Patents by Inventor Kevin Browne

Kevin Browne 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).

  • Publication number: 20240016813
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating at least one symptom of a coronavirus infection, or preventing an acute inflammatory response, e.g., a cytokine storm in a coronavirus patient, in particular a SARS-CoV-19 patient, by administering an angiontensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Brown, Kevin Brogle
  • Publication number: 20230417207
    Abstract: An intake assembly for an internal combustion engine, includes an intake manifold including a first plenum and a plurality of intake runners, the first plenum including an air supply inlet, the intake runners configured to be couplable to a cylinder head of the engine for supplying an air-fuel mixture thereto, the intake manifold configured such that, in use, air is supplied from the air supply inlet to the intake runners via the first plenum; a plurality of fuel injectors, each arranged to inject a fuel into one of the intake runners; and a fuel rail coupled to the plurality of fuel injectors, the fuel rail including a fuel supply inlet, and configured to supply fuel from the fuel supply inlet to the plurality of fuel injectors, in use. The fuel rail is mounted to the first plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: JCB Research
    Inventors: Frank Zhu, Kevin Browne, John Griffin
  • Patent number: 11848544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wire gripper to aid in wire pulling and method of use, A gripper is inserted into an interior cavity. A base comprises an interior cavity and a threaded attachment. The gripper comprises more than one flexible finger. A wire receptacle is formed between the flexible fingers. The gripper slides into the interior cavity of the base. A collar is open at both the top and bottom end. A wire passes through the top end of the collar and slides into the wire receptacle. The wire is retained within the wire receptacle by fastening the base to the collar causing the flexible finger to apply retaining pressure to the wire preventing the wire from being removed from the wire grabber. A pulling tension is applied by an installer person to the wire grabber to pull the wire from a starting location to a destination location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Terry Kevin Brown
  • Publication number: 20230395851
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a phosphorus additive that is useful for stable cycling and storage of lithium ion cells at high temperatures, an electrolyte containing the phosphorus additive, and an electrochemical energy storage device containing the electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Surya S. Moganty, Rutvik Vaidya, Gabriel Torres, John Sinicropi, Yue Wu, Kevin Brown, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11839168
    Abstract: A system and method for storing information in a quantum computer using a quantum storage ring. The method comprises cooling ions in the quantum storage ring to a low temperature; and binding the ions into a lattice structure, forming an ion Coulomb crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Kevin Brown, Thomas Roser
  • Publication number: 20230376292
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to automatically assigning and optimizing the physical memory layouts of all intermediate dense tensor data in a program. The technology disclosed is an implementation of a compiler analysis and transformation pass which automatically determines required physical layouts in light of kernel operation and performance requirements. The proposed solution also inserts physical layout conversion operations where necessary in cases of unresolvable incompatibilities. The pass takes as input a program acyclic dataflow graph and a set of physical layout constraints for every known operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SambaNova Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan KOEPLINGER, Weiwei CHEN, Kevin BROWN, Xiaoming GU
  • Patent number: 11823448
    Abstract: In an approach for identifying a crop using satellite observation data and crop rotation data, a processor receives an aerial image of one or more agricultural fields in a pre-determined geographical region from an optical satellite. A processor selects a plurality of points from the aerial image. A processor clips the aerial image into one or more smaller images to generate one or more observed signatures. A processor determines there is a change in a spatial distribution of one or more crops. A processor generates an actual signature from the one or more observed signatures. A processor cross-correlates the actual signature against a plurality of historical reference signatures to determine a degree of similarity. A processor ranks one or more results of the cross-correlation. A processor identifies the one or more crops. A processor calculates a first estimate of an amount of the one or more crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Daniel Wolfson, David Alec Selby, Kevin Brown
  • Patent number: 11806633
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to water effect play structures for use in playgrounds, splash pads, and water parks. The play structures comprise a plurality of water tanks maintained at an elevation above a play surface. Each of the plurality of water tanks fills with water and then releases the water contained therein, splashing children in the vicinity. Each of the plurality of water tanks may be configured to release the water contained therein at different times. Further, in some embodiments, the water tanks may be enclosed, such as by being connected to a water transport system that fills the tanks internally and by having a movable cover over the opening(s) through which the water is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: THE FOUNTAIN PEOPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Brown, Chris Thomas, Luke Cavanaugh, Matthew Dangle, Thomas Robert Norquist
  • Publication number: 20230323842
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for use with hydrogen fuel, the engine having at least one cylinder assembly which includes a combustion chamber having a cylinder, a cylinder head and a reciprocating piston assembly, the cylinder defining a cylinder longitudinal axis; a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber, the fuel injector defining an injector longitudinal axis; and a fuel flow director, wherein the fuel flow director is located in the fuel flow path between an outlet of the fuel injector and the combustion chamber. The fuel injector is oriented such that the injector longitudinal axis extends at a first angle; and the fuel flow director is configured to direct fuel flow into the combustion chamber at a second angle, different to the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: JCB Research
    Inventors: Kevin Browne, Paul McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20230325312
    Abstract: A method for merging buffers and associated operations includes receiving a compute graph for a reconfigurable dataflow computing system and conducting a buffer allocation and merging process responsive to determining that a first operation specified by a first operation node is a memory indexing operation and that the first operation node is a producer for exactly one consuming node that specifies a second operation. The buffer allocation and merging process may include replacing the first operation node and the consuming node with a merged buffer node within the graph responsive to determining that the first operation and the second operation can be merged into a merged indexing operation and that the resource cost of the merged node is less than the sum of the resource costs of separate buffer nodes. A corresponding system and computer readable medium are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SambaNova Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan KOEPLINGER, Adam BORDELON, Weihang FAN, Kevin BROWN, Weiwei CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230310469
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating at least one symptom of a coronavirus infection, or preventing an acute inflammatory response, e.g., a cytokine storm in a coronavirus patient, in particular a SARS-CoV-19 patient, by administering a Toll-Like-Receptor (TLR) agonist, in particular a TLR-7 or TLR-8 agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Brown, Kevin Brogle
  • Publication number: 20230305823
    Abstract: A method in a reconfigurable computing system includes connecting a plurality of tensor consumers to their corresponding tensor producers via skip-buffers, which generates a plurality of skip-buffers. The method includes determining that at least one skip-buffer of the plurality of skip-buffers corresponding to a first set of tensor consumers and at least one skip-buffer of the plurality of skip-buffers corresponding to a second set of tensor consumers, are compatible to wholly or partially merge. The method also includes merging, wholly or partially, the compatible skip-buffers to produce a merged skip-buffer having a minimal buffer depth. The described method may reduce memory unit consumption and latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SambaNova Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fei WANG, David Alan KOEPLINGER, Kevin BROWN, Weiwei CHEN
  • Patent number: 11749406
    Abstract: A system and method include identification of a plurality of sub-volumes of an image volume, each of the plurality of sub-volumes of the image volume associated with a respective one of a plurality of vertebra, registration of each of the plurality of sub-volumes of the image volume to one of a plurality of reference sub-volumes associated with a same respective vertebra, input of the registered sub-volumes and the image volume to a trained neural network, reception of an output image volume from the trained neural network, the output image volume labeled to associate voxels with respective vertebra, and display of the output image volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Brown, Matthias Wolf
  • Publication number: 20230251939
    Abstract: A repository definition computer program may (1) retrieve repository data from data repositories; (2) identify a data repository structure for each data repository; (3) generating data repository definitions for the data repositories; (4) provide the data repository definitions in a data serialization language to a repository management system; and (5) generate a hash of each file in the data repositories and save a copy of each file named its hash. A UAT management system computer program may (6) execute a repository extract process to repave one the data repositories with the hash-named files. The repository extract computer program may (7) retrieve the data repository definitions for the data repository being repaved from a repository management system server; (8) retrieve the hash-named files from object storage for the data repository being repaved; and (9) recreate the data repository from the data repository definitions using hard links to the hash-named files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin BROWN, Simon MORTIMER
  • Patent number: 11723296
    Abstract: A system and method for storing information in a quantum computer using a quantum storage ring. The method comprises cooling ions in the quantum storage ring to a low temperature; and binding the ions into a lattice structure, forming an ion Coulomb crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Kevin Brown, Thomas Roser
  • Patent number: 11713735
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for use with hydrogen fuel, the engine having at least one cylinder assembly which includes a combustion chamber having a cylinder, a cylinder head and a reciprocating piston assembly, the cylinder defining a cylinder longitudinal axis; a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber, the fuel injector defining an injector longitudinal axis; and a fuel flow director, wherein the fuel flow director is located in the fuel flow path between an outlet of the fuel injector and the combustion chamber. The fuel injector is oriented such that the injector longitudinal axis extends at a first angle; and the fuel flow director is configured to direct fuel flow into the combustion chamber at a second angle, different to the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: JCB Research
    Inventors: Kevin Browne, Paul McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20230114247
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for use with hydrogen fuel includes at least one cylinder assembly including a combustion chamber, a cylinder, a cylinder head, and a reciprocating piston assembly. Two inlet ports within the cylinder head are selectively closable by a corresponding inlet valve, and at least one outlet port in the head is selectively closable by a corresponding outlet valve. At least one spark plug is mounted to the cylinder head, and the cylinder head comprises a first face and a second face inclined relative to one another and meeting at an apex. The two inlet ports are located within the first face and outlet port is located within the second face. Each inlet port is configured to generate a tumbling motion of the fuel air mixture prior to ignition. The cylinder head is secured by six fasteners, such as six bolts to an engine block defining the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: JCB Research
    Inventors: Kevin Browne, Paul McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20230113114
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of reducing or arresting viral load in a subject infected with a coronavirus, the method comprising the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a viral protease inhibitor. In some embodiments, the subject is a human. In one embodiment, the coronavirus is SARS-CoV-19 and the viral protease inhibitor is E)-N-(4-(3-(tert-butyl)-5-(2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)-2-methoxystyryl)phenyl)methanesulfonamide; (R)-3-((2S,3S)-2-hydroxy-3-(3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzamido)-4-phenylbutanoyl)-5,5-dimethyl-N-(2-methylbenzyl)thiazolidine-4-carboxamide; R)—N-allyl-3-((2S,3S)-2-hydroxy-3-(3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzamido)-4-phenylbutanoyl)-5,5-dimethylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4-((N-(5-cyclopropyl-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(methylcarbamoyl)benzofuran-6-yl)methylsulfonamido)methyl)-2-fluorophenyl)boronic acid or salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Brown, Kevin Brogle
  • Publication number: 20230100541
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for use with hydrogen fuel includes a cylinder assembly having a combustion chamber with a cylinder, a cylinder head, and a piston. Two inlet ports are disposed within the cylinder head, the inlet ports being closable by an inlet valve, and an outlet port within the cylinder head being selectively closable by an outlet valve. At least one spark plug is mounted to the cylinder head, and piston assembly having the piston and a crankshaft. A line passes through a center of one of the inlet ports and a center of a corresponding outlet port, with the line arranged at a non-zero angle to an axis of rotation of the crankshaft and with the line at a non-right angle to the axis of rotation. The cylinder head is secured by six fasteners, such as six bolts to an engine block defining the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: JCB Research
    Inventors: Kevin Browne, Paul McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20230095893
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for use with hydrogen fuel, the engine having at least one cylinder assembly which includes a combustion chamber having a cylinder, a cylinder head and a reciprocating piston assembly, the cylinder defining a cylinder longitudinal axis; a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber, the fuel injector defining an injector longitudinal axis; and a fuel flow director, wherein the fuel flow director is located in the fuel flow path between an outlet of the fuel injector and the combustion chamber. The fuel injector is oriented such that the injector longitudinal axis extends at a first angle; and the fuel flow director is configured to direct fuel flow into the combustion chamber at a second angle, different to the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: JCB Research
    Inventors: Kevin Browne, Paul McCarthy