Patents by Inventor James David

James David 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).

  • Patent number: 11052784
    Abstract: A system include a vehicle having a motive electrical power path and a power distribution unit (PDU). The PDU includes a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit including a thermal fuse and a contactor in a series arrangement with the thermal fuse, and a high voltage power input coupling having a first electrical interface for a high voltage power source. The high voltage power output coupling includes a second electrical interface for a motive power load. The current protection circuit electrically couples the high voltage power input to the high voltage power output, and the current protection circuit is at least partially disposed in a laminated layer of the PDU. The laminated layer includes an electrically conductive flow path disposed between two electrically insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Martin Wayne Mensch, Brandon William Fisher, Robert Stephen Douglass, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Suda, Asheesh Soni
  • Patent number: 11054905
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to electrostatic clutching mechanisms that may be used for tactile feedback. One example provides a motion-restricting apparatus comprising a wearable base, and an electrostatic clutching mechanism coupled to the base, the electrostatic clutching mechanism comprising a base electrode, a plurality of individually-controllable opposing electrodes arranged at different locations across the base electrode and overlapping the base electrode, and one or more electrically insulating structures configured to electrically insulate the base electrode from the plurality of opposing electrodes. The motion-restricting apparatus further comprises a controller electrically coupled to the base electrode and to each of the opposing electrodes and configured to individually control a voltage applied to each opposing electrode relative to a voltage of the base electrode to control an electrostatic force between the base electrode and each opposing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jacquelin Leah Remaley, James David Holbery, Sang Ho Yoon
  • Patent number: 11053032
    Abstract: A lidding station for containers, including a conveyor structured and arranged for moving unrestrained containers in a conveyance direction; a lid infeed chute above said conveyor; and first, second and third compression rollers positioned above said conveyor and downstream of said lid infeed chute, and methods for affixing lids to containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: James David Evans
  • Publication number: 20210203213
    Abstract: Methods of winding a serpentine pattern of a stator coil and structures made from the methods. In one embodiment, a method forms a serpentine winding from a bundle of wires with a first end and a second end, then joins a first group of in-hand conductors of the second end to a second group of in-hand conductors of the first end, the result of which electrically connects a first turn to a second turn. The successive turns of the coil are connected in the same manner. In one embodiment, a method forms a multiple phase serpentine winding, such as three-phases, with coplanar radial conductors. In one embodiment, a method includes a method of forming a serpentine winding on one or more layers of a printed circuit board (PCB). In one embodiment, a method uses plated slots adjacent one or more radial torque inducing conductors to electrically connect the radial conductors of one layer to one or more corresponding radially torque inducing conductor(s) on at least one other layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Benart JORE, Michael Alan KVAM, James Douglas JORE, James David DUFORD
  • Publication number: 20210199837
    Abstract: A system for determining a stuck point of a pipe positioned within a wellbore includes a tubular housing and a sensor array positioned within the tubular housing, the sensor array arranged at a first end. The system also includes a first magnetic source positioned within the tubular housing, the first magnetic source arranged at a second end. The system further includes a second magnetic source positioned within the tubular housing, the second magnetic source arranged between the sensor array and the second end. The first magnetic source and the second magnetic source have a different magnetic field source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jim Andrew Gulliver, Andrew Smith, James David Ratcliffe, Sushant Dutta
  • Publication number: 20210196922
    Abstract: Urinary catheter-insertion kits disclosed herein can include a working tray, a storage tray, a urinary catheter, and a drainage system including drainage tubing and a drainage receptacle. The working tray can be configured to nest with the storage tray by suspending the working tray from the storage tray. At least the working tray includes a number of preformed sections configured to hold a number of components of the urinary catheter-insertion kit. At least one section of the preformed sections of the working tray includes a catheter section configured to hold the urinary catheter. The storage tray can be configured to hold the drainage system. Also disclosed herein are methods of urinary catheterization with the urinary catheter-insertion kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: James David Hughett, SR.
  • Publication number: 20210187426
    Abstract: A compressor system includes a compression module having an inlet for receiving air; and a filter housing in fluid communication with the compression module. The filter housing is constructed to house a filter, the filter having a sealing feature disposed at a first end of the filter and having an engagement feature disposed at a second end of the filter opposite the first end. The filter housing includes a trap door constructed to contact the engagement feature, and constructed to drive the engagement feature in a direction parallel to an axis of the filter toward the sealing feature and urge the sealing feature into sealing engagement with the filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Charles Wagenhauser, Subodh Kumar, Christopher Leamon, James David Gillon
  • Patent number: 11041286
    Abstract: A retention assembly, to slidably retain a blade to a support bracket of a grader machine, includes a yoke, a bearing arrangement, and one or more pins. The yoke is adapted to be coupled to the support bracket, and includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a cavity defined therebetween. The first sidewall defines a first thickness and one or more first bores. The second sidewall defines a second thickness and one or more second bores. The second bores are correspondingly co-axial to the first bores. The bearing arrangement is received within the cavity and is adapted to support the blade for a sliding movement of the blade relative to the bearing arrangement. Further, the pins extend correspondingly through at least one of the first bores or the second bores, and into the cavity to engage and retain the bearing arrangement within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Keith Harshman, James David Costner, III, David L Cox, Benjamin J Kovalick, Tanner Cade Koehne
  • Patent number: 11042557
    Abstract: A method for presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) of a software application connected to a server, the software application comprising at least a database, is provided. The method receives, at the server, user input comprising a search; generates, at the server, a set of search results based on the search, the set of search results being associated with entities of the software application, each of the entities comprising a respective database object containing predefined categories of data, the database comprising at least the database object; determines a priority order of the search results, based on user interaction history with the entities; and presents, via the GUI, the search results according to the priority order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Sorrentino, James David Vogt, Steve Courtney
  • Patent number: 11042422
    Abstract: A hybrid binary executable under both native processes and compatibility (e.g., emulated) processes. When the hybrid binary is loaded by a native process, the process executes a native code stream contained in the binary directly on a processor. When the hybrid binary is loaded by a compatibility process, the process executes an emulation-compatible (EC) code stream directly on a processor. When executing in a compatibility process, the EC code stream can interact with a foreign code stream that executes in an emulator. The foreign code stream can be included in the hybrid binary itself, or can be external to the hybrid binary. The hybrid binary format supports folding of code between the native code stream and the EC code stream. The hybrid binary comprises a set of memory transformations which are applied to image data obtained from the binary when the hybrid binary executes under the compatibility process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Pavlo Lebedynskiy, Pedro Miguel Sequeira De Justo Teixeira, Darek Josip Mihocka, Jon Robert Berry, Clarence Siu Yeen Dang, Tiansheng Tan, James David Cleary, Yongkang Zhu, Theodore Maxwell Thomas, Ben Niu, Russell Charles Hadley
  • Patent number: 11036295
    Abstract: Described herein is an electrostatic slide clutch comprising a first electrode, a second electrode oriented parallel to first electrode, an electrically insulating structure disposed on the first electrode on a face of the first electrode opposing the second electrode, and a controller electrically coupled to the first electrode and to the second electrode and configured to apply a variable voltage between the first and second electrodes, to influence a normal force between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Holger Moessinger, Siyuan Ma, James David Holbery
  • Publication number: 20210172809
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to mapping a plurality of temperatures across an area. One example provides a temperature sensing device including a flexible support and a temperature sensing structure having a plurality of individually readable temperature sensing junctions. The temperature sensing structure includes a line of a first conductive material extending across an area of the support, and a plurality of lines of a second conductive material each intersecting the line of the first junction material at a corresponding sensing junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin SULLIVAN, Siyuan MA, James David HOLBERY, Collin Alexander LADD, Kelly Marie BOGAN
  • Publication number: 20210169481
    Abstract: A medical instrument comprising: (A) a first joint comprising a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in an X-Y plane; (B) a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint comprising a third member and a fourth member, the third member configured to be repositionable with respect to the fourth member in a Y-Z plane perpendicular to the X-Y plane; and, (C) a controller operatively coupled to the first joint and the second joint, the controller including a first control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the first member and the second member, and a second control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the third member and the fourth member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Edward Martin, James David Hughett, Salvatore Privitera
  • Patent number: 11030878
    Abstract: A tether tracking system configured to secure and monitor a one or more tools to prevent drops and accidents by a worker. The tether tracking system comprises a base portion, a two or more straps, a one or more hooks, a tool strap and a one or more hook anchors. The two or more straps comprise at least a first strap and a second strap. The first strap comprises a first end and a second end. The second strap comprises a first end and a second end. The two or more straps are attached to the base portion with the second end of the first strap and the second end of the second strap attached to the base portion. The first end of the second strap is attached to the tool strap. The tool strap is configured to selectively attach to one among a one or more tool tethers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: James David Dillon, Adam Laubach
  • Publication number: 20210163618
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to caninized chimeric anti-CD20 antibodies to the canine protein CD20 and methods of use to treat certain disorders such as non-Hodgkins B-cell lymphoma in dogs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: James David Pancook
  • Patent number: 11023964
    Abstract: A system and method for management of a financial account maintained by a financial entity is described. A user device may receive historical information relating to the financial account, including a monetary value of at least one individual transaction of the financial account which has occurred prior. A virtual representation of the monetary value may be displayed. The virtual representation may be selected for transmission to a dedicated digital money box device. The dedicated digital money box device may display an indication of a monetary value of a balance of the selected virtual representation, and historical information previously received by the dedicated digital money box device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ASB Bank Limited
    Inventors: James David Bergin, Shane Raymond Hughes, Phil Middlebrook, Shane Paul Evans, Timothy Paul Huffam, Raymond Kok Ho Chan, Neill Darryl McAlpine, Nicole Patricia Sykes
  • Patent number: 11021947
    Abstract: A system for positioning a sensor within a flow path of a wellbore annulus includes a work string extending into the wellbore annulus from a surface location. The system includes a movable arm on the work string, the arm transitioning between a first radial location and a second radial location. The system further includes a bracket coupled to the arm, the bracket being pivotable about a pivot axis, wherein the bracket supports the sensor and transitions the sensor from a stored position to a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SONDEX WIRELINE LIMITED
    Inventors: James David Ratcliffe, Timothy Michael Gill, Neil Geoffrey Harris, Ian Hitchcock
  • Patent number: 11023047
    Abstract: An electrostatic slide clutch comprises first and second sheet electrodes, a dielectric layer, and a drive circuit. The dielectric layer is arranged between the first and second sheet electrodes. The drive circuit is coupled electrically to the first sheet electrode and to the second sheet electrode and configured to move a variable amount of charge bidirectionally between the first and second sheet electrodes, to influence a normal force between the first and second sheet electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James David Holbery, Siyuan Ma, Sang Ho Yoon
  • Publication number: 20210132697
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a haptic feedback system. The haptic feedback system includes a first haptic actuator coupled to a controller via a first set of two or more electrodes, and a second haptic actuator coupled to the first haptic actuator, and further coupled to the controller via a second set of two or more electrodes. The controller is configured to provide a first drive signal to the first haptic actuator via the first set of two or more electrodes, and to provide a second drive signal, different from the first drive signal, to the second haptic actuator via the second set of two or more electrodes. Combining two haptic actuators allows for a broader range of feedback and a heightened user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Siyuan MA, James David HOLBERY
  • Patent number: 10994130
    Abstract: An example device for repairing a nerve is described herein. The device can include a flexible carrier layer made of a biologic material, and a metallic support member including a plurality of micro-protrusions extending therefrom. The metallic support member can be at least partially integrated with the flexible carrier layer. Additionally, the flexible carrier layer can be configured to cover at least a portion of the nerve, and the micro-protrusions can be configured to attach to a superficial tissue of the nerve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: BioCircuit Technologies, Inc., Virginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Isaac Perry Clements, Andrew Willsie, James David Ross, Alex Weidenbach, Jonathan Isaacs