Patents by Inventor Patrick Byrne
Patrick Byrne 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: 20250210959Abstract: Circuit breakers comprising high voltage micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) switches are described. A MEMS teeter-totter switch connected between two terminals of the circuit breaker can include a beam coupled to an anchor on a substrate and two control electrodes disposed on a surface of the substrate. The circuit breaker includes one or more sensors that generate sensor signals indicative of operational conditions of the MEMS teeter-totter switch. A microcontroller generates control signals to change the state of the switch based at least in part on one of the sensor signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Padraig L. Fitzgerald, Thomas O'Shea, Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Alan J. O'Donnell, David Aherne, Patrick Martin McGuinness, David J. Clarke, Richard T. Anslow, John Ross Wallrabenstein, Finbarr O'Leary, Michael P. Lynch, James Patrick Ryan, Michael James Twohig, Patrick Byrne, Danail Baylov, Blas Bogado, Damon Bosetti
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Publication number: 20250210282Abstract: High voltage microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches are described. The MEMS switches can be actively opened and closed. The switch can include a beam coupled to an anchor on a substrate by one or more hinges. The switch can include control electrodes, disposed on a surface of the substrate, for electrically controlling the beam. The anchor is asymmetrically positioned with respect to the two ends of the beam and is electrically connected to a middle electrode. A stopper serves as a pivot point during actuation of the switch to reduce the mechanical stress on the hinges.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Padraig L. Fitzgerald, Thomas O'Shea, Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Alan J. O'Donnell, David Aherne, Patrick Martin McGuinness, David J. Clarke, Richard T. Anslow, John Ross Wallrabenstein, Finbarr O'Leary, Michael P. Lynch, James Patrick Ryan, Michael James Twohig, Patrick Byrne, Danail Baylov, Blas Bogado, Damon Bosetti
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Publication number: 20250210283Abstract: High voltage micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) switches are described. A MEMS teeter-totter switch can include a beam coupled to an anchor on a substrate and two control electrodes, disposed on a surface of the substrate. A control circuit may include an isolator that provides an isolated activation voltage to a voltage supply and control circuit. The voltage supply and control circuit uses the isolated activation voltage to supply a control voltage to one of the control electrodes with respect to a first reference voltage, causing the beam to provide an input voltage received from an input terminal to a contact electrode of the MEMS teeter-totter switch electrically connected to an output terminal. The input voltage is applied on the beam with respect to a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Padraig L. Fitzgerald, Thomas O'Shea, Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Alan J. O'Donnell, David Aherne, Patrick Martin McGuinness, David J. Clarke, Richard T. Anslow, John Ross Wallrabenstein, Finbarr O'Leary, Michael P. Lynch, James Patrick Ryan, Michael James Twohig, Patrick Byrne, Danail Baylov, Blas Bogado, Damon Bosetti
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Publication number: 20250211227Abstract: High voltage micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) switches are described. A MEMS teeter-totter switch can include a beam coupled to an anchor on a substrate and two control electrodes, disposed on a surface of the substrate. A control circuit may include an optical isolator that provides an isolated activation voltage to a voltage supply and control circuit. The voltage supply and control circuit uses the isolated activation voltage to supply a control voltage to one of the control electrodes with respect to a first reference voltage, causing the beam to provide an input voltage received from an input terminal to a contact electrode of the MEMS teeter-totter switch electrically connected to an output terminal. The input voltage is applied on the beam with respect to a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Padraig L. Fitzgerald, Thomas O'Shea, Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Alan J. O'Donnell, David Aherne, Patrick Martin McGuinness, David J. Clarke, Richard T. Anslow, John Ross Wallrabenstein, Finbarr O'Leary, Michael P. Lynch, James Patrick Ryan, Michael James Twohig, Patrick Byrne, Danail Baylov, Blas Bogado, Damon Bosetti
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Publication number: 20250210981Abstract: High voltage micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) switches are described. A MEMS teeter-totter switch connected between two terminals of a circuit breaker can include a beam coupled to an anchor on a substrate and two control electrodes, disposed on a surface of the substrate. An electrical overstress device connected between the two terminals in parallel with the MEMS teeter-totter switch may protect the MEMS teeter-totter switch when a high voltage transient signal is applied across the teeter-totter switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Padraig L. Fitzgerald, Thomas O'Shea, Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Alan J. O'Donnell, David Aherne, Patrick Martin McGuinness, David J. Clarke, Richard T. Anslow, John Ross Wallrabenstein, Finbarr O'Leary, Michael P. Lynch, James Patrick Ryan, Michael James Twohig, Patrick Byrne, Danail Baylov, Blas Bogado, Damon Bosetti
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Patent number: 12209261Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the activity and/or the yield of a recombinant vitamin K-dependent protein expressed in cell culture. The present invention further relates to uses and compositions of matter.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AGInventors: Yih Yean Lee, Chee Kin Andrew Low, Campbell Douglas Aitken, Steven Patrick Byrne, Mark John Ferres Edwards
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Publication number: 20240370812Abstract: Systems and methods for informed mobility platform for an item processing supervisor within a distribution facility are disclosed. In one embodiment, a supervisor mobile terminal for electronically managing item processing activities associated with a distribution facility is provided. The terminal may include a transceiver circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with a server computer a plurality of sets of data relating to the item processing activities. The terminal may further include a user interface configured to display the plurality of sets of data and a controller in data communication with the transceiver circuit and the user interface. The controller may be configured to control the user interface to modify the at least one set of data and control the transceiver circuit to wirelessly communicate the modified data with the server computer such that the at least one set of data stored in the server computer is updated with the modified data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Adyani Torres Soto, Robert Charles Moran, Jodi Lee Webb, John Patrick Byrne, Edward H. Ryan, Ilse H. Fogel
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Patent number: 12045758Abstract: Systems and methods for informed mobility platform for a customer service supervisor within a distribution facility are disclosed. One embodiment may be a supervisor mobile terminal including a transceiver circuit, a user interface and a controller. The transceiver circuit may wirelessly communicate with a server computer a plurality of sets of data relating to the customer service activities. The user interface may display at least one set of the plurality of sets of data and receive an instruction to modify the at least one set of data the plurality of sets of data. The controller may control the user interface to modify the at least one set of data based on the instruction and control the transceiver circuit to wirelessly communicate the modified data with the server computer such that the at least one set of data stored in the server computer is updated with the modified data.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: United States Postal ServiceInventors: Adyani Torres Soto, Robert Charles Moran, Jodi Lee Webb, John Patrick Byrne, Edward H. Ryan, Ilse H. Fogl
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Patent number: 11983656Abstract: Systems and methods for informed mobility platform for an item processing supervisor within a distribution facility are disclosed. In one embodiment, a supervisor mobile terminal for electronically managing item processing activities associated with a distribution facility is provided. The terminal may include a transceiver circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with a server computer a plurality of sets of data relating to the item processing activities. The terminal may further include a user interface configured to display the plurality of sets of data and a controller in data communication with the transceiver circuit and the user interface. The controller may be configured to control the user interface to modify the at least one set of data and control the transceiver circuit to wirelessly communicate the modified data with the server computer such that the at least one set of data stored in the server computer is updated with the modified data.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: United States Postal ServiceInventors: Adyani Torres Soto, Robert Charles Moran, Jodi Lee Webb, John Patrick Byrne, Edward H. Ryan, Ilse H. Fogl
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Patent number: 11648614Abstract: A coil slitting tool in the form of a rotary serrator knife for use on coil slitting machines includes a plurality of serration undulations disposed on one or more faces about the outer periphery. The rotary serrator knife tool may incorporate a concentrically located bore about an inner diameter for mounting on an arbor and may further incorporate a keyway. The rotary serrator knife may be formed from an assembly having, a central rotary disk about which mount one or more removable inserts including the serration undulation portion. The one or more removable inserts may include serration undulations on one side or two sides and mount substantially to the perimeter of a mounting disk by use of fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: IKG USA, LLCInventors: Patrick Byrne, Chad McClendon
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Patent number: 11379504Abstract: A system and method are provided for indexing and mining content of multiple data sources. The method includes: providing a database of learned content of multiple data sources learned using text analysis, the learned content identifying one or more concepts to which a data source relates, wherein the concepts are cognitively associated with the data source and include concepts not explicitly referenced in the data source and providing an index of the learned content including associations between concepts with mappings between concepts and the multiple data sources. The method further includes receiving input of a query and using text analysis to analyze the query to determine one or more query concepts to which it relates and mining the indexed concepts in response to the query concepts to return a list of referenced data sources.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Josu Diaz De Arcaya, Patrick Byrne, Richard A. Welp, James Wormwell
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Patent number: 11334606Abstract: A system and method are provided for managing content creation of data sources. The method includes: analyzing content of a data source while simultaneously identifying one or more alternative data sources having similar concepts of the content of the data source, the similar contents based on a degree of similarity between the concepts of the data source and one or more concepts of the one or more alternative data sources. The method further includes providing an indication based on a degree of similarity for performing a defined operation on the one or more alternative data sources in relation to the data source.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Josu Diaz De Arcaya, Patrick Byrne, Richard A. Welp, James Wormwell
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Patent number: 11301350Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for automated testing of systems and applications. A computing device can receive a command to execute a test, the test comprising at least one fault instruction and an alarm, the alarm being specified as an evaluation criterion for the test. The computing device can then send the fault instruction to a fault injection service. Next, the computing device can receive a message from a monitoring service, the message indicating that the alarm has been triggered subsequent to sending the fault instruction to the fault injection service. Subsequently, the computing device can determine that the test has failed based at least in part on the alarm being triggered. Finally, the computing device can send a failure notification to a predefined recipient in response to detecting that the alarm has been triggered.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jason Patrick Byrne, Kinshuk Pahare, Warren Robert Russell
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Publication number: 20220032382Abstract: A coil slitting tool in the form of a rotary serrator knife for use on coil slitting machines includes a plurality of serration undulations disposed on one or more faces about the outer periphery. The rotary serrator knife tool may incorporate a concentrically located bore about an inner diameter for mounting on an arbor and may further incorporate a keyway. The rotary serrator knife may be formed from an assembly having, a central rotary disk about which mount one or more removable inserts including the serration undulation portion. The one or more removable inserts may include serration undulations on one side or two sides and mount substantially to the perimeter of a mounting disk by use of fasteners.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: IKG USA, LLCInventors: Patrick Byrne, Chad McClendon
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Patent number: 11173556Abstract: A coil slitting tool in the form of a rotary serrator knife for use on coil slitting machines includes a plurality of serration undulations disposed on one or more faces about the outer periphery. The rotary serrator knife tool may incorporate a concentrically located bore about an inner diameter for mounting on an arbor and may further incorporate a keyway. The rotary serrator knife may be formed from an assembly having, a central rotary disk about which mount one or more removable inserts including the serration undulation portion. The one or more removable inserts may include serration undulations on one side or two sides and mount substantially to the perimeter of a mounting disk by use of fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: IKG USA, LLCInventors: Patrick Byrne, Chad McClendon
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Publication number: 20200349504Abstract: Systems and methods for informed mobility platform for a customer service supervisor within a distribution facility are disclosed. One embodiment may be a supervisor mobile terminal including a transceiver circuit, a user interface and a controller. The transceiver circuit may wirelessly communicate with a server computer a plurality of sets of data relating to the customer service activities. The user interface may display at least one set of the plurality of sets of data and receive an instruction to modify the at least one set of data the plurality of sets of data. The controller may control the user interface to modify the at least one set of data based on the instruction and control the transceiver circuit to wirelessly communicate the modified data with the server computer such that the at least one set of data stored in the server computer is updated with the modified data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Adyani Torres Soto, Robert Charles Moran, Jodi Lee Webb, John Patrick Byrne, Edward H. Ryan, Ilse H. Fogel
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Publication number: 20200349665Abstract: Systems and methods for informed mobility platform for an item processing supervisor within a distribution facility are disclosed. In one embodiment, a supervisor mobile terminal for electronically managing item processing activities associated with a distribution facility is provided. The terminal may include a transceiver circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with a server computer a plurality of sets of data relating to the item processing activities. The terminal may further include a user interface configured to display the plurality of sets of data and a controller in data communication with the transceiver circuit and the user interface. The controller may be configured to control the user interface to modify the at least one set of data and control the transceiver circuit to wirelessly communicate the modified data with the server computer such that the at least one set of data stored in the server computer is updated with the modified data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Adyani Torres Soto, Robert Charles Moran, Jodi Lee Webb, John Patrick Byrne, Edward H. Ryan, Ilse H. Fogel
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Patent number: 10269081Abstract: Program product, systems, and methods of providing to social network websites advertising and incentives from an electronic retailer, are provided. A system can include a social network website displaying social network content and also displaying a link that reroutes the consumer to an electronic retailer website when the consumer clicks on the link: The system can also include program product for tracking purchase and other information about the consumer by the electronic retailer, and generating a commission for the provider of the social network website based on the tracked information about the consumer. The link can be embedded within the social network content or the link can be part of an advertisement and displayed adjacent the social network content. Also, a product featured in the advertisement can be affiliated with one main subject of the social network content.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Byrne
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Publication number: 20180326512Abstract: A coil slitting tool in the form of a rotary serrator knife for use on coil slitting machines comprises a plurality of serration undulations disposed on one or more faces about the outer periphery. The rotary serrator knife tool may comprise a concentrically located bore about an inner diameter for mounting on an arbor and may further incorporate a keyway. The rotary serrator knife may be formed from an assembly comprising, a central rotary disk about which mount one or more removable inserts comprising the serration undulation portion. The one or more removable inserts may comprise serration undulations on one side or two sides and mount substantially to the perimeter of a mounting disk by use of fasteners.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Patrick Byrne, Chad McClendon
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Patent number: 9741080Abstract: Program product, systems, and methods of providing to social network websites advertising and incentives from an electronic retailer, are provided. A system can include a social network website displaying social network content and also displaying a link that reroutes the consumer to an electronic retailer website when the consumer clicks on the link: The system can also include program product for tracking purchase and other information about the consumer by the electronic retailer, and generating a commission for the provider of the social network website based on the tracked information about the consumer. The link can be embedded within the social network content or the link can be part of an advertisement and displayed adjacent the social network content. Also, a product featured in the advertisement can be affiliated with one main subject of the social network content.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Byrne