Patents by Inventor James Nichols
James Nichols 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: 11778948Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Hotspot AG, Inc.Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
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Publication number: 20230077506Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
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Patent number: 11510366Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Hotspot AG, Inc.Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
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Publication number: 20220289270Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed herein to center a steering wheel. An example vehicle includes a steering assistance system, an axle including a wheel, memory, and a processor to execute instructions to identify a first position of the wheel, detect a request to move the wheel to a second position, adjust the wheel from the first position to the second position via the steering assistance system, disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to a third position, the third position offset from the second position by an angular offset in a first direction, adjust the wheel to a fourth position, the fourth position offset from the second position by the angular offset in a second direction different than the first direction, and disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to the second position..Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Daniel James Nichols, William James Bouse, Justin Sekula, Alex Parker, Zhongzhou Yang, Timothy Panagis, Zheng Tan, Bo Lin
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Publication number: 20220289276Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed herein to center a steering wheel. An example vehicle includes a steering position sensor to identify a steering wheel position, a pinion angle identifier to compare a first steering position angle to a second steering position angle, the second steering position angle corresponding to a centered steering wheel position, and an angle modifier to adjust the first steering position angle to match the second steering position angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Daniel James Nichols, William James Bouse, Justin Sekula, Alex Parker, Zhongzhou Yang
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Publication number: 20220143202Abstract: The invention features compounds (e.g., macrocyclic compounds) capable of modulating biological processes, for example through binding to a presenter protein (e.g., a member of the FKBP family, a member of the cyclophilin family, or PIN1) and a target protein (e.g., a eukaryotic target protein such as a mammalian target protein or a fungal target protein or a prokaryotic target protein such as a bacterial target protein). These compounds bind endogenous intracellular presenter proteins, such as the FKBPs or cyclophilins, and the resulting binary complexes selectively bind and modulate the activity of intracellular target proteins. Formation of a tripartite complex among the presenter protein, the compound, and the target protein is driven by both protein-compound and protein-protein interactions, and both are required for modulation of the targeted protein's activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Gregory Lawrence VERDINE, M. James NICHOLS, Dylan Talbot STILES, Neville John ANTHONY, Brian Roger BOWMAN, Mathew Edward SOWA, Sharon Ann TOWNSON
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Publication number: 20210405060Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and reagents useful for analyzing protein-protein interfaces such as interfaces between a presenter protein (e.g., a member of the FKBP family, a member of the cyclophilin family, or PIN1) and a target protein. In some embodiments, the target and/or presenter proteins are intracellular proteins. In some embodiments, the target and/or presenter proteins are mammalian proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Gregory L. VERDINE, M. James NICHOLS, Sharon A. TOWNSON, Uddhav Kumar SHIGDEL, Seung-Joo LEE, Dylan T. STILES, Neville J. ANTHONY
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Publication number: 20210267122Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
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Patent number: 10966898Abstract: An elongate hollow tube having two or more fidgets molded onto or attached to an outside surface of said tube is described. The tube can be slipped over a smooth elongated base object, such as a pencil or similar object, to provide manipulatives for students.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Inventors: William James Nichols, David Daniel Nichols, Kevin Daniel May, Joseph Nathanial Hackett, Julia Ann May, Martin Pike, Rosemary Louise Saile Pike
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Patent number: 10952376Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Hotspot AG, Inc.Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
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Patent number: 10948495Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and reagents useful for analyzing protein-protein interfaces such as interfaces between a presenter protein (e.g., a member of the FKBP family, a member of the cyclophilin family, or PIN1) and a target protein. In some embodiments, the target and/or presenter proteins are intracellular proteins. In some embodiments, the target and/or presenter proteins are mammalian proteins.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Revolution Medicines, Inc.Inventors: Gregory L. Verdine, M. James Nichols, Sharon A. Townson, Uddhav Kumar Shigdel, Seung-Joo Lee, Dylan T. Stiles, Neville J. Anthony
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Patent number: 10737962Abstract: A system includes an overflow distributor and a support member. The overflow distributor includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, and a floor extending between the opposing first and second sidewalls. Interior surfaces of the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the floor cooperatively define a trough configured to receive molten glass. Exterior surfaces of the first sidewall and the second sidewall are configured to direct molten glass that overflows the trough. The support member is disposed between the opposing first and second sidewalls of the overflow distributor and abutting an exterior surface of the floor of the overflow distributor.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Frank Coppola, John Michael Feenaughty, Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin, John Jerry Kersting, Steven Michael Milillo, Eric James Nichols, Nikolay Anatolyevich Panin
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Patent number: 10739464Abstract: A satellite modem, a GPS device, and a method are provided. The satellite modem requests current location information from a GPS device and waits no more than a preconfigured amount of time to receive the current location information. When the satellite modem receives the current location information, the satellite modem determines whether the current location information indicates a location in which the satellite modem is authorized to operate. When the satellite modem determines that the current location information indicates a location in which the satellite modem is not authorized to operate, the satellite modem performs at least one action from a group of actions including preventing the satellite modem from operating normally, permitting the satellite modem to operate with a reduced functionality, and transmitting a message to a network management center indicating that the satellite modem is not located at an authorized location.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Emanuel Girard Harrington, Dillon James Nichols, Yong Kang Yuan
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Patent number: 10580666Abstract: A carrier substrate includes a base layer having a first surface, and having a second surface that is parallel to and opposite of the first surface. The carrier substrate further includes a glass layer bonded to the first surface of the base layer. The carrier substrate has a Young's modulus greater than or equal to 150 GPa. A carrier substrate includes a polycrystalline ceramic and has a Young's modulus greater than or equal to 150 GPa. The carrier substrate has a coefficient of thermal expansion of greater than or equal to 20×10?7/° C. to less than or equal to 120×10?7/° C. over a range from 25° C. to 500° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Sumalee Likitvanichkul Fagan, Weiguo Miao, Eric James Nichols
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Patent number: 10556843Abstract: A combination of mulch and sterilized organic fertilizer is provided for hydro seeding and hydro-mulching for seed establishment and erosion control. The composition includes hammer milled straw, horse manure and urine, sterilized with heat and processed to provide an optimal particle size. The incorporation of horse manure utilizes a dispersible natural fertilizer collected and processed within a certain time frame which provides an efficient method of recycling “green” horse manure” and liquid waste having a higher acidity than decomposed animal waste. Tackifiers and flocculants such as ground paper aid pumpability and help tack the straw fibers to the ground. The equipment includes a gas heat source, a dryer vessel and a processing unit. The dryer vessel receives the bedding composed of straw and manure for contact with the heated gases to convert the same to a sterilized dry material.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Inventors: Robert Parker, James A. Grider, James Nichols, Kevin Riggle
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Patent number: 10466249Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and reagents useful for analyzing protein-protein interfaces such as interfaces between a presenter protein (e.g., a member of the FKBP family, a member of the cyclophilin family, or PIN1) and a target protein. In some embodiments, the target and/or presenter proteins are intracellular proteins. In some embodiments, the target and/or presenter proteins are mammalian proteins.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Revolution Medicines, Inc.Inventors: Gregory L. Verdine, M. James Nichols, Sharon A. Townson, Uddhav Kumar Shigdel, Seung-Joo Lee, Dylan T. Stiles, Neville J. Anthony
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Patent number: 10399905Abstract: A housing for a portable electronic device includes a radio frequency transparent polycrystalline ceramic portion comprising a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface. The radio frequency transparent polycrystalline ceramic portion comprises a macro-texture on at least a portion of the first surface, and a predetermined micro-texture is disposed on at least a portion of the macro-texture. A method for manufacturing a housing for a portable electronic device includes forming a green ceramic article comprising a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface, embossing at least a portion of the first surface of the green ceramic article with a macro-texture, and sintering the green ceramic article comprising the macro-texture to form a sintered ceramic article. A predetermined micro-texture is disposed on at least a portion of the macro-texture.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas Dale Ketcham, Weiguo Miao, Eric James Nichols
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Publication number: 20190062219Abstract: A housing for a portable electronic device includes a radio frequency transparent polycrystalline ceramic portion comprising a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface. The radio frequency transparent polycrystalline ceramic portion comprises a macro-texture on at least a portion of the first surface, and a predetermined micro-texture is disposed on at least a portion of the macro-texture. A method for manufacturing a housing for a portable electronic device includes forming a green ceramic article comprising a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface, embossing at least a portion of the first surface of the green ceramic article with a macro-texture, and sintering the green ceramic article comprising the macro-texture to form a sintered ceramic article. A predetermined micro-texture is disposed on at least a portion of the macro-texture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Thomas Dale Ketcham, Weiguo Miao, Eric James Nichols
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Publication number: 20180318434Abstract: The invention features compounds (e.g., macrocyclic compounds) capable of modulating biological processes, for example through binding to a presenter protein (e.g., a member of the FKBP family, a member of the cyclophilin family, or PIN1) and a target protein (e.g., a eukaryotic target protein such as a mammalian target protein or a fungal target protein or a prokaryotic target protein such as a bacterial target protein). These compounds bind endogenous intracellular presenter proteins, such as the FKBPs or cyclophilins, and the resulting binary complexes selectively bind and modulate the activity of intracellular target proteins. Formation of a tripartite complex among the presenter protein, the compound, and the target protein is driven by both protein-compound and protein-protein interactions, and both are required for modulation of the targeted protein's activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Gregory Lawrence Verdine, M. James Nichols, Dylan Talbot Stiles, Neville John Anthony, Brian Roger Bowman, Mathew Edward Sowa, Sharon Ann Townson
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Publication number: 20180259535Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and reagents useful for analyzing protein-protein interfaces such as interfaces between a presenter protein (e.g., a member of the FKBP family, a member of the cyclophilin family, or PIN1) and a target protein. In some embodiments, the target and/or presenter proteins are intracellular proteins. In some embodiments, the target and/or presenter proteins are mammalian proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Gregory L. VERDINE, M. James NICHOLS, Sharon A. TOWNSON, Uddhav Kumar SHIGDEL, Seung-Joo LEE, Dylan T. STILES, Neville J. ANTHONY