Patents by Inventor Keith Michael
Keith Michael 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: 20230318047Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c;. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.Inventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
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Publication number: 20230311011Abstract: An attraction system for an amusement park includes an actuator, an enclosure coupled to the actuator and defining an interior space of the enclosure, a display coupled to the enclosure, positioned within the interior space, and configured to output imagery, and a guest area external to the interior space of the enclosure. The actuator is configured to move the enclosure to drive movement of the display relative to the guest area for entertainment of one or more guests in the guest area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Bryan Zebleckes, Heatherlyn Elizabeth Egan, Nathaniel David Helmick, IV, Elizabeth Anne Sutphin, Rebecca Barbara Dean, Andrew E. Nocar, Elias Varon, Keith Michael McVeen, Gary Lynn Blumenstein, JR., Kimberly Marie Gritzer, Eric Allan Vance, Sarah Anne Kelley, Eric Rae Parr
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Publication number: 20230318048Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.Inventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
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Patent number: 11769912Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.Inventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
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Patent number: 11757492Abstract: Described herein are smart labels, each comprising multiple wireless radios, and methods of operating such labels. For example, a smart label comprises a battery and two wireless radios having different power requirements. When the battery is no longer able to support a high-power radio (e.g., NB-IoT), the battery can still power a low-power (e.g., BLE). A battery can be specially configured and/or controlled to support the multi-radio operation of the smart label. For example, a battery can include multiple battery cells with configurable connections among these cells and radios. Furthermore, some battery components can be shared by wireless radios. The battery can also power other components of the smart label, such as sensors (e.g., temperature, acceleration, pressure, package integrity, global positioning), memory, and input/output components. In some examples, multiple smart labels form a mesh network, designed to lower the total power consumption by the radios of these labels.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Imprint Energy, Inc.Inventors: Christine Ho, Keith Michael Crane, Konstantin Tikhonov
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Patent number: 11695163Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Natron Energy, IncInventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
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Publication number: 20230203430Abstract: The present disclosure provides an engineered microorganism capable of producing malonic acid, malonate, esters of malonic acid, or mixtures thereof. The engineered microorganism includes a malonate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase that is heterologous to a native form of the engineered microorganism and comprises at least 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID Nos: 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, and 31, wherein the engineered microorganism is capable of producing about 9 g/L to about 250 g/L of malonic acid, malonate, esters of malonic acid, or mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Keith Michael BRADY, Cathy Staloch HASS, Peter Alan JAUERT, Nandita KOHLI, Briana Kristen KOZLOWICZ, Hans H. LIAO, Michael Tai Man LOUIE, Michiel MATTHIJS, Naga Sirisha PARIMI, Catherine Bradshaw POOR, Brian Jeffrey RUSH, Travis Tobert WOLTER
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Patent number: 11666833Abstract: A ride attraction system includes a tower track and a ride vehicle configured to accommodate one or more riders. The ride vehicle is coupled to and configured to move relative to the tower track and the ride vehicle includes one or more user input devices. The ride attraction system further includes an image system configured to display a ride environment, wherein the user input devices are configured to enable the one or more riders to interact with elements of the ride environment via the one or more user input devices. The ride attraction system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the ride vehicle and the image system and configured to control movement of the ride vehicle relative to the tower track based on signals from the one or more user input devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: Gregory S. Hall, Keith Michael McVeen, Michael Tresaugue
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Patent number: 11656622Abstract: An amusement park system in accordance with present embodiments includes multiple separated park areas, an autonomous vehicle configured to drive along ground surfaces within the multiple separated park areas, and a gondola system configured to transport the autonomous vehicle between the multiple separated park areas. The amusement park system further includes a control system configured to operate the autonomous vehicle to engage with and disengage from the gondola system to facilitate transport of the autonomous vehicle by the gondola system.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventor: Keith Michael McVeen
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Publication number: 20230155631Abstract: Described herein are smart labels, each comprising multiple wireless radios, and methods of operating such labels. For example, a smart label comprises a battery and two wireless radios having different power requirements. When the battery is no longer able to support a high-power radio (e.g., NB-IoT), the battery can still power a low-power (e.g., BLE). A battery can be specially configured and/or controlled to support the multi-radio operation of the smart label. For example, a battery can include multiple battery cells with configurable connections among these cells and radios. Furthermore, some battery components can be shared by wireless radios. The battery can also power other components of the smart label, such as sensors (e.g., temperature, acceleration, pressure, package integrity, global positioning), memory, and input/output components. In some examples, multiple smart labels form a mesh network, designed to lower the total power consumption by the radios of these labels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Imprint Energy, Inc.Inventors: Christine Ho, Keith Michael Crane, Konstantin Tikhonov
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Patent number: 11567560Abstract: Power demands of a computing system, such as a network device and/or a component thereof, are stabilized by introducing a programmable delay into identical or substantially similar subsystems within an integrated circuit. Each subsystem reads a potentially different delay value from an associated storage, memory, or input, and waits for some time indicated by the delay value before beginning execution. For example, in a group of identical subsystems that process data concurrently, some or all of the subsystems begin processing their respective data after a different amount of delay, thus staggering their respective executions and lowering the risk of aligned edges when some or all of the subsystems concurrently step their power demands up or down. This, in turn, reduces peak power and voltage. In an embodiment, rather than being fixed at the design stage, each subsystem's delay value is programmable at some point after fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Innovium, Inc.Inventors: Keith Michael Ring, Mohammad Kamel Issa
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Publication number: 20230009457Abstract: A ride system includes a ride vehicle and an external sensor assembly disposed along a ride path and configured to measure external parameters. The ride vehicle includes an internal sensor assembly configured to measure internal parameters, a chassis, a cabin, and a motion base disposed between the chassis and the cabin, such that the motion base includes a turntable and a plurality of actuators. The ride vehicle also includes a controller that instructs (i) the turntable to rotate and (ii) the plurality of actuators to rotate, extend, or retract, to control six or more degree-of-freedom (DOF) motion of the cabin relative to the chassis, such that the controller is configured to instruct the turntable and the plurality of actuators based on the external parameters, the internal parameters, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Eric Rae Parr, Keith Michael McVeen, Thierry Jean Andre Coup, Sarah Anne Kelley, Eric Allan Vance
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Patent number: 11522229Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.Inventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
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Publication number: 20220379228Abstract: A ride vehicle includes a platform including a front portion and a rear portion. The ride vehicle also includes a row of seats disposed on the platform. Each seat of the first row of seats is configured so a passenger loads from the rear and once seated the passenger faces the front portion. The ride vehicle is configured so that each passenger enters the ride vehicle via the rear portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Clifton Amir Montgomery, Sarah Anne Kelley, Keith Michael McVeen, Eric Rae Parr, Eric Allan Vance
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Publication number: 20220371277Abstract: Provided herein according to aspects of the present invention is a method of additively manufacturing an object having a particle surface coating thereon, using an intermediate object produced in an additive manufacturing process by light polymerization of a dual cure resin, said intermediate object having residual dual cure resin from which it was produced remaining on a surface portion thereof in unpolymerized form; forming a solid particle coating adhered to the resin coating film; and then further curing the intermediate object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Aayush A. Shah, Kai Chen, Keith Michael Kirkwood
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Patent number: 11508168Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques using machine learning for interpreting, or assisting in the interpretation of, biologic specimens based on digital images are provided. Methods for improving image-based cellular identification, diagnostic methods, methods for evaluating effectiveness of a disease intervention, and visual outputs useful in assisting professionals in the interpretation of biologic specimens are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: UPMCInventors: Erastus Zachariah Allen, Keith Michael Callenberg, Liron Pantanowitz, Adit Bharat Sanghvi
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Publication number: 20220325660Abstract: An engine system includes an engine having first and second exhaust manifolds each having outlet ports and a bypass runner. A first turbocharger is in fluid communication with the outlet port of the first manifold, and a second turbocharger in fluid communication with the outlet port of the second manifold. An exhaust aftertreatment device is in fluid communication with the first and second turbochargers. A turbocharger bypass circuit includes a valve assembly having an inlet side connected in fluid communication with the bypass runners of the first and second manifolds, an outlet side in fluid communication with the aftertreatment device, and a valve having an open position in which the inlet and outlet sides are in fluid communication and a closed position in which the inlet and outlet sides are not in fluid communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Keith Michael Plagens, Bradley Alan Boyer, Gregory Patrick McConville, Xiaogang Zhang, Thomas Polley, Eric Warren Curtis
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Patent number: 11454163Abstract: An engine system includes an engine having first and second exhaust manifolds each having outlet ports and a bypass runner. A first turbocharger is in fluid communication with the outlet port of the first manifold, and a second turbocharger in fluid communication with the outlet port of the second manifold. An exhaust aftertreatment device is in fluid communication with the first and second turbochargers. A turbocharger bypass circuit includes a valve assembly having an inlet side connected in fluid communication with the bypass runners of the first and second manifolds, an outlet side in fluid communication with the aftertreatment device, and a valve having an open position in which the inlet and outlet sides are in fluid communication and a closed position in which the inlet and outlet sides are not in fluid communication.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Keith Michael Plagens, Bradley Alan Boyer, Gregory Patrick McConville, Xiaogang Zhang, Thomas Polley, Eric Warren Curtis
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Patent number: 11439921Abstract: A system includes a plurality of rotatable track members that guide travel of a vehicle. Each rotatable track member of the plurality of rotatable track members is configured to individually rotate between a first orientation along a first direction of vehicle travel and a second orientation along a second direction of vehicle travel.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: Keith Michael McVeen, Eric Rae Parr
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Publication number: 20220221861Abstract: An amusement park system in accordance with present embodiments includes multiple separated park areas, an autonomous vehicle configured to drive along ground surfaces within the multiple separated park areas, and a gondola system configured to transport the autonomous vehicle between the multiple separated park areas. The amusement park system further includes a control system configured to operate the autonomous vehicle to engage with and disengage from the gondola system to facilitate transport of the autonomous vehicle by the gondola system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventor: Keith Michael McVeen