Patents by Inventor Paul A. James

Paul A. James 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).

  • Zone heating for respiratory circuits
    Patent number: 11129954
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide for an inspiratory limb for a breathing circuit that includes a first segment that comprises a first heater wire circuit and a second segment that comprises a second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can include an intermediate connector that includes a connection circuit that electrically couples the first heater wire circuit to the second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can be configured to operate in two modes wherein, in a first mode, electrical power passes through the first electrical connection to provide power to the first heater wire circuit without providing power to the second heater wire circuit, and in a second mode, electrical power pass through the first electrical connection to provide power to both the first heater wire circuit and the second heater wire circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Liam Buswell, Helen Cuddy, Thomas James Edwards, Gavin Walsh Millar, Helgard Oosthuysen, Andre van Schalkwyk, Ian Lee Wai Kwan, Ping Si, Sinaa Alnashi, Kieran Michael Orchard, Ibrahim Al-Tiay, Elmo Benson Stoks, Charles Christopher North, Matthew Robert Wilson, Paul James Tonkin
  • AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM MONITORING
    Publication number: 20210292009
    Abstract: An aircraft fuel system monitoring apparatus is disclosed having a processor configured to receive first information indicative of one or more parameters relating to fuel present in an aircraft; receive second information relating to the configuration of a fuel system of the aircraft; receive third information indicative of an orientation of the aircraft; receive fourth information indicative of a state of one or more non-fuel-related systems of the aircraft; and generate a prediction of a quantity of fuel present in the aircraft based on the received first information, the received second information, and one or both of the received third information and the received fourth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Vikram Singh MANGAT, Paul James PILKINGTON
  • Chair and components
    Patent number: 11122901
    Abstract: A chair support shell has an integral back portion, seat portion, and joining portion between the back portion and the seat portion. At least a major portion of the support shell comprises a compliant structure, the compliant structure having a plurality of cells interconnected by a plurality of resilient members. The compliant structure provides compliance in the seat portion, compliance in the back portion, and compliance in the joining portion. The compliant structure enables recline of the back portion relative to the seat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Kent Wallace Parker, Martyn Walter Goodwin Collings, Wayne Douglas O'Hara, Aaron Michael Young, Paul James Stevenson, Gavin James Bateman, Kai Xi Lin
  • DOWNHOLE LANDING ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20210285303
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are downhole landing assemblies including a downhole landing assembly for an oil or gas well, downhole landing assembly may include: an upper seat cylinder capable of being coupled to an upper portion of a tubular string; a lower seat cylinder capable of being coupled to a lower portion of the tubular string, wherein the lower seat cylinder may be coupled to the upper seat cylinder; a landing seat coupled to the lower seat cylinder, the landing seat may have two inner surfaces; and a landing mandrel having two outer surfaces, wherein one outer surface of the two outer surfaces may be capable of being abutted against one inner surface of the two inner surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Paul James Wilson, Robert Bradley Cook, Daniel Teen, Glenn Mitchel Walls
  • CONVERSION OF SUPERCRITICAL WATER ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL POWER
    Publication number: 20210276888
    Abstract: In a general aspect, a system can include a reactor for combusting fuel and producing high-temperature, high-pressure liquid as a byproduct, and at least one vessel defining a cavity to be partially filled with water, with an air pocket within the cavity above the water. The system can further include respective valves to control admission of liquid from the reactor into the air pocket when the air pocket has a pressure lower than an operating pressure of the reactor, and to control emission of the water from the at least one vessel through of the vessel after the water in the at least one vessel has been pressurized by the liquid from the reactor. The system can also include a hydroelectric drive system for receiving water emitted from the cavity, and for converting energy in the received water into electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: John Troy Kraczek, Gordon Ray Whipple, Paul James Freeman
  • CHARGING WATER OXIDATION REACTOR USING RECOVERED REACTOR ENERGY
    Publication number: 20210276898
    Abstract: A charging system for charging a reactor with air used energy produced by the reactor and includes a vessel having a hollow interior cavity partially filled with a liquid slug, a first air pocket within the cavity on a first side of the liquid slug, and a second air pocket within the cavity on a second side of the liquid slug. The liquid slug forms a water trap seal in the cavity between the two pockets and moves within the vessel in a cycle in which gas is loaded into the first air pocket in a first stroke and gas in the first air pocket is compressed in a second stroke. Movement of the liquid slug during the second stroke is caused by an increasing pressure in the second air pocket due to introduction of high-pressure gas from the reactor into the second air pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: John Troy Kraczek, Gordon Ray Whipple, Paul James Freeman
  • REACTION CHAMBER FOR SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION REACTOR
    Publication number: 20210278080
    Abstract: Fuel mixed in water is combusted in a reactor having an internal operating pressure and temperature greater than 3200 psi and greater than 374° C., where the combustion of the fuel is exothermic. Air and fuel are pressurized for introduction into the reactor to a pressure greater than the internal operating pressure using energy generated from the combustion of the fuel, and the pressurized air and the pressurized fuel are injected into the reactor. Pressurized water from the reactor is injected into a drive water column that is partially filled with water to increase a pressure of the drive water column, and water at a temperature less than 100° C. is injected into the reactor to replace water from the reactor that is injected into the drive water column. Pressurized water from the drive water column is used to drive a hydroelectric drive system to produce electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: John Troy Kraczek, Gordon Ray Whipple, Paul James Freeman
  • Quality of service dirty line tracking
    Patent number: 11106594
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for generating a measurement of write memory bandwidth are disclosed. A control unit monitors writes to a cache hierarchy. If a write to a cache line is a first time that the cache line is being modified since entering the cache hierarchy, then the control unit increments a write memory bandwidth counter. Otherwise, if the write is to a cache line that has already been modified since entering the cache hierarchy, then the write memory bandwidth counter is not incremented. The first write to a cache line is a proxy for write memory bandwidth since this will eventually cause a write to memory. The control unit uses the value of the write memory bandwidth counter to generate a measurement of the write memory bandwidth. Also, the control unit can maintain multiple counters for different thread classes to calculate the write memory bandwidth per thread class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul James Moyer, Douglas Benson Hunt
  • Data encoding and decoding
    Patent number: 11109019
    Abstract: A video coding or decoding method using inter-image prediction to encode input video data in which each chrominance component has 1/Mth of the horizontal resolution and 1/Nth of the vertical resolution of the luminance component, where M and N are integers equal to 1 or more, including storing one or more images preceding a current image, interpolating a higher resolution version of prediction units of the stored images so that the luminance component has a horizontal resolution P times that of the corresponding portion of the stored image and a vertical resolution Q times that of the corresponding portion of the stored image, detecting inter-image motion between a current image and the one or more interpolated stored images so as to generate motion vectors between a prediction unit of the current image and areas of the one or more preceding images, and generating a motion compensated prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: James Alexander Gamei, Nicholas Ian Saunders, Karl James Sharman, Paul James Silcock
  • ZONE HEATING FOR RESPIRATORY CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20210260330
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide for an inspiratory limb for a breathing circuit that includes a first segment that comprises a first heater wire circuit and a second segment that comprises a second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can include an intermediate connector that includes a connection circuit that electrically couples the first heater wire circuit to the second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can be configured to operate in two modes wherein, in a first mode, electrical power passes through the first electrical connection to provide power to the first heater wire circuit without providing power to the second heater wire circuit, and in a second mode, electrical power pass through the first electrical connection to provide power to both the first heater wire circuit and the second heater wire circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Po-Yen Liu, Peter Alan Seekup, Anthony James Newland, Malcolm David Smith, Ping Si, Helgard Oosthuysen, Matthew Robert Wilson, Ian Lee Wai Kwan, Sinaa Alnashi, Paul James Tonkin, Kiel Anthony McCool, David Robert Kemps, Yayi Lin, Callum McDonald Ross, David John Sims
  • System and Method for Improved Pressure Adjustment
    Publication number: 20210244196
    Abstract: A method for adjusting pressure within an air bed comprises providing an air bed that includes an air chamber and a pump having a pump housing, selecting a desired pressure setpoint for the air chamber, calculating a pressure target, adjusting pressure within the air chamber until a pressure within the pump housing is substantially equal to the pressure target, determining an actual chamber pressure within the air chamber, and comparing the actual chamber pressure to the desired pressure setpoint to determine an adjustment factor error. The pressure target may be calculated based upon the desired pressure setpoint and a pressure adjustment factor. Furthermore, the pressure adjustment factor may be modified based upon the adjustment factor error determined by comparing the actual chamber pressure to the desired pressure setpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Paul James Mahoney, Matthew Glen Hilden, Matthew Wayne Tilstra
  • MANAGING A SEGMENTATION POLICY FOR WORKLOADS IN A SECURE ENCLAVE
    Publication number: 20210234900
    Abstract: A policy management server manages a segmentation policy and automatically configures an enclave protection device consistently with the segmentation policy so that that the segmentation policy can be enforced with respect to workloads within a secure enclave protected by the enclave protection device. The policy management server identifies protected workloads that are members of a secure enclave and external workloads that are external to the secure enclave. The policy management server identifies cross-boundary rules of the segmentation policy affecting traffic between the protected workloads and external workloads. The policy management server generates and distributes a configuration of the enclave protection device to enable enforcement of the cross-boundary rules pertaining to traffic passing through the enclave protection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: George Jeffrey Francis, Matthew Kirby Glenn, Jalandip Lepcha, Paul James Kirner
  • Generating vulnerability exposure scores in a segmented computing environment
    Patent number: 11075936
    Abstract: A segmentation server generates vulnerability exposure scores associated with workloads operating in a segmented computing environment. The segmentation server may automatically aggregate the vulnerability exposure scores in various ways to generate vulnerability exposure information representative of workloads in an administrative domain controlled by the segmentation server. The aggregated vulnerability exposure information may be presented in a manner that enables an administrator to easily evaluate different segmentation strategies and assess the risks associated with each of them. Moreover, the segmentation server can automatically generate a segmentation policy that modifies a configured segmentation strategy based on the vulnerability exposure scores to reduce exposure to certain vulnerabilities without impeding operation of the workloads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Illumio, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Kirby Glenn, Paul James Kirner, Seth Bruce Ford, Mukesh Gupta, Joy Anne Scott, Nathaniel Jurist Gleicher
  • Generating a segmentation policy based on vulnerabilities
    Patent number: 11075937
    Abstract: A segmentation server generates vulnerability exposure scores associated with workloads operating in a segmented computing environment. The segmentation server may automatically aggregate the vulnerability exposure scores in various ways to generate vulnerability exposure information representative of workloads in an administrative domain controlled by the segmentation server. The aggregated vulnerability exposure information may be presented in a manner that enables an administrator to easily evaluate different segmentation strategies and assess the risks associated with each of them. Moreover, the segmentation server can automatically generate a segmentation policy that modifies a configured segmentation strategy based on the vulnerability exposure scores to reduce exposure to certain vulnerabilities without impeding operation of the workloads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Illumio, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Kirby Glenn, Paul James Kirner, Seth Bruce Ford, Mukesh Gupta, Joy Anne Scott, Nathaniel Jurist Gleicher
  • Downhole tubular disconnect assemblies
    Patent number: 11066878
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are downhole disconnect assemblies for disconnecting downhole tubulars. Those disconnect assemblies may each include: 1) a housing having an inner surface and a groove disposed in the inner surface; 2) a sub disposed in the housing, the sub having a window aligned with the groove; 3) a locking lug extending through the window and having a projection removably disposed in the groove; 4) a prop sleeve disposed in the sub and releasably coupled to the locking lug; and 5) a load transfer sleeve pushing the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Paul James Wilson, Robert Bradley Cook, Daniel Teen, Glenn Mitchel Walls
  • Cosmetic Preservative System
    Publication number: 20210212912
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a cosmetic composition comprising a cosmetically acceptable carrier and a preservative system, wherein the preservative system comprises: (i) an antimicrobial agent; (ii) a chelating agent comprising ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) or a derivative thereof; and (iii) an antimicrobial booster agent selected from the group consisting of ethylhexylglycerin, caprylyl glycol, hydroxy acetophenone, caprylhydroxamic acid, phenethyl alcohol, p-anisic acid, glyceryl caprylate, levulinic acid, sodium levulinate, propanediol, hexanediol, pentylene glycol, capryloyl glycine, methylpropanediol, phenylpropanol, sodium anisate, and combinations thereof, wherein the antimicrobial agent is present in an amount of from about 0.001% to about 1% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Paul James Tomlinson, Mark Johnson, Jake Thomas Hicks
  • TISSUE TRANSFER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210205532
    Abstract: Devices and methods for tissue transfer are described where a cannula may be inserted into the breast of a subject at one of several points of entry. Insertion of the cannula into the breast may be accomplished by using a guidance system to distinguish between tissue types. Once desirably positioned, the cannula may be withdrawn from the breast while automatically (or manually) injecting the fat in multiple deposits of adipose tissue or fat such that the deposited fat remains within the tract formed by the withdrawn cannula. Multiple tracts of the deposited fat may be injected within the breast until the breast has been desirably remodeled and/or augmented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: JOSEPH RIMSA, Brian J. Domecus, Christopher S. Jones, Paul James Lingane
  • Downhole landing assemblies
    Patent number: 11047201
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are downhole landing assemblies including a downhole landing assembly for an oil or gas well, downhole landing assembly may include: an upper seat cylinder capable of being coupled to an upper portion of a tubular string; a lower seat cylinder capable of being coupled to a lower portion of the tubular string, wherein the lower seat cylinder may be coupled to the upper seat cylinder; a landing seat coupled to the lower seat cylinder, the landing seat may have two inner surfaces; and a landing mandrel having two outer surfaces, wherein one outer surface of the two outer surfaces may be capable of being abutted against one inner surface of the two inner surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: Paul James Wilson, Robert Bradley Cook, Daniel Teen, Glenn Mitchel Walls
  • Intelligent Band Selection for Wireless Access Point
    Publication number: 20210195592
    Abstract: An access system for a wireless local area network is provided. The access system initiates operation in a first frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands of the wireless local area network to provide one or more wireless client devices of the wireless local area network with access to a wireless wide area network. The access system also processes one or more association requests received in the first frequency band to identify one or more associated wireless client device. The access system also determines whether each of the one or more associated wireless client devices supports a second frequency band. The access system also sends a request to the one or more associated wireless client devices to transition from the first frequency band to the second frequency band based on determining that each of the one or more associated wireless client devices supports the second frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Paul James Husted, Nihar Jindal
  • Non-invasive neurostimulation device
    Patent number: D927005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Helius Medical, Inc
    Inventors: Sybille Diana Hauser-Raspe, Pamela Dorothy Heidt, Paul James Fearis, Mike Andrew Vilhauer