Patents by Inventor Michael Fredericks

Michael Fredericks 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: 20220283067
    Abstract: Invention is a device to allow a person to self-measure hydrostatic weight. The method comprises of using the device (Buoyometer) in a pool or other body of liquid of known density to counter the force of gravity pulling the body downwards. The point of neutral buoyancy—that is the point where the Buoyometer's buoyancy exactly equals the gravitational force is measured and from that hydrostatic weight is calculated. Hydrostatic weight is then used to assess body density—and thus body composition—using previously determined empirical equations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Frederick Koerschner
  • Publication number: 20220261759
    Abstract: Methods and systems for expense management, comprising: retrieving at least one electronic feed of charges for multiple expense receipt records directly from at least one lodging and/or transportation vendor, the at least one feed of charges including computer-readable electronic transaction data; detecting that at least one expense receipt record from the multiple expense receipt records from the at least one feed of charges is comprised of two or more line items; mapping the two or more line items to at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service that is chargeable to at least one account identifier, the mapping utilizing vendor expense codes and/or keyword searches; and pre-populating the at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service mapped to each of the two or more line items from the at least one expense receipt record in at least one expense report in at least one expense management system as two or more expense itemizations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Fredericks, Joseph Dunnick, Valery Gorodnichev, Jeannine Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11401125
    Abstract: A dispensing box with a roll tensioner houses a material roll and maintains a material cutting edge in an upward position for easy grasping during use. The roll tensioner comprises distal and proximal end sections with opposing bottom tabs separated by a spring back reversion section. A roll tensioner slide assembly integrated in the front wall of the dispensing box has opposing parallel slits terminating at opposing parallel slots with parallel locking flaps. Opposing bottom tabs of a roll tensioner are inserted through the parallel slots, resting in a first position during non-use and adapted to be slid down into a second position in the parallel slits when later engaged for use to retain the material cut edge in the upward position for easy grasping. The locking flaps have break-away top and bottom walls abutting a bend wall and are in a stored position and later opened outward to a locking position during use to prevent movement of the roll tensioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SOURCE UNLIMITED LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Publication number: 20220221518
    Abstract: A battery characterization system includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s) operably coupled to the DSC and the memory. Based on a reference signal, the DSC generates a charge signal, which includes an AC (alternating current) component, and provides the charge signal to a terminal of a battery via a single line and simultaneously to senses the charge signal via the single line to detect an electrical characteristic of the battery based on a response of the battery. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the battery. The processing module(s), based on the operational instructions, generate the reference signal to include a frequency sweep of the AC component of the charge signal (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Michael Frederick David Olley, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220193977
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
  • Publication number: 20220185207
    Abstract: An electrical assembly is presented herein. The electrical assembly includes a first printed circuit board having a planar first substrate and a first conductive trace disposed thereon, a second printed circuit board distinct from the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board having a planar second substrate and a second conductive trace disposed thereon, and an electrically conductive device having at least two terminals interconnecting the first conductive trace to the second conductive trace. A method of assembling an electrical distribution center is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Frederick Loew, Jorge Alberto Rosales Baca
  • Patent number: 11361281
    Abstract: Methods and systems for expense management, comprising: retrieving at least one electronic feed of charges for multiple expense receipt records directly from at least one lodging and/or transportation vendor, the at least one feed of charges including computer-readable electronic transaction data; detecting that at least one expense receipt record from the multiple expense receipt records from the at least one feed of charges is comprised of two or more line items; mapping the two or more line items to at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service that is chargeable to at least one account identifier, the mapping utilizing vendor expense codes and/or keyword searches; and pre-populating the at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service mapped to each of the two or more line items from the at least one expense receipt record in at least one expense report in at least one expense management system as two or more expense itemizations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Michael Fredericks, Joseph Dunnick, Valery Gorodnichev, Jeannine Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11292180
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Friendship Products LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
  • Patent number: 11282190
    Abstract: Disclosed are hair analysis systems and methods comprising: (a) a step to capture an image at least of the top of the head of a user at an image capture unit and to send the image from the image capture unit to a hair analysis unit; (b) a step to analyze the user's hair coverage and/or scalp coverage condition at hair analysis unit, based on the image from the image capture unit by using a deep neural network that predicts user's hair coverage and/or scalp coverage relative to a gender population and is trained on class labels acquired by crowd sourcing, and to provide an analysis result to a display unit; and (c) a step to display at a display unit the analysis result to the user. The present invention provides the system and the method with an improved sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Frederick Niebauer, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Raghunandan Melkote Kainkaryam, Ankur Purwar, Stephen Casperson
  • Publication number: 20210396812
    Abstract: A battery characterization system includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s) operably coupled to the DSC and the memory. Based on a reference signal, the DSC generates a charge signal, which includes an AC (alternating current) component, and provides the charge signal to a terminal of a battery via a single line and simultaneously to senses the charge signal via the single line to detect an electrical characteristic of the battery based on a response of the battery. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the battery. The processing module(s), based on the operational instructions, generate the reference signal to include a frequency sweep of the AC component of the charge signal (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Michael Frederick David Olley, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210394423
    Abstract: Described are a mold and molding process for manufacturing devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like devices or containers. The mold is formed with a cup mold and top end mold sections specially designed to allow for molding and demolding a container with an undercut. The cup mold includes, on a vertical wall, one or more undercuts. Multiple undercuts may further form tongues with undercuts each of which forms a groove with undercuts on the molded article, and/or one or more grooves with undercuts each of which form a tongue with undercuts in the molded article. Molding and Demolding of the article with undercuts is further enabled by utilizing an improved method of molding said article with an undercut, and demolding said article from the mold once it is molded, by improvements to each stage of the molding process, including the preform stage, the conditioning station stage, the blow stage and the release stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy Carlson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
  • Patent number: 11197856
    Abstract: Embodiments of this invention provide compositions and methods for therapeutic use of diketopiperazines including cyclic G-2-Allyl Proline and other cyclic Glycyl Proline compounds to treat symptoms of Autistic Disorder or Autism, as well as manufacture of medicaments including tablets, capsules, liquid formulations, gels, injectable solutions, and other formulations that are useful for treatment of such conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: NEUREN PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Lawrence Irwin Glass, Michael John Bickerdike, Michael Frederick Snape, Patricia Cogram
  • Patent number: 11170347
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for delivering personalized content to a customer. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing notifications related to the needs of a customer. A content management system may determine the needs of a customer as they relate to relevant products and/or services offered by one or more business entities, determine and prioritize actions that may fulfill these needs, and deliver personalized content to the customer based on the customer's information. Accordingly, the systems and techniques provided herein may improve the efficiency and reduce the time involved with delivering effective content to a customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Brady Carl Stephenson, Michael Frederick Willette, Gunjan C. Vijayvergia
  • Publication number: 20210298240
    Abstract: A bale transporter (1) for transporting four rows (3) of bales (2) comprises a chassis (5), a first framework (20) mounted on the chassis (5) for carrying a lower two of the rows (3) of bales (2), and a secondary framework (26) for carrying an upper two of rows (3) of bales (2). A pair of transfer elements (60) are pivotally coupled to the chassis (5) about respective first pivot axes (61) between a first state for picking up bales from the ground, and a second state for transferring the bales onto the main and secondary frameworks (20) and (26). The secondary framework (26) is urgeable between a first state adjacent the main framework (20) and a raised second state spaced apart above the secondary framework (26). Initially, with the secondary framework (26) in the first state, two rows (3) of bales (2) are picked up by the transfer elements (60) and transferred onto the secondary framework (26) which is then urged upwardly into the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: MALONE FARM MACHINERY LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael Frederick MALONE
  • Patent number: 11131714
    Abstract: A battery characterization system includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s) operably coupled to the DSC and the memory. Based on a reference signal, the DSC generates a charge signal, which includes an AC (alternating current) component, and provides the charge signal to a terminal of a battery via a single line and simultaneously to senses the charge signal via the single line to detect an electrical characteristic of the battery based on a response of the battery. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the battery. The processing module(s), based on the operational instructions, generate the reference signal to include a frequency sweep of the AC component of the charge signal (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Michael Frederick David Olley, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210289928
    Abstract: A handheld camera support assembly includes a support assembly coupled to a harness, with the harness secured around the torso and shoulders of an operator during use. The support assembly includes an arm receiving pocket that is pivotally coupled to a torso panel with the arm receiving pocket configured for receiving an arm of the operator. A camera assist mount is coupled to the arm receiving pocket to provide a mounting or positioning point for a handheld camera during use by the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Frederick Ruggirello
  • Publication number: 20210293888
    Abstract: A battery characterization system includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s) operably coupled to the DSC and the memory. Based on a reference signal, the DSC generates a charge signal, which includes an AC (alternating current) component, and provides the charge signal to a terminal of a battery via a single line and simultaneously to senses the charge signal via the single line to detect an electrical characteristic of the battery based on a response of the battery. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the battery. The processing module(s), based on the operational instructions, generate the reference signal to include a frequency sweep of the AC component of the charge signal (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Michael Frederick David Olley, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210267113
    Abstract: An attachment (1) for attaching to a towbar (3) of a towable apparatus (5), for example, a mower for hitching the towable apparatus (5) to either an agricultural tractor or a road vehicle comprises a mounting shaft (10) for securing to the towbar (3), and carrying a first gearbox (12). A second gearbox (14) is pivotally coupled to the first gearbox (12) about a vertical pivot axis (15) through which drive is transmitted from the second gearbox (14) to the first gearbox (12). A carrier housing (24) is rigidly secured to the second gearbox (14) and carries a first hitch (30) for hitching to a complementary hitch mechanism of a road vehicle, and a second hitch (38) for coupling a tractor (7). The second gearbox (14) is pivotal relative to the first gearbox (14) about the main pivot axis (15) between a first state with the first hitch (30) ready for hitching to the road vehicle, and a second state with the second hitch (38) ready for hitching to the tractor (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Frederick MALONE
  • Publication number: 20210247448
    Abstract: A battery characterization system includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s) operably coupled to the DSC and the memory. Based on a reference signal, the DSC generates a charge signal, which includes an AC (alternating current) component, and provides the charge signal to a terminal of a battery via a single line and simultaneously to senses the charge signal via the single line to detect an electrical characteristic of the battery based on a response of the battery. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the battery. The processing module(s), based on the operational instructions, generate the reference signal to include a frequency sweep of the AC component of the charge signal (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Michael Frederick David Olley, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210222680
    Abstract: A rotor lock assembly for locking a rotor of a wind turbine. The rotor lock assembly has at least one relocatable rotor lock. The relocatable rotor lock has a housing, a bushing element, a pin shaft position within the bushing element, and a locking mechanism. The housing includes a mounting portion adapted for mounting to a bearing housing adjacent to a rotor lock plate of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Brian William Manikas, Paul Howard Davidson, Michael Frederick Sander, Jacob Thomas Hoyt, Jason James Welsh, Kevin L. Holmes