Patents by Inventor Michael Lee

Michael Lee 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: 20210276682
    Abstract: A spare propellor dock configured with a base plate having a bottom planar surface and a center hole configured for mating to a support shaft. The base plate has at least two mounting holes disposed about the base plate allowing mounting of the dock to a planar surface. A support shaft sized to fit through a propellor's hub is coupled to the center hole of the base plate and a top portion with threads for mating to a nut. The shaft and/or base plate has at least one shear pin housing hole, wherein the dock provides both a support mechanism for a propellor and stores a shear pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIALSMOKING.COM LLC
    Inventor: Michael Lee Maddux
  • Patent number: 11113229
    Abstract: A pause point during consumption of media data is identified. The pause point is a point at which identify a user stops the consumption of the media data. A portion of content preceding the identified pause point is determined. The portion of content is analyzed to identify changes in content concepts in the portion of content. One or more continuation points for the user to return to the content based on changes in the content concepts in the portion of content are identified. The one or more continuation points are indicated to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Vuong, Andrew Michael Lees, Adam Elsbury, Pedro Miguel Vaz Trabuco, Salma Saeed
  • Patent number: 11112214
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a firearm slide and an adaptor plate configured to mate with the firearm slide. The adapter plate includes a first seat in a top surface of the adaptor plate and a second seat in the top surface of the adaptor plate. The assembly also includes a first iron sight configured to mate with the first seat and a second iron sight configured to mate with the second seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Agency Arms, LLC
    Inventors: Randy Paul Niswander, Michael Lee Parks
  • Publication number: 20210270277
    Abstract: A belt driven fan system that detects belt slippage includes a fan sheave with a fan sheave marker positioned thereon and a motor sheave with a motor sheave marker positioned thereon. The system also includes a fan sheave sensor, a motor sheave sensor and a drive belt operatively connected between the fan shaft sheave and the motor sheave. A controller is in communication with the fan sheave sensor and the motor sheave sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scoville, Michael Lanphier, Michael Lee, David Snell
  • Patent number: 11103343
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and an open-loop haptic structure coupled with the optic. The open-loop haptic structure includes a pair of open loops, the pair of open loops comprising a first open loop and a second open loop. At least a portion of the first open loop extends in a first angular direction. At least a portion of the second open loop extends in a second angular direction, the second angular direction being opposite the first angular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Collins, Jonathan David McCann, Jian Liu, Michael Lee Mangum
  • Patent number: 11100489
    Abstract: A method of using a device to access multiple payment accounts at a payment system via photos is disclosed. The method includes accessing a photo generated by a first device. The method includes determining first and second images of a first and second person in the photo, respectively. The method includes determining that the first image is associated with a first payment account at the payment system. The method includes, responsive to determining that the first image is associated with the first payment account, determining whether the second image is associated with a second payment account. The method includes, responsive to determining that the second image is associated with the second payment account, authorizing a payment application at the device to split a payment to a third payment account between the first and second payment accounts, or to initiate sending of the payment to the second payment account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Elliot Michael Lee, George Carpenter, V
  • Patent number: 11098467
    Abstract: An automatic toilet plunger for clearing a blockage in a toilet includes a pipe having a plunger head engaged to a bottom end thereof so that the plunger head is in fluidic communication with the pipe. A pair of arms is hingedly engaged to the pipe. The arms are selectively positionable in an extended configuration and a stowed configuration. In the extended configuration, the arms engage a seat of a toilet. The arms fold downwardly, toward the bottom end of the pipe, into the stowed configuration. A handle, which is engaged to a top end of the pipe and which extends bilaterally therefrom, is hollow and in fluidic communication with the pipe. An actuator is engaged to at least one of the handle and the pipe and positioned therein. The actuator is manipulated to cause the plunger head to clear a blockage in the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Lee
  • Patent number: 11096491
    Abstract: A system and a method for hanging an article from a support surface. The article may be a cabinet, such as a medicine cabinet or the like, although the system described herein may be used for hanging any type of article from a support surface such as a wall. The system uses a surface mounting element that is coupled to the support surface and a cam lock that is slidably coupled to the article to hang the article from the support surface by coupling the surface mounting element to the cam lock. Because the cam lock is slidably coupled to the article, the article can move horizontally along the support surface without separating the article from the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Lee Pyle, Steven Patrick McGowan, Matthew Scott Kressin, Richard Joseph Ehrhardt, Robert Terry Coyle, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210251402
    Abstract: A frame assembly for supporting a flat article. In one aspect, the frame assembly may include a stack including a transparent window panel and a frame. The frame may include a floor structure for supporting the stack and an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall including a plurality of corners, an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity. The inner surface of the outer annular wall may include a plurality of recessed regions, each of the recessed regions encompassing one of the corners of the outer annular wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: MCS Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Terry Coyle, JR., Matthew Scott Kressin, Geoffrey William Bastian, Michael Lee Pyle, Weisha Yu
  • Publication number: 20210244085
    Abstract: A flower cartridge for use with a portable electronic heating device for the smokeless delivery of active ingredients and volatile compounds released from heating natural consumables such as plant matter is disclosed. The cartridge contains a quantity of natural consumables and a constriction or obstruction, which together form a porous plug to which air flows freely but the consumables remain in place. The contents of the cartridge are liberated via hot air and active ingredients are delivered to the user via heating and not burning. The cartridge is made of disposable and/or biodegradable materials to reduce ecological impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Lee Simpson, Matthew James Bickerton
  • Publication number: 20210247273
    Abstract: A sensor unit includes an orientation sensor, an electronic processor coupled to the orientation sensor, and memory coupled to the electronic processor and storing support structure configuration data and instructions. The instructions, when executed by the electronic processor, cause the sensor unit to monitor a position of a conductor support structure associated with the sensor unit based on data from the orientation sensor and generate an alert message responsive to determining that the position violates a position threshold. The position threshold is generated based on the support structure configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Lee Kelley
  • Patent number: 11087560
    Abstract: Methods and systems for normalizing a 3D object with a 2D graphical user interface of an authoring application includes retrieving the 3D object, which has an existing offset center, removing the existing the offset center, defining a bounding box about the 3D object, calculating and assigning a new center of the 3D object, and adding the 3D object to the 3D environment including displaying the 3D object within the 3D environment within the 2D GUI according to the new bounding box and new center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vidya Srinivasan, Andrew John Howe, Michael Lee Smith, Amy Scarfone, Purnima Rao, Aniket Handa, Nathan Bradley Duke, Colton Brett Marshall, Harold Anthony Martinez Molina
  • Publication number: 20210235894
    Abstract: A frame assembly for supporting a flat article. In one aspect, the frame assembly may include a stack including a transparent window panel and a frame. The frame may include a floor structure for supporting the stack and an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall including a plurality of corners, an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity. The inner surface of the outer annular wall may include a plurality of recessed regions, each of the recessed regions encompassing one of the corners of the outer annular wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Terry COYLE, JR., Matthew Scott KRESSIN, Geoffrey William BASTIAN, Michael Lee PYLE
  • Publication number: 20210235867
    Abstract: A wall hanging system for hanging an article from a support surface such as a wall. The article may have a first mounting channel that is elongated along a first channel axis. The system includes a surface mounting element that is configured to be coupled to the support surface with a portion of the surface mounting element protruding from the support surface. Furthermore, there is a cam lock slidably coupled to the article along the first mounting channel. The cam lock has a longitudinal axis and a receiving cavity that is configured to receive a distal portion of the portion of the surface mounting element. The cam lock is configured to be locked to the surface mounting element by rotating the cam lock about the longitudinal axis while the distal portion of the portion of the surface mounting element is located within the receiving cavity of the cam lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Geoffrey William BASTIAN, Robert Terry COYLE, JR., Matthew Scott KRESSIN, Michael Lee PYLE, Steven Patrick MCGOWAN, Richard Joseph EHRHARDT
  • Publication number: 20210237445
    Abstract: A leak mitigation device includes a planar portion and a tail portion. The planar portion has a first width. The tail portion has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is attached to the planar portion and has a second width less than the first width. The planar portion and the tail portion comprise an absorbent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Chris Arnold, Michael Lee Hilton
  • Patent number: 11076811
    Abstract: A technology for a wearable medical device for monitoring medical parameters. Medical measurement data can be received at the wearable medical device from a medical measurement sensor attached to the wearable medical device or a medical measurement sensor in communication with the wearable medical device. A calibration coefficient can be determined for calibrating the wearable medical device based on the medical measurement data. The wearable medical device can be calibrated based on the calibration coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Tula Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin Warner Miller, David Rich Miller, Jeffrey Michael Lee
  • Patent number: 11079193
    Abstract: A firearm safety mechanism assembly is provided. The firearm safety mechanism assembly includes a firearm with a receiver, a trigger guard coupled to the firearm, and a housing pin. The firearm safety mechanism assembly includes a trigger safety mechanism. The trigger safety mechanism includes a plate, a rod extending from the plate, a trigger coupled to the rod, and a lever nested within the trigger. The lever includes a lever first end and a lever second end, where the lever rotates between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the lever first end abuts a housing pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Agency Arms, LLC
    Inventors: Randy Paul Niswander, Michael Lee Parks
  • Patent number: 11080120
    Abstract: Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Earle Michael Lee, Jordan May, William Planck
  • Publication number: 20210233554
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises: capturing, by one or more microphone arrays of a vehicle, sound signals in an environment; extracting frequency spectrum features from the sound signals; predicting, using an acoustic scene classifier and the frequency spectrum features, one or more siren signal classifications; converting the one or more siren signal classifications into one or more siren signal event detections; computing time delay of arrival estimates for the one or more detected siren signals; estimating one or more bearing angles to one or more sources of the one or more detected siren signals using the time delay of arrival estimates and a known geometry of the microphone array; and tracking, using a Bayesian filter, the one or more bearing angles. If a siren is detected, actions are performed by the vehicle depending on the location of the emergency vehicle and whether the emergency vehicle is active or inactive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jugal Buddhadev, Rajesh K. Venkateswaran, Alok Sharma, Yunpeng Xu, Michael Lee, Paul Schmitt, Matthew Andromalos
  • Publication number: 20210232317
    Abstract: To replicate a source LUN to a different storage system platform, a first storage system transmits a request to replicate a LUN along with attributes for the LUN to a second storage system. The second storage system maps the attributes to attributes used and understood by the platform of the second storage system. The second storage system then creates a destination LUN based on the mapped attributes. Since the destination LUN is created with similar attributes as the source LUN, the destination LUN can store the replicated data of the source LUN while still being accessed and recognized as a LUN by the second storage system. The second storage system also stores any proprietary attributes received from the first storage system so that the proprietary attributes can be supplied to the first storage system to recover the source LUN after a data loss event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ravindra Kuramkote, Kiyoshi James Komatsu, Ling na Zheng, Rachita Kothiyal, Michael Lee Federwisch, Vijay Mohan Deshmukh