Patents by Inventor Patrick Carl

Patrick Carl 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: 11978961
    Abstract: An antenna array may include a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) oriented in a stacked arrangement, parallel to and spaced apart from one another. Each of the PCBs may include a linear array of antenna elements, which cooperate with the linear arrays of antenna elements on other PCBs to form a two-dimensional array of antenna elements. The PCBs may be supported at one end by a common backplate in a cantilevered manner, with the linear arrays of antenna elements located near the free end of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a thicker portion and a thinner portion, and the thinner portion may include a heat sink or other thermal dissipation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Taoglas Group Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Jeffrey Keith Shamblin, Vladimir Furlan, Patrick Carl Frank
  • Patent number: 11932529
    Abstract: In described examples, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) includes a first element and a second element. The first element is mounted on a substrate and has a first contact surface. The second element is mounted on the substrate and has a second contact surface that protrudes from the second element to form an acute contact surface. The first element and/or the second element is/are operable to move in: a first direction, such that the first contact surface comes in contact with the second contact surface; and a second direction, such that the second contact surface separates from the first contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Patrick Ian Oden, James Carl Baker, Sandra Zheng, William C. McDonald
  • Publication number: 20240037220
    Abstract: An access token broker is executed within a first iFrame, a fully trusted application is executed in a second iFrame within the first iFrame, and a partially trusted application is executed in a third iFrame within the second iFrame. The partially trusted application may identify the iFrame in which the access token broker is executing and request an access token from the access token broker. The access token broker determines whether the request for the access token is to be granted. If the request is to be granted, the access token broker requests the access token from a hosting application. The hosting application obtains the requested access token from an access token server and provides the access token to the access token broker. The access token broker receives the access token from the hosting application and provides the access token to the partially trusted application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Graham Lee MCMYNN, Patrick Carl MILLER, Luca BANDINELLI, John Giang NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20230178900
    Abstract: An antenna array may include a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) oriented in a stacked arrangement, parallel to and spaced apart from one another. Each of the PCBs may include a linear array of antenna elements, which cooperate with the linear arrays of antenna elements on other PCBs to form a two-dimensional array of antenna elements. The PCBs may be supported at one end by a common backplate in a cantilevered manner, with the linear arrays of antenna elements located near the free end of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a thicker portion and a thinner portion, and the thinner portion may include a heat sink or other thermal dissipation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Keith Shamblin, Vladimir Furlan, Patrick Carl Frank
  • Publication number: 20230093671
    Abstract: Circular patch antenna with integrated arc slots. In one embodiment, the circular patch antenna includes a top dielectric patch and a bottom dielectric patch. The top dielectric patch includes a first plurality of apertures while the bottom dielectric patch includes a second plurality of apertures. At least a portion of the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures are aligned with one another when the top dielectric patch is positioned over the bottom dielectric patch. A flex printed circuit board (PCB) is positioned between the top dielectric patch and the bottom dielectric patch and includes a plurality of arc slots, each of the plurality of arc slots are positioned between the first and second plurality of apertures and an external periphery of the flex PCB. Methods of operating the circular patch antenna as well as systems that incorporate the circular patch antenna are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Patrick Carl Frank
  • Patent number: 11509065
    Abstract: An antenna array may include a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) oriented in a stacked arrangement, parallel to and spaced apart from one another. Each of the PCBs may include a linear array of antenna elements, which cooperate with the linear arrays of antenna elements on other PCBs to form a two-dimensional array of antenna elements. The PCBs may be supported at one end by a common backplate in a cantilevered manner, with the linear arrays of antenna elements located near the free end of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a thicker portion and a thinner portion, and the thinner portion may include a heat sink or other thermal dissipation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TAOGLAS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeffrey Keith Shamblin, Vladimir Furlan, Patrick Carl Frank
  • Publication number: 20200395678
    Abstract: An antenna array may include a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) oriented in a stacked arrangement, parallel to and spaced apart from one another. Each of the PCBs may include a linear array of antenna elements, which cooperate with the linear arrays of antenna elements on other PCBs to form a two-dimensional array of antenna elements. The PCBs may be supported at one end by a common backplate in a cantilevered manner, with the linear arrays of antenna elements located near the free end of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a thicker portion and a thinner portion, and the thinner portion may include a heat sink or other thermal dissipation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Keith Shamblin, Vladimir Furlan, Patrick Carl Frank
  • Patent number: 10408674
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a light source configured to generate light, and a modulator coupled to the light source and configured to modulate the light above a predetermined frequency. A slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and to receive the modulated light. A resistive sensor is integral to the slider and subject to heating by absorption of electromagnetic radiation and conduction of heat. Measuring circuitry is coupled to the resistive sensor and configured to measure a response of the resistive sensor due to absorbed electromagnetic radiation and not from the heat conduction. The measuring circuitry may further be configured to determine output optical power of the light source using the measured resistive sensor response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: James Dillon Kiely, John Charles Duda, Patrick Carl Fletcher, Andrei Dorobantu, Jon D. Trantham
  • Publication number: 20190212192
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a light source configured to generate light, and a modulator coupled to the light source and configured to modulate the light above a predetermined frequency. A slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and to receive the modulated light. A resistive sensor is integral to the slider and subject to heating by absorption of electromagnetic radiation and conduction of heat. Measuring circuitry is coupled to the resistive sensor and configured to measure a response of the resistive sensor due to absorbed electromagnetic radiation and not from the heat conduction. The measuring circuitry may further be configured to determine output optical power of the light source using the measured resistive sensor response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: James Dillon Kiely, John Charles Duda, Patrick Carl Fletcher, Andrei Dorobantu, Jon D. Trantham
  • Patent number: 10255377
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for generating a uniform resource locator using one or more terms in a hierarchical taxonomy. Specifically, embodiments disclosed herein provide receiving a plurality of terms for a term set and generating a hierarchical taxonomy for the term set using the plurality of terms. Once the hierarchical taxonomy has been generated, a navigation property may be assigned to at least one term in the plurality of terms. A navigation term set that mirrors the properties of the hierarchical taxonomy is then created using the at least one term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Carl Miller, Peter Blair Gonzalez del Solar, Daniel E. Kogan
  • Patent number: 10240975
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a light source configured to generate light, and a modulator coupled to the light source and configured to modulate the light above a predetermined frequency. A slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and to receive the modulated light. A resistive sensor is integral to the slider and subject to heating by absorption of electromagnetic radiation and conduction of heat. Measuring circuitry is coupled to the resistive sensor and configured to measure a response of the resistive sensor due to absorbed electromagnetic radiation and not from the heat conduction. The measuring circuitry may further be configured to determine output optical power of the light source using the measured resistive sensor response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: James Dillon Kiely, John Charles Duda, Patrick Carl Fletcher, Andrei Dorobantu, Jon D. Trantham
  • Patent number: 10142399
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided that include client-server computing architectures that use minimal download features and functionality as part of page navigation operations, but are not so limited. In an embodiment, a client-server computer system uses a page transition strategy to navigate between electronic pages based in part on script, style, content, and/or other page differences that can be used as part of providing minimal download features and functionality. A method of an embodiment operates to package page incremental rendering information for use in rendering a new electronic page without having to reapply common aspects of the new electronic page and a reference electronic page. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Arye Gittelman, Petru Mihai Moldovanu, Sterling John Crockett, Patrick Carl Miller
  • Patent number: 10104161
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided that include client-server computing architectures that use minimal download features and functionality as part of page navigation operations, but are not so limited. In an embodiment, a client-server computer system uses a page transition strategy to navigate between electronic pages based in part on script, style, content, and/or other page differences that can be used as part of providing minimal download features and functionality. A method of an embodiment operates to package page incremental rendering information for use in rendering a new electronic page without having to reapply common aspects of the new electronic page and a reference electronic page. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Arye Gittelman, Petru Mihai Moldovanu, Sterling John Crockett, Patrick Carl Miller
  • Publication number: 20180241135
    Abstract: The disclosed 20 dBi KSF300. A high gain 5th generation mobile network or wireless system (5G) technology fan beam antenna array offers a wide 3 dB beamwidth for wide angular coverage in azimuth with most of the energy focused within 44° of the main beam. Since propagation losses at Ka band are 20× more than at 6 GHz, the beamwidth of the antenna is reduced when the antenna gain increases. To alleviate this problem, the fan-beam type antenna can be useful to provide simultaneously high gain and wide azimuth coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Vladimir FURLAN, Patrick Carl Frank
  • Patent number: 9978412
    Abstract: A slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and comprises an NFT and a transparent thermocouple configured to produce a signal indicative of temperature at the NFT. A detector can be coupled to the thermocouple and configured to detect one or both of spacing changes and contact between the slider and a magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Declan Macken, Patrick Carl Fletcher, Song Chen
  • Patent number: 9916847
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a thermal sensor configured to interact with a magnetic recording disk. A head-disk interface is defined between the thermal sensor and the disk. A power supply is coupled to the thermal sensor and configured to supply a bias power to the thermal sensor between a low power and a high power. A processor is coupled to the thermal sensor and configured to determine a slope of a resistance response of the thermal sensor. The processor is further configured to detect a change in the slope relative to a baseline slope. The slope change indicates increased heat sinking between the thermal sensor and the disk due to the presence of contaminant buildup at the head-disk interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Steven Douglas Granz, Michael Thomas Johnson, Patrick Carl Fletcher, Manuel Charles Anaya-Dufresne, Peng Peng
  • Publication number: 20170370770
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a light source configured to generate light, and a modulator coupled to the light source and configured to modulate the light above a predetermined frequency. A slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and to receive the modulated light. A resistive sensor is integral to the slider and subject to heating by absorption of electromagnetic radiation and conduction of heat. Measuring circuitry is coupled to the resistive sensor and configured to measure a response of the resistive sensor due to absorbed electromagnetic radiation and not from the heat conduction. The measuring circuitry may further be configured to determine output optical power of the light source using the measured resistive sensor response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: James Dillon Kiely, John Charles Duda, Patrick Carl Fletcher, Andrei Dorobantu, Jon D. Trantham
  • Publication number: 20170357731
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for generating a webpage using one or more terms in a hierarchical taxonomy. Specifically, embodiments provide for identifying an item in a database where the item is associated with at least one term in a term set having a hierarchical structure. A uniform resource locator is generated for the webpage using the at least one term and the hierarchical structure associated with the at least one term. An identifier associated with the item is then determined and appended to the generated uniform resource locator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Carl Miller, Peter Blair Gonzalez del Solar, Daniel E. Kogan
  • Patent number: 9754046
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for generating a webpage using one or more terms in a hierarchical taxonomy. Specifically, embodiments provide for identifying an item in a database where the item is associated with at least one term in a term set having a hierarchical structure. A uniform resource locator is generated for the webpage using the at least one term and the hierarchical structure associated with the at least one term. An identifier associated with the item is then determined and appended to the generated uniform resource locator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Carl Miller, Peter Blair Gonzalez del Solar, Daniel E. Kogan
  • Publication number: 20160179977
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for generating a uniform resource locator using one or more terms in a hierarchical taxonomy. Specifically, embodiments disclosed herein provide receiving a plurality of terms for a term set and generating a hierarchical taxonomy for the term set using the plurality of terms. Once the hierarchical taxonomy has been generated, a navigation property may be assigned to at least one term in the plurality of terms. A navigation term set that mirrors the properties of the hierarchical taxonomy is then created using the at least one term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Carl Miller, Peter Blair Gonzalez del Solar, Daniel E. Kogan