Patents by Inventor Michael Hartley
Michael Hartley 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).
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Publication number: 20240100289Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to medical devices and, more particularly, to a gas mixing system for a medical ventilator. A gas mixer is provided to adjust the oxygen concentration of environmental air for a blower-based ventilator, by adjusting the mix of air upstream of the ventilator and providing the mixed air to the ventilator's environmental air inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Neil Godara, Matthew J. Phillips, Amand Kasimatis, Donald J. Novkov, Patrick S. Ryan, Amanda Centazzo-Colella, Laurentiu Murtescu, Amanda A. Hartley, Michael J. N. Matsumoto, Jacques L. Vassal, Danian Yang, Randy Yang
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Patent number: 11797872Abstract: A quantum prediction AI system includes a quantum prediction circuit adapted to receive an input vector representing a subset of a time-sequential sequence; encode the input vector as a corresponding qubit register; apply a trained quantum circuit to the qubit register; and measure one or more qubits output from the quantum prediction circuit to infer a next data point in the series following the subset represented by the input vector.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexei V. Bocharov, Eshan Kemp, Michael Hartley Freedman, Martin Roetteler, Krysta Marie Svore
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Publication number: 20230019432Abstract: The invention is directed to a device that allows trolled lures (e.g., ballyhoo) to be used with decreased or eliminated snagging of the lure on grasses and weeds present in the water. The device includes a hollow, tubular body with a nose operably connected to a series of ribs via upper and/or lower arms. The connection of the ribs and arms create a tapered shape that mimics the head portion of an artificial or dead bait lure. The device further includes an upper channel that spans the length of the device, allowing fishing line to pass therethrough during use. One end of a hook guard (e.g., artificial worm) attaches to a peg positioned on the lower device arm. The second end of the hook guard slips over the point and barb of the fishing hook present on the lure. As a result, the sharp ends of the lure hook are prevented from being caught or hung by sargassum grass and other marine grasses (bay grass, sea grass, turtle grass, etc.).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventor: Michael Hartley
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Publication number: 20220374239Abstract: In a quantum-computation method, quantum-computer code is received for execution on a quantum computer. The quantum computer includes a plurality of qubits associated with a corresponding plurality of particles, and the plurality of particles define a quantum state. The quantum-computer code is decomposed into a sequence of operations including a total spin-state measurement on particles corresponding to two or more of the qubits. Then the sequence of operations is applied on the plurality of particles to thereby transform the quantum state according to the quantum-computer code initially received.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Hartley FREEDMAN, Matthew Benjamin HASTINGS, Modjtaba SHOKRIAN ZINI
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Patent number: 11149395Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to cellular sheet pile retaining wall systems with unconnected tail walls, and associated methods of use and manufacture. In one embodiment, a retaining system includes a face wall having a plurality of interconnected face wall sheet piles. The individual face wall sheet piles have a first length and extend a first depth into soil, and the face wall sheet piles form an exterior surface facing an exterior environment. The system also includes a tail wall including a plurality of interconnected tail wall sheet piles extending from the face wall away from the exterior environment. The individual tail wall sheet piles have a second length greater than the first length, and the individual tail sheet wall piles extend a second depth into the soil that is greater than the first depth.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: PND Engineers, Inc.Inventors: William D. Nottingham, Michael Hartley, William Gunderson
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Publication number: 20210089953Abstract: A quantum prediction AI system includes a quantum prediction circuit adapted to receive an input vector representing a subset of a time-sequential sequence; encode the input vector as a corresponding qubit register; apply a trained quantum circuit to the qubit register; and measure one or more qubits output from the quantum prediction circuit to infer a next data point in the series following the subset represented by the input vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Alexei V. BOCHAROV, Eshan KEMP, Michael Hartley FREEDMAN, Martin ROETTELER, Krysta Marie SVORE
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Patent number: 10692010Abstract: The disclosure relates to a quantum device and method of fabricating the same. The device comprises one or more semiconductor-superconductor nanowires, each comprising a length of semiconductor material and a coating of superconductor material coated on the semiconductor material. The nanowires may be formed over a substrate. In a first aspect at least some of the nanowires are full-shell nanowires with superconductor material being coated around a full perimeter of the semiconductor material along some or all of the length of the wire, wherein the device is operable to induce at least one Majorana zero mode, MZM, in one or more active ones of the full-shell nanowires. In a second aspect at least some of the nanowires are arranged vertically relative to the plane of the substrate in the finished device.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Hartley Freedman, Bernard van Heck, Georg Wolfgang Winkler, Torsten Karzig, Roman Lutchyn, Peter Krogstrup Jeppesen, Chetan Nayak, Charles Masamed Marcus, Saulius Vaitiekenas
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Patent number: 10665701Abstract: The disclosure relates to a quantum device and method of fabricating the same. The device comprises one or more semiconductor-superconductor nanowires, each comprising a length of semiconductor material and a coating of superconductor material coated on the semiconductor material. The nanowires may be formed over a substrate. In a first aspect at least some of the nanowires are full-shell nanowires with superconductor material being coated around a full perimeter of the semiconductor material along some or all of the length of the wire, wherein the device is operable to induce at least one Majorana zero mode, MZM, in one or more active ones of the full-shell nanowires. In a second aspect at least some of the nanowires are arranged vertically relative to the plane of the substrate in the finished device.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Hartley Freedman, Bernard van Heck, Georg Wolfgang Winkler, Torsten Karzig, Roman Lutchyn, Peter Krogstrup Jeppesen, Chetan Nayak, Charles Masamed Marcus, Saulius Vaitiekėnas
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Publication number: 20200027971Abstract: The disclosure relates to a quantum device and method of fabricating the same. The device comprises one or more semiconductor-superconductor nanowires, each comprising a length of semiconductor material and a coating of superconductor material coated on the semiconductor material. The nanowires may be formed over a substrate. In a first aspect at least some of the nanowires are full-shell nanowires with superconductor material being coated around a full perimeter of the semiconductor material along some or all of the length of the wire, wherein the device is operable to induce at least one Majorana zero mode, MZM, in one or more active ones of the full-shell nanowires. In a second aspect at least some of the nanowires are arranged vertically relative to the plane of the substrate in the finished device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Hartley Freedman, Bernard van Heck, Georg Wolfgang Winkler, Torsten Karzig, Roman Lutchyn, Peter Krogstrup Jeppesen, Chetan Nayak, Charles Masamed Marcus, Saulius Vaitiekenas
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Publication number: 20200027030Abstract: The disclosure relates to a quantum device and method of fabricating the same. The device comprises one or more semiconductor-superconductor nanowires, each comprising a length of semiconductor material and a coating of superconductor material coated on the semiconductor material. The nanowires may be formed over a substrate. In a first aspect at least some of the nanowires are full-shell nanowires with superconductor material being coated around a full perimeter of the semiconductor material along some or all of the length of the wire, wherein the device is operable to induce at least one Majorana zero mode, MZM, in one or more active ones of the full-shell nanowires. In a second aspect at least some of the nanowires are arranged vertically relative to the plane of the substrate in the finished device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Hartley Freedman, Bernard van Heck, Georg Wolfgang Winkler, Torsten Karzig, Roman Lutchyn, Peter Krogstrup Jeppesen, Chetan Nayak, Charles Masamed Marcus, Saulius Vaitiekenas
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Publication number: 20190100893Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to cellular sheet pile retaining wall systems with unconnected tail walls, and associated methods of use and manufacture. In one embodiment, a retaining system includes a face wall having a plurality of interconnected face wall sheet piles. The individual face wall sheet piles have a first length and extend a first depth into soil, and the face wall sheet piles form an exterior surface facing an exterior environment. The system also includes a tail wall including a plurality of interconnected tail wall sheet piles extending from the face wall away from the exterior environment. The individual tail wall sheet piles have a second length greater than the first length, and the individual tail sheet wall piles extend a second depth into the soil that is greater than the first depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: William D. Nottingham, Michael Hartley, William Gunderson
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Patent number: 10024017Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to cellular sheet pile retaining wall systems with unconnected tail walls, and associated methods of use and manufacture. In one embodiment, a retaining system includes a face wall having a plurality of interconnected face wall sheet piles. The individual face wall sheet piles have a first length and extend a first depth into soil, and the face wall sheet piles form an exterior surface facing an exterior environment. The system also includes a tail wall including a plurality of interconnected tail wall sheet piles extending from the face wall away from the exterior environment. The individual tail wall sheet piles have a second length greater than the first length, and the individual tail sheet wall piles extend a second depth into the soil that is greater than the first depth.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: PND Engineers, Inc.Inventors: William D. Nottingham, Michael Hartley, William F. Gunderson
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Publication number: 20110064527Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to cellular sheet pile retaining wall systems with unconnected tail walls, and associated methods of use and manufacture. In one embodiment, a retaining system includes a face wall having a plurality of interconnected face wall sheet piles. The individual face wall sheet piles have a first length and extend a first depth into soil, and the face wall sheet piles form an exterior surface facing an exterior environment. The system also includes a tail wall including a plurality of interconnected tail wall sheet piles extending from the face wall away from the exterior environment. The individual tail wall sheet piles have a second length greater than the first length, and the individual tail sheet wall piles extend a second depth into the soil that is greater than the first depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: PND Engineers, Inc.Inventors: William D. Nottingham, Michael Hartley, William F. Gunderson
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Patent number: 7448503Abstract: Surface covering display elements, systems and/or methods are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a multi-patterned rug display sample, element or unit has at least two different geometric designs and/or coloration schemes across a common surface for simultaneous comparative evaluation by a potential purchaser. The rug display sample may be patterned to include two or more geometric or solid patterns corresponding to patterns available on floor covering products independent of the display sample. Also, the display unit may include a feature rug, color runner, color rug, and/or hang tag.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Ronald Magee, Jennifer L. Beedy, James L. Thorn, Jr., J. Michael Hartley, R. Lee Burch, III, Dane M. Owen, Debra M. Michalak, Ritchie D. Eisenhour, Shandra L. Shermerhorn, Marilyn F. McClanahan, Ellen E. Olsen
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Patent number: 7437995Abstract: An inertial igniter including: a first member having a wall and internal cavity; a second member slidable in the internal cavity, a striker disposed thereon and a first concave portion; a third member slidable on an exterior surface of the wall, a second concave portion; biasing springs for biasing the first and second members in a direction opposite an acceleration; locking balls in the first and second concave portions for preventing movement of the second and third members when the acceleration time profile is below a predetermined threshold; and a percussion cap primer on the first member; wherein when the acceleration time profile is greater than the predetermined threshold the locking balls are released from the concave portions to first permit relative movement of the third member with the first member and after a time delay to permit relative movement of the second member with the first member.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLCInventors: Jahangir S. Rastegar, Richard Murray, Gary Chen, Raymond Michael Hartley
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Patent number: 7383960Abstract: Surface covering display elements, systems and/or methods are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a multi-patterned rug display sample, element or unit has at least two different geometric designs and/or coloration schemes across a common surface for simultaneous comparative evaluation by a potential purchaser. The rug display sample may be patterned to include two or more geometric or solid patterns corresponding to patterns available on floor covering products independent of the display sample. Also, the display unit may include a feature rug, color runner, color rug, and/or hang tag.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Ronald Magee, Jennifer L. Beedy, James L. Thom, Jr., J. Michael Hartley, R. Lee Burch, III, Dane M. Owen, Debra M. Michalak, Ritchie D. Eisenhour, Shandra L. Shermerhorn, Marilyn F. McClanahan, Ellen E. Olsen
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Publication number: 20080110365Abstract: An inertial igniter including: a first member having a wall and internal cavity; a second member slidable in the internal cavity, a striker disposed thereon and a first concave portion; a third member slidable on an exterior surface of the wall, a second concave portion; biasing springs for biasing the first and second members in a direction opposite an acceleration; locking balls in the first and second concave portions for preventing movement of the second and third members when the acceleration time profile is below a predetermined threshold; and a percussion cap primer on the first member; wherein when the acceleration time profile is greater than the predetermined threshold the locking balls are released from the concave portions to first permit relative movement of the third member with the first member and after a time delay to permit relative movement of the second member with the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Jahangir S. Rastegar, Richard Murray, Gary Chen, Raymond Michael Hartley
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Publication number: 20070137704Abstract: An intermediate bulk container (IBC) for offloading materials comprises a portable tank including a bottom wall having a bottom discharge outlet. A thermal trip stop valve is mounted at the discharge outlet. The thermal trip stop valve comprises a spring loaded emergency valve biased to a closed position and including a lever arm actuable to operate the valve to an open position. A fusible link operatively connects a pull handle to the lever arm so the pull handle manually operates the emergency valve. A latch mechanism latches the pull handle with the emergency valve in the open position, whereby the fusible link opens under high temperature conditions to disconnect the pull handle from the lever arm to close the emergency valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventor: Michael Hartley
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Publication number: 20070085539Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of MR imaging whereby a k-space blade extending through a center of k-space from a subject in motion is acquired. A high-pass convolution of the k-space blade with a reference k-space blade is then determined and converted to a ? function. In-plane motion of the subject during data acquisition of the k-space is then determined from the ? function.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: April 19, 2007Inventors: Sarah Patch, Michael Hartley, James Pipe
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Patent number: D1022712Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ASAP BreatheAssist Pty LtdInventors: Elizabeth Pepper, Michael Johnson, Justin Armistead, Toby Hartley