Patents by Inventor Michael A. Roberts

Michael A. Roberts 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).

  • EMBOLIC PROTECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240065821
    Abstract: Configurations are described for assisting execution of a percutaneous procedure while protecting the vascular pathway to the target treatment area. One example is directed to an embolic protection system for deploying a device to a distal location across a diseased vessel, the embolic protection system which may include an expandable introducer, an embolic protection device, and a loading sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher K. Huynh, Michael T. Carley, Richard S. Ginn, Adam Robert Tanner
  • HITCH ASSEMBLY FOR BUCKET
    Publication number: 20240068198
    Abstract: A hitch assembly for a bucket of a work machine includes a bracket adapted to be removably coupled with the bucket at any one of a plurality of hitch locations. The bracket defines a first bracket end and a second bracket end. The bracket is adapted to be coupled with a drag chain proximal to the first bracket end. The hitch assembly also includes one or more first mechanical fasteners adapted to removably couple the bracket with the bucket. The hitch assembly further includes a second mechanical fastener adapted to be coupled with each of the bucket and the bracket proximal to the second bracket end. Based on a removal of the one or more first mechanical fasteners from the bucket and the bracket, the bracket and the second mechanical fastener rotate relative to the bucket for disposing the bracket at any one of the plurality of hitch locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Global Mining LLC
    Inventor: Michael Robert Stolz
  • BATTERY CONNECTOR PLATE WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELD
    Publication number: 20240072342
    Abstract: A battery component includes a header body and a frame secured to the header body. The frame includes an electromagnetic shield portion. The electromagnetic shield portion defines at least one electrical connection port. The electrical connection port is configured to receive an electrically conductive object. The electromagnetic shield portion is configured to dissipate electromagnetic radiation from the electrically conductive object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Scott Gray, Alexander Robert Rink, Michael Barr, Nathaniel Conti, Nicholas Patino, Nicholas Braeseker
  • INTENT-DRIVEN CONFIGURATION OF A CLOUD-NATIVE ROUTER
    Publication number: 20240073087
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for leveraging a configuration framework for an orchestration platform to configure software that implements a control plane for a containerized network router in a cloud-native SDN architecture. In an example, a method comprises receiving, by a server executing a containerized routing protocol process, configuration data generated from a Network Resource configuration object managed by a custom resource controller; configuring, by the server, the containerized routing protocol process with the configuration data; and programming, by the containerized routing protocol process, based on the configuration data generated from the Network Resource configuration object, a virtual router data plane to forward network traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Henkel, Richard Roberts
  • ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20240074079
    Abstract: An electrical assembly including a grounding mechanism and an electrical device, the grounding mechanism including a support longitudinal member and a switch contact member, the switch contact member arranged in or on the support longitudinal member, the switch contact member configured to be connected in use to ground, the electrical device including an electrical terminal, wherein the support longitudinal member is configured to be slidable between: a first position in which the switch contact member is separated from the electrical terminal so that the switch contact member is electrically disconnected from the electrical device and a second position in which the switch contact member is in contact with the electrical terminal so that the switch contact member is electrically connected to the electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Neil Stuart SPIBEY, Dario BERGAMO, Eros STELLA, Philip Stephen JONES, Michael EVANS, Ashley SMITH, Matthew Robert ORFORD
  • DYNAMIC VISUAL OVERLAY FOR ENHANCED TERRAIN PERCEPTION ON REMOTE CONTROL CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20240073393
    Abstract: During operation of a machine, an understanding of terrain features is critical. Accordingly, disclosed embodiments augment a video stream, captured by a camera mounted on the machine, with terrain information. In particular, an overlay is generated on at least one image frame. The overlay, which may comprise one or more semi-transparent bands, may cyclically recede from a foreground to a background of the image frame(s), cyclically advance from a background to a foreground of the image frame(s), or cyclically move horizontally across the image frame(s). The overlay may be colorized to illustrate the height of the terrain underneath the overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Allan LEHOCKY, Michael William BRIDENBAUGH, Brad Robert VAN DE VEER, Jeffrey K. BERRY, Jeffrey J. BAKER
  • INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHISHING THREAT PREVENTION USING TOKENS
    Publication number: 20240073200
    Abstract: A system for communicating email messages using tokens receives a request to send an email message to a receiver. The email message is associated with a sender's email address. The system determines whether the sender's email address is associated with a token from a plurality of tokens stored in a token-email address mapping table. The system generates a particular token for the sender's email address in response to determining that the sender's email address is not associated with a token, where the particular token uniquely identifies the sender's email address. The system sends the email message using the particular token instead of the sender's email address, such that the sender's email address remains anonymous from the perspective of the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kelly Renee-Drop Keiter, Michael Robert Young, Tomas Mata Castrejon, III, Rick Wayne Sumrall
  • VERTEX INDEX ROUTING FOR TWO LEVEL PRIMITIVE BATCH BINNING
    Publication number: 20240070961
    Abstract: Techniques for performing rendering operations are disclosed herein. The techniques include in a coarse binning pass, generating a sorted set of draw calls, based on geometry processed through a world space pipeline and vertex indices obtained from an input assembler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Livesley, Vishrut Vaibhav, Tad Robert Litwiller
  • SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY TRACKING RESOURCES USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS
    Publication number: 20240073021
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for dynamically tracking resources using non-fungible tokens. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, over a distributed computing network from a computing device of a user, a request for a non-fungible token (NFT) for a resource, wherein the resource is a physical object; initiate a non-fungible token (NFT) generator on the resource in response to receiving the request; extract resource information from the resource; generate, using the NFT generator, the NFT, wherein the NFT comprises at least the resource information; and record the NFT for the resource on a distributed ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Robert Young, Manu Jacob Kurian
  • Sprayer assembly
    Patent number: 11912491
    Abstract: This application describes a sprayer assembly that can attach to a variety of different types of pre-filled, fluid containers (e.g., non-pressurized fluid containers) for holding the fluid to be sprayed. For example, the sprayer assembly can include a sprayer-head assembly for attaching to a container of fluid, a canister for holding the container of fluid, or any combination thereof In addition, the sprayer assembly can be connected to a variety of different types of pressurized air sources. The sprayer-head assembly can include a nozzle assembly (e.g., fluid uptake tube, valve, and nozzle head), as well as a trigger for actuating the nozzle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BG Intellectuals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jason Erwin, Bradley Robert Young, Stephen Marvin Pederson, Zachary Adam Dold
  • Chromatography system
    Patent number: 11913918
    Abstract: A chromatography system for at least one of tangential flow chromatography and lateral flow chromatography comprising: an inlet; a functionalised adsorbent chromatography medium downstream of the inlet; an outlet downstream of the adsorbent chromatography medium; and a flow guide downstream of the inlet and upstream of the adsorbent chromatography medium and configured to distribute a flow of a liquid from the inlet across a width of the adsorbent chromatography medium; wherein the flow guide comprises a pattern of channels providing flow paths from the inlet to different parts of the adsorbent chromatography medium along the width of the adsorbent chromatography medium, wherein the pattern of channels is provided so as to reduce a difference in arrival time and/or flow velocity of liquid reaching the adsorbent chromatography medium across the width of the adsorbent chromatography medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PURIDIFY LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Williams, Iwan Roberts, Oliver Hardick, Matthew Townsend, Christopher Morris, Shameer Subratty
  • Xbundle: a hierarchical hypergraph database designed for distributed processing
    Patent number: 11914578
    Abstract: In some aspects, a server may receive commands from a computing device. The commands may cause the server to create an empty xbundle comprising a context and create a set of additional empty xbundles within the context. The set of additional empty xbundles includes at least a first xbundle, a second xbundle, and a third xbundle. The commands may cause the server to connect the first xbundle to the second xbundle using the third xbundle to create a particular xbundle in which the first xbundle comprises a first vertex, the second xbundle comprises a second vertex, and the third xbundle comprises an edge connecting the first xbundle to the second xbundle. The commands may cause the server to save, in a datastore, the particular xbundle comprising the context that includes the first xbundle, the second xbundle, and the third xbundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Roberts
  • Gateway enrollment for Internet of Things device management
    Patent number: 11916911
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for enrollment of gateway enrollment for Internet-of-Things (IoT) device management. In some examples, a client device receives a gateway management installation package from a management service. The client device installs a gateway management application to the gateway device using the installation package. Enrollment credentials are entered through a user interface generated using the gateway management application and shown on the client device. The client device instructs the gateway management application enroll the gateway device with the management service. Usage of the enrollment credentials prevents a user from being exposed to gateway credentials that authenticate communications between the gateway device and the management service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen McCready, Ravishankar Chamarajnager, Greg Bollella, Muhammad Akbar, Michael Robert Jones
  • Nozzle airfoil profile with elliptical trailing edge
    Patent number: 11913359
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nozzle adapted for placement within a flowpath of a turbomachine. The nozzle includes an airfoil having a suction side; a pressure side opposing the suction side; a leading edge between the pressure side and the suction side; a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and between the pressure side and the suction side; a root region at a first radial end; a tip region at a second radial end opposite the first radial end; and a midspan region between the root region and the tip region. An endwall is connected with the root region or the tip region of the airfoil along the suction side, the pressure side, the trailing edge, and the leading edge. The trailing edge of the airfoil has an elliptical shape having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in TABLE I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: James Robert Einwaechter, Matthew Scott Lutz, Michael John Williams, Jr.
  • EVENT BASED NETWORK MICRO-SEGMENTATION MODELING FOR USER AUTHENTICATED ACCESS TO DISTRIBUTED NETWORK SYSTEM SEGMENTS
    Publication number: 20240061950
    Abstract: A system is provided for monitoring real-time data inputs across multiple channels, determining potential impacts to a network or entity policy taxonomy, and taking one or more automated, responsive actions based on determined impacts. In this way, the system described herein is able to optimize system processes and system protections on an enterprise-wide scale in response to current events, policy or regulation changes, or predicted measures taken by private or public entities that may necessitate adaptation of one or more workflow processes or technology taxonomies, either upstream or downstream of the system itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: George Anthony Albero, Michael Robert Young, Dustin Paul Stocks
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING, TRANSMITTING AND DISPLAYING SENSOR DATA
    Publication number: 20240064205
    Abstract: Systems and methods for continuous measurement of an analyte in a host are provided. The system generally includes a continuous analyte sensor configured to continuously measure a concentration of analyte in a host and a sensor electronics module physically connected to the continuous analyte sensor during sensor use, wherein the sensor electronics module is further configured to directly wirelessly communicate displayable sensor information to a plurality of different types of display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Robert MENSINGER, John Michael DOBBLES, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Beat STADELMANN, Deborah M. RUPPERT, Nasser SALAMATI, Richard C. YANG
  • Deep symbolic validation of information extraction systems
    Patent number: 11907842
    Abstract: A system comprises a memory that stores computer-executable components; and a processor, operably coupled to the memory, that executes the computer-executable components. The system includes a receiving component that receives a corpus of data; a relation extraction component that generates noisy knowledge graphs from the corpus; and a training component that acquires global representations of entities and relation by training from output of the relation extraction component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alfio Massimiliano Gliozzo, Sarthak Dash, Michael Robert Glass, Mustafa Canim
  • Generating multi-perspective responses by assistant systems
    Patent number: 11908181
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user query inputted on a head-mounted device from the head-mounted device, wherein the user query corresponds to multiple dialog-intents, executing multiple tasks corresponding to the multiple dialog-intents, generating a multi-perspective response by a stitching model based on two or more of execution results of the multiple tasks, wherein the stitching model combines the two or more of the execution results based on natural language processing, and wherein the multi-perspective response comprises a natural-language response combining the two or more execution results, and sending instructions to the head-mounted device for presenting the multi-perspective response on the head-mounted device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Michael Robert Hanson, Rajen Subba, Heidi Young, Rushin Shah, Jinsong Yu, Benoit F. Dumoulin, Jeremy Gillmor Kahn, Chandrasekhar Iyer
  • Catalytic element with inductive heater
    Patent number: 11905870
    Abstract: Catalytic elements are usable in waste gas control processes. The catalytic elements include an open inlet into a hollow body and a closed end thereby forcing fluid or gas through a porous catalytic layer of the element. The catalytic layer includes inorganic fibers and a catalyst disposed on or incorporated into the fibers. The catalytic element also includes an inductive heater disposed therein and a conductive layer about the inductive heater to transfer heat to the catalyst and fluid or gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: UNIFRAX I LLC
    Inventors: James D. Grace, Mark E. Beauharnois, Adam M. Nohel, Michael Robert Carson, Jr., Dakota Piehler, Donald John Daniels, IV, Maurice Y. Belisle
  • Fire pit
    Patent number: D1015503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Global Outdoors, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Robert Horsfield, Yu Lu, Jiayong Feng