Patents by Inventor Matthew James

Matthew James 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).

  • Heater pedestal assembly for wide range temperature control
    Patent number: 10910238
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure generally relate to a semiconductor processing chamber and, more specifically, a heated support pedestal for a semiconductor processing chamber. In one implementation, a pedestal assembly is disclosed and includes a substrate support comprising a dielectric material and having a support surface for receiving a substrate, a resistive heater encapsulated within the substrate support, a hollow shaft coupled to a support member of the substrate support at a first end of the shaft, and a thermally conductive material disposed at an interface between the support member and the first end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kaushik Alayavalli, Ajit Balakrishna, Sanjeev Baluja, Amit Kumar Bansal, Matthew James Busche, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Swaminathan T. Srinivasan, Tejas Ulavi, Jianhua Zhou
  • REDUCED METHIONINE DIET FOR DOGS
    Publication number: 20210022368
    Abstract: A diet composition for an adult dog is provided. The composition comprises a combination of methionine and cysteine or a cysteine providing derivative thereof; wherein methionine is present in a low amount sufficient to deliver between 32.3 and 82.7 mg/Kg metabolic body weight (Kg0.75) when standardized to a 15 Kg dog, and wherein the cysteine or cysteine providing derivative thereof is present in an amount such that the weight ratio of methionine:available cysteine is from 1:0.8 to 1:1.5. The diet may additionally contain other additives such as taurine. Diets of the invention contain sufficient methionine to support metabolism and may prolong lifespan while minimizing the risk of taurine deficiency. Methods for preparing diet compositions of the invention are also described and claimed, as are methods of enhancing longevity and/or treating or preventing dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David Allaway, Matthew James Harrison, Kerry Gray, Alison Colyer
  • Working Machine
    Publication number: 20210023907
    Abstract: A working machine having a thermal management system with an energy distribution system to selectively transfer thermal energy between an operator structure and a hydraulic fluid, based on the relative values of an operator structure energy requirement and a hydraulic fluid energy requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew James Clowes, Neil Beloe, Alex Kay
  • WORKING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20210023950
    Abstract: A working machine comprising a hydraulic fluid circuit an operator structure and a thermal management system. The thermal management system connects an operator structure heater and a heat exchanger arranged to selectively remove heat energy from the hydraulic fluid circuit, so as to be capable transferring heat from the hydraulic fluid to the operator structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew James Clowes, Neil Beloe, Alex Kay
  • MOVEABLE DISPLAY SUPPORTS, COMPUTING DEVICES USING SAME, AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20210028387
    Abstract: A computing device is disclosed that includes an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The OLED display has a front surface and a back surface. The computing device includes a moveable display support connected to the back surface of the display. In some implementations, the moveable display support is configured to limit bending in one direction to a first bend radius and to limit bending in another direction to a second bend radius. In some implementations, the moveable display support is formed by a plurality of unit cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew LARGE, Lincoln Matthew GHIONI, Sarat BABU, Matthew James LONGBOTTOM, Duncan Alexander Wallis CARTER
  • Dirt-collection chamber and suction head for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: 10898044
    Abstract: This invention relates to a dirt-collection chamber (10) for a vacuum cleaner, and in particular a dirt-collection chamber (10) which is removable whereby the collected dirt can easily be disposed of. The dirt-collection chamber (10) has an air inlet (22) and an air outlet (62), a filter (60) between the air inlet (22) and the air outlet (62), and a disposal opening with an openable cover (16). The dirt-collection chamber (10) has a dirt-removal panel (40) in the chamber which is movable towards and away from the disposal opening to assist in the disposal of collected dirt and debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Gerald Grey, Matthew James Isted, Andrew John Kent
  • Firearm ammunition availability detection system
    Patent number: 10900726
    Abstract: A linear encoder may be used to accurately determine a number of cartridges within a magazine. Further, using a set of magnetic sensors within a buffer tube of a firearm, it is possible to determine whether a cartridge is loaded within a chamber of the weapon and/or whether the firearm is jammed. The determination of cartridges within the magazine in conjunction with the determination of whether a cartridge is in a chamber of a firearm can give a user an accurate ammunition count. Further, the use of the linear encoder makes it possible to accurately determine the cartridge count when different cartridges are loaded into the magazine or when the magazine degrades in quality over time. Moreover, the ability for magazines to communicate with a firearm enables a user to determine a total available ammunition to the user in a single display without individually checking each magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MAZTECH INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Masarik, Michael Raymond Masarik, Matthew James Masarik
  • Firearm ammunition availability detection system
    Patent number: 10900727
    Abstract: A linear encoder may be used to accurately determine a number of cartridges within a magazine. Further, using a set of magnetic sensors within a buffer tube of a firearm, it is possible to determine whether a cartridge is loaded within a chamber of the weapon and/or whether the firearm is jammed. The determination of cartridges within the magazine in conjunction with the determination of whether a cartridge is in a chamber of a firearm can give a user an accurate ammunition count. Further, the use of the linear encoder makes it possible to accurately determine the cartridge count when different cartridges are loaded into the magazine or when the magazine degrades in quality over time. Moreover, the ability for magazines to communicate with a firearm enables a user to determine a total available ammunition to the user in a single display without individually checking each magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Maztech Industries, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Masarik, Michael Raymond Masarik, Matthew James Masarik
  • Using mobile phone data to log activities and generate activity records
    Patent number: 10902385
    Abstract: Various embodiments concern obtaining mobile device data and generating activity logs. More specifically, mobile device data such as data indicating the location and time of a mobile device is obtained. The time and location may be automatically obtained and recorded using location service APIs on the mobile device. The obtained data is then used to generate a report including the time, duration, and location of activities associated with the user of the mobile device. Thus, an activity log is automatically generated using the time and location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FinancialForce.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew James Byrne
  • Tiered framework for proving remote access to an application accessible at a uniform resource locator (URL)
    Patent number: 10904363
    Abstract: Method and systems of providing remote access to an application in a tiered remote access framework that includes a server tier and a client tier. In the server tier, an application that is remotely accessed and a server remote access application execute on a server. In the client tier, a client remote access application executes on a client device. A server SDK may be associated with the application in the server tier, where the server SDK being adapted to communicate display information to the client tier. A client SDK may be associated with a client application executing on the client device, where the client SDK receives the display information from the server tier. The client device connects to the server at an enumerated Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to initiate the reception of the display information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CALGARY SCIENTIFIC INC.
    Inventors: Monroe Milas Thomas, David Bruce McFadzean, Matthew James Stephure
  • HEAT DISTRIBUTION MEMBER AND VENTS FOR TOASTER OVEN
    Publication number: 20210015300
    Abstract: A heating appliance includes a housing defining a food product compartment having at least a front door and a rear wall opposite the front door. The heating appliance also includes a rack configured to support a food product within the food product compartment. The heating appliance also includes a heating assembly disposed within the food product compartment and an elongate heating device having a first length, and an angled heat distribution member having a second length disposed between the heating device and the rack. The heat distribution member includes a pattern of apertures and the heat distribution member is configured to prevent infrared radiation produced by the heating device from directly reaching the rear wall of the housing, except for infrared radiation that passes through the apertures of the heat distribution member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Jacob Daniel Smith, Matthew James Hamilton
  • AUTOMATED ULTRASONIC PRESS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WELDING PHYSICALLY VARIANT COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20210018468
    Abstract: The present disclosure can provide for an ultrasonic welding method for a pair of workpieces. The method can include first pressing an ultrasonic welding stack against a first workpiece in the pair so that the first workpiece comes into contact with a second workpiece in the pair. The method can then provide for initiating a weld phase by outputting energy from the ultrasonic welding stack to the first workpiece. The method can provide for monitoring, with at least one sensor, a sensed parameter. The sensed parameter can be, for example, weld force and/or weld force rate of change. The method can provide for determining whether the sensed parameter has reached a predetermined level. Based on determining that the sensed parameter has reached the predetermined level, the method can provide for ending the weld phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Leo Klinstein, Paul J. Golko, Charles Leroy Leonard, Matthew James Dittrich
  • Oscillator failure detection circuit
    Patent number: 10897225
    Abstract: A steady-state voltage on an oscillator output can be detected, independent of control signals received from other circuitry, by an oscillator failure detection circuit (OFDC) fabricated within an integrated circuit (IC). The OFDC can, in response to detecting the steady-state voltage, output an oscillator failure signal on a reference fail output. The OFDC can receive, with a first and a second buffer, an oscillator output signal from an oscillator output. Through the use of an electrically interconnected, pull-down device, pull-up network, pull-up device, pull-down network, Schmitt trigger, inverting Schmitt trigger and OR-gate, the OFDC can drive the oscillator failure signal onto an output of the OR-gate electrically connected to a reference fail output (RFO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Strom, Matthew James Paschal, Bruce George Rudolph, Daniel M. Dreps
  • Systems and methods for validating and predicting polymer functions using polymer properties
    Patent number: 10896744
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for selecting a polymer for an intended use. The method may include: training a selection model based on a graphical dataset, the graphical dataset comprising a node-edge graph identifying relationships between uses and properties of a polymer; receiving, via a user interface, a request comprising the intended use; based on the selection model, determining a polymer for the intended use; and outputting the determined polymer via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: American Chemical Society
    Inventors: Jaron Patrick Maxson, Siang Lee Hong, Matthew Glenn Dunbar, Matthew James Toussant, Yelena Lipskerova, Dawn Lorraine George, Yingqi Wu
  • PORTABLE SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING CONTROLLED QUANTITIES OF ADDITIVES INTO A BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20210007533
    Abstract: A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Lyons, Jonathon Perrelli, Robert Lawson-Shanks, Abraham Maclean, Connor Bacon, James Christopher Small, Jesse John HORNE, Simon Lewis Bilton, Matthew James Edwards, Andrew Gordon Wallace, Maxim D. WHEATLEY, David J. WHEATLEY, Todd METLEN
  • PATIENT INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20210001072
    Abstract: A respiatory mask includes a frame and a cushion module. The frame can include a front wall having a vent and/or a gas inlet opening and a collar extending away from the front wall. The collar surrounds the vent and/or the gas inlet opening. The cushion module comprises a cushion and a housing, which is made of a material more rigid than the cushion. The housing defines a connection opening. A friction coupling selectively couples the cushion module to the frame and comprises an elastomeric friction member coupled to a portion of the housing that defines the connection opening. In some arrangements, an outer surface of the friction member is exposed when the cushion module is coupled to the frame. In some arrangements, the housing extends through the peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jae Yun Lim, Roheet Patel, Craig Robert Prentice, Thomas Mark Richardson, Simon Mittermeier, Monika Ganterer, Hamish Joshua Rose, Max Leon Betteridge, Jeremy Owen Young, Nigel Trinidade, Mark Richard Tomlinson, Vitaly Kapelevich, Campbell Neil Addison Martin, Tony William Spear, Matthew James Pedersen
  • FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS USING REDUCED COBALT CATALYST
    Publication number: 20210001322
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of a feed comprising a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to hydrocarbons, the hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the feed being present in a ratio of from 1:9 to 9:1 by volume, the process comprising the step of contacting the feed at elevated temperature and atmospheric or elevated pressure with a catalyst comprising titanium dioxide and co bait wherein the catalyst initially comprises from 30% to 95% metallic cobalt by weight of cobalt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ewen FERGUSON, Piotr KRAWIEC, Manuel OJEDA PINEDA, Alexander PATERSON, Matthew James WELLS
  • MULTI-PIECE HYDROPONIC TOWER WITH HINGED TOWER FACE
    Publication number: 20210000027
    Abstract: A multi-piece hydroponic tower is provided which utilizes separate tower body and face plate components that are hingeably coupled together, thereby simplifying tower construction as well as tower maintenance. In addition to the hinge, the tower face plate(s) is held in place with a latch, e.g., a snap-fit fastener. A V-shaped groove may be included on either side of the tower, the grooves increasing the efficiency of delivering water and nutrients to the plants via the narrowed rear cavity wall(s). The V-shaped grooves may also be used as an alignment aid when coupling planters, harvesters, or other equipment to the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: MJNN LLC
    Inventors: Brice Leon Klein, Michael Peter Flynn, Alexandre Le Roux, Alex Ibrahim, Matthew James Matera
  • Communication system and method for using human telematic data to provide a hazard alarm/notification message to a user in a dynamic environment such as during operation of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10885724
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing near real-time communication, such as a warning/notification, to a user based on analysis of various user and vehicle telematic data. The system includes a user with a wearable human telematic sensor providing telematic data about the wearer. Also, the system and method includes at least one vehicle telematic sensor configured to provide telematic data about the vehicle and/or surrounding environment. The various telematic data is communicated and processed to provide a notification back to the user such as a potential safety hazard. The safety hazard may be based upon sensed data specific to the user, specific to the vehicle, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Matthew James Manzella, Alinawaz Ismaili
  • Moveable display supports, computing devices using same, and methods of use
    Patent number: 10886498
    Abstract: A computing device is disclosed that includes an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The OLED display has a front surface and a back surface. The computing device includes a moveable display support connected to the back surface of the display. In some implementations, the moveable display support is configured to limit bending in one direction to a first bend radius and to limit bending in another direction to a second bend radius. In some implementations, the moveable display support is formed by a plurality of unit cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Large, Lincoln Matthew Ghioni, Sarat Babu, Matthew James Longbottom, Duncan Alexander Wallis Carter