Patents by Inventor Jose Sousa

Jose Sousa 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: 20240135540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method capable of automatically classifying and differentiating biliary lesions in images obtained from a digital cholangioscopy system, characterizing them according to their malignant potential, through the classification of pixels as a malignant lesion, or benign lesion, followed by a characterization stage and indexing of such lesions according to a set of morphologic characteristics with clinical relevance, namely the presence/absence of tumor vessels, the presence/absence of papillary projections, the presence/absence of intraductal nodules and the presence/absence of tumor masses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: João Pedro SOUSA FERREIRA, Miguel José DA QUINTA E COSTA DE MASCARENHAS SARAIVA, Filipe Manuel VILAS BOAS SILVA, Manuel Guilherme GONÇALVES DE MACEDO, João Pedro LIMA AFONSO, Marco Paulo LAGES PARENTE, Renato Manuel NATAL JORGE, Tiago Filipe CARNEIRO RIBEIRO, Pedro Nuno VALENTE REIS PEREIRA
  • Publication number: 20240136090
    Abstract: A taping head for taping a wire harness with tape of a tape roll includes a base body and a rotatable tape dispenser with a mouth and mandrel for receiving the tape roll. The tape dispenser is configured to rotate the tape roll and is mounted to the base body by means of a quick-release coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: José Lopes CARROLO NUNO, Qiu JIANLIANG, Marco Rubén MEDEIROS FERREIRA DA SILVA, Miguel SOUSA BORGES MONTEIRO PIRES
  • Patent number: 10286963
    Abstract: Three structural components meet at a structural node for a motor vehicle bodywork. The structural components are fitted together from at least one outer part and one an inner part in each case. A reinforcement part is arranged in a hollow space formed in one of the structural components and is fixed to the inner part of at least a first structural part and the outer part of at least a second structural part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo Mildner, Jose Sousa Dias, Lothar Teske
  • Patent number: 10023240
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body includes a side member and with an at least two-shell wheelhouse supported against the latter. An upper wheelhouse shell and a lower wheelhouse shell at least regionally overlap each other and are joined together. Each wheelhouse shell exhibits a passage opening for arranging a strut mount toward the top in the vehicle vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo Mildner, Jose Sousa Dias, Lothar Teske
  • Publication number: 20170282860
    Abstract: A wiper system is disclosed for a motor vehicle, and includes a longitudinally extended multi-part support having first and second longitudinally extended support arms. The second support arm is oriented in an imaginary extension to the first support arm and connected to the first support arm. A fastening element for fastening the support to a body of the motor vehicle is in each case arranged on the longitudinal ends, which face away from one another, of first and second support arm. A first wiper bearing is arranged on at least one of the longitudinal ends of first and second support arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Lothar TESKE, Jose SOUSA DIAS
  • Publication number: 20170225719
    Abstract: Three structural components meet at a structural node for a motor vehicle bodywork. The structural components are fitted together from at least one outer part and one an inner part in each case. A reinforcement part is arranged in a hollow space formed in one of the structural components and is fixed to the inner part of at least a first structural part and the outer part of at least a second structural part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo Mildner, Jose Sousa Dias, Lothar Teske
  • Publication number: 20170008570
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body includes a side member and with an at least two-shell wheelhouse supported against the latter. An upper wheelhouse shell and a lower wheelhouse shell at least regionally overlap each other and are joined together. Each wheelhouse shell exhibits a passage opening for arranging a strut mount toward the top in the vehicle vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Jose Sousa DIAS, Lothar TESKE
  • Publication number: 20100117310
    Abstract: A seal ring includes a weld and a thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material has a weld elongation-at-break of at least 3%. The thermoplastic material can have a glass transition temperature of at least 100° C. The thermoplastic material with the weld can have a weld elongation-at-break of at least 3%. The seal ring can have a circumference of at least 0.62 meters. The seal ring can have a coefficient of friction of not greater than 0.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ceyhan Celik, Sarah L. Clark, Gary Charles Hildreth, Helina Joshi, Karthik Vaideeswaran, Christophe Valdenaire, Jose Sousa, Hamid Reza Ghalambor
  • Patent number: 7663408
    Abstract: A dynamic circuit latch, having the functionality of a domino circuit and a transparent latch, without the delay associated with the inclusion of a separate series latch element. Embodiments include a fast scannable footed Domino dyanmic latch. Also described is a fast scannable delay reset Domino dynamic latch. A fast scannable compound Domino dynamic latch is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Paul Masleid, Jose Sousa, Venkata Kottapalli
  • Publication number: 20070008012
    Abstract: A dynamic circuit latch, having the functionality of a domino circuit and a transparent latch, without the delay associated with the inclusion of a separate series latch element. Embodiments include a fast scannable footed Domino dyanmic latch. Also described is a fast scannable delay reset Domino dynamic latch. A fast scannable compound Domino dynamic latch is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Masleid, Jose Sousa, Venkata Kottapalli