Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Hoffman

Joseph A. Hoffman 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).

  • Patent number: 12133754
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for creating both angiographic images of a subject and dynamic images of the subject from imaging data acquired during an imaging acquisition. The method includes operating an imaging system to perform an imaging acquisition by delivering interspersed doses of high doses of the ionizing radiation and low doses of the ionizing radiation, wherein more low doses of the ionizing radiation are delivered than high doses of ionizing radiation during the imaging acquisition to thereby acquire the imaging data with a high frame rate of low dose data and a low frame rate of high dose data. The method also includes generating at least volumetric angiographic images of the subject and dynamic images of the subject from the imaging data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael Speidel, Paul Laeseke, Carson Hoffman, Joseph Whitehead
  • Patent number: 12135161
    Abstract: A cooler including a cabinet defining an interior volume for storing a perishable product. A cold plate is disposed within the cabinet, and the cold plate is configured to absorb heat within the cabinet. The cooler further includes a defrosting system that includes a sensor configured to detect a presence of frost on a surface of the cold plate, a heating element affixed to the surface of the cold plate that is configured to at least partially melt frost on the cold plate, and a control unit configured to selectively activate and deactivate the heating element when the presence of frost is determined by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Praveen Kumar Nooli, John Michael Hartney, Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Andrew Hoffman, Joseph E. Stapleton, Atul Tripathi
  • Patent number: 12105651
    Abstract: A method is described. The method includes executing solid state drive program code from system memory of a computing system to perform any/all of garbage collection, wear leveling and logical block address to physical block address translation routines for a solid state drive that is coupled to a computing system that the system memory is a component of.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph D. Tarango, Randal Eike, Michael Allison, Eric Hoffman
  • Patent number: 12085113
    Abstract: Wall anchors and assemblies of the present disclosure include a plate, one more prongs, and a load bearing structure. The prongs are typically integral with a side edge of the plate and are typically curved in an upward towards the top edge of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hoffman, Tatiane Dias Marques Faria, Craig D. Thompson, Judd D. Olson, Michele A. Eller, Angela L Pan
  • Publication number: 20240226671
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head comprising at least one crown opening and at least one crown insert attached to the body and covering the at least one crown opening. The golf club head further comprises at least one sole opening and at least one sole insert attached to the body and covering the at least one sole opening. The golf club head additionally includes at least one weight member configured to clamp first and second ledges at selected locations along a sliding weight track. The golf club head also comprise a coefficient of restitution (COR) feature located on the sole of the golf club head. The at least one crown insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc. The at least one sole insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Johnson, David Bennett, Joseph Hoffman, Joseph R. Nielson, Nathan T. Sargent, Christopher J. Harbert, Jared Guttmann, Christian R. Wester, Jake Feuerstein, Mattieu Bovee
  • Publication number: 20240131403
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head comprising at least one crown opening and at least one crown insert attached to the body and covering the at least one crown opening. The golf club head further comprises at least one sole opening and at least one sole insert attached to the body and covering the at least one sole opening. The golf club head additionally includes at least one weight member configured to clamp first and second ledges at selected locations along a sliding weight track. The golf club head also comprise a coefficient of restitution (COR) feature located on the sole of the golf club head. The at least one crown insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc. The at least one sole insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Johnson, David Bennett, Joseph Hoffman, Joseph R. Nielson, Nathan T. Sargent, Christopher J. Harbert, Jared Guttmann, Christian R. Wester, Jake Feuerstein, Mattieu Bovee
  • Publication number: 20230383901
    Abstract: Wall anchors and assemblies of the present disclosure include a plate, one more prongs, and a load bearing structure comprising a threaded bolt, post, or threaded bore. The prongs are typically integral with a side edge of the plate and are typically curved towards the bottom edge of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hoffman, Mario A. Davenport, Angela L. Pan, Connor M. Pelletier-Sutton, Brian D. Gale
  • Publication number: 20230346341
    Abstract: Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical imaging system for imaging vasculature of a patient is provided. The imaging system includes a console that has one or more processors with a medical imaging system interface running thereon, an acquisition card in communication with the one or more processors and in communication with a patient interface module (PIM), and an intravascular imaging component in communication with the PIM and disposed on a distal end of a flexible elongate member. The medical imaging system interface provides a plurality of settings groups for selection by a user, each of the settings groups having pre-acquisition parameters and post-acquisition parameters that are optimal for imaging a desired viewing target within the vasculature. Associated methods and computer-readable media are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph HOFFMAN
  • Patent number: 11786213
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to intravascular imaging system and particularly to processing in multimodal systems. The invention provides an imaging system that splits incoming image data into two signals and performs the same processing step on each of the split signals. The system can then send the two signals down two processing pathways. Methods include receiving an analog image signal, transmitting the received signal to a processing system, splitting the signal to produce a first image signal and a second image signal, and performing a processing operation on the first image signal and the second image signal. The first and second signal include substantially the same information as one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Hancock, Jerome Mai, Joseph Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11712606
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head comprising at least one crown opening and at least one crown insert attached to the body and covering the at least one crown opening. The golf club head further comprises at least one sole opening and at least one sole insert attached to the body and covering the at least one sole opening. The golf club head additionally includes at least one weight member configured to clamp first and second ledges at selected locations along a sliding weight track. The golf club head also comprise a coefficient of restitution (COR) feature located on the sole of the golf club head. The at least one crown insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc. The at least one sole insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Johnson, David Bennett, Joseph Hoffman, Joseph R Nielson, Nathan T Sargent, Christopher J Harbert, Jared Guttmann, Christian R Wester
  • Patent number: 11696741
    Abstract: Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical imaging system for imaging vasculature of a patient is provided. The imaging system includes a console that has one or more processors with a medical imaging system interface running thereon, an acquisition card in communication with the one or more processors and in communication with a patient interface module (PIM), and an intravascular imaging component in communication with the PIM and disposed on a distal end of a flexible elongate member. The medical imaging system interface provides a plurality of settings groups for selection by a user, each of the settings groups having pre-acquisition parameters and post-acquisition parameters that are optimal for imaging a desired viewing target within the vasculature. Associated methods and computer-readable media are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20230192335
    Abstract: A method and a bale wrapping device for wrapping a bale. The method includes receiving a bale at a bale moving ramp device of the bale wrapping device. The bale on the bale moving ramp device is moved through a bale wrapping frame. The breathable sheet of wrapping material is applied on the bale to wrap the bale as the bale passes through the bale wrapping frame, and a roller on the bale wrapping frame holds a roll of the breathable sheet of wrapping material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: KUHN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph HOFFMAN, Dana Eric REDMAN, William John BASSETT
  • Patent number: 11629748
    Abstract: Wall anchors and positioning aids disclosed herein grant a user the ability to temporary hang or otherwise mount heavyweight objects, while also allowing for adjustment of at least one of the location and orientation of the assembly via the direct manipulation of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hoffman, Tatiane Dias Marques Faria, Craig D. Thompson, Judd D. Olson, Michele A. Eller, Angela L. Pan, Landon B. Davis, Thaddeus S. Rodda, III, Margaret M. Bonello
  • Patent number: 11553889
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods of imaging a blood vessel are provided. For example, the method can include obtaining fluoroscopic image data of a region of interest in a blood vessel using an x-ray source; obtaining intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) data at a plurality of positions across the region of interest using an IVUS component disposed on an intravascular device; processing the fluoroscopic image data and IVUS data, including: determining, using the fluoroscopic image data, a position of the intravascular device with respect to the x-ray source at each of the plurality of positions across the region of interest; co-registering the fluoroscopic image data and the IVUS image data; and generating, a model of the region of interest including position information of a border of a lumen of the blood vessel at each of the plurality of locations; and outputting a visual representation of the model of the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Spencer, Joseph Hoffman
  • Patent number: D971757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Mario A. Davenport, Joseph A. Hoffman, Landon B. Davis, Andrew C. Stansel
  • Patent number: D979381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Mario A. Davenport, Angela L. Pan, Joseph A. Hoffman
  • Patent number: D993010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hoffman, Angela L. Pan, Mario A. Davenport
  • Patent number: D993011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hoffman, Angela L. Pan, Mario A. Davenport
  • Patent number: D993012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hoffman, Angela L. Pan, Mario A. Davenport
  • Patent number: D993757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hoffman, Angela L. Pan, Mario A. Davenport