Patents by Inventor Michael Cooney

Michael Cooney 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).

  • AIRCRAFT SOLID STATE POWER CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF MONITORING THE TEMPERATURE OF A SOLID STATE SWITCH IN AN AIRCRAFT SOLID STATE POWER CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20240145190
    Abstract: A method of monitoring the temperature of a solid state switch in an aircraft solid state power controller. The method includes: measuring an electric current (I) flowing through the solid state switch; calculating, based on the measured electric current (I), an introduced electric power (Pel) that is introduced into the solid state switch within the predefined time period (?t); calculating an increase in temperature (?T) of the solid state switch that is caused by the introduced electric power (Pel); calculating an actual temperature (Tact) of the solid state switch by adding the calculated increase in temperature (?T) to an ambient temperature (Tamb); and comparing the calculated actual temperature (Tact) with a predefined temperature threshold (Tth) and determining an overheat condition if the calculated actual temperature (Tact) exceeds the predefined temperature threshold (Tth).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Gietzold, Gerd Michael Kluger, Markus Greither, Joshua C. Swenson, Nhia Yang, Robert C. Cooney, Francis Belisle, Charles Shepard
  • Dynamic user interface control system
    Patent number: 11941351
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a graphical user interface to a computing device are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: John Michael Collinson, Christopher William Cooney, Russell Voutour, Marie-Julie Demers, Arun Victor Jagga, John Jong-Suk Lee
  • Polytree queue for synchronizing data with a shared resource
    Patent number: 11316951
    Abstract: A system, method and program product for synchronizing client-based data with data in a shared resource. A system is provided that receives data from a plurality of client devices, the data being indicative of at least one action associated with a shared resource accessible by the plurality of client devices, and inserts a plurality of actions indicated by the data as nodes into a polytree queue, wherein actions that do not depend on other actions in the polytree queue are inserted as root level nodes, and actions that depend on other actions in the polytree queue are inserted as child nodes. The system further executes the nodes in the polytree queue to synchronize the data from the plurality of client devices with the shared resource, wherein root level nodes are scheduled for immediate concurrent execution, and execution of child nodes is delayed until parent nodes of an associated child node are executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Cooney, Gaurav Saraf, Shashank Choudhary
  • POLYTREE QUEUE FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA WITH A SHARED RESOURCE
    Publication number: 20210099543
    Abstract: A system, method and program product for synchronizing client-based data with data in a shared resource. A system is provided that receives data from a plurality of client devices, the data being indicative of at least one action associated with a shared resource accessible by the plurality of client devices, and inserts a plurality of actions indicated by the data as nodes into a polytree queue, wherein actions that do not depend on other actions in the polytree queue are inserted as root level nodes, and actions that depend on other actions in the polytree queue are inserted as child nodes. The system further executes the nodes in the polytree queue to synchronize the data from the plurality of client devices with the shared resource, wherein root level nodes are scheduled for immediate concurrent execution, and execution of child nodes is delayed until parent nodes of an associated child node are executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Cooney, Gaurav Saraf, Shashank Choudhary
  • Reagent bottle with aspiration pipe
    Patent number: 10625266
    Abstract: An embodiment of a reagent container includes a bottle with a pipe to reduce the effects of reagent sloshing. The bottle has an elongated base and an opposed cover connected by side walls and an end wall. A flat platform surrounded by a raised rim lies in the base opposite an opening in the cover. A ribbed pipe frictionally fits within the bottle opening and may attach to the anchor region leaving vent passages around the pipe. The pipe includes an aperture adjacent to the anchor region and oriented toward the end wall so that sloshed fluid has only a small effect on the level of reagent in the pipe during transfers. A modified blow molding process produces the anchor region by extending a pin a predetermined distance into a mold while the molded material is still plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: Beckman Coulter, Inc., DTIL Ireland Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Masato Kayahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Furuya, Naoki Mukaiyama, Michael Cooney, Marcus O'Neill, Sean O'Mahony
  • REAGENT BOTTLE WITH ASPIRATION PIPE
    Publication number: 20170297026
    Abstract: An embodiment of a reagent container includes a bottle with a pipe to reduce the effects of reagent sloshing. The bottle has an elongated base and an opposed cover connected by side walls and an end wall. A flat platform surrounded by a raised rim lies in the base opposite an opening in the cover. A ribbed pipe frictionally fits within the bottle opening and may attach to the anchor region leaving vent passages around the pipe. The pipe includes an aperture adjacent to the anchor region and oriented toward the end wall so that sloshed fluid has only a small effect on the level of reagent in the pipe during transfers. A modified blow molding process produces the anchor region by extending a pin a predetermined distance into a mold while the molded material is still plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Masato Kayahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Furuya, Naoki Mukaiyama, Michael Cooney, Marcus O'Neill, Sean O'Mahony
  • System and method for associating item lists with geographical locations
    Patent number: 9727907
    Abstract: A current geographic location of a mobile device, such as a smart phone, tablet computer, or the like, is used to retrieve one or more lists of product related items, such as information related to product that has been delivered/shipped to one or more locations in the vicinity of the current geographic location of the mobile device. The lists of product related items provide details about the product related items and a user interface element for allowing, among other things, items to be ordered, e.g., for delivery/shipment to a corresponding geographic location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Cooney, Daniel S. Grimm, William Gillespie, Ismael Moustafa
  • Reagent bottle with aspiration pipe
    Patent number: 9610583
    Abstract: An embodiment of a reagent container includes a bottle with a pipe to reduce the effects of reagent sloshing. The bottle has an elongated base and an opposed cover connected by side walls and an end wall. A flat platform surrounded by a raised rim lies in the base opposite an opening in the cover. A ribbed pipe frictionally fits within the bottle opening and may attach to the anchor region leaving vent passages around the pipe. The pipe includes an aperture adjacent to the anchor region and oriented toward the end wall so that sloshed fluid has only a small effect on the level of reagent in the pipe during transfers. A modified blow molding process produces the anchor region by extending a pin a predetermined distance into a mold while the molded material is still plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Beckman Coulter, Inc., DTIL Ireland Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Masato Kayahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Furuya, Naoki Mukaiyama, Michael Cooney, Marcus O'Neill, Sean O'Mahony
  • REAGENT BOTTLE WITH ASPIRATION PIPE
    Publication number: 20150343446
    Abstract: An embodiment of a reagent container includes a bottle with a pipe to reduce the effects of reagent sloshing. The bottle has an elongated base and an opposed cover connected by side walls and an end wall. A flat platform surrounded by a raised rim lies in the base opposite an opening in the cover. A ribbed pipe frictionally fits within the bottle opening and may attach to the anchor region leaving vent passages around the pipe. The pipe includes an aperture adjacent to the anchor region and oriented toward the end wall so that sloshed fluid has only a small effect on the level of reagent in the pipe during transfers. A modified blow molding process produces the anchor region by extending a pin a predetermined distance into a mold while the molded material is still plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Masato Kayahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Furuya, Naoki Mukaiyama, Michael Cooney, Marcus O'Neill, Sean O'Mahony
  • PROCUREMENT PROCESS UTILIZING A LIGHT SENSOR
    Publication number: 20140304110
    Abstract: A system for managing a procurement process uses an ambient light sensor to detect an operating anomaly regarding at least one light source. A procurement system operatively coupled to the light sensing system receives information indicative of the detected operating anomaly of the at least one light source and, in response thereto, initiates the procurement process to obtain a replacement for the at least one light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    Inventors: George C. Rimnac, Jr., David Brenner, Michael Cooney, Geoffry A. Westphal, Erwin Munoz Cruz
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING ITEM LISTS WITH GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
    Publication number: 20140279210
    Abstract: A current geographic location of a mobile device, such as a smart phone, tablet computer, or the like, is used to retrieve one or more lists of product related items, such as information related to product that has been delivered/shipped to one or more locations in the vicinity of the current geographic location of the mobile device. The lists of product related items provide details about the product related items and a user interface element for allowing, among other things, items to be ordered, e.g., for delivery/shipment to a corresponding geographic location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Cooney, Daniel S. Grimm, William Gillespie, Ismael Moustafa
  • GRAVITY FEED FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140193724
    Abstract: A gravity feed flow battery system and method are provided. The gravity feed flow battery system includes a first battery stack including a first half-cell utilizing a liquid electrolyte, a first gravity feed system, including at least a first storage tank and a first standpipe, designed to generate a first hydrostatic pressure in the first standpipe for the liquid electrolyte in the first standpipe sufficient to force the liquid electrolyte to be fed from the first gravity feed system through the first half-cell, and a return system to return the liquid electrolyte from the first half-cell to the first gravity feed system. There may be multiple gravity feed systems, including a gravity feed system for a positive electrolyte and a gravity feed system for a negative electrolyte. The gravity feed flow battery system may have a two-tank flow battery configuration, or a four-tank flow battery configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Ashlawn Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Maurice Daniel, Michael Cooney, Joseph F. Startari
  • Method for bacterially treating tank toilet systems and apparatus for using same
    Patent number: 6743361
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to a method for bacterially treating small-tank toilet systems and an apparatus for using same, and in particular, bacterially treating small-tank portable toilets, such as toilet systems in airplanes, busses, campers, trains, boats, and free-standing portable toilets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Biological Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Doege, Saul Krell, Mark Brodowicz, Michael Cooney
  • Composition
    Publication number: 20040048765
    Abstract: There is provided a composition comprising (i) a detergent compound of the formula R1-L-N(R2)(R3) wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 500 to 5000, L is an optional linker group; and R2 and R3 are independently selected from H, a hydrocarbyl group, with the proviso that if one of R2 and R3 is a hydrocarbyl group and the other of R2 and R3 is H, the hydrocarbyl group does not contain a terminal amine; (ii) a carrier oil comprising an optionally esterified polyether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Anthony Michael Cooney, Andrea Sneddon, John Martin Trainor
  • Method and system for information communication between potential positionees and positionors
    Publication number: 20030009437
    Abstract: A computer program and method are disclosed for matching a potential positionee and potential positionor. The potential positionee is provided with a positionee information entry interface for entering positionee information comprising the potential positionee's actual qualifications. The positionee information is stored in a database. Matching is accomplished by providing the potential positionor with a positionor information entry interface for electronically entering positionor information comprising at least one target qualification for a position, the positionor information being stored in the database. Matching is based on determining whether the positionee information correlates with the positionor information. A correlated information list is created. The correlated information is presented for review. Code sections of the computer program preferably accomplish these and other tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Margaret Seiler, Thomas Revane, Daniel Ambrecht, William Backs, William Bailey, Andrew Bennett, Larry Books, James Bremenkamp, Brad Brown, Rodger Campbell, Ten-Hung Chu, Michael Cooney, Mitchell Daniels, Rory Dickinson, Martin Donnelly, Ann Fish, Sandra Gates, Sandra Grepling, Michael Gulino, William Harrison, Steven Holman, Douglas Horton, Raymond Jackson, Simon Jin, Christopher Jones, Gunter Kalogridis, Paul Kreiner, Breck Kuhnke, Louis Lembcke, Timothy Lenning, Thomas Lepore, Gary Mayer, Joseph Mindock, Karl Moulton, Brent Peebles, Denise Pike, Andrzej Placzek, Timoty Saar, Mark Schlosser, Susan Schumerth, Scott Sellers, Andrew Sutter, Korol Taylor, Eric Toennies, William Vonderhaar, M. John Way, Lisa Winfrey, Carol Yanowitz, Youan Zeng, Mark Zgarrick, Saptarshi Kateata, Angel Li
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D747813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: Beckman Coulter, Inc., DHR Technologies Ireland Limited (DTIL)
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Masato Kayahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Furuya, Naoki Mukaiyama, Michael Cooney, Marcus O'Neill, Sean O'Mahony
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D768871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: Beckman Coulter, Inc., DHR Technologies Ireland Limited (DTIL)
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Masato Kayahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Furuya, Naoki Mukaiyama, Michael Cooney, Marcus O'Neill, Sean O'Mahony
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D784552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Beckman Coulter, Inc., DTIL Ireland Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Masato Kayahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Furuya, Naoki Mukaiyama, Michael Cooney, Marcus O'Neill, Sean O'Mahony
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D784553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Beckman Coulter, Inc., DTIL Ireland Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Masato Kayahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Furuya, Naoki Mukaiyama, Michael Cooney, Marcus O'Neill, Sean O'Mahony