Patents by Inventor James Geist

James Geist 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: 12553557
    Abstract: A gladhand device for automatically coupling the air brake hose of a railcar to a railcar mover is disclosed herein. The automated gladhand device may comprise a gladhand body that is attached to the end of a railcar mover and configured to receive the gladhand attached to an air brake hose of a railcar. In various embodiments, the gladhand device may comprise a piston housed within a lower portion of the gladhand body that is configured to extend vertically above a top edge of the lower portion of the gladhand body. When air pressure is allowed to enter the gladhand body via an electrically controlled solenoid, the piston presses against the gladhand of the air brake hose and pneumatically seals a coupling between the air brake hose of the railcar and the railcar mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Trackmobile LLC
    Inventors: James Geist, Phuc Nguyen, Jason Smid, Vince Difatta, Bob Evans
  • Patent number: 12522261
    Abstract: A claw system for mechanical coupling a railcar mover to a railcar is disclosed herein. The claw assembly may comprise a set of arms and a set of claws each mounted on the interior side of one of the set of arms. When a railcar adjacent to a railcar mover on a set of tracks is positioned within a proximity of the railcar mover, the claw assembly may be utilized to grasp the air hose of the adjacent railcar. For example, the set of arms may be attached to the railcar mover via a motorized rail upon which the set of arms may be configured to move axially toward each other in a direction perpendicular to the tracks, thereby causing the claws to move toward each other and close around the air hose of the adjacent railcar. The claws may include openings configured to grasp the air hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Trackmobile LLC
    Inventors: James Geist, Phuc Nguyen, Jason Smid, Vince Difatta, Bob Evans
  • Publication number: 20230249719
    Abstract: A claw system for mechanical coupling a railcar mover to a railcar is disclosed herein. The claw assembly may comprise a set of arms and a set of claws each mounted on the interior side of one of the set of arms. When a railcar adjacent to a railcar mover on a set of tracks is positioned within a proximity of the railcar mover, the claw assembly may be utilized to grasp the air hose of the adjacent railcar. For example, the set of arms may be attached to the railcar mover via a motorized rail upon which the set of arms may be configured to move axially toward each other in a direction perpendicular to the tracks, thereby causing the claws to move toward each other and close around the air hose of the adjacent railcar. The claws may include openings configured to grasp the air hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Trackmobile LLC
    Inventors: James GEIST, Phuc NGUYEN, Jason SMID, Vince DIFATTA, Bob EVANS
  • Publication number: 20230250910
    Abstract: A gladhand device for automatically coupling the air brake hose of a railcar to a railcar mover is disclosed herein. The automated gladhand device may comprise a gladhand body that is attached to the end of a railcar mover and configured to receive the gladhand attached to an air brake hose of a railcar. In various embodiments, the gladhand device may comprise a piston housed within a lower portion of the gladhand body that is configured to extend vertically above a top edge of the lower portion of the gladhand body. When air pressure is allowed to enter the gladhand body via an electrically controlled solenoid, the piston presses against the gladhand of the air brake hose and pneumatically seals a coupling between the air brake hose of the railcar and the railcar mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Trackmobile LLC
    Inventors: James GEIST, Phuc NGUYEN, Jason SMID, Vince DIFATTA, Bob EVANS
  • Patent number: 11704460
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide for reverse engineering of integrated circuits (ICs) for design verification. In example embodiments, an apparatus receives a gate-level netlist for an integrated circuit (IC), generates a list of equivalence classes related to signals included in the gate-level netlist, determines control signals of the gate-level netlist based at least in part on the list of equivalence classes, determines a logic flow of a finite state transducer (FST) based at least in part on the control signals, and generates register transfer level (RTL) source code for the IC based on the FST.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yier Jin, Shaojie Zhang, James Geist, Travis Meade, Jason Liam Portillo
  • Publication number: 20210390236
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide for reverse engineering of integrated circuits (ICs) for design verification. In example embodiments, an apparatus receives a gate-level netlist for an integrated circuit (IC), generates a list of equivalence classes related to signals included in the gate-level netlist, determines control signals of the gate-level netlist based at least in part on the list of equivalence classes, determines a logic flow of a finite state transducer (FST) based at least in part on the control signals, and generates register transfer level (RTL) source code for the IC based on the FST.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yier Jin, Shaojie Zhang, James Geist, Travis Meade, Jason Portillo
  • Publication number: 20060287747
    Abstract: An audio buffer includes one or more audio effect resources that modify audio data received from an audio data source. A first audio effect resource in the audio buffer receives audio data from the audio data source and modifies the audio data to generate a stream of audio data. Subsequent audio effect resource(s) in the audio buffer receives the stream of audio data from the first audio effect and further modifies the audio data to generate a stream of modified audio data. The stream of modified audio data can then routed from the audio buffer to a second audio buffer, or communicated to an audio rendering component that produces an audio rendition corresponding to the modified audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Todor Fay, Brian Schmidt, Dugan Porter, James Geist