Patents by Inventor Michael Hughes

Michael Hughes 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: 20250149535
    Abstract: Calender measurement and control system, for fabricating electrode sheets for lithium-ion batteries to an apparatus, includes: dual rotating rolls through which the sheet travels, heating elements (inductive coils) positioned along the length of one or both of rotating rolls, and means for controlling the intensity of the heating in a rotating roll(s) along the length of the rotating roll(s) where the heating is applied. The diameter of the heated rotating roll expands in response to the heat thereby regulating the thickness of the electrode. Controller input includes operating point data comprising electrode material composition, electrode coating weight, maximum electrode coat density, initial electrode coat thickness, temperature of one or both of the rotating rollers incorporating a heating element, and line load. The controller can be tuned whereby the process gain from line load to final thickness is automatically calculated at a specified operating point defined by the operating point data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Forbes, Michael Hughes
  • Patent number: 12293850
    Abstract: A system, method, or device for providing a vacuum cell comprising a conformal coating is disclosed. The system includes (i) a vacuum cell having at least one internal vacuum chamber, the vacuum cell being formed of at least one piece, and (ii) a conformal coating on the at least one internal vacuum chamber or surface of the vacuum cell, the conformal coating having fewer seams than a number of the at least one piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ColdQuanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Hughes, Calvin Cahall, Maximillian Adriano Perez
  • Patent number: 12295132
    Abstract: A system including a vacuum cell, an ion pump, and a multi-layer magnetic shield is described. The vacuum cell includes a magnetic field-sensitive section, a pump section, and a channel section providing a vacuum conductance path between the magnetic field-sensitive section and the pump section. The ion pump is in the pump section. The multi-layer magnetic shield surrounds at least a portion of the ion pump. The multi-layer magnetic shield has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is between the second layer and the ion pump. The first layer has a moderate relative magnetic permeability and a high saturation magnetization. The second layer has a high relative magnetic permeability and a moderate saturation magnetization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ColdQuanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Hughes, Evan Salim, Hugo Leon, Christopher Robert Sheridan, III, Stetson Joe Roof
  • Patent number: 12291482
    Abstract: In the manufacture of a quantum cell, multi-finger jigs are used to hold precision masks flat during a photolithographic procedure and or to apply force uniformly over a bonding area during an anodic or other direct bonding procedure. The fingers of a jig are flexible that they can bend sufficiently independently of each other that one finger can accommodate a non-uniformity of a surface to be contacted by the jig so that other fingers remain in contact with other areas of the surface. The fingers can be defined by slits orthogonal to a perimeter of the jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ColdQuanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Hughes, Seth Charles Caliga
  • Publication number: 20250134591
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for treating stones in anatomical structures are disclosed. A device may include an elongate member and a tubular member extending distally from the elongate member. The elongate member may define one or more lumens with an opening at a distal end of the elongate member. The tubular member may be configured to collapse to a pre-determined shape when in a relaxed state and expand in response to receiving an object. The device may be used with a scope, such as a ureteroscope, lithotripsy devices, and/or other medical devices or systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Enda Connaughton, Richard Crawford, Aiden Flanagan, Niamh Fitzgerald, Michael Hughes, Anthony O'Brien, Niraj Prasad Rauniyar, Anthony Frank Tassoni, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250125378
    Abstract: System for control and optimization of a coated secondary battery electrode drying process includes a closed-loop process control module that is configured to process manufacturing data derived from a sheet production apparatus for coating a metal sheet with electrode material. The electrode production system includes: a continuous source of a sheet of metal substrate; a coater that is configured to apply electrode material to form a coated moving sheet; an oven that equipped with a heat source to remove solvent from the coat to form a dried coated moving sheet; means for determining the residual solvent content in the dried coated moving sheet and generating representative signals; and controller means for controlling the intensity of the heat source in response to the signals to maintain the residual solvent content at a desired level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Forbes, Michael Hughes
  • Publication number: 20250114566
    Abstract: System for endocardial injection are disclosed. An example system may include a first steerable catheter having a first lumen formed therein. A second steerable catheter may be disposed within the first lumen. The second steerable catheter may have a second lumen formed therein. An injection catheter may be disposed within the second lumen. The injection catheter may have a distal end region. The distal end region may include an imaging section and a needle section. The system may include an imaging device configured to be disposed within the imaging section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Aiden Flanagan, Martyn G. Folan, Tim O'Connor, Jonathan Heelan, Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Michael Hughes, Michael James Kelly
  • Patent number: 12265531
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a message comprising an origin, a destination and a relationship type for a relationship between the origin and the destination. The message further includes a payload. A first node is created in a graph database for the origin and a second node is created in the graph database for the destination. A relationship is set between the first node and the second node in the graph database based on the relationship type. A node is created in the graph database for the message while preventing the payload from being stored in the graph database. A relationship is created between the first node and the node for the message. The message, including the payload, is stored in a searchable datastore separate from the graph database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Joel De Silva, Blake Killian Wasung, Michael Hughes Neubert, Ashlee Janet Suzanne Regan, Michael John Boldischar
  • Patent number: 12241219
    Abstract: A coupler for securing an attachment to an earth working machine. The coupler comprises a coupler body that presents a receptacle having a capture region. A pin of an attachment can move into and out of the capture region. A retainer can capture the pin in the capture region but the retainer can be moved by a hydraulically driven driver to a position to allow release the pin from the capture region. A trigger that the pin will strike when the pin moves into or out of the capture region, decouples the driver from the retainer and the retainer is then allowed to be biased back to its retaining position by a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: WEDGELOCK EQUIPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Andre Richard Anderson, Garth Colin Keighley, Andrew James Phillip Rider, Michael Hugh James Rider
  • Publication number: 20250064978
    Abstract: Provided are recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors comprising a transgene to express Pax4; virions comprising said vectors (rAAV virions); methods of their production; methods of their use, including methods for treating diabetes, increasing insulin production and transdifferentiating ?-cells to ?-cells; pharmaceutical compositions and kits including same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Hughes, Sandeep Dhall, Hongju Wu, Vivian A. Fonseca
  • Publication number: 20250068188
    Abstract: A cargo container system, comprising: a vehicle with a cargo compartment; a cargo container configured to fit within the cargo compartment; and, a weight balance adjustment mechanism, comprising at least one of a load sensor and a position sensor, configured to adjust the position of the cargo container within the cargo compartment using data received from the at least one of a load sensor and a position sensor
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Skillen, Matthew Bryant, Ashok Gopalarathnam, Brian Riskas, Hari Kiran, Michael Hughes, Aditya Srihari
  • Publication number: 20250058313
    Abstract: Devices are disclosed for the detection of illicit substances within beverages. A lateral flow assay device for testing beverages comprises a backing card, a plurality of pads adhered to the backing card, the plurality of pads comprising at least a sample pad, a stacking pad, and a conjugate pad, wherein the stacking pad has a first end and a second end, the stacking pad is overlapped by the sample pad by a first length at the first end, and the stacking pad overlaps the conjugate pad by a second length at the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Danya Sherman, Megan McLarty, Michael Hughes
  • Publication number: 20250052799
    Abstract: An electromagnetic field detector including a vapor cell, an excitation system, and a frequency tuner is described. The vapor cell has a plurality of quantum particles therein. The excitation system excites the quantum particles to a first Rydberg state. The first Rydberg state has a transition to a second Rydberg state at a first frequency. The frequency tuner generates a tunable field in a portion of the vapor cell. The tunable field shifts the first Rydberg state and/or the second Rydberg state such that the transition to the second Rydberg state is at a second frequency different from the first frequency. The detection frequency range for the electromagnetic field detector is continuous and includes the first frequency and the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Dana Zachary Anderson, Haoquan Fan, Ying-Ju Wang, Eric Magnuson Bottomley, Steven Michael Hughes
  • Publication number: 20250041485
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a composite implant for the sustained release of a therapeutic agent from a hydrogel matrix. The hydrogel matrix may be a cross-linked bioerodible polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogel with a therapeutic complex dispersed within the cross-linked bioerodible PEG hydrogel. The therapeutic complex may include a therapeutic agent in association with mesoporous silica particles. The composite implant is configured to be delivered to or implanted into an eye of a subject or patient. The composite implant may be used treat ocular disease in a subject or patient. Ocular diseases may be selected from at least one of neovascular age related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic macular edema, or macular edema following retinal vein occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Hughes, Ina Mustafaj
  • Patent number: 12184187
    Abstract: A controller includes a primary controller and a secondary controller to control switching of a power switch and a supplemental switch, respectively, coupled to an energy transfer element, e.g. an energy transfer element of a power converter. A ZV drive circuit are coupled to generate a ZVS signal that enables a ZV switch to store energy in the energy transfer element. The energy stored in the energy transfer element is coupled to reduce a switch voltage across the power switch prior to a next ON section of the primary drive signal. The secondary drive signal is generated in response to the drive signal and the ZVS signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventor: David Michael Hugh Matthews
  • Publication number: 20240430385
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes at least one processor device and at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor device. The monitoring system includes a first software module executable by the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the first software module is configured to monitor one or more sensor(s), wherein the one or more sensor(s) are configured to collect personally identifiable information, wherein the personally identifiable information pertains to a monitored individual and enables the monitored individual to be uniquely identified. The monitoring system also includes a second software module executed by the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the second software module is configured to enable a wireless transmitter to transmit a report on the monitored individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Hugh Kingery
  • Publication number: 20240390516
    Abstract: Provided are recombinant adeno-associated virus (r.AAV) vectors comprising a transgene to express galactose-1-phosphate uridylyl transferase (GALT); virions comprising said vectors (r.AAV virions); methods of their production; methods of their use, including methods for treating galactosemia, GALT-deficiency, symptoms therefrom: and kits. These recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors comprise a method of treating galactosemia in a subject in need.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Hughes, Kevin Foust, Sandeep Dhall, Judith L. Fridovich-Keil, Shauna A. Rasmussen, Jennifer M.I. Daenzer, Kent Lai
  • Publication number: 20240395445
    Abstract: A method for making an energy transfer element provides a magnetic core having a gap in a magnetic path, positions in the gap magnetizable material that produces an initial flux density, cures the suspension medium, and wraps one or more power windings around the magnetic path. When the magnetizable material is magnetized, a flux density produced by the magnetized material is offset from the initial flux density. The magnetizable material comprises a mixture of a suspension medium that includes uncured epoxy and magnetizable particles. The magnetizable particles are capable of permanent magnetic properties when magnetized. The particles of magnetic material having magnetic permeability of at least 1000?o. The particles of magnetic material that have a magnetic permeability of at least 1000?o and the particles of magnetizable particles are uniformly distributed in the suspension medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: DAVID MICHAEL HUGH MATTHEWS, William M. Polivka
  • Patent number: 12151048
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a composite implant for the sustained release of a therapeutic agent from a hydrogel matrix. The hydrogel matrix may be a cross-linked bioerodible polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogel with a therapeutic complex dispersed within the cross-linked bioerodible PEG hydrogel. The therapeutic complex may include a therapeutic agent in association with mesoporous silica particles. The composite implant is configured to be delivered to or implanted into an eye of a subject or patient. The composite implant may be used treat ocular disease in a subject or patient. Ocular diseases may be selected from at least one of neovascular age related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic macular edema, or macular edema following retinal vein occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: DOSE MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Hughes, Ina Mustafaj
  • Patent number: 12146288
    Abstract: A coupler for securing an attachment to an earth working machine. The coupler Includes a coupler body that presents a receptacle having a capture region. A pin of an attachment can move into and out of the capture region. A retainer can capture the pin in the capture region but the retainer can be moved by a hydraulically driven driver to a position to allow release of the pin from the capture region. A trigger that the pin will strike when the pin moves into or out of the capture region, decouples the driver from the retainer and the retainer is then allowed to be biased back to its retaining position by a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: WEDGELOCK EQUIPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Andre Richard Anderson, Marshall Andrew Stewart Hanlon, Garth Colin Keighley, Andrew James Phillip Rider, Michael Hugh James Rider