Patents by Inventor Mark Preston

Mark Preston 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: 12269538
    Abstract: A low floor electric bus includes a frame extending longitudinally from a front end to a rear end, the frame having two sidepieces and a plurality of crossmembers extending between and coupled to the sidepieces, wherein the frame has a central section positioned at a lower height relative to the front and/or rear sections. The bus further includes a battery pack mounted to the central section of the frame; a powertrain having an electric motor and a driveshaft, wherein the electric motor is mounted to the rear section of the frame behind a rear axle coupled to the frame and the driveshaft extends from the electric motor to the rear axle; and a cradle coupled to the front section of the frame. A mixed-material cabin is also provided. The cabin includes a passenger cabin with a floor, sidewalls, and ceiling having steel, ceramic, and composite components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Optimal Electric Vehicles Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Roche, Jingyu Liu, Mark Bono, Mark Preston, Song Young, Viktor Kostrominov, Dan Daniels, Eric Elliott, James Scott
  • Patent number: 12027243
    Abstract: Technologies for determining healthcare relationships include a healthcare insight computing device communicatively coupled to multiple patient data providers. The healthcare insight computing device is configured to determine one or more relationships between received data and previously received patient data associated with one or more patients. The healthcare insight computing device is further configured to correlate the ingested data as a function of the determined relationships and enrich the correlated patient data to form a new data element. Additionally, the healthcare insight computing device is configured to transmit the new data element to a raw data cluster such that visual representations of the data elements of the raw data cluster and the relationships there between can be displayed. Additional embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: HC1 INSIGHTS, INC.
    Inventors: Brad Bostic, Travis Morgan, Mark Preston, William E Robinson, David Sutton, Jason Wolfgang, Alicia Bernasconi, Laura Breedlove, Charles J Clarke, Christina Deximo, Helen Malick
  • Publication number: 20220194489
    Abstract: A low floor electric bus is provided. The bus includes a frame extending longitudinally from a front end to a rear end, the frame having two sidepieces and a plurality of crossmembers extending between and coupled to the sidepieces, wherein the frame has a central section positioned at a lower height relative to the front and/or rear sections. The bus further includes a battery pack mounted to the central portion of the frame; a powertrain having an electric motor and a driveshaft, wherein the electric motor is mounted to the rear section of the frame behind a rear axle coupled to the frame and the driveshaft extends from the electric motor to the rear axle; and a cradle coupled to the front section of the frame. A mixed-material cabin is also provided. The cabin includes a passenger cabin with a floor, sidewalls, and ceiling having steel, ceramic, and composite components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: OPTIMAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER ROCHE, JINGYU LIU, MARK BONO, MARK PRESTON, SONG YOUNG, VIKTOR KOSTROMINOV, DAN DANIELS, ERIC ELLIOTT, JAMES SCOTT
  • Patent number: 11283319
    Abstract: An axial field rotary energy device with a PCB stator having interleaved PCBs is disclosed. The device can include rotors that have magnets and an axis of rotation. A stator assembly can be located axially between the rotors to operate electrical phases. The stator assembly can include PCB panels. Each PCB panel can have layers, and each PCB panel can be designated to one of the electrical phases. Each electrical phase of the stator assembly can be provided by a plurality of the PCB panels. In addition, the PCB panels for each electrical phase can be axially spaced apart from and intermingled with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Infinitum Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerad Park, Rich Lee, Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Mark Preston
  • Patent number: 11183896
    Abstract: An axial field rotary energy device or system includes an axis, a PCB stator and rotors having respective permanent magnets. The rotors rotate about the axis relative to the PCB stator. A variable frequency drive (VFD) having VFD components are coupled to the axial field rotary energy device. An enclosure contains the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD, such that the axial field rotary device and the VFD are integrated together within the enclosure. In addition, a cooling system is integrated with the enclosure to cool the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Infinitum Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Rich Lee, Jerad Park, Ben Schuler, Mark Preston, Michael Gray
  • Publication number: 20210218304
    Abstract: An axial field rotary energy device or system includes an axis, a PCB stator and rotors having respective permanent magnets. The rotors rotate about the axis relative to the PCB stator. A variable frequency drive (VFD) having VFD components are coupled to the axial field rotary energy device. An enclosure contains the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD, such that the axial field rotary device and the VFD are integrated together within the enclosure. In addition, a cooling system is integrated with the enclosure to cool the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Infinitum Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Schuler, Rich Lee, Jerad Park, Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Mark Preston, Michael Gray
  • Publication number: 20210143695
    Abstract: An axial field rotary energy device with a PCB stator having interleaved PCBs is disclosed. The device can include rotors that have magnets and an axis of rotation. A stator assembly can be located axially between the rotors to operate electrical phases. The stator assembly can include PCB panels. Each PCB panel can have layers, and each PCB panel can be designated to one of the electrical phases. Each electrical phase of the stator assembly can be provided by a plurality of the PCB panels. In addition, the PCB panels for each electrical phase can be axially spaced apart from and intermingled with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Infinitum Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerad Park, Rich Lee, Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Mark Preston
  • Publication number: 20210135526
    Abstract: An axial field rotary energy device or system includes an axis, a PCB stator and rotors having respective permanent magnets. The rotors rotate about the axis relative to the PCB stator. A variable frequency drive (VFD) having VFD components are coupled to the axial field rotary energy device. An enclosure contains the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD, such that the axial field rotary device and the VFD are integrated together within the enclosure. In addition, a cooling system is integrated with the enclosure to cool the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Infinitum Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Rich Lee, Jerad Park, Ben Schuler, Mark Preston, Michael Gray
  • Publication number: 20180240536
    Abstract: Technologies for determining healthcare relationships include a healthcare insight computing device communicatively coupled to multiple patient data providers. The healthcare insight computing device is configured to determine one or more relationships between received data and previously received patient data associated with one or more patients. The healthcare insight computing device is further configured to correlate the ingested data as a function of the determined relationships and enrich the correlated patient data to form a new data element. Additionally, the healthcare insight computing device is configured to transmit the new data element to a raw data cluster such that visual representations of the data elements of the raw data cluster and the relationships there between can be displayed. Additional embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Brad Bostic, Travis Morgan, Mark Preston, William E. Robinson, David Sutton, Jason Wolfgang, Alicia Bernasconi, Laura Breedlove, Charles J. Clarke, Christina Deximo, Helen Malick
  • Publication number: 20170061152
    Abstract: A computerized method and system for healthcare relationship management is disclosed. The method includes receiving a health information from a healthcare communication source at a healthcare relationship system, categorizing the health information into at least one security category based on one or more privacy rules, receiving a request from a user for the health information at a healthcare relationship management system, the user being associated with at least one security role, and granting or denying access to the health information for the user at the healthcare relationship management system based on an evaluation of the at least one category against the at least one security role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: HC1.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Brad BOSTIC, Jason WOLFGANG, Mark PRESTON, David SUTTON, Tom COOPER, Seth ELY
  • Publication number: 20160036367
    Abstract: A system for supplying power to a motor driven pump. The system includes a variable speed electrical generator driven by an engine and a variable frequency drive connected to the output of the generator. The motor is powered by the output of the variable frequency drive. The system also includes a controller for changing the frequency of the output of the variable frequency drive and thereby changing the speed of the motor and the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Innovus Power, Inc.
    Inventors: John MCCALL, Brendan TAYLOR, Mark PRESTON
  • Patent number: 8740271
    Abstract: An ergonomic handle is used in conjunction with a ductile material, e.g., straps, for securing, lifting and carrying objects. The handle comprises four legs perpendicular to each other and joined at a center routing bowl. The center bowl includes an angled tab arm over its top. Each flat surfaced leg with side rails provides a channel for the strap material. Each leg includes a locking tab fixed to one side of the leg. Integral gripping teeth are on one face of the locking tab and mate with similar integral gripping teeth on the channel surface of each leg. The strap is placed on a leg surface, secured with the locking tab, then wrapped around the object to the second leg and secured. At the center bowl, the strap is re-directed to a third leg, secured, then wrapped around the object for securing on the fourth leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventor: Mark Preston
  • Publication number: 20020147754
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for forming a measure of difference between two data vectors, in particular for use in a trainable data classifier system. An association coefficient determined for the two vectors is used to form the measure of difference. A geometric difference between the two vectors may advantageously be combined with the association coefficient in forming the measure of difference. A particular application is the determination of conflicts between items of training data proposed for use in training a neural network to detect telecommunications account fraud or network intrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Derek M. Dempsey, Kate Butchart, Mark Preston
  • Patent number: 5816577
    Abstract: A method of playing a game of chance matching game. An ante is posted by each participating player to form a winning pot. Each participating player is given a pre-determined number of objects from a first set of objects. A game controller draws a first object from a second identical set of objects and shows the drawn first object to the participating players. A predetermined amount of credits is given to any participating player having an object from the first set of objects given to the participating player matching the first object drawn from the second set of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventors: Mark Preston, Frank Vawter