Patents by Inventor Paul Hill

Paul Hill 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).

  • Publication number: 20180081136
    Abstract: Fiber distribution systems, terminals and tap boxes that provide a reconfigurable and expandable system of hardened connections. An aerial terminal may include at least one feeder port and a plurality of distribution ports, each of the at least one feeder port and the plurality of distribution ports being sealable ports configured to receive one of a duct and a connector, where the connector is configured to interface with a drop type cable. The terminal may include an expandable module configured to receive a splitter. The terminal may be configured to receive a fiber through the feeder port and to output a plurality of fibers through the plurality of distribution ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: John Paul Hill, William J. Cruzen
  • Patent number: 9906084
    Abstract: A motor suited for use in a direct drive laundry machine. The described motor has a stator core including an annular ring with an inner diameter between 120 mm and 250 mm, a radial width between 5 mm and 15 mm, and 24 or 27 stator poles projecting outward from the annular ring a distance of between 15 mm and 40 mm. Each stator pole is associated with one of three phase windings. A rotor for the motor has inwardly facing permanent magnet poles whereby the ratio of rotor poles to stator poles is 4:3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Gerald David Duncan, Kerrin Edmund Burnnand, Gregory Paul Hill
  • Publication number: 20180026489
    Abstract: A rotor for a motor comprising a frame having a hub for connecting the rotor to a shaft and a perimeter portion for interacting with a stator of the motor to cause the rotor to rotate about an axis of rotation. The frame comprises legs extending from an outer portion of the frame towards the hub, each leg having an inner end at the hub and an outer end at the outer portion of the frame, the inner ends of a first plurality of legs being spaced from the inner ends of a second plurality of legs in a direction along the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Hill, Russell Joseph Jackson
  • Publication number: 20180011261
    Abstract: Multi-fiber, fiber optic cable assemblies may be configured so that the terminal ends of the cables have pre-assembled back-post assemblies that include pre-assembled ferrules, such as MPO ferrules that meet the requisite tolerances needed for fiber optic transmissions. To protect the pre-assembled components from damage prior to and during installation, pre-assembled components may be enclosed within a protective housing. The housing with pre-assembled components may be of a size smaller than fully assembled connectors so as to be sized to fit through a conduit. The remaining connector housing components for the multi-fiber connectors may be provided separately and may be configured to be attached to the back-post assembly after installation of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: John Paul Hill, Walter E. Power, II, Yuki Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 9852090
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of performing an active polling operation can include: (i) detecting a self-timed operation that is to be executed on a serial memory device; (ii) determining if an active polling mode has been enabled; (iii) determining when the self-timed operation has completed execution on the serial memory device; and (iv) providing a completion indication external to the serial memory device when the self-timed operation has completed execution and the active polling mode is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Adesto Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Hill, Stephen T. Trinh, Dian Wang
  • Publication number: 20170357074
    Abstract: In-line sealed adapter tubes configured to seal non-hardened connectors when connected with hardened connectors such as an outdoor rated connectors. An adapter tube for sealing a non-hardened connector comprises an adapter body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The adapter tube further comprises a first adapter endcap configured to couple to the first end and further configured to receive a hardened connector. The adapter tube further comprises a second adapter endcap configured to couple to the second end and further configured to receive a non-hardened connector for coupling to the hardened connector, such that the non-hardened connector is disposed within the adapter body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: John Paul Hill
  • Patent number: 9824473
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for cross-platform data visualizations using common descriptions. Embodiments of the invention provide mechanisms for simplifying software development and enhanced code reliability. A user interface, along with interactive and dynamic characteristics, can be described (programmatically and/or declaratively) independently of any specific device platform. User interface qualities can be described using a generic scene graph structure with attached behaviors. The generic scene graph can then be used to drive the user interface on any number of different computing platforms using platform specific (e.g., rendering, gesture recognition, etc.) sub-systems. Platform specific sub-systems can vary based on technologies that are used by the platform specific sub-systems. For example, rendering sub-systems can vary based on the technology used to render graphical data, such as, for example, Open GL, XAML, Direct X, Quartz, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Fabian O. Winternitz, Aditya Unnithan, David Paul Hill, Jeffrey A. Davis
  • Patent number: 9816221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine (7) and pump (8) for a washing machine (7). The pump is driven by a brushless DC motor (38). The pump can be controlled to improve the operation of the washing machine. In one aspect the invention comprises a washing machine (7) with a variable speed pump (8) for pumping out wastewater, a controller (50) for controlling the speed of the pump and a sensor (10) for determining the flow-rate of water being pumped from the washing machine, wherein the controller (50) controls the speed of the pump to maintain the flow-rate at a desirable level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan David Harwood, Hugh Griffith Johnson, Geoffrey Alan Lee, Gregory Paul Hill, Anna Kathryn Duncan, Adrian Anthony Sargeant
  • Patent number: 9806581
    Abstract: A rotor for a motor comprising a frame having a hub for connecting the rotor to a shaft and a perimeter portion for interacting with a stator of the motor to cause the rotor to rotate about an axis of rotation. The frame comprises legs extending from an outer portion of the frame towards the hub, each leg having an inner end at the hub and an outer end at the outer portion of the frame, the inner ends of a first plurality of legs being spaced from the inner ends of a second plurality of legs in a direction along the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Hill, Russell Joseph Jackson
  • Patent number: 9772457
    Abstract: Multi-fiber, fiber optic cable assemblies may be configured so that the terminal ends of the cables have pre-assembled back-post assemblies that include pre-assembled ferrules, such as MPO ferrules that meet the requisite tolerances needed for fiber optic transmissions. To protect the pre-assembled components from damage prior to and during installation, pre-assembled components may be enclosed within a protective housing. The housing with pre-assembled components may be of a size smaller than fully assembled connectors so as to be sized to fit through a conduit. The remaining connector housing components for the multi-fiber connectors may be provided separately and may be configured to be attached to the back-post assembly after installation of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Clearfield, Inc.
    Inventors: John Paul Hill, Walter E. Power, II, Yuki Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20170271945
    Abstract: A BLDC motor for driving a cross flow fan in an air-conditioning application has an external rotor and an internal stator. The stator is a salient pole stator with insulated pole teeth and conductor coils. The inner diameter of the stator supports a single bearing. An electronic PCBA for control of the BLDC motor is optionally attached to the stator, all of which is encapsulated in a thermoset resin. The rotor comprises permanent magnet component(s) and a rotor frame. The rotor frame includes a stub axle that engages with the bearing element and features to provide torsional or rotational compliance between the rotor magnets and the fan. A level of compliance is provided between the bearing element and the stator to allow for angular misalignment between the rotational axis of the fan and the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Germann, Gerald David Duncan, Gregory Paul Hill
  • Patent number: 9685840
    Abstract: A BLDC motor for driving a cross flow fan in an air-conditioning application has an external rotor and an internal stator. The stator is a salient pole stator with insulated pole teeth and conductor coils. The inner diameter of the stator supports a single bearing. An electronic PCBA for control of the BLDC motor is optionally attached to the stator, all of which is encapsulated in a thermoset resin. The rotor comprises permanent magnet component(s) and a rotor frame. The rotor frame includes a stub axle that engages with the bearing element and features to provide torsional or rotational compliance between the rotor magnets and the fan. A level of compliance is provided between the bearing element and the stator to allow for angular misalignment between the rotational axis of the fan and the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Germann, Gerald David Duncan, Gregory Paul Hill
  • Publication number: 20170161216
    Abstract: A system can include memory circuits configured to execute memory access operations in response to commands, a serial interface circuit configured to receive commands, including at least a first type command, and a controller circuit configured to generate a command complete acknowledgement that is output at the interface circuit after an operation indicated by the first type command has been completed by the memory circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Paul Hill
  • Publication number: 20170148197
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for cross-platform data visualizations using common descriptions. Embodiments of the invention provide mechanisms for simplifying software development and enhanced code reliability. A user interface, along with interactive and dynamic characteristics, can be described (programmatically and/or declaratively) independently of any specific device platform. User interface qualities can be described using a generic scene graph structure with attached behaviors. The generic scene graph can then be used to drive the user interface on any number of different computing platforms using platform specific (e.g., rendering, gesture recognition, etc.) sub-systems. Platform specific sub-systems can vary based on technologies that are used by the platform specific sub-systems. For example, rendering sub-systems can vary based on the technology used to render graphical data, such as, for example, Open GL, XAML, Direct X, Quartz, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Fabian O. Winternitz, Aditya Unnithan, David Paul Hill, Jeffrey A. Davis
  • Patent number: 9638882
    Abstract: A method includes mounting a spool system at a floor level of a multiple dwelling unit. The floor level has multiple customer units. The spool system includes at least one spool of fiber optic cable. Each end of each fiber optic cable has a spliced-on connector. The method further includes paying out a length of fiber optic cable from the at least one spool to reach a customer unit of the floor level, connecting one of the connectors of the paid-out fiber optic cable to a floor splitter, and connecting the floor splitter to a distribution splitter of the multiple dwelling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Smith, Sandeep Lalgudi Jayaram, John Paul Hill
  • Patent number: 9608876
    Abstract: Embodiments render on a second data processing system, a result derived from a set of data by performing data processing across the first data processing system and a second data processing system. The amount of processing performed by the second data processing system can be dynamically adjusted. The first data processing system receives information indicating an amount of interface characteristics of the first data processing system as compared to interface characteristics of the second data processing system to be presented to a user. Data processing is dynamically allocated between the first data processing system and the second data processing system, based on an amount of interface characteristics of the first data processing system as compared to interface characteristics of the second data processing system to be presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Haroon Ahmed, David Paul Hill, Robert M. Bruckner, Patrick McKay, David G. Campbell
  • Patent number: 9600915
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for cross-platform data visualizations using common descriptions. Embodiments of the invention provide mechanisms for simplifying software development and enhanced code reliability. A user interface, along with interactive and dynamic characteristics, can be described (programmatically and/or declaratively) independently of any specific device platform. User interface qualities can be described using a generic scene graph structure with attached behaviors. The generic scene graph can then be used to drive the user interface on any number of different computing platforms using platform specific (e.g., rendering, gesture recognition, etc.) sub-systems. Platform specific sub-systems can vary based on technologies that are used by the platform specific sub-systems. For example, rendering sub-systems can vary based on the technology used to render graphical data, such as, for example, Open GL, XAML, Direct X, Quartz, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Fabian O. Winternitz, Aditya Unnithan, David Paul Hill, Jeffrey A. Davis
  • Publication number: 20160367593
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel stable, liquid compositions comprising chalcogenides or salts thereof. These compositions may be used for a variety of purposes, including the treatment and prevention of ischemic or hypoxic injury, as well as in the preservation of biological matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin J. Tomaselli, Paul A. Hill, Thomas L. Deckwerth, Edward A., Wintner, Csaba Szabo
  • Publication number: 20160349366
    Abstract: A traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) device is provided. The device includes a radome having an antenna. A chassis is bonded to said radome about a periphery by a skirt layer. A housing is adhesively bonded to the radome, the skirt layer and the chassis. The housing has a substantially flat bottom portion with a wall extended about a periphery, the wall forming a lap joint with the chassis and radome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: John Leslie Paul Hill
  • Publication number: 20160349473
    Abstract: A method includes mounting a spool system at a floor level of a multiple dwelling unit. The floor level has multiple customer units. The spool system includes at least one spool of fiber optic cable. Each end of each fiber optic cable has a spliced-on connector. The method further includes paying out a length of fiber optic cable from the at least one spool to reach a customer unit of the floor level, connecting one of the connectors of the paid-out fiber optic cable to a floor splitter, and connecting the floor splitter to a distribution splitter of the multiple dwelling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Smith, Sandeep Lalgudi Jayaram, John Paul Hill