Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Smith

Nathaniel Smith 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: 20250207379
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a tank system including a gravity tank configured to contain water at atmospheric pressure, a rigid pressurized tank positioned within the gravity tank and configured to contain water at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, and a piston assembly positioned below the rigid pressurized tank and configured to open and close the rigid pressurized tank. The gravity tank is configured to channel water at atmospheric pressure into a toilet bowl at a first velocity and the rigid pressurized tank is configured to channel water at the pressure greater than atmospheric pressure into the toilet bowl at a second velocity. The second velocity is greater than the first velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Strategic Water Solutions Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: PAUL MICHAEL GOUDREAU, ANDREW NATHANIEL SMITH, TYLER LORNE HEBIG, MICHAEL WADE STRAWN, JUSTIN MAGOLINE, DAVID ARGUELLES
  • Publication number: 20250156948
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computer-implemented apparatuses and processes that securely generate, redeem, and transfer ledger-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) representative of an ownership of corresponding, tangible or digital assets. For example, an apparatus may receive, from a device, a request to generate a non-fungible token associated with an ownership interest in an asset that includes first data characterizing the ownership interest, and may receive, from a computing system, elements of second data that characterize the ownership interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Nathaniel Smith, Hamilton Souther, Randall Johnson
  • Patent number: 12247382
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a tank system including a gravity tank configured to contain water at atmospheric pressure, a rigid pressurized tank positioned within the gravity tank and configured to contain water at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, and a piston assembly positioned below the rigid pressurized tank and configured to open and close the rigid pressurized tank. The gravity tank is configured to channel water at atmospheric pressure into a toilet bowl at a first velocity and the rigid pressurized tank is configured to channel water at the pressure greater than atmospheric pressure into the toilet bowl at a second velocity. The second velocity is greater than the first velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Strategic Water Solutions Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Goudreau, Andrew Nathaniel Smith, Tyler Lorne Hebig, Michael Wade Strawn, Justin Magoline, David Arguelles
  • Patent number: 12207593
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester including a header assembly, includes: a multicoupler storage assembly including: a multicoupler assembly including a plurality of at least one of hydraulic connectors and electrical connectors; and a cradle mechanism configured for storing the multicoupler assembly and for selectively pivoting between a receiving position associated with the cradle mechanism receiving the multicoupler assembly and a storage position associated with the cradle mechanism storing the multicoupler assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Oberlander, Joel T. Cook, Nathaniel Smith
  • Patent number: 12144752
    Abstract: Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include an inner member having a stent receiving region. A stent may be disposed along the stent receiving region. The system may also include a deployment sheath axially slidable relative to the inner member. The deployment sheath may have a proximal end region. A rack may be coupled to the proximal end region of the deployment sheath. An outer shaft may be disposed along at least a portion of the deployment sheath. The deployment sheath may be rotatable relative to the inner member, the outer shaft or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Brady Scott Logan, Jason T. Anderson, Paul Michael Goudreau, Andrew Nathaniel Smith, Ian Thomas Forte, Tyler Lorne Hebig, Rowan Olund Hettel, Ryan Dale Hendrickson
  • Publication number: 20240206394
    Abstract: A harvester reel for an agricultural harvester. The harvester reel includes a central rotatable shaft, and a plurality of reel tine bars extending widthwise across the reel and connected to the central rotatable shaft for rotation therewith. Each of the plurality of reel tine bars includes a biasing member for biasing the reel tine bar to rotate about its central longitudinal axis, and a plurality of tines. A cam assembly guides rotation of the plurality of reel tine bars. The cam assembly includes a primary cam for guiding rotation of the tine bars during rotation of the central rotatable shaft, and a moveable or stationary secondary cam. The moveable secondary cam pivots the tine bars about their longitudinal axes away from a cutterbar. Alternatively, a moveable diverter cooperates with the stationary secondary cam to pivot the reel tine bars about their longitudinal axes away from the cutterbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Cory Douglas Hunt, II, Joel T. Cook, Bart M.A. Missotten, Bart Lenaerts, Herbert M. Farley, Nathaniel Smith, Yvan C.C. Vandergucht, John L. Hinkle
  • Publication number: 20240188498
    Abstract: A harvester reel for an agricultural harvester. The harvester reel includes a central rotatable shaft, and a plurality of reel tine bars extending widthwise across the reel and connected to the central rotatable shaft for rotation therewith. Each of the plurality of reel tine bars includes a biasing member for biasing the reel tine bar to rotate about its central longitudinal axis, and a plurality of tines. A cam assembly guides rotation of the plurality of reel tine bars. The cam assembly includes a primary cam for guiding rotation of the tine bars during rotation of the central rotatable shaft, and a moveable or stationary secondary cam. The moveable secondary cam pivots the tine bars about their longitudinal axes away from a cutterbar. Alternatively, a moveable diverter cooperates with the stationary secondary cam to pivot the reel tine bars about their longitudinal axes away from the cutterbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Cory Douglas Hunt, II, Joel T. Cook, Bart M.A. Missotten, Bart Lenaerts, Herbert M. Farley, Nathaniel Smith, Yvan C.C. Vandergucht, John L. Hinkle
  • Publication number: 20240160900
    Abstract: Embodiments introduce an approach to semi-automatically generate labels for data based on implementation of a clustering or language model prompting technique and can be used to implement a form of programmatic labeling to accelerate the development of classifiers and other forms of models. The disclosed methodology is particularly helpful in generating labels or annotations for unstructured data. In some embodiments, the disclosed approach may be used with data in the form of text, images, or other form of unstructured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Nathaniel Smith, Bradley Ryan Fowler, Fait Poms, Naveen Iyer, Braden Hancock, Roshni Malani
  • Patent number: 11888403
    Abstract: A galvanic isolator circuit and method provide for galvanically isolating and current limiting a power source from a load. A direct current (DC) input voltage (“vin”) and an input current (“iin”) are received. A full- or half-bridge rectifier is switched to synthesize a first alternating voltage waveform that magnetically couples through a transformer to induce a second alternating voltage waveform with galvanic isolation from the first alternating voltage waveform, preventing potentially-faulted load from a source. The second alternating voltage waveform is rectified to produce a direct current (DC) output voltage (“vo”) having output current (“io”) through more than one drive transistor or diode. The more than one primary-side drive transistor is current limited to reduce or prevent brown-out, black-out, or protective race conditions in the non-faulted portions of DC power generation systems and DC distribution electrical power systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Nathaniel Smith
  • Publication number: 20230403977
    Abstract: A cutter bar assembly for an agricultural vehicle header includes a cutter bar supported by movable arms extending from a header frame and capable of operation in flex and rigid modes. The support arms are joined to the header frame such that they may be displaced from a raised position in the rigid mode when subjected to a lifting force due to striking an obstacle without damage to the header structure. Also, an agricultural vehicle header and an agricultural combine harvester includes the cutter bar assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Blaine Noll, Joel Cook, Nathaniel Smith, Herb Farley, Jethro Martin, Scott Deichmann
  • Publication number: 20230392362
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a tank system including a gravity tank configured to contain water at atmospheric pressure, a rigid pressurized tank positioned within the gravity tank and configured to contain water at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, and a piston assembly positioned below the rigid pressurized tank and configured to open and close the rigid pressurized tank. The gravity tank is configured to channel water at atmospheric pressure into a toilet bowl at a first velocity and the rigid pressurized tank is configured to channel water at the pressure greater than atmospheric pressure into the toilet bowl at a second velocity. The second velocity is greater than the first velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Strategic Water Solutions Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: PAUL MICHAEL GOUDREAU, ANDREW NATHANIEL SMITH, TYLER LORNE HEBIG, MICHAEL WADE STRAWN, JUSTIN MAGOLINE, DAVID ARGUELLES
  • Publication number: 20230181344
    Abstract: Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include an inner member having a stent receiving region. A stent may be disposed along the stent receiving region. The system may also include a deployment sheath axially slidable relative to the inner member. The deployment sheath may have a proximal end region. A rack may be coupled to the proximal end region of the deployment sheath. An outer shaft may be disposed along at least a portion of the deployment sheath. The deployment sheath may be rotatable relative to the inner member, the outer shaft or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: BRADY SCOTT LOGAN, JASON T. ANDERSON, PAUL MICHAEL GOUDREAU, ANDREW NATHANIEL SMITH, IAN THOMAS FORTE, TYLER LORNE HEBIG, ROWAN OLUND HETTEL, RYAN DALE HENDRICKSON
  • Publication number: 20230172683
    Abstract: A method includes accessing a three-dimensional representation of a surgical space and based on the three-dimensional representation, for each object in a first constellation of objects: extracting a first location of the object; detecting a first object type of the object; deriving a first surgical status of the object; calculating a first ranking score of the object based on the first object type and the first surgical status; and storing the first location, the first object type, the first surgical status, and the first ranking score in an object container in a set of object containers. The method also includes selecting a first target object at a first time based on a first target ranking score; articulating a mobile camera to locate a first target location of the first target object; and deriving a trajectory of the first target object based on the set of object containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Nathaniel Smith, Derek Amanatullah, Mark Nicholson, John Mauriello, Noah Davis, Colin Willson, Alison Rivas
  • Patent number: 11602447
    Abstract: Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include an inner member having a stent receiving region. A stent may be disposed along the stent receiving region. The system may also include a deployment sheath axially slidable relative to the inner member. The deployment sheath may have a proximal end region. A rack may be coupled to the proximal end region of the deployment sheath. An outer shaft may be disposed along at least a portion of the deployment sheath. The deployment sheath may be rotatable relative to the inner member, the outer shaft or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
    Inventors: Brady Scott Logan, Jason T. Anderson, Paul Michael Goudreau, Andrew Nathaniel Smith, Ian Thomas Forte, Tyler Lorne Hebig, Rowan Olund Hettel, Ryan Dale Hendrickson
  • Publication number: 20230030953
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester including a header assembly, includes: a multicoupler storage assembly including: a multicoupler assembly including a plurality of at least one of hydraulic connectors and electrical connectors; and a cradle mechanism configured for storing the multicoupler assembly and for selectively pivoting between a receiving position associated with the cradle mechanism receiving the multicoupler assembly and a storage position associated with the cradle mechanism storing the multicoupler assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Oberlander, Joel T. Cook, Nathaniel Smith
  • Publication number: 20220115957
    Abstract: A galvanic isolator circuit and method provide for galvanically isolating and current limiting a power source from a load. A direct current (DC) input voltage (“vin”) and an input current (“iin”) are received. A full- or half-bridge rectifier is switched to synthesize a first alternating voltage waveform that magnetically couples through a transformer to induce a second alternating voltage waveform with galvanic isolation from the first alternating voltage waveform, preventing potentially-faulted load from a source. The second alternating voltage waveform is rectified to produce a direct current (DC) output voltage (“vo”) having output current (“io”) through more than one drive transistor or diode. The more than one primary-side drive transistor is current limited to reduce or prevent brown-out, black-out, or protective race conditions in the non-faulted portions of DC power generation systems and DC distribution electrical power systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Nathaniel Smith
  • Patent number: 10830335
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle including a frame, a prime mover supported by the frame, and a header connected to the frame. The header includes at least one drive line, at least one transmission, at least one rotating cross shaft, and at least one gearbox operably connected to the at least one rotating cross shaft. The at least one gearbox includes a housing connected to the header and configured for housing a working fluid. The housing has an inlet, an outlet, and an end. The at least one gearbox also includes a gear train housed within the housing and an auxiliary sump connected to the end of the housing and fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet of the housing such that the working fluid circulates through the housing and the auxiliary sump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Dan L. Garland, Matthew Flannery, Nathaniel Smith, Nicholas J. Laufenberg, Herbert M. Farley, Thamilselvan Karuppannan
  • Patent number: 10829033
    Abstract: A header for an agricultural vehicle including a frame having lateral ends and an automatic lighting system having at least one light connected to the frame and at least one sensor connected to the frame and configured for sensing a level of light and providing a signal indicative of the level of light. The header also includes an electronic control unit operably connected to the at least one light and the at least one sensor. The electronic control unit being configured for automatically operating the at least one light upon receiving the signal of the at least one sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Preston L. McKinney, Nathaniel Smith, Cory D. Hunt
  • Publication number: 20200253765
    Abstract: Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include an inner member having a stent receiving region. A stent may be disposed along the stent receiving region. The system may also include a deployment sheath axially slidable relative to the inner member. The deployment sheath may have a proximal end region. A rack may be coupled to the proximal end region of the deployment sheath. An outer shaft may be disposed along at least a portion of the deployment sheath. The deployment sheath may be rotatable relative to the inner member, the outer shaft or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: BRADY SCOTT LOGAN, JASON T. ANDERSON, PAUL MICHAEL GOUDREAU, ANDREW NATHANIEL SMITH, IAN THOMAS FORTE, TYLER LORNE HEBIG, ROWAN OLUND HETTEL, RYAN DALE HENDRICKSON
  • Publication number: 20200244157
    Abstract: A galvanic isolator circuit and method provide for galvanically isolating and current limiting a power source from a load. A direct current (DC) input voltage (“vin”) and an input current (“iin”) are received. A full-bridge rectifier is soft switched to synthesize a first alternating voltage waveform that magnetically couples through a transformer to induce a second alternating voltage waveform with galvanic isolation from the first alternating voltage waveform, preventing potentially-faulted load from a source. The second alternating voltage waveform is rectified to produce a direct current (DC) output voltage (“vo”) having output current (“io”) through more than one drive transistor. The more than one drive transistor is current limited to reduce or prevent brown-out, black-out, or protective race conditions in the non-faulted portions of DC power generation systems and DC distribution electrical power systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Nathaniel Smith