Patents by Inventor Michael Lloyd

Michael Lloyd 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: 20240375361
    Abstract: A tooling set for stamp forming a workpiece includes a first stamping tool, a second stamping tool and an elastomeric layer between the first and second stamping tools. The first stamping tool defines a first forming face. The second stamping tool defines a second forming face. The elastomeric layer defines first and second compliant stamping surfaces. A method for stamp forming a workpiece includes positioning a workpiece between the first stamping tool and the elastomeric layer and compressing the workpiece between the first forming face and the first compliant stamping surface in response to the first and second stamping tools being approximated. A system for stamp forming a workpiece includes the tooling set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael P. Matlack, Gregory J. Hickman, Evan Lloyd, Emma L. Morrissey, Andrew Gutknecht
  • Patent number: 12141834
    Abstract: Systems, programs, non-transitory computer readable mediums, and methods of managing multiple and concurrent online advertising campaigns to eliminate user fatigue are disclosed. In particular, a campaign management server generates multiple target lists of users from a data warehouse for a plurality of pre-defined online advertising campaigns. The users on the target lists are selected to receive electronic communications, such as email or text, containing advertisements based upon target profiles associated with the campaigns as determined by marketing objectives. The advertising campaigns are prioritized such that users on a target list of a higher prioritized campaign are suppressed from lower prioritized campaigns in order to insure that the users receive a predetermined number of electronic communications within a set time frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford Hardy Johnson, Michael David Breitenbeker, Joshua Lloyd Selleneit, Jessica Leigh Hughes, Catherine Diaz
  • Publication number: 20240369840
    Abstract: A personal display device for displaying virtual images to a wearer including a frame having a right temple section, a left temple section, a right eye see-through section, and a left eye see-through section; a projection display device connected to the frame; a processor connected to the projection display device and arranged within the left temple section or right temple section; and at least one waveguide stack module connected to the frame, the at least one waveguide stack module being configured to receive image-bearing light beams from the projection display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Travers, Tyler Porter, Robert Schultz, Gregory Moens, Connor Hack, Adalberto Perez Reyes, Kevin Lloyd, Marc J. Krolczyk, Michael J. Telek, Paul A. Boris, Robert W. Gray, Alexander Kelly
  • Patent number: 12130624
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides autonomous vehicle systems and methods that include or otherwise leverage a motion planning system that generates constraints as part of determining a motion plan for an autonomous vehicle (AV). In particular, a scenario generator within a motion planning system can generate constraints based on where objects of interest are predicted to be relative to an autonomous vehicle. A constraint solver can identify navigation decisions for each of the constraints that provide a consistent solution across all constraints. The solution provided by the constraint solver can be in the form of a trajectory path determined relative to constraint areas for all objects of interest. The trajectory path represents a set of navigation decisions such that a navigation decision relative to one constraint doesn't sacrifice an ability to satisfy a different navigation decision relative to one or more other constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Lee Phillips, Don Burnette, Kalin Vasilev Gochev, Somchaya Liemhetcharat, Harishma Dayanidhi, Eric Michael Perko, Eric Lloyd Wilkinson, Colin Jeffrey Green, Wei Liu, Anthony Joseph Stentz, David Mcallister Bradley, Samuel Philip Marden
  • Patent number: 12133043
    Abstract: A head-worn sound reproduction device is provided in the form of left and right earphones, which can either be clipped to each ear or mounted on other headgear. The earphones deliver high fidelity audio to a user's eardrums from near-ear range, in a lightweight form factor that is fully “non-blocking” (allows coupling in and natural hearing of ambient sound). Each earphone has a woofer component that produces bass frequencies, and a tweeter component that produces treble frequencies. The woofer outputs the bass frequencies from a position close to the ear canal, while the tweeter outputs treble frequencies from a position that is either close to the ear canal or further away. In certain embodiments, the tweeter is significantly further from the ear canal than the woofer, leading to a more expansive perceived “sound stage”, but still with a “pure” listening experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lloyd Schmidt, David Thomas Roach, Michael Z. Land, Richard D. Herr
  • Publication number: 20240342974
    Abstract: A compliant stamping tool for stamp forming a workpiece includes a support structure, a fluid and a deformable membrane. The support structure includes a support wall spaced from a stamping axis. The support wall defines a chamber with an opening. The fluid is disposed within the chamber. The deformable membrane is secured to the support wall, covers the opening and seals the fluid within the chamber. The deformable membrane defines a compliant stamping surface configured to oppose different non-compliant stamping surfaces of opposing stamping tools. A system for stamp forming a workpiece includes a first stamping tool and the compliant stamping tool. The first stamping tool defines a first non-compliant stamping surface extending from the stamping axis. A method for stamp forming a workpiece is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gregory J. Hickman, Michael P. Matlack, Emma L. Morrissey, Evan Lloyd, Andrew Gutknecht
  • Publication number: 20240330627
    Abstract: A system and method utilizes a machine readable garment identification tag at a first station to enter information on the specific garment into a computer system. The garment data from the garment identification tag is assigned to a garment identifier which is printed or formed on a hanger neck sleeve member. The hanger neck sleeve member provides a consistent scan point through all the subsequent sorting stations in the system. This eliminates the need to search for the position of the garment tag to scan in sort stations subsequent to the initial station. Each hanger neck sleeve member has a machine readable code that is assigned to the associated garment and is placed on the neck of the hanger for that garment. The position of the hanger neck sleeve member on the neck of the hanger makes it readily accessible and readable, significantly more so than the garment tag in these regards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Tomas Attalla, Gary Ernest Blattner, Mark Andrew Bolen, Robert Fulton Cotter, Chadwick A. Featherly, Michael Lloyd Greenig, Michael Lawrence Thompson
  • Publication number: 20240311412
    Abstract: A data processing system includes: a processor; a network interface; and a memory comprising programming instructions for execution by the processor to: access an electronic workspace; determine a list of changes to the workspace within a period of time; structure a query to a Large Language Model (LLM) or Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine, the query to generate for a user a summary of the changes; obtain a corresponding summary from the LLM or AI engine; and in a user interface, associate a display of the workspace with the corresponding summary to update a user as to a current state of the workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Lane MILVANEY, Lyndsy Marie STOPA, Jessica Samantha MARISCAL QUINTANA, Natalie Ann MIONIS, Manon KNOERTZER, Manish Kumar SHUKLA, Katie Nicole ROTELLA, Courtney Sarah COCHRANE, Yang HE, Yishuang CHEN, Michael Adam SCARPATI, Saniya Anvarovna MAZMANOVA, Ransom Lloyd RICHARDSON, Da MENG
  • Publication number: 20240294540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel chemical compound for use in the treatment of cancer, to compositions containing said compound, methods of manufacture and combinations with other therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: James D. MCCHESNEY, Gilles H. Tapolsky, David Lloyd Emerson, John Marshall, Michael Kurman, Manuel R. Modiano
  • Patent number: 12063883
    Abstract: A grounds maintenance vehicle having a vehicle frame is disclosed. An implement is coupled to the vehicle frame and has a first implement end and a second implement end. A height selection tool is configured to select one vertical position of a plurality of selectable vertical positions, where each vertical position limits a distance between the implement and the vehicle frame. An implement angle selection tool has a manually engageable mechanism configured to change the elevation of one of the first implement end or the second implement end relative to the other of the first implement end or the second implement end. The implement angle selection tool is configured to fix the elevation of the first implement end relative the second implement end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Shane Fredenburg, Justin Leigh Pryor, Frederick Aubrey Fugett, Kenneth Lloyd McConnell
  • Patent number: 12053886
    Abstract: A control system for a robotic device comprising a task embedding network to receive one or more demonstrations of a task and to generate a task embedding. The task embedding comprises a representation of the task, and each demonstration comprises one or more observations of a performance of the task. The control system includes a control network to receive the task embedding from the task embedding network and to apply a policy to map a plurality of successive observations of the robotic device to respective control instructions for the robotic device. The policy applied by the control network is modulated across the plurality of successive observations of the robotic device using the task embedding from the task embedding network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Imperial College Innovations Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Lloyd James, Michael Bloesch, Andrew Davison
  • Publication number: 20240252103
    Abstract: A wireless intraoral device for the assessment and treatment of dysphagia includes a molded mouthpiece that is conformable to the patient's mouth and easy for a patient to place and removably secure inside the mouth. The mouthpiece includes a plurality of spaced apart sensors configured to measure tongue pressure. The mouthpiece includes features that improve actuation and performance of the sensors, as well as improve patient comfort and conformity of the mouthpiece inside the mouth. The intraoral device operates wirelessly and all operating components for data measurement and collection can be contained within the intraoral device. The intraoral device can communicate wirelessly with a tablet or other computing device. In an example, the molded mouthpiece can be formed from one or more thermoplastic elastomers, such as silicone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ross Kent Dunbar, Gary Lloyd Graham, JR., Michael John Brusseau, Luke Wayne Lundquist, James Michael Faucher, Kathleen Wendlandt Hill, Steven Dennis Lind
  • Publication number: 20240253276
    Abstract: Tooling for stamp forming a workpiece includes a first tool, a second tool, and an elastic boundary. The second tool includes an elastomeric member. The first tool has a thickness along a stamping axis and defines a first stamping surface extending from the stamping axis. The elastomeric member having a thickness along the stamping axis and defining a second stamping surface axially opposing the first stamping surface. The elastomeric member defines a periphery spaced from the stamping axis. The elastic boundary disposed proximate to at least a portion of the periphery of the elastomeric member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael P. Matlack, Gregory J. Hickman, Evan Lloyd, Andrew Gutknecht, Emma L. Morrissey
  • Patent number: 12045054
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides autonomous vehicle systems and methods that include or otherwise leverage a motion planning system that generates constraints as part of determining a motion plan for an autonomous vehicle (AV). In particular, a scenario generator within a motion planning system can generate constraints based on where objects of interest are predicted to be relative to an autonomous vehicle. A constraint solver can identify navigation decisions for each of the constraints that provide a consistent solution across all constraints. The solution provided by the constraint solver can be in the form of a trajectory path determined relative to constraint areas for all objects of interest. The trajectory path represents a set of navigation decisions such that a navigation decision relative to one constraint doesn't sacrifice an ability to satisfy a different navigation decision relative to one or more other constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Lee Phillips, Don Burnette, Kalin Vasilev Gochev, Somchaya Liemhetcharat, Harishma Dayanidhi, Eric Michael Perko, Eric Lloyd Wilkinson, Colin Jeffrey Green, Wei Liu, Anthony Joseph Stentz, David McAllister Bradley, Samuel Philip Marden
  • Patent number: 11929869
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure disclosed herein provide techniques for detecting anomalies across one or more components within a distributed computing system, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. An anomaly detection system retrieves event data associated with a real-time stream of events generated by one or more components within a distributed computing system. The anomaly detection system computes a failure metric based on the event data. The anomaly detection system determines that the failure metric exceeds a dynamically adjustable trigger condition. The anomaly detection system generates an alert associated with the failure metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur Gonigberg, Michael Lloyd Cohen, Neeraj Joshi, Cody Mitchell Rioux
  • Publication number: 20230356049
    Abstract: A hockey-stick blade includes a heel region, a toe region spaced longitudinally from the heel region, and a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region. The toe region includes one or more reinforcing elements, optionally of different lengths, located at different vertical positions within the toe region. The blade further includes a hosel that optionally is tailored to substantially match the strength and stiffness characteristics of an attached or integral hockey stick shaft. The mid-region of the blade exhibits improved feel and flexibility characteristics due to the increased stiffness in the toe region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Bauer Hockey, LLC
    Inventors: Edsel Padilla Villar, Michael Lloyd Snow, Michael Mountain
  • Patent number: 11679316
    Abstract: A hockey-stick blade includes a heel region, a toe region spaced longitudinally from the heel region, and a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region. The toe region includes one or more reinforcing elements, optionally of different lengths, located at different vertical positions within the toe region. The blade further includes a hosel that optionally is tailored to substantially match the strength and stiffness characteristics of an attached or integral hockey stick shaft. The mid-region of the blade exhibits improved feel and flexibility characteristics due to the increased stiffness in the toe region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Bauer Hockey, LLC
    Inventors: Edsel Padilla Villar, Michael Lloyd Snow, Michael Mountain
  • Patent number: 11616719
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a sticky canary router routes each request associated with a service to either a canary cluster of servers that implement a modification to the service or a baseline cluster of servers that do not implement the modification. The sticky canary router implements a mapping algorithm that determines the routing of each request based on a current time, a time window for the routing, and a characteristic of the request. Notably, the mapping algorithm may be implemented such that, for time segments with duration equal to the time window, the sticky canary router routes all requests received from a particular device in a consistent fashion—either to the canary cluster or to a baseline cluster. Configured thusly, the sticky canary router enables the analysis of approximately full sections of client interactions with the canary servers, thereby facilitating identification of client-side effects of the changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC
    Inventor: Michael Lloyd Cohen
  • Patent number: 11534668
    Abstract: A hockey-stick includes a blade and a shaft. The blade includes a heel region, a toe region spaced longitudinally from the heel region, and a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region. The blade optionally also includes a hosel to which the shaft is attached. One or more tuning rods or similar structures are positioned in the blade to increase the blade's stiffness to substantially match the stiffness of the shaft. The tuning rods are optionally located in the mid-region of the blade and may extend into the hosel and, in some cases, into the shaft or the toe region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Bauer Hockey, LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Pearson, Michael Lloyd Snow, Michael Mountain
  • Publication number: 20220387416
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to stable formulations of atropine and scopolamine for use as a medical countermeasure to combat organophosphate nerve agent threats. The formulations exploit complementary pharmacological profiles for optimal receptor blockade and anticholinergic activity within the peripheral and central nervous system. The formulations are suitable for intramuscular injection, and have stability that exceeds two years in stressed conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Lloyd RADOMSKY, Donald DUWE