Patents by Inventor James Duffy

James Duffy 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: 20240101328
    Abstract: A self-standing foldable composite container apparatus comprises, preferably, a vertical cuboid body, namely having the shape of a square prism, rectangular prism, or cube. The container apparatus may be made from one or a plurality of layers of woven polymeric material, further having plastic inserts therein to maintain the shape thereof, reinforce the sides thereof, and further allow the containers to self-stand. The top and bottom of the container apparatus may comprise covers that may be relatively flat, the top cover having a flap openable by one or more zippers and having at least a pair of lifting loops for lifting the same with a forklift or other like lifting mechanism. Methods of using the same are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: William Duffy Bennett, James R. Bennett
  • Patent number: 11858611
    Abstract: A multi-rotor vehicle includes a plurality of electric motors and edge computing systems (ECSs). The electric motors are operatively coupled to respective rotors, and cause the respective rotors to rotate relative to the airframe. The ECSs are independent, distinct and distributed to the electric motors, each operatively coupled to a respective electric motor and thereby a respective rotor. Each ECS is configured to acquire and process sensor data for the respective rotor to determine rotor status information, and execute motor commands to control the respective electric motor and thereby the respective rotor. Each ECS is configured as an integrated flight computer and motor controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Jian Dong, Michael James Duffy, Douglas C. Cameron, Naveed Moayyed Hussain
  • Patent number: 11364995
    Abstract: A multi-rotor vehicle includes a plurality of electric motors and edge computing systems (ECSs). The electric motors are operatively coupled to respective rotors, and cause the respective rotors to rotate relative to the airframe. The ECSs are independent, distinct and distributed to the electric motors, each operatively coupled to a respective electric motor and thereby a respective rotor. Each ECS is configured to acquire and process sensor data for the respective rotor to determine rotor status information, and execute motor commands to control the respective electric motor and thereby the respective rotor. The ECSs are configured according to a model in which any of the ECSs is selectable as a primary ECS, and others of the ECSs are operable as secondary ECSs, the secondary ECSs configured to communicate respective rotor status information to the primary ECS, and the primary ECS configured to provide the motor commands to the secondary ECSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Jian Dong, Michael James Duffy, Douglas C. Cameron, Naveed Moayyed Hussain
  • Patent number: 11167848
    Abstract: System and method for loading cargo onto an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). One embodiment is a cargo pod for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The cargo pod includes a hollow body that forms a section of a fuselage of the UAV, and further includes a latching mechanism that releasably secures the hollow body with the fuselage of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael James Duffy, Matthew S. Stauffer, Justin Fowler Rogers
  • Patent number: 11147404
    Abstract: A garment organizer assembly for storing garments and hats includes a pair of boxes for storing garments. Each of the boxes has a trough integrated therein for removing the garments from the boxes. Moreover, the boxes are removably attachable together having the boxes being vertically distributed. A plurality of hooks is each coupled to a respective one of the boxes to have a hat suspended thereon. A plurality of grapples is each coupled to and extends upwardly from a respective one of the boxes to engage an upper edge of a door for suspending the boxes on the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: James Duffy
  • Patent number: 10892588
    Abstract: This invention is related to electrical connections in wearable garments and other articles that enable the transfer of electrical signals or electrical power from one site in the garment or article to another site on the garment or article by the use of an electrical conductor printed along the length of a sewable substrate which bridges the two sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Allan Lamontia, Joseph James Duffy
  • Patent number: 10852321
    Abstract: A test head for a semiconductor device handler includes a plunger; and a funnel insert attached to the plunger via a funnel insert spring, the funnel insert having a channel extending axially therethrough, and the funnel insert including a plurality of sloped inner walls that are sloped outwardly in a distal direction of the funnel insert and configured to contact upper edges of a semiconductor device to center the semiconductor device in the funnel insert. The plunger includes a projecting portion that extends through the channel of the funnel insert. When the spring is in an uncompressed state, a distal end of the funnel insert extends past a distal end of the projecting portion of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: DELTA DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: David Rowe, Tyler Bettendorf, Julius Mulle, James Duffy, Thanh Du, Jay Gem Mandafe
  • Patent number: 10799754
    Abstract: A portable exercise device designed to efficiently and safely exercise the gluteal, hamstring and calf muscles. The exercise device is an inclined platform with an elongated resistance band attached to both sides of the upper surface of the inclined platform, providing resistance from the sides of the platform. An additional raised support is provided on the inclined platform, as well as resistance originating from within the platform, which optimizes the concentric and eccentric phase of every squat and lunge for maximal strength and hypertrophy of the muscles. The combination of the inclined platform with resistance from the sides and from the platform itself allows the user to conduct a variety of exercises for strengthening the muscles of the lower body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: James Duffy
  • Publication number: 20200283126
    Abstract: A multi-rotor vehicle includes a plurality of electric motors and edge computing systems (ECSs). The electric motors are operatively coupled to respective rotors, and cause the respective rotors to rotate relative to the airframe. The ECSs are independent, distinct and distributed to the electric motors, each operatively coupled to a respective electric motor and thereby a respective rotor. Each ECS is configured to acquire and process sensor data for the respective rotor to determine rotor status information, and execute motor commands to control the respective electric motor and thereby the respective rotor. Each ECS is configured as an integrated flight computer and motor controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: John Jian Dong, Michael James Duffy, Douglas C. Cameron, Naveed Moayyed Hussain
  • Publication number: 20200283125
    Abstract: A multi-rotor vehicle includes a plurality of electric motors and edge computing systems (ECSs). The electric motors are operatively coupled to respective rotors, and cause the respective rotors to rotate relative to the airframe. The ECSs are independent, distinct and distributed to the electric motors, each operatively coupled to a respective electric motor and thereby a respective rotor. Each ECS is configured to acquire and process sensor data for the respective rotor to determine rotor status information, and execute motor commands to control the respective electric motor and thereby the respective rotor. The ECSs are configured according to a model in which any of the ECSs is selectable as a primary ECS, and others of the ECSs are operable as secondary ECSs, the secondary ECSs configured to communicate respective rotor status information to the primary ECS, and the primary ECS configured to provide the motor commands to the secondary ECSs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: John Jian Dong, Michael James Duffy, Douglas C. Cameron, Naveed Moayyed Hussain
  • Patent number: 10577116
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide active dampening of flexible modes of a UAV during flight operations. During operation of a UAV having a flexible airframe, the thrust and/or torque of the motor(s) coupled to propellers can induce flexing in the airframe that reduces the flight performance of the UAV. Measurements of a linear acceleration and/or an angular rate at a location proximate to the motor are performed, and flexible modes in the airframe of the UAV are identified based on the measurements. An operation of the motor(s) is modified based on the measurements to dampen the flexible mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Douglas Conrad Cameron, Jr., Michael James Duffy
  • Publication number: 20200047901
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide active dampening of flexible modes of a UAV during flight operations. During operation of a UAV having a flexible airframe, the thrust and/or torque of the motor(s) coupled to propellers can induce flexing in the airframe that reduces the flight performance of the UAV. Measurements of a linear acceleration and/or an angular rate at a location proximate to the motor are performed, and flexible modes in the airframe of the UAV are identified based on the measurements. An operation of the motor(s) is modified based on the measurements to dampen the flexible mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Douglas Conrad Cameron, JR., Michael James Duffy
  • Publication number: 20190290955
    Abstract: A portable exercise device designed to efficiently and safely exercise the gluteal, hamstring and calf muscles. The exercise device is an inclined platform with an elongated resistance band attached to both sides of the upper surface of the inclined platform, providing resistance from the sides of the platform. An additional raised support is provided on the inclined platform, as well as resistance originating from within the platform, which optimizes the concentric and eccentric phase of every squat and lunge for maximal strength and hypertrophy of the muscles. The combination of the inclined platform with resistance from the sides and from the platform itself allows the user to conduct a variety of exercises for strengthening the muscles of the lower body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: James Duffy
  • Publication number: 20190291626
    Abstract: System and method for loading cargo onto an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). One embodiment is a cargo pod for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The cargo pod includes a hollow body that forms a section of a fuselage of the UAV, and further includes a latching mechanism that releasably secures the hollow body with the fuselage of the UAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Michael James Duffy, Matthew S. Stauffer, Justin Fowler Rogers
  • Publication number: 20190148900
    Abstract: This invention is related to electrical connections in wearable garments and other articles that enable the transfer of electrical signals or electrical power from one site in the garment or article to another site on the garment or article by the use of an electrical conductor printed along the length of a sewable substrate which bridges the two sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Allan Lamontia, Joseph James Duffy
  • Patent number: 10258819
    Abstract: A portable exercise device designed to efficiently and safely exercise the gluteal, hamstring and calf muscles. The exercise device is an inclined platform with an elongated resistance band attached to both sides, providing resistance from the sides platform. An additional raised support is provided on the inclined platform, as well as resistance originating from within the platform, which optimizes the concentric and eccentric phase of every squat and lunge for maximal strength and hypertrophy of the muscles. The combination of the inclined platform with resistance from the sides and from the platform itself allows the user to conduct a variety of exercises for strengthening the muscles of the lower body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: James Duffy
  • Patent number: 10214509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aminoindazolyl derivative compounds of Formula (I), the use of said compounds in treating diseases mediated by modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels in particular Nav1.7 AND to compositions containing said derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: James Duffy, Mark Stuart Chambers, Alastair Rae, James Osborne, Isabelle Anne Lemasson, Michael Daniel Goldsmith, Andrew Sharpe, Silvia Fonquerna Pou
  • Publication number: 20180323524
    Abstract: This invention is directed to electrical circuits containing electrical connections of an electrical conductor in the form of a wire and a printed electrical conductor, methods of forming such connections and wearable garments and other articles with electrical circuits containing such electrical connections. One or more stitches with non-conductive thread each encompass the portion of the two conductors that are in contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Allan Lamontia, JOSEPH JAMES DUFFY
  • Publication number: 20180207470
    Abstract: A portable exercise device designed to efficiently and safely exercise the gluteal, hamstring and calf muscles. The exercise device is an inclined platform with an elongated resistance band attached to both sides, providing resistance from the sides platform. An additional raised support is provided on the inclined platform, as well as resistance originating from within the platform, which optimizes the concentric and eccentric phase of every squat and lunge for maximal strength and hypertrophy of the muscles. The combination of the inclined platform with resistance from the sides and from the platform itself allows the user to conduct a variety of exercises for strengthening the muscles of the lower body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: James Duffy
  • Patent number: D948237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: James Duffy