Patents by Inventor Michael Wilcox

Michael Wilcox 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: 20240359675
    Abstract: A wheel-specific, electrohydraulic brake actuator for controlling the brake pressure of a connectible wheel brake of a motor vehicle in a slip-dependent manner. A method for controlling a wheel-specific, electrohydraulic brake actuator as well as an electronically slip-controllable vehicle brake system using wheel-specific, electrohydraulic brake actuators, are also described. In the brake actuator, a pressure channel connects the brake pressure generator directly to the wheel connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Bertram Foitzik, Michael Wilcox, Otmar Bussmann, Urs Bauer
  • Patent number: 12015639
    Abstract: Techniques for polluting phishing campaign responses with content that includes fake sensitive information of a type that is being sought in phishing messages. Embodiments disclosed herein identify phishing messages that are designed to fraudulently obtain sensitive information. Rather than simply quarantining these phishing messages from users' accounts to prevent users from providing “real” sensitive information, embodiments disclosed herein analyze these phishing messages to determine what type(s) of information is being sought and then respond to these phishing messages with “fake” sensitive information of these type(s). For example, if a phishing message is seeking sensitive credit card and/or banking account information, some fake information of this type(s) may be generated and sent in response to the phishing message. In various implementations, a natural language processing (NLP) model may be used to analyze the phishing message and/or generate a response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Michael Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20240158922
    Abstract: A cathodic arc coating system includes alternating layers of at least one of titanium vanadium nitride (TiVN) and titanium silicon vanadium nitride (TiSiVN) disposed on a substrate; and alternating layers of titanium vanadium chromium nitride (TiVCrN) and titanium silicon vanadium nitride (TiSiVCrN) disposed on a substrate. A cathodic arc process includes a sub-hertz variable bias forming the alternating layers of alternating layers of at least one of titanium vanadium nitride (TiVN) and titanium silicon vanadium nitride (TiSiVN) disposed on a substrate; and alternating layers of titanium vanadium chromium nitride (TiVCrN) and titanium silicon vanadium nitride (TiSiVCrN) disposed on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Scott Andrew Weaver, Joshua Roger Salisbury, Aida Amroussia, Jon Michael Wilcox, Patrick Taylor Shower
  • Publication number: 20240034291
    Abstract: A hydraulic block of a power brake system. The hydraulic block is formed as a cuboid housing block, and forms a power cylinder bore for receiving a power cylinder. The hydraulic block has two receptacles for pedal travel simulators and is configured so as to be hydraulically connectable to a master brake cylinder, a brake fluid reservoir, and a driving dynamics control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Michael Wilcox, Stefan Abare
  • Patent number: 11702356
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to a method for bending a glass substrate. The method includes actuating at least one heat shield to a first position at least partially covering an edge portion of a first major surface of the glass substrate. The method further includes heating the glass substrate. The method further includes actuating the at least one heat shield to a second position at least partially uncovering the edge portion of the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Timothy Brennan, Philippe Dardart, Anurag Jain, Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Eric Lee Miller, Stephane Poissy, Larry Gene Smith, Chad Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11608044
    Abstract: A cuboidal hydraulic block of a hydraulic power unit of a slip-controlled power vehicle braking system includes a power cylinder borehole, a receptacle for a pedal travel simulator in parallel to the power cylinder borehole, perpendicularly through two large sides of the hydraulic block, and perpendicularly to a master brake cylinder borehole. The master brake cylinder borehole extends, in parallel to an upper transverse side, from one longitudinal side of the hydraulic block to an opposite longitudinal side of the hydraulic block. In an intended installation and usage position, an electrical plug connection is situated beneath a lower transverse side of the hydraulic block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Michael Wilcox, Shogo Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11603204
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can deliver a package to a delivery destination. Packages delivered by a UAV may be lowered towards the ground while the UAV continues to fly rather than the UAV landing on the ground and releasing the package. Packages may sway during lowering as a result of wind or movement of the UAV. By modulating a rate of descent of a package, a package sway may mitigated. The lowering mechanism includes wrapping a tether in various directions around the package such that the package rotates in a first and second direction as the package descends. Additionally, a rip-strip lowering mechanism that separates under tension to lower the package and a rappel mechanism that slides the package down a tether may be used. Accordingly, the tether can control a descent of the package assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Buchmueller, Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III, Lowell Timothy Neal, Scott Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11556039
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass articles coated on at least one surface with an electrochromic layer and comprising minimal regions of laser damage, and methods for laser processing such glass articles. Insulated glass units comprising such coated glass articles are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Moussa N'Gom, David Andrew Pastel, Garrett Andrew Piech, Robert Stephen Wagner, Chad Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11542001
    Abstract: Components of a device may transmit signals between one another using piezo electric transducers (PETs). In a basic system, a first PET may be coupled to and/or in contact with a first location on a member. A second PET may be coupled to and/or in contact with a second location on the member and separated from the first PET by a distance. The first PET may receive a signal (e.g., an electrical voltage) and convert the signal to a mechanical force/stress causing vibration of the member. The vibration may propagate through the member to other locations about the member. The second PET receive the vibration and may convert the vibration back to the signal, such as by converting mechanical force/stress to the electrical voltage (i.e., the signal). A similar process may be performed in reverse to enable the first and second PET to provide two-way communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Guillermo Parodi, Scott Michael Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20220339751
    Abstract: Processes and devices by which a brittle material substrate may be edge formed and finished to simultaneously remove corresponding damage remaining on the edges in the areas formed by cutting and separation while imposing a desired edge profile and achieving a desired mechanical edge strength. Processes of the present disclosure may include a chemical and mechanical brush polishing process configured to shape and/or polish a surface of one or more thin substrates. A plurality of substrates may be arranged in a stacked configuration, and engineered interposer devices may be arranged between the stacked substrates. The interposers may provide between the substrates and may direct filament placement during brushing so as to guide material removal on the substrate edges. Substrate edge profile shapes, including symmetric and asymmetric profiles, may be formed by strategic manipulation of interposer properties including dimensions, mechanical features, material properties, and positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jonas Bankaitis, Duc Anh Bui, Scott Steven Cronk, Christopher Paul Daigler, Christina Marie Laskowski, Neil Eugene Partridge, Uwe Stute, Sergio Tsuda, Chad Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11407511
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can deliver a package to a delivery destination. Packages delivered by a UAV may be lowered towards the ground while the UAV continues to fly rather than the UAV landing on the ground and releasing the package. Packages may sway during lowering as a result of wind or movement of the UAV. A package sway may be monitored and mitigated by rapidly paying out a tether, when using a winch mechanism, to dissipate the energy of the sway as downward energy. Further, the UAV may navigate in the direction of the sway or reduce the altitude of the UAV to dissipate the energy of the sway. Open-loop and/or closed loop drop techniques may be utilized to lower a package from the UAV, and the package may be released in the air or on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Buchmueller, Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III, Lowell Timothy Neal, Yves Christian Albers Schoenberg, Scott Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11370531
    Abstract: A configurable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may include swappable components that may be selectable to configure a customized UAV just prior to deployment of the UAV that is configured to deliver a package to a destination. The UAV may include a plurality of ports that may accept swappable components. The ports may be coupled to a logic board to enable control of the swappable components. The ports and swappable components may enable quick replacement of a malfunctioning components, such as an image sensor, which may avoid subjecting a UAV to significant downtime for service. The malfunctioning component may then be serviced after the UAV is readied for a subsequent flight or deployed on a subsequent flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry James O'Brien, Joshua John Watson, Scott Michael Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20220161773
    Abstract: A connection of a piston-cylinder unit of an power brake pressure generator of an electrohydraulic power vehicle braking system to an unpressurized brake fluid reservoir with the aid of a pressure limiting valve and a controllable valve. The pressure limiting valve prevents pressure spikes in the vehicle braking system if inlet valves of hydraulic wheel brakes of the vehicle braking system are closed during a pressure buildup with the aid of the power brake pressure generator. Brake fluid may be drawn in or discharged from the brake fluid reservoir via the controllable valve during a slip control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Herbert Vollert, Joerg Riethmueller, Martin Hagspiel, Michael Wilcox, Andreas Bresser
  • Publication number: 20220166793
    Abstract: Techniques for polluting phishing campaign responses with content that includes fake sensitive information of a type that is being sought in phishing messages. Embodiments disclosed herein identify phishing messages that are designed to fraudulently obtain sensitive information. Rather than simply quarantining these phishing messages from users' accounts to prevent users from providing “real” sensitive information, embodiments disclosed herein analyze these phishing messages to determine what type(s) of information is being sought and then respond to these phishing messages with “fake” sensitive information of these type(s). For example, if a phishing message is seeking sensitive credit card and/or banking account information, some fake information of this type(s) may be generated and sent in response to the phishing message. In various implementations, a natural language processing (NLP) model may be used to analyze the phishing message and/or generate a response thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Brian Michael WILCOX
  • Patent number: 11317036
    Abstract: A mobile calibration room may be used for calibrating one or more sensors used on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A system can include folding or collapsible walls to enable the system to be moved between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the deployed position, the system can comprise a calibration room including one or more 2D or 3D targets used to calibrate one or more sensors (e.g., cameras) on a UAV. The system can include a turntable to rotate the UAV about a first axis during calibration. The system can also include a cradle to rotate the UAV around, or translate the UAV along, a second axis. The turntable can include a frame to rotate the UAV around a third axis during calibration. The mobile calibration room can be coupled to a vehicle to enable the mobile calibration room to be moved between locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Graber, Martin Koestinger, Barry James O'Brien, Gerald Schweighofer, Mario Sormann, Joshua John Watson, Scott Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11212312
    Abstract: Techniques for polluting phishing campaign responses with content that includes fake sensitive information of a type that is being sought in phishing messages. Embodiments disclosed herein identify phishing messages that are designed to fraudulently obtain sensitive information. Rather than simply quarantining these phishing messages from users' accounts to prevent users from providing “real” sensitive information, embodiments disclosed herein analyze these phishing messages to determine what type(s) of information is being sought and then respond to these phishing messages with “fake” sensitive information of these type(s). For example, if a phishing message is seeking sensitive credit card and/or banking account information, some fake information of this type(s) may be generated and sent in response to the phishing message. In various implementations, a natural language processing (NLP) model may be used to analyze the phishing message and/or generate a response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11187316
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to a lubrication system for a gearbox of an aircraft. A lubrication line is coupled to a plurality of jets and/or orifices to provide lubrication to one or more components of the gearbox. A check valve is placed within the lubrication line in a location upstream from the plurality of jets and/or orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventor: Matthew Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11073829
    Abstract: A system for detecting transparent elements in a vehicle environment are described. In some examples, this may include accessing an image of a scene captured by an image capture device attached to a vehicle. A reflected image present in the image may be detected. The reflected image may include a portion of the vehicle. It may be determined that the scene includes a transparent element based at least in part on detecting the reflected image present in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chengwu Cui, Sarah Graber, Joshua John Watson, Scott Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 10922984
    Abstract: Techniques for verifying a location and identification of a landing marker to aid an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to deliver a payload to a location may be provided. For example, upon receiving an indication that a UAV has arrived to a delivery location, a server computer may process one or more images of an area that are provided by the UAV and/or a user interacting with a user device. A landing marker may be identified in the image and a representation of the landing marker along with instructions to guide the UAV to deliver the payload to the landing marker may be transmitted to the UAV and implemented by the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Patrick Boyd, Chengwu Cui, Sarah Graber, Barry James O'Brien, Joshua John Watson, Scott Michael Wilcox
  • Patent number: 10901077
    Abstract: Aerial vehicles may be outfitted with one or more ultrasonic anemometers, each having ultrasonic transducers embedded into external surfaces. The transducers may be aligned and configured to transmit acoustic signals to one another, and receive acoustic signals from one another, along one or more paths or axes. Elapsed times of signals transmitted and received by pairs of transducers may be used to determine air speeds along the paths or axes. Where two or more pairs of transducers are provided, a net vector may be derived based on air speeds determined along the paths or axes between the pairs of the transducers, and used to generate control signals for maintaining the aerial vehicle on a desired course, at a desired speed or altitude, or in a desired orientation. The transducers may be dedicated for use in an anemometer, or may serve multiple purposes, and may be reoriented or reconfigured as necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Leroi LeGrand, III, Gershon Parent, Scott Michael Wilcox