Patents by Inventor Nicholas Cooper
Nicholas Cooper 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: 20240122596Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for stapler reload detection and identification. A manipulator is configured to have an instrument mounted thereto. The instrument includes an end effector configured to receive a replaceable stapler cartridge. An actuator is drivingly coupled with the pusher member. A control unit is configured to control operation of the actuator to move the pusher member from a first position toward a second position; determine a distance that the pusher member moves from the first position toward the second position before a force limit for the actuator is exceeded; and determine, based on the distance that the pusher member moves, an operational status of the instrument relating to the replaceable stapler cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: William BURBANK, Matthew A. WIXEY, Nicholas RAGOSTA, David W. WEIR, Emily COOPER, Melody WU
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Patent number: 11912262Abstract: A vehicle includes an air-conditioning (AC) compressor, an engine, a belt-integrated starter generator (BISG), and a controller. The controller, responsive to detecting a first AC compressor engagement condition, compares a first AC torque demand that is required to engage the AC compressor with an available torque from the BISG. The controller further, responsive to the available torque being insufficient to engage the AC compressor, engages the AC compressor using the available torque from the BISG and an engine torque from the engine to compensate a torque shortfall between the AC torque demand and the available torque by retarding spark timing and increasing air intake.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Tom Leroy, Nicholas Dashwood Crisp, Athul Raj, Grant Cooper
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Patent number: 11811273Abstract: A load protection system and a method of protecting a load. The load protection system includes a PLC transmitter module and a PLC receiver module, which are configured to communicate a plurality of bits of data, each bit transmitted near a zero-crossing of a voltage on the power lines supplying power to the load, in the form of a high frequency burst of pulses. The pulses are structured in two patterns. The first pattern serves to identify the start of the second pattern, and the second pattern includes the data. The first pattern is unique and not represented within the second pattern. The load may be a motor, and the data may include a parameter value representing a parameter of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.Inventors: Nicholas A. Cooper, Adrian Chavis, Thomas S. Wolf, Zachary K. Foster, Yaritza Brinker, Dalton H. Paull
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Patent number: 11669674Abstract: An electronic document is provided for display at a first user device associated with a first user. A first input associated with a body portion of the electronic document is received from the first user device of the first user. The first input includes a particular symbol followed by one or more characters that represent a second user. A second input associated with the body portion of the electronic document is received from the first user device of the first user. The second input includes textual input associated with the body portion of the electronic document. The first input associated with the body portion of the electronic document is analyzed to determine one or more user addresses. A message is caused to be sent to a second user device of the second user using the determined one or more user addresses.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Scott M. Johnston, Mandy Richau Sladden, Ian Gunn, Nicholas Cooper
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Publication number: 20230050784Abstract: Content of a first comment corresponding to an electronic document provided by an online document service is received from a first client device associated with a first user. The content of the first comment includes a particular symbol followed by one or more characters that represent a second user. The content of the first comment corresponding to the electronic document is analyzed to determine one or more user addresses. A notification indicating the first comment has been received is sent to a second client device associated with the second user using the determined one or more user addresses.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Scott M. Johnston, Mandy Richau Sladden, Ian Gunn, Nicholas Cooper
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Publication number: 20220313663Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) by administering eltrombopag or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Nichola COOPER, Waleed GHANIMA, Miona STANKOVIC, Francesco ZAJA
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Patent number: 11055639Abstract: Manufacturing processes can be optimized using machine learning models. For example, a system can execute an optimization model to identify a recommended set of values for configurable settings of a manufacturing process associated with an object. The optimization model can determine the recommended set of values by implementing an iterative process using an objective function. Each iteration of the iterative process can include selecting a current set of candidate values for the configurable settings from within a current region of a search space defined by the optimization model; providing the current set of candidate values as input to a trained machine learning model that can predict a value for a target characteristic of the object or the manufacturing process based on the current set of candidate values; and identifying a next region of the search space to use in a next iteration of the iterative process based on the value.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.Inventors: Pelin Cay, Nabaruna Karmakar, Natalia Summerville, Varunraj Valsaraj, Antony Nicholas Cooper, Steven Joseph Gardner, Joshua David Griffin
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Publication number: 20210111610Abstract: A load protection system and a method of protecting a load. The load protection system includes a PLC transmitter module and a PLC receiver module, which are configured to communicate a plurality of bits of data, each bit transmitted near a zero-crossing of a voltage on the power lines supplying power to the load, in the form of a high frequency burst of pulses. The pulses are structured in two patterns. The first pattern serves to identify the start of the second pattern, and the second pattern includes the data. The first pattern is unique and not represented within the second pattern. The load may be a motor, and the data may include a parameter value representing a parameter of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Nicholas A. Cooper, Adrian Chavis, Thomas S. Wolf, Zachary K. Foster, Yaritza Brinker, Dalton Paull
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Publication number: 20200352812Abstract: The present disclosure provides a traction device mountable on a vertical surface, such as a wall or door. The traction device can be adjusted by a user to alter the amount of tension applied to the user by a harness of the traction device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventor: Nicholas Cooper
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Patent number: 10678999Abstract: A computer-implemented method for coordinating documents between computer systems includes identifying, on a computing device, changes made by a user to a document having a model stored on the computing device, with corresponding models stored on a remote client and a server system; generating from the identified changes, one or more mutations that describe the changes and a one or more locations that correspond to positions in the model where the changes are to be provided; receiving one or more mutations from the server system and transforming the generated mutations using the received mutations; and updating the model stored on the computing device using the transformed mutations.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Micah Lemonik, Olga Sergeyevna Saviano, Janani R. Ravi, Nicholas Cooper, Alexey Kalinichenko, John Day-Richter
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Patent number: 10454267Abstract: A load protection system and a method of protecting a load. The load protection system includes a PLC transmitter and a PLC receiver, which are configured to communicate a plurality of bits of data, each bit transmitted near a zero-crossing of a voltage on the power lines supplying power to the load, in the form of a high frequency burst of pulses. The pulses are structured in two patterns. The first pattern serves to identify the start of the second pattern, and the second pattern includes the data. The first pattern is unique and not represented within the second pattern. The load may be a motor, and the data may include a parameter value representing a parameter of the motor. A motor controller may evaluate the parameter value to determine whether to institute a warning or alert action, to shut the motor down, or to continue operating.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.Inventors: Nicholas A. Cooper, Adrian Chavis, Thomas S. Wolf, Zachary K. Foster, Yaritza Brinker, Dalton Paull
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Patent number: 10204086Abstract: A plurality of comments associated with a document is received, and a representation of the document and a representation of a comment thread comprising the plurality of comments are displayed simultaneously on a user device. In one embodiment, a first comment is received from a first user and a second comment is received from a second user. The comment thread may be stored. Systems and apparatus are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Scott M. Johnston, Mandy Richau Sladden, Ian Gunn, Nicholas Cooper
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Publication number: 20180177720Abstract: A chewable delivery pouch including a chewable composition containing cannabis. An interior volume of the chewable pouch is filled with a composition having a quantity of mint, coconut oil and cannabis plant extracts. In some embodiments, the coconut oil is replaced with another bedewer, such as vegetable glycerin. The chewable delivery pouch allows a user's saliva and dissolved molecules in the sputum to pass between the interior volume of the pouch and a user's mouth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventor: Nicholas Cooper
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Publication number: 20160117298Abstract: A computer-implemented method for coordinating documents between computer systems includes identifying, on a computing device, changes made by a user to a document having a model stored on the computing device, with corresponding models stored on a remote client and a server system; generating from the identified changes, one or more mutations that describe the changes and a one or more locations that correspond to positions in the model where the changes are to be provided; receiving one or more mutations from the server system and transforming the generated mutations using the received mutations; and updating the model stored on the computing device using the transformed mutations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Micah Lemonik, Olga Sergeyevna Saviano, Janani R. Ravi, Nicholas Cooper, Alexey Kalinichenko, John Day-Richter
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Publication number: 20150239752Abstract: A water purification system for producing potable water includes a pump to force water from a source tank through one or more filters and a high-pressure pump for pumping filtered water into a reverse osmosis membrane, thereby producing potable water. Drain water from the reverse osmosis membrane is pressurized by a recirculation pump and fed back into the reverse osmosis membrane, thereby reducing power consumption and waste of water. The high-pressure pump and recirculation pump is driven by a common motor to provide additional power efficiency and to synchronize both pumps. In some embodiments, the disclosed system produces potable water using power from a solar panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventor: Gregory Nicholas Cooper
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Patent number: 8104232Abstract: A rotatable building structure that comprises: a vertically extending building having one or more floors; a fixed core support for supporting the building, located substantially centrally beneath the building; a rotatable annular drive system for rotating the building, located lower than the building and with its centre substantially aligned with the vertical centerline of the building, the system having an upper surface and a planar lower surface; and a fixed outer support, located beneath the annular drive system, the support having a planar upper surface that contacts the planar lower surface of the annular drive system; wherein at least one of the lower surface of the annular drive system and the upper surface of the fixed outer support is a bearing material, permitting rotation of the annular drive system over the fixed outer support, such that the annular drive system is rotated via a planar to planar bearing system.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Inventor: James Nicholas Cooper
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Publication number: 20100126080Abstract: A rotatable building structure that comprises: a vertically extending building having one or more floors; a fixed core support for supporting the building, located substantially centrally beneath the building; a rotatable annular drive system for rotating the building, located lower than the building and with its centre substantially aligned with the vertical centreline of the building, the system having an upper surface and a planar lower surface; and a fixed outer support, located beneath the annular drive system, the support having a planar upper surface that contacts the planar lower surface of the annular drive system; wherein at least one of the lower surface of the annular drive system and the upper surface of the fixed outer support is a bearing material, permitting rotation of the annular drive system over the fixed outer support, such that the annular drive system is rotated via a planar to planar bearing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2007Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventor: James Nicholas Cooper
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Patent number: 7581460Abstract: A drive assembly, particularly for driving arms around a compartment in a waste material digester, comprises a rotatable hub having an inner drive plate and a ratchet plate secured thereto for rotation therewith. Positionally opposed, parallel piston and cylinder drive reciprocatably drive an outer drive plate, drive arms pivotally carried on the outer drive plate engaging with drive pins on the inner drive plate to drive the hub in one direction. Movement of the hub in the opposite direction is prevented by latches engaging with respective shoulders of the ratchet plate when the outer drive plate moves in said opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Civic Environmental Systems LimitedInventor: James Nicholas Cooper
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Publication number: 20050220934Abstract: A tabletted chewing gum sweet characterised in that it comprises at least two integral parts, a first integral part comprising a compressed gum base and a tablet base material, and a second integral part comprising a compressed tablet base material. In the mouth, the tablet exhibits a first crunchy stage which changes to a second chewing gum stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2003Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: John Leadbeater, Victor Heald, Nicholas Cooper
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Patent number: 6015006Abstract: A continuous casting mould comprises a fixed part (2) and a moveable part (1) and the latter includes means defining the mould passage. The moveable part is displaced relative to the fixed part generally in the direction of casting. The moveable part (1) is guided relative to the fixed part (2) by a plurality of guidance elements (4) each of which has a pair of opposit faces (6) which are arcuate convex form. The faces of each element are urged into abutting relation with cooperating surfaces on the fixed and moveable parts to allow rocking of the element relative to the surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1997Date of Patent: January 18, 2000Assignee: Davy Distington LimitedInventors: Ian Cassels, James Nicholas Cooper