Patents by Inventor Joseph Richard

Joseph Richard 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: 20210020044
    Abstract: One or more devices associated with a first vehicle receives location information that specifies a location of a second vehicle. The one or more devices determine, based on the location information, that the second vehicle is within a threshold distance of the first vehicle. The one or more devices establish, based on determining that the second vehicle is within the threshold distance of the first vehicle, a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection with the second vehicle. The one or more devices receive from the second vehicle, and by using the P2P connection, content that has been captured by a camera component associated with the second vehicle. The one or more devices cause an interface associated with the first vehicle to display the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Ketan Shridhar ADKAR, Charles Forbes STICKELS, Joseph Richard CANTRELL, Thomas George ANCHERIYIL
  • Publication number: 20200393583
    Abstract: The embodiments herein describe a seismic source that includes at least two firing heads connected to a shared reservoir of compressed gas. When underwater, a controller can instruct the firing heads to fire at the same time or at different times to create gas bubbles that generate seismic energy for identifying structures underneath a body of water. If the firing heads fire at the same, the resulting gas bubble may coalesce to form a single bubble, depending on the size of the respective bubbles and the separation distance between the firing heads. In one embodiment, the firing heads are attached at opposite ends of the shared reservoir (although this is not a requirement). The length of the reservoir, which dictates in part the separation distance of the firing heads, can be set so that gas bubbles generated by the firing heads at substantially the same time coalesce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Graeme Williamson, Paul Farmer, Joseph Richard Gagliardi, Nikolaos Bernitsas, Timothy A. Dudley, Emerson Verissimo, Darrell Burch
  • Publication number: 20200342165
    Abstract: Managing annotation jobs is disclosed, including: receiving an annotation job, including: obtaining an input text to be annotated; and obtaining an ontology specifying a plurality of labels to be used to annotate the input text; distributing the annotation job to a plurality of annotator devices via an annotation platform; receiving a plurality of annotation results with respect to the input text from the plurality of annotator devices; and providing an aggregate annotation report corresponding to the annotation job, wherein the aggregate annotation report combines the plurality of annotation results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Andrea Butkovic, Matthew Allen Gordon, Joseph Richard Cloughley, Kiran Vajapey, Caiqun Xiao
  • Publication number: 20200298967
    Abstract: In some examples, an aircraft comprises an airframe, a rotor system coupled to the airframe, and a vibration attenuation system. The rotor system is operable to exert a vibratory force on the airframe. The vibration attenuation system comprises two or more batteries and elastic devices. The two or more batteries are operable to supply power to the rotor system. The elastic devices coupled to the two or more batteries and the airframe. The elastic devices are configured to attenuate the vibratory force based on facilitating oscillation of the two or more batteries. In other examples, a method comprises coupling elastic devices to two or more batteries and an airframe of an aircraft. The elastic devices receiving a vibratory force via the airframe and attenuate the vibratory force based on facilitating oscillation of the two or more batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Reaugh Smith, Jouyoung Jason Choi, Joseph Richard Carpenter, Steve Michael Loveland
  • Publication number: 20200291508
    Abstract: Nickel-cobalt materials, methods of forming a nickel-cobalt material, and methods of thermally stabilizing a nickel-cobalt material are provided. A nickel-cobalt material may include a metal matrix composite with amorphous regions and crystalline regions substantially encompassed by a nanocrystalline grain structure with a grain size distribution of about 50 nanometers to about 800 nanometers, and the nanocrystalline grain structure may include widespread intragranular twinning. The metal matrix composite may have a chemical makeup that includes nickel, cobalt, and a dopant such as phosphorus and/or boron. A nickel-cobalt material may be heat treated within a first temperature zone below the onset temperature for grain growth and then within a second temperature zone above the onset temperature for grain growth in the material. Chemical composition and heat treatment may yield a thermally stabilized nickel-cobalt material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Lakshmi Krishnan, Guru Venkata Dattu Jonnalagadda, Gary Stephen Shipley, Ashley Rose Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20200290725
    Abstract: An aircraft has a ducted thruster. The ducted thruster includes a duct having an inner wall, a stator hub disposed within the duct, a first stator extending along a first longitudinal axis between the inner wall and the stator hub, and a second stator. The second stator extends along a second longitudinal axis between the inner wall and the stator hub. The second longitudinal axis is either (1) substantially perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis or (2) substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis and offset from the first longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Lewis Jarrett, Frank Bradley Stamps, Daniel Bryan Robertson, Kirk Landon Groninga, Matthew Edward Louis, William Anthony Amante, Robert Vaughn, Joseph Richard Carpenter, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200287392
    Abstract: Power systems and methods of using the same to deliver power. A power system referenced herein can include a housing capable of attaching to a workstation, one or more cradles or mounting fixtures to receive at least one energy storage device, electronic circuitry to communicate status of the at least one energy storage device, state of charge of the at least one energy storage device, and/or overall health of the at least one energy storage device, and one or more electrical connectors to allow the at least one energy storage device to charge and/or discharge and communicate with the electronic circuitry, with said housing having an internal power supply and charge circuitry, said power supply capable of receiving input power from an external AC or DC power source; wherein the power system is configured to deliver power to the workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony Cooper, Patrick Ney, Joseph Richards
  • Patent number: 10731486
    Abstract: A method of forming a strengthened component includes providing a duct body having an interior surface and an exterior surface forming a fluid passageway. The method also includes forming an attachment structure over at least a portion of the exterior surface of the duct body, where the attachment structure can include a metallic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Schmitt, Emily Marie Phelps, Gordon Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20200223530
    Abstract: A ducted fan assembly has a central axis, a duct having an outer wall and an inner wall, a fan hub at least partially disposed on the central axis, a plurality of fan blades coupled to the fan hub, and a first stator. The first stator has a first end coupled to the inner wall, a second end coupled to the inner wall, and a hub interface disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the hub interface is coupled to the fan hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Carpenter, JR., William A. Amante
  • Patent number: 10697075
    Abstract: Duct assembly and method of forming a duct assembly, the method including providing a preform body having an outer surface, disposing the preform body adjacent a sacrificial mandrel such that at least a portion of the preform body abuts an outer surface of the sacrificial mandrel, forming the duct assembly by depositing metal on the outer surface of the sacrificial mandrel and the preform body to define a unitary metallic tubular element with integral preform body and where depositing metal occurs at a temperature that does not damage the sacrificial mandrel, and removing the sacrificial mandrel to define the duct assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Schmitt, Donald Lee Templeton, Daniel Dyer, Emily Marie Phelps, Gordon Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20200190650
    Abstract: A nickel-cobalt material and method of forming includes forming a doped nickel-cobalt precursor material. The method also includes heat treating the doped nickel-cobalt precursor material, wherein the heat treating includes at least heating within a temperature zone below the onset temperature for grain growth in the doped nickel-cobalt precursor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps, Bruce Patrick Graham, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda, Lakshmi Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20200190681
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to an electroforming apparatus and method, including a support frame with at least one anode housing having a predetermined housing geometry. At least one anode can be carried by the at least one anode housing, and the at least one anode can also include a predetermined geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps, Daniel Dyer, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Dattu G.V. Jonnalagadda
  • Publication number: 20200184449
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a money transfer network system that improves the performance of money transfer services provided via the money transfer network system and improves the performance of the underlying devices utilized to provide money transfer services. In particular, disclosed embodiments of a money transfer network system provide money transfer services that enable multiple users to engage in money transfer transactions as either a sending party or a receiving party in a manner that is similar to money transfer transactions executed between two users individually. Disclosed embodiments further enable a receiving party to request payment from a sending party, which may include scheduling recurring payments to be made via money transfer transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Augusto Melgar, Scott Anthony Kostelecky, Cheryl Lynn Magers, Christian Michael Fuchs, Sonja Elizabeth Dery, Joseph Richard Braga, David Allan Motley, Gary Cecil Lugar, Constance Marie Arrington
  • Publication number: 20200151884
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for automating tracking of annotated objects and improves the throughput and efficiency of existing methods while maintaining a degree of accuracy comparable to a human annotator. In particular, the disclosed technique provides an automated annotated object tracking tool that allows machine-learning teams to annotate an object within a frame and have that annotation persist across frames as the annotated object is tracked within a series of frames, still ensuring that every frame is accurately reviewed by a human where high quality annotation is required. This technique incorporates human feedback via a user adjustment that allows the tool to adapt and improve its accuracy in tracking an annotated object across a sequence of frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Kiran Vajapey, Robert Munro, Joseph Richard Cloughley, Matthew Allen Gordon, Humayun Irshad, Monchu Chen, Seyyedeh Qazale Mirsharif, Caiqun Xiao
  • Publication number: 20200149194
    Abstract: A novel process is disclosed for extruding an absorbable glycolide/lactide block copolymer into multifilament suture fibers. The block copolymer preferably consists of about 50/50 mole % of Glycolide/Lactide in the center segment and the overall composition of the copolymer is about 90/10 mole % Glycolide/Lactide. The novel extrusion process comprises the steps of maintaining the temperatures of at least two, preferably three or more, of the extrusion zones in the range of about 5-50° C. below the polymer melting point. The multifilament suture made with the invention process from the segmented, glycolide-rich, poly(glycolide-co-lactide) copolymers of A-B-A type, where the B-segment is an amorphous prepolymer of glycolide and lactide in the molar ratio of about 50/50 glycolide/lactide, exhibit exceptionally high breaking strength retention (BSR) at 42 days post-implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Gaoyuan Gavin Chen, Joseph Richard Vliet, JR., Dominick Egidio
  • Publication number: 20200037527
    Abstract: Methods for introgressing an allele of interest of a locus associated with a yield trait into Zea mays germplasm are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include providing a Zea mays plant that contains an allele of interest of a locus associated with a yield trait, wherein the locus associated with the yield trait is identifiable by PCR amplification of a Zea mays nucleic acid with a pair of oligonucleotides primers as disclosed herein, and introgressing the allele of interest into Zea mays germplasm that lacks the allele. Also provided are methods for identifying Zea mays plants that contain at least one allele associated with improved yield, improved maize plants, elite Zea mays plants, biomass produced from improved Zea mays plants, isolated and purified genetic markers, and compositions that include an amplification primer pair capable of amplifying a Zea mays nucleic acid to generate a Zea mays marker amplicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Venkata Krishna Kishore, Libardo Andres Gutierrez-Rojas, Zhigang Guo, Joseph Richard Byrum
  • Publication number: 20200027292
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods to test an autonomous vehicle. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can receive, from one or more test nodes of a preconfigured test track, log data indicating positions of elements of the test track over a period of time. Log data indicating parameters of an autonomous vehicle over the period of time can be received from the autonomous vehicle. The log data indicating the positions of the elements of the test track over the period of time can be compared with the log data indicating the parameters of the autonomous vehicle over the period of time to determine a performance metric of the autonomous vehicle on the test track over the period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Adam Watson, Chad David McIntosh, Anthony Bembic, Joseph Richard Leja
  • Patent number: 10514005
    Abstract: A turbine engine with a casing including opposing surfaces and a manifold opening passing through the surfaces. A surface cooler is provided adjacent one of the surfaces. A cooler manifold passes through the manifold opening. A seal is provided between the surface cooler and the casing. At least one bolt is used to secure the surface cooler to the casing with the seal in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard Albert Luschek, David William Millward, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Daniel Scott McCann, Derek Thomas Dreischarf
  • Patent number: 10504099
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a money transfer network system that improves the performance of money transfer services provided via the money transfer network system and improves the performance of the underlying devices utilized to provide money transfer services. In particular, disclosed embodiments of a money transfer network system provide money transfer services that enable multiple users to engage in money transfer transactions as either a sending party or a receiving party in a manner that is similar to money transfer transactions executed between two users individually. Disclosed embodiments further enable a receiving party to request payment from a sending party, which may include scheduling recurring payments to be made via money transfer transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Moneygram International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Augusto Melgar, Scott Anthony Kostelecky, Cheryl Lynn Magers, Christian Michael Fuchs, Sonja Elizabeth Dery, Joseph Richard Braga, David Allan Motley, Gary Cecil Lugar, Constance Marie Arrington
  • Patent number: 10489918
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for automating tracking of annotated objects and improves the throughput and efficiency of existing methods while maintaining a degree of accuracy comparable to a human annotator. In particular, the disclosed technique provides an automated annotated object tracking tool that allows machine-learning teams to annotate an object within a frame and have that annotation persist across frames as the annotated object is tracked within a series of frames, still ensuring that every frame is accurately reviewed by a human where high quality annotation is required. This technique incorporates human feedback via a user adjustment that allows the tool to adapt and improve its accuracy in tracking an annotated object across a sequence of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Figure Eight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiran Vajapey, Robert Munro, Joseph Richard Cloughley, Matthew Allen Gordon, Humayun Irshad, Monchu Chen, Seyyedeh Qazale Mirsharif, Caiqun Xiao