Patents by Inventor John To

John To 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).

  • Golf club
    Patent number: 11951365
    Abstract: A shim or badge is affixed to a golf club body to produce a cap-back iron, giving the appearance of a hollow-body iron. In this way, the golf club can be manufactured with the performance benefits of a game improvement iron, while providing the appearance of a blade, player's iron, and/or a hollow-body iron. For example, by using a lightweight and rigid shim or badge to close a cavity opening and extend into the toe portion in the golf club body, the golf club head can provide increased stiffness in the topline, while lowering CG. Various shim or badge arrangements and materials can be used, and a filler material and/or damper can be included within the cavity to improve sound and feel, while minimizing loss in COR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Mark Halberg, Adam Robert Warren, John Bernard Krzywiec, Scott Taylor, Bret H. Wahl, Mattieu Bovee
  • Weapon usage monitoring system having discharge event monitoring based on movement speed
    Patent number: 11953276
    Abstract: A method for determining an operational status of a firearm based on a discharge event is provided. A signal indicative of a plurality of accelerations sensed by an inertial measurement unit is received by an event detection module. A sample shot profile is determined based on the signal. The shot profile can comprise a first peak at a first time representing initial discharge of the firearm wherein a bolt of the firearm moves from an initial forward position, a second peak at a second time, representing the bolt engaging a rear buffer of the firearm, and a third peak at a third time, representing the bolt returning to the forward position. A measured bolt speed of the weapon is determined based on a difference between the second and third times. The measured bold speed is compared to a baseline weapon bolt speed. An operational status of the weapon is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Armaments Research Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John Asbach, Michael Canty, Kyle William Broadway
  • System for improving data security through key management
    Patent number: 11954230
    Abstract: A system protects personally identifiable information (PII) by implementing an unconventional key management scheme. In this scheme, the system uses a set of keys rather than an individual key for encrypting PII. Different portions of the PII are encrypted using different keys from the set of keys. In this manner, even if a malicious user were to access a key, that key would not give the malicious user the ability to decrypt all of the PII. Additionally, the system generates a new set of keys periodically (e.g., once a month). The system also deletes sets of keys that are too old (e.g., six months old). As a result, even if a malicious user were to access a key, the usefulness of that key would be time limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Venkatesh Sarvottamrao Apsingekar, Sahil Vinod Motadoo, Christopher John Schille, James Francis Lavine
  • Devices for real-time polymerase chain reaction
    Patent number: 11953438
    Abstract: An improved device and system for facilitating polymerase chain reaction including a light source, detector, waveguide, and filters that occupy minimal space and facilitate detection of stationary samples, reduced sample read time, and simultaneous reading of multiple light wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: STRECK LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Kreifels, Scott E. Whitney, Gregg Wilder, John Flanagan, James Dowling, Philip Hills, Michael Tilleman, Jeremie Jackson
  • Fluid-filled chamber with a stacked tensile member
    Patent number: 11950654
    Abstract: A fluid-filled chamber may have a barrier, a stacked tensile member, and a fluid. The barrier may be formed from a polymer material that is sealed to define an interior void. The stacked tensile member may be located within the interior void and includes a first tensile element and a second tensile element that are joined to each other. Additionally, opposite sides of the stacked tensile member are joined to the barrier. The fluid is located within the interior void and may be pressurized to place an outward force upon the barrier and induce tension in the stacked tensile member. In some configurations, each of the tensile elements may be a spacer textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Swigart, Amy E. Gishifu
  • Ring saw blade
    Patent number: 11951554
    Abstract: A ring saw blade includes a flat annular support which has a side face and an outer circumference. One or more cutting elements are disposed along the outer circumference. An annular groove is recessed into the side face and has a radially inner flank and a radially outer flank. The radially inner flank is conical and a first cone describing the radially inner flank has a half opening angle of between 10 degrees and 30 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Koslowski, Bernhard Brehm, John Van Taack-Trakranen, Goran Golubovic, Josef Schittl
  • Deployable step for vehicle with extendable cargo bed
    Patent number: 11951948
    Abstract: A cargo bed system of a vehicle includes a floor assembly of a cargo bed. The floor assembly is configured to transition back-and-forth between a standard position and an extended position. A step that moves with the floor assembly back-and-forth between the standard position and the extended position. The step is movable back-and-forth between a stowed position and a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Harmon, Ryan Mathew Sandor, Matthew B. Rutman, Amol Borkar, Hussain Z. Tajmahal
  • Thermally-conductive electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorbers
    Patent number: 11955438
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of thermally-conductive electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorbers. In exemplary embodiments, the thermally-conductive EMI absorber may have a thermal conductivity of at least 6 Watts per meter per Kelvin (W/mK) and an attenuation greater than 15 decibels per centimeter (dB/cm) at a frequency of 10 gigahertz (GHz) or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Bruzda, John David Ryan
  • System and method for monitoring ingot detachment from bottom block
    Patent number: 11951536
    Abstract: A monitoring system may monitor a gap between an ingot and a bottom block of a mold. The monitoring system may include a camera and a computer system. The camera may be positioned to capture or detect optical data associated with one or more molds positioned in a casting environment and send the optical data to the computer system. The computer system may compare the optical data with a baseline profile. Based on the comparison between the optical data and the baseline profile, the computer system may determine if the ingot has separated from the bottom block and the height of the separation. The computer system may generate operating instructions based on the separation. The operating instructions may be used to adjust the casting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Buster McCallum, Aaron David Sinden
  • Arrays with quality control tracers
    Patent number: 11952619
    Abstract: An array includes a support including a plurality of discrete wells, a gel material positioned in each of the plurality of discrete wells, and a quality control tracer grafted to the gel material in each of the plurality of discrete wells. The quality control tracer comprises (a) a cleavable nucleotide sequence comprising a cleavage site and (b) a detectable label; and in some aspects, is a cleavable nucleotide sequence with a detectable label and a non-reactive nucleotide sequence or a primer nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Peyton Shieh, John M. Beierle, Michael S. Graige, Alexander Fuhrmann, Randall Smith, Wei Wei, Naiqian Zhan
  • Radio frequency filtered interface
    Patent number: 11955941
    Abstract: A connector including a first body, a second body, a dielectric film and one or more conductive traces. The first body has first and second opposite sides and includes an elastomeric absorber material with ferrite or iron powder dispersed therein. The second body includes the elastomeric absorber material with ferrite or iron powder dispersed therein. The dielectric film is disposed on surfaces of the first body to extend along and between the first and second opposite sides. The one or more conductive traces are sandwiched between the second body and the dielectric film to extend along and between the first and second opposite sides. The connector can be installed into a conductive aperture, to channel RF energy through it and thus effecting an absorptive RF filter for a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: John W. Hauff, Orlando F. Perez, John F. Magnani
  • Cuff for air delivery conduit
    Patent number: 11953012
    Abstract: A cuff for an air delivery conduit includes a first end portion provided to a tube and a second end portion adapted to engage a tubular connector. The second end portion includes an annular bead for sealing and retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Nathan John Row, Alexander Virr, Nicholas Andrew Earl
  • Mounting systems for image capture devices
    Patent number: 11953808
    Abstract: A mounting system for an image capture device that includes three pivotably connected arms is disclosed. The first arm includes a first fastener that is lockable and unlockable to allow for connection and disconnection of the image capture device, and a second fastener that is lockable and unlockable to regulate the position of the image capture device relative to the first arm. The mounting system further includes a third fastener that is lockable and unlockable to regulate the relative positioning between the first arm and the second arm, and a fourth fastener that is lockable and unlockable to regulate the relative positioning between the second arm and the third arm. Whereas the first fastener is removable, each of the second, third, and fourth fasteners is captive to (nonremovable from) the mounting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Huy Phuong Nguyen, Bessy Liang, John George Muhlenkamp, IV, Scott Alberstein, Joshua T. Druker, Daniel J. Coster, Nicholas D. Woodman, Jesse Patterson
  • Apparatuses and methods for input receiver circuits and receiver masks for same
    Patent number: 11955162
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for input receiver circuits and receiver masks for electronic memory are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosure include memory receiver masks having shapes other than rectangular shapes. For example, a receiver mask according to some embodiments of the disclosure may have a hexagonal shape. Other shapes of receiver masks may also be included in other embodiments of the disclosure. Circuits, timing, and operating parameters for achieving non-rectangular and various shapes of receiver mask are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Dean D. Gans, John D. Porter
  • Selective ship inhibitors for treating disease
    Patent number: 11952328
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions that inhibit the SH2-containing inositol 5?phosphatase (SHIP) as well as methods using such composition for use in treating or ameliorating the effects of a medical condition in a subject. For examples, compositions including the general formula as disclosed herein are suitable for use herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: William G. Kerr, John D. Chisholm
  • Device and methods for delivery of biphasic electrical pulses for non-thermal ablation
    Patent number: 11952568
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for electroporation-based therapies (EBTs). Embodiments provide patient-specific treatment protocols derived by the numerical modeling of 3D reconstructions of target tissue from images taken of the tissue, and optionally accounting for one or more of physical constraints or dynamic tissue properties. The present invention further relates to systems, methods, and devices for delivering bipolar electric pulses for irreversible electroporation exhibiting reduced or no damage to tissue typically associated with an EBT-induced excessive charge delivered to the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Neal, II, Paulo A. Garcia, Rafael V. Davalos, John H. Rossmeisl, John L. Robertson
  • Multi-sensor device
    Patent number: D1021661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: David John Boretti
  • Display screen with a transitional graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1021916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: S&P Global Inc.
    Inventors: Jamie Matlin, Adrian Benko, Priyanka Sara John, Ketan Kumar Dinesh Patel, Neha Bailoori
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1021929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Hunter Depaola, Thomas John Miller, Allie Mikelle Perry, Matthew Cade Sanders
  • Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1021936
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Britta Nauta-Larsen, John Ludwick