Patents by Inventor Matthew Pierce

Matthew Pierce 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).

  • Patent number: 11966254
    Abstract: A system includes a tool for installing a cable material around a set of elongate members. The tool includes a housing; a cartridge detachably connected to the housing; and a jaw detachably connected to the housing. The cartridge has a length of cable material. The jaw is configured to extend around the set of elongate members to install the length of cable around the set of elongate members. A welding horn is detachably connected to the housing. At least one processor is configured to read a programmable chip. The programmable chip stores a set of parameters for at least one of the cartridge, the jaw, or the welding horn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Matthew Hetrich, Jonah Kadoko, Sheng Zhong, Daniel Pierce Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11960514
    Abstract: A method of generating content in association with an information search and retrieval system. It begins by receiving a query from a user. The query is semantically-searched to identify a context. A conversation history between the user and the system is identified. An enriched query is then generated by associating to the query both the context and at least a portion of the conversation history. The enriched query is then evaluated/processed by a generative-AI. In response, information associated with the enriched query is received from the generative-AI. A response to the query is then generated using the information, e.g., by passing the information back to the user, by modifying (e.g., editing or supplementing) the information to generate modified information and passing the modified information back to the user, or by dismissing the information. If sensitive information is identified in the utterance, it is masked prior to generating the enriched query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Drift.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Taylert, Bernard Ngombi Kiyanda, Maria C. Moya, Joseph S. Demple, Matthew Pierce
  • Patent number: 11204025
    Abstract: A multi-stage gas compression system useful at the production site and at central collection points, having an energy efficient and effective intercooler system. The system includes a reciprocating compressor having a plurality of compressor valves and cylinders configured in series to provide staged compression to the natural gas. Coupled with the compressor are an inlet port for receiving natural gas to be compressed, and an outlet port for delivering compressed fluid from the compressor to a discharge line, to the transmission pipeline or storage. Facilitating transmission and intercooling of the natural gas between cylinders are a plurality of pipes, each pipe in close proximity with an intercooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: PC3 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Pierce
  • Publication number: 20210291012
    Abstract: An exercise machine platform that allows for emulation of the natural movements of real-world modes of transportation in stationary exercise machines such as bicycles, rowing machines, elliptical machines, and treadmills. The exercise machine platform comprises a base with one or more powered lifting mechanisms, a frame supported by the lifting mechanisms of the base which allows for roll, pitch, and/or vertical displacement movements, and a rocker plate supported by the frame that allows for additional independent movement from the roll, pitch, and/or vertical displacement movements of the frame. A dampening system controls the additional independent movement between the frame and rocker plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Coleman Fung, Tiffany Tao, Matthew Pierce Kanter
  • Publication number: 20190257552
    Abstract: A multi-stage gas compression system useful at the production site and at central collection points, having an energy efficient and effective intercooler system. The system includes a reciprocating compressor having a plurality of compressor valves and cylinders configured in series to provide staged compression to the natural gas. Coupled with the compressor are an inlet port for receiving natural gas to be compressed, and an outlet port for delivering compressed fluid from the compressor to a discharge line, to the transmission pipeline or storage. Facilitating transmission and intercooling of the natural gas between cylinders are a plurality of pipes, each pipe in close proximity with an intercooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: MATTHEW PIERCE
  • Patent number: 9447763
    Abstract: An adjustable air-powered starter motor that provides a plurality of different operational configurations. The air-powered starter motor includes a motor housing assembly that houses at least a portion of a rotary actuator assembly, and which may be connected to a cover assembly. The motor housing may be selectively attached to a mounting structure along first or second sides of the motor housing. Additionally, the motor housing may be attached to the mounting structure at a plurality of different angular orientations. The motor housing further includes an air inlet having first and second air inlet ports that are positioned on opposite sides of the motor housing, and an air outlet port that is positioned along a lateral axis that is generally parallel to, and offset from, a lateral axis of the inlet port. A mounting pin may align and interconnect the motor housing and rotary actuator assembly at each operational configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: David Eichenberger, Michael Bookhout, Matthew Pierce, Brian Tietze
  • Publication number: 20140261274
    Abstract: An adjustable air-powered starter motor that provides a plurality of different operational configurations. The air-powered starter motor includes a motor housing assembly that houses at least a portion of a rotary actuator assembly, and which may be connected to a cover assembly. The motor housing may be selectively attached to a mounting structure along first or second sides of the motor housing. Additionally, the motor housing may be attached to the mounting structure at a plurality of different angular orientations. The motor housing further includes an air inlet having first and second air inlet ports that are positioned on opposite sides of the motor housing, and an air outlet port that is positioned along a lateral axis that is generally parallel to, and offset from, a lateral axis of the inlet port. A mounting pin may align and interconnect the motor housing and rotary actuator assembly at each operational configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: David Eichenberger, Michael Bookhout, Matthew Pierce, Brian Tietze
  • Patent number: 8229415
    Abstract: A system for automatically generating a recommendation to migrate a wireless communication service account from a first wireless communication protocol to a second wireless communication protocol is provided. The system comprises a computer system, a data store comprising call metrics for a first plurality of base transceiver stations, wherein the base transceiver stations promote wireless communication according to the second wireless communication protocol, and an application stored in a memory of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Sail Chen, Matthew Pierce, Sofia Tan, Alex Wang
  • Patent number: 7642719
    Abstract: A discharge lamp having a starting assembly is provided for use with existing high frequency electronic ballasts. The lamp comprises a light-transmissive envelope and has a discharge sustaining fill of an inert gas mixture of krypton and argon. The starting assembly comprises at least one conductive path attached to the outside or inside surface of the envelope or embedded in the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gary Robert Allen, William W. Beers, Matthew Pierce, Evan Karrs, Edward Eugene Hammer
  • Patent number: 7378797
    Abstract: Fluorescent lamps that comprise a glass envelope with an exterior surface and first and second electrodes located within the glass envelope include a transparent electrically conductive material affixed to the exterior surface of the glass envelope. The transparent electrically conductive material extends between the vicinity of the first electrode and the vicinity of the second electrode, thereby providing a path for an electric current to pass between the first and second electrodes and reduce the open circuit voltage required to start the fluorescent lamp. The transparent electrically conductive material affixed to the exterior surface of the glass envelope can comprise one or more stripes of the material so that less than the total exterior surface area of the glass envelope is covered by the transparent electrically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Evan Karrs, William W. Beers, Matthew Pierce, Gary R. Allen
  • Publication number: 20070138960
    Abstract: Fluorescent lamps that comprise a glass envelope with an exterior surface and first and second electrodes located within the glass envelope include a transparent electrically conductive material affixed to the exterior surface of the glass envelope. The transparent electrically conductive material extends between the vicinity of the first electrode and the vicinity of the second electrode, thereby providing a path for an electric current to pass between the first and second electrodes and reduce the open circuit voltage required to start the fluorescent lamp. The transparent electrically conductive material affixed to the exterior surface of the glass envelope can comprise one or more stripes of the material so that less than the total exterior surface area of the glass envelope is covered by the transparent electrically conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Evan Karrs, William Beers, Matthew Pierce, Gary Allen
  • Publication number: 20060226781
    Abstract: A discharge lamp having a starting assembly is provided for use with existing high frequency electronic ballasts. The lamp comprises a light-transmissive envelope and has a discharge sustaining fill of an inert gas mixture of krypton and argon. The starting assembly comprises at least one conductive path attached to the outside or inside surface of the envelope or embedded in the envelope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Allen, William Beers, Matthew Pierce, Evan Karrs, Edward Hammer