Patents by Inventor Michael Patrick Duffy

Michael Patrick Duffy 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: 11949406
    Abstract: A driver can be configured to provide sensed phase currents as feedback to a controller to indicate the output currents from each phase of a switch mode power supply (SMPS). The driver can be configured to temperature compensate the sensed currents in one of two ways. If a temperature sensor is directly coupled to the driver, then the driver may be configured to temperature compensate the sensed currents from each phase based on a temperature measurement made by the temperature sensor. If a temperature sensor is not directly coupled to the driver, then the driver may be configured to temperature compensate the sensed current from each phase based on a temperature signal received from a bus coupled to the driver. The bus can communicate the temperature signal so that multiple drivers can utilize one temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Harriman, Thomas Patrick Duffy, James George Hill, Michael Scott Lay, Margaret Spillane
  • Publication number: 20220365950
    Abstract: A method for a guided tagging of a document and a system comprising a memory and at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to present a user interface including a document tagging wizard for providing a guided tagging of a first document based on tagging rules associated with a characteristic of the first document; upload the first document into a document database to be included among a plurality of documents; group the plurality of documents into one or more families of documents, each of the families of documents having a customized version of the tagging rules; associate the first document with at least one of the families of documents; generate a tagged version of the first document via the user interface; and update the customized version of the tagging rules based on the tagged version of the first document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Duffy, James Larry Poole, III, James Christopher Keck
  • Patent number: 10213313
    Abstract: Femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants, e.g., hip replacement implants, and methods of using femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants are provided. Prosthetic femoral heads, mobile inserts, and acetabular components are provided that can alleviate soft tissue impingement, reduce implant wear, and/or reduce frictional torque. Modular junctions are provided that can minimize the incidence of loosening and micromotion that can occur at modular junctions of orthopedic implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Orhun K. Muratoglu, Kartik Mangudi Varadarajan, Henrik Malchau, Harry E. Rubash, Andrew A. Freiberg, Michael Patrick Duffy, Thomas Zumbrunn
  • Publication number: 20170135820
    Abstract: Femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants, e.g., hip replacement implants, and methods of using femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants are provided. Prosthetic femoral heads, mobile inserts, and acetabular components are provided that can alleviate soft tissue impingement, reduce implant wear, and/or reduce frictional torque. Modular junctions are provided that can minimize the incidence of loosening and micromotion that can occur at modular junctions of orthopedic implants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Orhun K. Muratoglu, Kartik Mangudi Varadarajan, Henrik Malchau, Harry E. Rubash, Andrew A. Freiberg, Michael Patrick Duffy, Thomas Zumbrunn
  • Patent number: 9445905
    Abstract: Femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants, e.g., hip replacement implants, and methods of using femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants are provided. Prosthetic femoral heads, mobile inserts, and acetabular components are provided that can alleviate soft tissue impingement, reduce implant wear, and/or reduce frictional torque. Modular junctions are provided that can minimize the incidence of loosening and micromotion that can occur at modular junctions of orthopedic implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Orhun K. Muratoglu, Kartik Mangudi Varadarajan, Henrik Malchau, Harry E. Rubash, Andrew A. Freiberg, Michael Patrick Duffy, Thomas Zumbrunn
  • Publication number: 20140128988
    Abstract: Femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants, e.g., hip replacement implants, and methods of using femoral heads, mobile inserts, acetabular components, and modular junctions for orthopedic implants are provided. Prosthetic femoral heads, mobile inserts, and acetabular components are provided that can alleviate soft tissue impingement, reduce implant wear, and/or reduce frictional torque. Modular junctions are provided that can minimize the incidence of loosening and micromotion that can occur at modular junctions of orthopedic implants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Orhun K. Muratoglu, Kartik Mangudi Varadarajan, Henrik Malchau, Harry E. Rubash, Andrew A. Freiberg, Michael Patrick Duffy, Thomas Zumbrunn
  • Patent number: 7827651
    Abstract: A quick-release paint roller having a roller cover that can be removed from a handle assembly without requiring the user to apply a force directly to the roller cover. The paint roller includes a tube-shaped roller cover having an outer surface of paint absorbing material and a rotatably mounted roller core. When the actuator is in the release position, the roller mounting device is free of the latching mechanism, thus permitting the roller core and roller cover to be removed from the handle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Zibra, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Simon Graham, Michael James Marchese, III, Michael Patrick Duffy, Edward Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20080276400
    Abstract: A quick-release paint roller having a roller cover that can be removed from a handle assembly without requiring the user to apply a force directly to the roller cover. The paint roller includes a tube-shaped roller cover having an outer surface of paint absorbing material and a rotatably mounted roller core. When the actuator is in the release position, the roller mounting device is free of the latching mechanism, thus permitting the roller core and roller cover to be removed from the handle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: Zibra, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Simon Graham, Michael James Marchese, III, Michael Patrick Duffy, Edward Reynolds