Patents by Inventor Paul Lucas

Paul Lucas 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: 20240115064
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modular cup holder tray assembly, which can include a tray and at least one handle operably coupled to the tray. The tray can include a base and sidewalls. The base can define a top surface and have more than one cup holder extending therethrough. The sidewalls can be substantially perpendicular to the base. At least two-tray coupling apertures can extend through a first sidewall. At least two-tray coupling protrusions can extend outward from a second sidewall, opposite the first sidewall. The at least two-tray coupling protrusions can be configured to engage the at least two-tray coupling apertures of a second tray. The at least one handle can have a first end removably coupled to a third sidewall and a second end removably coupled to a fourth sidewall, opposite the third sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: John LUCAS, Paul LUCAS
  • Patent number: 11915127
    Abstract: A system includes first, second and third input data sets. The first input data set includes demographic information characterizing a patient. The second and third input data sets characterize a healthcare treatment history of the patient. A neural network includes first, second and third neural subnetworks. The first neural subnetwork is configured to process the first input data set to produce a first output data set. The second neural subnetwork is configured to process the second input data set to produce a second output data set. The third neural subnetwork is configured to process the third input data set to produce a third output data set. An autoencoder layer has an input layer comprising the first, second and third output data sets and is configured to process the first, second and third output data sets to produce a secondary output data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Edifecs, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanaka Prasad Saripalli, Frank Lucas Wolcott, Paul Raymond Dausman, Shailly Saxena, William Lee Clements
  • Patent number: 11500859
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for propagating modifications in flows. In an embodiment, a central system activates a master process (e.g., master flow), including a sub-process (e.g., sub-flow) and a pre-programmed object (e.g., component). The master process is configured to execute a task using the sub-process and pre-programmed object. The central system initializes a variable corresponding to the master process. The central system further identifies a metadata object using the variable. The metadata object defines a runtime configuration of the master process and sub-process. The central system receives a modification to a setting of the metadata object and propagates the modification of setting in the metadata object to the master process and sub-process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Lucas, Derrick Vuong, Jiun Ryu, Elly Yijun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11377953
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device, such as a low-speed, high-torque gerotor motor, is provided with a valve drive shaft that is partially inserted into and engaged with a main drive shaft as the main drive shaft engages a rotating output shaft and engages a rotating and orbiting star member of a positive displacement device. The device is also provided with a drive retainer configured to retain the engagement of the main drive shaft and the valve drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions II Technology A/S
    Inventors: Jay Paul Lucas, Todd Dean Degler
  • Publication number: 20220041981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biomarkers, methods, and compositions for characterizing and isolating multipotent adult stem cells (MASCs) and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Paul LUCAS, Jessica C. BLACK
  • Publication number: 20210141783
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for propagating modifications in flows. In an embodiment, a central system activates a master process (e.g., master flow), including a sub-process (e.g., sub-flow) and a pre-programmed object (e.g., component). The master process is configured to execute a task using the sub-process and pre-programmed object. The central system initializes a variable corresponding to the master process. The central system further identifies a metadata object using the variable. The metadata object defines a runtime configuration of the master process and sub-process. The central system receives a modification to a setting of the metadata object and propagates the modification of setting in the metadata object to the master process and sub-process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Paul LUCAS, Derrick VUONG, Ji Un RYU, Elly Yijun ZHU
  • Patent number: 10982688
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques concerning a fan assembly. The fan assembly may include a fan, having multiple blades to rotate about an axis, and a housing in which the fan is disposed. Additionally, the fan assembly may include an air inlet formed in a wall of the housing that is transverse to the axis. The air inlet may define an orifice and includes multiple air guides that each extend into the housing from a perimeter of the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Bennie D. Hoyt, Paul Lucas, Brian D. Rigg, Elton D. Ray, Joshua O. Loyd
  • Patent number: 10830459
    Abstract: A system includes a coil of an outdoor unit, where tubing forming the coil is configured to circulate a refrigerant therethrough, a fan configured to direct air from within an inner chamber formed by a structure of the coil such that air is in a heat exchange relationship with the refrigerant, a motor located within the inner chamber, where the motor is configured to rotate the fan, a panel coupled to the coil, a fan controller mounted to the panel such that the fan controller is positioned within the inner chamber remote from the fan and the motor, where the fan controller is coupled to the motor, and the fan controller is configured to supply power to the motor to adjust a speed of the fan, and a rain shield disposed over the fan controller and configured to block contaminants from entering a housing of the fan controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Eskew, Jeremiah M. Horn, Nicholas A. Kauffman, Paul Lucas
  • Publication number: 20200270993
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device, such as a low-speed, high-torque gerotor motor, is provided with a valve drive shaft that is partially inserted into and engaged with a main drive shaft as the main drive shaft engages a rotating output shaft and engages a rotating and orbiting star member of a positive displacement device. The device is also provided with a drive retainer configured to retain the engagement of the main drive shaft and the valve drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Jay Paul LUCAS, Todd Dean DEGLER
  • Publication number: 20200240433
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques concerning a fan assembly. The fan assembly may include a fan, having multiple blades to rotate about an axis, and a housing in which the fan is disposed. Additionally, the fan assembly may include an air inlet formed in a wall of the housing that is transverse to the axis. The air inlet may define an orifice and includes multiple air guides that each extend into the housing from a perimeter of the air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Bennie D. Hoyt, Paul Lucas, Brian D. Rigg, Elton D. Ray, Joshua O. Loyd
  • Patent number: 10590771
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device, such as a low-speed, high-torque gerotor motor, is provided with a valve drive shaft that is partially inserted into and engaged with a main drive shaft as the main drive shaft engages a rotating output shaft and engages a rotating and orbiting star member of a positive displacement device. The device is also provided with a drive retainer configured to retain the engagement of the main drive shaft and the valve drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Jay Paul Lucas, Todd Dean Degler
  • Publication number: 20190338244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biomarkers, methods, and compositions for characterizing and isolating multipotent adult stem cells (MASCs) and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Paul LUCAS, Jessica C. Black
  • Patent number: 10458870
    Abstract: A pressure sensor may measure gas or liquid pressure. A chamber may have an inlet that receives the gas or liquid. A flexible diaphragm may be within the chamber that has a surface exposed to the gas or liquid after it flows through the inlet. A pressure sensor system may sense changes in the flexible diaphragm caused by changes in the pressure of the gas or liquid. A pressure-insensitive sensor system may sense changes in the flexible diaphragm that are not caused by changes in the pressure of the gas or liquid. The pressure-insensitive sensor system may be insensitive to changes in the flexible diaphragm caused by changes in the pressure of the gas or liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Gu, Paul Lucas, Stephen F. Bart, Phillip W. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20190172155
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a method for scheduling data transactions in an electronic data transaction system. In some embodiments, the method can include presenting, by a filtering node, a user interface indicating options for rescheduling a data transaction to a later date; receiving, by the filtering node via the user interface, information indicating certain of the options that were user-selected; filtering, by the filtering node, the information to determine the user-selected options for rescheduling the data transaction to the later date; storing, in a transaction database, the user-selected options and the later date; identifying, by the filtering node on the later date, the data transaction in the transaction database; and processing, by the filtering node, the data transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Rama Kalyani T. Akkiraju, John Black, Paul Lucas
  • Patent number: 10160948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pluripotent stem cells, particularly to pluripotent embryonic-like stem cells. The invention further relates to methods of purifying pluripotent embryonic-like stem cells and to compositions, cultures and clones thereof. The present invention also relates to a method of transplanting the pluripotent stem cells of the present invention in a mammalian host, such as human, comprising introducing the stem cells, into the host. The invention further relates to methods of in vivo administration of a protein or gene of interest comprising transfecting a pluripotent stem cell with a construct comprising DNA which encodes a protein of interest and then introducing the stem cell into the host where the protein or gene of interest is expressed. The present also relates to methods of producing mesodermal, endodermal or ectodermal lineage-committed cells by culturing or transplantation of the pluripotent stem cells of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABT HOLDING COMPANY
    Inventors: Henry E. Young, Paul A. Lucas
  • Publication number: 20180266706
    Abstract: A system includes a coil of an outdoor unit, where tubing forming the coil is configured to circulate a refrigerant therethrough, a fan configured to direct air from within an inner chamber formed by a structure of the coil such that air is in a heat exchange relationship with the refrigerant, a motor located within the inner chamber, where the motor is configured to rotate the fan, a panel coupled to the coil, a fan controller mounted to the panel such that the fan controller is positioned within the inner chamber remote from the fan and the motor, where the fan controller is coupled to the motor, and the fan controller is configured to supply power to the motor to adjust a speed of the fan, and a rain shield disposed over the fan controller and configured to block contaminants from entering a housing of the fan controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Robert L. Eskew, Jeremiah M. Horn, Nicholas A. Kauffman, Paul Lucas
  • Patent number: 9976759
    Abstract: A system includes a coil of an outdoor unit, where tubing forming the coil is configured to circulate a refrigerant therethrough, a fan configured to direct air from within an inner chamber formed by a structure of the coil such that air is in a heat exchange relationship with the refrigerant, a motor located within the inner chamber, where the motor is configured to rotate the fan, a panel coupled to the coil, a fan controller mounted to the panel such that the fan controller is positioned within the inner chamber remote from the fan and the motor, where the fan controller is coupled to the motor, and the fan controller is configured to supply power to the motor to adjust a speed of the fan, and a rain shield disposed over the fan controller and configured to block contaminants from entering a housing of the fan controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Eskew, Jeremiah M. Horn, Nicholas A. Kauffman, Paul Lucas
  • Publication number: 20170362938
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device, such as a low-speed, high-torque gerotor motor, is provided with a valve drive shaft that is partially inserted into and engaged with a main drive shaft as the main drive shaft engages a rotating output shaft and engages a rotating and orbiting star member of a positive displacement device. The device is also provided with a drive retainer configured to retain the engagement of the main drive shaft and the valve drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jay Paul LUCAS, Todd Dean DEGLER
  • Publication number: 20170363192
    Abstract: A hydraulic device is provided with a sleeve insert disposed between a driven hub and a stationary housing. The hydraulic device further includes a hydraulic motor to actuate the driven hub through a drive shaft and a coupling mechanism. A sealing element is disposed between the sleeve insert and the stationary housing. The sleeve insert is fixed to the driven hub and disposed between the stationary housing and the driven hub to provide a riding surface on which the sealing element slides as the driven hub rotates relative to the stationary housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jay Paul LUCAS, Trimbak Shridhar ATTARDE, Hrishikesh Narayan THAKUR, Vivek Babulal HIRE
  • Publication number: 20170333595
    Abstract: Provided is the use of polymeric material, particularly, biodegradable polymeric material in treating osteochondral defects in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Paul A. LUCAS, Paul D. MARINO