Patents by Inventor Mark Holmes

Mark Holmes 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: 20240119405
    Abstract: Systems, method and computer readable medium are provided for automated storage and retrieval. User authentication information is received via a user interface for a dynamic storage and retrieval device. The user identity is verified based upon the authentication information and previously stored authentication data. Order information is retrieved for an order associated with the user following the verifying of user identity, the order information indicating one or more locations for items associated with the order. Instructions are transmitted to initiate a physical opening of at least one of the dynamic storage and retrieval device and at least one static storage location to enable the user to retrieve at least one item of the order, the static storage location including a controller controlling a locking mechanism and communicatively coupled to the dynamic storage and retrieval device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Edward Durkee, Stuart William Clark, Colin Holmes, Jason D. Shaffer, Mark R. Ibbotson, John Suarez
  • Patent number: 11565132
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of determining the nature of a fault in a radiotherapy device comprising a linear accelerator. The radiotherapy device is configured to provide therapeutic radiation to a patient. The radiotherapy device comprises a vacuum tube comprising an electron gun, a waveguide configured to accelerate electrons emitted by the electron gun toward a target to produce said radiation, and a flight tube. The electron gun is located at a first end of the vacuum tube and the flight tube is located at a second end of the vacuum tube. The radiotherapy device further comprises a first and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a first region inside the vacuum tube and the second sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a second region inside the vacuum tube. The first region is closer to the first end of the vacuum tube than the second region is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Elekta Limited
    Inventors: Chris Flint, Keith Richardson, Marcelo Jordao, Mark Holmes, Alessandra Chiap
  • Patent number: 11490873
    Abstract: A phantom, phantom system, and method of phantom identification include a first material that forms a phantom. A phantom identifier includes at least one unit marker. The at least one unit marker identifies a physical characteristic of the phantom. In a method of phantom identification, an image of the phantom is obtained that includes the phantom identifier. The at least one unit marker is identified, the at least one unit marker encodes a value representative of a physical characteristic of the phantom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Gammex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Ruchala, Eric Schloesser, Thomas Kammeyer, Jason Holzmann, Cristel Baiu, Mark Holmes
  • Publication number: 20210370098
    Abstract: Described is a method of determining whether repair or replacement of an electron gun of a radiotherapy device should be scheduled. The radiotherapy device comprises a linear accelerator and is configured to provide therapeutic radiation to a patient. The radiotherapy device comprises a vacuum tube comprising the electron gun, a waveguide configured to accelerate electrons emitted by the electron gun toward a target to produce said radiation. The radiotherapy device comprises also comprises a current sensor, the current sensor being configured to provide signals indicative of current supplied to the electron gun. The method comprises receiving a current value, processing the current value, and based on the processing of the current value, determining whether repair or replacement of the electron gun should be scheduled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Chris Flint, Keith Richardson, Marcelo Jordao, Alessandra Chiap, Mark Holmes
  • Patent number: 11137210
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a header and a side plate. The header has a face plate that defines a plurality of orifices. The header has a protrusion that extends outward from the header and down such that a gap is formed between the header and the protrusion. An external portion of the protrusion is configured to break away from the header during thermal expansion. The side plate is disposed adjacent to an array of alternating tubes and fins. Each tube extends into one of the orifices of the plurality of orifices. The side plate has an end that is secured to the external portion of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Holmes
  • Patent number: 11098966
    Abstract: A header tank of a heat exchanger. The header tank includes a housing defining a coolant chamber through which coolant flows. The header tank further includes a flow control member, which extends into the coolant chamber. The flow control member is configured to advantageously reduce swirling of coolant in the coolant chamber, reduce velocity of coolant in the coolant chamber, and reduce liquid pressure drop of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Holmes, Xiaomin Chen
  • Publication number: 20210145396
    Abstract: A phantom, phantom system, and method of phantom identification include a first material that forms a phantom. A phantom identifier includes at least one unit marker. The at least one unit marker identifies a physical characteristic of the phantom. In a method of phantom identification, an image of the phantom is obtained that includes the phantom identifier. The at least one unit marker is identified, the at least one unit marker encodes a value representative of a physical characteristic of the phantom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Gammex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Ruchala, Eric Schloesser, Thomas Kammeyer, Jason Holzmann, Cristel Baiu, Mark Holmes
  • Patent number: 10939891
    Abstract: A phantom, phantom system, and method of phantom identification include a first material that forms a phantom. A phantom identifier includes at least one unit marker. The at least one unit marker identifies a physical characteristic of the phantom. In a method of phantom identification, an image of the phantom is obtained that includes the phantom identifier. The at least one unit marker is identified, the at least one unit marker encodes a value representative of a physical characteristic of the phantom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Gammex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Ruchala, Eric Schloesser, Thomas Kammeyer, Jason Holzmann, Cristel Baiu, Mark Holmes
  • Publication number: 20210041177
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a header and a side plate. The header has a face plate that defines a plurality of orifices. The header has a protrusion that extends outward from the header and down such that a gap is formed between the header and the protrusion. An external portion of the protrusion is configured to break away from the header during thermal expansion. The side plate is disposed adjacent to an array of alternating tubes and fins. Each tube extends into one of the orifices of the plurality of orifices. The side plate has an end that is secured to the external portion of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventor: Mark HOLMES
  • Patent number: 10600063
    Abstract: Implementations are directed to identifying potential churn of a user of one or more computer-implemented systems provided by an enterprise. In some examples, actions include identifying potential churn of providing a plurality of event profiles based on historical data, each event profile being representative of interactions of users with the enterprise and corresponding to churn of the users, at least one event profile being representative of an interaction of users with the one or more computer-implemented services, providing a pulse of the user at least partially based on historical data associated with the user, and one or more event profiles of the plurality of event profiles, and determining that the user is at-risk of churn based on the pulse of the user and a risk index value, and in response, displaying an indication that the user is at-risk of churn in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Shane Bracher, Daniel Ricketts, Asadul Islam, Liam Mischewski, Mark Holmes, Xiaohua Cao, Glenn Neuber, Karsten Ploesser, Hoyoung Jeung
  • Publication number: 20200049430
    Abstract: A header tank of a heat exchanger. The header tank includes a housing defining a coolant chamber through which coolant flows. The header tank further includes a flow control member, which extends into the coolant chamber. The flow control member is configured to advantageously reduce swirling of coolant in the coolant chamber, reduce velocity of coolant in the coolant chamber, and reduce liquid pressure drop of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Mark HOLMES, Xiaomin CHEN
  • Patent number: 10281217
    Abstract: A multifluid heat exchanger includes a first tank connected to a second tank through a plurality of fluid conduits. A partition disposed inside the first tank divides an internal space of the first tank into a first space and a second space. The first space is in fluid communication with the second tank through the plurality of fluid conduits. As a result, a first internal fluid may flow from the first space to the second tank, while a second internal fluid may flow through the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Holmes, Daniel Tylutki
  • Publication number: 20180328669
    Abstract: A multifluid heat exchanger includes a first tank connected to a second tank through a plurality of fluid conduits. A partition disposed inside the first tank divides an internal space of the first tank into a first space and a second space. The first space is in fluid communication with the second tank through the plurality of fluid conduits. As a result, a first internal fluid may flow from the first space to the second tank, while a second internal fluid may flow through the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Mark HOLMES, Daniel TYLUTKI
  • Publication number: 20180305905
    Abstract: An online personal merchandise cataloguing system is equipped with integrated item tracking and hosted (or imported) social network functionality. The system comprises an internet application with a supporting backend network, the pertinent configuration and operation of both being substantially under the control of an individual retailer. Accessible through an internet browser or a smartphone “app”, the internet application is configured to provide a user with means for listing or otherwise cataloguing items of merchandise. In combination with and supported by the retailer's backend computer network, the internet application enables the user to share his online catalog with an extrinsic social network and to track cataloged items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Carey, Benjamin McKinley Tucker, Jimmie Thompson Bond, II, Andrew Weaver, Chad Helms, Terry J. Osbon, Jr., Mark Holmes
  • Patent number: 10037582
    Abstract: An online personal merchandise cataloguing system is equipped with integrated item tracking and hosted (or imported) social network functionality. The system comprises an internet application with a supporting backend network, the pertinent configuration and operation of both being substantially under the control of an individual retailer. Accessible through an internet browser or a smartphone “app”, the internet application is configured to provide a user with means for listing or otherwise cataloguing items of merchandise. In combination with and supported by the retailer's backend computer network, the internet application enables the user to share his online catalog with an extrinsic social network and to track cataloged items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Carey, Benjamin McKinley Tucker, Jimmie Thompson Bond, II, Andrew Weaver, Chad Helms, Terry J. Osbon, Jr., Mark Holmes
  • Patent number: 10005353
    Abstract: A radiator for a vehicle includes a built-in oil cooler tank. The radiator includes two header tanks and a core member disposed between the header tanks. One of the header tanks includes a support member disposed along an inner surface of the header tank and further defines an aperture. The oil cooler tank includes two ports and a core portion extending between the ports. Each of the ports has a rim and defines a bore. The rim of a given port is disposed within a given support member such that the bore of the given port aligns with a given aperture of the header tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Holmes, Oguzhan Colpan
  • Publication number: 20180140272
    Abstract: A phantom, phantom system, and method of phantom identification include a first material that forms a phantom. A phantom identifier includes at least one unit marker. The at least one unit marker identifies a physical characteristic of the phantom. In a method of phantom identification, an image of the phantom is obtained that includes the phantom identifier. The at least one unit marker is identified, the at least one unit marker encodes a value representative of a physical characteristic of the phantom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Gammex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Ruchala, Eric Schloesser, Thomas Kammeyer, Jason Holzmann, Cristel Baiu, Mark Holmes
  • Patent number: 9858552
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods including providing a data structure stored in computer-readable memory at a first location, monitoring a first work surface provided at the first location, determining that a first physical medium has been manipulated on the first work surface, and, in response, generating a first operation based on a manipulation of the first physical medium, applying the first operation to the data structure. Systems and methods can further include receiving operation and object data from a server system, the operation and object data corresponding to a second operation generated in response to manipulation of a second physical medium on a second work surface provided at a second location, applying the second operation to the data structure, processing the object data, and projecting a first virtual medium on the first work surface, the first virtual medium corresponding to the second physical medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Marek Kowalkiewicz, Alexander Dreiling, Christian Janiesch, Melissa Adkins, Dawid Grzegorz Weckowski, Mark Holmes
  • Patent number: 9829252
    Abstract: A tank for a heat exchanger includes a tank member and a base member. The tank member has one of a pre-crimped tab and a slot portion on a first lateral side. The pre-crimped tab is bent outward from a longitudinal axis. The slot portion has a throughhole. The base member has the other of the pre-crimped tab and the slot portion on the first lateral side. The tank member and the base member are fitted together to define an inner cavity therebetween. The pre-crimped tab is inserted in the throughhole on the first lateral side. One of the tank member and the base member is crimped to the other of the tank member and the base member on a second lateral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Holmes, Daniel Tylutki
  • Patent number: D932558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Mark Holmes