Patents by Inventor Michael A. Murray

Michael A. Murray 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: 20250147000
    Abstract: A system for predicting ideal environmental conditions to grow plants establishing a connection with at least one sensor, wherein the sensor is able to collect data related to at least one environmental condition; grouping, by one or more processors, the at least one sensor into at least one zone; calibrating the at least one sensor within each zone, wherein the calibration is based on a set of environmental conditions desired for a plant; collecting data related to the at least one environmental condition from the at least one sensor; manipulating the collected data, wherein the data is manipulated from a first format to a second format, wherein the second format is readable by a predictive analyzing engine; performing a predictive model manipulation on the manipulated collected data; alerting a user with a recommendation based on the predictive model; and manipulating a user interface to identify specific environmental conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Murray
  • Patent number: 12265194
    Abstract: A device for locating an object. The device includes a housing including a first hole. The device also includes a sensor carried by the housing and comprising two or more electrodes that are positioned next to each other to form a substantially circular configuration. The sensor includes a second hole formed in the center of the circular configuration, and the second hole is axially aligned with the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Eidinger, Yong Cushing, Michael Murray, Bianca Linay
  • Publication number: 20250054423
    Abstract: A display system may comprise an array of pixels arranged to display an image and one or more imaging sensors. Each imaging sensor may be arranged with at least one pixel of the array. The display system may further comprise at least one communication line to provide an image to the array of pixels and to output the sensed data of the plurality of imaging sensors. The display system may further comprise an array of non-visible light quantum dots. The array non-visible light quantum dot may be arranged with the array of pixels such that each quantum dot converts light from the array of pixels to emissions in a non-visible light wavelength range. The display system may further comprise a one or more sensor pixels sensitive to light in the non-visible light wavelength range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Murray, Hongmei Zhang, Ethan Sun, Timothy Hogan, Michael James Hoppe, Benjamin Ivaldi
  • Publication number: 20250049467
    Abstract: A method of suturing a trocar path incision in a tissue of a patient with an obturator includes inserting the obturator through the tissue such that a shaft of the obturator extends through a tissue opening about the trocar path incision and a distal tip of the obturator is positioned within a cavity of the patient. The method also includes directing the suture via a suturing feature with the obturator inserted through the tissue in order to direct the suture relative to the tissue. Furthermore, the method includes closing the tissue opening about the trocar path incision with the suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Gregory J. Bakos, Layne D. Christopher, Rebecca J. Gettinger, Jason L. Harris, Christopher J. Hess, Zhifan F. Huang, John V. Hunt, Michael A. Jacobs, Anil R. Jadhav, John A. Jast, Nichole Y. Kwee, Kevin A. Larson, James G. Lee, David T. Martin, Jerome R. Morgan, Michael A. Murray, Shailendra K. Parihar, Sol Posada, Devanathan Raghavan, Brian D. Schings, Patrick M. Schleitweiler, Nicholas Seipelt, Melinda Tellmann, Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse
  • Publication number: 20240380194
    Abstract: There is provided a utility junction box including a plurality of sidewalls forming a housing having an open bottom opening into an interior volume for receiving one or more utility lines from a first location, one or more apertures formed in at least one sidewall of the housing, a weather guard disposed on an exterior of the at least one sidewall having a downwardly sloping front face having formed therein one aperture corresponding to each of the one or more apertures formed in the at least one sidewall of the housing and disposed directly opposite therefrom. Each aperture formed in the sidewall of the housing is configured to allow a utility line to pass from within the interior volume of the housing through the aperture and direct the utility line through the corresponding aperture formed in the weather guard to a second location exterior to the utility junction box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Murray Bogart
  • Patent number: 12123447
    Abstract: A clip assembly is provided including a clip having a support leg joined with a control arm, an actuator, and a displacement control element operable to engage the control arm and hold the support leg in a retracted mode. The actuator is movable relative to the clip and/or a carrier associated with the clip to disengage the displacement control element from the control arm and thereby deploy the associated support leg from the body to secure the clip to the panel. The clip can include a retention leg to retain the clip relative to the panel upon installation of the clip relative to the panel. A related method of use is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: A. RAYMOND ET CIE
    Inventors: Michael Murray, Miroslaw Przybyl
  • Patent number: 12123445
    Abstract: A clip assembly is provided including a clip having a support leg joined with a control arm and a grenade pin having a grasping element and a key with a displacement control element operable to engage the control arm and hold the support leg in a retracted mode. The grenade pin is removable from the clip to disengage the displacement control element from the control arm and thereby deploy the associated support leg from the body to secure the clip to the panel. The clip can include a retention leg to retain the clip relative to the panel upon installation of the clip relative to the panel. A related method of use is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: A. RAYMOND ET CIE
    Inventors: Michael Murray, Miroslaw Przybyl
  • Publication number: 20240347053
    Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
  • Patent number: 12111304
    Abstract: The present invention is a sensor device comprising: a housing; a processing unit assembly disposed within the housing, wherein the processing unit comprising a high frequency oscillator, a first voltage meter, a low frequency oscillator, a second voltage meter; a probe having a predetermined shape and profile attached to the processing unit and extending from the housing a predetermined distance; and a first sensing unit integrated into the probe and in electrical communication with the high frequency oscillator and the first voltage meter; a second sensing unit integrated into the probe relative to the first sensing unit and in electrical communication with the low frequency oscillator and the second voltage meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Murray
  • Publication number: 20240299037
    Abstract: A surgical clip applier and methods for applying surgical clips to a vessel, duct, shunt, etc., during a surgical procedure are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical clip applier is provided having a housing with a trigger movably coupled thereto and a shaft extending therefrom with opposed jaws formed on a distal end thereof. The trigger is adapted to advance a clip to position the clip between the jaws, and to move the jaws from an open position to a closed position to crimp the clip positioned therebetween. The surgical clip applier can include a variety of features to facilitate use of the device, including features to prevent misalignment of the jaws and clip therebetween, features to protect the jaws, and features to ensure proper closure of the jaws and clip therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Disha V. Labhasetwar, Michael J. Stokes, Gregory G. Scott, Chester O. Baxter, III, Michael A. Murray, Kevin A. Larson, Ryan J. Laurent
  • Publication number: 20240301750
    Abstract: An automatic tensioning side track assembly includes at least one of a screen receiver and a base track. The screen receiver includes a first magnet channel having a first outer wall continuously surrounding an entire perimeter of the first magnet channel. A first magnet is housed within the first magnet channel, wherein the first magnet channel is configured to entirely shield the first magnet from ambient fluid and debris. The base track is engaged with the screen receiver, wherein the base track includes a second magnet channel having a second outer wall continuously surrounding an entire perimeter of the second magnet channel. A second magnet is housed within the second magnet channel, wherein the second magnet channel is configured to entirely shield the second magnet from ambient fluid and debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Murray
  • Publication number: 20240298091
    Abstract: An imaging device may include a first illumination port to output first light having a first illumination distribution at a target to illuminate the target, a second illumination port to output second light having a second illumination distribution at the target to illuminate the target, the second illumination distribution being substantially similar to the first illumination distribution at the target, the second illumination port being spaced apart from the first illumination port, the first and second illumination distributions being simultaneously provided to the target and overlapping at the target. The illumination from the first and second ports may be matched to a same aspect ratio and field of view coverage as the imaging field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick Allen MOORE, Anton Walter LAMPRECHT, Lesley Myron OTSIG, Paul Roald WESTWICK, Muhammad Nasir al-Din bin ZULKAFLY, Gavin Michael MURRAY, Adam John TYNAN, James Elliott CAMERON, Gregory Vincent BROWNE, Isabelle FONTAINE
  • Publication number: 20240217788
    Abstract: A line roller assembly is provided including a base assembly including a clamping assembly configured to clamp the base assembly to a parapet wall surrounding a roof of a structure or other installation, a carriage assembly slidably mounted on the base assembly, said carriage assembly including at least one arm including a roller at a distal end, said carriage assembly movable between at least one extended position and a medial position, and said at least one roller includes a groove configured to receive a line for aiding the line over the parapet wall, wherein in the at least one extended position the at least one arm extends a pre-determined distance over an edge of an outer wall of the structure or the at least one arm extends a pre-determined distance over an inner edge of the parapet wall of the structure over the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Murray Bogart
  • Patent number: 12018527
    Abstract: An automatic tensioning side track assembly includes a stationary base track, a dynamic screen receiver, a first magnet, a second magnet, and a screen. The first magnet is oppositely charged relative to the second magnet and is configured to maintain an attractive magnetic force with the second magnet. The first magnet is disposed at a first position associated with a first rectilinear horizontal distance away from the second magnet when the screen is at a substantially planar configuration and has a desired tensioned state. The first magnet is disposed at a second position associated with a second rectilinear horizontal distance away from the second magnet when the screen is at a substantially bowed configuration and has an undesired tensioned state. The first magnet is configured to automatically return from the second position to the first position after the screen is displaced to the substantially bowed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Murray
  • Publication number: 20240197321
    Abstract: A surgical clip applier is provided that includes first and second jaws on a distal end of an elongate shaft, a clip advancing assembly extending through the shaft and configured to advance a distal-most clip from a plurality of clips in the shaft into the first and second jaws. The jaws have opposed inward facing surfaces, and each inward facing surface has a clip track defined therein for receiving and guiding legs of a clip into the first and second jaws. The clip track of at least one of the jaws has at least one deflectable clip retention member disposed therein and configured to apply a biasing force to a leg of a clip disposed within the jaws to thereby retain the clip within the jaws and maintain alignment of the clip with respect to the jaws. The clip track of at least one of the jaws may also have at least one recess or protrusion designed to be complementary to and mate with a protrusion or recess in a clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Michael J. Stokes, Gregory G. Scott, Michael A. Murray, Ryan J. Laurent, Disha V. Labhasetwar
  • Patent number: 11986190
    Abstract: A surgical clip applier and methods for applying surgical clips to a vessel, duct, shunt, etc., during a surgical procedure are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical clip applier is provided having a housing with a trigger movably coupled thereto and a shaft extending therefrom with opposed jaws formed on a distal end thereof. The trigger is adapted to advance a clip to position the clip between the jaws, and to move the jaws from an open position to a closed position to crimp the clip positioned therebetween. The surgical clip applier can include a variety of features to facilitate use of the device, including features to prevent misalignment of the jaws and clip therebetween, features to protect the jaws, and features to ensure proper closure of the jaws and clip therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Disha V. Labhasetwar, Michael J. Stokes, Gregory G. Scott, Chester O. Baxter, III, Michael A. Murray, Kevin A. Larson, Ryan J. Laurent
  • Publication number: 20240151104
    Abstract: An automatic tensioning side track assembly includes a stationary base track, a dynamic screen receiver, a first magnet, a second magnet, and a screen. The first magnet is oppositely charged relative to the second magnet and is configured to maintain an attractive magnetic force with the second magnet. The first magnet is disposed at a first position associated with a first rectilinear horizontal distance away from the second magnet when the screen is at a substantially planar configuration and has a desired tensioned state. The first magnet is disposed at a second position associated with a second rectilinear horizontal distance away from the second magnet when the screen is at a substantially bowed configuration and has an undesired tensioned state. The first magnet is configured to automatically return from the second position to the first position after the screen is displaced to the substantially bowed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Murray
  • Patent number: 11977020
    Abstract: A structural electronics wireless sensor node is provided that includes layers of electronic components fabricated from patterned nanostructures embedded in an electrically conductive matrix. In some aspects, the structural electronics wireless sensor node includes a plurality of nanostructure layers that each form individual electronic components of the structural electronics wireless sensor node. In certain embodiments, the structural electronics wireless sensor node includes electronic components such as a resistor, a inductor, a capacitor, and/or an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Analog Devices, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Brian L. Wardle, Yosef Stein, Estelle Cohen, Michael Murray
  • Patent number: D1028209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Murray Bogart
  • Patent number: D1065550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Gavin Michael Murray, Gregory Vincent Browne, James Elliott Cameron