Patents by Inventor Joseph Walters
Joseph Walters 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).
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Publication number: 20180011335Abstract: A spatial filter is made by forming a structure comprising a focusing element and an opaque surface, the opaque surface being disposed remotely from the focusing element in substantially the same plane as a focal plane of the focusing element; and by forming a pinhole in the opaque surface at or adjacent to a focal point of the focusing element by transmitting a substantially collimated laser beam through the focusing element so that a point optimally corresponding to the focal point is identified on the opaque surface and imperfection of the focusing element, if any, is reflected on the shape and position of the pinhole so formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Integrated Plasmonics CorporationInventors: Michael Yagoda SHAGAM, Robert Joseph WALTERS
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Publication number: 20170320493Abstract: A confidence value is determined for data collected for a lane assist subsystem in a vehicle. A section curvature is identified for a section of a roadway when the confidence value is below a confidence value, threshold. The section curvature includes at least one section start point and at least one section end point. The section curvature is based at least in part on a heading angle, the heading angle defining an angle between a projected line of travel of the vehicle and a line segment from a vehicle position to the section end point. A distance to a lane boundary is predicted based at least in part on the identified section curvature. One or more vehicle subsystems is actuated based at least in part on the predicted distance to the lane boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brett Stephens, Shane Elwart, Joseph Walter Neal
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Patent number: 9784986Abstract: A spatial filter is made by forming a structure comprising a focusing element and an opaque surface, the opaque surface being disposed remotely from the focusing element in substantially the same plane as a focal plane of the focusing element; and by forming a pinhole in the opaque surface at or adjacent to a focal point of the focusing element by transmitting a substantially collimated laser beam through the focusing element so that a point optimally corresponding to the focal point is identified on the opaque surface and imperfection of the focusing element, if any, is reflected on the shape and position of the pinhole so formed.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: INTEGRATED PLASMONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Yagoda Shagam, Robert Joseph Walters
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Publication number: 20170272876Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method for controlling acoustic output radiating through an adjustable wing of a seat headrest. The method includes receiving, from a sensor disposed in the seat headrest, an input signal indicative of a position of the adjustable wing. The position can be one of multiple positions within an angle range. The method also includes updating, based on the input signal, values for one or more control parameters associated with a transducer that generates the acoustic output radiating through the adjustable wing, and adjusting the transducer in accordance with the position of the adjustable wing using one or more control signals that are generated based on the updated values of the one or more control parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Charles Oswald, Joseph Walter McCabe
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Publication number: 20170267138Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a headrest of a seat, the headrest including an enclosure for housing one or more acoustic transducers, and an adjustable headrest wing disposed in front of the enclosure. The headrest wing is coupled to the enclosure by a pivot, and configured to be adjusted to one of multiple positions within an angle range around the pivot. The headrest wing is also configured to support the head of a seat-occupant. The headrest further includes a connector disposed between the enclosure and a rear portion of the headrest wing. The connector is configured to provide an acoustic channel between the enclosure and the headrest wing such that audio signals from the one or more acoustic transducers are radiated outward through the headrest wing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Bradford Kyle Subat, Charles Oswald, Joseph Walter McCabe
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Patent number: 9769581Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method for controlling acoustic output radiating through an adjustable wing of a seat headrest. The method includes receiving, from a sensor disposed in the seat headrest, an input signal indicative of a position of the adjustable wing. The position can be one of multiple positions within an angle range. The method also includes updating, based on the input signal, values for one or more control parameters associated with a transducer that generates the acoustic output radiating through the adjustable wing, and adjusting the transducer in accordance with the position of the adjustable wing using one or more control signals that are generated based on the updated values of the one or more control parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Charles Oswald, Joseph Walter McCabe
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Patent number: 9745702Abstract: Spirally wound paper products are disclosed having desirable roll bulk, firmness and softness properties. The rolled products can be made from single ply tissue webs formed according to various processes.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Douglas Wayne Stage, Jennifer Leigh Jeschke, Richard Joseph Behm, Donald John Slayton, Jeffrey Dean Holz, Mark William Sachs, Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark Alan Burazin, Lynda Ellen Collins, Richard Allen Zanon, Joseph Walter Buyeske
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Publication number: 20170071946Abstract: A compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of said compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein A and A? are independently C or N, where C may be unsubstituted or substituted by halo or C1-C6 alkyl; R and R0 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 alkyl, hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl), phenyl(C1-C6 alkyl), and —(CH2)n—W, where W is C3-C8 cycloalkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl or heterocyclic containing 1-3 N, S and/or O atoms, —SO2—R?, —NHSO2—R?, —NR?SO2—R? and SR?, where R? and R? are independently C1-C6 alkyl or C3-C8 cycloalkyl, etc.; wherein each of said alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, phenyl, naphthyl or heteroaryl may be unsubstituted or substituted by phenyl, heteroaryl, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Jotham Wadsworth Coe, Christoph Martin Dehnhardt, Peter Jones, Yogesh Anil Sabnis, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Florian Michel Wakenhut, Gavin Alistair Whitlock
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Patent number: 9549929Abstract: Described herein are pyrrolo{2,3-d}pyrimidine derivatives, their use as Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Ashley Edward Fenwick, Mark Edward Flanagan, Andrea Gonzales, Timothy Allan Johnson, Neelu Kaila, Mark J. Mitton-Fry, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Ruth E. TenBrink, John David Trzupek, Rayomand Jal Unwalla, Michael L. Vazquez, Mihir D. Parikh
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Patent number: 9545405Abstract: Described herein are pyrrolo{2,3-d}pyrimidine derivatives, their use as Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Ashley Edward Fenwick, Mark Edward Flanagan, Andrea Gonzales, Timothy Allan Johnson, Neelu Kaila, Mark J. Mitton-Fry, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Ruth E. TenBrink, John David Trzupek, Rayomand Jal Unwalla, Michael L. Vazquez, Mihir D. Parikh
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Patent number: 9518052Abstract: A compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein A and A? are C or N, where C may be substituted by halo or C1-C6 alkyl; R and R0 are selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 alkyl, —(CH2)n—W, etc., where W is 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl or heterocyclic containing N, S and/or O atoms, —NR?SO2—R?, etc., where R? and R? are C1-C6 alkyl, etc.; wherein each alkyl, etc., may be substituted; or, R and R0 and the N atom to which they are bonded together to form a monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic ring, etc.; R1 is H, halo or cyano; R2 and R2? are H, C1-C6 alkyl, etc.; X is a bond, etc.; R3 is H, C1-C4 alkyl, etc.; Y is a bond, —(CH2)m—, etc. The invention also relates to compositions and uses in the treatment of various diseases.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Jotham Wadsworth Coe, Christoph Martin Dehnhardt, Peter Jones, Yogesh Anil Sabnis, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Florian Michel Wakenhut, Gavin Alistair Whitlock
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Publication number: 20160347760Abstract: Compounds, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula Ia, as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: John David Trzupek, Katherine Lin Lee, Mark Edward Bunnage, Seungil Han, David Hepworth, Frank Eldridge Lovering, John Paul Mathias, Nikolaos Papaioannou, Betsy Susan Pierce, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Stephen Wayne Wright, Christoph Wolfgang Zapf, Lori Krim Gavrin, Arthur Lee, David Randolph Anderson, Kevin Joseph Curran, Christoph Martin Dehnhardt, Eddine Saiah, Joel Adam Goldberg, Xiaolun Wang, Horng-Chih Huang, Richard Vargas, Michael Dennis Lowe, Akshay Patny
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Patent number: 9458168Abstract: Compounds, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula Ia, as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: John David Trzupek, Katherine Lin Lee, Mark Edward Bunnage, Seungil Han, David Hepworth, Frank Eldridge Lovering, John Paul Mathias, Nikolaos Papaioannou, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Stephen Wayne Wright, Christoph Wolfgang Zapf, Lori Krim Gavrin, Arthur Lee, Kevin Joseph Curran, Christoph Martin Dehnhardt, Eddine Saiah, Joel Adam Goldberg, Xiaolun Wang, Richard Vargas, Michael Dennis Lowe, Akshay Patny
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Patent number: 9436235Abstract: A cooling subsystem is provided for dissipating heat from processor. The cooling subsystem includes a heat sink comprising an upper portion having a plurality of fins formed therein and a base portion fixed to the upper portion to form a vapor chamber in an enclosed volume between the upper portion and the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Srinivasa Rao Damaraju, Joseph Walters, Dalton Seth O'Connor
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Publication number: 20160232524Abstract: Systems and methods for managing payment network transactions to a group account associated with a group are disclosed. One example system includes a memory including a data structure. The data structure includes transaction data representing multiple payment network transactions to the group account. Each of the multiple transactions is identified, in the transaction data, to one of multiple members of the group. The system includes a processor coupled to the memory and configured to cause a member interface to be displayed at a computing device associated with a first member of the group. The member interface includes a first indicator associated with the first member and representative of transactions identified to the first member, and the member interface includes a second indicator associated with a second member of the group and representative of one or more transactions identified to the second member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Robert Shawn Barrale, John Patrick Goodwin, Jean Higgins, Marlowe Felipe Valdeabella, Kate Andrea Fischer, Elaine Keating, Jeremiah-Richard Tim Bright, Carolyn Ann Esposito, Susanne Manning, Tammy Lynn Hawkins, Robert Campion, Joseph Walter Parker, Michael Anthony Cronin
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Patent number: 9404797Abstract: A spectroscopic measurement system, which may utilize multiple plasmonic filters associated with a cuvette to monitor different wavelengths of light. The spectroscopic measurement system may measure absorbance and or fluorescence, and may have built-in low cost CMOS image sensor(s). Reagents and samples may be introduced to the cuvette from a fluidics manifold. Multiple sets of combined cuvettes, image sensors and plasmonic filters may utilize a single fluidics manifold for reagent and sample distribution.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: INTEGRATED PLASMONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Robert Joseph Walters
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Publication number: 20160209734Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a camera carrying and mounting system. The system may include a camera plate configured to mount onto a camera and a coupling mechanism. The camera plate may include a first end, a second end, and a mounting hole configured to receive a fastening element to mount the camera plate to the camera, and the mounting hole may be positioned between the first end and the second end of the camera plate. The coupling mechanism may be coupled to the first end of the camera plate and configured to releasably engage a carrying structure to the camera plate, and the coupling mechanism may include a loop through which the carrying structure extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: ASFERIK LLCInventors: Joseph Walter JACKSON, Andrew Douglas JOHNSON
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Publication number: 20160201436Abstract: A rechargeable power system comprising: a drill string configured to operate in a well bore, the drill string comprising: a fuel cell system; a generator in electrical communication with the fuel cell system; a turbine, configured to rotate due to an impingement of drilling mud on one or more turbine blades, the turbine in operable communication with the generator; and where the fuel cell system is configured to provide power at least when drilling mud is not circulating in the well bore, and further configured to be recharged by the generator when drilling mud is circulating in the well bore. A method for operating a rechargeable downhole fuel cell. The method comprises: monitoring a fluid supply pressure; determining whether the fluid supply pressure is below a threshold value; and stopping a fuel cell discharge if the fluid supply pressure is below the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Wenlin Zhang, Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan, Joseph Walter, Albert Perez, Jr.
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Patent number: 9383631Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a camera carrying and mounting system. The system may include a camera plate configured to mount onto a camera, a carrying structure, and a coupling mechanism coupled to the camera plate and configured to releasably engage the carrying structure to the camera plate. The camera plate may be configured to secure the camera to a camera stand with the coupling mechanism remaining coupled to the camera plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: ASFERIK, LLCInventors: Joseph Walter Jackson, Andrew Douglas Johnson
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Patent number: 9312557Abstract: A rechargeable power system comprising: a drill string configured to operate in a well bore, the drill string comprising: a fuel cell system; a generator in electrical communication with the fuel cell system; a turbine, configured to rotate due to an impingement of drilling mud on one or more turbine blades, the turbine in operable communication with the generator; and where the fuel cell system is configured to provide power at least when drilling mud is not circulating in the well bore, and further configured to be recharged by the generator when drilling mud is circulating in the well bore. A method for operating a rechargeable downhole fuel cell. The method comprises: monitoring a fluid supply pressure; determining whether the fluid supply pressure is below a threshold value; and stopping a fuel cell discharge if the fluid supply pressure is below the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Wenlin Zhang, Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan, Joseph Walter, Albert Perez, Jr.