Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Ray
Jeffrey Ray 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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Publication number: 20240134431Abstract: Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. To heat the hardware components, the data processing system may implement a dual device detection framework to identify and characterize various devices that may be usable to heat its hardware components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: CURTIS RAY GENZ, DONALD W. GERHART, JEFFREY LEIGHTON KENNEDY, RANDY ALTON FRAZIER, NICOLE MUTESI
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Publication number: 20240134350Abstract: Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. The data processing system may implement a distributed management framework for managing the operation of a thermal management subsystem tasked with maintaining the temperatures of the hardware components through heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: DONALD W. GERHART, ALARIC JOAQUIM NARCISSIUS SILVEIRA, ERIC MICHAEL TUNKS, BALAMURUGAN GNANASAMBANDAM, CURTIS RAY GENZ, RANDY ALTON FRAZIER, JEFFREY LEIGHTON KENNEDY
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Publication number: 20240100437Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for enabling virtual gameplay. Access is provided to at least one video game in which a player is able to interact with the video game according to a storyline. A player location is detected and stored. A local element is retrieved from a database based on the player location and the local element is correlated to a local element script actuatable in the video game. This local element script is retrieved and actuated in the video game to supplement or replace the video game's storyline.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Yousuf Chowdhary, Jeffrey Brunette, Ravinder("Ray") Sharma
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Patent number: 11933510Abstract: This application relates to a building energy analysis and management system for measurement and verification of building performance. The system can analyze, optimize, manage, maintain, trouble shoot, and/or modify building systems, such as HVAC systems, in connection with the building energy usage. Measurements may be gathered for one or more HVAC units coupled to pressure independent valves, and sent to one or more Surge Panels that pass data to remote analysis servers, which can receive other system or external data. The analysis servers compare measurements to predicted values and can standardize the predicted values to account for external conditions. The comparison can result in difference values used to generate probable causes and optimization recommendations. The system outputs reports or other data display using a graphical user interface that can be adjusted for an anticipated user.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: FlowEnergy, L.L.C.Inventors: Arthur Neal Smith, Joshua Jerome Doerr, Christopher Tillman Reed, Jeffrey Michael Creighton, Christopher John Robson, Andrew James Horn, David Anthony Rogers, Larry Ray Willis, Jr., Billy Joe Melin, Sr., Tamara Jewell Hansen
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Publication number: 20210254896Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first plate defining a first plurality of undulations that extend along a first axis and a second axis, and a second plate defining a second plurality of undulations. The second plate is spaced apart from and coupled to the first plate to define a first fluid flow passage. A first flow area of the first fluid flow passage is constant from a first inlet to a first outlet. The heat exchanger includes a third plate defining a third plurality of undulations. The third plate is spaced apart from and coupled to the second plate to define a second fluid flow passage. The second fluid flow passage is discrete from the first fluid flow passage. A second flow area of the second fluid flow passage is constant from a second inlet to a second outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Joseph B. Borghese, Jeffrey Ray Herr, Yung K. Oey
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Patent number: 11007610Abstract: A voltage sensing wire feeder includes a storage device and a user interface. The user interface is configured to receive a first selection and a second selection. The first selection is configured to direct the voltage sensing wire feeder to use a first group of settings stored in the storage device, and the second selection is configured to direct the voltage sensing wire feeder to use a second group of settings stored in the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: James Francis Rappl, Jeffrey Ray Ihde, Joseph Edward Feldhausen, Timothy Jay Reitmeyer, Thomas Don Lahti, Clay Alan Byron, Michael Hilary Novak
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Patent number: 10980656Abstract: A removable and replaceable hip orthotic that includes a back panel formed from a rigid material that supports a patient's lumbar area; a front panel formed from the rigid material that supports the patient's abdomen area and is hinged to the back panel to allow application and removal of the orthotic to the patient; a leg support that extends from the back support that includes a space that allows a patient's leg to pass through into the leg support; and straps to secure the back panel to the front panel and the leg into the leg support. The back panel includes a pair of windows with a trochanter pad movably disposed within the windows. An adjustment mechanism selectively moves the trochanter pads relative to the greater trochanter regions of the hips of the patient to apply pressure to the hip joint to prevent dislocation of the femoral head.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Palmer
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Patent number: 10561516Abstract: A removable and replaceable hip orthotic that includes a back panel formed from a rigid material that supports a patient's lumbar area; a front panel formed from the rigid material that supports the patient's abdomen area and is hinged to the back panel to allow application and removal of the orthotic to the patient; a leg support that extends from the back support that includes a space that allows a patient's leg to pass through into the leg support; and straps to secure the back panel to the front panel and the leg into the leg support.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Palmer
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Patent number: 10457962Abstract: Improved methods for anaerobic digestion of organic matter to produce biogas. Among the improvements given are including ferric iron in a hydrolysis reactor to increase the rate and efficiency of anaerobic hydrolysis to provide substrates for methanogenesis. A solids separation step is added after hydrolysis and before methanogenesis to improve the efficiency of the methanogenesis step. Other improvements involve using separate tanks for the hydrolysis and methanogenesis stages and using two (or more) methanogenesis tanks in sequence, and switching the order of the two (or more) methanogenesis tanks periodically.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Virerco AD, LLCInventors: Surya Raja Pidaparti, Jeffrey Ray Zierdt, Joseph Philip Burke
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Patent number: 10409983Abstract: A system that includes a guest virtual machine is in communication with a hypervisor. The guest virtual machine comprises virtual machine measurement points and a hypervisor control point. The hypervisor control point is configured to collect virtual machine memory metadata from the guest virtual machine and from the hypervisor, and to compare the virtual machine memory metadata to the hypervisor memory metadata. The hypervisor control point is further configured to determine whether the virtual machine memory metadata is the same as the hypervisor memory metadata and to communicate the virtual machine memory metadata to the virtual vault machine in response to determining that the virtual machine memory metadata is the same as the hypervisor memory metadata. The virtual vault machine is in communication with the hypervisor and configured to classify the state of the guest virtual based on the virtual machine memory metadata.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Armor Defense, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Ray Schilling, Chase Cooper Cunningham, Tawfiq Mohan Shah, Srujan Das Kotikela
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Patent number: 10370681Abstract: Improved methods for anaerobic digestion of organic matter to produce biogas. Among the improvements given are including ferric iron in a hydrolysis reactor to increase the rate and efficiency of anaerobic hydrolysis to provide substrates for methanogenesis. A solids separation step is added after hydrolysis and before methanogenesis to improve the efficiency of the methanogenesis step. Other improvements involve using separate tanks for the hydrolysis and methanogenesis stages and using two (or more) methanogenesis tanks in sequence, and switching the order of the two (or more) methanogenesis tanks periodically.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Viresco AD, LLCInventors: Surya Raja Pidaparti, Jeffrey Ray Zierdt, Joseph Philip Burke
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Publication number: 20180369968Abstract: A voltage sensing wire feeder includes a storage device and a user interface. The user interface is configured to receive a first selection and a second selection. The first selection is configured to direct the voltage sensing wire feeder to use a first group of settings stored in the storage device, and the second selection is configured to direct the voltage sensing wire feeder to use a second group of settings stored in the storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: James Francis Rappl, Jeffrey Ray Ihde, Joseph Edward Feldhausen, Timothy Jay Reitmeyer, Thomas Don Lahti, Clay Alan Byron, Michael Hilary Novak
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Patent number: 10123886Abstract: A lower limb prosthesis for a person is provided that comprises a foot prosthesis having a heel plate for contacting the ground and an ankle plate extending vertically from the heel plate when the heel plate is in ground contact, a leg prosthesis having an upper end portion mountable to the body of the person and a lower end portion, and a clearance enhancer. The clearance enhancer is in the form of a generally L-shaped plate, the plate including a base plate and an upper plate extending generally perpendicularly from the base plate. The base plate is configured to be connected to the lower end of the leg prosthesis. The upper plate includes a number of mounting openings to receive a corresponding number of fasteners for connecting the upper plate to the ankle plate of the foot prosthesis so that the lower portion of the leg prosthesis overlaps the ankle plate of the foot prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Palmer
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Publication number: 20180271692Abstract: A removable and replaceable hip orthotic that includes a back panel formed from a rigid material that supports a patient's lumbar area; a front panel formed from the rigid material that supports the patient's abdomen area and is hinged to the back panel to allow application and removal of the orthotic to the patient; a leg support that extends from the back support that includes a space that allows a patient's leg to pass through into the leg support; and straps to secure the back panel to the front panel and the leg into the leg support. The back panel includes a pair of windows with a trochanter pad movably disposed within the windows. An adjustment mechanism selectively moves the trochanter pads relative to the greater trochanter regions of the hips of the patient to apply pressure to the hip joint to prevent dislocation of the femoral head.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Palmer
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Patent number: 10076809Abstract: A voltage sensing wire feeder includes a storage device and a user interface. The user interface is configured to receive a first selection and a second selection. The first selection is configured to direct the voltage sensing wire feeder to use a first group of settings stored in the storage device, and the second selection is configured to direct the voltage sensing wire feeder to use a second group of settings stored in the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: James Francis Rappl, Jeffrey Ray Ihde, Joseph Edward Feldhausen, Timothy Jay Reitmeyer, Thomas Don Lahti, Clay Alan Byron, Michael Hilary Novak
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Publication number: 20180177613Abstract: A lower limb prosthesis for a person is provided that comprises a foot prosthesis having a heel plate for contacting the ground and an ankle plate extending vertically from the heel plate when the heel plate is in ground contact, a leg prosthesis having an upper end portion mountable to the body of the person and a lower end portion, and a clearance enhancer. The clearance enhancer is in the form of a generally L-shaped plate, the plate including a base plate and an upper plate extending generally perpendicularly from the base plate. The base plate is configured to be connected to the lower end of the leg prosthesis. The upper plate includes a number of mounting openings to receive a corresponding number of fasteners for connecting the upper plate to the ankle plate of the foot prosthesis so that the lower portion of the leg prosthesis overlaps the ankle plate of the foot prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Palmer
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Publication number: 20180153725Abstract: A removable and replaceable hip orthotic that includes a back panel formed from a rigid material that supports a patient's lumbar area; a front panel formed from the rigid material that supports the patient's abdomen area and is hinged to the back panel to allow application and removal of the orthotic to the patient; a leg support that extends from the back support that includes a space that allows a patient's leg to pass through into the leg support; and straps to secure the back panel to the front panel and the leg into the leg support. The back panel includes a pair of windows with a trochanter pad movably disposed within the windows. An adjustment mechanism selectively moves the trochanter pads relative to the greater trochanter regions of the hips of the patient to apply pressure to the hip joint to prevent dislocation of the femoral head.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Palmer
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Patent number: 9988646Abstract: Improved methods for anaerobic digestion of organic matter to produce biogas. Among the improvements given are including ferric iron in a hydrolysis reactor to increase the rate and efficiency of anaerobic hydrolysis to provide substrates for methanogenesis. A solids separation step is added after hydrolysis and before methanogenesis to improve the efficiency of the methanogenesis step. Other improvements involve using separate tanks for the hydrolysis and methanogenesis stages and using two (or more) methanogenesis tanks in sequence, and switching the order of the two (or more) methanogenesis tanks periodically.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Viresco AD, LLCInventors: Surya Raja Pidaparti, Jeffrey Ray Zierdt, Joseph Philip Burke
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Patent number: 9988647Abstract: Improved methods for anaerobic digestion of organic matter to produce biogas. Among the improvements given are including ferric iron in a hydrolysis reactor to increase the rate and efficiency of anaerobic hydrolysis to provide substrates for methanogenesis. A solids separation step is added after hydrolysis and before methanogenesis to improve the efficiency of the methanogenesis step. Other improvements involve using separate tanks for the hydrolysis and methanogenesis stages and using two (or more) methanogenesis tanks in sequence, and switching the order of the two (or more) methanogenesis tanks periodically.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Viresco AD, LLCInventors: Surya Raja Pidaparti, Jeffrey Ray Zierdt, Joseph Philip Burke
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Publication number: 20180071128Abstract: A removable and replaceable hip orthotic that includes a back panel formed from a rigid material that supports a patient's lumbar area; a front panel formed from the rigid material that supports the patient's abdomen area and is hinged to the back panel to allow application and removal of the orthotic to the patient; a leg support that extends from the back support that includes a space that allows a patient's leg to pass through into the leg support; and straps to secure the back panel to the front panel and the leg into the leg support.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Palmer