Patents by Inventor Matthew A Dixon
Matthew A Dixon 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: 11966629Abstract: A distributed data storage system can be configured with a host connected to a first device and an initialization module that performs a default initialization procedure on the first device in response to detecting the first device has an unknown manufacturing origin. Conducting the default initialization procedure may allow the first device to service data access requests from the host. In response to the connection of a second device to the host and initialization module, a manufacturing origin of the second device is identified with the initialization module before the initialization module customizes the default initialization procedure to a custom procedure that is executed to allow the second device to satisfy a background operation prescribed by the initialization module.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Hemant Vitthalrao Mane, Jason Matthew Feist, Praveen Viraraghavan, Robert W. Dixon, Marc Timothy Jones, Steven Williams
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Patent number: 11954505Abstract: A data storage system may connect a host to a device and a hardware module that are utilized to satisfy at least one host-generated data access request to the device. A portion of the device is set as dormant by the hardware module prior to identifying an origin of the device with the hardware module during the satisfaction of the at least one host-generated data access request. In response to the identified origin, the previously dormant portion of the device is activated and subsequently utilized to execute a task assigned by the hardware module.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Hemant Vitthalrao Mane, Jason Matthew Feist, Praveen Viraraghavan, Robert W. Dixon, Marc Timothy Jones, Steven Williams
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Publication number: 20240026981Abstract: A spring return cartridge for a rotary actuated valve includes a torsion spring having a spring-loaded intermediate portion extending between first and second end portions and a spring carrier sleeved with the torsion spring. The spring carrier includes a first portion rotationally fixed with the first end portion of the torsion spring, and a second portion rotatably coupled with the second end portion of the torsion spring, such that the second end portion of the torsion spring is rotatable with respect to the spring carrier, and with respect to the first end portion of the torsion spring, between first and second rotational limit positions, with the intermediate portion of the torsion spring biasing the torsion spring second end portion to the first rotational limit position and maintaining a spring-loaded condition in the first rotational limit position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Matthew Dixon, Joseph Bashover, R. Scott Headings, Karim Mahraz, Ercan Balikci, Kristopher Scott Owens, Samuel Gunther Houser, Michael Bestic
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Publication number: 20230323978Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve body defining an interior cavity extending to a bonnet portion, a valve stem including a valve element retained in the interior cavity of the valve body and an end portion extending beyond the bonnet portion, the valve stem being rotatable between first and second limit positions, and a spring return handle arrangement. The spring return handle arrangement includes a user graspable valve handle, a stem adapter, and a return spring. The stem adapter includes a first end portion secured to the valve stem and a second end portion secured to the valve handle. The return spring includes a first end portion secured to the valve body, an intermediate spring loaded portion, and a second end portion secured to the stem adapter to apply a torsional load to the stem adapter for returning the valve stem to the first rotational limit position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Matthew Dixon, Karim Mahraz
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Patent number: 11779106Abstract: Vehicles and multi-place dining tables for vehicles are provided. In one example, the vehicle includes a vehicle structure having a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a floor disposed therebetween. The vehicle structure at least partially surrounds an interior area that has an aisleway extending therethrough. A multi-place dining table is disposed in the interior area and includes a first table section that is disposed between the first sidewall and the aisleway. The first table section includes a first tabletop. A second table section is disposed between the second sidewall and the aisleway and includes a second tabletop. The second tabletop is movable between a stowed position where the first and second tabletops are spaced apart from each other by at least the aisleway and a deployed position where the second tabletop extends across the aisleway and is coupled to the first tabletop.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace CorporationInventors: Timothy O'Hara, Joe Guthrie, Matthew Dixon
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Patent number: 11698144Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve body defining an interior cavity extending to a bonnet portion, a valve stem including a valve element retained in the interior cavity of the valve body and an end portion extending beyond the bonnet portion, the valve stem being rotatable between a first limit position and a second limit position, and a spring return handle arrangement. The spring return handle arrangement includes a user graspable valve handle, a stem adapter, and a return spring. The stem adapter includes a first end portion secured to the valve stem and a second end portion secured to the valve handle. The return spring includes a first end portion secured to the valve body, an intermediate spring loaded portion, and a second end portion secured to the stem adapter to apply a torsional load to the stem adapter for returning the valve stem to the first rotational limit position.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Swagelok CompanyInventors: Matthew Dixon, Karim Mahraz
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Patent number: 11698327Abstract: A residue tube assembly includes a residue tube having an open upper end and a cap assembly including a cap sealingly secured with the open upper end and an adjustable member assembled with the cap and defining an outlet passage extending into the residue tube to define a fill limit of the residue tube, and an overflow passage extending radially outward and downward of the open upper end of the residue tube. The adjustable member is vertically adjustable in the cap to adjust the fill limit of the residue tube.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Swagelok CompanyInventors: Matthew Dixon, Eric M. Kvarda
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Patent number: 11673329Abstract: An apparatus includes a precursor dispenser for dispensing a precursor material into a workspace, one or more acoustic sources configured to direct acoustic waves towards the workspace to provide acoustic fields that arrange the precursor material in a three-dimensional shape in the workspace, one or more sensors configured to detect a distribution of the precursor material in the workspace, and an electronic controller in communication with the precursor dispenser, the one or more acoustic sources, and the one or more sensors, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more acoustic sources to adjust the acoustic fields to reduce deviations in the distribution of the precursor material from the three-dimensional shape in the workspace.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
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Publication number: 20230054475Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for selective heating. In some implementations, a cooking device for selective heating includes a cavity, one or more waveguides coupled to the cavity, a power generation means coupled to the one or more waveguides and configured to generate an incident power, one or more apertures between the cavity and the one or more waveguides, and a controller configured to control one or more of the power generation means, the apertures, or a cavity geometry. A cooking device cavity geometry can be dynamically configurable. The cooking device can include one or more sensors coupled to the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Alexander Martin Zoellner, Joel Emilio Bregman Segre, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Peter Christian Norgaard, Thomas Peter Hunt
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Publication number: 20220379142Abstract: A system includes ultrasound transducers configured to generate and direct ultrasound beams at a region within a portion of a subject's brain, sensors configured to measure a response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to one or more ultrasound beams, and an electronic controller in communication with the ultrasound transducers configured to generate, based on a measured response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to two or more ultrasound beams generated from two or more different angles, a model of the portion of the subject's brain, wherein the model has a higher resolution than a maximum resolution of a single ultrasound beam, and generate, based on the model of the portion of the subject's brain, stimulation parameters for the ultrasound transducers to generate and direct a stimulation ultrasound beam at the region within the portion of the subject's brain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Thomas Peter Hunt, Vladimir Miskovic, Benoit Schillings
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Publication number: 20220355546Abstract: An apparatus includes a precursor dispenser for dispensing a precursor material into a workspace, one or more acoustic sources configured to direct acoustic waves towards the workspace to provide acoustic fields that arrange the precursor material in a three-dimensional shape in the workspace, one or more sensors configured to detect a distribution of the precursor material in the workspace, and an electronic controller in communication with the precursor dispenser, the one or more acoustic sources, and the one or more sensors, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more acoustic sources to adjust the acoustic fields to reduce deviations in the distribution of the precursor material from the three-dimensional shape in the workspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
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Patent number: 11460259Abstract: The disclosed magazine cap choke adapter allows a user to store an extra choke in place of the shotgun magazine cap. The magazine cap choke adapter is formed from a body that includes a first female threaded end, or proximal end, that threads onto the magazine adapter of the shotgun. Moving away from the proximal end, the magazine cap choke adapter tapers to a second female threaded end, or distal end, into which a choke is optionally threaded.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Inventors: Thomas Dixon, Matthew Dixon
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Patent number: 11441929Abstract: Systems and methods for sensing an amount of a liquid in a container are provided. A conduit is provided that has a length positioned relative to a portion of the container where a level of the liquid in the container changes when liquid is added to the container or liquid is removed from the container. The conduit is in fluid communication with the container to therefore allow an amount of the liquid to enter the conduit that is proportional to the amount of the liquid in the container. An outlet is provided along with a valve. The valve is in fluid communication with the conduit and the outlet, where the valve is selectable to allow the amount of liquid in the conduit to pass to the outlet, the amount of liquid passing to the outlet proportional to the amount of liquid in the container.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: OBD MAX, INC.Inventor: James Matthew Dixon
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Patent number: 11413820Abstract: An apparatus includes a precursor dispenser for dispensing a precursor material into a workspace, one or more acoustic sources configured to direct acoustic waves towards the workspace to provide acoustic fields that arrange the precursor material in a three-dimensional shape in the workspace, one or more sensors configured to detect a distribution of the precursor material in the workspace, and an electronic controller in communication with the precursor dispenser, the one or more acoustic sources, and the one or more sensors, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more acoustic sources to adjust the acoustic fields to reduce deviations in the distribution of the precursor material from the three-dimensional shape in the workspace.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
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Publication number: 20220236024Abstract: The disclosed magazine cap choke adapter allows a user to store an extra choke in place of the shotgun magazine cap. The magazine cap choke adapter is formed from a body that includes a first female threaded end, or proximal end, that threads onto the magazine adapter of the shotgun. Moving away from the proximal end, the magazine cap choke adapter tapers to a second female threaded end, or distal end, into which a choke is optionally threaded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Thomas Dixon, Matthew Dixon
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Publication number: 20220228672Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve body defining an interior cavity extending to a bonnet portion, a valve stem including a valve element retained in the interior cavity of the valve body and an end portion extending beyond the bonnet portion, the valve stem being rotatable between a first limit position and a second limit position, and a spring return handle arrangement. The spring return handle arrangement includes a user graspable valve handle, a stem adapter, and a return spring. The stem adapter includes a first end portion secured to the valve stem and a second end portion secured to the valve handle. The return spring includes a first end portion secured to the valve body, an intermediate spring loaded portion, and a second end portion secured to the stem adapter to apply a torsional load to the stem adapter for returning the valve stem to the first rotational limit position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Matthew Dixon, Karim Mahraz
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Patent number: D952094Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Rhino Chokes & Gun Works, LLCInventors: Thomas Dixon, Matthew Dixon
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Patent number: D952095Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Rhino Chokes & Gun Works, LLCInventors: Thomas Dixon, Matthew Dixon
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Patent number: D958044Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace CorporationInventors: Timothy O'Hara, Joe Guthrie, Matthew Dixon
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Patent number: D1018876Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Fitness Systems United Pty Ltd.Inventors: Matthew Dixon, Jong Min Kim