Patents by Inventor Paul A Richards

Paul A Richards 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: 10998716
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a first trip unit that is configured to be coupled to a power distribution system arranged in a Zone Selective Interlocking (ZSI) arrangement. The first trip unit includes an Input/Output circuit including a ZSI input terminal and a ZSI output terminal, a heartbeat signaling module configured to transmit a second signal to a second trip unit in a lower-level zone than the first trip unit, responsive to the normal condition, a first monitoring module configured to monitor a first signal received by the first trip from a third trip unit in a higher-level zone, responsive to the normal condition, and a second monitoring module configured to detect the fault condition. Related systems, devices, and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhi Gao, Daniel A. Hosko, Randy P. Shvach, James Leo Lagree, Paul Richard Rakus, Ronald Dale Hartzel
  • Patent number: 10996793
    Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting a vibration-induced error on a touch screen display device on an aircraft are provided. A method can include providing a user interface for display on a touch screen display device. The user interface can include one or more virtual elements associated with functions to be performed by a component of the aircraft. The method can include receiving data indicative of an actual user interaction with the touch screen display device. The method can include receiving data indicative of an intended user interaction. The method can include receiving data indicative of a sensed vibration. The method can include determining a corrected user interaction corresponding to a selected virtual element based on the data received. The method can also include sending one or more command signals to one or more components to perform a function associated with the selected virtual element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: George R. Henderson, Paul Richard Hickman, Luke Patrick Bolton
  • Publication number: 20210121350
    Abstract: The invention pertains to positioning a patient in prone position, comprising: positioning a patient in a supine position, attaching a chest body contact sheet to the chest of the patient with an attached inflatable chest cushion in the deflated state, attaching a pelvic body contact sheet to the pelvic region of the patient with an attached inflatable pelvis cushion in the deflated state, transferring the patient from the supine position to a prone position, with the chest body contact sheet attached to the chest of the patient and the pelvic body contact sheet attached to the pelvic region of the patient and the patient in the prone position, inflating the chest cushion and the pelvis cushion, thereby making that the chest cushion and the pelvis cushion together bear the weight of the torso of the patient with the abdominal region of the patient being decompressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Paul Richard Alfons Maria DEPAUW
  • Patent number: 10973514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and to surgical systems including hand held electromechanical surgical devices and adapter assemblies for connecting surgical loading units to the hand held electromechanical surgical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Earl Zergiebel, David Chowaniec, Ryan Williams, Anand Subramanian, Paul Richard
  • Patent number: 10977256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method of identifying and managing IT assets that aggregates fields and their associated values from multiple event log data sources that share one or more common IT asset identifiers and leverages a prioritization approach to determine the most appropriate values for each of the fields. The system utilizes two inputs, namely event log data source inputs and prioritization inputs. Through aggregation of data from different input data sources, the system pieces together a more comprehensive record of field values for a given IT asset, to generate in real-time the updated asset inventory output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DISCOVERED INTELLIGENCE INC.
    Inventor: Paul Richard Johnson
  • Patent number: 10974228
    Abstract: A lean NOx trap catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines is disclosed. The lean NOx trap catalyst comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Gregory Richard Gregori, Paul Richard Phillips, Jonathan David Radcliffe, Stuart Reid
  • Publication number: 20210101887
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for preparing isoindolin-1-one derivatives, and in particular processes for preparing (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid. The invention also relates to crystalline forms of the compound (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid and its salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven HOWARD, Benjamin David CONS, Jeffrey David ST. DENIS, Charlotte Mary GRIFFITHS-JONES, Steven Douglas HISCOCK, Rhian Sara HOLVEY, Alan Richard BURNS, David COUSIN, Hannah Louise DEXTER, Guillaume François PARRA, John Paul WATTS, Robert JEWELL, Jennifer Ann STOCKWELL, Kim Louise HIRST, Isabelle Anne LEMASSON, David John NASH, James Daniel OSBORNE, Jonas Calleja PRIEDE, Nicholas Paul RICHARDS, Aaron Michael DUMAS, Brian Christopher BISHOP, David PARRY-JONES, Jeremy Peter SCOTT, Meenakshi Sundaram SHANMUGHAM, Peter Richard MULLENS, David Charles LATHBURY, Darren James DIXON, Matthew James GAUNT
  • Publication number: 20210102107
    Abstract: A degradable plug for use in a wellbore, wherein the degradable plug involves an inducibly degradable composition containing solid polyacetal. After placing the degradable plug in a wellbore, it can be degraded by allowing a portion of the polyacetal present in the inducibly degradable composition to react with an inducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Lawrence BLACKBOURN, Paul Richard WEIDER, Jonathan Joseph BREGE, Allen Dale GABRYSCH, Ryan Matthew VAN ZANTEN
  • Patent number: 10961595
    Abstract: Fermentable sugar useful for the production of biofuels can be produced from biomass by contacting the biomass with a solution containing at least one ?-hydroxysulfonic acid. The ?-hydroxysulfonic acid can be easily removed from the product and recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Richard Weider, Robert Lawrence Blackbourn
  • Publication number: 20210090314
    Abstract: Systems and methods for animating an avatar are provided. An example method of animating an avatar includes at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving an audio input, receiving a video input including at least a portion of a user's face, wherein the video input is separate from the audio input, determining one or more movements of the user's face based on the received audio input and received video input, and generating, using a neural network separately trained with a set of audio training data and a set of video training data, a set of characteristics for controlling an avatar representing the one or more movements of the user's face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ahmed Serag El Din HUSSEN ABDELAZIZ, Nicholas APOSTOLOFF, Justin BINDER, Paul Richard DIXON, Sachin KAJAREKAR, Reinhard KNOTHE, Sebastian MARTIN, Barry-John THEOBALD, Thibaut WEISE
  • Publication number: 20210087746
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulp web in a paper or tissue machine with an extended-nip press unit. This extended-nip press unit includes a shoe press roll with a revolving press belt and a backing roll, where the pulp web is dewatered in the extended press nip between the backing roll and the press belt and where the pulp web is carried on the revolving press belt of the press roll after the extended press nip to a transfer fabric that receives the pulp web. The transfer fabric is guided over a stationary transfer device in the transfer area. A corresponding device for treating the pulp web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Anzel, Robert Meitner, Paul Richards, Wolfgang Plienegger
  • Patent number: 10951409
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request that is configured to cause a transfer of a combined asset from a sender to a recipient, the combined asset including a first asset and a second asset. The method includes generating and sending to a self-executing code segment on a distributed ledger-based network (DLN) a zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) that a plurality of leaf nodes of a hierarchical tree structure representing the combined asset includes the plurality of leaf nodes of the hierarchical tree structure representing the first asset and the plurality of leaf nodes of the hierarchical tree structure representing the second asset. The method also includes receiving, in response to verification of the ZKP by the self-executing code segment, a confirmation confirming a representation of the combined asset on the DLN by a third token associated with the root node of the third hierarchical tree structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Chaitanya Reddy Konda, Duncan James Westland, Paul Richard Brody
  • Patent number: 10932784
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgical devices and surgical reloads, and to surgical systems including handheld electromechanical surgical devices and adapter assemblies for connecting surgical reloads to the handheld electromechanical surgical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Patrick Mozdzierz, Ramiro Cabrera, Joseph Eisinger, Scott Firth, John Hryb, Stephen Paul, Paul Richard, Anthony Sgroi, Jr., David Valentine, Justin Williams
  • Patent number: 10920131
    Abstract: A weighted acid composition comprising an acid, a brine, and an amino acid and associated methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMAPNY
    Inventors: Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Jonathan Joseph Brege, Paul Richard Weider, Allen Dale Gabrysch, Andrew James Murphy, Lorna Beatriz Ortiz-Soto, Ryan Matthew Van Zanten
  • Publication number: 20210042096
    Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for providing IaC templates in a cloud environment are provided. A processor creates a plurality of IaC templates. Each of the plurality of IaC templates includes instructions to build at least a portion of an infrastructure. The plurality of IaC templates is stored in a central repository. The processor collects one or more of the plurality of the created IaC templates from the central repository in order to build a desired infrastructure package. The processor also executes at least one of updating, removing, upgrading, downgrading, and verifying the infrastructure package in the central repository. Each of the plurality of IaC templates also includes metadata identifying at least one of a package, installation instructions of the package, at least one dependency of the package, a version of the package, and a size of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: James P. White, III, Neil Aitken, Esa Laine, Paul Richard Mcdowell, Roy M. Mpanju, Trupti Anant Gaikwad, Nick Suttle
  • Publication number: 20210038819
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module for recording information of a drug delivery device, the electronic module comprising at least one connector, wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of the drug delivery device and wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of a computer. Furthermore, the invention relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a port for connecting to the connector of the electronic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Samuel Steel, Paul Richard Draper, Joseph Butler, George Cave, David Richard Mercer
  • Publication number: 20210037535
    Abstract: A communication system for communication between one or more terminal units includes: a communication manager that is configured to define and manage one or more adjustable communication links for efficient bandwidth utilization, wherein the one or more communication links are adjustable by the communication manager adjusting the bandwidth of each of the one or more communication links, the frequency bands utilized by each of the one or more communication links, and the latency for each of the one or more communication links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Richard STEPHENS, Fraser Murray EDWARDS, Montague Fraser BARLOW, Adam Nikolai GREEN, David SHARP
  • Publication number: 20210031185
    Abstract: A method of operating a microfluidic device may include activating a fluid ejection actuator to eject an amount of fluid from a fluid ejection chamber through a nozzle, and activating a pump located within a micro-fluidic channel fluidically coupled to the fluid ejection actuator during a fluid ejection event to create a positive net flow from the pump to the fluid ejection chamber. The fluid ejection event may include a plurality of ejections of fluid from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Govyadinov, Chantelle Domingue, Paul A. Richards, Tommy D. Deskins
  • Patent number: 10907197
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHDI Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Christopher John Brown, Michael Edward Prime, Derek Alexander Weddell, Daryl Simon Walter, Paul Richard Giles, Ian James Wigginton, Malcolm George Taylor, Sébastien René Gabriel Galan, Peter David Johnson, Thomas Martin Krülle, Inaki Morao, Daniel Clark-Frew
  • Publication number: 20210023853
    Abstract: A fluid ejection system may include a media transport assembly and a printhead assembly having a fluid ejection device opposite the media transport assembly. The fluid ejection device may include a drop ejecting element and a fluid ejection chamber containing the drop ejection element. The fluid ejection chamber has an inlet and an outlet for fluid circulation through the fluid ejection chamber across the drop ejecting element. A particle tolerant architecture is between the inlet and the drop ejecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Nick McGuinness, Lawrence H White, Paul A Richards