Patents by Inventor Michael Thomas

Michael Thomas 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: 12212079
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 12209813
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided that can include furcating unit cells coupled with each other. Each of the unit cells can be elongated along an axis and include a sidewall that defines annular ring openings on opposite ends of the unit cell along the axis. The sidewall also can define undulating annular rings between the annular ring openings and axially separated from each other along the axis. The sidewall can further define angled openings into the unit cell both above and below each of the undulating annular rings. At least a first opening of the annular ring openings and the angled openings can be configured to be an inlet to receive a first fluid into the unit cell and at least a second opening of the annular ring openings and the angled openings configured to be an outlet through which the first fluid exits the unit cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Dwight Gerstler, Daniel Jason Erno, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Nicolas Kristopher Sabo
  • Patent number: 12204600
    Abstract: Systems and methods for inviting an external user to join a shared collaborative channel are provided. In particular, a computing device may generate a common channel invitation for one or more users and cause the common channel invitation to be transmitted to the one or more users. The common channel invitation may include an invitation link to a shared collaborative channel and a selectable option to redeem the common channel invitation to the shared collaboration channel. The computing device is further monitor whether the one or more users access the shared collaborative channel via the invitation link, and in response to detecting that at least one of the one or more users is accessing the shared collaborative channel via the invitation link, allow the at least one user to view at least some content of the shared collaborative channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rafael Bussioli Alves Correa, Arjun Kumar Kalluri, Michael Thomas McLean
  • Patent number: 12207428
    Abstract: An expandable electrical distribution skid can be manufactured as a monolithic, pre-wired, pre-engineered, and pre-assembled integrated platform to provide a critical power supply and distribute electrical power distribution, which can expand from a collapsed state to an expanded state, and vice versa. The expandable electrical distribution skid can be manufactured as a monolithic, pre-wired, pre-engineered, and pre-assembled integrated platform, where the frame is broken up into multiple segments. The different segments of framework for the expandable electrical distribution skid are coupled to connect to a common expansion track in order to move one or more of the segments at least one of i) inward to collapse and ii) outward to expand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Modular Power Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Sweet, Justin McDonald, Simon Harkins
  • Publication number: 20250020026
    Abstract: One-piece multi-functional wellbore conditioning system that combines reaming while drilling, wellbore conditioning, providing a plastering effect, improved stabilization and cleaning cuttings from a drilled hole. Said one-piece multi-functional wellbore conditioning system comprises two reamer stages and a drilling cuttings agitator positioned between the two reamer stages, wherein the drill cuttings agitator comprises a plurality of first, second and center stabilizing blades extending radially outwardly from the outer surface of the body of the drill cuttings agitator and a plurality of hydrodynamic flutes extending radially inwardly from the outer surface of the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: EUROPEAN DRILLING PROJECTS B.V.
    Inventors: Tony FITZGERALD, Michael Thomas NEWMAN
  • Publication number: 20250017537
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices involve approaches for limiting the number of detected cardiac events for which a physician is alerted. Approaches involve detecting cardiac events based on electrocardiogram (ECG) data and associating the cardiac events with a criticality. ECG data associated with a subset of the cardiac events is transmitted to a remote computing system based, at least in part, on the criticality. An electronic notification is transmitted to a patient care group regarding at least one of the cardiac events in the subset. Approaches further include determining whether an acknowledgement of the electronic notification has been received by the server from the patient care group within a set period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Steven Esboldt, Michael Thomas Edward McRoberts, Michael Rahn, Kelsey Morgan Johns, Peter O'Dea
  • Patent number: 12197598
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling cross-tenant access are provided. In particular, a computing device may receive an access request, from a user of a first tenant, requesting access to a resource of a plurality of resources on a shared collaborative channel of a second tenant. The computing device may further evaluate cross-tenant access policies of the first and second tenants to determine that access to the plurality of resources is authorized by the first and second tenants, validate that the user is a member of the shared collaborative channel, and generate a validation token indicating the user is validated to access the plurality of resources. Based on the validation token, the computing device may further validate that the user is in compliance with the cross-tenant access policies for accessing the resource and grant the user a set of permissions to access the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas McLean, Ladislau Conceicao, Glenn David Block, Timothy Yu-Rui Chen, Dean Shiyu Chiang, Matthias Leibmann
  • Patent number: 12191230
    Abstract: Techniques for liquid cooling systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, jet holes in a water block create jets of liquid coolant to be applied to a surface to be cooled, such as a surface of an integrated circuit component. The jets of liquid coolant may disrupt surface boundary layers through turbulence and/or microcavitation, increasing the cooling effect of the liquid coolant. In the illustrative embodiment, negative pressure is applied to a coolant loop of the liquid coolant, which provides several advantages such as being resistant to leaks. In another embodiments, jet holes in a water block create jets of liquid coolant that are directed toward other jets of liquid coolant, which also increases the cooling effect of the liquid coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph W. Jensen, Michael Thomas Crocker, Wesley B. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20250001812
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a tire comprising a tread, at least one carcass ply, a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewalls, wherein each sidewall of the pair of sidewalls extends between the tread and a respective bead portion of the pair of bead portions. At least one sidewall of the pair of sidewalls comprises a first circumferential sidewall layer and a second circumferential sidewall layer extending along an axially inner side of the first sidewall layer, between the first sidewall layer and an adjacent carcass ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael DiMonte, Michael Thomas Driscoll, Steven Wayne Mutch, Stephen Gilbert Aldrich, Katy Avon Fetty, Mark Allen Grund, Nihat Ali Isitman, Justin Francis Sarff
  • Publication number: 20250007164
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 12181897
    Abstract: A system for loading and transporting parcels includes: a sorter including a plurality of chutes for offloading parcels from the sorter; a plurality of totes; a plurality of self-driving vehicles (“SDVs”) configured to transport the plurality of totes between a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area; and a control subsystem. The loading area includes a plurality of zones, with each zone corresponding to one or more chutes of the sorter. The control subsystem includes a controller, which is operably connected to the SDVs, and which selectively communicates instructions to dispatch SDVs to transport and replace totes in the loading area as they become filled to the predetermined capacity. A method for loading and transporting parcels in a sorting facility including a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: FORTNA Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Fleming, Robertus Arnoldus Adrianus Schmit
  • Patent number: 12182285
    Abstract: A data encryption, decryption, and storage method includes: receiving a first query request to retrieve a production data; obtaining a constructed data and encrypting the constructed data using the production data to obtain an encrypted constructed data where the encrypted constructed data is generated without including metadata specifying an access list specifying one or more users and types of users that are able to access the encrypted constructed data; and generating decryption instructions using the production data and storing the decryption instructions with the encrypted constructed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Seth Jacob Rothschild, Michael Thomas Krużewski
  • Publication number: 20240429608
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Publication number: 20240424554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder press for pressing a powder-pressed part, comprising at least one first punch, which, in a pressing position, is arranged to be immersible from a first side into a cavity of a die filled with ceramic or metal powder, as well as a centre pin with an external thread for forming an internal thread in the powder-pressed part, wherein during the pressing the centre pin is arranged in the cavity and, for demoulding of the pressed part, is moved translationally via a translatory drive and is rotated about its longitudinal axis via a rotary drive such that the centre pin is moved out of the formed internal thread of the pressed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Walter RAU, Michael Thomas SILBERMANN
  • Patent number: 12174702
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a data protection system that performs identification of errors from queries on a database. The data protection system can further identify corrupted data from additional errors, are difficult to detect, and occur between layers of data in the database system. The data protection system can perform corrections of the error data by rebuilding database data or removing the corrupted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Selcuk Aya, Leonid Baraznenok, Jaeha Lee, Adrian Peter Neumann, Ryan Michael Thomas Shelly, Zerui Wei, Jiaqi Yan
  • Patent number: 12174890
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for automated query modification using graphical query representations. One method comprises obtaining a query referencing multiple fields in one or more information elements; generating a graph of the query by: establishing nodes for referenced fields; connecting the established nodes corresponding to referenced fields from a same information element using one or more edges; adding edges, for operations in the query that establish a connection between information elements based at least in part on a related field in the information elements, to connect the nodes corresponding to the related fields; and setting a status of nodes corresponding to fields that are selected in the query to a selected status; and initiating an automatic generation of a modification of a portion of the query based at least in part on the graph. The modification may comprise a correction, completion and/or enrichment of the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Oshry BenHarush, Amihai Savir, Ofir Ezrielev, Michael Thomas Kruzewski
  • Publication number: 20240421482
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Publication number: 20240412728
    Abstract: A device is configured to detect multiple different wakewords. A device may operate a joint encoder that operates on audio data to determine encoded audio data. The device may operate multiple different decoders which process the encoded audio data to determine if a wakeword is detected. Each decoder may correspond to a different wakeword. The decoders may use fewer computing resources than the joint encoder, allowing for the device to more easily perform multiple wakeword processing. Enabling/disabling wakeword(s) may involve the reconfiguring of a wakeword detector to add/remove data for respective decoder(s). Specific decoders may be activated/deactivated depending on device context, thereby efficiently managing device resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Peterson, Gengshen Fu, Aaron Challenner, Rong Chen, Cody Jacques, Stefan M Bradstreet
  • Patent number: D1058851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Hendrikx
  • Patent number: D1059630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Hendrikx