Patents by Inventor Michael Morgan

Michael Morgan 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: 20230365199
    Abstract: A cargo bed extension system includes a tub of a cargo bed. The tub is configured to transition back-and-forth between a standard position and an extended position. The tub is closer to a cab of a vehicle when the tub is in the standard position than when the tub is in the extended position. A panel is oriented vertically when the tub is in the standard position and is oriented horizontally when the tub is in the extended position. The panel provides a floor section between the cab and the tub when the tub is in the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Vincent Anthony Chimento, Shawn Michael Morgans, Dragan B. Stojkovic
  • Patent number: 11818429
    Abstract: Disclosed examples obtain an overlap multiplier as a ratio of (1) a first product of a panel duplication reach and a did-not-view reach and (2) a second product of a television panel reach and a digital panel reach, the panel duplication reach based on a duplicated audience size and a panelist population, the did-not-view reach based on a television audience size, a digital audience size, the duplicated audience size, and the panelist population, the television panel reach corresponding to the television audience size, the digital panel reach corresponding to the digital audience size; and determine a total audience for a media item based on a television audience reach, a digital audience reach, and a duplication factor, the duplication factor based on the television audience reach, the digital audience reach, and the overlap multiplier, the television audience reach corresponding to television media, the digital audience reach corresponding to digital media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Kumar Nagaraja Rao, William Rene Waldron, Neung Soo Ha, Billie Jo Kline, Michael Morgan
  • Publication number: 20230315264
    Abstract: A system and method for investigating trust scores. A trust score is calculated based on peer transfers, a graphical user interface displays actuatable elements associated with a first peer transfer from the peer transfers, in response to receiving an indication the first actuatable element has been actuated, recalculating the trust score without the first peer transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Alex Grigoryan, Avinash Gangadharan, Akshay Peshave, Michael Morgan, Rhys Howell
  • Publication number: 20230301627
    Abstract: Various implementations include an ultrasound needle guidance device. The device includes a coupling body and at least one needle holder portion. The coupling body is configured to fixedly couple to an ultrasound probe that is able to produce an ultrasonic beam along a scanning plane. The needle holder portion has a rotational axis and defines a needle opening having an opening central axis extending perpendicularly to the rotational axis. The needle holder portion is rotationally coupled to the coupling body such that the needle holder portion is rotatable about the rotational axis relative to the coupling body from a first position to a second position. The needle holder portion is configured such that, when the coupling body is coupled to the ultrasound probe, the opening central axis is disposed within the scanning plane in all positions in a range from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Morgan Guju, Sebastian Y Bawab, Michael Polanco, Christopher Michael O'Brien, Payton Blodgett
  • Patent number: 11747494
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for using ion filtering to adjust the number of ions delivered to a substrate. The method comprising a process chamber being provided that is operatively connected to a plasma source. The substrate is provided on a substrate support that is provided within the process chamber. An electrical bias source is provided that is operatively connected to an aperture plate that is provided in the process chamber. The substrate on the substrate support is processed using a plasma generated using the plasma source. A variable bias voltage from the electrical bias source is applied to the aperture plate during the plasma processing of the substrate. The plasma processing of the substrate can further comprise exposing the substrate to a plasma time division multiplex process which alternates between deposition and etching on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Plasma-Therm LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Michael Lea, Linnell Martinez, Michael Morgan, Russell Westerman
  • Publication number: 20230205890
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for unified cyberthreat searching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: ZeroFOX, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Morgan Price, Jason Emile Sumpter, Andrew Peter Forestieri
  • Patent number: 11689767
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate population reach for different unions based on marginal ratings. An example apparatus includes memory and processor circuitry to determine a population reach estimate of a union of time intervals for which media ratings data is available, the population reach estimate based on a pseudo universe estimate of a population audience corresponding to the union of the time intervals; determine a pseudo universe estimate of a recorded audience corresponding to the union of the time intervals; determine the pseudo universe estimate of the population audience based on the pseudo universe estimate of the recorded audience; and in response to a decision to update the pseudo universe estimate of the population audience to reduce an error of the population reach estimate output the population reach estimate of the union when the error of the population reach estimate satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael Sheppard, Jonathan Sullivan, Edward Murphy, Michael Morgan, Ludo Daemen
  • Publication number: 20230158876
    Abstract: A structural assembly for a vehicle includes a battery structure having a battery frame. The structural assembly includes a vehicle frame and a vehicle body. The vehicle frame has opposed longitudinal rails. The vehicle body is separate from and mounted on the vehicle frame. The vehicle body includes opposed rockers extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Each opposed longitudinal rail is located between a respective rocker and the battery frame of the battery structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Conor Daniel Hennessey, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Shawn Michael Morgans, Stephen William Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20230149121
    Abstract: A collector used to collect bone includes: a container body defining an interior containment space for receiving and retaining collected bone, and having at least one open end for access and removal of collected bone from the interior containment space; and a cap in covering relation to the open end of the container body such that access to the interior containment space for removal of collected bone is inhibited. The collector includes an intake port defining an opening for receiving therein a distal end of a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone from a cutting area thereof, and the cap includes at least one scraper for engaging and dislodging cut bone from the cutting area of a distal end of a kerrison rongeur when received within the intake port. The collector preferably is used with a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Sean HENSLER, Thomas Eric MELIN, Ryan Shane GORMAN, Raeshon Lamont MCNEIL, Michael Morgan STARKEY, Thomas James PHILPOTT
  • Patent number: 11644958
    Abstract: A system and method for investigating trust scores. A trust score is calculated based on peer transfers, a graphical user interface displays actuatable elements associated with a first peer transfer from the peer transfers, in response to receiving an indication the first actuatable element has been actuated, recalculating the trust score without the first peer transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Alex Grigoryan, Avinash Gangadharan, Akshay Peshave, Michael Morgan, Rhys Howell
  • Publication number: 20230137912
    Abstract: Disclosed examples determine a duplicated audience size representative of panelists exposed to television media and digital media; determine a panel duplication reach based on the duplicated audience size and a panelist population; determine a did-not-view reach based on a television audience size, a digital audience size, the duplicated audience size, and the panelist population; obtain an overlap multiplier as a ratio of (1) a product of the panel duplication reach and the did-not-view reach and (2) a product of a television panel reach and a digital panel reach; determine a duplication factor for a media item based on a television audience reach, a digital audience reach, and the overlap multiplier; and determine a total audience for the media item based on the television audience reach, the digital audience reach, and the duplication factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Kumar Nagaraja Rao, William Rene Waldron, Neung Soo Ha, Billie Jo Kline, Michael Morgan
  • Patent number: 11628487
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a first component having a stand-off that provides a cavity. The stand-off protrudes from an insertion side of the first component. The stand-off includes at least one side wall that extends from a floor of the cavity to at least one outer surface of the stand-off. The assembly further includes a second component that contacts the first component at an interface. The cavity is configured to receive a mechanical fastener that joins the first component to the second component. A distance between the floor of the cavity and the interface is greater in some areas than in other areas such that a cross-sectional thickness at a bottom of the cavity is varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Shawn Michael Morgans, Amanda Kay Freis
  • Publication number: 20230106575
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to generate an attack surface for a protected entity. The method an include receiving identifying information associated with the protected entity; scanning one or more third parties to identify a host associated with the protected entity; determining that the host resolves to a webpage; resolving the webpage; extracting a uniform resource locator (URL) from the resolved webpage; determining, based on at least one rule, that the URL is associated with the protected entity; and generating the attack surface for the protected entity, the attack surface comprising the URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: ZeroFOX, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Emile Sumpter, James Christopher Foster, Michael Morgan Price
  • Publication number: 20230089069
    Abstract: A method for disrupting a detected cyberthreat can include receiving a request, the request identifying suspected malicious content; identifying one or more indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with the content; enriching the request with the IOCs; verifying the request; and reporting the verified request and the one or more IOCs to a disruption network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: ZeroFOX, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Kevin Small, Michael Morgan Price, Jason Emile Sumpter, James Christopher Foster
  • Publication number: 20230084963
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for detecting a current leak in a traction power rail. Magnetic or electrical properties of the rail are measured. The measurements are performed using a rail instrument that senses the properties around the rail at various times while the instrument is being moved down the rail, such as using a cart or train. The rail instrument may be a flux concentrator or open Rogowski coil. The locations of the rail, about which the readings are taken by the rail instrument, may be determined and correlated with the measurements themselves. The method may comprise measuring the magnetic field of the rail along a length of the rail, and identifying a leak based on differences between the magnetic field measurements. The system may comprise a cart comprising the rail instrument and a location instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Gorczyca, Mark James Mitchell, Patrick Henry McGinn, Michael Morgan Campbell, Matthew Douglas Brown
  • Patent number: 11584449
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to extrusion for a vehicle component. The vehicle component includes a plurality of flanges that form a periphery of the vehicle component, a cavity that extends through the periphery of the vehicle component, a corner portion that is positioned proximate to a corner defined by a pair of the plurality of flanges, and a channel that is positioned proximate to the corner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Morgans, Stephen William Gallagher, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Musheeruddin Zubair Syed, Conor Daniel Hennessey
  • Patent number: 11558667
    Abstract: Disclosed examples determine a duplicated audience size representative of panelists exposed to television media and digital media; determine a panel duplication reach based on the duplicated audience size and a panelist population; determine a did-not-view reach based on a television audience size, a digital audience size, the duplicated audience size, and the panelist population; obtain an overlap multiplier as a ratio of (1) a product of the panel duplication reach and the did-not-view reach and (2) a product of a television panel reach and a digital panel reach; determine a duplication factor for a media item based on a television audience reach, a digital audience reach, and the overlap multiplier; and determine a total audience for the media item based on the television audience reach, the digital audience reach, and the duplication factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Kumar Nagaraja Rao, William Rene Waldron, Neung Soo Ha, Billie Jo Kline, Michael Morgan
  • Patent number: 11551538
    Abstract: A waste cart includes a base housing; a center upright having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is secured to the base housing; a top housing secured to the distal end of the center upright, wherein the top housing has two or more disposal openings for two or more separate disposal portions including, a first waste portion which has a first metal detector and an indicator for providing a notification when a metal item passes through the opening; and a second waste portion which includes a second metal detector and an indicator for providing a notification when a metal item passes through the opening; an electronics module which operates each metal detector independently; and an alarm indicator operationally associated with the electronics module which is activated when the electronics module detects the passage of a metal item through an opening into a waste portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DITEQT, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Morgan Starkey, Lloyd Stephen Riggs, Aubrey Nathan Beal
  • Patent number: 11548725
    Abstract: Cover systems for storage tanks, such as those containing at least some petroleum. Pipe retention systems for retaining pipes to storage tanks, such as pipes that can transmit liquid containing at least some petroleum. Methods of attaching cover systems to tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Morgan
  • Patent number: 11547524
    Abstract: A collector used to collect bone includes: a container body defining an interior containment space for receiving and retaining collected bone, and having at least one open end for access and removal of collected bone from the interior containment space; and a cap in covering relation to the open end of the container body such that access to the interior containment space for removal of collected bone is inhibited. The collector includes an intake port defining an opening for receiving therein a distal end of a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone from a cutting area thereof, and the cap includes at least one scraper for engaging and dislodging cut bone from the cutting area of a distal end of a kerrison rongeur when received within the intake port. The collector preferably is used with a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: H & M Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Sean Hensler, Thomas Eric Melin, Ryan Shane Gorman, Raeshon Lamont McNeil, Michael Morgan Starkey, Thomas James Philpott