Patents by Inventor Michael M

Michael M 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).

  • Patent number: 12005968
    Abstract: A tailgate assembly including at least two tailgate panels that both move between a closed position, a plurality of intermediate open positions, and a fully open position, where the tailgate panels selectively separate and articulate from the back of the cargo bed to the sides of the cargo bed. The tailgate panels move out of the way to provide direct access to the cargo area floor. The tailgate panels articulate in a small envelope of space, improving access to the rear in a confined space at the rear of the vehicle and reducing the risk of contacting objects that may be behind the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Horner, Larry R. Erickson, Robert A. Selle, Peter G. DeMarois, Michael S. Spagnuolo, Andrew E. Sicherman, Brian Staley
  • Patent number: 12004604
    Abstract: A selectively attachable garment-to-appendage interface including a seal having a first portion to a garment and a second portion coupled to an appendage such as a glove, a hood or footwear. The first portion includes one of a projection or a groove. The second portion includes the other of the projection or a groove. The projection and the groove are configured to releasably engage for selectively attaching the garment to the appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: Battelle Memorial Institute, Secretary Of The U.S. Army
    Inventors: Stephanie M. Broce, Douglas E. Wilke, Timothy C. Rothwell, Michael A. Lorenz, Emily K. Stokes
  • Patent number: 12010799
    Abstract: An electronic module is provided including a circuit board defining a longitudinal axis and having a first surface and a second surface. A module housing is provided having a bottom surface and side walls extending from the bottom surface to form an open face through which the circuit board is received. Power switches configured as an inverter circuit to drive an electric motor are mounted on the second surface of the circuit board facing the bottom surface of the module housing, and a series of heat sinks are discretely mounted on the first surface of the circuit board facing the open face opposite the power switches. Potting material is disposed in the distance between the circuit board and the bottom surface of the module housing to cover the power switches. Thermal vias are disposed through the circuit board between corresponding ones of the heat sinks and the power switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua M. Lewis, Michael D. Grove
  • Patent number: 12006330
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful for the treatment of narcolepsy or cataplexy in a subject in need thereof. Related pharmaceutical compositions and methods are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Alkermes, Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis D. Pennington, Younggi Choi, Hoan Huynh, Brian M. Aquila, Ingo Andreas Mugge, Yuan Hu, James R. Woods, Brian Kenneth Raymer, Jörg Martin Bentzien, Jonathan Ward Lehmann, Michael R. Hale, Srinivasa Karra, Roman A. Valiulin, Daljit Matharu
  • Patent number: 12007798
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor and control system is configured to detect the presence (or absence) of fluid within a container. Configured in a vat of a deep fryer, the sensor determines when a level of liquid within the vat is at or above the level of the sensor. The sensor is in communication with the control system and the sensor sends a signal to the control system representative of the presence or absence of liquid within the vat and at the level of the sensor. The controller receives the signal from the sensor, and allows operation of a fluid management system and its associated plumbing to maintain an appropriate level of liquid in the vat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: PITCO FRIALATOR, INC.
    Inventors: Michael T. Fecteau, Steven J. Cyr, Karl M. Searl
  • Patent number: 12008243
    Abstract: A system includes a host device, a memory device, and a command manager configured to reorder respective command responses for corresponding commands between the host device and the memory device. The command manager is further configured to receive a command response associated with a transaction identifier for each command. An index value for the command is written to a reordering queue. In response to a command response write for the command response, the index value from the reordering queue is read. The index value is written in an index update queue. A network write index update message is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Keith Dugan, Tony M. Brewer
  • Patent number: 12009449
    Abstract: Solar cells having emitter regions composed of wide bandgap semiconductor material are described. In an example, a method includes forming, in a process tool having a controlled atmosphere, a thin dielectric layer on a surface of a semiconductor substrate of the solar cell. The semiconductor substrate has a bandgap. Without removing the semiconductor substrate from the controlled atmosphere of the process tool, a semiconductor layer is formed on the thin dielectric layer. The semiconductor layer has a bandgap at least approximately 0.2 electron Volts (eV) above the bandgap of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard M. Swanson, Marius M. Bunea, Michael C. Johnson, David D. Smith, Yu-Chen Shen, Peter J. Cousins, Tim Dennis
  • Patent number: 12006075
    Abstract: A UAV heatsink assembly including two heat pipes, a first and second heat pipes including transfer and end portions, the end portions thermally connected to first and second metallic heat transfer elements, and a third metallic heat transfer element thermally connected to opposite ends of the heat pipes. A CPU thermally connected to the third metallic heat transfer element with first and second electrically insulating thermoplastic elements into which the respective first and second metallic components fit where the first and second electrically insulating thermoplastic elements are not between an outside ambient environment and the first and second metallic components. The heat pipes each include a wick structure and an embedded liquid providing thermal transport therein while at least some of the embedded liquids are above a threshold temperature between ?40° C. and 70° C. such that the UAV is at least operable above ?40° C. degrees and below 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: PARRY LABS LLC
    Inventors: Jose' M. Bouza, II, Michael R. Walters
  • Patent number: 12008526
    Abstract: A computer system processes a digital representation of an illiquid asset, to confirm accuracy of the digital representation and value of the asset, and generates an asset-information table indicating where the various sections of the digital representation are stored. The system also generates an asset-value token, financial-return tokens, and a data structure that includes a self-executing program. The program associates the asset-value token with the financial-return tokens, so that the illiquid asset becomes a collateral for a decentralized loan transaction implemented using blockchain technology. The use of blockchain technology for decentralized loan transactions enables immutable data traceability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick D. O'Meara, Richard Gates Bunker, Jr., Quentin Vidal, Scott Jason Landers, Jeannette L. Spaulding, Kevin M. Cuddeback, Sanjay Vatsa, David Todd Stevens, Michael Carlo Creadon, Christos Alkiviadis Polyzois
  • Patent number: 12007129
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating a building management system communicatively coupled to a security subsystem via a communication network, in which the building management system determines occupancy data, with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning subsystem that includes a scrubber unit communicatively coupled to the building management system via the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AIR DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGIES IP, LLC
    Inventors: Nitin J. Mosamkar, Amol P. Joshi, Michael G. Longman, Steven M. Trame
  • Patent number: 12009236
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method and apparatus for determining a metric related to erosion of a ring assembly used in an etching within a plasma processing chamber. In one example, the apparatus is configured to obtain a metric indicative of erosion on an edge ring disposed on a substrate support assembly in a plasma processing chamber. A sensor obtains the metric for the edge ring. The metric correlates to the quantity of erosion in the edge ring. In another example, the ring sensor may be arranged outside of a periphery of a substrate support assembly. The metric may be acquired by the ring sensor through a plasma screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yaoling Pan, Patrick John Tae, Michael D. Willwerth, Leonard M. Tedeschi, Daniel Sang Byun, Philip Allan Kraus, Phillip A. Criminale, Changhun Lee, Rajinder Dhindsa, Andreas Schmid, Denis M. Koosau
  • Patent number: 12007111
    Abstract: A lighted architectural-structure covering is disclosed. In one example of an embodiment, an architectural-structure covering includes a light source arranged and configured to illuminate at least a portion of the architectural-structure covering. The architectural-structure covering may include first and second coverings. The light source is arranged and configured to direct light onto the second covering, which is arranged and configured to reflect, redistribute, etc. the received light toward the interior space of the room in which the architectural-structure covering is located. Thus arranged, the architectural-structure covering may be used to create, for example, diffused-lighting effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Siebenaller, Coty Church, Kevin M. Dann, Christopher M. White
  • Patent number: 12008942
    Abstract: The present invention includes systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. One embodiment of the multi-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Baylor University
    Inventors: Mitchell J. Bogdanowicz, Corey P. Carbonara, Michael F. Korpi, James M. DeFilippis, Gary B. Mandle
  • Patent number: 12010108
    Abstract: Embodiments may generally be directed components and techniques to detect a request to provide banking account information over a one or more voice connections, identify the requested banking account information, and generate speech data representing the banking account information requested. In embodiments further include communicating the speech data to another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira, Michael Mossoba, Joshua Edwards
  • Patent number: 12010080
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving, by a first process executing on an electronic device and from a second process executing on the electronic device, a request for links to content items that are associated with the second process. The method further includes obtaining, by the first process and from a link index, a link to a content item associated with the second process, wherein the link index is locally stored on the electronic device and the link index comprises links to content items communicated via a third process executing on the electronic device. The link to the content item obtained from the link index is provided by the first process for presentation by the second process, wherein selection of the link causes the second process to present the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Gearhart, Alykhan F. Kanji, Erik A. Partridge, Erik M. Berget, Karthik Sudhir, Michael W. Fullerton, Sofiane Toudji, Stephen M. Lottermoser
  • Patent number: 12008374
    Abstract: The technology includes allocating an object in a memory and setting an ownership identifier (ID) in the allocated object, the allocated object being associated with a first variable in a program and setting a matching ownership ID in a pointer to the allocated object. When the allocated object is accessed during execution of the program by a processor, an exception is generated when the ownership ID in the allocated object does not match the ownership ID in the pointer, and execution of the program is continued when the ownership ID in the allocated object does match the ownership ID in the pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael LeMay, Peiming Liu, David M. Durham, Scott Constable, Kshitij Arun Doshi
  • Patent number: 12010744
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a movement of an occupant in a vehicle, determining an atypical health condition based on the movement and a position of the occupant in the vehicle, determining if the occupant is breathing, based on an analysis performed by the vehicle, verifying the atypical health condition by the vehicle, based on received data from a device proximate the occupant, and sending a notification to an entity, based on the verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Simon P. Roberts, Sergei I. Gage, Yang Ding, Christopher J. Macpherson, Michael R. Kushnerik, Naohiro J. Matsumura, Cory M. Frank, Jessica May, Matthew J. Everett
  • Publication number: 20240181948
    Abstract: A thermal enclosure assembly for a vehicle includes a container disposed in a compartment of the vehicle that selectively couples with a wall of the compartment. The container is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A tray couples with the wall and pivots between a folded position and an unfolded position to selectively enclose the container with the wall. The container is configured to move between the retracted position and the extended position when the tray is in the unfolded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hrecznyj, Michael M. Azzouz, Scott Nydam, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Kevin Wayne Preuss
  • Publication number: 20240182421
    Abstract: Described herein are new synthetic routes for production of Endochin-Like Quinolone (ELQ) compounds. Synthetic routes to 3-substituted 4(1H)-quinolones are presented that are amenable to industrial scale preparation. One herein presented approach is relatively short, does not require palladium, and involves no chromatographic separation. A second herein presented approach is similarly relatively short, does not require palladium, involves no chromatographic separation, and also avoids high vacuum distillation. Additionally, both approaches require no protecting group chemistry because the insoluble 4(1H)-quinolone is not formed until the final reaction step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: Oregon Health & Science University, The United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Michael K. Riscoe, Aaron Nilsen, Haihong Jin, Sovitj Pou, Rolf W. Winter, Rozalia Ana Dodean, Katherine M. Liebman
  • Publication number: 20240182455
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Elizabeth Mary Beck, Steven John Durrant, Sarah Skerratt, Robert Pullin, Gorka Etxebarria Jardi, David Matthew Shaw, Nadia M. Ahmad, Christopher Wray, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Kiri North, James Dodd, Michael Edward O'Donnell, Bhairavi Galan, Ronald Marcellus Knegtel, Ewa Iwona Chudyk, Joanne Louise Pinder, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles, Dean Stamos, Yvonne Schmidt, Joseph Pontillo, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Timothy Donald Neubert, Dennis James Hurley, Jinglan Zhou