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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220115547
    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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph PRINCE, Colin Andrew WOLDEN, Lance Michael WHEELER
  • Publication number: 20210408865
    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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: James Michael Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11177396
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a perovskite layer, a first charge-transport layer, and an adhesion layer, where the adhesion layer is positioned between the charge transport layer and the perovskite layer, the adhesion layer forms a first bond with the charge transport layer, and the adhesion layer forms a second bond with the perovskite layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Lance Michael Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20210258680
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a loudspeaker assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a diaphragm; a loudspeaker, and a carrier. The loudspeaker includes a first end for being positioned in a first area of the vehicle that is exposed to external ambient noise to the vehicle and a second end for being positioned in a second area of the vehicle that is exposed directly within an interior cabin of the vehicle to provide desired audio along a first axis to the interior cabin. The carrier is attached to the second end of the loudspeaker and includes noise absorption material to prevent the external ambient noise from entering into the vehicle. The carrier defines a plurality of openings positioned on an outer perimeter thereof to enable the desired audio to enter into the interior cabin along a second axis that is different than the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Brandon Michael WHEELER
  • Patent number: 11095974
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a loudspeaker assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a diaphragm; a loudspeaker, and a carrier. The loudspeaker includes a first end for being positioned in a first area of the vehicle that is exposed to external ambient noise to the vehicle and a second end for being positioned in a second area of the vehicle that is exposed directly within an interior cabin of the vehicle to provide desired audio along a first axis to the interior cabin. The carrier is attached to the second end of the loudspeaker and includes noise absorption material to prevent the external ambient noise from entering into the vehicle. The carrier defines a plurality of openings positioned on an outer perimeter thereof to enable the desired audio to enter into the interior cabin along a second axis that is different than the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Brandon Michael Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11043335
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an active layer and a first charge transport layer, where the first charge transport layer includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer is in contact with the second layer, the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the active layer, the first layer comprises a first carbon nanostructure, and the second layer includes a second carbon nanostructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Rachelle Rosemarie Ihly, Noah James Stanton, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn
  • Publication number: 20210087877
    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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Joseph Matthew LUTHER, Jeffrey A. CHRISTIANS, Joseph Jonathan BERRY
  • Publication number: 20210043854
    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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Bryan Anthony ROSALES, Shuang CUI, David Todd MOORE
  • Patent number: 10844658
    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: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Joseph Matthew Luther, Jeffrey A. Christians, Joseph Jonathan Berry
  • Patent number: 10631081
    Abstract: A venting system for a vehicle speaker assembly includes an internal enclosure provided within a first vehicle component and having the vehicle speaker assembly disposed therein, a vent provided in the internal enclosure, and a port provided in a second vehicle component, wherein engagement of the vent with the port allows for an output generated by the vehicle speaker assembly to be transmitted from the internal enclosure to the second vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Brandon Michael Wheeler, Christopher Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20190391167
    Abstract: A method of predicting progression of gestational diabetes (GDM) to Type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a subject is provided. The method comprises: analyzing a biological sample of a subject to determine levels of a plurality of metabolites in the sample, wherein the plurality of metabolites comprises one or more of PCaeC40:5 and SM(OH)C14:1 and at least two metabolites set forth in Table 3, 4 and/or 6; and comparing the determined levels of the plurality of metabolites in the sample to a corresponding plurality of reference levels in order to predict progression of GDM to T2D in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Michael WHEELER, Amina ALLALOU, Ying LIU, Kacey PRENTICE, Feihan DAI, Ming ZHANG, Erica GUNDERSON, Amarnadh NALLA
  • Publication number: 20190241802
    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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Nathan Richard Neale, Nicholas Charles Anderson, Matthew Peter Hautzinger, Taylor Sierra Bliss
  • Publication number: 20190198684
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a perovskite layer, a first charge-transport layer, and an adhesion layer, where the adhesion layer is positioned between the charge transport layer and the perovskite layer, the adhesion layer forms a first bond with the charge transport layer, and the adhesion layer forms a second bond with the perovskite layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Lance Michael Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20180330891
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an active layer and a first charge transport layer, where the first charge transport layer includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer is in contact with the second layer, the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the active layer, the first layer comprises a first carbon nanostructure, and the second layer includes a second carbon nanostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Rachelle Rosemarie Ihly, Noah James Stanton, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn
  • Patent number: 10082168
    Abstract: A method of closing a spatial gap between a first mating surface of a first snap locking feature defined by a first part and a second mating surface of a second snap locking feature defined by a second part. This method includes the steps of attaching the first and second parts to one another by sliding the first and second snap locking features over one another until the first mating surface is proximate the second mating surface and deforming a portion of the first part to fabricate a protrusion that contacts the second part and urges the second part in a direction effective to place the first and second mating surfaces into direct contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Wayne Smith, Steven P. Ragalyi, Grant Michael Wheeler, Jesus R. Morales
  • Publication number: 20180252028
    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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Joseph Matthew LUTHER, Jeffrey A. CHRISTIANS, Joseph Jonathan BERRY
  • Publication number: 20180063632
    Abstract: A venting system for a vehicle speaker assembly includes an internal enclosure provided within a first vehicle component and having the vehicle speaker assembly disposed therein, a vent provided in the internal enclosure, and a port provided in a second vehicle component, wherein engagement of the vent with the port allows for an output generated by the vehicle speaker assembly to be transmitted from the internal enclosure to the second vehicle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Harman International Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Michael WHEELER, Christopher LUDWIG
  • Patent number: 9726659
    Abstract: Provided are methods for identifying or monitoring a subject having, or at risk of developing, impaired glucose homeostasis. Carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropanoic acid (CMPF) is shown to be a biomarker for impaired glucose homeostasis and/or conditions characterized by ?-cell dysfunction. Comparing a test level of CMPF in a subject to a control level identifies subjects having, or at risk of developing, impaired glucose homeostasis. Also provided are methods of causing impaired glucose homeostasis or ?-cell dysfunction and methods of screening for compounds that affect the activity of ?-cells. Also provided are methods for the treatment of ?-cell dysfunction by reducing the physiological levels of CMPF in a subject as well as the use of a OAT modulator for the treatment of ?-cell dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
    Inventors: Michael Wheeler, Kacey Prentice, Feihan Dai, Ravi Retnakaran