Patents by Inventor Michael Zimmerman
Michael Zimmerman 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).
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Publication number: 20240124553Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods of treating arthritogenic alphavirus infection. Compositions include a fusion protein comprising an Fc region, a first Mxra8 region, and a second Mxra8 region, wherein the fusion protein reduces inflammation and infection by an arthritogenic alphavirus. Methods include administering the fusion protein to a mammalian or non-mammalian subject to reduce or inhibit alphavirus infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Washington UniversityInventors: Michael Diamond, Daved Fremont, Rong Zhang, Arthur Kim, Larissa Thackray, Katherine Basore, Christopher A. Nelson, Ofer Zimmerman, Maxwell Zimmerman, Saravanan Raju
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Publication number: 20240117940Abstract: This disclosure includes fuel tank fittings, fuel systems and fueling stations having the same, and related methods. Some fuel tank fittings have a first end including a connector configured to be sealingly coupled to an outlet of a fuel tank, wherein the connector has a connection axis, a second end including two or more first ports, each positioned such that the connection axis does not extend therethrough, a first interior passageway extending from the connector, and two or more second interior passageways connecting the first interior passageway to the first ports such that, for each of the first ports, fluid is permitted to flow from the connector, through the first interior passageway, through one or more of the second interior passageways, and out of the first port without flowing through a valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NATURAL GAS FUEL SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Michael ZIMMERMAN, Christopher CULBERSON
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Publication number: 20240112670Abstract: An event sensing system includes one or more sensor assemblies, each sensor assembly including a housing, a microphone, and an audio signal processor. The audio signal processor is configured to generate one of an event classification, which is indicative of a type of event, and an event characteristic, which is indicative of a severity of an event, from the audio signal. The sensor assembly is configured to transmit event records that contain the generated event data to a cloud infrastructure component. The cloud infrastructure component is configured to calculate the probability of an event occurring at a plurality of locations in a region within a bounded time window based on the event records received from a plurality of sensor assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.Inventors: Michael Smith, Ben Zimmerman, Sherry Eckholm, Peter Gunder
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Patent number: 11949105Abstract: The invention features an electrochemical cell having an anode and a cathode; wherein at least one of the anode and cathode includes a solid ionically conducting polymer material that can ionically conduct hydroxyl ions.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: IONIC MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Michael A. Zimmerman, Alexei B. Gavrilov, Ting Liu
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Publication number: 20240035866Abstract: A magnetic meter is provided. The magnetic meter includes a flowtube having an inlet on a first end and an outlet on a second end, the inlet and outlet defining a direction of flow. The magnetic meter also includes a metal enclosure surrounding the flowtube. The metal enclosure is in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet of the flowtube and the metal enclosure extends, in the direction of flow, upstream beyond the inlet on the first end and downstream beyond the outlet on the second end of the flowtube. A method, meters and a metering system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Michael Zimmerman, Johnathan Wimbish
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Publication number: 20230352726Abstract: A bipolar battery having a solid ionically conductive polymer material as its electrolyte enabling high voltage discharge.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Michael A. Zimmerman, Randy Leising
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Publication number: 20230344042Abstract: The present invention features a pouch comprising a single layer of polymer material having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is disposed to define an interior space surrounded by the second surface of the pouch, and wherein the first surface is disposed to define the exterior of the pouch, wherein the single layer has a uniform thickness between the first surface and second surface, wherein the polymer material comprises a liquid crystal polymer, and wherein the pouch has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 0.1 g/m2/day between the interior space and the first surface of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: IONIC MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Michael A. Zimmerman, Randy Leising
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Publication number: 20230292734Abstract: A system for applying an herbicide to an agricultural field includes a sensor configured to measure total vegetation density in the agricultural field; and an applicator vehicle comprising a chassis, a liquid holding tank carried by the chassis, and at least one nozzle carried by the chassis and in fluid communication with the liquid holding tank. A controller is configured to control an amount of flow of herbicide through the nozzle(s) based on the total vegetation density measured by the sensor. A method of applying an herbicide to an agricultural field includes measuring a total vegetation density in the agricultural field and spraying a variable amount of an herbicide through at least one nozzle onto the agricultural field. The amount of herbicide is based on the measured total vegetation density, without regard to distinction between crop and weed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Zimmerman, Jason Lee
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Patent number: 11749833Abstract: A bipolar battery having a solid ionically conductive polymer material as its electrolyte enabling high voltage discharge.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: IONIC MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Michael A. Zimmerman, Randy Leising
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Patent number: 11695178Abstract: The present invention features a pouch comprising a single layer of polymer material having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is disposed to define an interior space surrounded by the second surface of the pouch, and wherein the first surface is disposed to define the exterior of the pouch, wherein the single layer has a uniform thickness between the first surface and second surface, wherein the polymer material comprises a liquid crystal polymer, and wherein the pouch has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 0.1 g/m2/day between the interior space and the first surface of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: IONIC MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Michael A. Zimmerman, Randy Leising
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Patent number: 11668364Abstract: A gas cup for a damper assembly comprises a body including an upper surface, a lower surface, an exterior surface and an interior surface. The body defines an aperture extending through the upper surface and the lower surface. A decoupler is located in the aperture and secured to the body. A bridging member is located between the decoupler and the body and coupled to the decoupler and the body. The decoupler and the bridging member is made from materials having different elasticity to allow the decoupler to move in the aperture in response to a volumetric change in the damper assembly and to provide variable tuning of the damper assembly. A damper assembly including the gas cup is also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: BEIJINGWEST INDUSTRIES CO., LTDInventors: Shigekata Yoshida, II, Eric Schumann, Timothy Schlangen, Michael Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11611104Abstract: The present invention is directed to a battery including a solid ionically conductive polymer electrolyte having a first surface and a second surface; a first electrode disposed on the first surface of the solid ionically conductive polymer electrolyte; a second electrode disposed on the second surface of the solid ionically conductive polymer electrolyte; and at least a first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal, each terminal being in electrical contact with respectively the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode. The invention is also directed to a material including a polymer; a dopant; and at least one compound including an ion source; wherein a liberation of a plurality of ions from the ion source provides a conduction mechanism to form an ionically conductive polymer material. The present invention is further directed to methods for making such batteries and materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Ionic Materials, Inc.Inventor: Michael A. Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11605819Abstract: A battery, having polyvalent aluminum metal as the electrochemically active anode material and also including a solid ionically conducting polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: IONIC MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Michael A. Zimmerman, Alexei B. Gavrilov, Ting Liu, Keith Smith
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Patent number: 11589569Abstract: An agricultural applicator machine has a frame and at least one horizontally extending boom assembly. The boom assembly pivots to a folded position in which it is secured in a boom-cradle mechanism. The boom-cradle mechanism includes a crossmember and a boom rest at an outer end of the crossmember, the boom rest having a rigid inboard boom stop, a rigid outboard boom stop, and a saddle portion. The inboard boom stop extends from the saddle portion in an out-of-phase configuration relative the outboard boom stop. The boom-cradle mechanism has a locking assembly having an actuator assembly configured to rotate the crossmember, and thus the cradle boom rest. The actuator assembly connects to the crossmember through a linkage assembly. The actuator assembly causes the crossmember to rotate causing the boom rest to move between an open position and a locked position.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: AGCO CorporationInventors: Joshua Aaron Rasa, Jeffrey Michael Zimmerman, Mark Aron Crowley
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Publication number: 20220388390Abstract: Some of the present apparatuses include a frame defining first and second supports and at least a portion of a rigid tank mount laterally offset from the first and second supports, where the first support is configured to be pivotally coupled to a vehicle such that the frame is movable relative to the vehicle between a first position in which the second support is spaced apart from the vehicle and second position in which the second support is coupled to the vehicle. Some apparatuses include a frame mount having a flange defining a bounded opening configured to receive a fastener and a post extending from the flange and away from the opening, where the first support is configured to be pivotally coupled to the flange via the fastener and the second support is configured to be coupled to the post when the frame is in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Natural Gas Fuel Systems, LLCInventors: Michael ZIMMERMAN, Christopher CULBERSON
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Publication number: 20220377962Abstract: Technologies for guiding an agricultural vehicle through crop rows using a camera and signal processing to locate the crop row or centers of the crop row. The signal processing uses a filter to filter data from images captured by the camera and locates the row or the centers based on the filtered data. The filter is generated based on a signal processing transform and an initial image of the crop row captured by the camera. The filter is applied to subsequent images of the crop row captured by the camera. In some embodiments, the camera includes one lens. For example, monocular computer vision is used in some embodiments. Also, in some embodiments, a central processing unit generates the filter based on the transform and the initial image of the crop row and applies the generated filter to the subsequent images of the row.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Alexander Quentin Susko, Jeffrey Michael Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11510322Abstract: Systems for reducing leakage at a pressure barrier in a gas meter, are provided including first and second gaskets; a flexible circuit having variable thicknesses, such that a thicker portion of the flexible circuit is provided between the first and second gaskets; and a mounting plate on the flexible circuit, the mounting plate compressing the flexible circuit between the first and second gaskets on a non-pressurized side of the pressure barrier of the gas meter. Related flexible circuits and gas meters are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Sensus Spectrum, LLCInventors: Eric Frazee, Michael Zimmerman, Christian Heizenroeder
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Patent number: 11427074Abstract: Some of the present apparatuses include a frame defining first and second supports and at least a portion of a rigid tank mount laterally offset from the first and second supports, where the first support is configured to be pivotally coupled to a vehicle such that the frame is movable relative to the vehicle between a first position in which the second support is spaced apart from the vehicle and second position in which the second support is coupled to the vehicle. Some apparatuses include a frame mount having a flange defining a bounded opening configured to receive a fastener and a post extending from the flange and away from the opening, where the first support is configured to be pivotally coupled to the flange via the fastener and the second support is configured to be coupled to the post when the frame is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: NATURAL GAS FUEL SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Michael Zimmerman, Christopher Culberson
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Publication number: 20220163085Abstract: A gas cup for a damper assembly comprises a body including an upper surface, a lower surface, an exterior surface and an interior surface. The body defines an aperture extending through the upper surface and the lower surface. A decoupler is located in the aperture and secured to the body. A bridging member is located between the decoupler and the body and coupled to the decoupler and the body. The decoupler and the bridging member is made from materials having different elasticity to allow the decoupler to move in the aperture in response to a volumetric change in the damper assembly and to provide variable tuning of the damper assembly. A damper assembly including the gas cup is also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Shigekata Yoshida, Eric Schumann, Timothy Schlangen, Michael Zimmerman
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Patent number: D1020094Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATIONInventor: Michael Zimmerman