Patents by Inventor James McKay
James McKay 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).
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Patent number: 11936171Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing and installing electrical wire connector clamps that may be inserted into knockout holes from the inside of an electrical box or panel, that are capable of holding multiple wires or cables, that may be run through the connector before it is slotted into the hole, and that use only a minimal amount of interior space of the electrical box or panel. Embodiments of the present invention include semi-cylindrical units that may be folded together around one or more wires for secure engagement with the wires and with a knockout hole of an electrical box or panel. Embodiments may be used in new construction, and to replace existing connector clamps in an electrical box or panel from the inside without damaging the walls surrounding the box or panel, in order to securely hold wires in an electrical box or panel, add new wire(s), hold multiple wires, and/or increase available space inside the box or panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Genwire LLCInventors: James Henry Finn, III, Fraser McKay
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Publication number: 20230258057Abstract: Casing installation assemblies for installing a casing within a borehole, as well as systems and methods related thereto are disclosed. In an embodiment, the casing installation assembly includes a tubular string, an isolation sub coupled to a downhole end of the tubular string, and a diverter sub coupled to and positioned downhole of the isolation sub. In addition, the casing installation assembly includes a landing string coupled to the diverter sub and configured to be coupled to the casing. The isolation sub includes a valve assembly that is configured to selectively prevent fluid communication between the tubular string and the diverter sub.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey SMITH, Sameh MORSY, James MCKAY, Jeremy BRAZAN, Andres DIAZ, Ahmed SHIMI, Wael ESSAM, Christopher SCARBOROUGH
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Patent number: 11047221Abstract: A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing well drilling and production operations. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to geologic uncertainty concerning a well being drilled, with a focus on the safety of the drilling operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Inventors: Fereidoun Abbassian, Per Arild Andresen, Christopher Jeremy Coley, Stephen Tean Edwards, Mark Adrian Honey, Nigel Charles Last, Christopher Francis Lockyear, Colin James Mason, James McKay, Trond Waage, Nicholas Adam Whiteley, Warren Jeffrey Winters, Rune Arnt Skarbo, Kevin Perry Richardson
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Publication number: 20210136928Abstract: A method is provided for modifying a via from a PCB including a plurality of subassemblies comprising a plurality of layers. The method may include drilling a via of the PCB to form a through-hole to remove an unwanted material in the via of the PCB. The method may also include depositing a carbon-based material over an inner wall of the through-hole. The method may further include back drilling a first portion of the through-hole by a drill from the top of the PCB to form a first blind via. The method may also include selectively plating a conductive material over the carbon-based material to form a plated through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Mace Lehrer, James McKay, Charles Blessing
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Patent number: 10604339Abstract: An equipment shipping, storage, and maintenance support system that includes a cover assembly including a variety of features and a mobile maintenance platform (MMP) coupled to the cover assembly via a plurality of latches. The MMP includes retractable wheel assemblies which enable lateral movement on a support surface in proximity to an end item with an equipment item mounted thereon (e.g., an aircraft with an aircraft radar). The MMP includes a vertical lift system that attaches or detaches from the equipment item to raise or lower the equipment item during maintenance activities. The cover can be installed on the MMP to provide protection against external environment in a storage or transit/shipping modes. The MMP also includes removable jacks which enable raising or lower of the MMP either during maintenance to reorient the equipment item for maintenance or storage purposes to include mitigate of undesirable environmental impacts from storage.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: James McKay, Michael A. Sayward, James Canary
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Publication number: 20190005742Abstract: A cable drum receives a length of working cable that is wound in and out from the drum in response to powered rotation of the drum with an uppermost layer of working cable on the drum forming a working surface. A torque sensor in communication with the cable drum measures a torque applied to the cable drum due to tension on the working cable from a load. A drum height gauge is provided for measuring a height of the working surface of the cable on the cable drum. A processor receives the torque value from the torque sensor and the height of the working surface from the drum height gauge and computes a force applied to the length of working cable due to the load based on the torque and height of the working surface. The work performed by the cable may be calculated to assist in determining cable health.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: ERIC JUSTIN SALLEE, DAVID LLOYD McCARTHY, SHANNON JONES, DARREN SCOTT BARNES, IAN CHRISTOPHER HALL, ROBERT JAY SHALLOW, JOHN W. HASSELL, DONALD JAMES McKAY, STEPHEN MATTHEW POLLARD
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Patent number: 10078923Abstract: A cable drum receives a length of working cable that is wound in and out from the drum in response to powered rotation of the drum with an uppermost layer of working cable on the drum forming a working surface. A torque sensor in communication with the cable drum measures a torque applied to the cable drum due to tension on the working cable from a load. A drum height gauge is provided for measuring a height of the working surface of the cable on the cable drum. A processor receives the torque value from the torque sensor and the height of the working surface from the drum height gauge and computes a force applied to the length of working cable due to the load based on the torque and height of the working surface. The work performed by the cable may be calculated to assist in determining cable health.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Tulsa Winch, Inc.Inventors: Eric Justin Sallee, David Lloyd McCarthy, Shannon Jones, Darren Scott Barnes, Ian Christopher Hall, Robert Jay Shallow, John W. Hassell, Donald James McKay, Stephen Matthew Pollard
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Patent number: 9837124Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for generating interactive videos based on a layered interactive video platform are provided. An interactive graphics track is received using a layered video platform that supports interactive graphics tracks functionality on interactivity content editor components, content management components, and interactivity components on end-user media devices. The interactive graphics track comprises interactivity instructions that initialize cloud-based interactivity services. An interactivity content editor component can be used to generate interactive graphics tracks and develop interactivity instructions for composing the interactive graphics elements. Composing the interactive graphics elements is based on executing the interactivity instructions that define features of the interactive graphics elements. Composing the interactive graphics elements comprises accessing cloud-based interactivity services corresponding to the interactivity instructions.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kiki Wolfkill, Cesare John Saretto, Daniel J. Chosich, Tony Hau, Adam S. Callens, Sandra Jolly Lemon, Duncan James McKay, Jesse Paul Roberts, Michael Raymond Gerhardt
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Publication number: 20170073111Abstract: An equipment shipping, storage, and maintenance support system that includes a cover assembly including a variety of features and a mobile maintenance platform (MMP) coupled to the cover assembly via a plurality of latches. The MMP includes retractable wheel assemblies which enable lateral movement on a support surface in proximity to an end item with an equipment item mounted thereon (e.g., an aircraft with an aircraft radar). The MMP includes a vertical lift system that attaches or detaches from the equipment item to raise or lower the equipment item during maintenance activities. The cover can be installed on the MMP to provide protection against external environment in a storage or transit/shipping modes. The MMP also includes removable jacks which enable raising or lower of the MMP either during maintenance to reorient the equipment item for maintenance or storage purposes to include mitigate of undesirable environmental impacts from storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: James McKay, Michael Sayward, James Canary
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Publication number: 20170004861Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for generating interactive videos based on a layered interactive video platform are provided. An interactive graphics track is received using a layered video platform that supports interactive graphics tracks functionality on interactivity content editor components, content management components, and interactivity components on end-user media devices. The interactive graphics track comprises interactivity instructions that initialize cloud-based interactivity services. An interactivity content editor component can be used to generate interactive graphics tracks and develop interactivity instructions for composing the interactive graphics elements. Composing the interactive graphics elements is based on executing the interactivity instructions that define features of the interactive graphics elements. Composing the interactive graphics elements comprises accessing cloud-based interactivity services corresponding to the interactivity instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: KIKI WOLFKILL, CESARE JOHN SARETTO, DANIEL J. CHOSICH, TONY HAU, ADAM S. CALLENS, SANDRA JOLLY LEMON, DUNCAN JAMES McKAY, JESSE PAUL ROBERTS, MICHAEL RAYMOND GERHARDT
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Publication number: 20160053603Abstract: A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing well drilling and production operations. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to rate of penetration concerning a well being drilled, and present the information for related parameters in real time against a plotted “fairway” of determined maximum and minimum values, with a focus on the safety of the drilling operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: RIAZ ISRAEL, JOHN WINGATE, ANDREA KUESTERS, COLINI COCKBURN, FEREIDOUN ABBASSIAN, PER ARILD ANDRESEN, MARK ADRIAN HONEY, JAMES MCKAY, TERJE SORLIE REINERTSEN, RUNE ARNT SKARBO, CHRIS PRUSIECKI
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Publication number: 20160053604Abstract: A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing drilling operations at a well site. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to drilling operations at a well site, including, but not limited to, hole cleaning status and wellbore stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: FEREIDOUN ABBASSIAN, PER ARILD ANDRESEN, MARK ADRIAN HONEY, JAMES MCKAY, TERJE SORLIE REINERTSEN, RUNE ARNT SKARBO, MARK SHELTON ASTON, CHRISTOPHER JEREMY COLEY, STEPHEN TEAN EDWARDS, NIGEL CHARLES LAST, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS LOCKYEAR, COLIN JAMES MASON, MICHAEL LYLE PAYNE, TROND WAAGE, NICHOLAS ADAM WHITELEY, WARREN JEFFREY WINTERS, RAJARAJAN NARAYANASAMY NAIDU
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Publication number: 20160053605Abstract: A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing tubular tripping operations at a well site. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to tubular tripping operations at a well site.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: FEREIDOUN ABBASSIAN, PER ARILD ANDRESEN, MARK ADRIAN HONEY, JAMES MCKAY, TERJE SORLIE REINERTSEN, RUNE ARNT SKARBO, MARK SHELTON ASTON, CHRISTOPHER JEREMY COLEY, STEPHEN TEAN EDWARDS, NIGEL CHARLES LAST, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS LOCKYEAR, COLIN JAMES MASON, MICHAEL LYLE PAYNE, TROND WAAGE, NICHOLAS ADAM WHITELEY, WARREN JEFFREY WINTERS
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Publication number: 20150379783Abstract: A cable drum receives a length of working cable that is wound in and out from the drum in response to powered rotation of the drum with an uppermost layer of working cable on the drum forming a working surface. A torque sensor in communication with the cable drum measures a torque applied to the cable drum due to tension on the working cable from a load. A drum height gauge is provided for measuring a height of the working surface of the cable on the cable drum. A processor receives the torque value from the torque sensor and the height of the working surface from the drum height gauge and computes a force applied to the length of working cable due to the load based on the torque and height of the working surface. The work performed by the cable may be calculated to assist in determining cable health.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: ERIC JUSTIN SALLEE, DAVID LLOYD McCARTHY, SHANNON JONES, DARREN SCOTT BARNES, IAN CHRISTOPHER HALL, ROBERT JAY SHALLOW, JOHN W. HASSELL, DONALD JAMES McKAY, STEPHEN MATTHEW POLLARD
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Publication number: 20150315903Abstract: A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing pressure testing operations at a well site. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to pressure testing at a well site.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: FEREIDOUN ABBASSIAN, PER ARILD ANDRESEN, MARK ADRIAN HONEY, JAMES MCKAY, TERJE SORLIE REINERTSEN, RUNE ARNT SKARBO, MARK SHELTON ASTON, CHRISTOPHER JEREMY COLEY, STEPHEN TEAN EDWARDS, NIGEL CHARLES LAST, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS LOCKYEAR, COLIN JAMES MASON, MICHAEL LYLE PAYNE, TROND WAAGE, NICHOLAS ADAM WHITELEY, WARREN JEFFREY WINTERS
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Publication number: 20150190501Abstract: A method of raising an immune response in an individual against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) the method comprising: (a) administering to the individual DNA or SFV encoding an HIV Env protein and optionally nucleic acid encoding one, any two or all three of the HIV Gag, Pol and Nef proteins; (b) subsequently administering to the individual viral vector encoding an HIV Env protein and optionally viral vector encoding one, any two or all three of the HIV Gag, Pol and Nef proteins; and (c) administering to the individual oligomeric HIV Env protein; and an adjuvant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Norden Weber, Robin John Shattock, Paul Francis James Mckay, Sheena Mary Geraldine Mccormack
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Publication number: 20150029034Abstract: A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing well drilling and production operations. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to geologic uncertainty concerning a well being drilled, with a focus on the safety of the drilling operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: FEREIDOUN ABBASSIAN, PER ARILD ANDRESEN, MARK SHELTON ASTON, CHRISTOPHER JEREMY COLEY, STEPHEN TEAN EDWARDS, MARK ADRIAN HONEY, NIGEL CHARLES LAST, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS LOCKYEAR, COLIN JAMES MASON, JAMES MCKAY, MICHAEL LYLE PAYNE, TROND WAAGE, NICHOLAS ADAM WHITELEY, WARREN JEFFREY WINTERS, TERJE SORLIE REINERTSEN, RUNE ARNT SKARBO, SHARADA BHARATH, KEVIN PERRY RICHARDSON
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Publication number: 20150015412Abstract: A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing monitoring and managing data stream quality in well drilling and production operations. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. A plurality of data checks are dynamically run on the data streams to determine the presence and quality of the data, and data quality indicators are presented on the various consoles and dashboards.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: FEREIDOUN ABBASSIAN, PER ARILD ANDRESEN, MARK SHELTON ASTON, CHRISTOPHER JEREMY COLEY, STEPHEN TEAN EDWARDS, MARK ADRIAN HONEY, NIGEL CHARLES LAST, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS LOCKYEAR, COLIN JAMES MASON, JAMES MCKAY, MICHAEL LYLE PAYNE, TROND WAAGE, NICHOLAS ADAM WHITELEY, WARREN JEFFREY WINTERS, TERJE SORLIE REINERTSEN, RUNE ARNT SKARBO, SIGURD TJOSTHEIM
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Patent number: 8889714Abstract: The present invention relates to 3,4-substituted piperidinyl-based renin inhibitor compounds bearing at 4-position oxopyridine and having the formula (I). The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, as well as their use in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.Inventors: Austin Chih-Yu Chen, Daniel Dube, Pierre-Andre Fournier, Erich L. Grimm, Patrick Lacombe, Sebastien Laliberte, Dwight Macdonald, D. Bruce MacKay, Daniel James McKay, Tom Yao-Hsiang Wu, Louis-Charles Campeau, Jeremy Peter Scott, Nadine Bremeyer
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Publication number: 20140309936Abstract: A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing cementing operations in a well. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: FEREIDOUN ABBASSIAN, PER ARILD ANDRESEN, MARK SHELTON ASTON, CHRISTOPHER JEREMY COLEY, STEPHEN TEAN EDWARDS, PAULO JORGE DA CUNHA GOMES, MARK ADRIAN HONEY, THOMAS JAKOBSEN, NIGEL CHARLES LAST, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS LOCKYEAR, COLIN JAMES MASON, JAMES MCKAY, MICHAEL LYLE PAYNE, EMMANUEL CLAUDE THEROND, TROND WAAGE, NICHOLAS ADAM WHITELEY, WARREN JEFFREY WINTERS, TERJE SORLIE REINERTSEN, RUNE ARNT SKARBO