Patents by Inventor Matthew Leach
Matthew Leach 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: 11783240Abstract: A method for mitigating risk of transmission of a contagious disease in a building. The method includes determining, by a processing circuit including one or more processors, a safety rule to be applied to a workspace including a plurality of workspace stations, the safety rule relating to limiting the transmission of the contagious disease. The method includes receiving a request for one or more reservable workspace stations, the request including one or more request parameters. The method includes identifying the one or more reservable workspace stations from among the plurality of workspace stations by determining whether to permit the one or more reservable workspace stations to be reserved based on the safety rule. The method includes generating data identifying the one or more reservable workspace stations.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Matthew Leach, Edward Gerard McNamara, Rachel D. M. Ellerman
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Patent number: 11728067Abstract: Magnet wire with flexible corona resistant enamel insulation may include a conductor and a multi-layer insulation system formed around the conductor. The insulation system may include a basecoat formed from first polymeric enamel insulation, a midcoat formed from second polymeric enamel insulation, and a topcoat formed from third polymeric enamel insulation. The midcoat may include a filler containing silica dioxide and chromium oxide dispersed in a base polyamideimide material. Additionally, the magnet wire may exhibit few or no cracks in the topcoat when the wire is bent 180 degrees around a 4 mm mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire USA LLCInventors: Tamanna Ferdous McFarland, James J. Connell, Allen Roe Guisinger, Allan R. Knerr, Matthew Leach, Frederick Marshall McFarland, Mohammad Mazhar Said
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Patent number: 11728068Abstract: Magnet wire with corona resistant enamel insulation may include a conductor and a multi-layer insulation system formed around the conductor. The insulation system may include a basecoat formed from a first polymeric enamel insulation. A midcoat formed from a second polymeric enamel insulation may be formed around the basecoat, and the second polymeric enamel insulation may include a filler dispersed in a base polyimide material. The filler may include between 20 percent and 80 percent by weight of silica dioxide and between 20 and 80 percent by weight of titanium dioxide. Additionally, the insulation system may include a topcoat formed from third polymeric enamel insulation formed around the midcoat.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire USA LLCInventors: Matthew Leach, James J. Connell, Allen Roe Guisinger, Allan R. Knerr, Frederick Marshall McFarland, Tamanna Ferdous McFarland, Mohammad Mazhar Said
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Publication number: 20230023973Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for identifying a media item to be provided to a group of users of a content sharing platform, wherein the media item is associated with a category, and wherein each user in the group of users is associated with a weight indicating a probability of a correspondence between a respective user and the category associated with the media item, receiving a request to change a size of the group of users from a first level to a second level, the first level corresponding to a first weight threshold for the group of users, and calculating, based a value indicating a difference between the first level and the second level, a second weight threshold for the group of users corresponding to the second level, the second weight threshold to be subsequently used to determine whether the media item is to be provided to a user requesting content from the content sharing platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Wei Huang, Fabio Soldo, Tianyi Pan, Matthew Leach
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Patent number: 11488775Abstract: Systems and methods for forming insulation on magnet wire are provided. An extruder that includes one or more rotating screws may receive a thermoset polymeric material and process the thermoset polymeric material to increase its pressure and temperature. An extrusion crosshead assembly in fluid communication with the extruder may receive the thermoset polymeric material and press extrude the thermoset polymeric material as insulation onto a magnet wire. A curing device may then cure the extruded insulation material.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ESSEX FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE USA LLCInventors: Rakshit Amba, Matthew Leach, M. Mazhar Said
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Patent number: 11488774Abstract: Systems and methods for forming insulation on magnet wire are provided. An extruder that includes one or more rotating screws may receive a plurality of ingredients for a polymeric insulation material and process the plurality of ingredients to facilitate polymerization of the polymeric insulation material within the extruder. An application assembly in fluid communication with the extruder may apply the polymeric insulation material onto a wire. A curing device may then cure the polymeric insulation material.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ESSEX FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE USA LLCInventors: Rakshit Amba, Matthew Leach, M. Mazhar Said
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Publication number: 20220262541Abstract: Magnet wire with flexible corona resistant enamel insulation may include a conductor and a multi-layer insulation system formed around the conductor. The insulation system may include a basecoat formed from first polymeric enamel insulation, a midcoat formed from second polymeric enamel insulation, and a topcoat formed from third polymeric enamel insulation. The midcoat may include a filler containing silica dioxide and chromium oxide dispersed in a base polyamideimide material. Additionally, the magnet wire may exhibit few or no cracks in the topcoat when the wire is bent 180 degrees around a 4 mm mandrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Tamanna Ferdous McFarland, James J. Connell, Allen Roe Guisinger, Allan R. Knerr, Matthew Leach, Frederick Marshall McFarland, Mohammad Mazhar Said
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Publication number: 20220254542Abstract: Magnet wire with corona resistant enamel insulation may include a conductor and a multi-layer insulation system formed around the conductor. The insulation system may include a basecoat formed from a first polymeric enamel insulation. A midcoat formed from a second polymeric enamel insulation may be formed around the basecoat, and the second polymeric enamel insulation may include a filler dispersed in a base polyimide material. The filler may include between 20 percent and 80 percent by weight of silica dioxide and between 20 and 80 percent by weight of titanium dioxide. Additionally, the insulation system may include a topcoat formed from third polymeric enamel insulation formed around the midcoat.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Matthew Leach, James J. Connell, Allen Roe Guisinger, Allan R. Knerr, Frederick Marshall McFarland, Tamanna Ferdous McFarland, Mohammad Mazhar Said
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Publication number: 20220036258Abstract: A method for mitigating risk of transmission of a contagious disease in a building. The method includes determining, by a processing circuit including one or more processors, a safety rule to be applied to a workspace including a plurality of workspace stations, the safety rule relating to limiting the transmission of the contagious disease. The method includes receiving a request for one or more reservable workspace stations, the request including one or more request parameters. The method includes identifying the one or more reservable workspace stations from among the plurality of workspace stations by determining whether to permit the one or more reservable workspace stations to be reserved based on the safety rule. The method includes generating data identifying the one or more reservable workspace stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Matthew Leach, Edward Gerard McNamara, Rachel D. M. Ellerman
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Publication number: 20210173969Abstract: A method for updating a digital twin of a building, comprising receiving measurements from a plurality of sensors of a portable device at a location within the building, the measurements comprising values of a plurality of environmental conditions at the location of the portable device within the building at a first time; generating a point in the digital twin of the building, the point having virtual coordinates that correspond to the location of the portable device within the building; and training one or more models configured to generate the digital twin of the building based on the received measurements and the point in the digital twin of the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Nelson Abbey, Jeremiah Cahill, Juan Miguel Marino Camarasa, Adrian Collins, Ian Hennessy, Matthew Leach, Roisin O'Brien, Eleanor Alice O'Leary, Shane O'Sullivan, James Young
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Publication number: 20210078232Abstract: Systems and methods for forming insulation on magnet wire are provided. An extruder that includes one or more rotating screws may receive a thermoset polymeric material and process the thermoset polymeric material to increase its pressure and temperature. An extrusion crosshead assembly in fluid communication with the extruder may receive the thermoset polymeric material and press extrude the thermoset polymeric material as insulation onto a magnet wire. A curing device may then cure the extruded insulation material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Rakshit Amba, Matthew Leach, M. Mazhar Said
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Publication number: 20200143987Abstract: Systems and methods for forming insulation on magnet wire are provided. An extruder that includes one or more rotating screws may receive a plurality of ingredients for a polymeric insulation material and process the plurality of ingredients to facilitate polymerization of the polymeric insulation material within the extruder. An application assembly in fluid communication with the extruder may apply the polymeric insulation material onto a wire. A curing device may then cure the polymeric insulation material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Rakshit Amba, Matthew Leach, M. Mazhar Said
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Patent number: 10593442Abstract: Winding wire articles may include a conductor formed into a predefined shape having at least one bend. Additionally, a plurality of cavities may be formed within the conductor. Insulation may also be formed around the conductor.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Essex Group, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Leach, Christopher Richardson
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Patent number: 10510464Abstract: A continuously transposed conductor (CTC) cable may include a plurality of electrically insulated strands arranged in first and second stacks with the plurality of strands successively transposed between the first and second stacks. The plurality of strands may include at least one strand having a plurality of component strands that are arranged in third and fourth stacks with the plurality of component strands successively transposed between the third and fourth stacks. Each of the components strands may include a conductor and insulation formed at least partially around the conductor.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Essex Group, Inc.Inventors: Bogdan Gronowski, David Marshall Cain, Matthew Leach, Christopher Richardson, Jason Dennis Stephens
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Publication number: 20190148037Abstract: Winding wire articles may include a conductor formed into a predefined shape having at least one bend. Additionally, a plurality of cavities may be formed within the conductor. Insulation may also be formed around the conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Matthew Leach, Christopher Richardson
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Publication number: 20180364433Abstract: Continuously transposed conductor cables include a plurality of electrically insulated strands that are formed into two interposed stacks. Each of the plurality of strands may successively and repeatedly taking on each possible position with a cross-section of the CTC cable. Additionally, an optical fiber may be incorporated into the continuously transposed conductor cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Matthew Leach, Gregory S. Caudill
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Publication number: 20180322980Abstract: A method for forming an insulated winding wire with enhanced adhesion between enamel layers is described. A conductor may be provided, and a first enamel layer may be formed around the conductor. The first enamel layer may include a first thermoset polymeric material. An outer surface of the first enamel layer maybe modified, for example, by a plasma, corona, ultraviolet, or flame treatment. The surface modification may alter a surface energy of the first enamel layer. A second enamel layer may be formed on the first enamel layer, and the second enamel layer may include a second thermoset polymeric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Matthew Leach, Allan R. Knerr
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Publication number: 20180182507Abstract: A continuously transposed conductor (CTC) cable may include a plurality of electrically insulated strands arranged in two stacks with the plurality of strands successively transposed between the two stacks. Each strand may include a conductor and insulation formed at least partially around the conductor. Additionally, each strand may have a cross-sectional area that is less than approximately 0.0030 square inches. As a result, the CTC cable may be suitable for use in electrical devices relatively smaller than those associated with conventional CTC cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Bogdan Gronowski, David Marshall Cain, Matthew Leach, Christopher Richardson, Jason Dennis Stephens
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Patent number: 9773583Abstract: Continuously transposed conductor (“CTC”) cables are described. A CTC cable may include a plurality of electrically insulated strands connected in parallel at their ends. Additionally, each strand may include one or more conductors and an extruded insulation layer formed at least partially around the one or more conductors.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Essex Group, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Leach, Gregory S. Caudill
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Publication number: 20150310960Abstract: Continuously transposed conductor (“CTC”) cables are described. A CTC cable may include a plurality of electrically insulated strands connected in parallel at their ends. Additionally, each strand may include one or more conductors and an extruded insulation layer formed at least partially around the one or more conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: Essex Group, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Leach, Gregory S. Caudill