Patents by Inventor Michael Wheeler

Michael Wheeler 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: 20240151709
    Abstract: The present application relates to compositions and methods for tracing cell networks, e.g., for investigation of cell interactions in the CNS with single cell resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Francisco J. Quintana, Michael A. Wheeler, Iain C. Clark
  • Publication number: 20240141055
    Abstract: Human antibodies immunospecific for human CD27 are capable of blocking CD27 binding to its ligand CD70 and neutralizing bioactivity of CD27 including, but not limited to, CD27 intracellular signaling, T-cell proliferation and activation, B-cell proliferation and differentiation, plasmablast formation and alleviation of antibody responses, stimulation of tumor cells by CD70, and the production of soluble mediators from T and B-cells. The antibodies are useful in diagnosing or treating CD27 activity associated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: John Chen, Johan Fransson, Natalie Fursov, Damon Hamel, Thomas Malia, Galina Obmolova, Tatiana Ort, Michael Rycyzyn, Michael Scully, Raymond Sweet, Alexey Teplyakov, John Wheeler, Juan Carlos Almagro
  • Patent number: 11950436
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Kevin Joseph Prince, Colin Andrew Wolden, Mirzojamshed M. Mirzokarimov, Christopher Paul Muzzillo
  • Patent number: 11941702
    Abstract: A system may include a plurality of camera devices configured to acquire image data associated with a property. The system may also include a processor that receives the image data from the plurality of camera devices, receives insurance policy data associated with the property from a database, and adjusts one or more terms of the insurance policy data based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Ramsey Devereaux, David S. Franck, Michael J. Allen, Daniela Wheeler, Spencer Read, Kathleen L. Swain
  • Patent number: 11939525
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first phase that includes a perovskite and a second phase that includes a salt, a polymer, and a switching molecule, where the first phase and the second phase are in physical contact, and the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a substantially opaque state and a substantially transparent state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Anthony Rosales, Lance Michael Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20240091953
    Abstract: A method for controlling a robotic system includes determining a location and/or a pose of a power system component based on data received from one or more sensors, and determining a mapping of a location of a robotic system within a model of an external environment of the robotic system based on the data. The model of the external environment provides locations of objects external to the robotic system. A sequence of movements of components of the robotic system is determined to perform maintenance on the power system component based on the locations of the objects external to the robotic system and/or the location or pose of the power system component. One or more control signals are communicated to remotely control movement of the components of the robotic system based on the sequence or movements of the components to perform maintenance on the power system component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Romano Patrick, Shiraj Sen, Arpit Jain, Huan Tan, Yonatan Gefen, Shuai Li, Shubao Liu, Pramod Sharma, Balajee Kannan, Viktor Holovashchenko, Douglas Forman, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Ghulam Ali Baloch, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Tai-Peng Tian
  • Publication number: 20240077282
    Abstract: An anti-cant indicator assembly, components thereof, and associated methods. The anti-cant indicator assembly indicates the orientation of a weapon with respect to vertical. The anti-cant indicator assembly includes a mount configured to mount to the weapon, a level including a vial containing a bubble and a pivot connection connecting the level to the mount. The pivot connection is configured to permit movement of the level with respect to the mount about the pivot connection between an operational position in which the bubble can be referenced by the user for indicating orientation of the weapon with respect to vertical, and a stowed position different from the operational position. The pivot connection can include a retainer configured to releasably retain the level in at least one of the operational position or the stowed position. The level can be selectively movable with respect to the mount to calibrate the anti-cant indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Mike Lindsay, Michael Cottrell, James Tayon, Timothy S. Kinney, Mark Dalton, Brian Steere, Justin Burke, Kyle Martin, Dennis W. Cauley, JR., Anthony Vesich, Ryan Varnum, Seth Wheeler, Brett Eckelkamp, Matthew Kinamore, Curtis Smith
  • Patent number: 11919179
    Abstract: An out-the-front knife, components thereof, and associated methods. The out-the front knife can be a double-action spring-assisted knife. The knife includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a rear end and a front opening opposite the rear end. The blade is movable with respect to the handle between stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the blade is biased rearward. The knife includes an actuator movable in a deploying direction to spring the blade forward away from the stowed position toward the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Brett Eckelkamp, Michael Cottrell, Shane Ball, William Garland, Brian Steere, Timothy S. Kinney, Seth Wheeler, Justin Burke, James Tayon, Curtis Smith
  • Publication number: 20230422533
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Kevin Joseph PRINCE, Colin Andrew WOLDEN, Mirzojamshed M. MIRZOKARIMOV, Christopher Paul MUZZILLO
  • Patent number: 11802440
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices that include a perovskite, where, when a first condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a first phase that substantially transmits light, when a second condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a second phase that substantially absorbs light, and the perovskite is reversibly switchable between the first phase and the second phase by reversibly switching between the first condition and the second condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Joseph Matthew Luther, Jeffrey A. Christians, Joseph Jonathan Berry
  • Patent number: 11742440
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-back-contact photovoltaic device that includes, in order, a substrate, a first electrode having a first surface, an insulator, a second electrode having a second surface, and an active material, where the insulator and the second electrode form a cavity, the active material substantially fills the cavity and is in physical contact with the first surface and the second surface, the insulator includes a first layer and a second layer with the second layer positioned between the first layer and the second contact, and the first layer is constructed of a first material that is different than a second material used to construct the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Prince, Colin Andrew Wolden, Lance Michael Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11711967
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a scaffold having an internal space and a mixture positioned within the space, where the mixture includes a first phase having a metal halide perovskite and a second phase including at least one of a perovskite precursor and/or a switching molecule, the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a first state having at least one of a first transparency and/or a first color and a second state having at least one of a second transparency and/or a second color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Bryan Anthony Rosales, Shuang Cui, David Todd Moore
  • Publication number: 20230167355
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first phase that includes a perovskite and a second phase that includes a salt, a polymer, and a switching molecule, where the first phase and the second phase are in physical contact, and the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a substantially opaque state and a substantially transparent state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Bryan Anthony ROSALES, Lance Michael WHEELER
  • Patent number: 11621603
    Abstract: A protective housing is formed of a set wall panels, a base panel, and a lid panel that interlock to form the housing, but may also be taken apart and stored as a stack of two-dimensional panels when not in use. The various panels interlock via configurations internal to the housing itself, so that once an external lock is placed to secure the access door to the front wall panel, it is completely self-contained and impossible to dismantle or otherwise take apart the individual components of the housing from the outside. The rear wall and/or a side wall are formed to include exhaust locations for an included generator, thus requiring no additional ventilation system to be separately constructed and included. The walls may be formed of steel, high density plastic, fiberglass, or other suitable rugged material appropriate for use in structures exposed to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: James Michael Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20230061924
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a color-conversion layer that includes at least one of a color-tuning layer and/or an intermediate layer and a photovoltaic layer where the color-conversion layer changes the appearance of the PV device when compared to a similar PV device constructed without the color-conversion layer, the color-conversion layer increases a power output of the PV device by at least one of reflecting light to the PV layer or emitting light which is redirected to the PV layer, and the device is at least partially transparent to light in the visible spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph PRINCE, Lance Michael WHEELER
  • Publication number: 20220326722
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a directional heat transfer using thermal control devices, including a dual phase change thermal diode and an active contact-based thermal switch. The thermal diode includes a positive temperature coefficient switching material and a negative temperature coefficient switching material arranged in series. The thermal switch includes two thermally conducting surfaces which may be moved to contact (i.e., having a distance between them of substantially zero) creating minimal thermal contact resistance. Both thermal control devices may be used to control heat flow into and/or out of a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ravi Anant KISHORE, Sampath KOMMANDUR, Charles William BOOTEN, Lance Michael WHEELER, Shuang CUI
  • Publication number: 20220302400
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a switchable photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a first active material and a static PV device that includes a second active material, where the switchable PV device and the static PV device are positioned substantially parallel to one another, the switchable PV device has a first state that is substantially transparent to a first wavelength of light in the visible spectrum, the switchable PV device has a second state this is substantially opaque to a second wavelength of light in the visible spectrum, the switchable PV device can be reversibly switched between the first state and the second state, the static PV device is substantially transparent to the visible spectrum of light, and both the switchable PV device and static PV device are capable of generating power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Lance Michael WHEELER
  • Patent number: 11427757
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a perovskite sheet that includes two outer layers, each including A?X?; and a first layer that includes BX2, where B is a first cation, A? is a second cation, X is a first anion, X? is a second anion, and the first BX2 layer is positioned between the two outer layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Nathan Richard Neale, Nicholas Charles Anderson, Matthew Peter Hautzinger, Taylor Sierra Bliss
  • Patent number: 11373035
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods generate a structured report based on unstructured data. Unstructured data may be received. One or more reference segments in the unstructured data may be detected. The one or more reference segments may be provided. A selection of at least one of the reference segments may be received. The one or more reference segments may be imported into the structured report in accordance with the selection. A structured report may be generated based on the detected one or more reference segments. Generating the structured report may include importing the reference segments. A records management system may generate the structured report based on unstructured data. A system may include first recording device, second recording device, and a server configured to generate a structured report from unstructured data recorded by the first recording device and the second recording device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Nomura, Michael Wheeler, Timothy Wingerter, Tian Xia, Daniel Ladvocat Cintra, Sayce Falk, Michael Bohlander
  • Patent number: D1025365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Engineered Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Allen Wheeler, Kevin Michael Pac