Patents by Inventor Keith Allen

Keith Allen 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: 11091067
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly has a seat, a seatback and a bracket extending between the seat and the seatback with a first pivotable coupling between the bracket and the seat, a second pivotable coupling between the bracket and the seatback, and a sector gear portion with a gear assembly including a spur gear. The sector gear portion is disposed along an edge of the bracket, wherein the spur gear is rotatable to engage the sector gear portion of the bracket to move the bracket from a first position to a second position to move the second pivotable coupling from a primary position to a secondary position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Keith Allen Godin, Sean Bayle West, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Macit Aktas, Deeptej Kudav
  • Patent number: 11091065
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat including a side bracket, a seatback, a displaceable bracket extending between the seatback and the side bracket, a pivotable seatback coupling between the displaceable bracket and the seatback, and a movement assembly operably coupling the displaceable bracket to the side bracket. The movement assembly is positionable between a design position and a fully deployed position to move the displaceable bracket between a first position and a second position, respectively, and to move the pivotable seatback coupling between a primary positon and a secondary position, respectively, wherein, when the pivotable seatback coupling is in a secondary position, the seatback is movable between a forward inclined position and a substantially flat position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Macit Aktas, Johnathan Andrew Line, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Kevin Wayne Preuss, Deeptej Kudav, Keith Allen Godin
  • Publication number: 20210249930
    Abstract: An end plate for a motor with a motor casing. The end plate includes a body adapted to be coupled to the motor casing and cover an opening of the motor casing. The body defines a ribbed structure to shield a power terminal assembly disposed laterally outwardly with respect to the motor casing. The ribbed structure includes a first rib and a second rib spaced apart from the first rib, and the power terminal assembly is adapted to be coupled to and be captured in between the first rib and the second rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Allen Leisinger, Gregory Austin, Lance Mathew Cowper, Joseph D. Tigue
  • Patent number: 11083104
    Abstract: A design for the electrical infrastructure of a data center enables two different configurations to be utilized, including a distributed, redundant configuration that provides higher reliability and a non-redundant configuration that provides higher capacity. In the distributed, redundant configuration, each server in the data center draws power from at least two different power supply systems. This enables load shifting when a power supply system becomes unavailable, which can have the effect of increasing server reliability. In the non-redundant configuration, each server in the data center draws power from only one power supply system. Load shifting is not utilized in the non-redundant configuration, which eliminates the need to maintain reserve capacity and thereby increases capacity. Advantageously, it is possible to switch between these two configurations without making any internal changes to the data center other than modifying connections between sets of server racks and power buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Seaton, Ryan Douglas Carver, Osvaldo P. Morales, Keith Allen Krueger, Lalu Vannankandy Kunnath, Peter Odongo Wangia, Kris Sean Redding, Eric Matthew Beal, Jose Seah Delapaz, Steve Todd Solomon
  • Publication number: 20210206299
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly has a seat, a seatback and a bracket extending between the seat and the seatback with a first pivotable coupling between the bracket and the seat, a second pivotable coupling between the bracket and the seatback, and a sector gear portion with a gear assembly including a spur gear. The sector gear portion is disposed along an edge of the bracket, wherein the spur gear is rotatable to engage the sector gear portion of the bracket to move the bracket from a first position to a second position to move the second pivotable coupling from a primary position to a secondary position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Keith Allen Godin, Sean Bayle West, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Macit Aktas, Deeptej Kudav
  • Publication number: 20210206297
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat including a side bracket, a seatback, a displaceable bracket extending between the seatback and the side bracket, a pivotable seatback coupling between the displaceable bracket and the seatback, and a movement assembly operably coupling the displaceable bracket to the side bracket. The movement assembly is positionable between a design position and a fully deployed position to move the displaceable bracket between a first position and a second position, respectively, and to move the pivotable seatback coupling between a primary positon and a secondary position, respectively, wherein, when the pivotable seatback coupling is in a secondary position, the seatback is movable between a forward inclined position and a substantially flat position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Macit Aktas, Johnathan Andrew Line, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Kevin Wayne Preuss, Deeptej Kudav, Keith Allen Godin
  • Patent number: 11040636
    Abstract: A seat mounting system includes a seat frame having a support surface and first and second side surfaces downwardly extending from opposed sides of the support surface. Mounting members are supported on the first and second side surfaces. The mounting members each include an inner layer, an outer layer, and a deformable core portion disposed therebetween. The mounting members each include a mounting aperture extending through the deformable core portion, such that the deformable core portion surrounds the mounting aperture. A base frame includes a receiving aperture disposed through a body portion of the base frame. The base frame is operably coupled to the seat frame by a fastener received through the receiving aperture of the base frame and further received through the mounting aperture of the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Hosbach, John Wayne Jaranson, Keith Allen Godin, Johnathan Andrew Line, Patrick Maloney
  • Publication number: 20210185848
    Abstract: A design for the electrical infrastructure of a data center enables two different configurations to be utilized, including a distributed, redundant configuration that provides higher reliability and a non-redundant configuration that provides higher capacity. In the distributed, redundant configuration, each server in the data center draws power from at least two different power supply systems. This enables load shifting when a power supply system becomes unavailable, which can have the effect of increasing server reliability. In the non-redundant configuration, each server in the data center draws power from only one power supply system. Load shifting is not utilized in the non-redundant configuration, which eliminates the need to maintain reserve capacity and thereby increases capacity. Advantageously, it is possible to switch between these two configurations without making any internal changes to the data center other than modifying connections between sets of server racks and power buses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Scott Thomas SEATON, Ryan Douglas CARVER, Osvaldo P. MORALES, Keith Allen KRUEGER, Lalu Vannankandy KUNNATH, Peter Odongo WANGIA, Kris Sean REDDING, Eric Matthew BEAL, Jose Seah DELAPAZ, Steve Todd SOLOMON
  • Patent number: 11020800
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for sealing powder holes in additively manufactured parts are presented herein. Powder holes are co-printed to facilitate post processing sealing. Embodiments include co-printed caps, friction welded caps, rivets, silicone plugs, co-printed tangs, multiple micro holes, layup, and spin forming. By using one or more of the above techniques, powder holes can be sealed on additively manufactured parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eahab Nagi El Naga, Ross Harrison Byers, Keith Allen Fleming, Steven Blair Massey, Jr., Narender Shankar Lakshman, Antonio Bernerd Martinez
  • Publication number: 20210155137
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat, a seatback, and a lower leg support. The seat includes a forward end and a rearward end. The seatback is pivotably coupled to the seat. The lower leg support includes an interior surface and an exterior surface. The lower leg support is rotatably coupled to the forward end of the seat and is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The stowed position of the lower leg support places the lower leg support in an area below the seat. The stowed position of the lower leg support forms an acute angle with the seat. A linkage assembly is coupled to an underside of the seat and the interior of the lower leg support. The linkage assembly is responsible for transitioning the lower leg support between the stowed position and the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Carol Diane Casey, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Jimmy Moua, Brian Boland, Sean Bayle West, Kevin Wayne Preuss, Keith Allen Godin
  • Patent number: 11014035
    Abstract: A tunable nanofiber filter device can include a filter housing defining an interior space, the housing having defined therein and inlet and an outlet, each in fluid communication with the interior space, and a plurality of filter laminas disposed within the interior space, each filter lamina including an upper surface, a lower surface, and an aperture defined therethrough. The plurality of filter laminas can be arranged in a stack wherein the opposing surfaces of adjacent filter laminas define a portion of an interlaminar flow space extending between the opposing surfaces. The flow space can be in fluid communication with the apertures of corresponding adjacent filter laminas to form a continuous flow passage extending through the lamina stack from the inlet to the outlet. An array nanofibers can extend into the flow passage from a portion of each filter lamina such that a fluid flowed through the flow passage flows across a portion of said array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: ULTRA SMALL FIBERS, LLC
    Inventors: William Hudson Hofmeister, Robert A. Van Wyk, Keith Allen Holloway
  • Publication number: 20210090750
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that leverage machine-learned models in conjunction with user-associated data and disease prevalence mapping to predict disease infections with improved user privacy. In one example, a computer-implemented method can include obtaining, by a user computing device associated with a user, a machine-learned prediction model configured to predict a probability that the user may be infected with a disease based at least in part on user-associated data associated with the user. The method can further include receiving, by the user computing device, the user-associated data associated with the user. The method can further include providing, by the user computing device, the user-associated data as input to the machine-learned prediction model, the machine-learned prediction model being implemented on the user computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Adam Sadilek, Blaise Aguera-Arcas, Keith Allen Bonawitz
  • Patent number: 10922820
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking a plurality of objects. Unlabeled measurement data identifying a plurality of targets corresponding to the plurality of objects is received. A multi-target likelihood function is generated using a persistent target density, a birth target density, and a clutter density. The multi-target likelihood function is used to associate persistent targets with the unlabeled measurement data to update persistent tracks and to initiate a new track for each target in the plurality of targets in the measurement data that is not associated with a persistent target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventor: Keith Allen LeGrand
  • Patent number: 10921777
    Abstract: A method for automated condition monitoring whereby techniques of automated vibration analysis and signal processing are combined with deep learning/machine learning techniques for an enhanced system of automated anomaly detection, problem classification, and problem regression. The method may be implemented in software, firmware or hardware to run autonomously. Machines monitored and analyzed according to the disclosed method are typically found in industrial plants or commercial applications, but the disclosed invention may be applied to any rotating equipment such as motors, fans, pumps, compressors, and etc., in any environment where they are functioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Online Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Rich, Keith Allen Walton
  • Publication number: 20210016684
    Abstract: A seat mounting system includes a seat frame having a support surface and first and second side surfaces downwardly extending from opposed sides of the support surface. Mounting members are supported on the first and second side surfaces. The mounting members each include an inner layer, an outer layer, and a deformable core portion disposed therebetween. The mounting members each include a mounting aperture extending through the deformable core portion, such that the deformable core portion surrounds the mounting aperture. A base frame includes a receiving aperture disposed through a body portion of the base frame. The base frame is operably coupled to the seat frame by a fastener received through the receiving aperture of the base frame and further received through the mounting aperture of the mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Hosbach, John Wayne Jaranson, Keith Allen Godin, Johnathan Andrew Line, Patrick Maloney
  • Patent number: 10894419
    Abstract: A quick connect assembly includes a connector housing and fluid connectors that fluidly couple an ink assembly and a print assembly. The quick connect assembly also includes conductive connectors that conductively couple hardware circuitry in the ink assembly with hardware circuitry in the print assembly. First and second portions of the connector housing mate with each other to couple the fluid connectors and to couple the conductive connectors. The first and second housing portions mate with each other by rotating the first housing portion and/or the second housing portion relative to the other of the first housing portion and/or the second housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Allen Bartel, Robert E. Gehrin
  • Publication number: 20210009904
    Abstract: A process for reducing pressure of a vapor stream used for reducing a temperature or pressure in a reactor. A pressure of a vapor stream is reduced with a turbine to provide a lower pressure vapor stream. The vapor stream rotates a turbine wheel within the turbine. The turbine wheel is configured to transmit rotational movement to an electrical generator. Thus, electricity is generated with the turbine. The lower pressure vapor stream is injected into a reactor and reduces a temperature in the reactor or reduces a partial pressure of a hydrocarbon vapor in the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Stanley Joseph Frey, Keith Allen Couch, Donald A. Eizenga, James W. Harris
  • Publication number: 20200361213
    Abstract: A quick connect assembly includes a connector housing and fluid connectors that fluidly couple an ink assembly and a print assembly. The quick connect assembly also includes conductive connectors that conductively couple hardware circuitry in the ink assembly with hardware circuitry in the print assembly. First and second portions of the connector housing mate with each other to couple the fluid connectors and to couple the conductive connectors. The first and second housing portions mate with each other by rotating the first housing portion and/or the second housing portion relative to the other of the first housing portion and/or the second housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Allen Bartel, Robert E. Gehrin
  • Patent number: 10829698
    Abstract: A process for reducing pressure of a vapor stream used for reducing a temperature or pressure in a reactor. A pressure of a vapor stream is reduced with a turbine to provide a lower pressure vapor stream. The vapor stream rotates a turbine wheel within the turbine. The turbine wheel is configured to transmit rotational movement to an electrical generator. Thus, electricity is generated with the turbine. The lower pressure vapor stream is injected into a reactor and reduces a temperature in the reactor or reduces a partial pressure of a hydrocarbon vapor in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stanley Joseph Frey, Keith Allen Couch, Donald A. Eizenga, James W. Harris
  • Publication number: 20200308495
    Abstract: A slurry separator comprising a moving blade that wipes slurry oil onto a wall of the slurry separator for separating a recovered oil stream from a concentrated residue stream has the capability of maximizing recovery of the LCO from slurry oil as well as removing both the catalyst fines as well as coke particles suspended in the slurry oil. The slurry separator can be fed directly from the main column bottoms. Advantageously, the process and apparatus can enable the FCC unit to achieve higher production of LCO and higher value clarified slurry oil more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Keith Allen Couch, Joseph Mark Houdek