Patents by Inventor L. Williams

L. 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).

  • Publication number: 20250252012
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing software-based network probes for monitoring network devices for fault management. In various embodiments, a computing system may receive, from at least one software-based network probe, a first alert associated with a first device among layer 4 devices disposed in a plurality of networks; may parse and store first alert data from the received first alert in a database, in a standardized format; may perform, using an enrichment system, enrichment of the first alert data, by retrieving first enrichment data from one or more second databases and adding the first enrichment data to the parsed and formatted first alert data in the first database to form first consolidated alert data; and may send the first consolidated alert data to a fault management system for display to a user to facilitate addressing of the first alert by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Toms, David Sutton, Wayne L. Williams, Binu Baby, Nashat Saqqa, Amer Khan, Pranit Ambardekar, Ranjith Kumar Nooka, Mark Chase, Keith Sebesta, Tim W. Kimpton, Shelley Goldner, Shelli L. Hurd
  • Publication number: 20250246093
    Abstract: A system may include at least one sensor and at least one processor configured to, based at least on stress data, at least one of (i) identify at least one occurrence of at least one potential for at least one human error or (ii) predict the at least one occurrence of the at least one potential for the at least one human error; and upon an identification and/or a prediction, output at least one instruction to cause (a) a modification to a human machine interface (HMI) device that interfaces with a user, (b) a modification to an amount of automated digital assistance provided to the user, (c) a modification of content presented to the user, (d) an alert to the user, and/or (e) a presentation of a solution to increase comprehension by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Amy L. Dideriksen, Katharine Woodruff, Joseph L. Williams
  • Patent number: 12358739
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the modification of loading dock environments are provided that allow trailers and shipping containers on chassis' to park at a loading dock with closed doors and have these doors opened into the loading dock environment and resealed while the trailer remains at the loading dock. A resilient, semi-rigid protective panel can also be removably attached to cover part of the inside face of an opened trailer door, so as to protect it from impact by equipment or goods as they pass into and out of the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Outrider Technologies. Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew F. Smith, Lawrence S. Klein, Joseph A. Welsh, JohnDavid A. Arnott, Chandler R. Deimund, Jason L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20250198655
    Abstract: A dip tube for use with a water heater having a water tank and a water input. The dip tube includes a top portion configured to be at least partially position in the water tank along a water input axis and connected to the water input to receive water. The dip tube also includes a bottom portion being configured to output the water into the water tank along an axis substantially perpendicular to the water input axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Gary Dale Flatness, JR., Larry Donald Kidd, Michael Wood Hardy, Hendrik Herold, Robert Groenning, Miguel Angel Ubaldo Muñiz, Burak Muhammed Adanur, Shubham Srivastava, Alex L. Williams
  • Patent number: 12311814
    Abstract: A safety seat that includes a first base, a second base positioned on the first base and rotatable relative to the first base about an axis, a seat positioned on the second base and rotatable relative to the first base about the axis, and a lock disposed on the second base. The lock has a movable lock component configured to lock the first base with the second base. The safety seat further includes an actuator configured to disengage the movable lock component from the first base and permit the second base to rotate relative to the first base, and a link comprising a first end and a second end, the link extending between the movable lock component and the actuator. The first end contacts the movable lock component and the second end contacts the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Bruce L. Williams
  • Patent number: 12312682
    Abstract: A method of forming a high purity granular material, such as silicon carbide powder. Precursors are added to a reactor; at least part of a fiber is formed in the reactor from the precursors using chemical deposition interacting with said precursors; and the granular material is then formed from the fiber. In one aspect, the chemical deposition may include laser induced chemical vapor deposition. The granular material may be formed by grinding or milling the fiber into the granular material, e.g., ball milling the fiber. In one example, silicon carbide powder having greater than 90% beta crystalline phase purity and less than 0.25% oxygen contamination can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Free Form Fibers, LLC
    Inventors: Shay L. Harrison, John L Schneiter, Joseph Pegna, Ram K. Goduguchinta, Kirk L Williams, Erik G. Vaaler
  • Publication number: 20250164148
    Abstract: A heat pump water heater is disclosed. The heat pump water heater may include a housing that may include an air inlet and an air outlet. The air inlet may include a first perforated pattern configured to receive ambient air, and the air outlet may include a second perforated pattern configured to output exhaust air. The first perforated pattern and the second perforated pattern may include a plurality of bendable tabs. Each bendable tab may be configured to bend between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Wood Hardy, Burak Muhammed Adanur, Sammy Alzaharna, Alex L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20250160491
    Abstract: The invention is a versatile walking stick that can be used in a wide variety of environments, including (but not limited to) swamps and wetlands. The walking stick includes a first end, an opposed second end, and a body that spans the distance between the two ends. The second end of the walking stick includes two or more feet that extend outwards from a central support. Advantageously, the spring actuated feet are configured to fold under tension when pulled in an upward direction (e.g., out of mud or any other tacky material). Once freed from the mud, the feet spring upwards and provide a wide surface area that allows a user to easily move through the terrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventor: Jason L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20250146707
    Abstract: A heat pump water heater is disclosed. The heat pump water heater may include a housing. The heat pump water heater may include a base plate disposed in an interior portion of the housing and a compressor unit disposed on the base plate. The heat pump water heater may further include a sound baffle device configured to at least partially enclose the compressor unit. The sound baffle device may be removably attached to the base plate. The sound baffle device and housing walls may be configured to reflect sound generated by the compressor unit back towards the interior portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Wood Hardy, Hendrik Herold, Robert Groenning, Miguel Angel Ubaldo Muñiz, Burak Muhammed Adanur, Alex L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20250144433
    Abstract: An implantable medical lead includes a first defibrillation electrode and a second defibrillation electrode. The implantable medical lead further includes a pacing electrode configured to deliver a pacing pulse that generates an electric field proximate to the pacing electrode. The implantable medical lead further includes a shield disposed over a portion of an outer surface of the pacing electrode and extending laterally away from the pacing electrode. The shield is configured to impede the electric field in a direction from the pacing electrode away from a heart. The implantable medical lead further includes a conductive surface disposed on the shield and electrically coupled to the pacing electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Vladimir P. Nikolski, Dina L. Williams, Mark T. Marshall, William J. Clemens, Matthew J. Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20250149015
    Abstract: A heat pump water heater is disclosed. The heat pump water heater may include a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet. The heat pump water heater may further include a compressor disposed in a housing interior portion. The heat pump water heater may further include an inlet muffler and an outlet muffler. The inlet muffler may be disposed between the compressor and the air inlet, and the outlet muffler may be disposed between the compressor and the air outlet. The inlet muffler and the outlet muffler may be configured to reflect sound generated by the compressor back to the housing interior portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Wood Hardy, Veera Malayappan, Miguel Angel Ubaldo Muñiz, Burak Muhammed Adanur, Alex L. Williams
  • Patent number: 12265449
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing software-based network probes for monitoring network devices for fault management. In various embodiments, a computing system may receive, from at least one software-based network probe, a first alert associated with a first device among layer 4 devices disposed in a plurality of networks; may parse and store first alert data from the received first alert in a database, in a standardized format; may perform, using an enrichment system, enrichment of the first alert data, by retrieving first enrichment data from one or more second databases and adding the first enrichment data to the parsed and formatted first alert data in the first database to form first consolidated alert data; and may send the first consolidated alert data to a fault management system for display to a user to facilitate addressing of the first alert by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Level 3 Communications, LLC, CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Steve Toms, David Sutton, Wayne L. Williams, Binu Baby, Nashat Saqqa, Amer Khan, Pranit Ambardekar, Ranjith Kumar Nooka, Mark Chase, Keith Sebesta, Tim W. Kimpton, Shelley Goldner, Shelli L. Hurd
  • Patent number: 12258039
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a continuous driving path for a vehicle include: (i) automatically controlling movement of the vehicle along a path while prioritizing the movement so as to minimize vehicle maneuvers, via a processor; (ii) obtaining data including location information as to a location of the vehicle and map information pertaining to the location as the vehicle is travelling autonomously via by the processor; (iii) determining, via the processor, when a decision is needed with respect to further travel of the vehicle, based on the location information and the map information; (iv) requesting, via the processor, driver input as to a driver preference of a driver for movement of the vehicle with regard to the decision; (v) receiving, via one or more sensors, the driver input including the driver preference; and (vi) determining, via the processor, the continuous driving path based on the driver preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan D. Martini, Constandi John Shami, Benjamin L. Williams, Crystal J. Nassouri, Nolan Foster, Morgan Douglas Dykshorn
  • Publication number: 20250075981
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger tube is disclosed. The method may include folding a single sheet of material onto itself to form a folded sheet of material and forming first and second pluralities of ridges on a first portion of the folded sheet and a second portion of the folded sheet. The method may further include folding the first portion about a first portion distal end to overlay on a third portion of the folded sheet, and the second portion about a second portion proximal end to overlay on a fourth portion of the folded sheet. Furthermore, the method may include folding the third inner portion about a third portion distal end to overlay on a fifth portion of the folded sheet and folding the fourth portion about a fourth portion proximal end to overlay on the fifth portion to form the heat exchanger tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Alex L. Williams, Govinda Mahajan, Atilhan Manay, Kevin Mercer
  • Publication number: 20250029714
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a system for providing automation and virtual assistance to medical claims processing includes a predictive analytics platform configured to receive patient information for a medical claim from a claims processing system, cross-reference the patient information with stored data to identify a patient record, apply the patient information to machine learning classifier(s) to estimate a likelihood of match between the patient information and the patient record, provide patient record information to the claims system, receive claims data from the claims system, access, from a data universe, requirements corresponding to a payer corresponding to the medical claim, the requirements having been generated through training machine learning classifier(s) with claims data corresponding to claims denied by the payer, verify the claims data in view of the requirements, and provide an indication of missing claims information and/or invalid claims information to the claims system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin M. Zahora, Tyler L. Williams, Charles E. Fuller, III, Frederick Forester, Jessica P. Deschane, Paul D. Canino, Mario Sanchez, JR., Kristin N. Whitt
  • Publication number: 20250002040
    Abstract: This provides a system and method for handling the interchange of trailers between an over the road (OTR) truck and an autonomous vehicle (AV) yard truck in a facility yard includes an interchange zone (IZ) that is bounded by a predetermined boundary structure, having an OTR entry gate and an OTR exit gate on a first side and an AV entry gate and an AV exit gate on a second side. The system and method further includes a management process that selectively opens and closes each of the OTR entry gate, the OTR exit gate, the AV entry gate and the AV exit gate according to a predetermined set of rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew F. Smith, Joseph A. Welsh, William N. Klarquist, Peter James, Geoffrey W. Johnson, Kayla M. Holcomb, Lawrence S. Klein, Jason L. Williams, Floyd C. Henning, Jeremy M. Nett
  • Patent number: 12177555
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a device comprises a solar panel configured to harvest power from energy emitted as light by an indoor light source, a camera, and a processor coupled to the solar panel and the camera. The processor can be configured to: receive at least some of the power harvested by the solar panel, capture an image via the camera, and transmit the image to a computing device. A battery can be coupled to the solar panel and the processor that can be configured to store at least some of the power harvested by the solar panel and provide at least some of the stored power to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: IOTTA, LLC
    Inventors: L. William Matthew Jenkins, Joseph Mark Jenkins
  • Patent number: 12139055
    Abstract: A child restraint spin lock is adapted to be installed in a safety seat that includes a base member and a mid base being rotatable relative to the base member about an axis. The child restraint spin lock includes two locking components and a pivot component. The locking components are adapted to be co-rotatably connected to the mid base, are spaced apart from each other, and are adapted to be movable relative to the base member between a locked position and an unlocked position. The pivot component is adapted to be rotatable relative to the mid base about the axis, and is pivotally connected between the locking components such that movements of the locking components are synchronized by rotation of the pivot component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Bruce L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20240359604
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a base, a seat body and a spin lock mechanism. The seat body is movably disposed on the base and switchable relative to the base between two different positions. The spin lock mechanism includes a pivoting component and a locking component. The pivoting component is pivotally connected to one of the base and the seat body. A driving slot is formed on the pivoting component. The locking component is for engaging with and disengaging from the other of the base and the seat body and movably passes through the driving slot along a direction substantially parallel to an engaging direction and a disengaging direction of the locking component. The locking component can be driven by pivoting movement of the pivoting component to disengage from the other of the base and the seat body to allow switching movement of the seat body relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Bruce L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20240341452
    Abstract: A wearable tactical accessory includes a shoulder harness, a pouch, a strap, and a recoil pad. The shoulder harness includes one or more pad pockets. The strap removably couples the shoulder holster and the pouch. The recoil pad is sized to be removably positioned within the one or more pad pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Tactical Women, LLC
    Inventor: Terri L. Williams