Patents by Inventor Michael Martin

Michael Martin 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: 12286270
    Abstract: A transport assembly with an upper part including a plurality of sleeves, each sleeve extending along a sleeve axis between a top opening and a bottom opening, wherein the plurality of sleeves are arranged with their respective axes in parallel to one another, and a lower part including a plate with a plurality of apertures that each extend through the plate. The upper part and the lower part can be coupled such that each bottom opening is arranged adjacent to one of the plurality of apertures, and the upper part and the lower part can be moved relative to one another between a closed configuration in which a perimeter of each bottom opening intersects a perimeter of a corresponding aperture at two or more points, and an open configuration in which the perimeter of each bottom opening is aligned with or is enclosed by the perimeter of a corresponding aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: Gerresheimer Glas GmbH, Stevanato Group S.p.A.
    Inventors: Nicole Hutterer, Andreas Fraas, Ricardo Colchado, Stephen Flynn, Braden Miller, Scott Rosenman, Alessio Bonati, Michele Guasti, Marco Canestraro, Riccardo Prete, Gianpaolo Bertolin, Michael-Martin Strehl
  • Publication number: 20250098732
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to machinery for forming smoking articles of cannabis compositions. In at least one embodiment, there is provided a system for alcohol-based lubrication for pre-roll machinery comprising: a reservoir tank for retaining lubricant fluid; a tube conduit having a first end fluidically coupled to the reservoir tank and an open second end; and a modified pre-roll member having a fluid-receiving opening coupled to the second tube end, the modified pre-roll member further comprising a bottom contact surface including one or more fluid exit openings coupled to the fluid-receiving opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: HEXO OPERATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kerry HIERONS, Michael MARTIN, Simon SIMMONS
  • Patent number: 12256473
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses control light emitted from a mirror platform through an interaction with a user. A first signal is received from a capacitive sensor during the interaction. The capacitive sensor is incorporated on the back side of the mirror platform. The first signal is processed to obtain control parameters for at least two light sources. The at least two light sources are configured with the mirror platform and the at least two light sources produce light at different color temperatures. The control parameters are used to cause the at least two light sources to emit light at a color temperature established during the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: ELECTRIC MIRROR, LLC
    Inventors: James V Mischel, Jr., James Vernon Mischel, Sr., Richard Allen Lindsay, Michael Martin Uhl, Johann Friedrich Adam
  • Patent number: 12228213
    Abstract: In one example, a proportioning valve, comprises a valve body, a first fitting coupled to the valve body, a second fitting coupled to the valve body, and a third fitting coupled to the valve body, where the second fitting and the third fitting each extend in parallel to the first fitting. In one example, an inner bore of the valve body is substantially cylindrical. In one example, the first fitting is an outlet fitting, the second fitting is a first inlet fitting, and the third fitting is a second inlet fitting. In another example, the first fitting is an inlet fitting, the second fitting is a first outlet fitting, and the third fitting is a second outlet fitting. In one example, the valve body includes a flow diverter positioned within the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: DANA CANADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Silvio Tonellato, Benjamin Miethig, Michael Martin
  • Patent number: 12232217
    Abstract: A wirelessly enabled mirror includes a mirror, a wireless data system, and a data output interface. The mirror has a front side and a back side. The wireless data system includes a wireless data module. The wireless data system is fixed to the back side of the mirror. The wireless data module is configured to communicate with a user device and to receive wireless data from the user device. The data output interface is configured to receive data from the wireless data module, and the data is derived from a wireless stream of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ELECTRIC MIRROR, LLC
    Inventors: James V. Mischel, Jr., James Vernon Mischel, Sr., Michael Martin Uhl, Steven M Swedenburg
  • Publication number: 20250049450
    Abstract: An orthopedic instrument system that includes a burr and a burr guide. The burr guide includes an elongated opening, in which at least a portion of the elongated opening includes a substantially circular opening having a greater dimension than that of the adjacent portion of the elongated opening. The circular opening is configured to receive at least a portion of the burr therein and therethrough such that the burr may be manipulated along the length of the elongated opening. The burr has a shaft and a first end opposite a second end with the first end being configured to facilitate being releasably coupled to a tool. The second end of the burr has an engagement feature that is configured to cut and/or resurface a bone surface. A method of using the orthopedic instrument system is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Paragon 28, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph DOGUÉ, Michael SCHMIDT, Laura Zagrocki BRINKER, Mansour Adel ALBAYYAT, Brandon Michael MARTIN, Makenna AITKEN, Deip Ashok SEKHADIA, Tai James COMBS
  • Publication number: 20250046187
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to perform operations comprising determining an occurrence of a sign in an environment of a vehicle; determining that at least a portion of the sign is unrecognized by a local machine learning model of the vehicle; and providing sensor data associated with the at least one portion of the sign to an operations center remote from the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Dingli, Joseph Michael Martin, Anurag Ganguli, Ankur Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20250032248
    Abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve prostheses for improving the cardiac function of a patient suffering from coronary artery disease. Transcatheter aortic valve prostheses include a valve component and a frame. The valve component includes valve leaflets and a skirt. The frame includes access cells that improve access to a patient's coronary arteries if further intervention is required and/or includes a window or conduction protection cell that is oriented to align with a portion of conduction system of the heart in situ to reduce conduction disturbances of the anatomy. Suture patterns for attaching a commissure to a commissure post of the frame, and for attaching a tissue bumper to the commissure post, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew BALDWIN, Amy HALLAK, Rodney BELL, Matthew WESTON, Yogesh DAREKAR, Wayne FALK, David Michael MARTIN, Mike CONERNEY, David NOLAN, Cahal MCVEIGH, Karl OLNEY, Jamie DUNAWAY, Fatemeh FATEMI FAR
  • Publication number: 20250031748
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and method for forming cannabis pre-rolls. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a feed of cannabis plant material; (b) trimming the feed of cannabis plant material to form a feed of rollable cannabis plant material having successive first zones and second zones, wherein a cross-sectional area of the first zones in a plane transverse to a feed flow direction through a trimmer is greater than a cross-sectional area of the second zones in a plane transverse to the feed flow direction through the trimmer; and (c) compressing the feed of rollable cannabis plant material to form a feed of compressed rollable cannabis plant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: HEXO OPERATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kerry HIERONS, Michael MARTIN, Simon SIMMONS
  • Patent number: 12191465
    Abstract: A modular heat exchanger for battery thermal management having a plurality of similarly constructed heat exchange elements affixed to a cover plate and fluidly coupled with one another via a single external manifold structure that functions as both an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold for each of the heat exchange elements. Rigidity is improved with alternating tabs or overlapping tabs between adjacent elements, and/or side edges between adjacent elements having cutouts for receiving stiffening ribs formed in the cover plate. The external manifold structure provides additional stiffening for the interconnected heat exchange elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DANA CANADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Garreth D. G. Graves, Benjamin A. Kenney, Michael A. Martin, Kenneth M. A. Abels, Lee M. Kinder
  • Publication number: 20240401404
    Abstract: A motorized covering for a window, including a selectively positionable plurality of slats; a flexible material layer connected to the plurality of slats, the flexible material layer extending generally parallel to the window when the plurality of slats is in the extended position, a plurality of temporary air cells being formed between the plurality of slats, the flexible material layer, and the window when the slats are in the extended position; and a motor system operatively connected to the plurality of slats and the flexible material layer to selectively lower and raise the slats and the flexible material layer, the motor system being configured to lower and raise the plurality of slats and the flexible material layer in response to at least one control signal, the at least one control signal being based on a determination to change an insulation factor for the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Xin Yi LING, Muny TRAM, Samuel KIM, Michael MARTINS, Brett BARNES
  • Patent number: 12144728
    Abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve prostheses for improving the cardiac function of a patient suffering from coronary artery disease. Transcatheter aortic valve prostheses include a valve component and a frame. The valve component includes valve leaflets and a skirt. The frame includes access cells that improve access to a patient's coronary arteries if further intervention is required and/or includes a window or conduction protection cell that is oriented to align with a portion of conduction system of the heart in situ to reduce conduction disturbances of the anatomy. Suture patterns for attaching a commissure to a commissure post of the frame, and for attaching a tissue bumper to the commissure post, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Baldwin, Amy Hallak, Rodney Bell, Matthew Weston, Yogesh Darekar, Wayne Falk, David Michael Martin, Mike Conerney, David Nolan, Cahal McVeigh, Karl Olney, Jamie Dunaway, Fatemeh Fatemi Far
  • Publication number: 20240374490
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of reducing or preventing sunburn caused from visible and ultraviolet radiation in a subject, the method comprising topically applying to the subject a sunscreen composition comprising inorganic UV filtering agents, antioxidants, and at least one inorganic pigment, wherein the at least one inorganic pigments and antioxidants are present in an amount effective to reduce or prevent sunburn caused from visible light. Also provided herein are sunscreen compositions and methods of increasing the SPF of a sunscreen composition that comprises at least one inorganic UV filtering agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: DOC MARTIN'S OF MAUI
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan STAHL, Curtis Allan COLE, George Michael MARTIN
  • Patent number: 12139073
    Abstract: Vehicles and systems and methods for providing rearview displays for vehicles are provided. An exemplary system is provided for a vehicle having a gate moveable between closed configuration and opened configurations. The system includes a camera mounted to the gate and configured to collect dynamic pixel images of an area behind the vehicle; a display screen configured to display the collected dynamic pixel images; and memory configured to include executable instructions and a processor configured to execute executable instructions that enable the processor to crop the collected dynamic pixel images to display a lower portion of the collected dynamic pixel images on the display screen when the gate is in the closed configuration, and to crop the collected dynamic pixel images to display an upper portion of the collected dynamic pixel images on the display screen when the gate is in the opened configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Du, Xiaofeng F Song, Joshua Michael Martin
  • Patent number: 12128829
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display arrangement, including: a cover that is transparent at least in some regions; a support frame adapted to fix the display arrangement on a supporting structure; a pixel matrix display having a display surface; a housing; wherein the support frame is arranged adjacent to the cover and an intermediate space, which is delimited by the support frame and the cover, is formed and is filled with a thermoplastic elastomer; wherein the cover and the support frame form a well, in which the pixel matrix display is accommodated; wherein a transparent adhesive layer is formed in the well between the display surface and the cover to fix the pixel matrix display on the cover, with the display surface being visible through the cover and the adhesive layer; wherein the housing fits over the pixel matrix display and is fixed on the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Preh GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Michael Martin
  • Publication number: 20240317016
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a fluid distribution system of for reconfigurable thermal management. In one example, a fluid distribution system comprises a fluid manifold that includes a plurality of sections with a plurality of inlet and outlet ports, and a pilot assembly including a plurality of manifold sections, a plurality of selectively couplable fluid chambers, and a plurality of solenoid-actuated pilot valve assemblies. The plurality of solenoid-actuated pilot valve assemblies control fluid flow through the plurality of selectively couplable fluid chambers by controlling pressure differential across a plurality of main diaphragms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Michael MARTIN, John BRUZEWSKI
  • Patent number: 12085108
    Abstract: An anchor for wallboard installation includes an elongated anchor body including a driving end and a wall boring end. The anchor body has a main body portion running from the driving end toward the wall boring end. The wall boring end includes a plurality of axially cutting extending teeth. The anchor body includes an internal bore and diametrically opposed slots to facilitate split of an end portion of the anchor body when the anchor is installed in a wall and a fastener is inserted for mounting an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Hamid Faghidi, Nalinikanth Garikapati, Michael Martin Hicks
  • Patent number: 12085272
    Abstract: A lighting system with vacuum intake is provided, having a lighting structure including at least one light-emitting element dimensioned to illuminate a region, and a lighting support structure extending at a first end thereof from the lighting structure and enabling repositioning of the lighting structure relative to a second end of the lighting support structure. The lighting support structure hays an air conduit extending therealong and connectable or connected towards the second end of the lighting support structure to a vacuum system, the air conduit being in fluid communication with a vacuum intake positioned towards the lighting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventors: Nachaat Daniel, Michael Martin Dixson
  • Patent number: 12076426
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of reducing or preventing sunburn caused from visible and ultraviolet radiation in a subject, the method comprising topically applying to the subject a sunscreen composition comprising inorganic UV filtering agents, antioxidants, and at least one inorganic pigment, wherein the at least one inorganic pigments and antioxidants are present in an amount effective to reduce or prevent sunburn caused from visible light. Also provided herein are sunscreen compositions and methods of increasing the SPF of a sunscreen composition that comprises at least one inorganic UV filtering agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DOC MARTIN'S OF MAUI
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Stahl, Curtis Allan Cole, George Michael Martin
  • Publication number: 20240286642
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to perform operations comprising receiving sensor data from at least one sensor on an ego vehicle; detecting a lane-splitting vehicle approaching the ego vehicle from behind the ego vehicle based on the sensor data; and responsive to detecting the lane-splitting vehicle approaching the ego vehicle from behind the ego vehicle, controlling the ego vehicle to move laterally away from a path of the lane-splitting vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Dingli, Joseph Michael Martin, Amit Kumar