Patents by Inventor Paul Fitzgerald
Paul Fitzgerald 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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Patent number: 11969158Abstract: A catheter system includes a catheter, an introducer sheath, and a tubular plug. The catheter comprises an elongate body having an expandable medical device coupled with a distal end thereof. The introducer sheath comprises an elongate body defining a lumen therein. The introducer sheath is disposed over the catheter to form a gap therebetween. The tubular plug comprises an elongate body and extends through the lumen of the introducer sheath. The tubular plug is disposed between the catheter and the introducer sheath to occlude the gap. Further, the tubular plug is releasably fixed relative to the introducer sheath such that the tubular plug is removable from the lumen to allow the expandable medical device to pass therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Paul Muller, Keif Fitzgerald, Ted Su, Michael Butler
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Publication number: 20240087828Abstract: Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches are disclosed. Parallel configurations of back-to-back MEMS switches are disclosed in some embodiments. An isolation connection of constant electrical potential may be made to a midpoint of the back-to-back switches. In some embodiments, a separate MEMS switch is provided as a shunt switch for the main MEMS switch. MEMS switch device configurations having multiple switchable signal paths each coupling a common input electrode to a respective output electrode are also disclosed. The MEMS switch device includes shunt switches each coupling a respective output electrode to a reference potential. The presence of a shunt switch coupled to an output electrode enhances the isolation of the signal path corresponding to that output electrode when the path is open.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Padraig Fitzgerald, Philip James Brennan, Jiawen Bai, Michael James Twohig, Bernard Patrick Stenson, Raymond C. Goggin, Mark Schirmer, Paul Lambkin, Donal P. McAuliffe, David Aherne, Cillian Burke, James Lee Lampen, Sumit Majumder
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Publication number: 20210234316Abstract: A shield includes a cover, a first frame, and a second frame. The first frame is configured to be attached to a first side of a circuit board. The second frame is configured to be attached to a second side of the circuit board. The cover is configured to be attached to the first frame and the second frame such that the cover is configured to overlap a portion of the first side of the circuit board, a portion of the second side of the circuit board, and a portion of a third side of the circuit board. The cover, the first frame, and the second frame are configured to together define a housing. An apparatus includes the shield and the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Keith SIBLEY, Paul FITZGERALD, Luis LOPEZ, Jonathan PRIDGEON, Antonio CALLEGARIS, Andrew SOUTH, Matthew GREGG, Antony BRISTOW, Neil MASON, Andres CASTILLO
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Patent number: 9973543Abstract: Methods and systems for switching between computing devices during an online meeting are described herein. A collaboration server may receive a token from a first computing device connected to an online meeting hosted by the collaboration server. The collaboration server may receive another token from a second computing device and determine whether the received tokens match. If so, the collaboration server may establish an association between the second computing device and the meeting participant attending the online meeting via the first computing device. The collaboration server may accept a request from the second computing device to join the online meeting thus allowing the meeting participant to continue the online meeting from the second computing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: GetGo, Inc.Inventors: Gaurav Chitroda, Paul FitzGerald, Christopher Duncan, Carey Caulfield
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Publication number: 20170207015Abstract: A magnetic circuit (400) comprises a magnetic path which includes at least one magnetic source (102) arranged to generate magnetic flux within the magnetic path. A magnetic flux-concentrating element 402 is magnetically coupled to the magnetic source, and arranged to concentrate magnetic-flux generated by the magnetic source within a volume adjacent to the magnetic flux-concentrating element (402). Some embodiments of the magnetic circuit (400) comprise at least first (102) and second (104) magnetic sources, which may advantageously be arranged to generate magnetic flux in a common direction within the magnetic path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicants: MONASH UNIVERSITY, ALFRED HEALTHInventors: Malin PREMARATNE, Chintha HANDAPANGODA, Paul FITZGERALD, Philip LEWIS, Richard THOMSON
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Publication number: 20170064882Abstract: A shield for a portable electronic device includes a pouch with an opening sized to accommodate the portable device and a flap. The pouch includes shielding material inside the pouch and on the flap. When the flap is closed, the shielding material inside the pouch and the shielding material on the flap together substantially surround the device, thereby substantially preventing RF signals emitted by the device from leaving the shield, and further substantially preventing RF signals impinging on the shield from outside from reaching the device. When the flap is open, the shielding material inside the pouch and the shielding material on the flap leave a gap, thereby allowing RF signals emitted by the device to leave the shield, and further allowing RF signals impinging on the shield from outside to reach the device. The shield further includes a compartment for a charger and one or more power cord adapters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Paul Fitzgerald Davis
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Patent number: 9345178Abstract: A shield for a portable electronic device includes a pouch with an opening sized to accommodate the portable device and a flap. The pouch includes shielding material inside the pouch and on the flap. When the flap is closed, the shielding material inside the pouch and the shielding material on the flap together substantially surround the device, thereby substantially preventing RF signals emitted by the device from leaving the shield, and further substantially preventing RF signals impinging on the shield from outside from reaching the device. When the flap is open, the shielding material inside the pouch and the shielding material on the flap leave a gap, thereby allowing RF signals emitted by the device to leave the shield, and further allowing RF signals impinging on the shield from outside to reach the device. The shield further includes a compartment for a charger and one or more power cord adapters.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Inventor: Paul Fitzgerald Davis
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Publication number: 20160105472Abstract: Methods and systems for switching between computing devices during an online meeting are described herein. A collaboration server may receive a token from a first computing device connected to an online meeting hosted by the collaboration server. The collaboration server may receive another token from a second computing device and determine whether the received tokens match. If so, the collaboration server may establish an association between the second computing device and the meeting participant attending the online meeting via the first computing device. The collaboration server may accept a request from the second computing device to join the online meeting thus allowing the meeting participant to continue the online meeting from the second computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Gaurav Chitroda, Paul FitzGerald, Christopher Duncan, Carey Caulfield
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Patent number: 9249737Abstract: A sensor apparatus and methods for facilitating combustion of a gaseous fuel are provided. The sensor apparatus comprises a combustion apparatus defining a combustion chamber therein. The combustion apparatus is configured to combust a fuel-air mixture within the combustion chamber to produce at least one combustion product. At least one optical diagnostic apparatus is coupled to the combustion apparatus for measuring at least one property of the at least one combustion product within the combustion chamber. A controller is coupled to the at least one optical diagnostic apparatus, and is configured to determine the Wobbe index of the fuel in real-time based on the measured at least one property of the at least one combustion product and pre-determined combustion state data stored within the controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Russell Paul Fitzgerald, Patrick Edward Pastecki, Danielle Marie Kalitan, Gary Lee Leonard
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Patent number: 8931361Abstract: An electric vehicle transmission, the transmission comprising an input shaft arranged to be driven by an electric motor, an output shaft arranged to transfer drive from the input shaft to driving wheels of the vehicle to which the transmission is fitted, a first clutch for engaging/disengaging a first gear ratio of the transmission, a second clutch for engaging/disengaging a second gear ratio of the transmission, and a fluid pump driven in response to rotation of the output shaft, wherein the first clutch is biased to engage said first gear ratio in the absence of pressure from the fluid pump.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: NT Consulting International Pty LimitedInventor: Simon Paul Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20140238032Abstract: A sensor apparatus and methods for facilitating combustion of a gaseous fuel are provided. The sensor apparatus comprises a combustion apparatus defining a combustion chamber therein. The combustion apparatus is configured to combust a fuel-air mixture within the combustion chamber to produce at least one combustion product. At least one optical diagnostic apparatus is coupled to the combustion apparatus for measuring at least one property of the at least one combustion product within the combustion chamber. A controller is coupled to the at least one optical diagnostic apparatus, and is configured to determine the Wobbe index of the fuel in real-time based on the measured at least one property of the at least one combustion product and pre-determined combustion state data stored within the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Russell Paul Fitzgerald, Patrick Edward Pastecki, Danielle Marie Kalitan, Gary Lee Leonard
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Publication number: 20130206470Abstract: A shield for a portable electronic device includes a pouch with an opening sized to accommodate the portable device and a flap. The pouch includes shielding material inside the pouch and on the flap. When the flap is closed, the shielding material inside the pouch and the shielding material on the flap together substantially surround the device, thereby substantially preventing RF signals emitted by the device from leaving the shield, and further substantially preventing RF signals impinging on the shield from outside from reaching the device. When the flap is open, the shielding material inside the pouch and the shielding material on the flap leave a gap, thereby allowing RF signals emitted by the device to leave the shield, and further allowing RF signals impinging on the shield from outside to reach the device. The shield further includes a compartment for a charger and one or more power cord adapters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2013Publication date: August 15, 2013Inventor: Paul Fitzgerald Davis
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Publication number: 20130065729Abstract: An electric vehicle transmission, the transmission comprising an input shaft arranged to be driven by an electric motor, an output shaft arranged to transfer drive from the input shaft to driving wheels of the vehicle to which the transmission is fitted, a first clutch for engaging/disengaging a first gear ratio of the transmission, a second clutch for engaging/disengaging a second gear ratio of the transmission, and a fluid pump driven in response to rotation of the output shaft, wherein the first clutch is biased to engage said first gear ratio in the absence of pressure from the fluid pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: NT CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL PTY LIMITEDInventor: Simon Paul Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 8388489Abstract: A multi-ratio automatic transmission for a vehicle, the transmission having a single planetary gear set, a plurality of friction elements for coupling components of the planetary gear set between an input and an output of the transmission in different configurations so as to achieve a plurality of forward drive ratios, and a control system for selectively engaging/disengaging the friction elements in different combinations to effect selection of the ratios, wherein the friction elements include first and second clutches mounted forward of the planetary gear set, and wherein power flow in each of the forward drive ratios is routed from the input to the planetary gear set through at least one of the first and second clutches.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: NT Consulting International Pty LimitedInventors: Simon Paul Fitzgerald, Richard Terrence Tamba, Darren Lee Firth
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Publication number: 20120228080Abstract: An automotive transmission having a hill hold feature, comprising an input shaft arranged to be driven by an engine, an output shaft arranged to transfer drive from the input shaft to driving wheels of a vehicle to which the transmission is fitted, and a transmission housing within which the input and output shafts rotate, wherein a one-way clutch is coupled to the input shaft and the housing to allow rotation of the input shaft in only one direction relative to the housing, such that when a forward gear of the transmission is engaged the vehicle is prevented from rolling backward.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: NT CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL PTY LIMITEDInventor: Simon Paul Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20110256325Abstract: Coated Glazing comprising a pane of glass having an innermost surface and an outermost surface, and a coating layer (e.g. a titania coating and an underlying fluorine-doped tin oxide coating) on the outermost surface of the pane. The glazing has an emissivity of 0.7 or less and its outermost coated surface is both hydrophilic and photoactive (after any necessary initial activation period) with a water droplet contact angle of 30° or less, the glazing thereby having the capability of reducing or preventing the tendency for condensation to form on its outermost surface and the facility for maintaining the water droplet contact angle at or below 30°. Also disclosed is a method of reducing or preventing the tendency for condensation to form on the outermost surface of a glazing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITEDInventors: Kevin David Sanderson, Troy Darrell Manning, Darren Paul Fitzgerald, Liam Palmer, Guillermo Benito Gutierrez
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Publication number: 20110215998Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for a software configuration for use with distributed tangible user interfaces, in which the software is manipulated via a set of individual actions on individual objects, and in which such individual actions across one or more objects may be combined, simultaneously and/or over time, resulting in compound actions that manipulate the software. These actions and compound actions may be interpreted and acted upon by the software differently depending on its design, configuration, and internal state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Brent Paul FITZGERALD, Jeevan James KALANITHI, David Jeffrey MERRILL
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Publication number: 20100285918Abstract: A multi-ratio automatic transmission for a vehicle, the transmission having a single planetary gear set, a plurality of friction elements for coupling components of the planetary gear set between an input and an output of the transmission in different configurations so as to achieve a plurality of forward drive ratios, and a control system for selectively engaging/disengaging the friction elements in different combinations to effect selection of the ratios, wherein the friction elements include first and second clutches mounted forward of the planetary gear set, and wherein power flow in each of the forward drive ratios is routed from the input to the planetary gear set through at least one of the first and second clutches.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: NT CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL PTY LIMITEDInventors: Simon Paul Fitzgerald, Richard Terrence Tamba, Darren Lee Firth
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Patent number: 7788234Abstract: A restore system may perform a two staged restore operation. The first operation may restore system state and basic operational data to a system sufficient that the system may begin performing a set of basic operations. The second operation may restore secondary data over a period of time while the system is at least partially operational. The system state and basic operational data may be identified and backed up in a separate operation than the secondary data, or may be extracted from a backup volume of the system. The system state restore may be performed by installing a base set of data or applications and injecting specific system state information.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adam DePue, Paul Fitzgerald
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Patent number: D635190Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: SIFTEO, Inc.Inventors: David Jeffrey Merrill, Jeevan James Kalanithi, Brent Paul Fitzgerald