Patents by Inventor Patrick Chapman
Patrick Chapman 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: 20240147988Abstract: Liquid pesticide compositions and methods of making and using the compositions for crop protection from pests are provided. A liquid pesticide formulated to control crop pests is infused with nano-bubbles that increase the efficacy of the liquid pesticide. The liquid pesticide may be mixed and homogenized before flowing the liquid pesticide through a nano-bubble generator. The liquid pesticide may be mixed and prepared for packaging or mixed in-situ for direct application to crops. The liquid pesticide composition infused with nano-bubbles may be applied to both crops and soil in the same manner as standard liquid pesticides to control pests for crop protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: John Patrick Chapman, Peter Grosso
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Patent number: 11963928Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: James Ernest Webb, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Weirong Jiang, Joseph Michael Matusick, Christie Leigh McCarthy, Connor Thomas O'Malley, John Stephen Peanasky, Shivani Rao Polasani, Steven Edward DeMartino, Michael Clement Ruotolo, Jr., Bryan James Musk, Jared Seaman Aaldenberg, Eric Lewis Allington, Douglas Miles Noni, Jr., Amber Leigh Tremper, Kristen Dae Waight, Kevin Patrick McNelis, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Christy Lynn Chapman, Robert Anthony Schaut, Adam Robert Sarafian
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Patent number: 11963929Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Connor Thomas O'Malley, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Weirong Jiang, Joseph Michael Matusick, Christie Leigh McCarthy, Christy Lynn Chapman, John Stephen Peanasky, Shivani Rao Polasani, James Ernest Webb, Michael Clement Ruotolo, Jr., Bryan James Musk, Jared Seaman Aaldenberg, Eric Lewis Allington, Douglas Miles Noni, Jr., Amber Leigh Tremper, Kristen Dae Waight, Kevin Patrick McNelis, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Steven Edward DeMartino, Robert Anthony Schaut, Adam Robert Sarafian
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Publication number: 20240085974Abstract: A data collection system that performs data collection of human-driven robot actions for robot learning. The data collection system includes: i) a wearable computation subsystem that is worn by a human data collector and that controls the data collection process and ii) a human-machine operation interface subsystem that allows the human data collector to use the human-machine operation interface to operate an attached robotic gripper to perform one or more actions. A user interface subsystem receives instructions from the wearable computation subsystem that direct the human data collector to perform the one or more actions using the human-machine operation interface subsystem. A visual sensing subsystem includes one or more cameras that collect raw visual data related to the pose and movement of the robotic gripper while performing the one or more actions. A data collection subsystem receives collected data related to the one or more actions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Patrick McKinley JARVIS, Ke WANG, Minas LIAROKAPIS, Jayden CHAPMAN, Che-Ming CHANG
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Patent number: 11653592Abstract: Liquid fertilizer compositions and methods of making and using the compositions for fertilizing crops are provided. A liquid fertilizer formulated to enhance plant growth is infused with nano-bubbles that increase the efficacy of the liquid fertilizer. The liquid fertilizer is mixed and homogenized before flowing the liquid fertilizer through a nano-bubble generator. The liquid fertilizing composition infused with nano-bubbles may be applied to soil in the same manner as standard liquid fertilizers to further promote plant growth.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Inventors: John Patrick Chapman, Peter Grosso, John Paul Chapman
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Publication number: 20220124967Abstract: Liquid fertilizer compositions and methods of making and using the compositions for fertilizing crops are provided. A liquid fertilizer formulated to enhance plant growth is infused with nano-bubbles that increase the efficacy of the liquid fertilizer. The liquid fertilizer is mixed and homogenized before flowing the liquid fertilizer through a nano-bubble generator. The liquid fertilizing composition infused with nano-bubbles may be applied to soil in the same manner as standard liquid fertilizers to further promote plant growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Agvnt, LLCInventors: John Patrick Chapman, Peter Grosso, John Paul Chapman
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Patent number: 11108356Abstract: Various technologies for integrating a microinverter with a photovoltaic module are disclosed. An alternating current photovoltaic (ACPV) module includes a photovoltaic module having a frame and a junction box including a direct current (DC) output connector, and a microinverter having a housing coupled to the frame and a DC input connector electrically mated with the DC output connector of the photovoltaic module.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.Inventors: Phil Gilchrist, William Morris, Kristine Little, Patrick Chapman, William P. Mulligan, Marco A. Marroquin
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Patent number: 10530276Abstract: An inverter includes a transformer that includes a first winding, a second winding, and a third winding, a DC-AC inverter electrically coupled to the first winding of the transformer, a cycloconverter electrically coupled to the second winding of the transformer, an active filter electrically coupled to the third winding of the transformer. The DC-AC inverter is adapted to convert the input DC waveform to an AC waveform delivered to the transformer at the first winding. The cycloconverter is adapted to convert an AC waveform received at the second winding of the transformer to the output AC waveform having a grid frequency of the AC grid. The active filter is adapted to sink and source power with one or more energy storage devices based on a mismatch in power between the DC source and the AC grid.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.Inventors: Fernando Rodriguez, Hengsi Qin, Patrick Chapman
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Patent number: 10431988Abstract: A system and method for mapping relative positions of a plurality of alternative energy source modules. In one embodiment, the method includes injecting a first contribution current into a power grid by a first alternative energy source module of the plurality of alternative energy source modules and determining an output voltage for each of the plurality of alternative energy source modules. The method also includes constructing a data structure of the relative positions of the plurality of alternative energy source modules employing the output voltage for ones of the plurality of alternative energy source modules.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Chapman
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Patent number: 10326277Abstract: An apparatus formed with a plurality of power subsystems, and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the apparatus is formed with plurality of local controllers to control an operating characteristic of at least one of the plurality of power subsystems. A central controller of the apparatus is configured to receive an indication of an overall power produced by the plurality of power subsystems, selectively command a first local controller of the plurality of local controllers to change a value of the operating characteristic of a first power subsystem of the plurality of power subsystems, receive an indication of a change in the overall power in response to the change in the value of the operating characteristic of the first power subsystem, and store, in memory, the change in the value of the operating characteristic of the first power subsystem if the overall power is increased.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Chapman, Jonathan Ehlmann
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Publication number: 20190036481Abstract: A photovoltaic module includes solar cells and a power conversion circuit. The power conversion circuit includes an in-laminate circuit that is disposed with the solar cells within a laminate of the photovoltaic module. The power conversion circuit further includes an external circuit disposed outside of the laminate. The external circuit is in an enclosure, such as a junction box. The external circuit includes magnetic components, such as an inductor or a transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: SunPower CorporationInventor: Patrick CHAPMAN
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Publication number: 20180342874Abstract: A device, system, and method for global maximum power point tracking comprises monitoring an output power of a DC power source while executing a maximum power point tracking algorithm and adjusting a maximum power point tracking command signal in response to the output power being less than a reference output power. The command signal is adjusted until the output power exceeds a previous output power by a reference amount. The command signal may be a voltage command signal, a current command signal, an impedance command signal, a duty ratio command signal, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Jonathan Ehlmann, Daniel Blair, Eric Martina, Patrick Chapman, Brian Kuhn
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Patent number: 10136625Abstract: A heated fishing rod that has a heating element disposed on the inside and outside of the rod that concentrates heating at the eyelets and at the distal end of the fishing rod.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignees: HUNT605 LLC, CHAPSBUCK OUTDOORS LLCInventors: Patrick Chapman, Dale A. Lefebre, David Fielding
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Publication number: 20180302028Abstract: Various technologies for integrating a microinverter with a photovoltaic module are disclosed. An alternating current photovoltaic (ACPV) module includes a photovoltaic module having a frame and a junction box including a direct current (DC) output connector, and a microinverter having a housing coupled to the frame and a DC input connector electrically mated with the DC output connector of the photovoltaic module.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: SunPower CorporationInventors: Phil Gilchrist, William Morris, Kristine Little, Patrick Chapman, William P. Mulligan, Marco A. Marroquin
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Publication number: 20180241322Abstract: An inverter includes a transformer that includes a first winding, a second winding, and a third winding, a DC-AC inverter electrically coupled to the first winding of the transformer, a cycloconverter electrically coupled to the second winding of the transformer, an active filter electrically coupled to the third winding of the transformer. The DC-AC inverter is adapted to convert the input DC waveform to an AC waveform delivered to the transformer at the first winding. The cycloconverter is adapted to convert an AC waveform received at the second winding of the transformer to the output AC waveform having a grid frequency of the AC grid. The active filter is adapted to sink and source power with one or more energy storage devices based on a mismatch in power between the DC source and the AC grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: SunPower CorporationInventors: Fernando Rodriguez, Hengsi Qin, Patrick Chapman
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Patent number: 10050446Abstract: A device, system, and method for global maximum power point tracking comprises monitoring an output power of a DC power source while executing a maximum power point tracking algorithm and adjusting a maximum power point tracking command signal in response to the output power being less than a reference output power. The command signal is adjusted until the output power exceeds a previous output power by a reference amount. The command signal may be a voltage command signal, a current command signal, an impedance command signal, a duty ratio command signal, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventors: Jonathan Ehlmann, Daniel Blair, Eric Martina, Patrick Chapman, Brian Kuhn
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Patent number: 10008979Abstract: Various technologies for integrating a microinverter with a photovoltaic module are disclosed. An alternating current photovoltaic (ACPV) module includes a photovoltaic module having a frame and a junction box including a direct current (DC) output connector, and a microinverter having a housing coupled to the frame and a DC input connector electrically mated with the DC output connector of the photovoltaic module.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventors: Phil Gilchrist, William Morris, Kristine Little, Patrick Chapman, William P. Mulligan, Marco A. Marroquin
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Publication number: 20180159333Abstract: A system and method for mapping relative positions of a plurality of alternative energy source modules. In one embodiment, the method includes injecting a first contribution current into a power grid by a first alternative energy source module of the plurality of alternative energy source modules and determining an output voltage for each of the plurality of alternative energy source modules. The method also includes constructing a data structure of the relative positions of the plurality of alternative energy source modules employing the output voltage for ones of the plurality of alternative energy source modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: SunPower CorporationInventor: Patrick Chapman
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Patent number: 9960712Abstract: An inverter includes a transformer that includes a first winding, a second winding, and a third winding, a DC-AC inverter electrically coupled to the first winding of the transformer, a cycloconverter electrically coupled to the second winding of the transformer, an active filter electrically coupled to the third winding of the transformer. The DC-AC inverter is adapted to convert the input DC waveform to an AC waveform delivered to the transformer at the first winding. The cycloconverter is adapted to convert an AC waveform received at the second winding of the transformer to the output AC waveform having a grid frequency of the AC grid. The active filter is adapted to sink and source power with one or more energy storage devices based on a mismatch in power between the DC source and the AC grid.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventors: Fernando Rodriguez, Hengsi Qin, Patrick Chapman
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Patent number: 9906036Abstract: A system and method for mapping relative positions of a plurality of alternative energy source modules. In one embodiment, the method includes injecting a first contribution current into a power grid by a first alternative energy source module of the plurality of alternative energy source modules and determining an output voltage for each of the plurality of alternative energy source modules. The method also includes constructing a data structure of the relative positions of the plurality of alternative energy source modules employing the output voltage for ones of the plurality of alternative energy source modules.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventor: Patrick Chapman