Patents by Inventor James Perkins
James Perkins 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: 11945575Abstract: A retractable fuselage mounted landing gear assembly is disclosed. The landing gear assembly includes a main strut, a drag stay and a landing gear main fitting. A first end of the drag stay is attached to the main strut and a second end of the drag stay is connected to the fuselage. A first end of the landing main fitting is attached to the main strut and a second end of the main fitting is connected to the fuselage. When the landing gear is extended, substantially all the landing gear loads are transferred from the landing gear to the fuselage via one or more of the drag stay and the main fitting.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)Inventors: Christopher James Perkins, Marco Boscolo, Nicholas White, Xavier Matheis, Alexandre Legardez, Simon Roux, Sébastien Crouzet
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Patent number: 11810253Abstract: The invention relates to a system and process for generating digital images of a site having a structure with superimposed intersecting grid lines and annotations. The process includes acquiring a plurality of digital images, still frames and/or video images of the site, the structure, or both, with each of the digital images. The structure, the site, and points of interest within the digital images are identified, and then the system and process photogrammetrically generates a three-dimensional point cloud from the digital images. The identified structures, objects and features are then used to calculate measurements and provide masking and annotations in order to generate the two-dimensional stitched and annotated digital image of the site and/or the structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: B+T Group Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Chad E. Tuttle, Walter James Perkins
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Publication number: 20230214771Abstract: An intelligent supply-chain wide tracking and analysis system is described. In some instances, the system may receive variant data describing a variant of a product from a first client system, generate a variant profile based on the variant data, and determine a connection definition specific to the variant profile and defining a connection between the first client system and a second system. The system may provide access to a first data field containing data in the client profile from the first client system to the second client system based on the connection definition. The system may also receive an inventory value for the variant from the second client system and, using the variant profile and connection definition, provide access to the inventory value to the first client system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Stephen Parker Baird, Clayton James Perkins, Matthew Robert Newman, Daniel Larry Duncan
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Patent number: 11635291Abstract: A workpiece holder is configured to hold a workpiece and is utilized in a metrology system which includes a sensing configuration for obtaining 3-dimensional surface data for the workpiece. The workpiece holder includes at least three reference features (e.g., spherical reference features extending from sides) that are configured to be sensed by the sensing configuration when the workpiece holder is in different orientations (e.g., as rotated 180 degrees between first and second orientations for presenting front and back sides of the workpiece towards the sensing configuration). A determination of 3-dimensional positions of the reference features for each orientation enables a combining (e.g., in a common coordinate system) of 3-dimensional surface data that is acquired for the workpiece in each orientation. Interchangeable workpiece holding portions may be provided that fit within the workpiece holder for holding workpieces with different characteristics (e.g., having different sizes and/or shapes).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Scott Allen Harsila, Maxwell James Perkins
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Patent number: 11542267Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for coupling a first compound having the formula (I) with a second compound that contains a carbonyl group. Also disclosed herein are compounds that can be formed by this method, and uses for such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, The Australian National UniversityInventors: Suzanne Virginia Smith, Eskender Mume, Gary James Perkins
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Patent number: 11535623Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for coupling a first compound having the formula (I) with a second compound that contains a carbonyl group. Also disclosed herein are compounds that can be formed by this method, and uses for such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, The Australian National UniversityInventors: Suzanne Virginia Smith, Eskender Mume, Gary James Perkins
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Publication number: 20220349705Abstract: A workpiece holder is configured to hold a workpiece and is utilized in a metrology system which includes a sensing configuration for obtaining 3-dimensional surface data for the workpiece. The workpiece holder includes at least three reference features (e.g., spherical reference features extending from sides) that are configured to be sensed by the sensing configuration when the workpiece holder is in different orientations (e.g., as rotated 180 degrees between first and second orientations for presenting front and back sides of the workpiece towards the sensing configuration). A determination of 3-dimensional positions of the reference features for each orientation enables a combining (e.g., in a common coordinate system) of 3-dimensional surface data that is acquired for the workpiece in each orientation. Interchangeable workpiece holding portions may be provided that fit within the workpiece holder for holding workpieces with different characteristics (e.g., having different sizes and/or shapes).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Scott Allen Harsila, Maxwell James Perkins
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Patent number: 11420720Abstract: An aircraft door controller 100 including a receiver 110 configured to receive a command 14 to move an aircraft door between an open position and a closed position relative to a door frame. The aircraft door controller 100 is configured to not store the command 14 when power to move the aircraft door between the open position and the closed position relative to the door frame is unavailable.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Airbus Operations LimitedInventors: Mark Grufferty, Nicholas Elliott, Martin Griffith Rowlands, Christopher James Perkins
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Publication number: 20220009620Abstract: A retractable fuselage mounted landing gear assembly is disclosed. The landing gear assembly includes a main strut, a drag stay and a landing gear main fitting. A first end of the drag stay is attached to the main strut and a second end of the drag stay is connected to the fuselage. A first end of the landing main fitting is attached to the main strut and a second end of the main fitting is connected to the fuselage. When the landing gear is extended, substantially all the landing gear loads are transferred from the landing gear to the fuselage via one or more of the drag stay and the main fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Christopher James PERKINS, Marco BOSCOLO, Nicholas WHITE, Xavier MATHEIS, Alexandre LEGARDEZ, Simon ROUX, Sébastien CROUZET
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Patent number: 11151782Abstract: The invention relates to a system and process for generating digital images of a site having a structure with superimposed intersecting grid lines and annotations. The process includes acquiring a plurality of digital images, still frames and/or video images of the site, the structure, or both, with each of the digital images. The structure, the site and points of interest within the digital images are identified, and then the system and process photogrammetrically generates a three-dimensional point cloud from the digital images. The identified structures, objects and features are then used to calculate measurements and provide masking and annotations in order to generate the two-dimensional stitched and annotated digital image of the site and/or the structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: B+T Group Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Chad E. Tuttle, Walter James Perkins
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Publication number: 20200308182Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for coupling a first compound having the formula (I) with a second compound that contains a carbonyl group. Also disclosed herein are compounds that can be formed by this method, and uses for such compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Suzanne Virginia Smith, Eskender Mume, Gary James Perkins
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Publication number: 20200308183Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for coupling a first compound having the formula (I) with a second compound that contains a carbonyl group. Also disclosed herein are compounds that can be formed by this method, and uses for such compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Suzanne Virginia Smith, Eskender Mume, Gary James Perkins
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Patent number: 10717741Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for coupling a first compound having the formula (I) with a second compound that contains a carbonyl group. Also disclosed herein are compounds that can be formed by this method, and uses for such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignees: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, The Australian National UniversityInventors: Suzanne Virginia Smith, Eskender Mume, Gary James Perkins
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Patent number: 10673706Abstract: Provided is a process of correlating information organized according to a logical architecture of a distributed application to information organized according to a network architecture of computers executing the distributed application, the process including: obtaining a logical-architecture topology of a logical architecture of a distributed application executing on a plurality of computing devices; obtaining a network-architecture topology of a physical architecture of the plurality of computing devices executing the distributed application; inferring pairs of logical-architecture host identifiers and network-architecture host identifiers that refer to the same computing device to produce a cross-namespace mapping that correlates the logical-architecture namespace with the network-architecture namespace; and storing the cross-namespace mapping in memory.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: CA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Julio Cesar Garcia, James Perkins, Mark Costilow
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Patent number: 10665035Abstract: The invention relates to a system and process for generating a two-dimensional stitched and annotated digital image of a site having at least one as-built structure thereon. The process includes acquiring a plurality of digital images, still frames and/or video images of the site, the structure, or both, with each of the digital images including one or more reference objects positioned on or about the site, the structure, or both. The reference objects are configured to accurately scale and orient each of the digital images. The process photogrammetrically generates a three-dimensional point cloud from the digital images, and one or more reference objects and features of interest are identified in the three-dimensional point cloud. Based on the identified reference objects and features, the process and system generates the two-dimensional stitched and annotated digital image of the site and/or the structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: B+T Group Holdings, LLCInventor: Walter James Perkins
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Patent number: 10520650Abstract: A tunable acoustic gradient (TAG) lens is provided including a lens casing, a refractive fluid, a controllable acoustic wave generating element (e.g., a piezoelectric vibrator) and an external reservoir configuration. An operational volume of the refractive fluid is contained in a casing cavity of the lens casing. The external reservoir configuration includes a deformable external fluid reservoir that contains a reserve volume of the refractive fluid and that is connected to the casing cavity by a flow channel. The flow channel enables the refractive fluid to flow back and forth between the casing cavity and the deformable external fluid reservoir in accordance with expansion and contraction of the refractive fluid (e.g., due to changes in temperature). The lens casing, deformable external fluid reservoir and flow channel are configured as a sealed system, with no intentional gas volume included in the sealed system.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Isaiah Freerksen, Maxwell James Perkins
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Publication number: 20190369300Abstract: A tunable acoustic gradient (TAG) lens is provided including a lens casing, a refractive fluid, a controllable acoustic wave generating element (e.g., a piezoelectric vibrator) and an external reservoir configuration. An operational volume of the refractive fluid is contained in a casing cavity of the lens casing. The external reservoir configuration includes a deformable external fluid reservoir that contains a reserve volume of the refractive fluid and that is connected to the casing cavity by a flow channel. The flow channel enables the refractive fluid to flow back and forth between the casing cavity and the deformable external fluid reservoir in accordance with expansion and contraction of the refractive fluid (e.g., due to changes in temperature). The lens casing, deformable external fluid reservoir and flow channel are configured as a sealed system, with no intentional gas volume included in the sealed system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Isaiah Freerksen, Maxwell James Perkins
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Patent number: 10467241Abstract: Provided is a process, including: assigning different instances of a single-tenant application among a plurality of instances of the single-tenant application to different computing sessions with different client computing devices associated with different tenant user accounts; while the plurality of instances of the single-tenant application are executing, determining that a workload of the plurality of instances of the single-tenant application satisfies a first threshold condition; in response to the determination, automatically provisioning an added instance of the single-tenant application; and assigning the added instance of the single-tenant application to a session with a given client computing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: CA, INC.Inventors: Nicholas D. Thayer, Julio Garcia, James Perkins, Mark Bell
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Patent number: 10430257Abstract: Provided is a process including: receiving, with an infrastructure monitoring application, metrics and events from a plurality of infrastructure agents executing on a plurality of computing devices; receiving an event record from a given computing device among a plurality of computing devices executing the distributed application; accessing a plurality of parameters of a computing device associated with the device identifier; determining one or more network-architecture topology host identifiers based on the plurality of parameters; and storing in memory a correlation between the event record and the one or more network-architecture topology host identifiers.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: CA, Inc.Inventors: Julio Cesar Garcia, James Perkins, Mark Costilow
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Publication number: 20180327073Abstract: An aircraft door controller 100 including a receiver 110 configured to receive a command 14 to move an aircraft door between an open position and a closed position relative to a door frame. The aircraft door controller 100 is configured to not store the command 14 when power to move the aircraft door between the open position and the closed position relative to the door frame is unavailable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Mark GRUFFERTY, Nicholas ELLIOTT, Martin Griffith ROWLANDS, Christopher James PERKINS