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).

  • Patent number: 11790326
    Abstract: Systems and methods of repairing damage to the body structure of a vehicle based on a comparison of vehicle damage to vehicle specification data to indicate the magnitude and direction of vehicle damage to formulate a repair plan for review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Lee Watts, Nathan Michael Watts
  • Patent number: 11768032
    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: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    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: 11749836
    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: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, 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: 20230241026
    Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to polypeptide systems using drug-controlled peptide docking domains and cognate docking domain-binding peptides and their use to control cellular signaling, activity, and/or gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: John T. NGO, Mary DUNLOP, Elliot Parker TAGUE, Nathan Michael TAGUE, Alexander Michael MARZILLI
  • Patent number: 11712733
    Abstract: A joint module for forming a joint section from a tube that is formed at an operational speed by a roll forming machine may include a carriage positioned proximate the back end of the roll forming machine and configured to move in a longitudinal direction relative to the back end. A pleat die assembly may be mounted on the carriage and configured to repeatedly engage the tube to form a series of pleats thereby bending the tube to form the joint section, and a crimp die assembly may be mounted on the carriage and configured to engage the tube to crimp an end of the joint section and to sever the end of the joint section from the tube. The carriage may move relative to the frame while the tube is engaged with at least one of the crimp die assembly and the pleat die assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: Marcus Lee Poppler, Nathan Michael McCrimmon
  • Publication number: 20230204285
    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: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    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: 11660288
    Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to polypeptide systems using drug-controlled peptide docking domains and cognate docking domain-binding peptides and their use to control cellular signaling, activity, and/or gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: John T. Ngo, Mary Dunlop, Elliot Parker Tague, Nathan Michael Tague, Alexander Michael Marzilli
  • Patent number: 11656976
    Abstract: System and method for element locator recommendations for testing a UI application include: executing tests; monitoring tests and observing which commands are called by each test to generate monitored data, where the monitored data includes which tests were executed, element locators that were used in the tests, relevant commands that were called by each test and related to the element locators that were used in the tests, and information about the UI application during the test execution; storing the monitored data; analyzing the stored monitored data; producing a set of recommended element locators to be used in place of previously used element locators for which the elements were not found during the execution of the tests; and utilizing the set of recommended element locators to complete the testing of the UI application software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: PARASOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan Michael Jakubiak, Anthony David Yoshicedo, Joseph Adam Benken
  • Patent number: 11629915
    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: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    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: 11630489
    Abstract: A computing device comprises a base that comprises a base surface configured to support the computing device on a supporting surface, and a front wall adjoining and extending away from the base surface. The computing device also includes a chassis adjoining the base, the chassis comprising a planar user interactive surface comprising one or more user input components. The chassis also comprises an overhanging brim that extends beyond at least the front wall of the base and comprises at least one magnet configured to removably retain a stylus underneath the overhanging brim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Michael Thome, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Kaitlyn Marley Schoeck, Aseem Singla, Joseph Benjamin Gault
  • Publication number: 20230067384
    Abstract: A computing device comprises a base that comprises a base surface configured to support the computing device on a supporting surface, and a front wall adjoining and extending away from the base surface. The computing device also includes a chassis adjoining the base, the chassis comprising a planar user interactive surface comprising one or more user input components. The chassis also comprises an overhanging brim that extends beyond at least the front wall of the base and comprises at least one magnet configured to removably retain a stylus underneath the overhanging brim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Michael THOME, Robyn Rebecca Reed MCLAUGHLIN, Kaitlyn Marley SCHOECK, Aseem SINGLA, Joseph Benjamin GAULT
  • Publication number: 20230019041
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a collective UAV in which multiple UAVs may be coupled together to form the collective UAV. A collective UAV may be used to aerially transport virtually any size, weight or quantity of items, travel longer distances, etc. For example, rather than using one large UAV to carry a larger or heavier item, multiple smaller UAVs may couple together to form a collective UAV that is used to carry the larger or heavier item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Michael Paczan, Michael John Elzinga, Raphael Hsieh, Luan Khai Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11531405
    Abstract: The patent relates to securely storing an input device relative to a computing device. One example can include a housing and a trough defined in the housing and configured to receive at least a portion of an input device. This example can also include a pair of opposing levers that are contained in the trough when the trough is empty and that pivot proud out of the trough around and against the input device installed in the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Michael Thome, Aseem Singla, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20220382326
    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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Nathan Michael THOME
  • Publication number: 20220374090
    Abstract: The patent relates to securely storing an input device relative to a computing device. One example can include a housing and a trough defined in the housing and configured to receive at least a portion of an input device. This example can also include a pair of opposing levers that are contained in the trough when the trough is empty and that pivot proud out of the trough around and against the input device installed in the trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Michael THOME, Aseem SINGLA, Robyn Rebecca Reed MCLAUGHLIN
  • Publication number: 20220374052
    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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Han LI, Masaaki FUKUMOTO, Nathan Michael THOME, James David HOLBERY, Paul Christopher KOS
  • Patent number: 11507495
    Abstract: System and method for testing changes to binary code of a computer program include: collecting test coverage data from an executed set of tests of an original computer program; calculating a baseline report containing correlations between the executed set of tests and blocks of binary code of the original computer program; determining binary code changes between the original computer program and a modified version of the computer program; identifying one or more tests to be executed for verifying the binary code changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: PARASOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jacek Marzec, Nathan Michael Jakubiak
  • Patent number: 11498113
    Abstract: A roll forming machine for continuously forming a sheet into a joint section of a tube may include a plurality of roller stations arranged longitudinally on a frame and configured to bend the sheet to form the tube, and a carriage slidably secured to the frame. A pleat die assembly may be mounted on the carriage and can be configured to repeatedly engage the tube to form a series of pleats thereby bending the tube to form the joint section. A crimp die assembly may be mounted on the carriage and can be configured to engage the tube to crimp an end of the joint section and sever the end of the joint section from the tube. The carriage may be configured to be selectively moved relative to the frame while the tube is engaged with at least one of the crimp die assembly and the pleat die assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KNIGHT MFG., LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Lee Poppler, Nathan Michael McCrimmon
  • Publication number: 20220359908
    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: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Patent number: 11486356
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a wind turbine. Accordingly, a controller of the wind turbine detects a loss of traction of the slip coupling between a generator and a rotor of the drivetrain of the wind turbine. In response to detecting the loss of traction, the controller overrides a generator torque setpoint to alter a rotational speed of the generator. In response to the altered rotational speed of the generator, the traction of the slip coupling is increased. Increasing the traction of the slip coupling facilitates an application of generator torque to the drivetrain of the wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Cornelius Edward Holliday, III, Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Mathew Doyle Angel, Nathan Michael Killeen, Edward Wayne Hardwicke, Jr., Steven Wade Sutherland, Robert Gregory Wagoner, Govardhan Ganireddy, Talha Irfanul Haque