Patents by Inventor Patrick Kessler

Patrick Kessler 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: 12285988
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, four wheels, and four independent suspension systems coupled to the frame structure and configured to support the wheels relative to the frame structure. Each suspension system may include a suspension arm movably coupling a respective wheel to the frame structure, a torsion bar coupled to the suspension arm and imparting a spring force on the suspension arm, a preload arm coupled to the torsion bar, and a preload adjustment motor coupled to the preload arm and configured to rotate the torsion bar to adjust a preload on the torsion bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Glydways Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Shahoian, Patrick Kessler
  • Patent number: 12286099
    Abstract: A method of decelerating a plurality of vehicles along a roadway may include, at a first vehicle, receiving, from an adjacent downstream vehicle, a first braking initiation signal and a first deceleration value indicating a deceleration rate of the adjacent downstream vehicle, determining a first distance to the adjacent downstream vehicle, and determining, based at least in part on the first distance, a second deceleration value configured to prevent the first vehicle from colliding with the adjacent downstream vehicle. The method may further include in accordance with a determination that the second deceleration value is greater than or equal to an upper deceleration value, decelerating at the upper deceleration value, and, in accordance with a determination that the second deceleration value is less than the upper deceleration value and greater than a lower deceleration target, decelerating at the second deceleration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GLYDWAYS, INC.
    Inventor: Patrick Kessler
  • Patent number: 12227075
    Abstract: Road vehicle comprising a passenger compartment configured to accommodate a driver and at least one passenger alongside the driver; a vehicle dashboard; a steering wheel; a content display device comprises: a support element hinged in the area of a central portion of the vehicle dashboard, at the front between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat; at least one screen mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a time measurement system, in particular a chronograph; the vehicle comprises mechanical controls arranged, namely mounted, in the area of the steering to give instructions to the time measurement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro
  • Patent number: 12115689
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a personal care device can include a housing, a functional assembly attached to the housing, a motor disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the functional assembly to move one or more components of the functional assembly, and a switch configured to move between at least two states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Sincerely, Ltd. LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Ashcroft, Joshua Funamura, Jonathan P. Ive, Patrick Kessler, Eugene Whang, Christopher Wilson, Suhang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240319749
    Abstract: A system includes at least partially autonomous vehicles, at least partially separated interconnected roadways, and a management system. Each of the vehicles is configured to cooperate with another vehicle or an area controller. The management system is configured to receive requests to transport, which may have respective start points and respective destinations. Additionally, the management system is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to assign a vehicle to fulfill the request. The assigned vehicle is configured to transport a person from the respective start point, at least in part via the interconnected roadways, to the respective destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Robert Williams, Patrick Kessler, Lars Herold
  • Publication number: 20240310859
    Abstract: A method of navigating a plurality of vehicles along a roadway includes, at a first vehicle, navigating along a section of a roadway by following a first moving position-target, the first moving position-target determined in accordance with a first tracking function defining position along the section of the roadway as a function of time, and at a second vehicle, navigating along the section of the roadway by following a second moving position-target, the second moving position-target determined in accordance with a second tracking function defining position along the section of the roadway as a function of time. A distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle may change as the first vehicle and the second vehicle navigate along the section of the roadway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventor: Patrick Kessler
  • Publication number: 20240310839
    Abstract: A system includes at least partially autonomous vehicles, at least partially separated interconnected roadways, and a management system. Each of the vehicles is configured to cooperate with another vehicle or an area controller. The management system is configured to receive requests to transport, which may have respective start points and respective destinations. Additionally, the management system is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to assign a vehicle to fulfill the request. The assigned vehicle is configured to transport a person from the respective start point, at least in part via the interconnected roadways, to the respective destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Robert Williams, Patrick Kessler, Lars Herold
  • Publication number: 20240310840
    Abstract: A system includes at least partially autonomous vehicles, at least partially separated interconnected roadways, and a management system. Each of the vehicles is configured to cooperate with another vehicle or an area controller. The management system is configured to receive requests to transport, which may have respective start points and respective destinations. Additionally, the management system is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to assign a vehicle to fulfill the request. The assigned vehicle is configured to transport a person from the respective start point, at least in part via the interconnected roadways, to the respective destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Robert Williams, Patrick Kessler, Lars Herold
  • Patent number: 12045099
    Abstract: A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Whang, Christopher J. Stringer, Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Patrick Kessler, Eric R. Prather, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Adam T. Stagnaro, Daniel L. McBroom, Matthew P. Casebolt, Michael D. McBroom
  • Patent number: 12019454
    Abstract: A method of navigating a plurality of vehicles along a roadway includes, at a first vehicle, navigating along a section of a roadway by following a first moving position-target, the first moving position-target determined in accordance with a first tracking function defining position along the section of the roadway as a function of time, and at a second vehicle, navigating along the section of the roadway by following a second moving position-target, the second moving position-target determined in accordance with a second tracking function defining position along the section of the roadway as a function of time. A distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle may change as the first vehicle and the second vehicle navigate along the section of the roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: GLYDWAYS INC.
    Inventor: Patrick Kessler
  • Patent number: 12013707
    Abstract: A system includes at least partially autonomous vehicles, at least partially separated interconnected roadways, and a management system. Each of the vehicles is configured to cooperate with another vehicle or an area controller. The management system is configured to receive requests to transport, which may have respective start points and respective destinations. Additionally, the management system is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to assign a vehicle to fulfill the request. The assigned vehicle is configured to transport a person from the respective start point, at least in part via the interconnected roadways, to the respective destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Glydways Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Robert Williams, Patrick Kessler, Lars Herold
  • Publication number: 20240189730
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein take the form of a bistable hinge. The bistable hinge typically includes an elastic element and a pair of rigid structures. Each rigid structure in the illustrated embodiment includes a pair of pivot cylinders connected to a rotating surface, as well as a detent formed on a portion of the rotating surface. The elastic element is retained by the detent, such that the spring force of the elastic element, when stretched, is transmitted to the rigid structure. The rigid structure may incorporate any suitable protrusions, retainers, or the like around which the elastic element extends in lieu of the illustrated detents. As the elastic element is stretched during operation of the hinge, the elastic element maintains contact with the detents. Further, as the hinge transitions from a closed state to an open state, the detents stretch the elastic element, thereby applying tension to it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Kessler, Jeremy Bataillou, Benoit Louzaouen
  • Publication number: 20240166143
    Abstract: A content display device for a road vehicle comprising: a support element configured to be mounted centrally at a vehicle dashboard or a central tunnel of the road vehicle; at least one screen, mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a movement system coupled to the support element and hingeable to the vehicle dashboard or to the central tunnel to alternatively rotate the screen towards the driver and/or towards the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Patrizio MORUZZI, Vito CONIGLIARO
  • Publication number: 20240157751
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, four wheels, and four independent suspension systems coupled to the frame structure and configured to support the wheels relative to the frame structure. Each suspension system may include a suspension arm movably coupling a respective wheel to the frame structure, a torsion bar coupled to the suspension arm and imparting a spring force on the suspension arm, a preload arm coupled to the torsion bar, and a preload adjustment motor coupled to the preload arm and configured to rotate the torsion bar to adjust a preload on the torsion bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Erik Shahoian, Patrick Kessler
  • Publication number: 20240149809
    Abstract: Road vehicle comprising an ignition system for the powertrain system comprising in turn a luminous device integral with the passenger compartment of the road vehicle and comprising a movable part configured to move between an off configuration and an on configuration; the luminous device comprising a display device configured to at least partially assume a first colour and a second colour; wherein the display device is configured to switch from the first colour to the second colour when the movable part switches from the off configuration to the on configuration and vice versa when the movable part switches from the on configuration to the off configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Maximilian ROMANI, Vito CONIGLIARO
  • Publication number: 20240149678
    Abstract: A road vehicle comprising: a vehicle dashboard, comprising in turn an exposed surface visible from the inside of the passenger compartment; a content display device comprising: a projection surface, which is arranged so as to substantially correspond to at least part of the exposed surface and configured to be visible to the passenger and/or to the driver while driving; at least one projection device, which is configured to project one or more contents onto the projection surface; wherein the projection surface follows at least a curvilinear line of the exposed surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Patrizio MORUZZI, Vito CONIGLIARO
  • Publication number: 20240149680
    Abstract: A content display device for a road vehicle comprising a support element configured to be mounted centrally at a dashboard or a central tunnel of the road vehicle; at least one screen, mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a first portion configured to be mounted in an integral non-removable manner on the road vehicle and a second portion removable from the road vehicle, comprising the at least one screen; the device further comprising, between the first portion and the second portion, an attachment/detachment system configured to allow connection, in a removable manner by the driver or the passenger, of the second portion to the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Patrizio MORUZZI, Vito CONIGLIARO
  • Publication number: 20240149675
    Abstract: A road vehicle comprising a passenger compartment configured to accommodate a driver and at least one passenger alongside the driver; a vehicle dashboard; a content display device comprising a support element mounted centrally at the dashboard of the road vehicle; at least one screen, mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and to a driver while driving; the screen has a curved shape and is horizontally divided into a first portion 11 and a second portion 12 which are respectively visible, in a substantially mutually exclusive manner, to the driver DR and to the passenger P.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Patrizio MORUZZI, Vito CONIGLIARO
  • Publication number: 20240149676
    Abstract: Road vehicle comprising an ignition system for the powertrain system comprising in turn a luminous device integral with the passenger compartment of the road vehicle and comprising a movable part configured to move between an off configuration and an on configuration; the luminous device comprising a display device configured to at least partially assume a first colour and a second colour; wherein the display device is configured to switch from the first colour to the second colour when the movable part switches from the off configuration to the on configuration and vice versa when the movable part switches from the on configuration to the off configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan P. IVE, Eugene WHANG, Jeremy BATAILLOU, Anthony ASHCROFT, Suhang ZHOU, Benoit LOUZAOUEN, Jemima KISS, Christopher WILSON, Wan Si WAN, Biotz NATERA, James MCGRATH, Roger GUYETT, Joseph LUXTON, Michael MATAS, Patrick KESSLER, Maximilian ROMANI, Vito CONIGLIARO
  • Patent number: D1052182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sincerely, Ltd. LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Ashcroft, Joshua Funamura, Jonathan P. Ive, Patrick Kessler, Eugene Whang, Christopher Wilson, Suhang Zhou, Jemima Kiss, Anthony James Mcgrath, Wan Si Wan