Patents by Inventor Joseph Michael

Joseph Michael 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: 11478578
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid cassettes and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a medical fluid cassette includes a base having a first region and a second region, a first membrane overlying the first region of the base, and a second membrane overlying the second region of the base. The second membrane is configured to rebound away from the base when a force used to press the second membrane toward the base is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Farrell, Joseph Michael Fallon, Kulwinder S. Plahey, Michael James Beiriger
  • Patent number: 11478748
    Abstract: A method of converting nitrogen oxides in a gas to nitrogen by contacting the nitrogen oxides with a nitrogenous reducing agent in the presence of a zeolite catalyst containing at least one transition metal, wherein the zeolite is a small pore zeolite containing a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, wherein the at least one transition metal is selected from the group consisting of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ce, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, In, Sn, Re, Ir and Pt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Fedeyko, Rodney Kok Shin Foo, Paul Joseph Andersen, Jillian Elaine Collier, John Leonello Casci, Hai-Ying Chen, Raj Rao Rajaram
  • Publication number: 20220337049
    Abstract: A circuit interrupting device including a phase conductor, a neutral conductor, an interrupter configured to disconnect the phase conductor and the neutral conductor from a load, and a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of current flowing through the phase conductor and the neutral conductor. The circuit interrupting device further includes a microcontroller that includes an electronic processor and is electrically connected to the first sensor and the interrupter. The microcontroller is configured to generate a reference signal, receive a first signal from the sensor, determine whether a difference between a voltage of the first signal and a voltage of the reference signal exceeds a threshold, determine whether the microcontroller has performed a ground fault self-test, and activate the interrupter when the difference exceeds the threshold and the microcontroller has not performed the ground fault self-test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: John E. Brower, James Casey Musson, William Vernon Miller, III, Joseph Michael Meady, Joseph Edgar Dupuis, Brian S. Chia
  • Publication number: 20220337537
    Abstract: Draft message object collaboration in a group-based communication platform is described. A request to generate a message object can be received from a first client associated with a first entity of a group-based communication platform. A first instance of a composition user interface, configured to enable a draft of the message object to be generated, can be presented via the first client and a request to add a second entity as a collaborator can be received. A second instance of the composition user interface can be presented via a second client of the second entity. A modification to the draft of the message object can be received and, in response to receiving the modification, the message object can be updated as presented via respective instances of the composition user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Tyler Lewis, Joseph Michael McGarr, Felix Rieseberg, Issac Gerges, Anuj Nair
  • Publication number: 20220333368
    Abstract: A multi-story building that includes a vertical support core and a plurality of floor plates is described, wherein fabrication of the building includes, in one embodiment, assembling each of the floor plates at or near ground level, and lifting each of the floor plates to a design level on the vertical support core. A system and device for securing one of the floor plates to the building includes employing a vertically-oriented lock-in bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: BIG TIME INVESTMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen T. Houston, Joseph Michael Benvenuto, Aleksei Ivanikiw, Yaroslav Stakhiv
  • Publication number: 20220335024
    Abstract: A method includes determining whether the first version is an alias with respect to the second version, the alias being defined as an equivalent version of the YANG module. Based at least in part on a determination that the first version is the alias with respect to the second version, a version alias extension is inserted into a revision label of the first and/or second version. Based on a determination that the second version is backwards compatible with respect to the first version, a version backwards compatible extension is inserted into the revision label of the second version. Based at least in part on a determination that the second version is not backwards compatible with respect to the first version, a version non-backwards compatible extension is inserted into the revision label of the second version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert George Wilton, Reshad Rahman, Joseph Michael Clarke, Paul Henry Merlo
  • Publication number: 20220333388
    Abstract: A building assembly system for fabricating a multi-story building is described, wherein the building includes a vertical support core arranged on a base. Lift jacks are arranged between a top portion and a bottom portion of the vertical support core, and a reusable bridle is suspended from the plurality of lift jacks and slidably arranged on the vertical support core. A floor plate is assembled onto the bridle at an assembly level that is proximal to the base. The plurality of the lift jacks are operable to lift the bridle and the assembled floor plate to a design elevation on the vertical support core, and are operable to lower the bridle to the assembly level on the vertical support core after the floor plate has been secured to the vertical support core at the design elevation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: BIG TIME INVESTMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Benvenuto, Stephen T. Houston, Bridget C. Joseph
  • Publication number: 20220333360
    Abstract: A backflow preventer for preventing a reverse flow of water in a plumbing system including a body having an inlet and an outlet. The body forms an intermediate zone between the inlet and outlet. An inlet check valve prevents the reverse flow of water from the intermediate zone through the inlet. An outlet check valve prevents the flow of water from the outlet into the intermediate zone. An inlet pressure sensor, an intermediate pressure sensor and an outlet pressure sensor provide readings for the respective zones. A controller monitors a pressure differential between the outlet pressure zone and the intermediate pressure zone to compare the pressure differential to a pre-set range. The controller generates a warning/error message when the pressure differential is outside the pre-set range. The controller can also monitor an inlet pressure in the inlet zone to generate a message if the inlet pressure varies inappropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Michael BURKE, Kevin SIMON, Ian David BAYNES
  • Patent number: 11470940
    Abstract: A formula delivery system can be used in conjunction with hair and scalp treatment appliances to supply a hair treatment formulation to the appliance. In one aspect, the formula delivery system delivers hair coloring formulation to the appliance. Formula delivery systems of the present disclosure generally include at least one fluid container configured to retain a volume of formulation for delivery of the formulation to a hair coloring appliance. In this regard, the formula delivery system may be configured to removably couple to an inlet member of the appliance that allows the appliance to draw the formulation from the fluid container for use within the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Joseph W. Grez, Carolina Canamaque, John Streeter, Richard Taylor, Mark E. Bartlett, Scott P. Mosby, Joseph Michael Recco, Francis George Tatu, Adam Paul Vallee
  • Publication number: 20220324353
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly is provided that includes a pivot bracket coupled to a vehicle floor and disposed at a front of a seat frame, a gear assembly and a locking disk assembly disposed around an axis of rotation defined by the pivot bracket, wherein the gear assembly and the locking disk assembly are configured to each alternatively move the seating assembly from a sitting position to a standing position, and a track assembly disposed on the vehicle floor and between opposing side brackets of a seat frame. The track assembly includes a cam assembly movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The vehicle seating assembly further includes a crank assembly extending between the pivot bracket and the cam assembly and configured to move the cam assembly from the locked position to the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Macit Aktas, Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Jung Jeon
  • Publication number: 20220329523
    Abstract: Presented herein are methods and systems that facilitate data plane signaling of a packet as a candidate for capture at various network nodes within an IPv6 network. The signaling occurs in-band, via the data plane—that is, a capture or interrogation signal is embedded within the respective packet (e.g., in the packet header) that carries a user traffic. The signaling is inserted, preferably when the packet is classified, e.g., at the ingress node of the network, to which subsequent network nodes with the IPv6 network are signaled to capture or further inspect the packet for capture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos Pignataro, Richard Furr, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Joseph Michael Clarke
  • Publication number: 20220328262
    Abstract: Solid state and hybrid circuit protection devices include improved chemical, static discharge and impact resistant housing construction, arc-free switching operation, secure terminal assemblies and thermal management features. The solid state and hybrid circuit protection devices are ignition protected and avoid possible explosions and therefore obviate a need for conventional explosion-proof enclosures to ensure safe operation of an electrical power system in a potentially explosive environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Manahan, Adam Ledgerwood, Andrew Butler, Graig DeCarr, Edmund Leubner
  • Publication number: 20220319479
    Abstract: A generative composition system reduces existing musical artefacts to constituent elements termed “Form Atoms”. These Form Atoms may each be of varying length and have musical properties and associations that link together through Markov chains. To provide myriad new composition, a set of heuristics ensures that musical textures between concatenated musical sections follow a supplied and defined briefing narrative for the new composition whilst contiguous concatenated Form Atoms are also automatically selected to see that similarities in respective and identified attributes of musical textures for those musical sections are maintained to support maintenance of musical form. Independent aspects of the disclosure further ensure that, within the composition work, such as a media product or a real-time audio stream, chord spacing determination and control are practiced to maintain musical sense in the new composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: DAACI Limited
    Inventor: Joseph Michael William LYSKE
  • Publication number: 20220321449
    Abstract: A network device receives a data packet including a source address and a destination address. The network device drops the data packet before it reaches the destination address and generates an error message indicating that the data packet has been dropped. The network device encapsulates the error message with a segment routing header comprising a list of segments. The first segment of the list of segments in the segment routing header identifies a remote server, and at least one additional segment is an instruction for handling the error message. The network device sends the encapsulated error message to the remote server based on the first segment of the segment routing header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Carlos M. Pignataro, Joseph Michael Clarke
  • Publication number: 20220319478
    Abstract: A generative composition system reduces existing musical artefacts to constituent elements termed “Form Atoms”. These Form Atoms may each be of varying length and have musical properties and associations that link together through Markov chains. To provide myriad new composition, a set of heuristics ensures that musical textures between concatenated musical sections follow a supplied and defined briefing narrative for the new composition whilst contiguous concatenated Form Atoms are also automatically selected to see that similarities in respective and identified attributes of musical textures for those musical sections are maintained to support maintenance of musical form. Independent aspects of the disclosure further ensure that, within the composition work, such as a media product or a real-time audio stream, chord spacing determination and control are practiced to maintain musical sense in the new composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph Michael William LYSKE
  • Patent number: 11463581
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems. Embodiments of the present invention can create an authentication mechanism for communication services utilizing a distributed recording system. Embodiments of the present invention can then, in response to receiving a request to connect with a device, utilize the created authentication mechanism to connect with or prevent connection with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Ziskovsky, Natalie Brooks Powell, Dennis Anthony Perpetua, Jr., Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11456142
    Abstract: Hazardous location compliant solid state circuit protection devices include safety lockout components ensuring disconnection as a safeguard in the completion of power system maintenance and service tasks by responsible personnel. The safety lockout components may include a mechanical lockout interfacing with a physical lock element, an electrical lockout implemented through the controls of the solid state circuit breaker device, and combinations thereof. Visual device feedback and confirmation may be provided to personnel that the lockouts have been successfully activated, as well as successfully deactivated to reconnect and restore operation of the load side circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Manahan, Adam Ledgerwood, Andrew Butler, Graig DeCarr
  • Patent number: 11448348
    Abstract: A backflow prevention assembly is configurable with varying lay-lengths and orientations. The assembly includes coupling assemblies and valve bodies that adjust in length and/or rotation to allow for the varying lay-lengths and orientations of the backflow prevention valves and assemblies with and without certification. A coupling assembly is connected to a backflow prevention valve and includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve that is slidingly received within the outer sleeve. The lay-length is adjusted by slidably moving the inner and outer sleeves with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Jason Doughty, Ian David Baynes, Joseph Michael Burke, Frank DiBenedetto, Muhannad A. Bagegni
  • Publication number: 20220292355
    Abstract: A property vector representing extractable measurable properties, such as musical properties, of a file is mapped to semantic properties for the file. This is achieved by using artificial neural networks “ANNs” in which weights and biases are trained to align a distance dissimilarity measure in property space for pairwise comparative files back towards a corresponding semantic distance dissimilarity measure in semantic space for those same files. The result is that, once optimised, the ANNs can process any file, parsed with those properties, to identify other files sharing common traits reflective of emotional-perception, thereby rendering a more liable and true-to-life result of similarity/dissimilarity. This contrasts with simply training a neural network to consider extractable measurable properties that, in isolation, do not provide a reliable contextual relationship into the real-world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Michael William LYSKE, Nadine KROHER, Angelos PIKRAKIS
  • Publication number: 20220289310
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant detection system and method for using the same. The vehicle occupant detection system includes: a controller; a plurality of life detection sensors, wherein the plurality of life detection sensors are installed within an interior cabin of a mass-transit vehicle and are each associated with a life detection zone; a local warning system having at least one human-machine interface (HMI) output device; and a vehicle interface that communicatively couples the controller to a vehicle electrical system of the mass-transit vehicle. The vehicle occupant detection system is configured to: (i) acquire sensor data by scanning the life detection zone using the plurality of life detection sensors; (ii) determine whether an occupant is present based on the sensor data; and (iii) provide an indication to a user that an occupant is present using the HMI output device when it is determined that an occupant is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Funyak, Bjorn M. Hansson, Oliver Diekmann, Russ Holland