Patents by Inventor Peter A. Jones

Peter A. Jones 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).

  • INDUCTIVE SENSOR DEVICE FOR USE WITH A DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180087928
    Abstract: An inductive sensor device includes a scale unit (24) containing field elements (26) that cooperate with a transmit circuit (32) to create a field pattern (S(x)) in measuring direction (M). A sensor unit (25) contains at least one receive circuit (34) with at least one receive coil (35), respectively. The sensor unit (25) and the scale unit (24) can move relatively in measuring direction (M). The coil loops (37) of the at least one receive coil (35) and/or the scale loops (28) of the scale elements (26) are separated into a loop front (56) and a loop back (57), each containing a sectional portion that runs alternately with regard to the height direction. The alternating run can be obtained by combining linear and/or curved portions so that a meandering, zigzag, sinusoidal, or another arbitrary alternating run can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Ross Peter Jones
  • Inductive sensor device for use with a distance measurement device
    Patent number: 9927261
    Abstract: An inductive sensor device includes a scale unit (24) containing field elements (26) that cooperate with a transmit circuit (32) to create a field pattern (S(x)) in measuring direction (M). A sensor unit (25) contains at least one receive circuit (34) with at least one receive coil (35), respectively. The sensor unit (25) and the scale unit (24) can move relatively in measuring direction (M). The coil loops (37) of the at least one receive coil (35) and/or the scale loops (28) of the scale elements (26) are separated into a loop front (56) and a loop back (57), each containing a sectional portion that runs alternately with regard to the height direction. The alternating run can be obtained by combining linear and/or curved portions so that a meandering, zigzag, sinusoidal, or another arbitrary alternating run can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAGENTIA LTD.
    Inventor: Ross Peter Jones
  • ABATEMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180015413
    Abstract: Provided is an abatement device that reduces an amount of drainage of circulating water. The abatement device lowers an average drainage flow of circulating water to a low flow, when a ratio of a concentration of silicon dioxide within the circulating water and a concentration of hydrogen fluoride within the circulating water is greater than or equal to a predetermined value at which hydrofluorosilicic acid can be produced, and raises the average drainage flow of the circulating water to a high flow higher than the low flow, when the ratio of the concentration of silicon dioxide within the circulating water and the concentration of hydrogen fluoride within the circulating water is less than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiki Yamada, Alexander Michael Pope, Alistair Bennett, Steven Barlow, Christopher Peter Jones
  • Method and apparatus for cartridge-based carbonation of beverages
    Patent number: 9867493
    Abstract: Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Bedford Systems LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Novak, Ross Packard, Peter Peterson, Shawn Gulla, Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson, Camilla Schmitt, Mark Joseph Cohen, Ross Peter Jones, Nicolas Alejandro Martinez, Miles William Noel Hember, Fabien Yannick Schmitt, Gary Stacey, Niall Allan Mottram, Neil Lester Campbell, Cormac O'Prey, Wai Ting Chan, Nicholas David Rollings, Charles Frazer Kilby, Christopher Paul Richardson, Thomas Bates Jackson, Scott Grubb, Chris Covey, Barry Dobson, Paul Wilkins, Chris Roach, Peter David Cauwood, Keith Paul Thompson, James Hewitt, Marc Angotti, Ray Carroll, Richard Estabrook, Kevin Hartley, Frank Consoli
  • Methyoxy-Substituted Pyrrolopyridine Modulators of RORC2 and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20180002330
    Abstract: The present invention provides methoxy-substituted pyrrolopyridines, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of modulating ROR? activity and/or reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and methods of treating various medical disorders using such pyrrolopyridines and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Schnute, Andrew Christopher Flick, Peter Jones, Neelu Kaila, Scot Richard Mente, John David Trzupek, Michael L. Vazquez, Goran Mattias Wennerstal, Li Xing, Edouard Zamaratski, Liying Zhang, Rayomand J. Unwalla
  • Beverage formation apparatus and method using vibratory energy
    Patent number: 9833102
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for forming beverages using a beverage cartridge and sonic energy. A cartridge may include a sonic receiver, such as a feature that extends into an interior space of the cartridge and is arranged to receive a sonic emitter that introduces sonic energy into the interior space. The sonic receiver may be excited by sonic energy, which causes the sonic receiver to itself introduce sonic energy into the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Peterson, Ross Peter Jones, Miles William Noel Hember, Javier Gonzalez-Zugasti
  • Methods and kits for genome-wide methylation of GpC sites and genome-wide determination of chromatin structure
    Patent number: 9797002
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and kits for genome-wide methylation of GpC sites and for genome-wide chromatin structural determination. Specifically, the methods and kits of the present invention make possible the simultaneous determination of endogenous DNA methylation state and chromatin architecture across the entire genome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Theresa K. Kelly, Gangning Liang, Peter A. Jones
  • LOW LATENCY DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SERVICE
    Publication number: 20170277713
    Abstract: A low latency metadata subsystem for file systems in low latency (LL) mode in a distributed file storage service (DFSS). An LL server (LLS) may receive metadata requests from an access node of the DFSS. For read operations, the LLS may check a local cache of metadata and, for cache hits, retrieve the metadata from the cache. For cache misses, the metadata may be fetched from the storage subsystem of the DFSS and cached. For write operations, the LLS may write entries into a journal for the file system and notify the access node after the journal entries are committed to the journal; the journal entries are asynchronously committed in the storage subsystem. The access node may communicate with the storage subsystem to perform data reads and writes for the LL file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: JACOB A. STRAUSS, JACOB DAVID LUSZCZ, MICHAEL ROBERT FRASCA, DANIEL NUSSBAUM, PETER JONES, XIAOBIN WU, JOHN MCCLAIN, NEAL JOHN CHARBONNEAU, Wayne William Duso, Mark Allen Fogleman, Edward William Naim
  • FILE SYSTEM MODE SWITCHING IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SERVICE
    Publication number: 20170277715
    Abstract: A distributed file storage services (DFSS) that provides low latency (LL) and high throughput (HT) modes for file systems. A HT metadata subsystem (HTMS) may use a distributed transaction system for data and metadata reads and writes for file systems in HT mode. A LL metadata subsystem (LLMS) may process metadata requests for file systems in LL mode. For metadata read requests, the LLMS may locally cache at least some of the file system metadata. For metadata write requests, the LLMS may write entries to a journal and notify the access node after the entries are committed to the journal. Data reads and writes for file systems in LL mode may be handled similarly to data reads and writes for file systems in HT mode. A file system may be converted from LL to HT mode, or from HT to LL mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob A. STRAUSS, Jocob David LUSZCZ, Peter JONES, Michael Robert FRASCA, Neal John CHARBONNEAU
  • Dialysis system with sample concentration determination device using magnet and radio frequency coil assemblies
    Patent number: 9772386
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a nuclear magnetic resonance device includes a support frame, a first magnet connected to the support frame, a second magnet connected to the support frame in a manner such that the second magnet is disposed within the magnetic field of the first magnet and a magnetic attraction exists between the first magnet and the second magnet, and a spacer disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet. The spacer is configured to maintain a space between the first magnet and the second magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Simon Grover, Mark David Tuckwell
  • RORC2 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170233371
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting ROR? activity and/or reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and methods of treating various medical disorders using such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Schnute, Gõran Mattias Wennerstål, James Robert Blinn, Neelu Kaila, James Richard Kiefer, Jr., Scot Richard Mente, Ravi G. Kurumbail, Marvin Jay Meyers, Atli Thorarensen, Li Xing, Christoph Wolfgang Zapf, Edouard Zamaratski, Andrew Christopher Flick, Peter Jones
  • Methyl- and Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Pyrrolopyridine Modulators of RORC2 and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20170233390
    Abstract: The present invention provides methyl- and trifluoromethyl-substituted pyrrolopyridines, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of modulating ROR? activity and/or reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and methods of treating various medical disorders using such pyrrolopyridines and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: MARK EDWARD SCHNUTE, ANDREW CHRISTOPHER FLICK, PETER JONES, NEELU KAILA, SCOT RICHARD MENTE, JOHN DAVID TRZUPEK, MICHAEL L. VAZQUEZ, GÖRAN MATTIAS WENNERSTÅL, LI XING, EDOUARD ZAMARATSKI, LIYING ZHANG
  • MEDICAL FLUID SENSING AND CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION USING RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND A MAGNETIC FIELD
    Publication number: 20170176558
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes using a medical fluid pump of a medical fluid pumping machine, such as a hemodialysis machine, to deliver medical fluid to a first portion of a cartridge that is positioned within a magnetic field, exciting atoms in the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge by applying radio frequency energy to the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge, receiving radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Fei Wang, Thomas Irvin Folden, Lynn Jensen, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar
  • Methyl- and trifluoromethyl-substituted pyrrolopyridine modulators of RORC2 and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9670201
    Abstract: The present invention provides methyl- and trifluoromethyl-substituted pyrrolopyridines, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of modulating ROR? activity and/or reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and methods of treating various medical disorders using such pyrrolopyridines and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Schnute, Andrew Christopher Flick, Peter Jones, Neelu Kaila, Scot Richard Mente, John David Trzupek, Michael L. Vazquez, Göran Mattias Wennerstål, Li Xing, Edouard Zamaratski, Liying Zhang
  • MEDICAL FLUID SENSING AND CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION IN A FLUID CARTRIDGE WITH MULTIPLE PASSAGEWAYS, USING A RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICE SITUATED WITHIN A MAGNETIC FIELD
    Publication number: 20170153191
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes reading an indicia of a medical fluid cartridge to determine a volume of a fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia, receiving radio frequency energy generated by excited atoms in medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the determined volume of the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia and the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Pranav Chopra, Rupert Menzies, Mark David Tuckwell, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Lynn Jensen, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar
  • System and method for visualizing multiple-sensor subsurface imaging data
    Patent number: 9646415
    Abstract: A user interface includes a display for displaying of a plurality of sensor data sets representative of signals associated with a plurality of sensors configured for sensing of a subsurface. At least some of the sensors are configured for subsurface sensing in a manner differing from other sensors of the plurality of sensors. Each of the sensor data sets comprises sensor data samples each associated with geographic position data. The sensor data sets are shown overlaid within a volume depicted on the display. The graphical representations of the sensor data sets are individually viewable within the volume and displayed in geographical alignment relative to one another within the volume in accordance with the geographic position data of the sensor data samples of each of the sensor data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Underground Imaging Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Hanson, Keith Jerome Sjostrom, Ross Peter Jones, Peter John Kelly
  • Generation of language bindings for libraries using data from compiler generated debug information
    Patent number: 9639375
    Abstract: Described herein is a method and apparatus for generating automatic language bindings. The method includes receiving a request for a first program module in a first language from a second program module in a second language. A binding module is created in the second language in response to the request, where the binding module is generated from debug data of the first program module. The binding module is returned to the second program module. The second program module can then access the functionality of the first program module through use of the functions of the binding module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Jones
  • ENGINE CONFIGURATION HAVING VARIOUS DISPLACEMENTS
    Publication number: 20170101929
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method of varying engine displacement. The method includes determining a change in a stroke distance of the engine required to obtain a pre-determined volumetric change in a displacement of the engine. The method includes machining a top surface of a crankcase so as to remove a height of material from the crankcase. The height is calculated to correspond to the change in the stroke of the engine required to obtain the volumetric change in the displacement of the engine. The method also includes coupling the crankcase to an engine block portion of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventor: John Peter Jones
  • LEAD-LAG DAMPERS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR AN ARTICULATED ROTOR AND METHODS FOR OPERATION
    Publication number: 20170081024
    Abstract: Dampers (100), assemblies, and methods are provided for lead-lag damping for an articulated rotor and includes a lead-lag damper (100) having a first end connector (102) configured to be coupled to a rotor hub (H), a second end connector (104) configured to be coupled to one of a plurality of rotor blades (B), and a body portion (110) coupled to the first end connector (102) and to the second end connector (104). The body portion (110) includes one or more elastomeric material layers (120) arranged in a lengthwise direction between the first end connector (102) and the second end connector (104), with each of the elastomeric material layers (120) having a substantially chevron-shaped profile in a crosswise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Peter JONES, Brian McGILL
  • Medical fluid sensing and concentration determination using radio frequency energy and a magnetic field
    Patent number: 9597439
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes using a medical fluid pump of a medical fluid pumping machine, such as a hemodialysis machine, to deliver medical fluid to a first portion of a cartridge that is positioned within a magnetic field, exciting atoms in the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge by applying radio frequency energy to the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge, receiving radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Fei Wang, Thomas Irvin Folden, Lynn Jensen, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar