Patents by Inventor Nicholas Jones

Nicholas Jones 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: 20250109540
    Abstract: A method is for a fill cycle calibration in a washing machine appliance. The method includes receiving an activation signal of a calibration cycle, and performing the calibration cycle. The calibration cycle includes initializing a fill sequence of the washing machine appliance, determining a supply connection orientation of a hot water supply hose and a cold water supply hose, measuring a volume of water from a hot water supply valve before reaching a predetermined temperature threshold, measuring flow rates of water from the hot water supply valve and a cold water supply valve, and updating operational parameters of the washing machine appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stannard Nathan Phelps, Stephen Edward Hettinger, Nicholas Dillon, Jeffrey Kellow, Rachel Jones
  • Publication number: 20250112140
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include package substrates with a glass core. In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a core with a first width, and the core comprises a glass layer. In an embodiment, a via is provided through a thickness of the core, where the via is electrically conductive. In an embodiment, a first layer is provided over the core, where the first layer comprises a second width that is smaller than the first width. In an embodiment, a second layer is provided under the core, where the second layer comprises a third width that is smaller than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Rahul BHURE, Mitchell PAGE, Joseph PEOPLES, Jieying KONG, Nicholas S. HAEHN, Astitva TRIPATHI, Bainye Francoise ANGOUA, Yosef KORNBLUTH, Daniel ROSALES-YEOMANS, Joshua STACEY, Aaditya Anand CANDADAI, Yonggang Yong LI, Tchefor NDUKUM, Scott COATNEY, Gang DUAN, Jesse JONES, Srinivas Venkata Ramanuja PIETAMBARAM, Dilan SENEVIRATNE, Matthew ANDERSON
  • Publication number: 20250112136
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include apparatuses with glass core package substrates. In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface. A sidewall is between the first surface and the second surface, and the substrate comprises a glass layer. In an embodiment, a via is provided through the substrate between the first surface and the second surface, and the via is electrically conductive. In an embodiment, a layer in contact with the sidewall of the substrate surrounds a perimeter of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Bohan SHAN, Jesse JONES, Zhixin XIE, Bai NIE, Shaojiang CHEN, Joshua STACEY, Mitchell PAGE, Brandon C. MARIN, Jeremy D. ECTON, Nicholas S. HAEHN, Astitva TRIPATHI, Yuqin LI, Edvin CETEGEN, Jason M. GAMBA, Jacob VEHONSKY, Jianyong MO, Makoyi WATSON, Shripad GOKHALE, Mine KAYA, Kartik SRINIVASAN, Haobo CHEN, Ziyin LIN, Kyle ARRINGTON, Jose WAIMIN, Ryan CARRAZZONE, Hongxia FENG, Srinivas Venkata Ramanuja PIETAMBARAM, Gang DUAN, Dingying David XU, Hiroki TANAKA, Ashay DANI, Praveen SREERAMAGIRI, Yi LI, Ibrahim EL KHATIB, Aaron GARELICK, Robin MCREE, Hassan AJAMI, Yekan WANG, Andrew JIMENEZ, Jung Kyu HAN, Hanyu SONG, Yonggang Yong LI, Mahdi MOHAMMADIGHALENI, Whitney BRYKS, Shuqi LAI, Jieying KONG, Thomas HEATON, Dilan SENEVIRATNE, Yiqun BAI, Bin MU, Mohit GUPTA, Xiaoying GUO
  • Patent number: 12248892
    Abstract: The described features generally relate to improved methods, systems, and devices for techniques for lead information sharing. A device may transmit a first message indicating a person (i.e., a lead) identified by a setting representative. The first message may include one or more scores of the person, the setting representative, or both. The device may receive a second message indicating a request for information of the person. The second message may include a score of a closing representative. The device may identify that the closing representative is selected for sending the information of the person. The device may transmit a third message indicating that the closing representative is selected. The third message may include the information of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Vivint LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Gee, David Jones, Nicholas Rosenvall
  • Patent number: 12217173
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating an output sequence from an input sequence. In one aspect, one of the systems includes an encoder neural network configured to receive the input sequence and generate encoded representations of the network inputs, the encoder neural network comprising a sequence of one or more encoder subnetworks, each encoder subnetwork configured to receive a respective encoder subnetwork input for each of the input positions and to generate a respective subnetwork output for each of the input positions, and each encoder subnetwork comprising: an encoder self-attention sub-layer that is configured to receive the subnetwork input for each of the input positions and, for each particular input position in the input order: apply an attention mechanism over the encoder subnetwork inputs using one or more queries derived from the encoder subnetwork input at the particular input position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Noam M. Shazeer, Aidan Nicholas Gomez, Lukasz Mieczyslaw Kaiser, Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Llion Owen Jones, Niki J. Parmar, Illia Polosukhin, Ashish Teku Vaswani
  • Publication number: 20250037564
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a radio receiver configured to receive emergency alert messages initiated by an alerting authority and broadcast by an alerting disseminator. The radio receiver is normally inactive when the vehicle is in the dormant state. A user monitor is configured to track a user during a time that the vehicle is in the dormant state to detect whether the user remains in the vehicle or is within a predetermined distance of the vehicle. A controller coupled to the radio receiver and to the user monitor is configured to activate the radio receiver during the dormant state when the user is present. The controller detects the existence of a relevant emergency alert message and initiates an annunciation signal which is generated by the vehicle and perceptible to the user to inform the user that the relevant emergency alert message is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Oliver Lei, Joshua R. Wheeler, Matt Jones, Nicholas Colella
  • Patent number: 12210797
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to transitioning a playback session between portable playback devices such as “smart” headphones, earbuds, and handheld speakers with playback devices of a zone-based media playback system. Exemplary techniques facilitate continuity of playback when transitioning between locations (e.g., from at home to on-the-go or vice versa) or between listening paradigms (e.g., personal or out-loud playback of audio content). An example implementation includes detecting a swap trigger, determining the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s), and performing a playback session swap between the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Dayn Wilberding, Youjin Nam, Tadeo T. Toulis, Jonathan Cole Harris, Patrick Devine, Nicholas A. J. Millington, Jodi Vautrin, Maria-Jose Ramos, Richard Bannon, Michael Sheldon, Ted Lin, Ron Kuper, Kirsten Lewis, Jake Harwood, Jonathan Herbst, Daniel Jones, Henry Sia
  • Patent number: 12196377
    Abstract: A surface light emitting device that inactivates microorganisms may include at least one light emitter configured to emit a first light comprising a first peak wavelength wherein the first light is a blue light, and a light converting layer disposed over the at least one light emitter. The light converting layer may include a first light-converting material configured to convert only a first portion of the first light to at least a second light comprising a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength, a second light-converting material configured to convert only a second portion of the first light to at least a third light comprising a third peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Vyv, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson, Nicholas Jones, Cori J. Winslow
  • Patent number: 12116133
    Abstract: A ventilation assembly comprises a number of fan systems configured to purify air and a number of air distribution assemblies. Each air distribution assembly of the number of air distribution assemblies is configured to be removably installed on a seatback of a passenger seat. Each air distribution assembly of the number of air distribution assemblies comprises a pair of air distribution vents, ductwork configured to receive air from at least one fan system of the number of fan systems and direct air to the pair of air distribution vents, and a seat attachment device configured to removably couple the pair of air distribution vents to the seatback such that each air distribution vent is situated on opposite sides of the seatback for providing purified air to a seated passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ty Aaby Larsen, Eric Anthony Hill, Daniel T. Sim, James Jason Salmon, James P. Schalla, Nicholas A. Jones, David R. Space, Gabriel Lynn Miller
  • Patent number: 12098097
    Abstract: A method of preparing a gypsum-based product comprises the steps of mixing calcined gypsum with polymer particles and water to provide a slurry. The polymer particles comprise principally polyvinyl acetate, and have a particle size distribution, measured using laser diffractometry, such that particles having a diameter of 4.5 ?m or less provide at least 90% of the total particle volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Placo
    Inventors: Kirsty Walton, Nicholas Jones, David Cutler, Nicola Jupp, Laura Brooks
  • Publication number: 20240310010
    Abstract: A surface light emitting device that inactivates microorganisms may include at least one light emitter configured to emit a first light comprising a first peak wavelength wherein the first light is a blue light, and a light converting layer disposed over the at least one light emitter. The light converting layer may include a first light-converting material configured to convert only a first portion of the first light to at least a second light comprising a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength, a second light-converting material configured to convert only a second portion of the first light to at least a third light comprising a third peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Vyv, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson, Nicholas Jones, Cori J. Winslow
  • Patent number: 12083425
    Abstract: A method of estimating a time to complete a task for a user of a computer comprises: identifying a target task for which a time is to be estimated for completing the task, determining as a start point the completion of the last task completed by the user on the computer, obtaining, from data relating to a corpus of users, data for at least a subset of those users who completed the last task completed by the user before also completing the target task wherein the obtained data comprises timing data, calculating a representative time from the start point to the completion of the target task, based upon the obtained data, and implementing a predetermined action responsive to the calculated representative time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Paul Edridge, Andrew John Nicholas Jones, Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer
  • Patent number: 12018801
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for inactivating microorganisms are disclosed. An example light emitting device that inactivates microorganisms on a surface comprises a light emitter configured to emit a first light comprising a first wavelength in a range of 380 nanometers (nm) to 420 nm, a first light-converting material configured to convert a first portion of the first light to at least a second light comprising a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and a second light-converting material configured to convert a second portion of the first light to at least a third light comprising a third wavelength different from the first wavelength, wherein at least the first light, the second light, and the third light mix to form a disinfecting white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Vyv, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson, Nicholas Jones, Cori J. Winslow
  • Patent number: 12006043
    Abstract: Environmental control systems, airflow interleavers, and methods. The environmental control systems include an airflow interleaver and mix manifold comprising a mixing chamber. The airflow interleaver comprises a first airflow guide structure configured to guide a second airflow towards a central axis of the mixing chamber and a second airflow guide structure configured to guide a first airflow away from the central axis. The methods include channeling first and second airflows to the mix manifold, mixing the first and second airflows, which includes guiding the first airflow away from the central axis and guiding the second airflow towards the central axis. The airflow interleavers include a tubular body, and a plurality of converging airflow guides and a plurality of diverging airflow guides extending from the tubular body and collectively being configured to interleave first airflow streams flowing from the tubular body with second airflow streams flowing external to the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Jones, William C. Haas
  • Publication number: 20240159123
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a rod, an uphole coupling through which the rod extends, an expansion ring positioned on the rod below the uphole coupling, an elastomer element positioned on the rod below the expansion ring, a receptacle positioned on the rod below the elastomer element and configured to receive a portion of the elastomer element, a guardian ring positioned on the rod below the receptacle, and a portion of the receptacle is received in the guardian ring, a cap positioned on the rod and arranged for contact with the guardian ring, and a barrel to which the cap is connected, wherein the rod is partially received in the barrel, and one of the barrel and the rod is movable with respect to the other of the barrel and the rod to exert a compression load on the elastomer element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Cullen Craig Keyes, Ian Graham Janke, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Gareth Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: 11970854
    Abstract: A partition, mounted on a mounting surface, comprises a plurality of elongate upright members, a first board and a second board. The first board is mounted on one side of a pair of the elongate upright members that are adjacent to each other, and the second board is mounted on the other side of the same pair of adjacent elongate upright members, so as to provide a cavity between the pair of elongate upright members and the first and second boards. The partition further comprises a spacer that is located within the cavity, the maximum dimension of the spacer in the through-thickness direction of the partition being at least 90% of the separation of the two boards. The spacer may help to reduce the extent of inward bowing of the boards between adjacent elongate upright members, so that, for example, the upright members may be spaced further apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Placo
    Inventors: Jan Rideout, Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: 11958616
    Abstract: Air distribution nozzles, aircraft that include air distribution nozzles, and methods of utilizing air distribution nozzles are disclosed herein. The air distribution nozzles include an elongate inlet chamber, an elongate outlet chamber, and an elongate slot that extends between, and fluidly interconnects, the elongate inlet chamber and the elongate outlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles also include a suction inlet chamber that extends from a suction inlet port to the elongate inlet chamber. The suction inlet port opens into the suction inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles further include a motive fluid inlet port that extends into the elongate inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles also include a sensor port that extends into the suction inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles further include an elongate outlet port that extends from the elongate outlet chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Jones, William C. Haas, Timothy Douglas Pattee
  • Patent number: D1021944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James Nicholas Jones, Stephen O. Lemay, Jay Moon
  • Patent number: D1035691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gorm Halfdan Amand, Daniel Joseph Billett, Joseph Chan, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, James Nicholas Jones, Ieyuki Kawashima, Vincent M. Lane, Chia Yang Lin, Cecilia S. Zhou
  • Patent number: D1059397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gorm Halfdan Amand, Daniel Joseph Billett, Joseph Chan, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, James Nicholas Jones, Ieyuki Kawashima, Vincent M. Lane, Chia Yang Lin, Cecilia S. Zhou