Patents by Inventor Michael Hall

Michael Hall 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: 20240141983
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a gearset for a vehicle transmission. In one example, a system includes a shaft comprising one or more lubricant holes oriented radially within the shaft, and one or more gears positioned radially around a central axis of the shaft. The system further includes a ring positioned circumferentially around the shaft. The ring is shaped with a radially extending portion and an axially extending portion, wherein the radially extending portion may direct lubricant flow from the radially oriented lubricant holes toward the axially extending portion, and the axially extending portion directs lubricant flow from the lubricant holes in an axial direction towards the one or more gears. The axially extending portion and radially extending portion form a cut in the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mark W. LEBER, Shane T. SMITH, Justin HALL, Langston H. CORN, Michael D. COOK
  • Publication number: 20240144559
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically generating and rendering a report data structure is provided. The report data structure is formed in a platform independent manner that includes all data for transactions used in the report. The system analyzes the transactions to be included in the report and selects the type of display component based on a ranking score to best highlight the data contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Manuel Deschamps Rascon, Stephen Mark Panaro, Ryan Lawrence Holcombe, Sanjeet Das, Michael Furtak, Mark Eli Moreau Roseboom, Jeffrey Hall Seibert, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240140767
    Abstract: A device to control rotation is disclosed. The device includes a stationary portion having an internal aperture with a frustoconical inner surface. The device also includes a movable portion having a frustoconical outer surface, adapted to engage the frustoconical inner surface, to stop rotation between the movable portion and the stationary portion when engaged. An input sleeve is included, configured to transmit an applied rotational force to the device, also configured so that, as the input sleeve moves in a first axial direction, the moveable portion engages the stationary portion, and as the input sleeve moves in a second and opposite axial direction, the moveable portion is pushed out of engagement with the stationary portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Tyler Thomas, Michael Shinedling
  • Publication number: 20240140153
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a passenger compartment, one or more vehicle controls in the passenger compartment, a user interface in the passenger compartment, and a trailer hitch towards the rear end of the vehicle. The vehicle may include an accelerometer and a vehicle control unit (VCU). The accelerometer may output a signal in response to a change in pitch of the vehicle as a trailer is attached to the vehicle at the trailer hitch. The VCU may have a memory device and a processing device. The processing device may: determine the change in the pitch of the vehicle; determine a tongue weight of the trailer based on the change in the pitch; compare the tongue weight to a threshold tongue weight; and, in response to the tongue weight being greater than the threshold tongue weight, output a warning indicator via the vehicle's user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Hall Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Thomas Corie
  • Publication number: 20240140152
    Abstract: A system for measuring the tongue weight of a trailer attached to a hitching component of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a smart device comprising a sensor for determining the angle of the smart device with respect to horizontal and an app running on the smart device. The app is configured to take a signal from the sensor when the smart device is resting on a surface of the vehicle at a point in time when the trailer is not hitched to the vehicle and store a value “Angle Unhitched,” corresponding to the angle of the vehicle without the trailer hitched. The app is also configured to take a signal from the sensor when the smart device is resting on the surface of the vehicle at a point in time when the trailer is hitched to the vehicle and store a value “Angle Hitched,” corresponding to the angle of the vehicle without the trailer hitch attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Hall Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Jacob Ovard, Thomas Corie, Chandler Flinders
  • Patent number: 11969166
    Abstract: Systems and methods of repairing tissue are disclosed. Systems and methods may repair an opening through a hip capsule. Systems and methods preferably repair the tissue while minimally encroaching on the tissue immediately behind the repair, such as the hip joint tissues. Some systems may repair the tissue with a suture passer having a needle that slides in axial alignment with the passer and includes a first recess for passing the suture in a first axial direction and a second recess for passing the suture in an opposing axial direction. Some systems may pass a portion of a repair construct in a retrograde direction, placing the repair construct in a preferred arrangement accommodating for the stresses on the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Alexander Torrie, Jessica Marie Grabinsky, Marc Joseph Balboa, Benjamin Michael Hall, Timothy Young
  • Publication number: 20240132615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel trispecific heterodimeric immunoglobulins. More specifically the present invention relates to trispecific heterodimeric immunoglobulins that target human CD3 antigen, human BCMA and human CD38 antigen. The present invention also relates to this novel class of trispecific heterodimeric immunoglobulins for use in the treatment of proliferative diseases and in particular cancers such as hematological cancer. The present invention relates to novel trispecific antibody for use in treating multiple myeloma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Maria PIHLGREN BOSCH, Mario PERRO, Olivia HALL, Laura CARRETERO IGLESIA, Adam DRAKE, Daniela PAIS, Rebecca CROASDALE-WOOD, Jérémy LOYAU, Carole ESTOPPEY, Ankita SRIVASTAVA, Michael DYSON, Julie MACOIN, Myriam CHIMEN, Thierry MONNEY, Cyrille DREYFUS
  • Publication number: 20240137220
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a server stores a set of cryptographic keys associated with a client that includes a server-stored bootstrap key, a server-stored authentication key, and a server-stored proposed key. The server receives an authentication request from the client that includes a client-indicated bootstrap key, a client-indicated authentication key, and a client-indicated proposed key. The server makes a determination that the client is authenticated based in part on whether there is a match between the client-indicated authentication key and either the server-stored authentication key or the server-stored proposed key. The server provides, based on the determination, an authentication response to the client indicating that the client has been authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ruben Erick Escolero, Michael Freed, Fiona Hall-Zazueta, Jason Trung Hoa Tang
  • Patent number: 11957246
    Abstract: A chair with a transom, a seat support, a back portion, and a combined rock and recline mechanism. The combined rock and recline mechanism has front and rear rocking arrangements configured to enable the seat support and back portion to together rock generally forward and rearward from a neutral position relative to the transom, and a recline arrangement that is configured such that the seat support is in a first at-rest position relative to the back portion when the back portion is in an upright position, and such that reclining the back portion rearwardly from the upright position toward a reclined position moves the seat support upward and rearward from the first at-rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Warren Bisman, James Clifford Prier, Fabian David Haarbeck, Paul Michael Wilkinson, Damon Gregory Burwell, Hugh Thomas Mccoshim, Leon Harley Craze, Rachael Jessica Hall
  • Patent number: 11951688
    Abstract: A generator injection tool is provided. The generator injection tool injects an adhesive into a generator that includes a rotor positioned within a stator having a stator vent, the stator and rotor having a gap therebetween. The generator injection tool includes a first carriage sized to fit within the gap, a tube, a first motor, a controller, and an adhesive source. An end of the tube is movable between a first position in which the end is outside of the stator vent and a second position within the stator vent. The first motor is operable to move the tube between the first position and the second position. The controller is operable to selectively activate the first motor to position the end of the tube within the stator vent. The adhesive source moves the adhesive through the tube end to inject a portion of the adhesive into the stator vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Barca, Lucas Ramsey, Bryce Merrill, Eric Evans, Michael A. Hall, Carl R. Larson
  • Publication number: 20240109519
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to wiper devices for cleaning sensor housings. An example embodiment includes a wiper device for cleaning a surface of a rotatable sensor housing. The wiper device may have a driving arm having a first end and a second end. The first end of the driving arm is connected to a rotatable shaft. The wiper device may also have a wiper arm pivotally connected to the second end of the driving arm. The pivotal connection is located between a front region and a rear region of the wiper arm. Further, the wiper device may have a wiper blade coupled to the front region of the wiper arm. The wiper blade may be configured to wipe the surface of the rotatable sensor housing. Additionally, the wiper device may have a counterweight coupled to the rear region of the wiper arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: David Duff, Michael Hall-Snyder, Glenn Wheelock
  • Patent number: 11947513
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize, index, search, and present time series data based on searches. Time series data are sequences of time stamped records occurring in one or more usually continuous streams, representing some type of activity. In one embodiment, time series data is stored as discrete events time stamps. A search is received and relevant event information is retrieved based in whole or in part on the time stamp, a keyword indexing mechanism, or statistical indices calculated at the time of the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Baum, R. David Carasso, Robin Kumar Das, Rory Greene, Bradley Hall, Nicholas Christian Mealy, Brian Philip Murphy, Stephen Phillip Sorkin, Andre David Stechert, Erik M. Swan
  • Patent number: 11949213
    Abstract: A depth camera assembly (DCA) determines depth information for a local area. The DCA includes a camera assembly and at least one illuminator. The DCA may select a subset of the VCSELs to provide illumination at any given time. The illuminator may comprise near-field VCSELs configured to generate a structured light (SL) pattern for depth sensing in the near-field and far-field VCSELs configured to generate a SL pattern for depth sensing in the far-field. The near-field VCSELs may comprise a linear emission region which is shorter than a linear emission region of the far-field VCSELs. The DCA may generate and phase shift a quasi-sinusoidal SL pattern. The DCA may phase shift the quasi-sinusoidal SL pattern by alternating which traces on the illuminator are active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nadav Grossinger, Michael Hall, Robert Hasbun, Jonatan Ginzburg, Zihe Gao
  • Patent number: 11938764
    Abstract: An air deflector that is at least partially disposable within a tubeless tire of a bicycle wheel includes a body. The body includes at least one wall defining an air input end and an air output end of the body. The body is attachable to a valve of the tubeless tire at the air input end, such that when air is introduced into the body via the valve, at least some of the air is deflectable by one or more walls of the at least one wall out of the body at the air output end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hall, David Morse, Louis Brown, Miguel Navarro Baeza
  • Publication number: 20240094748
    Abstract: A multi-stage water effect system includes a plurality of water ride vehicles. A water ride vehicle of the plurality of water ride vehicles has one or more water effect devices. The multi-stage water effect system also includes a control system communicatively coupled to the one or more water effect devices of the plurality of water ride vehicles. The control system activates the one or more water effect devices of the water ride vehicle to provide a first fluid flow at a first time. The control system also activates the one or more water effect devices of the water ride vehicle to provide a second fluid flow at a second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sean Michael Lowry, Gregory Shellman Hall
  • Publication number: 20240087059
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a seat occupancy system may include at least one sensor configured to output sensor data indicative of a guest occupancy parameter for each seat of a plurality of seats within a dining environment, at least one processor, and memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The processor may receive the sensor data and a map indicative of a first layout of the dining environment comprising locations for each seat of the plurality of seats and for a show effect. The processor may also determine that the guest occupancy parameter for at least one seat does not match a target guest occupancy parameter over a period of time for the first layout of the dining environment and in response, generate a second layout comprising a new location for at least one seat, a new location for the show effect, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory Shellman Hall, Jaimee Helene Rowan, Thomas Michael Boessel
  • Publication number: 20240081808
    Abstract: Methods and devices for tissue fixation. A cortical button with a rib between two slotted openings. The rib increases the cortical button structural rigidity without increasing palpability. An adjustable loop construct with two discrete locking passages that provides manageable loop reduction and improved tissue coupling. The adjustable loop construct may be coupled to tissue via a passing construct. An assembly with a reduction bar, a button and an adjustable loop construct, the assembly provided assembled in a first configuration that disassembles to guide steps of tissue fixation. The reduction bar may be assembled to the reduction bar for reducing the adjustable loop construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: ALI HOSSEINI, Christopher David MacCready, Kendra O'Malley, Geoffrey Ian Karasic, Zenan Qi, Benjamin Michael Hall, Chun Liu, Paul McGovern, Han Teik Yeoh
  • Patent number: 11929642
    Abstract: A generator including a stator frame, a plurality of stator donuts including a plurality of circumferentially disposed notches, and a plurality of a wedge assemblies for mounting the stator donuts to a plurality of building bolts is presented. Each wedge assembly includes a set of opposing wedges. The set of opposing wedges are positioned within a notch in a stator donut to create a locking force between a building bolt and the stator core. The wedge assembly also includes a tensioning bolt to set the opposing wedges to a position creating the locking force between the stator core and the building bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. Vindler, Michael A. Hall
  • Publication number: 20240075394
    Abstract: An image presentation system for an amusement park includes a first display with an opening extending therethrough, wherein at least a portion of the first display is viewable from a viewing area, a movable arm, wherein the movable arm is positioned within the opening, a second display supported by the movable arm and offset from the first display, wherein the second display conceals the opening from the viewing area, and a controller configured to provide a first image via the first display and a second image via the second display such that the second image comprises an image effect that accounts for the offset and coordinates with the first image to present as though the first image and the second image are a single image displayed by the first display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Carbonar, Gregory Hall, Darrin Hughes, Michael Wadsworth, William Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11922711
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to tracking and determining a location of an object in an environment surrounding a user. A system includes one or more imaging devices and an object tracking unit. The system identifies an object in a search region, determines a tracking region that is smaller than the search region corresponding to the object, and scans the tracking region to determine a location associated with the object. The system may generate a ranking of objects, determine locations associated with the objects, and generate a model of the search region based on the locations associated with the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Byron Taylor