Patents by Inventor Joshua LAWRENCE

Joshua LAWRENCE 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: 12280865
    Abstract: A window roller shade and dimming pane assembly includes a rigid frame having a first side member on a first side and a second side member on a second side opposite the first side. An outer pane and an inner pane are disposed within the rigid frame with a gap between the outer pane and the inner pane. A roller shade includes a motor for rolling and unrolling the roller shade. A first constant force spring and a second constant force spring are each configured to pull the roller shade downwardly through the gap while the motor is unrolling the roller shade. A dimming film is disposed on the inner pane for dimming light through the inner pane. A window interface is operatively coupled to the inner pane for receiving touch input for controlling the dimming film and the roller shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Lynn Headrick, Joshua Lawrence Bell
  • Publication number: 20250058877
    Abstract: A heated seat for an aircraft includes a heating element disposed on a cushioning material and overlayed by an upholstery. The heating element includes a flexible base and a plurality of thin and flexible heating coils that conform to the seat shape such that no cushioning material is applied between the heating element and the upholstery. By providing direct contact between the heating element and the upholstery, smaller heating elements requiring less electrical power may be used to sufficiently heat the seat compared with traditional heating elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: David Wayne Davis, Joshua Lawrence Bell
  • Publication number: 20250044915
    Abstract: A curved screen skylight for an aircraft includes a curved display screen which is configured to display imagery provided from a camera positioned on the aircraft or preloaded imagery stored on a memory storage device. The curved screen display conforms to an aircraft overhead panel and can be secured using flanges extending from the overhead panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Joshua Lawrence Bell, Stephen Howard Fagan, Michael Scott Robinson, Matthew R. Harrell
  • Publication number: 20250042552
    Abstract: A seat release system and device, the system including an interface assembly that provides actuation signaling, an actuation device that communicatively provides mechanical motion in response to the actuation signaling, a cable connected to the actuation device, and a recline release cylinder having a gas release button and a release lever at a first end, and having a cylinder piston arm in the recline release cylinder at a second end. The release lever is attached to a second end of the cable where the cable moves the release lever in response to the mechanical motion of the actuation device. The gas release button vents the recline release cylinder to atmosphere in response to being depressed as a result of the cable moving the release lever. The cylinder piston arm may move in the recline release cylinder in response to the gas release button being depressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew William Reese, David Wayne Davis, Joshua Lawrence Bell
  • Publication number: 20250033776
    Abstract: An embodiment seat control system includes a control board having a processing unit, wherein the processing unit has one or more processors and one or more memories, and a mainboard. The processing unit is communicatively attached to the mainboard and mainboard has a plurality of receptacles and mainboard includes one or more communication buses between at least one of the plurality of receptacles and the processing unit. The system further has one or more system modules, where each module of the one or more system modules is configured to be connected to a respective receptacle of the plurality of receptacles, where each module of the one or more system modules implements a functional capability of a seat, and where the one or more system modules are nondestructively removeable from the mainboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Joshua Lawrence Bell, Matthew William Reese
  • Publication number: 20240059392
    Abstract: A window roller shade and dimming pane assembly includes a rigid frame having a first side member on a first side and a second side member on a second side opposite the first side. An outer pane and an inner pane are disposed within the rigid frame with a gap between the outer pane and the inner pane. A roller shade includes a motor for rolling and unrolling the roller shade. A first constant force spring and a second constant force spring are each configured to pull the roller shade downwardly through the gap while the motor is unrolling the roller shade. A dimming film is disposed on the inner pane for dimming light through the inner pane. A window interface is operatively coupled to the inner pane for receiving touch input for controlling the dimming film and the roller shade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Lynn Headrick, Joshua Lawrence Bell
  • Patent number: 11551412
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments may include for traversing hierarchical level of detail (HLOD) content for rendering on a display of a client computing device. Various embodiments employ structured HLOD data structures for HLOD content, using the uniform dimensional aspects of the structured trees to generate object space representation of the HLOD content and a sampling construct for the HLOD content. The same sampling construct may be applied to an object space representation of the HLOD content for any level of the structured tree. In various embodiments, sampling using the sampling construct for an object space representation of the HLOD content may be based on a camera position relative to the object space representation of the HLOD content. Various embodiments include transforming camera frustrum planes to object space representation of the HLOD content and testing visibility of the HLOD content from the object space representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CESIUM GS, INC.
    Inventor: Joshua Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11461971
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments may provide for extrapolating a breakline for a user in a graphical application, such as an Earthworks rendering application. Various embodiments may enable a breakline to be extrapolated and rendered on a surface from two or more points selected by a user on that surface. In various embodiments, the surface may be any type directional surface, such as a triangle mesh, pointcloud, heightmap, fusions of such surfaces, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CESIUM GS, INC.
    Inventors: Kangning Li, Hannah Pinkos, Joshua Lawrence, Sean Lilley
  • Publication number: 20220309751
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments may provide for extrapolating a breakline for a user in a graphical application, such as an Earthworks rendering application. Various embodiments may enable a breakline to be extrapolated and rendered on a surface from two or more points selected by a user on that surface. In various embodiments, the surface may be any type directional surface, such as a triangle mesh, pointcloud, heightmap, fusions of such surfaces, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kangning LI, HANNAH PINKOS, JOSHUA LAWRENCE, SEAN LILLEY
  • Patent number: 11417073
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments enable generating at least one hierarchical-level-of-detail (LOD) data structure in order to visualize and traverse measurement data associated with a three-dimensional (3D) model. In various embodiments, generating at least one hierarchical LOD data structure may include establishing a background grid comprising a mathematical grid structure defined in a common coordinate system, building a layout comprising an intermediary data structure, computing measurement data for each tile based at least in part on the height data samples, and storing at least a portion of the computed measurement data for each tile in a metadata file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CESIUM GS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Gagliardi, Joshua Lawrence, Sean Lilley, Eli Bogomolny, Ian Lilley, Zakiuddin Shehzan Ayub Mohammed, Patrick Cozzi
  • Publication number: 20220136907
    Abstract: A device is provided for a floating temperature indicating device. The floating temperature indicating device includes a waterproof casing, a temperature sensor, and an illumination system. The waterproof casing is configured to protect the floating temperature indicating device from liquid and cause the floating temperature indicating device to be buoyant. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of a liquid within which the device is disposed. The illumination system is configured to emit a light corresponding to the temperature of the liquid. The waterproof casing may enclose the temperature sensor or the illumination system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Joshua Lawrence Pike
  • Publication number: 20220028161
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments may include for traversing hierarchical level of detail (HLOD) content for rendering on a display of a client computing device. Various embodiments employ structured HLOD data structures for HLOD content, using the uniform dimensional aspects of the structured trees to generate object space representation of the HLOD content and a sampling construct for the HLOD content. The same sampling construct may be applied to an object space representation of the HLOD content for any level of the structured tree. In various embodiments, sampling using the sampling construct for an object space representation of the HLOD content may be based on a camera position relative to the object space representation of the HLOD content. Various embodiments include transforming camera frustrum planes to object space representation of the HLOD content and testing visibility of the HLOD content from the object space representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: JOSHUA LAWRENCE
  • Publication number: 20220020225
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments enable generating at least one hierarchical-level-of-detail (LOD) data structure in order to visualize and traverse measurement data associated with a three-dimensional (3D) model. In various embodiments, generating at least one hierarchical LOD data structure may include establishing a background grid comprising a mathematical grid structure defined in a common coordinate system, building a layout comprising an intermediary data structure, computing measurement data for each tile based at least in part on the height data samples, and storing at least a portion of the computed measurement data for each tile in a metadata file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: PETER GAGLIARDI, JOSHUA LAWRENCE, SEAN LILLEY, ELI BOGOMOLNY, IAN LILLEY, ZAKIUDDIN SHEHZAN AYUB MOHAMMED, PATRICK COZZI
  • Patent number: 11184285
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of various embodiments enable prioritization of requests for hierarchical level of detail (HLOD) content over a communications network. Various embodiment methods may reduce load time of nodes in the HLOD data structure, such as nodes in the HLOD that may be deemed important, compared to the load time achieved in current methods. Various embodiments may provide methods for prioritizing requests for nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cesium GS, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Lawrence, Omar Shehata, Sean Lilley, Daniel Bagnell, Patrick Cozzi
  • Publication number: 20210307251
    Abstract: A riding lawn care vehicle (10, 310) may include a frame (30, 330), an engine (340, 40), a steering assembly, a support platform (20, 30, 320) and a front platform (348, 48). At least a pair of drive wheels may be operably coupled to the frame (30, 330). The engine (340, 40) is operably coupled to the frame (30, 330) via an engine platform (342, 42). The engine (340, 40) is disposed substantially between the drive wheels to selectively provide drive power to the drive wheels via respective hydraulic pumps (346, 46). The steering assembly includes control levers (50) operably coupled to respective ones of the drive wheels via the respective hydraulic pumps (346, 46). The steering assembly enables steering of the riding lawn care vehicle (10, 310) based on drive speed control of the drive wheels responsive to positioning of the control levers (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Corey Fisher, Brian Downing, Joshua Lawrence, Timothy Wicker, Juan Plasencia, Darren Chandler, Jordan Craven, Travis Lyons, Rick Nelson, Braxton Reese, Juan Rodriguez, Jerry Sandy, Eric Tse, Chris Russell, Steven Benedict, Jake Bagwell
  • Patent number: 11012531
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of various embodiments enable culling requests for hierarchical level of detail (HLOD) content over a communications network. Various embodiment methods may reduce a number of requests associated with dynamic camera movement, compared to number of requests generated in current methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Cesium GS, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Lawrence, Omar Shehata, Sean Lilley, Patrick Cozzi
  • Patent number: 10986782
    Abstract: A riding lawn care vehicle may include a frame, an engine, a steering assembly, a support platform and a front platform. At least a pair of drive wheels may be operably coupled to the frame. The engine is operably coupled to the frame via an engine platform. The engine is disposed between the drive wheels to selectively provide drive power to the drive wheels via respective hydraulic pumps. The steering assembly includes control levers operably coupled to respective drive wheels via the respective hydraulic pumps. The steering assembly enables steering of the lawn care vehicle based on drive speed control of the drive wheels responsive to positioning of the control levers. The support platform is operably coupled to the frame at a rear portion of the lawn care vehicle. The front platform is operably coupled to the frame forward of the engine platform. The front platform supports the hydraulic pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Corey Fisher, Brian Downing, Joshua Lawrence, Timothy Wicker, Juan Plasencia, Darren Chandler, Jordan Craven, Travis Lyons, Rick Nelson, Braxton Reese, Juan Rodriguez, Jerry Sandy, Eric Tse, Chris Russell, Steven Benedict, Jake Bagwell
  • Publication number: 20200386089
    Abstract: A steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) processing facility comprising: an oil/water separation process block operable for bulk separation of produced water from a produced fluid comprising produced water and hydrocarbons; a de-oiling process block operable to remove residual oil from the produced water separated from the produced fluid in the oil/water separation process block and provide a de-oiled water; a water treatment block operable to remove contaminants from the de-oiled water and provide a treated water; and a steam generation process block operable to produce steam from the treated water. In embodiments, each of the oil/water separation process block, the de-oiling process block, the water treatment process block, and the steam generation process block is modularized and comprises a plurality of modules. Methods for operating and assembling a SAGD processing facility are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: FLUOR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bernie MOORE, Carl Barry KOPPERUD, Van NGUYEN, Manuel TORRES, Joshua LAWRENCE
  • Publication number: 20200344172
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of various embodiments enable prioritization of requests for hierarchical level of detail (HLOD) content over a communications network. Various embodiment methods may reduce load time of nodes in the HLOD data structure, such as nodes in the HLOD that may be deemed important, compared to the load time achieved in current methods. Various embodiments may provide methods for prioritizing requests for nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua LAWRENCE, Omar SHEHATA, Sean LILLEY, Daniel BAGNELL, Patrick COZZI
  • Patent number: D1044652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Rowe, Jonathan Lynn Headrick, Joshua Lawrence Bell, Matthew R. Harrell