Patents by Inventor Mark Sullivan

Mark Sullivan 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: 20260146708
    Abstract: A TV wall mounting device includes a wall mount box with vertical supports, a display mount receiving a TV, and an extending/contracting portion between the box and the display mount. The extending/contracting portion has lower and upper arms rotatably attached to the wall mount with rear axles, a pair of linear actuators rotatably attached to the wall mount, a front portion that rises and lowers with action of the actuators, and a horizontally-swiveling portion that is raised and lowered with the front portion and is capable of rotating right-left with respect to the front portion. The display mount is attached to the horizontally-swiveling portion. Parallel operation of the linear actuators, wherein each actuator extends and retracts while keeping the same length as the other actuator, causes the display mount to go up and down. Differential operation of the actuators causes the display mount to rotate right and left.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Brian Newville, Mark Sullivan
  • Patent number: 12609523
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for when utility power is restored after a period of running on a backup generator, inhibiting a transfer switch if the two sources are out of phase, monitoring the phase difference between utility power and the generator output, and changing from the generator to the utility feed when the two phases are sufficiently aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Inventor: Mark Sullivan
  • Patent number: 12462929
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for utilizing system diagnostics focused in areas of disruption to improve inventory and workforce management in a revenue cycle management system. Inventory input is received from a revenue cycle management system. The inventory input includes inventory in the revenue cycle management system, types of claims in the inventory, pair agreements of the claims, and a length of time the claims have been in the inventory. Workforce input is also received from the revenue cycle management system. The workforce input includes experience, type of education or technical training, specialty, and outcomes corresponding to a workforce of the client. A portion of the inventory is automatically assigned to an associate of the workforce. The portion of the inventory tailored to the associate based on the inventory input and the workforce input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Streich, Kelley Bergstrom, Mark Sullivan, Michael D. Myers
  • Patent number: 12455041
    Abstract: A TV wall mounting device includes a wall mount box with vertical supports, a display mount receiving a TV, and an extending/contracting portion between the box and the display mount. The extending/contracting portion has lower and upper arms rotatably attached to the wall mount with rear axles, a pair of linear actuators rotatably attached to the wall mount, a front portion that rises and lowers with action of the actuators, and a horizontally-swiveling portion that is raised and lowered with the front portion and is capable of rotating right-left with respect to the front portion. The display mount is attached to the horizontally-swiveling portion. Parallel operation of the linear actuators, wherein each actuator extends and retracts while keeping the same length as the other actuator, causes the display mount to go up and down. Differential operation of the actuators causes the display mount to rotate right and left.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: MANEHU PRODUCT ALLIANCE, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Newville, Mark Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20250043908
    Abstract: A TV wall mounting device includes a wall mount box with vertical supports, a display mount receiving a TV, and an extending/contracting portion between the box and the display mount. The extending/contracting portion has lower and upper arms rotatably attached to the wall mount with rear axles, a pair of linear actuators rotatably attached to the wall mount, a front portion that rises and lowers with action of the actuators, and a horizontally-swiveling portion that is raised and lowered with the front portion and is capable of rotating right-left with respect to the front portion. The display mount is attached to the horizontally-swiveling portion. Parallel operation of the linear actuators, wherein each actuator extends and retracts while keeping the same length as the other actuator, causes the display mount to go up and down. Differential operation of the actuators causes the display mount to rotate right and left.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Newville, Mark Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20240408259
    Abstract: A method of assembling a scent warmer includes positioning an elastomeric sleeve on a stem extending upwardly from a base of the scent warmer such that the elastomeric sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the stem and positioning a removable decorative body around the elastomeric sleeve on the stem and deforming the ribs of the elastomeric sleeve. The elastomeric sleeve applies a retention force between the removable decorative body and the stem. A scent warmer includes a base member, a stem extending upwardly from the base member and configured to carry a heating element thereon, and an elastomeric sleeve surrounding at least a portion of the stem. The elastomeric sleeve is configured to apply a retention force between a removable decorative body and the stem. A method is used to form a scent warmer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: R. Orville Thompson, Kyle Ostrem, Mark Sullivan, Martin Stenger
  • Patent number: 12152725
    Abstract: A TV wall mounting device includes a wall mount box with vertical supports, a display mount receiving a TV, and an extending/contracting portion between the box and the display mount. The extending/contracting portion has lower and upper arms rotatably attached to the wall mount with rear axles, a pair of linear actuators rotatably attached to the wall mount, a front portion that rises and lowers with action of the actuators, and a horizontally-swiveling portion that is raised and lowered with the front portion and is capable of rotating right-left with respect to the front portion. The display mount is attached to the horizontally-swiveling portion. Parallel operation of the linear actuators, wherein each actuator extends and retracts while keeping the same length as the other actuator, causes the display mount to go up and down. Differential operation of the actuators causes the display mount to rotate right and left.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Manehu Product Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Newville, Mark Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20240386705
    Abstract: The system that enables the classification and description of goods is described. The system is based on a combination of a user device with a graphical user interface that captures images, video, and/or audio of an object, such as farm equipment or construction equipment. The user device provides the information to a computing device running a classification model trained through machine learning. Training data may include sensor data (e.g., multimedia data such as images, video, and audio) depicting existing equipment in various configurations and corresponding data sets characterizing the equipment in those configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Sullivan
  • Patent number: 12048919
    Abstract: Catalytic compositions and sequential catalytic methods are generally described. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a first catalyst comprising a Cu-modified zeolite, and a second catalyst capable of a coupling reaction between (a) an intermediate resulting from a reaction of a reactant at the first catalyst, and (b) a co-reagent, wherein a rate of diffusion of the co-reagent within one or more cages and/or pores of the first catalyst is lower than a rate of diffusion of the intermediate within the one or more cages and/or pores of the first catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Randall J. Meyer, Pedro M. Serna Merino, Mark Sullivan, Kimberly Dinh
  • Patent number: 12016980
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure may include a base for a scent warmer. The base may include a base member and a stem extending upwardly from the base member. The stem may be configured to carry a heating element thereon. The base may also include an elastomeric sleeve surrounding at least a portion of the stem. The elastomeric sleeve may be configured to apply a retention force between a removable decorative body and the stem. The elastomeric sleeve may include a wall member sized and configured to abut against the stem and a plurality of ribs extending radially outward from the wall member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Scentsy, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Orville Thompson, Kyle Ostrem, Mark Sullivan, Martin Stenger
  • Publication number: 20240153621
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for utilizing system diagnostics focused in areas of disruption to improve inventory and workforce management in a revenue cycle management system. Inventory input is received from a revenue cycle management system. The inventory input includes inventory in the revenue cycle management system, types of claims in the inventory, pair agreements of the claims, and a length of time the claims have been in the inventory. Workforce input is also received from the revenue cycle management system. The workforce input includes experience, type of education or technical training, specialty, and outcomes corresponding to a workforce of the client. A portion of the inventory is automatically assigned to an associate of the workforce. The portion of the inventory tailored to the associate based on the inventory input and the workforce input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Brian STREICH, Kelley BERGSTROM, Mark SULLIVAN, Michael D. MYERS
  • Publication number: 20240120730
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for when utility power is restored after a period of running on a backup generator, inhibiting a transfer switch if the two sources are out of phase, monitoring the phase difference between utility power and the generator output, and changing from the generator to the utility feed when the two phases are sufficiently aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11894128
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for utilizing system diagnostics focused in areas of disruption to improve inventory and workforce management in a revenue cycle management system. Inventory input is received from a revenue cycle management system. The inventory input includes inventory in the revenue cycle management system, types of claims in the inventory, pair agreements of the claims, and a length of time the claims have been in the inventory. Workforce input is also received from the revenue cycle management system. The workforce input includes experience, type of education or technical training, specialty, and outcomes corresponding to a workforce of the client. A portion of the inventory is automatically assigned to an associate of the workforce. The portion of the inventory tailored to the associate based on the inventory input and the workforce input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Streich, Kelley Bergstrom, Mark Sullivan, Michael D. Myers
  • Publication number: 20240027020
    Abstract: A TV wall mounting device includes a wall mount box with vertical supports, a display mount receiving a TV, and an extending/contracting portion between the box and the display mount. The extending/contracting portion has lower and upper arms rotatably attached to the wall mount with rear axles, a pair of linear actuators rotatably attached to the wall mount, a front portion that rises and lowers with action of the actuators, and a horizontally-swiveling portion that is raised and lowered with the front portion and is capable of rotating right-left with respect to the front portion. The display mount is attached to the horizontally-swiveling portion. Parallel operation of the linear actuators, wherein each actuator extends and retracts while keeping the same length as the other actuator, causes the display mount to go up and down. Differential operation of the actuators causes the display mount to rotate right and left.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Newville, Mark Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11761052
    Abstract: A process for preparing a multi-thickness welded steel vehicle rail, the process comprises the steps of: (a) forming a first tube having a first outer diameter, an inner diameter and a first wall thickness; (b) forming a second tube having the first outer diameter, a second inner diameter and a second wall thickness different than the first wall thickness; (c) swaging a first end of the first tube to a second outer diameter less than the second inner diameter of the second tube; (d) inserting the swaged first end of the first tube into an end of the second tube to form a joint; (e) welding the first tube and the second tube together to form a weld at the joint to form a tube blank with a heat affected zone of lower metal strength in the area of the weld; (f) preheating the tube blank to create a common crystalline microstructure along a length of the tube blank; (g) introducing the tube blank into a blow molding tool having inner molding walls; (h) molding the tube blank at an elevated temperature by expandin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Multimatic Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11744911
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure may include a base for a scent warmer. The base may include a base member and a stem extending upwardly from the base member. The stem may be configured to carry a heating element thereon. The base may also include an elastomeric sleeve surrounding at least a portion of the stem. The elastomeric sleeve may be configured to apply a retention force between a removable decorative body and the stem. The elastomeric sleeve may include a wall member sized and configured to abut against the stem and a plurality of ribs extending radially outward from the wall member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Scentsy, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Orville Thompson, Kyle Ostrem, Mark Sullivan, Martin Stenger
  • Publication number: 20230270909
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure may include a base for a scent warmer. The base may include a base member and a stem extending upwardly from the base member. The stem may be configured to carry a heating element thereon. The base may also include an elastomeric sleeve surrounding at least a portion of the stem. The elastomeric sleeve may be configured to apply a retention force between a removable decorative body and the stem. The elastomeric sleeve may include a wall member sized and configured to abut against the stem and a plurality of ribs extending radially outward from the wall member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: R. Orville Thompson, Kyle Ostrem, Mark Sullivan, Martin Stenger
  • Publication number: 20230183831
    Abstract: A process for preparing a multi-thickness welded steel vehicle rail, the process comprises the steps of: (a) forming a first tube having a first outer diameter, an inner diameter and a first wall thickness; (b) forming a second tube having the first outer diameter, a second inner diameter and a second wall thickness different than the first wall thickness; (c) swaging a first end of the first tube to a second outer diameter less than the second inner diameter of the second tube; (d) inserting the swaged first end of the first tube into an end of the second tube to form a joint; (e) welding the first tube and the second tube together to form a weld at the joint to form a tube blank with a heat affected zone of lower metal strength in the area of the weld; (f) preheating the tube blank to create a common crystalline microstructure along a length of the tube blank; (g) introducing the tube blank into a blow molding tool having inner molding walls; (h) molding the tube blank at an elevated temperature by expandin
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11668434
    Abstract: A TV wall mounting device includes a wall mount box with vertical supports, a display mount receiving a TV, and an extending/contracting portion between the box and the display mount. The extending/contracting portion has lower and upper arms rotatably attached to the wall mount with rear axles, a pair of linear actuators rotatably attached to the wall mount, a front portion that rises and lowers with action of the actuators, and a horizontally-swiveling portion that is raised and lowered with the front portion and is capable of rotating right-left with respect to the front portion. The display mount is attached to the horizontally-swiveling portion. Parallel operation of the linear actuators, wherein each actuator extends and retracts while keeping the same length as the other actuator, causes the display mount to go up and down. Differential operation of the actuators causes the display mount to rotate right and left.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MANEHU PRODUCT ALLIANCE, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Newville, Mark Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20220314207
    Abstract: Catalytic compositions and sequential catalytic methods are generally described. in some embodiments, a composition comprises a first catalyst comprising a Cu-modified zeolite, and a second catalyst capable of a coupling reaction between (a) an intermediate resulting from a reaction of a reactant at the first catalyst, and (b) a co-reagent, wherein a rate of diffusion of the co-reagent within one or more cages and/or pores of the first catalyst is lower than a rate of diffusion of the intermediate within the one or more cages and/or pores of the first catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Randall J. Meyer, Pedro M. Serna Merino, Mark Sullivan, Kimberly Dinh