Patents by Inventor Nathan Michael MCDONALD

Nathan Michael MCDONALD 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: 20240137267
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for asset utilization and trigger-based automation. A network management system may receive a receive a network management configuration that identifies a configuration of a set of assets to be allocated to a service. The network management system may generate an asset utilization dataset including a set of utilization values associated with the set of assets generated over a time. The asset utilization data set may be used to train a machine-learning model configured to generated predictions corresponding to a future utilization associated with the set of assets. The network management system may then execute the machine-learning model predict utilization of a first asset. Upon determining that the predicted utilization is greater than a threshold, the network management system may execute an action associated with the set of assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: James Michael Brinksma, Alexander Kenneth Godwin, Nathan Oliver Grey, Marcelo Alejandro McAndrew, Stuart David McDonald, Michael John Vitale
  • Patent number: 9631581
    Abstract: An engine system is disclosed. The engine system may have a first bank of cylinders, a second bank of cylinders, a first intake manifold, and a second intake manifold. The engine system may also have a first exhaust manifold connecting the first bank of cylinders to the first and second intake manifolds, a second exhaust manifold connecting the second bank of cylinders to the atmosphere, a plurality of injectors, and a controller. The controller may be configured to inhibit the plurality of injectors associated with a first cylinder subset of the first and second banks of cylinders from firing for a first period of time spanning multiple engine cycles. The controller may also be configured to selectively inhibit the plurality of injectors associated with a second cylinder subset of the first and second banks of cylinders from firing for a second period of time following the first period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Reddy Pocha Siva Sankara, Michael B. Goetzke, LeBlanc Martin, Travis Eugene Barnes, Nathan Michael McDonald, Leeder Hua
  • Publication number: 20150354509
    Abstract: An engine system is disclosed. The engine system may have a first bank of cylinders, a second bank of cylinders, a first intake manifold, and a second intake manifold. The engine system may also have a first exhaust manifold connecting the first bank of cylinders to the first and second intake manifolds, a second exhaust manifold connecting the second hank of cylinders to the atmosphere, a plurality of injectors, and a controller. The controller may be configured to inhibit the plurality of injectors associated with a first cylinder subset of the first and second banks of cylinders from firing for a first period of time spanning multiple engine cycles. The controller may also be configured to selectively inhibit the plurality of injectors associated with a second cylinder subset of the first and second banks of cylinders from firing for a second period of time following the first period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Reddy Pocha Siva SANKARA, Michael B. GOETZKE, LeBlanc MARTIN, Travis Eugene BARNES, Nathan Michael MCDONALD, Leeder HUA