Patents by Inventor Michael James O'Connor

Michael James O'Connor 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: 20240321386
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for predicting a structure of a protein that comprises a plurality of amino acid chains using a protein structure prediction neural network, where each chain comprises a respective sequence of amino acids. In one aspect, a method comprises: receiving a network input for the protein structure prediction neural network, wherein the network input characterizes the protein; processing the network input characterizing the protein using the protein structure prediction neural network to generate a network output that characterizes a predicted structure of the protein; and determining the predicted structure of the protein based on the network output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Andrew Evans, Michael James O'Neill, Alexander Pritzel, Natasha Olegovna Antropova, Timothy Frederick Goldie Green, John Jumper
  • Publication number: 20240257158
    Abstract: The invention relates to classic car restoration services systems and methods, and, more particularly to classic car restoration services interfacing systems and methods allowing classic car facilities and enthusiasts to document, represent to prospective buyers, acquire classic cars and to facilitate their restorations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: Michael James O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20230237508
    Abstract: The invention relates to classic car restoration services systems and methods, and, more particularly to classic car restoration services interfacing systems and methods allowing classic car facilities and enthusiasts to document, represent to prospective buyers, acquire classic cars and to facilitate their restorations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Michael James O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11636494
    Abstract: The invention relates to classic car restoration services systems and methods, and, more particularly to classic car restoration services interfacing systems and methods allowing classic car facilities and enthusiasts to document, represent to prospective buyers, acquire classic cars and to facilitate their restorations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Michael James O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11449052
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for utilizing controller device within a workspace. The controller device may operate in a first state to monitor a light curtain associated with an interaction area of the workspace and to cause an indication of the first state to be presented at an indicator device associated with the interaction area. While operating in the first state, the controller device may detect a breach of the light curtain. The controller device may perform at least one remedial action based at least in part on detecting the breach of the light curtain while operating in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth R. Kaufman, Michael James O'Connor, Ashish Shah, Kevin John Trenholme
  • Patent number: 11383393
    Abstract: A multiple suction cup apparatus for lifting an object includes the capability of exchanging a large and small suction cup. At least one interlock enables the large or small suction cup to be deployed. The interlocks include passive interlocks, such as ball detents and conventional magnets, and active interlocks, such as a twist lock and electronic actuated magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James O'Connor, Ennio Claretti, Ryan Frederick Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210201332
    Abstract: The invention relates to classic car restoration services systems and methods, and, more particularly to classic car restoration services interfacing systems and methods allowing classic car facilities and enthusiasts to document, represent to prospective buyers, acquire classic cars and to facilitate their restorations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Michael James O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11019091
    Abstract: This invention discloses systems and methods for detecting vulnerabilities in IT assets by utilizing crowdsourcing techniques. A corpus containing vulnerability data of IT assets with known vulnerabilities is established. Vulnerability data in the corpus comprises security aspects or attributes related to the IT assets. The security aspects of an IT asset constitute its attack surface which is represented as a feature vector in a feature space. A determination is made as to how similar/close a target asset whose unknown vulnerabilities are to be detected, is to the rest of the IT assets in the corpus. This determination is made based on a measure of similarity/distance between the respective feature vectors in the feature space. Based on the review of similarity results by a community of researchers/experts, a determination of unknown vulnerabilities in the target system is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Bugcrowd Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Cran, Michael James O'Kelly, Casey John Ellis
  • Patent number: 10972494
    Abstract: This invention discloses systems and methods for detecting vulnerabilities in IT assets by utilizing crowdsourcing techniques. A corpus containing vulnerability data of IT assets with known vulnerabilities is established. Vulnerability data in the corpus comprises security aspects or attributes related to the IT assets. The security aspects of an IT asset constitute its attack surface which is represented as a feature vector in a feature space. A determination is made as to how similar/close a target asset whose unknown vulnerabilities are to be detected, is to the rest of the IT assets in the corpus. This determination is made based on a measure of similarity/distance between the respective feature vectors in the feature space. Based on the review of similarity results by a community of researchers/experts, a determination of unknown vulnerabilities in the target system is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BugCrowd, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Cran, Michael James O'Kelly, Casey John Ellis
  • Publication number: 20200189123
    Abstract: A multiple suction cup apparatus for lifting an object includes the capability of exchanging a large and small suction cup. At least one interlock enables the large or small suction cup to be deployed. The interlocks include passive interlocks, such as ball detents and conventional magnets, and active interlocks, such as a twist lock and electronic actuated magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Michael James O'Connor, Ennio Claretti, Ryan Frederick Anderson
  • Patent number: 10611580
    Abstract: An end-of-arm tool includes concentric rings of suction cups. The pneumatic actuators control the extension of suction cups, and are actuated in rings. Each suction cup is longitudinally retractable in response to a force applied to an item and has a compliant suction cup. Each ring has a vacuum control. Each ring can have its own compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Felipe De Arruda Camargo Polido, Scott Hopkinson, Leonard Thomas Lilliston, III, Michael James O'Connor
  • Patent number: 10603800
    Abstract: A gripper assembly includes a four bar linkage and one or a pair of carriages the move longitudinally on rails. The linkage includes a means for maintaining the paddles in a mutually parallel orientation, which can be a link or a timing belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ennio Claretti, Ryan Frederick Anderson, Gregory Coleman, Michael James O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20200076847
    Abstract: This invention discloses systems and methods for detecting vulnerabilities in IT assets by utilizing crowdsourcing techniques. A corpus containing vulnerability data of IT assets with known vulnerabilities is established. Vulnerability data in the corpus comprises security aspects or attributes related to the IT assets. The security aspects of an IT asset constitute its attack surface which is represented as a feature vector in a feature space. A determination is made as to how similar/close a target asset whose unknown vulnerabilities are to be detected, is to the rest of the IT assets in the corpus. This determination is made based on a measure of similarity/distance between the respective feature vectors in the feature space. Based on the review of similarity results by a community of researchers/experts, a determination of unknown vulnerabilities in the target system is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Cran, Michael James O'Kelly, Casey John Ellis
  • Patent number: 10534328
    Abstract: A system including a power plant having thermal generating units that operate according to multiple possible operating modes, which are differentiated by a unique operational or maintenance schedule. The system further includes a hardware processor and machine readable storage medium on which is stored instructions that cause the hardware processor to execute a process related to optimizing the operational or maintenance schedule during a selected operating period. The process may include: receiving the selected operating period; selecting competing operating modes for the power plant during the selected operating period according to a selection criteria; simulating the operation of the power plant during the selected operating period for each of the competing operating modes and deriving simulation results therefrom; evaluating each of the simulation results pursuant to a cost function and, based thereupon, designating at least one of the competing operating modes as an optimized operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sanyaswara Rao Ganti, Michael James O'Connor, Christopher Joseph Vreeman, Awadesh Kumar Tiwari, Venkata Jogi Janaki Suresh Mandapaka, Gaurav Nair
  • Patent number: 10500738
    Abstract: A multiple suction cup apparatus for lifting an object includes the capability of exchanging a large and small suction cup. At least one interlock enables the large or small suction cup to be deployed. The interlocks include passive interlocks, such as ball detents and conventional magnets, and active interlocks, such as a twist lock and electronic actuated magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James O'Connor, Ennio Claretti, Ryan Frederick Anderson
  • Patent number: 10357883
    Abstract: End effectors and a related method of actuating items are disclosed. The end effector comprises a bladder comprising a pliable body that defines an inner recess in fluid communication with the manifold via a first connection. The pliable body has a sealing surface at its distal end and defines a chamber. The bladder further comprises a material disposed within the chamber. The method comprises contacting an item to conform the sealing surface to a contour of the item, transitioning the bladder to a structural state having greater rigidity, applying a vacuum to the inner recess via the first connection, and actuating the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James O'Connor, Gregory Coleman
  • Publication number: 20190160691
    Abstract: A multiple suction cup apparatus for lifting an object includes the capability of exchanging a large and small suction cup. At least one interlock enables the large or small suction cup to be deployed. The interlocks include passive interlocks, such as ball detents and conventional magnets, and active interlocks, such as a twist lock and electronic actuated magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Michael James O'Connor, Ennio Claretti, Ryan Frederick Anderson
  • Patent number: 10059007
    Abstract: Apparatuses including gripping mechanisms including extendable fingers and methods of manipulating items using the gripping mechanisms are described herein. An example apparatus may include a frame, a pair of carriages coupled to the frame and moveable by one or more drive units, a pair of fingers, and a set of linkages connecting the pair of fingers with the pair of carriages. The one or more drive units are operable to cause the fingers to move towards each other and to move away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James O'Connor, Jude Royston Jonas, Felipe De Arruda Camargo Polido
  • Patent number: D1051971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James O'Connor, Thomas Burns, Paul Douglas Grearson, Emmanuel Laffon de Mazieres, David Wai-Man Wong, Jonathan E. Cohn
  • Patent number: D1069689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Cohn, Youssef Takhchi, Alexsandra M. Bowers, Ryan Andrew Crawford, Heather Gleason, Ryan David Hruska, Michael James O'Connor, Emmanuel Laffon de Mazieres