Patents by Inventor Karl David

Karl David 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).

  • INTER-CELL POWER COORDINATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT CELLULAR NETWORK
    Publication number: 20180192366
    Abstract: A method and system for adaptively powering down cells within a cluster are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes detecting when a load on a first cell falls below a first predetermined threshold, the load being based at least in part on a number of wireless devices in communication with a first radio unit serving the first cell. Upon detecting when a load on the first cell falls below the first predetermined threshold, a transmitter of the first radio unit is powered down over a period of time to allow time for handoff of wireless devices in the first cell to a second radio unit serving an adjacent cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Chandra Sekhar BONTU, Mercy GEORGE, Karl David MANN
  • CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE OF A COMPUTER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180178131
    Abstract: A computer device has a touch screen which displays game elements. A user is able to move game elements to make a match. When a match is made, the game elements of the match are removed. Each game element is associated with a tile. Each tile either has a cover object or no cover object. Underlying entities are provided which occupy at least two tiles. The device has a processor which is configured to determine on detecting the match game condition if at least one tile of the game elements in the match game condition has a cover object and if so to remove the cover object and subsequently to determine if the underlying entities are only associated with tiles having cover tiles. If not, the underlying entity is repositioned if partially uncovered or removed if completely uncovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Eddie Alexander WILLMAN, Yan DOU, Karl David DARABIAN
  • Gravity chamber that rotates on support bearings mounted on an outer surface of a hull of a habitation module
    Patent number: 9994338
    Abstract: A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber is annular and includes an outer cylindrical wall, an inner cylindrical structure, and opposing side walls that connect the outer cylindrical wall and the inner cylindrical structure. The gravity chamber attaches to an outer surface of a hull of the habitation module with support bearings. The support bearing includes an inner race attached to the outer surface of the hull, and an outer race attached to the gravity chamber. A drive mechanism drives the outer race of the support bearing to rotate the gravity chamber about an axis to simulate a gravitational force within the gravity chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Raju Dharmaraj, Patrick A. Swartzell, Karl David Heiman, Darby Grant Cooper, James Michael Engle
  • Controlled moisture removal in a laundry treating appliance
    Patent number: 9945062
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing humidity both within laundry and within a laundry treating appliance in response to a door being opened or closed are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Barbara A. Balinski, Floyd G. Jackson, Karl David McAllister
  • Method to determine fabric type in a laundry treating appliance using motor current signature during agitation
    Patent number: 9945060
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber that receives a laundry load for treatment according to a cycle of operation. The method includes determining the size of the laundry load in the treating chamber; supplying a predetermined amount of liquid to the treating chamber based on the determined load size; applying mechanical energy to the laundry treating chamber by driving a clothes mover with an electric motor; determining a difference between an in-rush current to the electric motor and a steady-state current of the electric motor during the applying of the mechanical energy; and determining a laundry load type of the laundry load based on the determined difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Hirak Chanda, Kaustav Ghosh, Andrew J. Leitert, Karl David Mcallister, Amy L. Rapson, Jon D. Strait, Yingqin Yuan
  • Gravity chamber that rotates on support bearings mounted on an inner surface of a hull of a habitation module
    Patent number: 9908644
    Abstract: A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber includes an outer cylindrical wall and opposing side walls. The gravity chamber attaches to a hull of the habitation module with support bearings. The support bearing includes an outer race attached to an inner surface of the hull, and an inner race attached to the gravity chamber. A drive mechanism drives the inner race of the support bearing to rotate the gravity chamber about an axis to simulate a gravitational force within the gravity chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Raju Dharmaraj, Patrick A. Swartzell, James Michael Engle, Karl David Heiman
  • Computer system and method for creating, displaying, removing, and repositioning game elements
    Patent number: 9901834
    Abstract: A computer device has a touch screen which displays game elements. A user is able to move game elements to make a match. When a match is made, the game elements of the match are removed. Each game element is associated with a tile. Each tile either has a cover object or no cover object. Underlying entities are provided which occupy at least two tiles. The device has a processor which is configured to determine on detecting the match game condition if at least one tile of the game elements in the match game condition has a cover object and if so to remove the cover object and subsequently to determine if the underlying entities are only associated with tiles having cover tiles. If not, the underlying entity is repositioned if partially uncovered or removed if completely uncovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KING.COM LTD.
    Inventors: Eddie Alexander Willman, Yan Dou, Karl David Darabian
  • METHOD FOR REAL TIME DETERMINATION DURING LOADING OF VOLUMETRIC LOAD SIZE IN A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20180010286
    Abstract: A method of operating and a laundry treating appliance, including a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber into which laundry may be placed for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a processor programmed to at least as the laundry is being placed in the treating chamber, at least one of measure, sense, analytically determine, estimate, or receive as an input a first load size of the laundry in the treating chamber to define a determined first load size and select at least one of a color or an intensity corresponding to the determined first load size to define a first light setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: BARBARA A. BALINSKI, JASON L. BARR, ANDREW LEITERT, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER, JAMES A. OSKINS, MATTHEW J. QUOCK, JAMAL O. WILSON
  • Expandable gravity chamber for a habitation module that is housed in an inflatable shell
    Patent number: 9776743
    Abstract: A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber includes an inner cylindrical structure, outer wall segments that are attachable to one another to form an outer cylindrical wall, and opposing side walls having support members that are extendable. The gravity chamber has a first diameter when the support members are contracted, and has a larger second diameter when the support members are extended. The gravity chamber connects to the habitation module with rotating attachment members so that the gravity chamber rotates about an axis. The habitation module also includes an inflatable shell that encompasses the gravity chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Raju Dharmaraj, Patrick A. Swartzell, James Michael Engle, Thomas L. Hoffman, Travis Andrew Moseman, Karl David Heiman
  • CONTROLLED MOISTURE REMOVAL IN A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20170254009
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing humidity both within laundry and within a laundry treating appliance in response to a door being opened or closed are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: BARBARA A. BALINSKI, FLOYD G. JACKSON, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHEMICAL VAPOUR SENSING
    Publication number: 20170248514
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to methods, systems, devices and applications for use in relation to the detection of chemical vapours. A particular embodiment relates to a device for chemical vapour sensing. The device comprises a housing of a size to be manually portable, the housing defining a plurality of receptors adapted to receive a respective plurality of manually replaceable chemical vapour sensing components. The device further comprises at least one signal receiver to receive data signals from each chemical vapour sensing component when the chemical vapour sensing component is positioned in one of the receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Karl David Pavey, Nicholas John Fitzgerald, Craig Jason Stevens, John Thomas Huberts, Anthony Andrew Pahl, Igor Henricus Van de Griendt
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20170233924
    Abstract: The laundry treating appliance can comprise a wash basket defining a washing chamber, having a clothes mover in the treating chamber to agitate the clothes during a cycle of operation for cleaning. The method can comprise supplying a wash liquid to the treating chamber and rotating the clothes mover within the treating chamber with an electric motor operating at a high duty cycle wash phase and a low duty cycle wash phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: SARAH IHNE, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER
  • GRAVITY CHAMBER THAT ROTATES ON SUPPORT BEARINGS MOUNTED ON AN INNER SURFACE OF A HULL OF A HABITATION MODULE
    Publication number: 20170197737
    Abstract: A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber includes an outer cylindrical wall and opposing side walls. The gravity chamber attaches to a hull of the habitation module with support bearings. The support bearing includes an outer race attached to an inner surface of the hull, and an inner race attached to the gravity chamber. A drive mechanism drives the inner race of the support bearing to rotate the gravity chamber about an axis to simulate a gravitational force within the gravity chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Raju Dharmaraj, Patrick A. Swartzell, James Michael Engle, Karl David Heiman
  • GRAVITY CHAMBER FOR A HABITATION MODULE THAT ROTATES ON SUPPORT BEARINGS
    Publication number: 20170197736
    Abstract: A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber is annular and includes an outer cylindrical wall, an inner cylindrical structure, and opposing side walls that connect the outer cylindrical wall and the inner cylindrical structure. The gravity chamber attaches to a cylindrical core member of the habitation module with support bearings. The support bearing includes an inner race attached to the cylindrical core member, and an outer race attached to the gravity chamber. A drive mechanism drives the outer race of the support bearing to rotate the gravity chamber about an axis to simulate a gravitational force within the gravity chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Raju Dharmaraj, James Michael Engle, Patrick A. Swartzell, Karl David Heiman, Travis Andrew Moseman
  • GRAVITY CHAMBER THAT ROTATES ON SUPPORT BEARINGS MOUNTED ON AN OUTER SURFACE OF A HULL OF A HABITATION MODULE
    Publication number: 20170197738
    Abstract: A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber is annular and includes an outer cylindrical wall, an inner cylindrical structure, and opposing side walls that connect the outer cylindrical wall and the inner cylindrical structure. The gravity chamber attaches to an outer surface of a hull of the habitation module with support bearings. The support bearing includes an inner race attached to the outer surface of the hull, and an outer race attached to the gravity chamber. A drive mechanism drives the outer race of the support bearing to rotate the gravity chamber about an axis to simulate a gravitational force within the gravity chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Raju Dharmaraj, Patrick A. Swartzell, Karl David Heiman, Darby Grant Cooper, James Michael Engle
  • EXPANDABLE GRAVITY CHAMBER FOR A HABITATION MODULE THAT IS HOUSED IN AN INFLATABLE SHELL
    Publication number: 20170197735
    Abstract: A habitation module with a gravity chamber that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the gravity chamber includes an inner cylindrical structure, outer wall segments that are attachable to one another to form an outer cylindrical wall, and opposing side walls having support members that are extendable. The gravity chamber has a first diameter when the support members are contracted, and has a larger second diameter when the support members are extended. The gravity chamber connects to the habitation module with rotating attachment members so that the gravity chamber rotates about an axis. The habitation module also includes an inflatable shell that encompasses the gravity chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Raju Dharmaraj, Patrick A. Swartzell, James Michael Engle, Thomas L. Hoffman, Travis Andrew Moseman, Karl David Heiman
  • COVER GLASS ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20170196109
    Abstract: A cover glass article includes a glass body having a three-dimensional shape, an inside surface, and an outside surface. Each of the inside and outside surfaces has a surface roughness (Ra) less than 1 nm and is free of indentations having diameters larger than 150 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Karl David Ehemann, Keith Raymond Gaylo, William Brashear Mattingly, III, Connor Thomas O'Malley, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Kevin Lee Wasson
  • Controlled moisture removal in a laundry treating appliance
    Patent number: 9689100
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing humidity both within laundry and within a laundry treating appliance in response to a door being opened or closed are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Barbara A. Balinski, Floyd G. Jackson, Karl David McAllister
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT TREATING CHEMISTRIES IN LAUNDRY APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20170137988
    Abstract: An example laundry treating appliance includes a tub, a rotatable drum disposed in the tub and defining a treating chamber in which laundry is received for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a treating chemistry dispenser having an outlet and a cup having a siphon, configured to dispense a treating chemistry into at least one of the tub or the drum, a sensor, and a controller configured to at least: introduce a predetermined amount of liquid into the cup sufficient to activate the siphon if a predetermined amount of the treating chemistry is present in the cup; detect whether the siphon activates in response to the predetermined amount of liquid based on an output of the sensor; and modify cycle of operation based on whether the siphon activates in response to the predetermined amount of liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID P. GOSHGARIAN, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER
  • Methods and apparatus to detect treating chemistries in laundry appliances
    Patent number: 9587339
    Abstract: An example laundry treating appliance includes a tub, a rotatable drum disposed in the tub and defining a treating chamber in which laundry is received for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a treating chemistry dispenser having an outlet and a cup having a siphon, configured to dispense a treating chemistry into at least one of the tub or the drum, a sensor, and a controller configured to at least: introduce a predetermined amount of liquid into the cup sufficient to activate the siphon if a predetermined amount of the treating chemistry is present in the cup; detect whether the siphon activates in response to the predetermined amount of liquid based on an output of the sensor; and modify cycle of operation based on whether the siphon activates in response to the predetermined amount of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David P. Goshgarian, Karl David McAllister