Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Lee

Jeffrey Lee 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLEED DOWN AND RETRACTION OF A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE BOOM
    Publication number: 20220252086
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for controlling bleed down and retraction of a boom within a safety envelope includes a backup battery power supply, and at least a first boom lift hydraulic cylinder configured to raise and lower the boom. The first boom lift hydraulic cylinder includes a solenoid bleed valve electrically connected to the backup battery power supply. The hydraulic system also includes an input device controllable by an operator of the boom. The input device may, for instance, be used by the operator to initiate bleed down and retraction of the boom from an elevated position. To accommodate independent failsafe features of the system, the input device is configured to selectively actuate the solenoid bleed valve using electrical power supplied from the backup battery power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Eckhardt, Ryan Paul Sobotka
  • Tunable wavelength filtering device that is tuned by altering the angle of the optical beam that is incident on a filter
    Patent number: 11409048
    Abstract: A tunable wavelength filtering device is presented in which the tuning mechanism is based on altering the incident angle to an optical thin film coating stack, or thin film optical filter. Rotating mirrors, such as Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) tilt-mirrors, are used to alter the incident angle of the optical beam coming from an input fiber, and also to aim or align the exiting beam to an output optical fiber. The optical thin film coating stack can be implemented onto a glass substrate, to form a thin film filter chip. The thin film filter chip can be fixed in place, and the incident angle and exiting angle of the optical beam is varied by adjusting the tilt angle of the two rotating mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: DICON FIBEROPTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee, Junying Lu, Robert E. Schleicher, Ho-Shang Lee
  • ELECTRONIC RATCHET
    Publication number: 20220238823
    Abstract: Electronic ratchet devices comprising a pair of first and second electrodes; a dielectric layer; a gate electrode layer; and a transport layer are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew John FERGUSON, Jeffrey Lee BLACKBURN, Ji HAO
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEED TREATMENT APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220225560
    Abstract: Methods and systems to improve application of seed applied components to seeds are disclosed. Environmentally controlled enclosures to test, evaluate and develop seed treatment solutions for certain geographical locations are provided. Controlled environments during seed treatment application process in a production location improves the overall seed treatment efficiency and uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: MICHAEL DAMMEN, JEFFREY LEE DANIELS, WILLIAM L GEIGLE, SEAN MCCAFFERY, RANDY SEABA
  • Physical structure of wearable device
    Patent number: 11389112
    Abstract: An electronic device is described herein that may include various components, including a band, a physiological sensor, a feedback sensor, a processor, a display, or a power source. The band may be shaped to fit around at least a portion of a body part of a user. The physiological sensor may include two separated by a fixed distance such that at least a portion of a signal transmitted by a first sensor is transmitted through a muscular-walled tube of the body part before being received by a second sensor. The processor may be operable to determine a physiological condition based on the signal received by the second physiological sensor. The physiological sensor may be embedded in the band. The band may be comprised of a flexible material. The feedback sensor may measure a pressure at which the band is held against the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: David R. Miller, Jeffrey Lee, Federico Calero, Trevor Calero, Devin W. Miller
  • Oxygen Treatment of High Kappa Fibers
    Publication number: 20220213648
    Abstract: Recycle fiber bleaching includes an oxygen pre-treatment to activate the fiber for further bleaching. A preferred method of making a high brightness papermaking pulp from recycled cellulose fiber includes: (a) pre-treating a first recycled cellulosic fiber mix with oxygen, said first recycled cellulosic fiber mix having a first high Kappa number prior to pre-treatment and a reduced Kappa number after pre-treatment that is lower than said first high Kappa number; and (b) blending the pre-treated first recycled cellulosic fiber mix with the reduced Kappa number with a second recycled cellulosic fiber mix having a second Kappa number lower than the first high Kappa number of the first recycled cellulosic fiber mix; and (c) oxidatively bleaching the blended recycled cellulosic fiber mix of step (b); and optionally (d) reductively bleaching the blended recycled cellulosic fiber mix of step (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin M. Holtman, Jeffrey A. Lee, Daniel W. Sumnicht, Daniel E. Miller
  • Substituting streaming station for over-the-air broadcast
    Patent number: 11373215
    Abstract: An automotive radio receiver includes an over-the-air radio tuner and a network interface. When a broadcast is received at the radio receiver, it includes embedded information that can be used to identify the radio station providing the broadcast. The radio receiver uses the embedded information to identify a streaming station that corresponds to the broadcast station. The radio receiver transmits information associated with the streaming station to a web service, which returns an address at which the radio receiver can access the streaming station. The address of the streaming station is stored in a memory accessible to the radio receiver for later use. The next time the radio receiver is tuned to the same broadcast station, the radio receiver instead connects to the streaming station at the stored address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
  • Lateralized dual-mobility assembly
    Patent number: 11369475
    Abstract: A modular acetabular cup assembly includes an acetabular cup, and a liner seated in the cup. The cup includes an end face, an apex opposite the end face, and a central axis extending between the apex and a center point of the end face. The liner includes an articular surface having a center of rotation which defines a pivot point of the acetabular cup assembly. In certain embodiments, the pivot point is laterally offset from the center point such that the end face is located between the pivot point and the apex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Rister, Stephen J. Lee, Jeffrey Lee
  • Methods for melting reactive glasses and glass-ceramics and melting apparatus for the same
    Patent number: 11370685
    Abstract: A method of melting glass and glass-ceramics that includes the steps: conveying a batch of raw materials into a submerged combustion melting apparatus, the melting apparatus having liquid-cooled walls and a floor; directing a flame into the batch of raw materials and the melted batch with sufficient energy to form the raw materials into the melted batch; and heating a delivery orifice assembly in the floor of the submerged melting apparatus to convey the melted batch through the orifice assembly into a containment vessel. The melted batch has a glass or glass-ceramic composition that is substantially reactive to a refractory material comprising one or more of silica, zirconia, alumina, platinum and platinum alloys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Curtis Richard Cowles, Gilbert De Angelis, Nicolas LeBlond, David John McEnroe, Jeffrey Lee Merriman, Rand Alan Murnane, Katherine Rose Rossington, Michael Joshua Snyder
  • Control system for water sports boat with foil displacement system
    Patent number: 11370508
    Abstract: A foil displacement system includes one or more foils that can be deployed and stowed. When deployed, each foil can exert downforce or uplift depending on its orientation. For example, each foil may be positioned to have an angle of attack that creates a downward force effectively transmitted to the hull to pull the hull deeper within the water to, for example, create a larger wake. Use of the foil displacement system can enhance or replace the use of a ballast tank system, can be integrated into a new boat or retrofitted to existing boats, can be electronically or manually positioned, can enhance activities such as wake surfing, wake boarding, water skiing or other similar or related water sports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Malibu Boats, LLC
    Inventors: Cory Wade Dugger, Rachael Marie Green, Jeffrey Lee Predmore, Scott Thomas Ward, Matthew Welton
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN COORDINATING BOOM MOTION OF A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
    Publication number: 20220194765
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a boom and a control system. The control system is configured to receive at least a first motion command for repositioning the boom when the boom is deployed. In response to receiving the first motion command, the control system is also configured to reposition the boom in one of i) a substantially vertical path between a first position and a second position, or ii) a substantially horizontal path between the first position and the second position. As a result, the control system facilitates motion of the boom between the first position and the second position along a substantially linear, non-arcuate, path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Eckhardt, Stanley Walter Peterson
  • Integrated circuit with electromagnetic fault injection protection
    Patent number: 11366898
    Abstract: In one form, an integrated circuit includes a plurality of electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI) sensors and a security management circuit. Each EMFI sensor includes a sense loop having a conductor around a corresponding portion of logic circuitry whose operation is affected by an electromagnetic pulse, and a detector circuit coupled to the sense loop and having an output for providing a pulse detection signal in response to a pulse of at least a predetermined magnitude. The security management circuit performs a protection operation to secure the integrated circuit in response to an activation of a corresponding pulse detection signal of one of the plurality of EMFI sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Sonntag, Timothy Thomas Rueger
  • Electrode pads for bioimpedance
    Patent number: 11363997
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and/or device that may include: a housing, a sensor interface, and a processing device. The housing may be shaped to be affixed to a body of a user and may include an inner cavity that houses electronic components and an impedance sensor. The impedance sensor may include a first contact terminal and a second contact terminal. The sensor interface may be configured to: generate an electric signal; receive the electric signal through a skin layer below a surface of the body of the user; and determine an impedance measurement between the first contact terminal and the second contact terminal based on the electric signal. The processing device may be configured to determine, based on the impedance measurement: a condition of a vascular system of the user; an amount of a constituent of the vascular system of the user; or a hydration condition of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: David Miller, Jeffrey Lee, Devin Miller
  • FAN ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220186923
    Abstract: A fan assembly including a base, a fan, a light-emitting unit, and a lighting effect component is provided. The fan is rotatably disposed above the base, and includes a central part and multiple blades extending outwards from the central part, and each of the blades has a top surface away from the base. The light-emitting unit is disposed on the base and located between the base and the central part of the fan. The lighting effect component is disposed on the base and surrounds the light-emitting unit. A projection of the lighting effect component projected onto the base is greater than a projection of the fan projected onto the base. A height of the lighting effect component protruding from the base is less than a distance between the top surface of one of the blades and the base. The lighting effect component includes an inclined inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Shun-Chih Huang, Ching-Yu Lu, Kai-Yan Huang, Liang Yu Wu, Jeffrey Lee
  • NANOSTRUCTURED DEVICES FOR PHOTODETECTION, OPTICAL MEMORY, AND NEUROMORPHIC FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20220148819
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a perovskite nanocrystal (NC) layer, a charge separating layer, an insulating layer, a gate electrode, a cathode, and an anode, where the charge separating layer is positioned between the perovskite NC layer and the insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the charge separating layer and the gate electrode, and the cathode and the anode both electrically contact the charge separating layer and the insulating layer. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the device may be configured to operate as at least one of a photodetector, an optical switching device, and/or a neuromorphic switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Ji Hao
  • System and Method for Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Analysis Using Machine Learning
    Publication number: 20220142480
    Abstract: A system and method of using machine learning to predict the pharmacokinetics of a therapeutic radiopharmaceutical on a subject patient using the biodistribution data of the patient in order to dynamically treat the patient using the radiopharmaceutical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: BAMF Health LLC
    Inventors: Anderson Peck, Ting-Tung Chang, Jeffrey Lee VanOss, Stephen Moore
  • Method and systems for seed treatment applications
    Patent number: 11324159
    Abstract: Methods and systems to improve application of seed applied components to seeds are disclosed. Environmentally controlled enclosures to test, evaluate and develop seed treatment solutions for certain geographical locations are provided. Controlled environments during seed treatment application process in a production location improves the overall seed treatment efficiency and uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Dammen, Jeffrey Lee Daniels, William L Geigle, Sean Fuller McCaffery, Randy Seaba
  • Preventing internet bots from influencing user media feedback
    Patent number: 11328318
    Abstract: Performance feedback related to media presented to a user is received at a processing system including an analytics module. The performance feedback includes metadata identifying the user. The analytics module determines, based on the metadata included in the performance feedback, whether the performance feedback is related to a valid user. In response to determining that the performance feedback is related to a valid user, the analytics module strips the metadata identifying the user from the performance feedback, and transmits the performance feedback from the processing system to a media proposal server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Allen, Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
  • DURABLE RETROREFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20220127433
    Abstract: A retroreflective optical element is provided in which modified glass beads having a high refractive index are embedded on the surface of a thermoplastic core. The glass beads are heated to a temperature near the softening point of the thermoplastic core and the heated beads and thermoplastic cores are mixed in a fluidized bed. The beads embed into the thermoplastic core and are also chemically bonded thereto through a silane coupling agent provided on the beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Govindasamy Paramasivam Rajendran, Jeffrey Lee Stricker
  • ADJUSTING INVENTORY ALLOCATIONS AT DISCRETE TIMES WITHOUT ADJUSTING OVERALL INVENTORY ALLOCATIONS
    Publication number: 20220114601
    Abstract: A log file including prediction information specifying a local advertisement content allocation amount and a general advertisement content allocation amount over a predetermined duration of time is received. A chronological schedule designating media content spots and advertising spots for the predetermined duration of time is also received. It is determined that a sold amount of local advertisement content during a particular time period, which is less than the predetermined duration of time, is insufficient to fill the local allocation during that time period, A portion of the local allocation is reallocated to the general allocation for the particular time period, while leaving the local and general allocation amounts unchanged over the predetermined duration of time. A program log is generated in accordance with the prediction information and the reallocating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Daniel N. MacTiernan, Amit Aggarwal, Patricia D. Roberts, Kathleen Brougham, Jeffrey Joseph Augustyn