Patents by Inventor Michael Levin

Michael Levin 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).

  • ABLATION CURRENT MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20170079712
    Abstract: Ablation apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an insertion tube, an ablation electrode disposed at a distal end of the tube, a conducting element, and a sensor. The conducting element conducts an ablating current from a proximal end of the tube to the ablation electrode, and the sensor measures an amplitude of the ablating current at the distal end of the tube. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Avi Reuveni
  • Multi-channel ECG measurement
    Patent number: 9591981
    Abstract: A method for acquiring electrical signals from a living subject, including injecting, via an injection electrode attached to the subject, a known calibration signal to the subject and measuring respective levels of output signals generated at input electrodes attached to the subject in response to the calibration signal. The method further includes deriving respective weighting factors for the input electrodes in response to the respective levels, and applying the respective weighting factors to physiological signals acquired by the input electrodes, so as to generate respective corrected physiological signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Isreal) Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Meir Bar-Tal
  • Axle heat absorber
    Patent number: 9562604
    Abstract: An axle includes a differential, a cover, and a heat absorber. The differential has a ring gear disposed within a housing. The ring gear is configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The cover is attached to the housing. The heat absorber is attached to the cover within a pump path of the ring gear. The heat absorber has a phase-change material disposed within the heat absorber configured to absorb heat from the lubricating fluid. A method to control fluid temperature in a vehicle axle is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sunil Katragadda, W. Cary Cole, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Danrich Henry Demitroff, Mathew John Fast
  • DIFFERENTIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL LUBRICATING FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160377164
    Abstract: A differential is provided. The differential includes a housing that has a sump, an input shaft, a ring gear, a carrier that is affixed to the ring gear, and a diverter. The sump is configured to collect lubricating fluid. The ring gear is configured to transfer lubricating fluid out of the sump. The diverter is configured to direct the lubricating fluid to the input shaft and carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Mathew John FAST, Danrich Henry DEMITROFF, Sunil KATRAGADDA, Lawrence MARSHALL, W. Cary COLE, Michael LEVIN, Furqan Zafar SHAIKH
  • DUAL-FLUID DISPENSING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DIESEL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160347603
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus is provided and is configured to dispense two fluids to a vehicle. A rigid diesel spout delivers diesel, while a urea spout is slidably disposed on the diesel spout and configured to deliver urea to the vehicle. The urea spout includes a guide that cooperates with a rail on the diesel spout such that insertion of the diesel spout into the vehicle can slide the urea spout relative the diesel spout. A valve in the urea spout includes an area for receiving a projection member on the vehicle to open the urea spout when inserted into the vehicle. The vehicle correspondingly includes a diesel intake and a urea intake. A projection or pin is provided to cooperate with the dispensing apparatus to open the valve and allow urea to flow into the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Michael George ZAMMIT, Dean Chester ARMSTRONG, Michael LEVIN, Furqan Zafar SHAIKH, Adam CAMERON, David SIMPSON
  • Electrocardiogram noise reduction
    Patent number: 9504522
    Abstract: Methods and systems of catheterization include a flexible catheter adapted for insertion into a heart of a living subject. The catheter has a lumen for passing an electrically conductive fluid therethrough with the fluid exiting the catheter at the distal portion. The lumen is connectable to an irrigation pump to form a fluid communication therewith. A fluid reservoir connected to the lumen supplies the fluid to the catheter. Electrocardiogram circuitry is connectable to the subject for monitoring electrical activity in the heart. An electrically conductive cable diverts induced charges in the fluid from the catheter electrodes, for example by connection to an isolated ground of the electrocardiogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Eitan Moshe Saba, Yevgeny Bonyak, Michael Levin, Roy Urman, Yoav Lichtenstein, Liron Shmuel Mizrahi, Eyal Yechezkel Glottmann
  • AXLE HEAT ABSORBER
    Publication number: 20160312878
    Abstract: An axle includes a differential, a cover, and a heat absorber. The differential has a ring gear disposed within a housing. The ring gear is configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The cover is attached to the housing. The heat absorber is attached to the cover within a pump path of the ring gear. The heat absorber has a phase-change material disposed within the heat absorber configured to absorb heat from the lubricating fluid. A method to control fluid temperature in a vehicle axle is also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Sunil KATRAGADDA, W. Cary COLE, Michael LEVIN, Furqan Zafar SHAIKH, Danrich Henry DEMITROFF, Mathew John FAST
  • VEHICLE AND INSULATING DEVICE FOR GEARBOX
    Publication number: 20160312876
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a power source, at least one wheel, a gearbox. The gearbox includes a housing, gearing disposed in the housing, and an insulator disposed between the gearing and the housing. The gearing is configured to couple the power source to the at least one wheel. The insulator is configured to reduce thermal energy losses of a fluid that lubricates the gearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Danrich Henry DEMITROFF, Mathew John FAST, Michael LEVIN, Sunil KATRAGADDA, Furqan Zafar SHAIKH, W. Cary COLE
  • AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH VACUUM ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20160297281
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system is provided for a motor vehicle. That system includes a vacuum enclosure having a refrigerant, a first section and a second section. The system further includes a radiator, a core and a phase change material vessel downstream from the core. A conduit and valve system operate the air-conditioning system in two modes of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Danrich Henry Demitroff
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE RADIATOR HEAT ABSORBER
    Publication number: 20160290216
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a phase change material (PCM) integrated radiator. In one example, a method may include adjusting a radiator control valve into a first position to flow coolant only through a first zone of a radiator containing phase change material (PCM) and not through a second zone of the radiator not containing phase change material. The method may further include adjusting the radiator control valve into a second position to flow coolant only through the second zone of the radiator and not the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Sunil Katragadda, Cary Cole, Michael Levin, Danrich Henry Demitroff, Mathew John Fast, Furqan Zafar Shaikh
  • Mixing system
    Patent number: 9453448
    Abstract: A mixing system is provided. The mixing system includes a housing defining a boundary of a mixing conduit including an expansion section with an injector mount and a reductant diverter extending into the conduit upstream of the injector mount in the expansion section. The mixing system further includes an atomizer with openings positioned in the housing and a helical mixing element positioned in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh
  • Method for NOx reduction
    Patent number: 9441516
    Abstract: The present application relates to mitigating NOx emissions, and more particularly, to vehicles including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system in the exhaust of a diesel or gasoline engine. In one example a method includes temporarily increasing a liquid reductant dosing value injected by an injector from a first dosing value to a second dosing value, the temporary increase in response to a change from injecting liquid reductant onto a first impact location on a disperser device to injecting onto a second impact location on the disperser device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bret Alan Zimmerman, Michael Levin, John Paul Bogema, Furqan Zafar Shaikh
  • SEGMENTED BALLOON CATHETER
    Publication number: 20160228182
    Abstract: A catheter has an inflatable assembly at its distal portion, including a containment chamber, an axial core and a plurality of longitudinally oriented partitions extending from the axial core to the wall of the chamber to divide the containment chamber into at least four inflatable sectors. Hydraulic valves are connected to respective sectors to enable selective inflation of the sectors by a fluid when the valves are connected to a source of the fluid, and at least one surface electrode is mounted on each of the sectors. When introduced into a heart chamber and diametrically opposed sectors are inflated the assembly is stably fixed against the walls of the heart chamber and readings can be obtained from the surface electrodes of the inflated sectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: MICHAEL LEVIN, Yoav Lichtenstein, Avi Reuveni, Avigdor Rosenberg
  • DRIVELINE THERMAL AND LUBRICANT FLOW MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160178048
    Abstract: A vehicle includes axle housing, a differential and a ring gear, a scraper port, and a reservoir. The housing has a cover forming a heat exchanger having a coolant side and a lubricant side. The differential and ring gear are configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The scraper port is disposed at a bottom of the heat exchanger adjacent to the ring gear and is configured to direct the lubricating fluid through the lubricant side of the heat exchanger. The reservoir is disposed at a top of the heat exchanger and is configured to receive and store the lubricating fluid from the lubricant side of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Scott LIPPERT, John Edward BREVICK, Mathew John FAST, Lawrence MARSHALL, Andreas E. PERAKES, Danrich Henry DEMITROFF, W. Cary COLE, Furqan Zafar SHAIKH, Michael LEVIN
  • Far Field-Insensitive Intracardiac Catheter Electrodes
    Publication number: 20160174864
    Abstract: Cardiac catheterization is carried out using a catheter having an electrode assembly disposed on the distal portion of the catheter. The electrode assembly includes a sensing electrode connected to a remote receiver, and at least one grounded guard electrode spaced apart from the sensing electrode by a gap. The sensing electrode is bracketed on at least two sides by the at least one grounded guard electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Meir Bar-Tal, Yigal Ultchin
  • COUPLING OF RATIONAL AGENTS TO QUANTUM PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20160162799
    Abstract: The present invention provides devices, methods, and systems for coupling a rational agent to a quantum process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Levin
  • Driveline thermal and lubricant flow management
    Patent number: 9360104
    Abstract: A vehicle includes axle housing, a differential and a ring gear, a scraper port, and a reservoir. The housing has a cover forming a heat exchanger having a coolant side and a lubricant side. The differential and ring gear are configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The scraper port is disposed at a bottom of the heat exchanger adjacent to the ring gear and is configured to direct the lubricating fluid through the lubricant side of the heat exchanger. The reservoir is disposed at a top of the heat exchanger and is configured to receive and store the lubricating fluid from the lubricant side of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Scott Lippert, John Edward Brevick, Mathew John Fast, Lawrence Marshall, Andreas E. Perakes, Danrich Henry Demitroff, W. Cary Cole, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Michael Levin
  • Segmented balloon catheter
    Patent number: 9352134
    Abstract: A catheter has an inflatable assembly at its distal portion, including a containment chamber, an axial core and a plurality of longitudinally oriented partitions extending from the axial core to the wall of the chamber to divide the containment chamber into at least four inflatable sectors. Hydraulic valves are connected to respective sectors to enable selective inflation of the sectors by a fluid when the valves are connected to a source of the fluid, and at least one surface electrode is mounted on each of the sectors. When introduced into a heart chamber and diametrically opposed sectors are inflated the assembly is stably fixed against the walls of the heart chamber and readings can be obtained from the surface electrodes of the inflated sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Yoav Lichtenstein, Avi Reuveni, Avigdor Rosenberg
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING WASTE HEAT FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150352923
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes an exhaust gas heat recovery system are described. The system may reduce engine warm-up time and increase an amount of time an engine of a hybrid vehicle is deactivated while the hybrid vehicle is powered by a motor. In one example, a phase change material selectively stores and releases exhaust gas energy from and engine to improve vehicle operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Quazi Ehtesham Hussain, William Samuel Schwartz, David Richens Brigham, Mark John Jennings, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Michael Levin, Donald Masch, Danrich Henry Demitroff, James Patrick O'Neill
  • Coupling of rational agents to quantum processes
    Patent number: 9189744
    Abstract: The present invention provides devices, methods, and systems for coupling a rational agent to a quantum process. In particular, the present invention provides rational agents configured to influence a quantum process, or to derive information from a quantum process, and methods and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mind Over Matter AI, LLC.
    Inventor: Michael Levin