Patents by Inventor Michael A. Wright
Michael A. Wright 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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Publication number: 20240141683Abstract: A system includes a first mid-rail slit positioned at a first position. A second mid-rail slit is positioned at a second position directly across from the first mid-rail slit. A first and second stile are positioned between the first and second mid-rail slit. The first and second stile are inserted and positioned in a perpendicular direction to a bottom panel to be aligned in a vertical direction between the first and second mid-rail slit. The first and second stile provide separation for a plurality of decorative screen panels. The plurality of decorative screen panels are positioned in contact with the first and second stile.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Douglas Grant Wright, Patrick Joseph Bertke
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Publication number: 20240125458Abstract: A trim attachment system includes a light fixture housing and a first coiled spring bracket having a first coil section and a first elongated section. The first elongated section is positioned in the light fixture housing and attached to the light fixture housing, where the first coil section is attachable to a trim to pull up the trim toward an opening of the housing. The trim attachment system further includes a second coiled spring bracket having a second coil section and a second elongated section. The second elongated section is positioned in the light fixture housing and attached to the light fixture housing, where the second coil section is attachable to the trim to pull up the trim toward the opening of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: PRADIP VILASRAO JOGDAND, TIMOTHY GLENN WRIGHT, JARED MICHAEL DAVIS, JASON QUENTIN PAULSEL, JAY PAUL BOKROS
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Patent number: 11950683Abstract: A method is provided for preparing a hair dye color mixture. The method includes: accessing a control system having at least a processor, a memory, and user input controls, the memory configured to store ingredients of a hair dye color mixture, receiving user input from the user input controls to change one or more ingredients of the hair dye color mixture to a new product brand; matching the color of the hair dye color mixture using one or more ingredients of the new product brand, in response to the user input; and displaying the ingredients of the hair dye color mixture in the new product brand on a display.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: B&R Holdings, LLCInventors: Mitchell H. Saranow, Michael Wright
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Publication number: 20240110349Abstract: A chute rotation control system for a snow thrower is disclosed. One example embodiment is a chute rotation control system configured to rotate a chute of a snow thrower, comprising: a chute rotation motor coupled to the chute via one or more gears, wherein the chute rotation motor is configured to alternately rotate the chute clockwise and counterclockwise; a left chute control configured to receive one or more left user inputs and to generate a left output signal; a right chute control configured to receive one or more right user inputs and to generate a right output signal; and a motor controller configured to receive the left input signal and the right input signal, to cause the chute rotation motor to rotate the chute counterclockwise in response to the left input, and to cause the chute rotation motor to rotate the chute clockwise in response to the right input signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Carl Luli, Michael Wright, Brian Carter, David Kusnerak
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Publication number: 20240104664Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes receiving claim edit information including a plurality of claim edits made to a plurality of claims at a first time interval, where the plurality of claim edits are made using a rule; receiving claim information representing the status of the plurality of claims at a second time interval; and determining a persistence value based on the plurality of claims at a second time interval and the plurality of claim edits made at a first time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Sheila Miller, Michael Bradigan, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Marcus, Andrew Laurer, Lourn Bun, Mona Schuessler
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Publication number: 20240099617Abstract: Method and apparatuses for diffuse optical tomography (DOT) are disclosed herein. A DOT device includes a substrate, one or more radiation sources, a plurality of detectors, and structures disposed over the second surface of the plurality of detectors. The one or more radiation sources are disposed over or under a surface of the substrate. Each detector of the plurality of detectors has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is opposite the second surface. The first surface of the plurality of detectors disposed over or under the surface of the substrate. The method of DOT method of includes emitting and scattering radiation from one or more sources of a DOT device; detecting scattered radiation with a plurality of detectors of the DOT device; and translating the scattered radiation that is detected into data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: David Alexander SELL, Paul GALLAGHER, Christopher G. TALBOT, Christopher John WRIGHT, Harry Michael CRONIN
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Publication number: 20240104763Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: detecting, at a second user device, one or more display patterns displayed at a display of a first user device, wherein the one or more display patterns comprise features with spatial variations configured to be detected by a radar module of the second user device; determining at least one of an orientation, position, or size of the first user device based, at least in part, on the one or more display patterns; and determining at least one of an orientation or position of the second user device relative to the first user device within a coordinate system of the first user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Rory Andrew Bruce McDonald, Christopher John Wright, Harry Michael Cronin
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Patent number: 11939484Abstract: A multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a fusing agent with water and a radiation absorber, and a detailing agent. The radiation absorber can absorb radiation energy and converts the radiation energy to heat. The detailing agent can include water and from about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt % organosilanes based on a total weight of the detailing agent, wherein the organosilanes include an organosilane compound with a central silicon having both a water-solubilizing group and multiple hydrolyzable groups attached thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Graciela E. Negri Jimenez, Michael A. Novick, Tienteh Chen, Jacob Wright
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Patent number: 11933397Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an actuation system for a driveline shifting member in a transmission system of a vehicle. In one example, a system may include an actuator coupled to a lever arm via one or more parallel axis gears, and a shaft connecting the lever arm to a driveline shifting member, the lever arm driven via a rolling element housed within a slot in the lever arm aligned with a center of a parallel axis gear of the one or more parallel axis gears.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLCInventors: Robert A. Wright, Michael Z. Creech
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Publication number: 20240087738Abstract: A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an imaging system, and a mapping module. The mapping module may access a plan view map of an area and tags associated with the area. In various embodiments, each tag may include tag coordinates and tag information, which may include a tag annotation. A tag identification system may identify tags within a predetermined range of the current position and the control system may execute an action based on an identified tag whose tag information comprises a telepresence robot action modifier. The telepresence robot may rotate an upper portion independent from a lower portion. A remote terminal may allow an operator to control the telepresence robot using any combination of control methods, including by selecting a destination in a live video feed, by selecting a destination on a plan view map, or by using a joystick or other peripheral device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Yulun Wang, Charles S. Jordan, Tim Wright, Michael Chan, Marco Pinter, Kevin Hanrahan, Daniel Sanchez, James Ballantyne, Cody Herzog, Blair Whitney, Fuji Lai, Kelton Temby, Eben Christopher Rauhut, Justin H. Kearns, Cheuk Wah Wong, Timothy Sturtevant Farlow
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Publication number: 20240077953Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described including: generating a display pattern including features with spatial variations, wherein the spatial variations are configured to enable determination, by a first radar device, of at least one of an orientation of a first user device, position of the first user device, size of a display of the first user device, or one or more gestures associated with the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Rory Andrew Bruce McDonald, Christopher John WRIGHT, Harry Michael CRONIN
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Patent number: 11913183Abstract: A chute control assembly for a snow thrower having a housing, handle, and a chute includes a control mechanism, a connecting mechanism, and a guide mechanism. The control mechanism includes an actuator mechanism that allows an operator to manually control the orientation of the chute from a position spaced apart from the chute. The connecting mechanism transfers rotation of the actuator mechanism to the guide mechanism. The guide mechanism is attached to the chute and rotates and adjust the orientation of the chute in response to rotation of the actuator mechanism in order to change the direction that snow is thrown from the snow thrower.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: MTD PRODUCTS INCInventors: Adam Hiller, Michael Wright, Keith Fortlage, Alan Dumitrescu
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Publication number: 20230399102Abstract: A method for communicating with a passenger making a journey in a vehicle is provided, the vehicle having a broadcast system for transmitting information to one or more passengers, the passenger having and operating a Portable Electronic Device (PED), the PED operable to receive information from the broadcast system of the vehicle and to display information content to the passenger; the method comprising transmitting information to the PED of one or more passengers within the vehicle; wherein the PED displays information content derived from the information transmitted to the PED. A communication system for performing the method and a vehicle comprising the communication system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: David Robert Thomas, James Henry Daniel Woodhead, Phil Hall, Tom Michael Walker, John Michael Wright
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Publication number: 20230327344Abstract: A wireless transceiver for a wireless communication network has an offset Gregorian antenna arrangement comprising a primary reflector dish, an electrically conductive reflector member comprising a secondary reflector and a conductive support wall, a planar array of antenna elements arranged as a feed for transmitting radio frequency signals to the secondary reflector and/or for receiving radio frequency signals from the secondary reflector and a conductive support block configured to support the planar array of antenna elements. The conductive support wall is connected directly to the conductive support block, and the conductive support wall is configured to be substantially perpendicular to the planar array of antenna elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Cambium Networks LtdInventors: Robert UPTON, Varun Hegde, Michael Wright, Paul Clark, Matt Fuller, Nigel Jonathan Richard King
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Patent number: 11715885Abstract: A wireless transceiver for a wireless communication network has an offset Gregorian antenna arrangement comprising a primary reflector dish, an electrically conductive reflector member comprising a secondary reflector and a conductive support wall, a planar array of antenna elements arranged as a feed for transmitting radio frequency signals to the secondary reflector and/or for receiving radio frequency signals from the secondary reflector and a conductive support block configured to support the planar array of antenna elements. The conductive support wall is connected directly to the conductive support block, and the conductive support wall is configured to be substantially perpendicular to the planar array of antenna elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Cambium Networks LtdInventors: Robert Upton, Varun Hegde, Michael Wright, Paul Clark, Matt Fuller, Nigel Jonathan Richard King
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Publication number: 20230221486Abstract: A closure for an apparatus comprises: a plurality of light sources; a lightguide to distribute light from the plurality of light sources, the lightguide having a first primary surface opposite a second primary surface, wherein the first primary surface has a first surface treatment, and wherein light emitted from the lightguide indicates a status of the apparatus; and a frame supporting the plurality of light sources and the lightguide for selective movement of the closure vertically or horizontally relative to the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Michael Wright, Erik Allegoren, Erik Williamson
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Patent number: 11614579Abstract: A closure for an apparatus comprises: a plurality of light sources; a lightguide to distribute light from the plurality of light sources, the lightguide having a first primary surface opposite a second primary surface, wherein the first primary surface has a first surface treatment, and wherein light emitted from the lightguide indicates a status of the apparatus; and a frame supporting the plurality of light sources and the lightguide for selective movement of the closure vertically or horizontally relative to the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Michael Wright, Erik Allegoren, Erik Williamson
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Publication number: 20230082595Abstract: A chute control assembly for a snow thrower having a housing, handle, and a chute includes a control mechanism, a connecting mechanism, and a guide mechanism. The control mechanism includes an actuator mechanism that allows an operator to manually control the orientation of the chute from a position spaced apart from the chute. The connecting mechanism transfers rotation of the actuator mechanism to the guide mechanism. The guide mechanism is attached to the chute and rotates and adjust the orientation of the chute in response to rotation of the actuator mechanism in order to change the direction that snow is thrown from the snow thrower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Adam Hiller, Michael Wright, Keith Fortlage, Alan Dumitrescu
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Publication number: 20220330683Abstract: A system and method for batch sizing a formula that defines one or more hair dye materials and corresponding recommended amounts for creating an individual batch sized amount of a hair dye mixture. One method includes providing a control system having at least a processor and a computer-readable memory, wherein the memory contains software configured to receive a formula defining instructions for blending a hair dye mixture using one or more colorants and/or dye blending materials and amounts recommended for the hair dye mixture. The method further includes presenting a plurality of batch sizing adjustment criteria on a display; and receiving user input, via a user input device, selecting one or more of the plurality of batch sizing adjustment criteria. The batch sizing adjustment criteria includes customer characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Debbie Miller, Mitchell H. Saranow, Michael Wright
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Patent number: 11432153Abstract: The present invention filters access points presented to a user and locks onto an access point. An access point filtering unit determines the access points accessible by a client device and then filters them to present only the access points that are acceptable under a security policy in force. An access point locking unit has a plurality of operating modes and can lock onto a user selected access point, a security policy prescribed access point, or the access point with the best signal profile. The present invention also includes several methods such as: a method for filtering access points for presentation to the user, a method for locking onto an access point selected by the user, a method for locking onto an access point with the best signal profile, and a method for locking onto an access point prescribed by a security policy for a given location.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brent Beachem, Peter Boucher, Gabe Nault, Richard Rollins, Jonathan Brett Wood, Michael Wright