Patents by Inventor Michael Coles

Michael Coles 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: 20250235904
    Abstract: Power tools, drain cleaners and methods are disclosed. A method of operating a power tool having a motor includes determining if the power tool is connected to a first power source, determining if the power tool is connected to a second power source, determining if an instruction to drive the motor is being received, powering the motor from the first power source when the instruction to drive the motor is being received and the power tool is connected to the first power source, and powering the motor from the second power source when the instruction to drive the motor is being received, the power tool is connected to the second power source, and the power tool is not connected to the first power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Alex Michael Cole, Urmi Shah, Abhishek Suhas Moghe, Jeffrey Szucs
  • Publication number: 20250235906
    Abstract: A drain cleaner includes a housing and a rotatable drum disposed in the housing. A motor is secured to the drum for rotating a drain cleaning cable. A cable clamp is secured to the drum and is rotatable with the drum. The cable clamp includes a drain cleaning cable channel for receiving the drain cleaning cable. The cable clamp is moveable between a first position in which the drain cleaning cable channel has a first depth and a second position in which the drain cleaning cable channel has a second depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Alex Michael Cole, Jeffrey Szucs
  • Publication number: 20250237047
    Abstract: A drain cleaner includes a housing and inner and outer drums disposed in the housing. The inner drum is rotatable relative to the housing. The inner drum and the outer drum form an annular drum channel for receiving a drain cleaning cable. The inner drum defines an inner drum chamber. A drain cleaning cable is disposed within the annular drum channel. The drain cleaner includes a ferrous pick-up plate. The pick-up plate rotates with the inner drum. A sensor detects rotation of the ferrous pick-up plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Alex Michael Cole, Jeffrey Szucs
  • Publication number: 20250235905
    Abstract: A drain cleaner includes a drum that is rotatable about an axis of rotation that includes an annular drum channel for receiving a drain cleaning cable. A motor for rotating the drain cleaning cable rotates with the drum. The drain cleaner includes a battery for powering the motor. The motor is rotatable relative to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey Szucs, Alex Michael Cole
  • Patent number: 12367063
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that includes configuration registers to maintain state information, a filter coupled to the configuration registers, the filter to extract transactions of interest from a plurality of incoming transactions based on the state information, wherein the transactions of interest are extracted on a transaction-by-transaction basis, a first hardware path coupled to the filter, the first hardware path to generate a count of the transactions of interest on a cycle-by-cycle basis, a second hardware path coupled to the filter, the second hardware path to measure a total latency of the transactions of interest on the cycle-by-cycle basis, and an output interface coupled to the first hardware path and the second hardware path, the output interface to determine an average latency of the transactions of interest based on the count of the transactions of interest and the total latency of the transactions of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Cole, Pattabhiraman K, Ankita A. Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20250201970
    Abstract: A system, for maintaining a working temperature of an energy storage cell of a battery module, includes a terminal. The terminal includes a heat pipe that defines a head portion and a shank portion. The shank portion is engageable with an electrical tab of the energy storage cell and defines a closed cavity having a hollow structure and a draining structure. Also, the system includes a working fluid contained within the closed cavity. The working fluid is configured to: receive heat from the electrical tab at a region where the shank portion engages with the electrical tab to be vaporized and urged through the hollow structure to reach up to a section of the closed cavity; and release the heat to the head portion at the section of the closed cavity to be condensed and drained through the draining structure to return to the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Trent Murray, Brian Michael Cole, Tyler S. Mullen, Matthew Ryan Swank
  • Patent number: 12181782
    Abstract: A mounting device to mount a personal device to sporting equipment includes a mounting bracket, a magnetic device, a magnetic plate and a foam dampener. The mounting bracket has a first end portion, a middle portion and a second end portion. The middle portion extends along an axis. The first end portion has a slot. The second end portion includes a personal device mounting portion. The magnetic device is coupled to the personal device mounting portion of the send end portion of the mounting bracket. The magnetic plate is configured to be affixed to the personal device. The foam dampener is affixed to the middle portion of the mounting bracket and configured to be compressed between the mounting bracket and the sporting equipment when mounted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Painted Arrow LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel Allen Hicks, Devin Michael Cole
  • Patent number: 12168254
    Abstract: A method of forming a cast component and a method of forming a casting mold. The method is performed by connecting at least one wax gate component to a ceramic core-shell mold. The ceramic core-shell mold includes at least a filter, first core portion, a first shell portion, and at least one first cavity between the core portion and the first shell portion. The core-shell mold may manufactured using an additive manufacturing process and may include an integrated ceramic filter. At least a portion of the ceramic core-shell mold and the wax gate component is coated with a second ceramic material. The wax gate component is then removed to form a second cavity in fluid communication with the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xi Yang, Michael Cole, Michael Brown, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Brian David Przeslawski, Douglas Gerard Konitzer
  • Patent number: 12162063
    Abstract: A method of forming a cast component and a method of forming a casting mold. The method is performed by connecting at least one wax gate component to a ceramic core-shell mold. The ceramic core-shell mold includes at least a first core portion, a first shell portion, and a second shell portion, wherein the first shell portion is adapted to interface with at least the second shell portion to form at least one first cavity between the core portion and the first and second shell portions. The core-shell mold may be inspected and assembled prior to connection of the wax gate component. At least a portion of the ceramic core-shell mold and the wax gate component is coated with a second ceramic material. The wax gate component is then removed to form a second cavity in fluid communication with the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xi Yang, Michael Cole, Michael Brown, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Brian David Przeslawski, Douglas Gerard Konitzer
  • Publication number: 20240235297
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor includes an axial shaft, a disc projecting radially from the shaft, and a ring magnet affixed to the disc. The shaft and the disc are integrally formed as a unitary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Ley, Michael Coles, Hunter Gill, Mike Alivero, Joe Engle, Kyle Chesnut, Tillian Jones, Jeremy Beck
  • Publication number: 20240136875
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor includes an axial shaft, a disc projecting radially from the shaft, and a ring magnet affixed to the disc. The shaft and the disc are integrally formed as a unitary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Ley, Michael Coles, Hunter Gill, Mike Alivero, Joe Engle, Kyle Chesnut, Tillian Jones, Jeremy Beck
  • Patent number: 11890655
    Abstract: Systems for energizing a drain cleaning cable within a drain line or other region of interest are described. A signal transmitter on an end portion of the cable enables the cable end portion to be sensed or located when in a pipe or conduit underground. Also described are electrically conductive drivetrains for transferring rotary power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Jetter Pro Inc., Ridge Tool Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Christopher Mavros, Jeffrey Szucs, Jeff Albertini, Alex Michael Cole
  • Publication number: 20230403384
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for streaming content corresponding to a 360 degree field of view are described. The methods and apparatus of the present invention are well suited for use with 3D immersion systems and/or head mounted display which allow a user to turn his or her head and see a corresponding scene portion. The methods and apparatus can support real or near real time streaming of 3D image content corresponding to a 360 degree field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: David Michael Cole, Alan McKay Moss
  • Patent number: 11827405
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing goods from a two-part carton having a base and a lid, the base being formed with side walls having external gussets secured against external side faces of the carton, the apparatus including: a lid removal module for engaging the lid and removing it from the carton; expansion members configured to be advanced between the gussets and the external side faces of the carton to remove the gussets from the side faces; engagement members for engaging side walls of the base and drawing them away from the goods and holding them in a position away from the goods; and a goods transfer module for engaging the goods and removing them from the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: VISY R & D PTY LTD
    Inventors: Michael William Griffith, Kaine Michael Cole, Derek Ian Campbell Ford, Matthew Stevens
  • Patent number: 11815152
    Abstract: Motor dampening provisions are described. Incorporation and use of the motor dampener(s) in a rotary type drain cleaning machine enables elimination of a clutch in the machine. Also described are clutch-free drive systems using the motor dampener(s). Also described are torque countering members that are used in conjunction with the motor dampener(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ridge Tool Company
    Inventors: Alex Michael Cole, Michael J. Rutkowski
  • Patent number: 11797964
    Abstract: An automated transaction machine (ATM) can include a housing, a display, a cash recycler, and a check receiver. The display can be mounted to the housing and directed toward an exterior of the housing. The cash recycler can be configured to receive a first note of currency from a first user of the ATM and dispense the first note of currency to a subsequent, second user of the ATM. The check receiver can be positioned in the housing, an intake portion with an inlet communicating with the exterior of the housing, and a check reader portion configured to receive a check from the intake portion, scan data displayed on the check, and store the check. The intake portion can be positioned below the display and the check reader portion is positioned behind the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas A. Vankirk, Chris Rowe, Damon J. Blackford, Dave Kraft, Nathaniel Oberly, Robert Michael Cole, Todd Christian, Andrea Carozzi, Erich Kujat, Jochen Linck, Michael J. Harty, Aaron C. Graham, Bohdan Kurylak, Christoph BrĂ¼cher, Kyle Mann
  • Patent number: 11770558
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for stereoscopic image encoding and decoding are described. Left and right eye images are encoded following an entropy reduction operation being applied to one of the eye images when there is a difference between the left and right images of an image pair. Information about regions of negative parallax within the entropy reduced image of an image pair is encoded along with the images. Upon decoding a sharpening filter is applied to the image in an image pair which was subjected to the entropy reduction operation. In addition edge enhancement filtering is performed on the regions of the recovered entropy reduced image which are identified in the encoded image data as regions of negative parallax. Interleaving of left and right eye images at the input of the encoder combined with entropy reduction allows for efficient encoding, storage, and transmission of 3D images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Nevermind Capital LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Cole, Alan McKay Moss, David Roller, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230244129
    Abstract: A mounting device to mount a personal device to sporting equipment includes a mounting bracket, a magnetic device, a magnetic plate and a foam dampener. The mounting bracket has a first end portion, a middle portion and a second end portion. The middle portion extends along an axis. The first end portion has a slot. The second end portion includes a personal device mounting portion. The magnetic device is coupled to the personal device mounting portion of the send end portion of the mounting bracket. The magnetic plate is configured to be affixed to the personal device. The foam dampener is affixed to the middle portion of the mounting bracket and configured to be compressed between the mounting bracket and the sporting equipment when mounted thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Painted Arrow LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel Allen Hicks, Devin Michael Cole
  • Patent number: 11707358
    Abstract: A knee prosthesis kit includes an implant and an augment. The implant has a base and a stem extending from the base, and the augment has a base and a conical, cylindrical, or anatomic portion extending from the base. The augment base has at least two openings for receiving fasteners for securing the knee augment to the implant. The portion and the base define a bore for receipt of the implant post. A coupler includes a mating portion for receipt in a bore of an implant post, and a cone-shaped portion extending from the mating portion. A method of providing fixation of knee implants includes securing an augment to an implant and positioning a conical, cylindrical, or anatomic portion of the augment within the intramedullary canal of the tibia or femur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    Inventors: Angela Black Mines, Michael Cole
  • Publication number: 20230195503
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that includes configuration registers to maintain state information, a filter coupled to the configuration registers, the filter to extract transactions of interest from a plurality of incoming transactions based on the state information, wherein the transactions of interest are extracted on a transaction-by-transaction basis, a first hardware path coupled to the filter, the first hardware path to generate a count of the transactions of interest on a cycle-by-cycle basis, a second hardware path coupled to the filter, the second hardware path to measure a total latency of the transactions of interest on the cycle-by-cycle basis, and an output interface coupled to the first hardware path and the second hardware path, the output interface to determine an average latency of the transactions of interest based on the count of the transactions of interest and the total latency of the transactions of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Cole, Pattabhiraman K, Ankita A. Agarwal