Patents by Inventor Michael Abbott

Michael Abbott 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: 11191638
    Abstract: Expandable docking stations for docking an expandable valve can include a valve seat, one or more sealing portions, and/or one or more retaining portions. The valve seat can be unexpandable or substantially unexpandable beyond a deployed size. The one or more sealing portions can be connected to the valve seat and extend radially outward of the valve seat. The one or more sealing portions can be constructed to expand outward of the valve seat and provide a seal over a range of sizes. The one or more retaining portions can be connected to the one or more sealing portions. The one or more retaining portions are configured to retain the docking station at a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Dustin P. Armer, Michael D. Franklin, Sergio Delgado, Abhijeet Joshi, Dinesh L. Sirimanne, Russell T. Joseph, Eason Michael Abbott, Tram Ngoc Nguyen, Son V. Nguyen, Hien Tran Ngo, Vivian Tran, Charles L. Bowman, Stanton J. Rowe
  • Publication number: 20210310055
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying sequence information from measurements made on single nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. The systems and methods can include binding portions of nucleic acid molecules with marker molecules, such as fluorescent molecules and/or intercalating molecules. The marker molecules provide a detectable signal that includes information about the underlying genomic information of the location on the nucleic acid molecule where a given marker molecule is bound. A profile of the detectable signal along a position of the nucleic acid is acquired for multiple different nucleic acid molecules. The PRIMR algorithm processes the data to provide a consensus profile from which a consensus underlying genomic information can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: David Charles SCHWARTZ, Subhrangshu NANDI, Michael Abbott NEWTON
  • Publication number: 20200406872
    Abstract: A brake actuator system may comprise a brake actuator comprising a ball screw, a ball nut coupled to the ball screw, and a ram coupled to a ram end of the ball nut; a position sensor coupled to the brake actuator; a processor in electronic communication with the brake actuator and the position sensor; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may comprise commanding the brake actuator to translate the ball nut in a first direction toward a brake stack; detecting the pusher reaching a furthest forward position; and commanding the brake actuator to translate the ball nut in a second direction opposite the first direction for a predetermined retraction distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: NAISON MASTROCOLA, MICHAEL ABBOTT
  • Patent number: 10800386
    Abstract: A brake actuator system may comprise a brake actuator comprising a ball screw, a ball nut coupled to the ball screw, and a ram coupled to a ram end of the ball nut; a position sensor coupled to the brake actuator; a processor in electronic communication with the brake actuator and the position sensor; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may comprise commanding the brake actuator to translate the ball nut in a first direction toward a brake stack; detecting the pusher reaching a furthest forward position; and commanding the brake actuator to translate the ball nut in a second direction opposite the first direction for a predetermined retraction distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naison Mastrocola, Michael Abbott
  • Patent number: 10745325
    Abstract: A method including infiltrating a porous fiber preform with a slurry including a carrier fluid and a first plurality of solid particles wherein the first plurality of solid particles includes at least a first ceramic material, drying the slurry to form a greenbody preform, machining the greenbody preform to a target dimension, depositing a protective layer precursor including a second plurality of solid particles on the machined greenbody preform wherein the second plurality of solid particles includes at least a second ceramic material, and infiltrating the machined greenbody preform with a molten infiltrant to form a composite article including an integral protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Sungbo Shim, Michael Abbott
  • Patent number: 10744985
    Abstract: An electro-hydrostatic brake system includes a motor controller configured to receive a brake command, a motor in electronic control communication with the motor controller, and a pump mechanically coupled to the motor. In various embodiments, the electro-hydrostatic brake system further includes a hydraulic tank fluidly coupled in fluid providing communication with the pump, a hydraulic pressure rail fluidly coupled in fluid receiving communication with the pump, and a brake actuator in fluid communication with the hydraulic pressure rail and configured to exert a braking force on a wheel, wherein the braking force is directly modulated by the motor and/or the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naison E Mastrocola, Michael Abbott, Tyler Arsenault
  • Patent number: 10735543
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable mediums are disclosed for device-to-device caching. In some implementations, a method includes: registering, by an electronic device, a cache service on a local area network (LAN), the LAN including other registered electronic devices; generating, by the electronic device, a content map for cached content, the content map generated from descriptors of the cached content and including data indicating that the cached content described by the content descriptors is possibly cached or is definitely not cached by the electronic device; advertising, by the electronic device, the registered cache service and the content map; receiving, by the electronic device, a request for content from a requesting electronic device registered on the LAN; determining, by the electronic device, that the requested content is cached; and sending, by the electronic device, the requested content to the requesting electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Daniel M. Zitter, Jason R. Thorpe, Michael Abbott
  • Publication number: 20200128096
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage media for edge caching shared devices. In some implementations, a method comprises: receiving, by an edge cache server on a local area network (LAN) from a client device, a locate server request; determining, by the edge cache server, that the edge cache server has established server affinity with a user of the client device; sending, by the edge cache server to the client device, affinity data corresponding to the user; receiving, by the edge cache server from the client device, a request to transfer user data corresponding to the user; determining, by the edge cache server, that a new version of the user data is available; downloading, by the edge cache server, the new version of the user data; and sending, by the edge cache server to the client device, the new version of the user data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Jason R. Thorpe, Michael Abbott
  • Publication number: 20200004587
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems for a multithreaded processor core with hardware-assisted task scheduling are described. In an embodiment, a processor includes a first hardware thread, a second hardware thread, and a task manager. The task manager is to issue a task to the first hardware thread. The task manager includes a hardware task queue in which to store a plurality of task descriptors. Each of the task descriptors is to represent one of a single task, a collection of iterative tasks, and a linked list of tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Griffin, Joshua Fryman, Jason Howard, Sang Phill Park, Robert Pawlowski, Michael Abbott, Scott Cline, Samkit Jain, Ankit More, Vincent Cave, Fabrizio Petrini, Ivan Ganev
  • Patent number: 10516752
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums for edge caching shared devices. In some implementations, a method comprises: receiving, by a client device on a local area network (LAN), a request for data transfer from a user of the client device; determining, by the client device, if one of a plurality of edge cache servers on the LAN has established server affinity with the user; if an edge cache server has established server affinity with the user, initiating, by the client device, data transfer between the client device and the edge cache server; and if no edge cache server on the LAN has established server affinity with the user, establishing, by the client device, server affinity between the user and one of the plurality of edge cache servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Jason R. Thorpe, Michael Abbott
  • Patent number: 10493962
    Abstract: A brake actuator system may comprise a brake actuator comprising a ball screw, a ball nut coupled to the ball screw, and a ram coupled to a ram end of the ball nut; a position sensor coupled to the brake actuator; a processor in electronic communication with the brake actuator and the position sensor; and/or a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may comprise commanding the brake actuator to translate the ball nut in a first direction toward a brake stack; detecting the ram reaching a furthest forward position; and commanding the brake actuator to translate the ball nut in a second direction opposite the first direction for a total retraction distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naison Mastrocola, Michael Abbott
  • Publication number: 20190358030
    Abstract: Expandable docking stations for docking an expandable valve can include a valve seat, one or more sealing portions, and/or one or more retaining portions. The valve seat can be unexpandable or substantially unexpandable beyond a deployed size. The one or more sealing portions can be connected to the valve seat and extend radially outward of the valve seat. The one or more sealing portions can be constructed to expand outward of the valve seat and provide a seal over a range of sizes. The one or more retaining portions can be connected to the one or more sealing portions. The one or more retaining portions are configured to retain the docking station at a deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Dustin P. Armer, Michael D. Franklin, Sergio Delgado, Abhijeet Joshi, Dinesh L. Sirimanne, Russell T. Joseph, Eason Michael Abbott, Tram Ngoc Nguyen, Son V. Nguyen, Hien Tran Ngo, Vivian Tran, Charles L. Bowman, Stanton J. Rowe
  • Publication number: 20190322259
    Abstract: An electro-hydrostatic brake system includes a motor controller configured to receive a brake command, a motor in electronic control communication with the motor controller, and a pump mechanically coupled to the motor. In various embodiments, the electro-hydrostatic brake system further includes a hydraulic tank fluidly coupled in fluid providing communication with the pump, a hydraulic pressure rail fluidly coupled in fluid receiving communication with the pump, and a brake actuator in fluid communication with the hydraulic pressure rail and configured to exert a braking force on a wheel, wherein the braking force is directly modulated by the motor and/or the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naison E Mastrocola, Michael Abbott, Tyler Arsenault
  • Patent number: 10435005
    Abstract: A brake monitoring and adjustment control system includes an electromechanical brake actuator controller (EBAC) and at least one sensor operatively connected to the EBAC. The sensor is configured to sense a characteristic of a brake and provide a feedback signal to the EBAC. The system includes a switch for turning power to the sensor on and off to reduce the duration with voltage applied to the sensor. Reducing the duration in which voltage is applied to the sensor reduces power consumption and assists with mitigating electro-migration growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Abbott
  • Patent number: 10427665
    Abstract: A method for fault detection and accommodation for a controller and actuator system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a controller, a flag at an actuator in response to an excitation voltage and current falling below a threshold value, engaging a sensor in the actuator in response to receiving the flag, receiving, using the sensor a first load cell signal and a second load cell signal in response to the sensor being engaged, determining how actuator is operating brake based on the received flag, first load cell signal, and second load cell signal, adjusting a state of the actuator based on the determination, and reporting the state of the actuator by transmitting a report signal to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Naison E. Mastrocola, Michael Abbott, Brian L. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20190231521
    Abstract: Expandable docking stations for docking an expandable valve can include a valve seat, one or more sealing portions, and/or one or more retaining portions. The valve seat can be unexpandable or substantially unexpandable beyond a deployed size. The one or more sealing portions can be connected to the valve seat and extend radially outward of the valve seat. The one or more sealing portions can be constructed to expand outward of the valve seat and provide a seal over a range of sizes. The one or more retaining portions can be connected to the one or more sealing portions. The one or more retaining portions are configured to retain the docking station at a deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Dustin P. Armer, Michael D. Franklin, Sergio Delgado, Abhijeet Joshi, Dinesh L. Sirinanne, Russell T. Joseph, Eason Michael Abbott, Tram Ngoc Nguyen, Son V. Nguyen, Hien Tran Ngo, Vivian Tran, Charles L. Bowman, Stanton J. Rowe
  • Patent number: 10363130
    Abstract: Expandable docking stations for docking an expandable valve can include a valve seat, one or more sealing portions, and one or more retaining portions. The valve seat can be unexpandable or substantially unexpandable beyond a deployed size. The one or more sealing portions are connected to the valve seat and extend radially outward of the valve seat. The one or more sealing portions are constructed to expand outward of the valve seat and provide a seal over a range of sizes. The one or more retaining portions are connected to the one or more sealing portions. The one or more retaining portions are configured to retain the docking station at a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Dustin P. Armer, Michael D. Franklin, Sergio Delgado, Abhijeet Joshi, Dinesh L. Sirimanne, Russell T. Joseph, Eason Michael Abbott, Tram Ngoc Nguyen, Son V. Nguyen, Hien Tran Ngo, Vivian Tran, Charles L. Bowman, Stanton J. Rowe
  • Patent number: 10355917
    Abstract: An example system includes a slave processor and a master processor. The master processor is configured to communicate with the slave processor over a digital communication link in a first mode, and over an analog communication link in a second mode. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard A. Poisson, Michael Abbott
  • Publication number: 20190185384
    Abstract: A method including infiltrating a porous fiber preform with a slurry including a carrier fluid and a first plurality of solid particles wherein the first plurality of solid particles includes at least a first ceramic material, drying the slurry to form a greenbody preform, machining the greenbody preform to a target dimension, depositing a protective layer precursor including a second plurality of solid particles on the machined greenbody preform wherein the second plurality of solid particles includes at least a second ceramic material, and infiltrating the machined greenbody preform with a molten infiltrant to form a composite article including an integral protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Sungbo Shim, Michael Abbott
  • Patent number: D867595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Dustin P. Armer, Sergio Delgado, Michael D. Franklin, Eason Michael Abbott, Tram Ngoc Nguyen