Patents by Inventor Michael A. Karls

Michael A. Karls 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).

  • Publication number: 20250138854
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method includes obtaining a cloud-based application; extracting native language files and internationalization keys that correspond to the native language files from the cloud-based application; storing the native language files and the keys in a translation data repository accessible by a translation service; detecting non-native language files corresponding to the native language files in the translation data repository; performing an initial check on the non-native language files; generating, when the initial check passes, a test build of the cloud-based application; deploying the test build to a test environment in a cloud infrastructure to have a first validation performed by the translation service and a second validation performed by a cloud-based application provider; and generating, when the first validation and the second validation pass, a production build of the cloud-based application comprising the non-native language files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Karl Forsberg
  • Patent number: 12282590
    Abstract: A user input device includes an optical window facing onto a region of skin of the user when the user input device is in normal use, a monochromatic light source arranged to emit light through the optical window, a spectral dispersal unit adapted to disperse the spectrum of light reflected back from the region of skin of the user, the reflected light no longer being wholly monochromatic due to Raman scattering, and a light sensor operable to detect at least some of the dispersed spectrum of light and output corresponding light data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Sanders, Richard Downey, Oliver Hume, Michael Karl Werle
  • Patent number: 12261438
    Abstract: A device controls a power flow in an AC network and has a series converter with a DC side to connect to a DC link and an AC side to connect to the AC network via a series transformer. The device further has a bridging arrangement between the series transformer and the series converter configured to bridge the series converter. The bridging arrangement contains at least one bridging branch having a switching unit with antiparallel thyristors and a resistance in series with the switching unit. Furthermore, a method of operation operates the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lutz Hanel, German Kuhn, Christian Pfeifer, Martin Pieschel, Kunal Sharma, Maximilian Dürre, Michael Karl
  • Patent number: 12239461
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for a hearing assistance device housing for biometric sensing. In various embodiments, a hearing assistance device for a wearer includes a housing customized to conform to a continuous section of an inner portion of an ear of the wearer and to extend radially to one or more edges of a conchal bowl of the ear. The housing is configured to be placed in the inner portion of the ear of the wearer, and a biometric sensor is included on a surface of the housing. According to various embodiments, the housing is configured to maintain contact of the biometric sensor with the inner portion of the ear of the wearer during activity of the wearer, to enhance accuracy of biometric sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Stewart, Michael Karl Sacha, Kyle Olson
  • Patent number: 12233264
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a hearing device and a method of using such device are disclosed. The hearing device includes a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, electronic components disposed within the housing, and a port disposed in the housing and extending between a first end at the outer surface of the housing and a second end disposed within the housing, where the port is acoustically connected to at least one of a speaker or a microphone of the electronic components. The hearing components also include a controller that is electrically connected to a sensor and that is adapted to detect a change in capacitance of the sensor, where the change in capacitance is associated with debris at least partially occluding the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kendra Griffin, Justin R. Burwinkel, Michael Karl Sacha
  • Patent number: 12231856
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hearing instrument includes placing a component support structure at least partially in a bath of a resin liquid, wherein one or more operative components of the hearing instrument are attached to or contained within the component support structure prior to the component support structure being at least partially placed in the bath of the resin liquid. While the component support structure is at least partially in the bath, volumetric 3-dimensional (3D) printing is performed to form a shell of the hearing instrument attached to the component support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Westley G. Gentry, Michael Karl Sacha, Craig C. Feldsien, Jay Stewart
  • Publication number: 20250012528
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of automated missile launcher reloading includes aligning one or more collars of a shelving system with a path of a canister and activating one or more rollers of the shelving system to translate the canister into the one or more collars. The method also includes coupling a first collar of the one or more collars to the canister and adjusting the one or more collars to align the canister with a path of a launcher cell. The method further includes translating the one or more collars into the path of the launcher cell to feed the canister into the launcher cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Steven Wylie Mitchell, Timothy Michael Karl Engel, Weetek Foo
  • Publication number: 20250003707
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of automated missile launcher reloading includes positioning a canister positioning device proximate to a canister. The canister positioning device is coupled to a pivot arm by one or more pivot joints and the pivot arm is coupled to a tower. The method also includes coupling the canister positioning device to the canister, attaching a hoist cable to the canister, and raising the pivot arm on the tower from a first position on the tower to a second position on the tower. The method further includes adjusting a positioning of the pivot arm to position the canister proximate to a launcher cell, adjusting a positioning of the pivot joints to align the canister with the launcher cell, and lowering the hoist cable to lower the canister into the launcher cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Steven Wylie Mitchell, Timothy Michael Karl Engel, Weetek Foo
  • Patent number: 12178816
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the drug 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one in a solid dispersion with a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature, such as copovidone. The invention also relates to a daily pharmaceutical dose of the drug provided by such a formulation. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature in solid dispersion with 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one for increasing the bioavailability of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: KUDOS PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Karl Bechtold, Julie Kay Cahill, Katja Maren Fastnacht, Kieran James Lennon, Bernd Harald Liepold, Claudia Bettina Packhaeuser, Benedikt Steitz
  • Publication number: 20240398796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the drug 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one in a solid dispersion with a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature, such as copovidone. The invention also relates to a daily pharmaceutical dose of the drug provided by such a formulation. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature in solid dispersion with 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one for increasing the bioavailability of the drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Karl BECHTOLD, Julie Kay CAHILL, Katja Maren FASTNACHT, Kieran James LENNON, Bernd Harald LIEPOLD, Claudia Bettina PACKHAEUSER, Benedikt STEITZ
  • Publication number: 20240382479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the drug 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one in a solid dispersion with a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature, such as copovidone. The invention also relates to a daily pharmaceutical dose of the drug provided by such a formulation. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature in solid dispersion with 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one for increasing the bioavailability of the drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Karl BECHTOLD, Julie Kay CAHILL, Katja Maren FASTNACHT, Kieran James LENNON, Bernd Harald LIEPOLD, Claudia Bettina PACKHAEUSER, Benedikt STEITZ
  • Patent number: 12144810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the drug 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one in a solid dispersion with a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature, such as copovidone. The invention also relates to a daily pharmaceutical dose of the drug provided by such a formulation. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature in solid dispersion with 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one for increasing the bioavailability of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KUDOS PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Karl Bechtold, Julie Kay Cahill, Katja Maren Fastnacht, Kieran James Lennon, Bernd Harald Liepold, Claudia Bettina Packhaeuser, Benedikt Steitz
  • Patent number: 12119703
    Abstract: An example system includes an ear-wearable device comprising a housing and a rechargeable battery located within the housing; a supplemental power storage device configured to provide electrical energy; and circuitry configured to transfer, responsive to occurrence of an event, electrical energy from the supplemental power storage device to the rechargeable battery prior to an initial use of the ear-wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Olson, Justin Burwinkel, Michael Karl Sacha
  • Patent number: 12101606
    Abstract: A method for fitting a hearing instrument comprises obtaining sensor data from a plurality of sensors belonging to a plurality of sensor types; applying a machine learned (ML) model to determine, based on the sensor data, an applicable fitting category of the hearing instrument from among a plurality of predefined fitting categories, wherein the plurality of predefined fitting categories includes a fitting category corresponding to a correct way of wearing the hearing instrument and a fitting category corresponding to an incorrect way of wearing the hearing instrument; and generating an indication based on the applicable fitting category of the hearing instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Kendra Griffin, Paul Reinhart, Tracie Tuss, Kent Collins, Michael Karl Sacha
  • Publication number: 20240270111
    Abstract: Provided are electric vehicle charging systems and methods of operating such systems for charging electric vehicles (EVs). A system comprises one or more EV charging ports (e.g., charge handles) for connecting to EVs. The system may include various features to identify specific EVs. The system also includes a grid connector for connecting to an external power grid and, in some examples, to monitor the power grid conditions (e.g., voltage, AC frequency). The system also includes a system controller, configured to control the power output at each EV charging port based on, e.g., vehicle charging requirements and/or available grid power. The system can also include an integrated battery, serving as a backup and/or an addition to the power grid. Furthermore, in some examples, the system includes a solar connector (e.g., with an integrated inverter) for connection to an external solar array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Intrinsic Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Broc William TenHouten, David Brian TenHouten, Eahab Nagi El Naga, Kenneth James Goodstein, Kurt Jason Mitts, Michael Karl Lee
  • Patent number: 12048695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the drug 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one in a solid dispersion with a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature, such as copovidone. The invention also relates to a daily pharmaceutical dose of the drug provided by such a formulation. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature in solid dispersion with 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one for increasing the bioavailability of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: KUDOS PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Karl Bechtold, Julie Kay Cahill, Katja Maren Fastnacht, Kieran James Lennon, Bernd Harald Liepold, Claudia Bettina Packhaeuser, Benedikt Steitz
  • Patent number: 12015899
    Abstract: A system may have a rechargeable hearing instrument with a power source, an ultraviolet (UV) sensor configured to convert received UV light into electrical power and charging circuitry coupled to the UV sensor and to the power source. The charging circuitry may use the electrical power to charge the power source. A charger may have a charging cavity configured to receive the rechargeable hearing instrument. A power source within the charger powers a UV light source located within the charger configured to provide UV light to the UV sensor of the rechargeable hearing instrument when the rechargeable hearing instrument is placed within the charging cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Flanagan, Kyle Olson, Michael Karl Sacha, Andy S. Lin, Fa Wang
  • Publication number: 20240173182
    Abstract: A bed is provided. The bed includes a plurality of wheels contacting the floor, a frame supported by the plurality of wheels, a support deck supported by the frame and having a head end, a foot end, a first side extending between the head end to the foot end, and a second side extending between the head end to the foot end, the support deck being expandable in a transverse extent from the first side to the second side from a first size to a second size, the second size having a larger area than the first size, and an assembly coupled to the support deck, the assembly including a single powered mechanical actuator which expands the support deck from the first size to the second size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: MICHAEL KARL JOHNSON, TAYLOR ALLEN RESSEL
  • Patent number: 11993169
    Abstract: Provided are electric vehicle charging systems (EV charging systems) and methods of operating such systems for charging electric vehicles (EVs). A system, which may be referred to as electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE), comprises one or more EV charging ports (e.g., charge handles) for connecting to EVs. The system may include various features to identify specific EVs. The system also includes a grid connector for connecting to an external power grid and, in some examples, to monitor the power grid conditions (e.g., voltage, AC frequency). The system also includes a system controller, configured to control the power output at each EV charging port based on, e.g., vehicle charging requirements and/or available grid power. The system can also include an integrated battery, serving as a backup and/or an addition to the power grid. Furthermore, in some examples, the system includes a solar connector (e.g., with an integrated inverter) for connection to an external solar array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Intrinsic Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Broc William TenHouten, David Brian TenHouten, Eahab Nagi El Naga, Kenneth James Goodstein, Kurt Jason Mitts, Michael Karl Lee
  • Patent number: 11975001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the drug 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one in a solid dispersion with a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature, such as copovidone. The invention also relates to a daily pharmaceutical dose of the drug provided by such a formulation. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature in solid dispersion with 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one for increasing the bioavailability of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KUDOS PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Karl Bechtold, Julie Kay Cahill, Katja Maren Fastnacht, Kieran James Lennon, Bernd Harald Liepold, Claudia Bettina Packhaeuser, Benedikt Steitz