Patents by Inventor Mark Wilkins
Mark Wilkins 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).
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Patent number: 11970114Abstract: A system for capturing and presenting views of a vehicle. In an example embodiment, the system captures video data rearward and along a side of the vehicle and/or behind the vehicle. The system includes video cameras for capturing video data at one or more resolutions and in one or more fields-of-view. The displays present the video data to the driver for use during operation of the vehicle. The displays present the video data at one or more resolutions. The resolution of capture and/or display may be in accordance with an operating mode of the vehicle, such as turning, direction of travel and/or driver selection.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ATLIS MOTOR VEHICLES INC.Inventors: Mark Hanchett, Matt Wilkins, Sean Lamont, Derek Duff, Benoit le Beourgeois
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Patent number: 11960482Abstract: Systems and methods for extracting data views from heterogeneous data sources in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for extracting data views. The method includes steps for receiving data from several data sources and identifying raw fields from the received data. The process further includes steps for mapping the identified raw fields to common fields by determining similarities between a raw field and each of the common fields, identifying a target common field based on the determined similarities, and mapping the raw field to the target common field. The process further includes steps for extracting views of the received data based on the mapping of the identified raw fields to common fields.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Mark Morganstern, Bradford Littooy, Julia Wilkins
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Patent number: 11942247Abstract: Increasing the chromium content of an electrical steel substrate to a level greater than or equal to about 0.45 weight percent (wt %) produced a much improved forsterite coating having superior and more uniform coloration, thickness and adhesion. Moreover, the so-formed forsterite coating provides greater tension potentially reducing the relative importance of any secondary coating.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Properties Inc.Inventors: Jerry William Schoen, Kimani Tirawa Partin, Christopher Mark Wilkins
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Publication number: 20180137958Abstract: Increasing the chromium content of an electrical steel substrate to a level greater than or equal to about 0.45 weight percent (wt %) produced a much improved forsterite coating having superior and more uniform coloration, thickness and adhesion. Moreover, the so-formed forsterite coating provides greater tension potentially reducing the relative importance of any secondary coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Jerry William Schoen, Kimani Tirawa Partin, Christopher Mark Wilkins
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Patent number: 9881720Abstract: Increasing the chromium content of an electrical steel substrate to a level greater than or equal to about 0.45 weight percent (wt %) produced a much improved forsterite coating having superior and more uniform coloration, thickness and adhesion. Moreover, the so-formed forsterite coating provides greater tension potentially reducing the relative importance of any secondary coating.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: AK Steel Properties, Inc.Inventors: Jerry William Schoen, Kimani Tirawa Partin, Christopher Mark Wilkins
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Publication number: 20160282900Abstract: A frame to be mounted on a separate display, the frame including a bezel and a camera mounted in the bezel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Ronald A. LEVAC, Kevin KELLY, Mark WILKINS, James E. MORRIS, Michael R. FELDMAN
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Publication number: 20150064481Abstract: Increasing the chromium content of an electrical steel substrate to a level greater than or equal to about 0.45 weight percent (wt %) produced a much improved forsterite coating having superior and more uniform coloration, thickness and adhesion. Moreover, the so-formed forsterite coating provides greater tension potentially reducing the relative importance of any secondary coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Jerry William Schoen, Kimani Tirawa Partin, Christopher Mark Wilkins
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Publication number: 20150004670Abstract: Methods of continuous production of a product of interest using a filamentous fungus are provided. The fungus is auxotrophic for a nutrient that is required for fungal growth, but not for fungal synthesis of the product of interest. Under growth limiting culture conditions, in which the nutrient is absent from the culture medium, the amount of fungus remains constant or nearly constant and nutrients are not used up for growth but instead are available for synthetic pathways which produce the product of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: MICHAEL MUELLER, MARK WILKINS, ROLF A. PRADE
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Patent number: 8372614Abstract: Method for producing ethanol from solid citrus waste by reducing the concentration of limonene in citrus waste to allow fermentation. In one embodiment ground solid citrus waste is partially hydrolyzed and pasteurized by heating using a jet cooker and then injected into a flash tank to remove limonene. The heated citrus waste is then cooled, hydrolyzed with enzymes and fermented to ethanol. The remaining solids and liquids may be processed further to yield other byproducts. More particularly, the solids may be dried and pressed for use in cattle feed and the liquids may be further fermented or processed to yield additional ethanol, acetate, galacturonic acid monomers and polymers, five carbon sugars and other products.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Wilbur W. Widmer, Karel Grohmann, Mark Wilkins
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Patent number: 7879379Abstract: Method of pretreating citrus waste to break cell structure, pasteurize or sterilize citrus waste solids and remove inhibitory peel oil components (e.g., limonene) involving optionally reducing the particle size of the citrus waste prior to preheating, preheating the citrus waste through indirect heating in a preheater reactor to form preheated citrus waste and conveying the preheated citrus waste to a main reactor, heating the citrus waste through a combination of (simultaneous) indirect heating and direct heating to produce treated citrus waste solids that are pasteurized and a vapor containing water and peel oil components, separating the pasteurized citrus waste solids and the vapor containing water and peel oil components, and collecting the separated vapor containing water and peel oil components by condensation. The method optionally includes cooling the pasteurized citrus waste solids followed by saccharifying with enzymes and fermentation to produce ethanol or other products.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Renewable Spirits LLCInventors: Wilbur Widmer, David Stewart, Karel Grohmann, Mark Wilkins
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Publication number: 20110020894Abstract: A strategy for enzymatic biomass conversion that involves enzyme recovery and reuse. Enzyme recovery is achieved by attaching enzymes to paramagnetic nanoparticles. By magnetically attracting the paramagnetic nanoparticles, enzymes may be recovered for reuse. The process of enzymatic biomass hydrolysis includes: attaching biomass degrading enzymes to a surface of functionalized particles having paramagnetic properties; mixing the particles with a biomass; recovering the enzymes via magnetic separation; and re-using the enzymes in a subsequent process. The process provides a product feed stream which may be subjected to further processing. The process may be repeated multiple times wherein the biomass is sequentially subjected to different enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: ROBERT INGRAHAM, ANDREW MORT, MARK WILKINS
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Publication number: 20080213849Abstract: Method for producing ethanol from solid citrus waste by reducing the concentration of limonene in citrus waste to allow fermentation. In one embodiment ground solid citrus waste is partially hydrolyzed and pasteurized by heating using a jet cooker and then injected into a flash tank to remove limonene. The heated citrus waste is then cooled, hydrolyzed with enzymes and fermented to ethanol. The remaining solids and liquids may be processed further to yield other byproducts. More particularly, the solids may be dried and pressed for use in cattle feed and the liquids may be further fermented or processed to yield additional ethanol, acetate, galacturonic acid monomers and polymers, five carbon sugars and other products.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: David Stewart, Wilbur Widmer, Karel Grohmann, Mark Wilkins
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Patent number: 7281128Abstract: A system and method for secure network communication. In various embodiments of the present invention, data needed for authentication an encryption is included in each communication pass between network devices, so that when a network connection is broken, a secure connection can be reestablished with the next pass. A client authentication service on the client receives a server request and searches for a current client-side session key. If one is not present, the client authentication service generates and encrypts an initial session key, acquires credentials, adds the credentials to the server request, and encrypts the server request with the initial session key. The encrypted server request and the encrypted session key are sent to the server, where a server authentication service decrypts the initial session key, decrypts the server request with the initial session key, and authenticates the credentials before allowing the server request to be acted upon.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2002Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Extended Systems, Inc.Inventors: Dean Mikel, Mark Wilkins
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Publication number: 20060177916Abstract: Processes for producing ethanol from citrus waste by reducing the concentration of limonene in citrus waste to allow fermentation are disclosed. In one embodiment a slurry of ground citrus waste 1 is partially hydrolyzed by heating using a jet cooker 2 and then injected into a flash tank 4 to remove limonene 5. The heated citrus waste is then cooled, hydrolyzed with enzymes and fermented to ethanol. An alternative method of limonene removal uses enzymatic hydrolysis followed by centrifugation 27 to separate sugar-containing liquid from residual citrus waste solids containing limonene. Sugars are fermented and ethanol is distilled from the fermented mixture/beer. The remaining solids and liquids may be processed further to yield other byproducts. More particularly, the solids may be dried and pressed for use in cattle feed and the liquids may be further fermented or processed to yield additional ethanol, acetate, galacturonic acid monomers and polymers, five carbon sugars and other products.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2005Publication date: August 10, 2006Inventors: David Stewart, Wilbur Widmer, Karel Grohmann, Mark Wilkins
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Publication number: 20050253725Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking system to track and manage assets. Each asset to be tracked is tagged with an RFID tag, and tracked using RFID readers located throughout a facility. Based on the tracking information, the system allows users to manage assets and generate reports regarding the various tagged assets.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2005Publication date: November 17, 2005Applicant: TrenStar, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Neuwirth, Mark Wilkins, Jeffrey Turner
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Publication number: 20030079143Abstract: A system and method for secure network communication. In various embodiments of the present invention, data needed for authentication an encryption is included in each communication pass between network devices, so that when a network connection is broken, a secure connection can be reestablished with the next pass. A client authentication service on the client receives a server request and searches for a current client-side session key. If one is not present, the client authentication service generates and encrypts an initial session key, acquires credentials, adds the credentials to the server request, and encrypts the server request with the initial session key. The encrypted server request and the encrypted session key are sent to the server, where a server authentication service decrypts the initial session key, decrypts the server request with the initial session key, and authenticates the credentials before allowing the server request to be acted upon.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Dean Mikel, Mark Wilkins
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Patent number: 4637272Abstract: There are many requirements for an actuator where safety considerations dictate several independent means of actuation. This invention pertains to an actuator utilizing a single ballscrew with drive units associated therewith to provide a level of redundancy which permits full performance with any one credible failure and emergency performance with any two credible failures and, thus, the actuator is dual failure tolerant with full performance after any two credible failures.The ballscrew actuator has a pair of rotatable ballnuts associated with a ballscrew and carried by separate housings movable toward and away from each other. The ballscrew is twice the length of the desired actuating movement, with one-half of the length of the ballscrew being stored in each housing. Primary and backup drive units each having a drive motor are carried by one housing and each have a worm gear set and a selectively engageable clutch for selective driving of the first ballnut.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1985Date of Patent: January 20, 1987Assignee: Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Duane R. Teske, Henry E. Senasack, Jr., Mark Wilkins
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Patent number: D865042Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventor: Mark Wilkins
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Patent number: D865853Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventor: Mark Wilkins
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Patent number: D872794Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventor: Mark Wilkins