Patents by Inventor Michael Andrews

Michael Andrews 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: 11786010
    Abstract: Extruded components for articles of footwear and methods of making such articles of footwear are disclosed. A carrier can be formed from a first material, the carrier including an attachment surface configured to attach to an upper and a receiving surface having a plurality of receptacles. A second material can be extruded into a plurality of the receptacles to form cushioning elements of a sole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Reebok International Limited
    Inventors: Paul Davis, Dennis Gaboriault, Ricardo Vestuti, Henry Hardigan, Frank Millette, Michael Andrews
  • Publication number: 20230311129
    Abstract: Tissue sample cassettes for receiving tissue samples include an upper tray including compartments separated by dividers, a lower tray coupled to the upper tray and having a central recess, and an absorbent material located in the recess of the lower tray. Related systems and methods for automated gross processing of tissue samples are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
  • Patent number: 11775310
    Abstract: A processing system includes a system interconnect, a processor coupled to communicate with other components in the processing system through the system interconnect, distributed general purpose registers (GPRs) in the processing system wherein a first subset of the distributed GPRs is located in the processor and a second subset of the distributed GPRs is located in the processing system and external to the processor, and a first set of conductors directly connected between the processor and the second subsets of the distributed GPRs. An instruction execution pipeline in the processor accesses any register in the first and second subsets of the distributed GPRs as part of the processor's GPRs during instruction execution in the processor, in which the second subset of the distributed GPRs is accessed through the first conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Fischer, Kevin Bruce Traylor
  • Patent number: 11778092
    Abstract: Implementations are directed to using an assistant to initiate automated telephone calls with entities. Some implementations identify an item of interest, identify a group of entities associated with the item, and initiate the calls with the entities. During a given call with a given entity, the assistant can request a status update regarding the item, and determine a temporal delay before initiating another call with the given entity to request a further status update regarding the item based on information received responsive to the request. Other implementations receive a request to perform an action on behalf of a user, identify a group of entities that can perform the action, and initiate a given call with a given entity. During the given call, the assistant can initiate an additional call with an additional entity, and generate notification(s), for the user, based on result(s) of the given call and/or the additional call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Yuval Baror, Michael Andrew Goodman, Praveen Krishnakumar
  • Publication number: 20230305845
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to cause data to be selectively stored in one or more memory locations. In at least one embodiment, a processor is to cause data to be selectively stored in one or more memory locations based, at least in part, on one or more threads to use the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Harold Carter Edwards, Stephen Anthony Bernard Jones, David Anthony Fontaine, Sebastian Piotr Jodlowski, Aditya Avinash Atluri, Andrew Robert Kerr, Michael Andrew Clark, Gonzalo Brito Gadeschi, Olivier Giroux, Jaydeep Marathe, Thibaut Lutz, Hariharan Sandanagobalane, Gokul Ramaswamy Hirisave Chandra Shekhara, Girish Bhaskarrao Bharambe, Rishkul Kulkarni, Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos
  • Publication number: 20230307253
    Abstract: A kit of parts for forming a foreline for coupling a process chamber to a vacuum pumping and/or abatement system, the kit comprising: a plurality of foreline segments; wherein each foreline segment is a pipe that comprises: a first substantially straight end portion; a second substantially straight end portion opposite to the first end portion; and an intermediate portion disposed between the first and second end portions and connected to the first and second end portions by respective bends; the first and second end portions are substantially parallel to each other; the intermediate portion is oblique to the first and second end portions; and the foreline segments are configured to be attached together so as to form a continuous foreline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Bailey, Michael Andrew Galtry
  • Publication number: 20230295444
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a coating composition comprising a film forming component, an effective amount of a copper containing glass particle and an effective amount of a color shift mitigating agent. Substrates coated therewith are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc.
    Inventors: Aneta Bogdanova Iossifova, Michael Andrew Zalich, Darin Wiley Laird, Douglas G. Montjoy, Juliet M. Pitcher, David N. Walters, John Burgman, Justin Martin
  • Patent number: 11761698
    Abstract: A defrost cycle control assembly includes a first sensor that is configured to measure a temperature adjacent a top portion of an outdoor heat exchanger of a heat pump, a second sensor that is configured to measure a temperature adjacent a bottom portion of the outdoor heat exchanger, and a third sensor that is configured to measure an ambient temperature. Further, the defrost cycle control assembly includes a controller that is configured to initiate a defrost cycle of the heat pump based on the temperature adjacent the top portion and the ambient temperature when said temperatures indicate formation of frost at the top portion of the outdoor heat exchanger where the first sensor is disposed. The controller is configured to terminate the defrost cycle when the temperature at the bottom portion reaches a termination temperature which indicates that the frost on the outdoor heat exchanger has melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Aniket R. Kalambe, Walter R. Lowrimore, Neil D. Hurt, Michael Andrews, Randy Foster
  • Patent number: 11763813
    Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to reducing latency in automated assistant interactions. In some implementations, a client device can receive audio data that captures a spoken utterance of a user. The audio data can be processed to determine an assistant command to be performed by an automated assistant. The assistant command can be processed, using a latency prediction model, to generate a predicted latency to fulfill the assistant command. Further, the client device (or the automated assistant) can determine, based on the predicted latency, whether to audibly render pre-cached content for presentation to the user prior to audibly rendering content that is responsive to the spoken utterance. The pre-cached content can be tailored to the assistant command and audibly rendered for presentation to the user while the content is being obtained, and the content can be audibly rendered for presentation to the user subsequent to the pre-cached content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Lior Alon, Rafael Goldfarb, Dekel Auster, Dan Rasin, Michael Andrew Goodman, Trevor Strohman, Nino Tasca, Valerie Nygaard, Jaclyn Konzelmann
  • Publication number: 20230290936
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of various aspects include using tin, antimony, and/or indium as an additive to an electrolyte and/or electrode in an electrochemical system, such as a battery, having an iron-based anode. In some aspects, the addition of tin, antimony, and/or indium may improve cycling of the iron-based anode. Systems, methods, and devices of various aspects include using high hydroxide concentration electrolyte in an electrochemical system, such as a battery. In some aspects, a high hydroxide concentration electrolyte may increase the stored amount of charge stored in the cell (i.e., the capacity of the battery material) and/or decrease the overpotential (i.e., increase the voltage) of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Annelise Christine THOMPSON, Michael Andrew GIBSON, William Henry WOODFORD, Rebecca Marie EISENACH, Jocelyn Marie NEWHOUSE, Nicholas Reed PERKINS, Olivia Claire TAYLOR, Kjell William SCHRODER, Karen THOMAS-ALYEA, Zachariah NORMAN, Johanna GOODMAN, Jonathan Thomas VARDNER, Benjamin Thomas HULTMAN, Sydney GARY, Natalie MAKO, Renee MITCHELL, Brooke WOJESKI, Jarrod David MILSHTEIN
  • Patent number: 11755948
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and tangible non-transitory computer readable media for saliency visualization are provided. The disclosed technology can include receiving a data input including a plurality of features. The data input can be segmented into regions. At least one of the regions can include two or more of the features. Attribution scores can be respectively generated for features of the data input. The attribution scores for each feature can be indicative of a respective saliency of such feature. A respective gain value for each region can be determined over one or more iterations based on the respective attribution scores associated with the features included in the region. Further, at each iteration one or more of the regions with the greatest gain values can be added to a saliency mask. Furthermore, at each iteration a saliency visualization can be produced based on the saliency mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Andrei Kapishnikov, Tolga Bolukbasi, Fernanda Bertini Viégas, Michael Andrew Terry
  • Patent number: 11755361
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for handling communications with external communication channel hardware devices by a processor executing event-based programming code to interface a plurality of virtual machines with the external communication channel hardware devices by providing the processor with an event latch for storing hardware events received from the external communication channel hardware devices, with a timer circuit that generates a sequence of timer interrupt signals, and with a masking circuit that masks the hardware events stored in the event latch with an event mask in response to each timer interrupt signal, where each event mask is associated with a different virtual machine running on the processor such that each virtual machine is allowed to communicate only on a masked subset of the hardware events specified by the event mask to ensure freedom from interference between the plurality of virtual machines when communicating with the external communication channel hardware device
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Kahne, Michael Andrew Fischer, Robert Anthony McGowan
  • Publication number: 20230283878
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing sensory data captured by cameras, identifying people in a field of view of the cameras based on facial recognition of the sensory data, detecting actions of one or more of the people based on the sensory data, generating media files with each being associated with one or more of a recording of at least one of the people or at least one of the determined actions, and sending instructions for presenting one or more of the media files to a client system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Lisa Xiaoyi Huang, Eric Xiao, Nicholas Michael Andrew Benson, Yating Sheng, Zijian He
  • Patent number: 11749278
    Abstract: Recommending an automated assistant action for inclusion in an existing automated assistant routine of a user, where the existing automated assistant routine includes a plurality of preexisting automated assistant actions. If the user confirms the recommendation through affirmative user interface input, the automated assistant action can be automatically added to the existing automated assistant routine. Thereafter, when the automated assistant routine is initialized, the preexisting automated assistant actions of the routine will be performed, as well as the automated assistant action that was automatically added to the routine in response to affirmative user interface input received in response to the recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Michael Andrew Goodman
  • Patent number: 11746419
    Abstract: A CVD reactor includes a gas inlet member having a circular outline, and a susceptor that can be heated by a heating device. The gas inlet member has a cooled ceiling panel with outlet openings. The CVD reactor further comprises a shield plate, which adjoins the ceiling panel and has a circular outline. The shield plate has a central zone, an annular zone surrounding the central zone, having a rear side that points toward the ceiling panel, and a flat gas outlet surface pointing toward the process chamber, in which gas outlet openings terminate. The rear side in the central zone defines a rear plane running parallel to the gas outlet surface. The shield plate has a material thickness between 3 to 12 mm, and that the shield plate is spaced apart from the ceiling plate by a gap having a height between 0.3 to 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AIXTRON SE
    Inventors: Adam Boyd, Wilhelm Josef Thomas Krücken, Honggen Jiang, Fred Michael Andrew Crawley
  • Patent number: 11743266
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments of dwelling automation administration are described. Among other aspects or features of the embodiments, a dwelling automation system in a computing device authenticates a user. A management interface in the dwelling automation system generates a user interface for administering a plurality of automation devices at different dwellings based on access and control rights of the user. The user interface can grant the user access to at least one automation device associated with a hub associated with at least one dwelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LEVEL HOME, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Rovito, Michael Taylor McGann, Isaac Gregory Martin, Eric Wood, David James Beenfield
  • Publication number: 20230265931
    Abstract: A rotary valve including a port housing, a port, an axially actuated rotary sleeve disposed within the port housing, the sleeve having a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the port; and an insert disposed within the sleeve, the insert having an opening, the sleeve being rotatable to align one of the plurality of apertures with the opening. A rotary valve including a port housing, having a port, an axially actuated rotary sleeve disposed within the port housing, the sleeve having an aperture; and an insert disposed within the sleeve, the insert having a plurality of openings of distinct size from one another, the aperture of the sleeve being selectively alignable with one of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Hai Hoang Nguyen, Michael Andrew Palmer
  • Publication number: 20230266971
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multithreaded processor and a method of assigning blocks of register files for hardware threads of multithreaded processors are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Andrew Fischer
  • Patent number: 11730268
    Abstract: A rocker recliner is disclosed that has a pair of stationary arms; a seat disposed between the arms; an ottoman; a back coupled to the seat. A full-recline linkage mechanism couples the ottoman, the seat and the back and is operable to move the ottoman, the seat and the back between a closed position, a TV position and a fully reclined position. A rocker assembly is coupled between the full-recline linkage mechanism and the stationary arms that allows the seat, back and ottoman to rock between the stationary arms in any of the closed position, the TV position or the fully reclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Crum, Gregory Mark Lawson, Cheston Brett Crawford
  • Patent number: D997181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Hao Chu, Michael Andrew Fox