Patents by Inventor John A Matthews

John A Matthews 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).

  • Publication number: 20220364349
    Abstract: A drain assembly for installation in a shower floor, the drain assembly including a drain body including an upper surface defining a top side, and a lower surface opposite the upper surface defining a bottom side. The drain assembly also defines an aperture extending along an axis through the drain body between the upper surface and the lower surface and includes an outlet having a flange and an elongated body. When assembled, the elongated body is configured to extend below the lower surface of the drain body when the flange rests on the upper surface. The drain assembly also includes one or more fasteners configured to couple the outlet to the drain body to form a water-tight seal therebetween, where each of the one or more fasteners are accessible from the top side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: David Michael Gomo, Robert Anthony DiPlacido, Michael Thomas Benesh, Christopher J. Say, John Matthew Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20220365541
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for remote control of autonomous vehicles are disclosed herein. A method may include receiving, by a device, first data indicative of an autonomous vehicle in a parking area, and determining, based on the first data, a location of the autonomous vehicle. The method may include determining, based on a the location, first image data including a representation of an object. The method may include generating second image data based on the first data and the first image data, and presenting the second image data. The method may include receiving an input associated with controlling operation of the autonomous vehicle, and controlling, based on the input, the operation of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Omar Makke, John Matthew Ginder
  • Patent number: 11499170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein a thermostable alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi
  • Publication number: 20220354669
    Abstract: A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher O. Evans, N. Christopher Perry, Dirk Albertus van der Merwe, Christopher C. Langenfeld, John Matthew Kerwin, Stewart M. Coulter, Stanley B. Smith, III, Keith David Violette, Steven W. Nickson, Thomas S. Schnellinger, Alexander H. Muller, Gerald Michael Guay
  • Patent number: 11489699
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, a device receives data regarding wireless communications between a wireless access point and a client. The device evaluates, based on the data, motion of the client relative to the wireless access point. The device makes, based on the motion of the client relative to the wireless access point, a determination that the motion of the client relative to the wireless access point will result in the wireless communications degrading as the client approaches the wireless access point. The device adjusts the wireless communications, based on the determination that the motion of the client relative to the wireless access point will result in the wireless communications degrading as the client approaches the wireless access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Silverman, Ardalan Alizadeh, Jerome Henry, John Matthew Swartz, Pooya Monajemi
  • Publication number: 20220331412
    Abstract: The invention provides humanized anti-Siglec-8 antibodies and their use in treating and preventing eosinophil-mediated disorders and/or mast cell-mediated disorders, as well as compositions and kits comprising the humanized anti-Siglec-8 antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Allakos Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. BEBBINGTON, Rustom FALAHATI, Carolina Rita SOUSA FERNANDES, David John MATTHEWS, Nenad TOMASEVIC, Jason WILLIAMS, John LEUNG
  • Patent number: 11471652
    Abstract: In various examples, an apparatus facilitates attachment of an extension wire to a guidewire. The apparatus includes a body portion including a lumen sized to accommodate a distal end of the extension wire therein. A cutout is defined within a portion of a sidewall of the body portion, the cutout allowing access to the lumen. A funnel portion is disposed within a distal end of the body portion and includes an opening in the distal end of the body portion. The funnel portion includes a tapered wall converging from the opening to the lumen, wherein, with the distal end of the extension wire disposed within the lumen, the funnel portion facilitates alignment and attachment of a proximal end of the guidewire with the distal end of the extension wire. In other examples, a system or a method facilitates attachment of an extension wire to a guidewire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Lake Region Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: John Matthew Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20220325918
    Abstract: A system and method for configuring a water heater. The method includes capturing, with a mobile device a scannable feature of a rating plate and receiving, with the mobile device, an input indicative of a configuration selection. The method further includes configuring, with the mobile device, the water heater based on the configuration selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: John Matthew Schulz, Carl Edward McDow, Steven J. Wilcox, Michael Schultz
  • Patent number: 11460835
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present BOP control systems include a system controller configured to actuate a first BOP function by communicating one or more commands to one or more nodes of a functional pathway selected from one or more available functional pathways associated with the first BOP function, each node comprising an actuatable component configured to actuate in response to a command received from the system controller, each node having one or more sensors configured to capture a first data set corresponding to actuation of the component and a processor configured to analyze the first data set to determine a useful life remaining of the component and/or compare the first data set to a second data set corresponding to a simulation of actuation of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TRANSOCEAN INNOVATION LABS LTD.
    Inventors: John Matthew Dalton, Luis Pereira
  • Publication number: 20220303790
    Abstract: Optimal determination of wireless antenna configurations may be provided. A computing device may direct an antenna array of an Access Point (AP) to generate a wide beamwidth, to locate a cluster of two or more stations. Upon locating the cluster, the AP can narrow the beamwidth, and, with the narrower beamwidth, receive a key performance indicator (KPI) from at least one of the two or more stations in the cluster. The computing device may then generate a statistical model, based on the KPI and an antenna vector of the antenna array. Based on the statistical model, the computing device can determine a second antenna vector to optimize the KPI for one or more of the client stations. The computing device can then modify the antenna state of the AP to generate the determined antenna vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sivadeep Reddy Kalavakuru, Ardalan Alizadeh, John Martin Blosco, Matthew Aaron Silverman, Gautam D. Bhanage, John Matthew Swartz
  • Publication number: 20220265918
    Abstract: A wearable infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid, and an external infusion set configured to deliver the infusible fluid to a user. A fluid delivery system is configured to deliver the infusible fluid from the reservoir to the external infusion set. The fluid delivery system includes a volume sensor assembly, and a pump assembly for extracting a quantity of infusible fluid from the reservoir and providing the quantity of infusible fluid to the volume sensor assembly. The volume sensor assembly is configured to determine the volume of at least a portion of the quantity of fluid. The fluid delivery system further includes a first valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the pump assembly from the reservoir, and a second valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the volume sensor assembly from the external infusion set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Dean Kamen, Larry Brian Gray, Richard J. Lanigan, John Matthew Kerwin, Stephen Lewis Fichera
  • Publication number: 20220258600
    Abstract: A composite tank for a reusable launch vehicle comprises a composite wall, having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The composite wall comprises a first end, a second end, a central axis, which passes through the first end and through the second end, and a cylindrical interior surface. The composite tank also comprises slosh baffles, formed from a second material, having a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from the first coefficient of thermal expansion. Each of the slosh baffles is attached to the cylindrical interior surface of the composite wall. Each of the slosh baffles is annular and is separated from the cylindrical interior surface of the composite wall by a radial gap, selected, in part, based on a difference between the first coefficient of thermal expansion and the second coefficient of thermal expansion. The radial gap is configured to change responsive to changes in temperature of the composite tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan David Embler, John Matthew Nichols, Glenn William Torres, Jacob Ryan Szczudlak, William Preston Keith, Tin Anh Luu, Morgan Ashley Lewis, Keith Charles Kreutztrager, Jonathan Edward Toomey, Juan Carlos Guzman
  • Publication number: 20220258874
    Abstract: A fuel tank comprises an interior wall, a sump, and a baffle that comprises a center fitting, a full-length containment petal, a partial-length containment petal, a dump tube. The full-length containment petal comprises a full-length side edge, extending radially outward from the center fitting. The partial-length containment petal comprises a partial-length side edge, extending radially outward from the center fitting. The dump tube is connected to the sump. The full-length side edge of the full-length containment petal is longer than the partial-length side edge of the partial-length containment petal. All of the partial-length side edge of the partial-length containment petal is attached to a linear portion of the full-length side edge of the full-length containment petal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan David Embler, Tin Anh Luu, Morgan Ashley Lewis, John Matthew Nichols, Keith Charles Kreutztrager, Chinh Manh Cao, Jonathan Edward Toomey, Martin Edward Lozano, Alfredo Lopez
  • Patent number: 11416673
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a set of sentence blocks, each including one or more sentence variants, and information identifying a selected variant. The processor displays a sequence of elements, each associated with a block and displaying the selected variant of the block, and a plurality of sentences, each assigned to a block and corresponding to the selected sentence variant of the block. The processor receives a selection of a first element, associated with a first block, or a first sentence, corresponding to the selected sentence variant of the first block, and, in response, displays the sentence variants of the first block, and an identification of the first sentence as the selected sentence variant of the first block. The processor receives information identifying a new selected sentence variant of the first block, and replaces the displayed first sentence with the new selected sentence variant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: LUMINATE UNIVERSAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS, LTD
    Inventors: Julian Peterson, John Matthew Tennant, Dan Lyn Kew, Jillian Vardy, Jordan Peterson
  • Patent number: 11408164
    Abstract: A modular room includes a floor having an upper surface, and a lower surface. The floor defines a floor height between the upper surface and the lower surface, and the floor defines a through aperture. At least three walls have a lower end connected to the floor and an upper end extend away from the floor, a ceiling is connected to the upper end of the walls, and a drain body is positioned in the floor aperture. The drain body has an upper surface and a lower surface and defines a drain body height between the upper and lower surfaces. The drain body height is less than the floor height, such that the drain body does not extend above the upper surface of the floor or below the lower surface of the flow while the drain body is positioned in the aperture in the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Gomo, Robert Anthony DiPlacido, Michael Thomas Benesh, Christopher J. Say, John Matthew Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20220248423
    Abstract: Application-based Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) sharing may be provided. First, a sharing AP may receive a request to share TXOPs with a requesting AP. The request may include information associated with an application executing on a client serviced by the requesting AP. Next, a TXOP duration for the requesting AP may be reserved based on the information associated with the application such that, in response to winning contention on the medium, the sharing AP may share a TXOP with the requesting AP for the TXOP duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Pooya MONAJEMI, John Matthew SWARTZ, Yeneneh Elfaged GOBENA, Ian HASUND
  • Patent number: D962899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John Matthew Miller, Dustin Jonathan Smith
  • Patent number: D965566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jase Ruggles, Dustin Jonathan Smith, John Matthew Miller, Roger Grinnip, Thomas Andrew Satrom
  • Patent number: D967078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John Matthew Miller, Michael Alan Diamond
  • Patent number: D967079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John Matthew Miller, Michael Alan Diamond