Patents by Inventor Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts 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).

  • Home automation system including cloud and home message queue synchronization and related methods
    Patent number: 10826716
    Abstract: A home automation (HA) system may include addressable HA devices each having associated therewith a respective device capability, device configuration, and device state. The HA system may also include a cloud message queue controller and a cloud message queue memory coupled thereto in the cloud for storing the device configurations, device capabilities, and device states for the addressable HA devices. The HA system may also include a home device message queue controller and a home device message queue memory coupled thereto for storing the device configurations, device capabilities, and device states for the addressable HA devices. The cloud message queue controller and the home device message queue controller may synchronize device configurations, device capabilities, and device states for the addressable HA devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: K4CONNECT INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Andrew Gould, Mark Robert Adams
  • Concealed communications antenna and lighting feature
    Patent number: 10826154
    Abstract: A concealed communication antenna and lighting feature comprises a mount having base configured to be mounted to a structure and having a circumferentially disposed side wall adjacent the circumference of the base. The outer side wall defining a seat extending a radial distance from the outer side wall to the edge of the base circumference, and an inner wall disposed concentrically within the outer side wall. A plurality of solid state lighting elements adapted to direct light away from the base. A communications antenna is mounted to the inner side wall and a radome is disposed about the antenna and extends above the inner side wall. The radome is closed at an upper end and a lighting feature lens mounted to the outer wall. The lighting feature lens being closed at a top end such that the solid state lighting elements direct light intermediate the radome and the lighting feature lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ENE-HUB Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Matchett, Mark Robert James West, Scott Daniel Williams
  • Range detection and motion capture
    Patent number: 10827453
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose a range detection system that includes a line-of-sight (LOS) emitter that outputs a LOS signal (e.g., visible light, infrared, etc.) which is detected at a receiver (e.g., a photodiode). The receiver outputs a signal representing the intensity of the LOS signal at the receiver. The output signal is converted into a digital signal which is then used to identify a distance value corresponding to the intensity of the LOS signal. For example, the range detection system may include a data structure that maps a plurality of digital signals to respective distance values. In this manner, the intensity of the LOS signal measured at the receiver can be correlated to a distance between the emitter and the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Robert Barton, Michael Paul Goslin, Eric C. Haseltine
  • LIQUID HAND DISHWASHING CLEANING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20200339914
    Abstract: The need for a liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition that is less hazy, while also provides reduced surface tension between the detergent composition and the soiled plate, and hence improvements in cleaning, is met when the liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition is formulated with a surfactant system and a polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of from about 40% to about 86%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Karl Ghislain BRAECKMAN, Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Mark Robert SIVIK, Evelyne Johanna Lutgarde VAN HECKE
  • MODULAR PRODUCTION LINE AND PROCESS FOR USING IT
    Publication number: 20200337331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of confectionery production, particularly to the use of a modular, flexible process and the use thereof in combination with the confectionery cooling step of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Peng-Siong Chong, Mark Robert Knapp, John Parkinson, Stephen Chapman
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING LAUNDRY
    Publication number: 20200340168
    Abstract: An automatic laundry treatment machine for treating laundry. The automatic laundry treatment machine has a reservoir having a reservoir fill level and a reservoir liquid outlet having a reservoir liquid outlet hydraulic diameter. A conveyance connects the reservoir liquid outlet to the stationary treatment chamber of the automatic laundry treatment machine. There is an in operation total head difference between the reservoir fill level and the stationary treatment chamber or an in operation total head difference across a portion of the conveyance and the total head difference divided by the cumulative reservoir liquid outlet hydraulic diameter in consistent units of length is from about 0.3 to about 2200. The automatic laundry machine can be operated to use the liquid stored in the reservoir to rapidly supply liquid to the stationary treatment chamber, thereby shortening cycle time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Benny LEUNG, Jason Allen STAMPER, Mark Robert SIVIK
  • Glasses, cements and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10815144
    Abstract: Various embodiments of tantalum- and/or niobium-containing glasses and cements as well as uses thereof are described herein. For example, in an embodiment, the glasses comprise a transition metal pentoxide such as tantalum pentoxide and/or niobium pentoxide present in the glass in an amount of less than 2.0 mol %, based on the total composition of the glass, glass polyalkenoate cements prepared from such glasses and uses of such cements, for example, for sternal closure or fixation, stabilization and/or repair of a fracture in a bone in the wrist, elbow, knee, shoulder, spine and/or hip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Robert Towler, Adel Moh'd Fawzi A. R. Alhalawani
  • Determining Position and Orientation from a Helmholtz Device
    Publication number: 20200333404
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a magnetic sensor, a series of transmitter signals that are detected as a series of signals corresponding to different locations and/or orientations of a magnetic transmitter emitting a magnetic field, calculating, receiving, at the magnetic sensor, a measurement transmitter signal that is detected as a signal corresponding to a magnetic field provided by the magnetic transmitter, and calculating, based at least on the received measurement sensor signal and the calibration matrix, one or both of an orientation matrix indicative of an orientation of the magnetic sensor relative to the magnetic transmitter and a positional matrix indicative of a position of the magnetic sensor relative to the magnetic transmitter, wherein the series of transmitter signals are transmitted from the same physical location relative to the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Robert Schneider
  • Techniques for increasing the probability that a transaction will be included in a target block of a blockchain
    Patent number: 10812270
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include techniques to increase the probability that network validators will include a specific transaction in a target block of a blockchain. The method includes creating and signing in real-time a transaction and loading copies of the transaction at agent nodes connected to a network of peer nodes. An agent node can obtain an indication of an opportunity to write the transaction to a target block. The method can further include broadcasting the transaction to the network of peer nodes based on the obtained indication of the opportunity to write the transaction, to improve a probability of having the transaction written to the target block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Citizen Hex Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Mark Roberts, Brett David Bergmann
  • Undercarriage clamping master track link with textured track pin bore
    Patent number: 10787210
    Abstract: A clamping master track link includes a body that defines a first bore and a second bore, a first aperture disposed between the first bore and the second bore, a second aperture disposed between the first aperture and the second bore, a first strut with a first gap disposed between the first aperture and the second aperture, a second strut with a second gap disposed between the first aperture and the first bore, and a bridge disposed between the second aperture and the second bore. The first bore defines a cylindrical bore surface that is at least partially textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Howard Magner, Matthew William Trone, Mark Robert Wagle
  • Inductor current shunt for mitigation of load dump transients in DC-DC regulators
    Patent number: 10790747
    Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit comprises a switching circuit configured to adjust a switching duty cycle to regulate an output voltage at an output node of the voltage regulator circuit using an error signal representative of a difference between a target voltage value and the output voltage; an inductor coupled to the switching circuit and configured to provide an inductor current to the output node; and a shunt circuit coupled in parallel to the inductor and configured to divert the inductor current away from the output node when the output voltage exceeds a specified maximum output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Vitunic, Eko Lisuwandi
  • PROCESS OF REDUCING MALODOURS ON FABRICS
    Publication number: 20200299888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing malodors on fabrics using an acid delivery composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Sol Melissa ESCOBAR, Sarah Ann DELANEY, Frank William DENOME, Mark William HAMERSKY
  • PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A FIBROUS WATER-SOLUBLE UNIT DOSE ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20200299623
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for manufacturing a fibrous water-soluble unit dose with an active agent in the form of an acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Frank William DENOME, Mark William HAMERSKY, Sarah Ann DELANEY
  • PROCESS OF LAUNDERING FABRICS
    Publication number: 20200299622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for laundering fabrics using a detergent composition and a fibrous water-soluble unit dose in the rinse cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Sol Melissa ESCOBAR, Sarah Ann DELANEY, Frank William DENOME, Mark William HAMERSKY
  • FIBROUS WATER-SOLUBLE UNIT DOSE ARTICLES COMPRISING WATER-SOLUBLE FIBROUS STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20200297645
    Abstract: Described herein is a fibrous water-soluble unit dose with an active agent in the form of an acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Frank William DENOME, Mark William HAMERSKY, Sarah Ann DELANEY, Sol Melissa ESCOBAR, Jack Wesley ENGLISH, III, Min MAO
  • Tracking a cylindrical opening
    Patent number: 10779892
    Abstract: A system comprising: a sensor configured to be introduced into a clearance hole of a surgical implant, wherein the sensor is configured to be introduced in proximity to a generated magnetic field and cause distortion of the magnetic field; and one or more field measuring coils configured to: measure a characteristic of the magnetic field when the sensor is in proximity to the magnetic field; and provide, to a computing device, a signal representative of the measured characteristic of the magnetic field, wherein the computing device is configured to determine one or both of a position and an orientation of the sensor and the clearance hole based on the measured characteristic of the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Northern Digital Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolai Mikuszeit, Christian Schilling, Olaf Zerres, Georg Brunner, Stefan R. Kirsch, Westley D. Ashe, Mark Robert Schneider, Vladimir F. Kogan
  • Adjustable conductive brush assembly for cleaning metals
    Patent number: 10772418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush assembly for cleaning metal, the assembly comprising one or more brush heads, each brush head comprising a bundle of conductive filaments, having a working end adapted for contacting metal, and a terminal end, the brush head connectable to an electricity supply, and a housing connected to and retaining at least one sheath, each sheath at least partially surrounding at least one brush head, wherein each brush head and its respective sheath are movable in relation to each other by operating an adjustment mechanism and the working end of the brush head and the sheath are selectively fixable in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ensitech IP Pty Limited
    Inventors: Clive Stuart White, Mark Robert Fischer
  • Failsafe device for prosthetic limb
    Patent number: 10772745
    Abstract: A failsafe for a transdermal apparatus for a prosthetic appendage can include a first plate, a second plate, and a breakaway connector. The first plate can have a central axis, a proximal portion, and a distal end. The distal end can be opposite the proximal portion, and the distal end can be securable with a prosthetic external to skin and can be configured to simulate an appendage of a patient. The second plate can be aligned with the central axis and can include a proximal end and a distal portion. The proximal end can be securable to a transdermal implant, and can extend proximally from the second plate. The distal portion can be opposite the proximal end, and the distal portion can be configured to interface with the proximal portion of the first plate. The breakaway connector can be couplable within the second plate and the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua R. Porter, Mark Roberts, Jason S. Toler
  • Container
    Patent number: D895419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sun-Jan Alan Huang, Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome, Christopher Lee Haun
  • Corner clamp
    Patent number: D899883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Woodpeckers, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Robert Heath, Jr., Steven Charles Cross