Patents by Inventor Joseph Hamilton

Joseph Hamilton 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: 11833985
    Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes a CAN-Bus network, a plurality of controllers, a pair of electric transaxles controlled by the plurality of controllers, and one or more steering and drive input devices coupled to respective sensor(s) for sensing user steering and drive inputs. The plurality of controllers communicate with one or more vehicle sensors via the CAN-Bus network. The plurality of controllers receive the user's steering and drive inputs and posts on the CAN-Bus network and generate drive signals to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton, John Tyler Hibbard
  • Publication number: 20230387872
    Abstract: Voltage-to-current converters that include two current mirrors are disclosed. In an example voltage-to-current converter each current mirror is a complementary current mirror in that one of its input and output transistors is a P-type transistor and the other one is an N-type transistor. Such voltage-to-current converters may be implemented using bipolar technology, CMOS technology, or a combination of bipolar and CMOS technologies, and may be made sufficiently compact and accurate while operating at sufficiently low voltages and consuming limited power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph ADUT, Jeremy WONG, Brian HAMILTON, Gregory FUNG
  • Publication number: 20230321504
    Abstract: A foldable organizer adapted to be detachably secured to a structure in an open configuration for use during an activity. The organizer may be, for example, a golf organizer for use while golfing and adapted to be attachable to the structures of a golf cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: GOPHY LLC
    Inventors: Gloria HAMILTON, Joseph MEGLESS
  • Publication number: 20230285886
    Abstract: A pollutant filtering assembly for filtering pollutants from vehicle exhaust includes a tube that has a diameter which is sufficient to facilitate the tube to be inserted into an exhaust pipe of a vehicle. A sleeve extends around the tube to facilitate the exhaust pipe to extend between the tube and the sleeve. A handle is pivotally coupled to the tube for inserting the tube into the exhaust pipe. A filtering cartridge is insertable into the tube. The filtering cartridge has a plurality of filtering elements that is each comprised of a unique pollutant filtering material with respect to each other. Moreover, each of the filtering elements can filter pollutants from exhaust of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20230283291
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) architecture can be implemented to process a signal from a charge output sensor. The ADC architecture can include a summing node for receiving a sensor signal from the charge output sensor, and an output node implemented to provide a digital signal representative of the sensor signal. The ADC architecture can further include a charge amplifier implemented to receive an analog signal from the summing node as an input analog signal and generate an output analog signal with a gain, and an ADC circuit implemented to generate the digital signal based on the output analog signal from the charge amplifier. The ADC architecture can further include a feedback circuit implemented between the output node and the summing node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Min Gyu KIM, Joseph HAMILTON, Timir NANDI, Barkat A. WANI, Praveen Kumar VENKATACHALA, Wai Laing LEE, Michael Jon WURTZ, Humberto CAMPANELLA-PINEDA
  • Publication number: 20230283633
    Abstract: The technology described herein identifies and mitigates phishing attempts by analyzing user input received at the operating system level. Initially, a credential, such as a username or password, is registered with the threat detection system. The technology described herein intercepts user input at the operating system level, generates a hash of the input, and compares it with a hash of a credential being monitored. A credential entry is detected when a hash for the character string entered matches a hash for a credential being monitored. The technology described herein will perform a threat assessment when a secret entry is detected. The threat assessment may use the application context and the network context as inputs to the assessment. Various mitigation actions may be taken when a threat is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Paresh MAISURIA, Ali ALABBAS, Abhishek SAGAR, Mara Beth FORTINI, Rupo ZHANG, Christian STOCKWELL, Michael David MCCORMACK, Jason Joseph WEBER, Charles J. STREMPLER, Sinclaire R. HAMILTON, Brian Keith CATLIN, Richard Joseph MURILLO, Robert G. LEFFERTS, Eric P. DOUGLAS, Christian SEIFERT
  • Patent number: 11707703
    Abstract: An integrated seal member includes an at least partially annular body defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The at least partially annular body includes a mounting portion, a sealing portion including at least one top sealing feature and at least one bottom sealing feature, and an apertured connecting portion that extends radially outwardly from the mounting portion to the sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jon T. Immel, Stephen Ellis Oedewaldt, Jeffrey R. Ries, Gregory Owen Potts, Jay Hamilton Cline, Joseph J. Every, Darrell Lee Morehouse, III
  • Patent number: 11697917
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adjusting operating parameters of a machine in anticipation of a transition from a current operational state to a predicted subsequent operational state. An electronic controller receives a data stream indicative of actuator settings, sensor outputs, and/or operator control settings and applies a pattern detection AI that is configured to determine a current operational state of the machine based on patterns detected in the data stream. The controller then applies a reinforcement learning AI that is configured to produce as an output one or more target operating parameters based at least in part on a predicted subsequent operational state of the machine. The one or more target operating parameters are applied to the machine and at least one performance metric of the machine is monitored. The reinforcement learning Ai is retrained based at least in part on the monitored performance metric(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: David J. Myers, Doug M. Lehmann, Robert A. Hamilton, Kevin W. Campbell, Joseph R. Keene
  • Publication number: 20230165408
    Abstract: A food preparation appliance, such as a blending, mixing, or food processing appliance, allows for rotatable blade movement by a drive and/or driven shaft relative to a jar holding contents along with movement of the jar relative to the blade in the axial direction of the drive and/or driven shaft. For example, a vertical or axial movement of the blade relative to the jar, or vice-versa can be guided within defined limits. Aspects provide the consumer with an intuitive and proactive way of preventing cavitation and improving the blending performance by allowing the user to manually and indirectly physically agitate the mixture with an up and down motion of the jar during a blending operation. This option for manual operation is part of the disclosed blender design, so is always and conveniently available to the consumer as an anti-cavitation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Steven James Buth, Matthew Joseph Quock, Matthew James Hamilton, David William Everett Jr., Daniel Richard Strong
  • Publication number: 20230070747
    Abstract: A swing arm for a stowable bimini frame associable with a tower structure of watercraft is provided including a body associated with the bimini frame. The body is rotatable relative to the tower structure between a first position and a second position. An engagement mechanism selectively engages the body to retain the body in at least one of the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Gregory Perosino, Joseph Hamilton, III, Timothy Hamilton, David Mazzarelli, Michael Hissong, Brian DeLisle
  • Publication number: 20220348292
    Abstract: A boat includes a bow and a stern, a deck between the bow and the stern, a longitudinal centerline extending from the bow to the stern dividing the deck into a port side and a starboard side, and a side shade assembly attached to the boat on one of the port side of the deck and the starboard side of the deck. The side shade assembly includes a frame and a side shade cover supported by the frame such that the side shade cover extends outboard beyond the deck in a direction away from the longitudinal centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: David F. Ekern, Chad A. Lynema, Joseph Hamilton, III, Jon Broncatello, Gary W. Campbell
  • Patent number: 11427203
    Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes a CAN-Bus network, a plurality of controllers, a pair of electric transaxles controlled by the plurality of controllers, and one or more steering and drive input devices coupled to respective sensor(s) for sensing user steering and drive inputs. The plurality of controllers communicate with one or more vehicle sensors via the CAN-Bus network. The plurality of controllers receive the user's steering and drive inputs and posts on the CAN-Bus network and generate drive signals to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton, John Tyler Hibbard
  • Patent number: 11395458
    Abstract: A drive and control system for a utility vehicle includes a CAN-Bus network and a vehicle control module operable to communicate signals to and from one or more components via the CAN-Bus network. The system includes first and second electric actuators with first and second electronic drive modules, respectively. The system includes a steering and drive input device and a steering and drive sensor module operable to post on the CAN-Bus network a steering and drive input command. The vehicle control module processes the steering and drive input command and post on the CAN-Bus network a steering and drive output command. The first and second electronic drive modules process and convert the steering and drive output command to appropriate first and second actuator commands to drive the first and second electric actuators to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the utility vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20210094655
    Abstract: A swing arm for a stowable bimini frame associable with a tower structure of watercraft is provided including a body associated with the bimini frame. The body is rotatable relative to the tower structure between a first position and a second position. An engagement mechanism selectively engages the body to retain the body in at least one of the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory Perosino, Joseph Hamilton, III, Timothy Hamilton, David Mazzarelli, Michael Hissong, Brian DeLisle
  • Patent number: 10925216
    Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes one or more sensors configured to detect an operational parameter of an aspect of the vehicle, and one or more controllers for controlling one or more components of the vehicle and for receiving data output from the one or more sensors. The controller communicates with the one or more sensors and one or more vehicle modules configured to control one or more vehicle components via a CAN Bus network. The controller may be coupled to an IMU mounted on the vehicle for dynamically controlling the vehicle on sloped terrain, for example. The controller may be accessible from a remote device over a wireless network for communicating setup, diagnostic, and performance data to and from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton
  • Patent number: 10926768
    Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes a CAN-Bus network, a vehicle controller, a pair of hydrostatic or electric transaxles controlled by respective electronic drive controllers, and one or more steering and drive input devices coupled to respective sensor(s) for sensing user steering and drive inputs. The vehicle controller communicates with one or more vehicle sensors and one or more vehicle controllers that control one or more vehicle components via the CAN-Bus network. The vehicle controller processes the user's steering and drive inputs and posts on the CAN-Bus network digital drive signals configured to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor. The electronic drive controllers convert the digital drive signals to appropriate signals for driving the hydrostatic transaxles or the electric transaxles, as equipped, based on tunable motion parameters to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton, John Tyler Hibbard
  • Patent number: 10919463
    Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes a CAN-Bus network, a vehicle controller, a pair of hydrostatic or electric transaxles controlled by respective electronic drive controllers, and one or more steering and drive input devices coupled to respective sensor(s) for sensing user steering and drive inputs. The vehicle controller communicates with one or more vehicle sensors and one or more vehicle controllers that control one or more vehicle components via the CAN-Bus network. The vehicle controller processes the user's steering and drive inputs and posts on the CAN-Bus network digital drive signals configured to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor. The electronic drive controllers convert the digital drive signals to appropriate signals for driving the hydrostatic transaxles or the electric transaxles, as equipped, based on tunable motion parameters to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Alyn G. Brown, K Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton, John Tyler Hibbard
  • Patent number: 10894002
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a device, which can comprise a pill reservoir, a first layer, and a chamber. The first layer comprises an inclined entry passage open to the pill reservoir and an exit passage open to a dispense passage. A portion of the chamber layer can travel linearly in close communication within a tubular shaped portion of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Joseph Hamilton
  • Patent number: 10863117
    Abstract: An apparatus for dynamic range enhancement (DRE) which receives an input signal and provides a DRE output signal is presented. The apparatus has an error correction circuit to apply an error correction factor to the input signal such that the DRE output signal provided by the apparatus is dependent on the input signal and the error correction factor. The error correction factor is representative of an error generated by the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Hamilton, Fryderyk Fijalkowski
  • Patent number: 10833687
    Abstract: A method and associated system have been proposed to achieve power savings in PWM DACs by truncating PWM sequences and maximizing the amount of time available to power up a DAC cell without sacrificing sensitivity to element mismatch. The DAC circuit includes a driver to receive a digital input and to provide a plurality of drive sequences, a digital-to-analog converter, and a controller. The digital-to-analog converter includes an array of digital-to-analog elements operable over several time steps. Upon identifying that the digital signal is below a threshold value, the controller is configured to shorten the drive sequences; and for each time step to identify a first set of elements and a second set of elements among the array of digital-to-analog elements; to apply the shortened drive sequences to the first set; to disable the second set; and to shift the first set and the second set by one element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Joseph Hamilton