Patents by Inventor Joshua Williams

Joshua Williams 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: 9790698
    Abstract: A seating system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of seating risers configured to telescope relative to one another. Further, at least one of the plurality of seating risers is a powered seating riser configured to deploy and retract the plurality of seating risers. The powered seating riser includes a belt drive system. Additionally, the plurality of seating risers are adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Rogers Athletic Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua William Koch, Timothy John Hockemeyer, Brian Staten
  • Publication number: 20170266849
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ice cube tray with a free standing cube design. The ice cube tray may include a peripheral frame encircling a plurality of pockets for receiving water to be formed into individual ice cubes when frozen. Each pocket has a generally cubical configuration. Further, the individual pockets maintain a distance between each other, such that the individual pockets do not support each other and are free standing with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Prum, Joshua Williams
  • Patent number: 9738375
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a winglet formed as a one-piece composite for an aircraft is presented. The winglet comprises a first blade, a second blade, and a root region. The first blade includes a first leading edge and a first trailing edge. The second blade includes a second leading edge and a second trailing edge. The second blade is positioned at an angle to the first blade. The root region is co-cured with the first blade and the second blade to form the winglet. The root region is configured to receive an attachment system for attaching the winglet to a wing of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Philipp Witte, Stanley Warren Stawski, Fedor A. Kleshchev, Joshua William Zarfos, Parth R. Naidu
  • Publication number: 20170235670
    Abstract: A method for tracking high-level source attribution of a generated assembly language code includes: receiving commands for compiling or linking a high-level language code; analyzing the received commands to determine whether a command is a compiler command for compiling the high-level language code or a link command for linking the low level object code; when the command is a compiler command: generating assembly language code by compiling the high-level language code, parsing the generated assembly language code to generate an internal representation for the assembly language code, storing the internal representation in a computer memory; and generating associated linker input artifacts for linking; when the command is a link command: updating the internal representation with the associated linker input artifacts; and generating a report file from the updated internal representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel J. Dominguez, Joshua William Scoggins, Richard Kent Newman, Uwe Samitsch Kronholm
  • Publication number: 20170175491
    Abstract: A guide funnel includes segments that have a funnel surface running at an oblique angle between a bottom end and an inner circumferential edge of the top end. The width of the funnel surface is sized so that, when the guide funnel is in an assembled state, a continuous or discontinuous funnel wall is formed between adjacent segments. The bottom end can include an arcuate-shaped ring segment that forms a portion of an outer periphery of the guide funnel. The top end can be sized so that when the guide funnel is in the assembled state a side of the top end abuts a side of an adjacent top end. An adaptor ring can be secured to the inner circumferential edge of the top end and later removed and replaced with another adaptor ring to provide a different size guide funnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Chris Nault, Kevin Shahrpass, Joshua Williams, Ray Cummins
  • Patent number: 9642200
    Abstract: A method and system of driving an LED load. There is a power stage that is configured to deliver a level of current indicated by a control signal to the LED load when a PWM signal is ON and stop delivering the level of current when the PWM signal is OFF. There is a feedback circuit that is configured to generate the operating point signal, which causes the power stage to deliver a level of current indicated by the control signal, when the PWM signal is ON. A store and hold circuit is configured to store an information indicative of a level of the operating point signal just after the PWM signal is turned OFF and cause the operating point signal to be at that level just before the PWM signal is turned ON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua William Caldwell, Dongwon Kwon, Lucas Andrew Milner
  • Publication number: 20170081868
    Abstract: A seating system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of seating risers configured to telescope relative to one another. Further, at least one of the plurality of seating risers is a powered seating riser configured to deploy and retract the plurality of seating risers. The powered seating riser includes a belt drive system. Additionally, the plurality of seating risers are adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Joshua William Koch, Timothy John Hockemeyer, Brian Staten
  • Patent number: 9596728
    Abstract: A method and system of driving an LED load. A driver is configured to deliver a level of current indicated by a control signal to the LED load when a PWM signal is ON and stop delivering the level of current when the PWM signal is OFF. An output capacitance element is coupled across a differential output of the LED driver. A feedback path, having a store circuit, is configured to store an information indicative of a first voltage level across the output capacitance element as a stored feedback reference signal just after the PWM signal is turned OFF. The feedback path causes the voltage across the output capacitance element to be at the first voltage level just before the PWM signal is turned ON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua William Caldwell, Dongwon Kwon, Lucas Andrew Milner
  • Publication number: 20170050723
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a composite winglet for an aircraft is presented. The composite winglet comprises a first blade, a second blade, and a root region. The first blade includes a first leading edge and a first trailing edge. The second blade includes a second leading edge and a second trailing edge. The second blade is positioned at an angle to the first blade. The root region is co-cured with the first blade and the second blade to form the composite winglet. The root region is configured to receive an attachment system for attaching the composite winglet to a wing of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Philipp Witte, Stanley Warren Stawski, Fedor A. Kleshchev, Joshua William Zarfos, Parth R. Naidu
  • Patent number: 9547564
    Abstract: Functionality is disclosed for automated deployment of applications. A network-based deployment service provides functionality for deploying software components to physical or virtual hosts in a service provider network and/or to hosts in other types of networks external to the service provider network. A user of the deployment service creates an application revision that includes deployable content and an application specification defining how the application is to be deployed and one or more lifecycle events. The application revision is then uploaded to a storage service, source code repository, or other location. A deployment configuration is also created that defines the location of the application revision, a deployment group, and a schedule for the deployment. A deployment agent executing on hosts in the deployment group obtains the application revision from the specified location, deploys the deployable content according to the schedule, and performs the lifecycle events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Troutman, Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, Joshua William McFarlane
  • Patent number: 9540831
    Abstract: A seating system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of seating risers configured to telescope relative to one another. Further, at least one of the plurality of seating risers is a powered seating riser configured to deploy and retract the plurality of seating risers. The powered seating riser includes a belt drive system. Additionally, the plurality of seating risers are adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ROGERS ATHLETIC COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua William Koch, Timothy John Hockemeyer, Brian Staten
  • Publication number: 20160366573
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system receives an indication of current mobile device usage by a user. The user is also associated with one or more past user states that are accessible to the computing system. The computing system selects a future user state of the user based on a calculated probability of a possible future user state. The possible future user state is calculated based on the current mobile-device usage and the past user states. For each past user states, a weight based on a time delay factor is used. Based on the selected future user state, the operation of a mobile device of the user is adapted at the future time corresponding to the future user state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Dudley Johnson, Joshua Williams
  • Publication number: 20160357813
    Abstract: Systems and methods for information retrieval are provided that permit users and/or processing entities to access and define synthetic data, synthetic objects, and/or synthetic groupings of data in one or more collections of information. In one embodiment, data access on an information retrieval system can occur through an interpretation layer which interprets any synthetic data against data physically stored in the collection. Synthetic data can define virtual data objects, virtual data elements, virtual data attributes, virtual data groupings, and/or data entities that can be interpreted against data that may be stored physically in the collection of information. The system and methods for information retrieval can return results from the one or more collections of information based not only on the data stored, but also on the virtual data generated from interpretation of the stored data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Adam FERRARI, Joshua William KAPELL, Jason FURTADO, Matthew L. BRANDWEIN, Spiro MICHAYLOV, Omri TRAUB, Vladimir ZELEVINSKY, John HUFFAKER
  • Patent number: 9514005
    Abstract: Functionality is disclosed for automated deployment of applications. A network-based deployment service provides functionality for deploying software components to physical or virtual hosts in a service provider network and/or to hosts in other types of networks external to the service provider network. A user of the deployment service creates an application revision that includes deployable content and an application specification defining how the application is to be deployed and one or more lifecycle events. The application revision is then uploaded to a storage service, source code repository, or other location. A deployment configuration is also created that defines the location of the application revision, a deployment group, and a schedule for the deployment. A deployment agent executing on hosts in the deployment group obtains the application revision from the specified location, deploys the deployable content according to the schedule, and performs the lifecycle events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Troutman, Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, Joshua William McFarlane
  • Publication number: 20160353537
    Abstract: A method and system of driving an LED load. There is a power stage that is configured to deliver a level of current indicated by a control signal to the LED load when a PWM signal is ON and stop delivering the level of current when the PWM signal is OFF. There is a feedback circuit that is configured to generate the operating point signal, which causes the power stage to deliver a level of current indicated by the control signal, when the PWM signal is ON. A store and hold circuit is configured to store an information indicative of a level of the operating point signal just after the PWM signal is turned OFF and cause the operating point signal to be at that level just before the PWM signal is turned ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua William Caldwell, Dongwon Kwon, Lucas Andrew Milner
  • Publication number: 20160353532
    Abstract: A method and system of driving an LED load. A driver is configured to deliver a level of current indicated by a control signal to the LED load when a PWM signal is ON and stop delivering the level of current when the PWM signal is OFF. An output capacitance element is coupled across a differential output of the LED driver. A feedback path, having a store circuit, is configured to store an information indicative of a first voltage level across the output capacitance element as a stored feedback reference signal just after the PWM signal is turned OFF. The feedback path causes the voltage across the output capacitance element to be at the first voltage level just before the PWM signal is turned ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua William Caldwell, Dongwon Kwon, Lucas Andrew Milner
  • Publication number: 20160289068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia, and in particular a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia for use in a fuel cell and/or in a prime mover. The method may be carried out in-situ in a vehicle. The invention also relates to an apparatus for producing hydrogen from ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
    Inventors: Martin Owen JONES, William Ian Fraser DAVID, Joshua William MAKEPEACE
  • Patent number: 9461902
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first data indicating a current usage of a mobile device by a user. The method includes accessing second data associated with past user states of the user, where each user state corresponds to a temporal, spatial, or modal accessibility of the user. A future user state of the user is determined based on a weighted set of predictor functions, each predictor function comprising a machine-learned algorithm for a particular user state. The probability of each user state is based on past user states of the second data, wherein each past user state is weighted by a decay factor based on the corresponding time. One of the user states is selected as the future user state, and the operation of the mobile device is adapted at a future time to account for that future user state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dudley Johnson, Joshua Williams
  • Patent number: 9449068
    Abstract: Systems and methods for information retrieval are provided that permit users and/or processing entities to access and define synthetic data, synthetic objects, and/or synthetic groupings of data in one or more collections of information. In one embodiment, data access on an information retrieval system can occur through an interpretation layer which interprets any synthetic data against data physically stored in the collection. Synthetic data can define virtual data objects, virtual data elements, virtual data attributes, virtual data groupings, and/or data entities that can be interpreted against data that may be stored physically in the collection of information. The system and methods for information retrieval can return results from the one or more collections of information based not only on the data stored, but also on the virtual data generated from interpretation of the stored data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Ferrari, Joshua William Kapell, Jason Furtado, Matthew L. Brandwein, Spiro Michaylov, Omri Traub, Vladimir Zelevinsky, John Huffaker
  • Patent number: 9448791
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for synchronization of source code objects and software development workflow objects. Software development workflow objects are identified that are related to source code objects to be synchronized to a development device. The identified software development workflow objects are then stored in a copy of a source control object store that also includes the source code objects to be synchronized. The copy of the source control object store may then be transmitted to the development device for offline use. Tools might also be provided on the development device for utilizing the software development workflow objects stored in the copy of the source control object store maintained by the development device. The copy of a source control object store containing modified source code objects and modified software development workflow objects might also be utilized to synchronize the changes to the objects to an appropriate object store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua William McFarlane, Matthew Roy Noble, Nicholas Alexander Allen, Andrew Thomas Troutman