Patents by Inventor Nathan Michael

Nathan Michael 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: 20250129814
    Abstract: A magnetic-assisted suction cup mounting assembly and method for semi-permanently attaching to a ferrous material surface comprises a suction cup and at least one magnet spatially arranged with respect to the suction cup and providing additional fixturing of the suction cup to the ferrous material surface. One method for semi-permanently attaching the mounting assembly to the ferrous material surface comprises positioning a plurality of magnets in a raised position above a peripheral edge surface of a suction cup, positioning the suction cup on the ferrous material surface and drawing a vacuum between the suction cup and the ferrous material surface. Then repositioning the plurality of magnets to a lowered position in contact with the ferrous material surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: HEATH CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: VINEET AGGARWAL, ALAN KENNETH STRATTON, NATHAN MICHAEL BLANCHARD
  • Patent number: 12270604
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Publication number: 20250079491
    Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte sheet includes scandia-stabilized zirconia grains and a thickness from 10 micrometers to 300 micrometers. In aspects, the solid-state electrolyte sheet exhibits an ionic conductivity at 850° C. of 9.5 S/cm or more. In aspects, the scandia-stabilized zirconia grains includes from 3 mol % to 11 mol % or from 3 mol % to 6 mol % scandia. In aspects, an average grain size can be from 0.1 micrometers to 2.5 micrometers. In aspects, a majority of pores can be a closed porosity. In aspects, the solid-state electrolyte sheet can be part of a solid oxide fuel cell and/or a solid oxide electrolyzer cell. Methods include casting a green tape comprising scandia-stabilized zirconia and firing the green tape to form the solid-state electrolyte sheet. In aspects, the firing can include heating at a maximum temperature of 1650° C. or less and/or heating at temperatures of 600° C. or more for 90 minutes or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Brittany Lynn Higgins, Rahul Suryakant Kadam, Timothy Joseph Markel, Yan Wang, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Patent number: 12215662
    Abstract: A two-body wave energy converter (WEC) that utilizes components in the two bodies having variable geometry is described. The WEC includes a surface control body which includes a first variable geometry component, and a reaction control body, which includes a second variable geometry component. During operating, the two variable geometry components may be substantially inflated to enable the WEC to generate electrical energy using power-take off (PTO) components or substantially deflated to allow for load shedding or protection from intense elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: David Ogden, Nathan Michael Tom, Jennifer Van Rij, Yi Guo
  • Publication number: 20250027483
    Abstract: A control method and associated system provide for thermal management of cables within a structure of a wind turbine. An airflow is established through the structure, the airflow moving along and around the cables within the structure to remove heat generated in the cables via heat transfer from a core of the cables through a surrounding insulation layer of the cables. Ambient temperature and a volumetric flow rate of the airflow adjacent the cables is measure. Based on the flow rate and the ambient temperature, a threshold current capacity limit for the cables is determined and used as a control factor for increasing power production of the wind turbine within thermal limits of the cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Chao Liang, Jiahong Wang, Michael Graham McClure, Nathan Michael Killeen, John L. Bollenbecker, Anshumann Patra
  • Patent number: 12202762
    Abstract: A method includes impregnating a region of a glass sheet with a filler material in a liquid state. The glass sheet includes a plurality of glass soot particles. The filler material is solidified subsequent to the impregnating step to form a glass/filler composite region of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Daniel Warren Hawtof, Nathan Michael Hill, Eric Yun Kuei Lynn, Catherine Michiko Magee, Brenton Allen Noll, Daniel Roberto Shneyer, Steven Bryan Shooter
  • Publication number: 20250004021
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are integrated current sensors and methods for sensing and measuring current consumption of electronic devices. The electronic device can comprise: a plurality of layers within a power delivery network of the device, each tile comprising circuitry for performing one or more functions; a plurality of probes, each probe having a pair of inputs connected to portions of one or more layers having a voltage drop, wherein each probe is configured to convert a respective differential voltage to a representative current passing through the one or more layers; a capacitor that is configured to integrate the respective currents passing through the one or more layers to an integrated voltage; and a converter that is configured to generate a measure of current consumed by the device based on the integrated voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Amirpouya Kavousian, Nathan Michael Pletcher
  • Publication number: 20250004756
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for software deployment pipeline evaluation using a presence of designated functions. One method comprises obtaining information characterizing a set of designated functions; determining one or more of: (i) whether at least one stage of a given software deployment pipeline comprises one or more of the designated functions in the set and (ii) whether an execution of one or more of the designated functions in the at least one stage of the given software deployment pipeline succeeded; and initiating one or more automated actions based at least in part on at least one result of the determining. The designated functions may be specified for different technology types. Job logs associated with the at least one stage of the given software deployment pipeline may be searched for commands that execute one or more of the designated functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Raymond Luna, Nathan Michael Cairl, William Cody Taylor, Michael R. Reed
  • Publication number: 20240344495
    Abstract: A two-body wave energy converter (WEC) that utilizes components in the two bodies having variable geometry is described. The WEC includes a surface control body which includes a first variable geometry component, and a reaction control body, which includes a second variable geometry component. During operating, the two variable geometry components may be substantially inflated to enable the WEC to generate electrical energy using power-take off (PTO) components or substantially deflated to allow for load shedding or protection from intense elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: David OGDEN, Nathan Michael TOM, Jennifer VAN RIJ, Yi GUO
  • Patent number: 12074282
    Abstract: A composite ceramic including: a lithium garnet major phase; and a grain growth inhibitor minor phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making composite ceramic, pellets and tapes thereof, a solid electrolyte, and an electrochemical device including the solid electrolyte, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, Shanghai Institute of Ceramic Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Publication number: 20240255988
    Abstract: A storage element for a computing device (304) includes a device sleeve (302) configured to receive a computing device. The device sleeve (302) includes an accessory slot (312) configured to receive a computing accessory (306). When the computing device (304) is inserted into the device sleeve (302), the accessory (306) is automatically inserted into the accessory slot (312). When the computing device (304) is removed from the device sleeve (302), the computing device (304) grabs, by magnetic attraction force, the accessory (306) and pulls it out of the device sleeve (302).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Michael THOME, Robyn Rebecca Reed MCLAUGHLIN, Lynda Anne HORTON-JONES, Whitney Anne REED, Kaitlyn Marley SHOECK
  • Publication number: 20240247868
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Patent number: 11953264
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Patent number: 11921621
    Abstract: System and method for creating unit tests include: constructing a CFG representation for a computer program; utilizing the CFG to identify different potential execution paths and to identify different formulas corresponding to the different potential execution paths; parsing the source code to generate an abstract syntax tree; analyzing the computer program to determine whether it provides capability to set each of the associated variables in each formula by utilizing the abstract syntax tree; translating variables, fields, and expressions of the source code represented in each formula into decision variables; computing a solution to the list of pre-conditions from each formula to one of the potential solutions that specifies values for decision variables; selecting a formula, from the plurality of formulas, with a fewest number of associated variables; and creating a unit test, based on the data and the list of pre-conditions collected and solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PARASOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maciej Głowa, Nathan Michael Jakubiak, Michał Rozenau, Marcin Strojny, Piotr Grzesik, Michał Kusmierczyk
  • Publication number: 20240035053
    Abstract: Lanthanides are recycled with microbes comprising a lanthanide-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase and an evo-HLn Methylorubrum extorquens AM1 hybrid sensor histidine kinase/response regulator comprising a Leu151His substitution relative to the wild-type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez, Nathan Michael Good
  • Publication number: 20240019209
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E. Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Patent number: 11836010
    Abstract: An improved method and system for providing an adjustable foot (155) for an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a base (150), at least a foot (155) containing a portion being movable relative to the base between a first configuration and a second configuration, a magnetic element for moving said movable portion of the foot between the first configuration and the second configuration, and a display element (140) movably connected to the base, where the movement of the display element (140) from a first position to a second position causes the magnetic element to move the movable portion from the first configuration to the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Nathan Michael Thome
  • Patent number: 11836013
    Abstract: A method of controlling opening resistance in an electronic device includes maintaining the electronic device in a closed state via a resistive force, wherein the resistive force is applied by at least one of: a hinge of the electronic device, and magnets of the electronic device. The method further includes using a sensor on an underside of the electronic device to detect a force applied to a first portion of the electronic device and determining that the force corresponds to a user initiating opening of the electronic device. In accordance with the determination, the method further includes reducing the resistive force to assist the user in opening the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Han Li, Masaaki Fukumoto, Nathan Michael Thome, James David Holbery, Paul Christopher Kos
  • Publication number: 20230369641
    Abstract: A composite ceramic including: a lithium garnet major phase; and a grain growth inhibitor minor phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making composite ceramic, pellets and tapes thereof, a solid electrolyte, and an electrochemical device including the solid electrolyte, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Publication number: 20230340976
    Abstract: A magnetic-assisted suction cup mounting assembly and method for semi-permanently attaching to a ferrous material surface comprises a suction cup and at least one magnet spatially arranged with respect to the suction cup and providing additional fixturing of the suction cup to the ferrous material surface. One method for semi-permanently attaching the mounting assembly to the ferrous material surface comprises positioning a plurality of magnets in a raised position above a peripheral edge surface of a suction cup, positioning the suction cup on the ferrous material surface and drawing a vacuum between the suction cup and the ferrous material surface. Then repositioning the plurality of magnets to a lowered position in contact with the ferrous material surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Heath Consultants Incorporated
    Inventors: VINEET AGGARWAL, ALAN KENNETH STRATTON, MARSHALL BRONFIN, NATHAN MICHAEL BLANCHARD