Patents by Inventor Jordan Ford

Jordan Ford 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: 20240156445
    Abstract: A coupler device for interfacing between a biopsy driver and an intraosseous device includes a drive body having a distal drive receptacle. The drive body is rotatable around a longitudinal axis. The distal drive receptacle is configured to drivably couple to a drive portion of the intraosseous device. A distal coupler portion is coupled to the drive body and is configured to operate a distal latch member. The distal latch member latches the drive body to the intraosseous device when the distal coupler portion is in a distal coupler latch position. The distal coupler portion has a distal housing portion that is movable in either of a distal direction or a proximal direction. The distal coupler portion has a distal release position and a proximal release position. The distal housing portion is configured to move the distal coupler portion to a release position to operate the distal latch member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Jordan ADDISON, Summer FORD, Alexander PALMER, Ryan STRIEDEL
  • Patent number: 11924087
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a request for a path in a network including a plurality of network elements interconnected to one another via links, wherein the request includes values for a plurality of criteria, wherein the plurality of criteria include one or more of trust, privacy, and secrecy; utilizing a multi-criteria path selection process to determine the path through the plurality of network elements over the links based on the plurality of criteria and the associated values; and providing a display of the determined path in a network map. The trust quantifies trustworthiness of each link in the network and the values of trust are any of a rating and a selection for inclusion or exclusion, the privacy quantifies a number of the links the network path is routed over for network obfuscation, and the secrecy quantifies a level of encryption utilized on the links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: James P'ford't Carnes, III, David Jordan Krauss
  • Patent number: 10678248
    Abstract: Technical solutions are described for maneuvering a vehicle autonomously is described. An example method includes receiving, by a controller, a command to navigate the vehicle, the command based on a global route calculation. The method further includes ranking, by the controller, maneuver patterns from a list of maneuver patterns to generate a ranked list of maneuver patterns. The method further includes selecting a maneuver pattern from the ranked list, and in response to a comfort score assigned to the selected maneuver pattern being above a predetermined threshold, executing the maneuver pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Ford, Sayyed Rouhollah Jafari Tafti, Syed B. Mehdi
  • Publication number: 20190250617
    Abstract: Technical solutions are described for maneuvering a vehicle autonomously is described. An example method includes receiving, by a controller, a command to navigate the vehicle, the command based on a global route calculation. The method further includes ranking, by the controller, maneuver patterns from a list of maneuver patterns to generate a ranked list of maneuver patterns. The method further includes selecting a maneuver pattern from the ranked list, and in response to a comfort score assigned to the selected maneuver pattern being above a predetermined threshold, executing the maneuver pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jordan Ford, Sayyed Rouhollah Jafari Tafti, Syed B. Mehdi
  • Patent number: 6923463
    Abstract: The invention allows the alignment of a towing vehicle to a trailer tongue bringing the towing vehicle into close alignment with the tongue thus permitting the tongue to be lowered onto the hitch ball to complete the connection. This alignment can be accomplished exclusively by the driver of the towing vehicle without outside assistance. The alignment device includes a telescopic mast that includes a mirror with a ball and socket connection for aligning the mirror to the tongue of the trailer. The alignment device includes a pair of mounting plates that have a plurality of mounting holes to allow the mounting to several different sized trailer tongues, namely, a four inch, six inch and an eight inch tongue. Once the connection of the tongue to the ball is made, the alignment device remains in the position set for future use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Inventors: Jordan Ford, John Clifford Page