie, Benjamin James Allen Dougall, Lori-Anne Carley
  • Publication number: 20230255150
    Abstract: A flow distribution assembly provides air circulation to a rack-based vertical gardening system. The distribution assembly includes a housing having air inlet and outlet portions, and defining a plenum therebetween. At least one elongated duct has an end fluidly coupled to housing's air outlet portion, the duct adapted to extend along a shelf of the rack, to an opposite end thereof. A fan is fluidly coupled to the housing's air inlet portion and is supportable by the rack so that it can direct ambient air into the air inlet portion. The duct has a plurality of openings arranged to direct air at a plant growing area of the gardening system when the distribution assembly is mounted on a rack system. Optionally, the air inlet portion is positionable laterally outboard of plant growing regions of the vertical gardening system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Bogner, James Allen Cunningham
  • Patent number: 11723670
    Abstract: An automatic tourniquet apparatus comprises a tourniquet cuff, a pressure transducer, a user interface, a patient hazard shield and a pressure regulator. The pressure transducer produces a cuff pressure signal. The user interface produces a reference pressure signal. The patient hazard shield is responsive to the cuff pressure signal and the reference pressure signal, and operable during a regulation time period to produce a patient hazard signal if, in one implementation, a current level of pressure in the tourniquet cuff is greater than the reference level of pressure by at least a predetermined overpressure limit. The pressure regulator is responsive to the patient hazard signal, and has a pressurizing element for increasing pressure in the cuff and a depressurizing element for decreasing pressure in the cuff. The pressurizing element is configured to be non-responsive if the patient hazard signal is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: James Allen McEwen, Michael Jameson, Tom Yu Chia Lai
  • Patent number: 11725678
    Abstract: A rail element (10, 33) for a camera slider system or, more generally, a tube joiner for a rail comprised of an expansion device (23, 30), located internally at an open end (12, 32) of a tubular body (11, 33). The expansion device is configured to fit within a male part or joiner element (16, 31) that may be inserted into the end of the tube (10, 33) and can be actuated to an expanded state where it exerts force radially outwards through the joiner (16, 31) to hold it against the open end (12, 32), thereby joining two tubular or rail element ends together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SYRP LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Thomson, Samuel Blok, James Allen