Patents by Inventor Peter Frank
Peter Frank 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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Publication number: 20220072626Abstract: A boring tool has a slider member connected to a cutting insert seat, the slider member is arranged movably inside a tool body of the boring tool along a path extending transversely to a rotation axis of the boring tool for adjusting the distance of the of the cutting insert seat in relation to the rotation axis. A wedge-shaped clamping member is connected to a drive unit and arranged inside the tool body. The wedge-shaped clamping member is in contact with the slider member for clamping the slider member into a locked position, in which locked position, the wedge-shaped clamping member is pre-loaded to passively lock the slider member. The drive unit is controllable such that the wedge-shaped clamping member is actively releasable when adjusting the distance of the cutting insert seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Peter FRANK, Christian LIEBAUG
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Publication number: 20220029344Abstract: An apparatus provides temporary electrical connections to electrically powered devices. Exemplary arrangements include a base housing (01) that includes a socket (02) therein. Such a socket releasably engages electrical plugs to deliver household current, or may include USB ports or other types of sockets that releasably engage electrical connectors. A housing top cover (10) includes a socket access opening (11) that is in corresponding aligned relation with the socket. A rotatable plate (30) is positioned in underlying relation of the housing top cover and is rotatable in operative supported connection with the base housing. The rotatable plate includes at least one plate opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventor: Hans-Peter FRANK
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Publication number: 20210370452Abstract: A machining tool for chip-removing machining includes a tool body and a generator assembly for harvesting electric energy to be used in the tool. At least one first component is secured to the tool body and a second component is movably connected to the tool body so as to, by moving with respect to the first component through interaction therewith, generate electric energy in the first component. The generator assembly includes an arrangement for conducting a medium flow to hit and act upon the second component for moving it with respect to the first component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Peter FRANK, Christian LIEBAUG
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Patent number: 11188857Abstract: A technology is provided for optimizing compute tasks for performing functions in computer environment. Compute tasks and sub-compute tasks that perform a function within computer environment may be monitored. One or more task patterns may be detected based at least in part on the one or more compute tasks. At least one task patterns is identified as an efficient or alternative compute task pattern to perform the function. An automation option is provided to execute the efficient or alternative compute task pattern to perform the function. Each compute task associated with the efficient or alternative compute task pattern may be automatically executed to perform the function upon acceptance of the automation option.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Peter Frank Hill
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Patent number: 11175311Abstract: A high-frequency testing probe is disclosed. The probe includes a layered probe substrate having a first and second PCB, as well as first and second conducting traces disposed on opposite sides of the substrate. The probe substrate has an ungrounded differential region including two probe tips coupled to the traces, a grounded differential region, and a decoupled differential region including two probe connectors coupled to the traces. The probe also includes a ground plane between the two PCBs and between the two traces in the decoupled and grounded differential regions. In the ungrounded differential region, the first and second traces form a first differential transmission pair having a differential impedance. In the grounded differential region, the first and second traces form a second differential transmission pair having the differential impedance. The probe connectors are configured to couple to one of a vector network analyzer and a time domain reflectometer.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SIGNAL MICROWAVE, LLCInventors: William Rosas, Eric Gebhard, Peter Frank
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Patent number: 11176223Abstract: An intermediary system identifies a portion of the library that is used to load a page, generates a hint file based on just the portion of the library that is used to load the page, and retrieves the hint file each time the page is loaded in the future. For example, the intermediary system may determine a portion of the library that is used to load the page when a page is first requested. Once the intermediary system determines the portion of the library that is used to load the page, the hint file is generated based on the portion. Each subsequent time that the intermediary system receives a request to load the same page, the intermediary system may retrieve the hint file to determine how to load the page.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Peter Frank Hill
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Publication number: 20210276260Abstract: A varying a composition of build material used for a three dimensional (3D) part formed by a 3D printer are disclosed. In a system provided, a number of vessels for build material are included, wherein each vessel includes a feeder coupled to a conveying system. The conveying system conveys and blends build material from the vessels. A controller is configured to adjust a composition of the build material by adjusting an amount of material added from each of the vessels by controlling the feeder on each of the vessels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: David R. Otis, JR., Kevin E. Swier, Adam Peter Franks
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Patent number: 11084102Abstract: A metal cutting tool includes a main tool body and a slider element received at least partially in the main tool body and arranged movably relative. The slider element has a cutting edge or supports a cutting insert having a cutting edge. An internal coolant supply is arranged to supply coolant from the main tool body to the cutting edge and has a coolant channel running within the main tool body and within the slider element. The main tool body, or a transfer element that has the coolant channel being part of the internal coolant supply and connected with the main tool body, includes a first sealing surface on which an outlet of the coolant channel of the main tool body is arranged. The slider element, or the transfer element, includes a second sealing surface on which an inlet of the coolant channel of the slider element is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventor: Peter Frank
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Patent number: 11017447Abstract: A system is configured to receive a network resource request from a user device configured with a browsing application, wherein the request includes identification data associated with the user device. The system transmits, to a network resource provider, a request for the network resource, wherein the request transmitted to the network resource provider excludes identification data included in the request received from the user device. The system receives from the network resource provider a response, including a document comprising a field configured to receive payment information for an item purchase. The system receives from the browsing application an indication that an anonymous payment instrument, associated with a first entity different than the user, is to be used to purchase a first item at a first price. The system causes information regarding the anonymous payment instrument to be provided to the network resource provider.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Leon Robert Warman, Kurt Kufeld, Peter Sven Vosshall, Kyle Bradley Peterson, Peter Frank Hill, Chelsea Celest Krueger, Arun Sundaram
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Patent number: 10994709Abstract: A system for providing driverless operation of a utility vehicle in a limited area, including: a control module to output a valid autonomous control signal to an electropneumatic parking brake system and to control the utility vehicle in a driverless manner, wherein the utility vehicle allows an autonomous operating mode and includes the electropneumatic parking brake system which is configured to release the parking brake system when the valid autonomous control signal is present and to initiate automatic emergency braking when no valid autonomous control signal is applied; and a transfer module to transfer control of the utility vehicle from the driver to the control module. Also described are a related method and computer readable medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBHInventors: Huba Nemeth, Peter Frank, Csaba Horvath
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Publication number: 20210081369Abstract: A method and apparatus for replicating a data container of a source storage server at the logical level in an unordered stream of individual data units are described. In certain embodiments, the replication operations can be performed without regard to the differences in geometry of physical persistent storage of the source and destination storage servers and without regard to the differences in data container format of the source and destination storage servers. An initial replication operation of the source data container is performed by transferring the data objects within the source data container to a replica data container in the destination storage server as an unordered stream of individual data units while preserving data object identifiers of the source data objects. Afterwards, incremental replication operations can be performed to capture modifications to the source data container over time after the initial replication operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Bruce Leverett, Michael Kazar, Alan Stuart Driscoll, Peter Frank Corbett, Devang K. Shah, Srishylam Simharajan, Toby Smith
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Publication number: 20210044656Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Santosh Ananth Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Patent number: 10860542Abstract: A method and apparatus for replicating a data container of a source storage server at the logical level in an unordered stream of individual data units are described. In certain embodiments, the replication operations can be performed without regard to the differences in geometry of physical persistent storage of the source and destination storage servers and without regard to the differences in data container format of the source and destination storage servers. An initial replication operation of the source data container is performed by transferring the data objects within the source data container to a replica data container in the destination storage server as an unordered stream of individual data units while preserving data object identifiers of the source data objects. Afterwards, incremental replication operations can be performed to capture modifications to the source data container over time after the initial replication operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: NetApp Inc.Inventors: Bruce Leverett, Michael Kazar, Alan Stuart Driscoll, Peter Frank Corbett, Devang K. Shah, Srishylam Simharajan, Toby Smith
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Patent number: 10862966Abstract: A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: NetApp Inc.Inventors: Santosh Ananth Rao, Geoffrey Stewart Brown, Srikumar Natarajan, Pranab Patnaik, Kai Tan, Peter Frank Corbett, Vivek Venkatesan
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Patent number: 10665917Abstract: A method and system for providing a switchable waveguide are provided. According to some aspects, a switched waveguide has a waveguide structure having a reflector located within the waveguide structure. The switched waveguide also includes a radio frequency (RF) switch configured to connect and disconnect the reflector to the waveguide structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Peter Frank, Joel Hadden, Roland Smith, Jim Wight
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Patent number: 10656787Abstract: A system is disclosed that improves the ability for users to select links and/or other display elements via a touch screen, such as the touch screen of a smartphone, tablet, or other mobile device. The system achieves this effect by adjusting the sizes and/or shapes of the touch targets associated with particular display elements. For example, if a particular link on a web page is determined to be difficult to select via a touch screen (based on monitored user behaviors and/or based on an automated analysis of page content), the touch target associated with the link may be increased in size.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Peter Frank Hill
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Patent number: 10592064Abstract: Approaches enable three-dimensional (3D) display and interaction with interfaces (such as a webpage, an application, etc.) when the device is operating in a 3D view mode. For example, interface elements can be highlighted, emphasized, animated, or otherwise altered in appearance, and/or arrangement in the renderings of those interfaces based at least in part on an orientation of the device or a position of a user using the device. Further, the 3D view mode can provide for an animated 3D departure and appearance of elements as the device navigates from a current page to a new page. Further still, approaches provide for the ability to specify 3D attributes (such as the appearance, action, etc.) of the interface elements. In this way, a developer of such interfaces can use information (e.g., tags, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) to specify a 3D appearance change to be applied to at least one interface element when the 3D view mode is activated.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Charley Ames, Dennis Pilarinos, Peter Frank Hill, Sasha Mikhael Perez, Timothy Thomas Gray
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Patent number: 10571401Abstract: An analytical system and method for periodically monitoring an injection water distribution pipeline for the presence and concentration of formaldehyde or other aldehyde-functional biocide includes pumps, one of which provides a predetermined volume of injection water drawn from the pipeline at a sampling point and another of which provides a predetermined volume of a reagent, preferably a buffered solution of dimedone, from a reagent storage vessel, wherein the injection water and reagent are mixed and then heated in a chamber to a predetermined temperature to promote formation of any reaction products. The heated reaction mixture is passed to a detection cell and exposed to light of predetermined wavelength which, in accordance with the Hantzsch reaction, molecules having an aldehyde functional group that reacted with dimedone produce a fluorescence-emitting reaction product, the intensity of which is measured and compared to data previously obtained from standard aldehyde-containing solutions.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Mohammed A. Al-Moniee, Naim Akmal, Peter Frank Sanders
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Patent number: 10542007Abstract: A method for controlling an operation of an industrial machine that includes authenticating control commands remotely issued by command issuers through a network. The control commands each describe a modifying action to the operation of the industrial machine. The method includes: providing a jump host as a communication buffer between a unit controller of the industrial machine and the network; maintaining within a memory of the jump host whitelisted commands, the whitelisted commands including a list of the approved control commands; receiving, at the jump host, a first control command via the network; determining, at the jump host, whether the first control command is contained within the whitelisted commands; in response to an affirmative determination that the first control command is contained within the whitelisted commands, deeming the first control command as being authenticated; and transmitting the first control command to the unit controller of the industrial machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Oliver Caffrey, Robert Scott Garry, Peter Frank Andrews, Clemens Karl Woeste, Robert Hugh Putman, Gregory Pearson Fry
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Publication number: 20190256061Abstract: A system for providing driverless operation of a utility vehicle in a limited area, including: a control module to output a valid autonomous control signal to an electropneumatic parking brake system and to control the utility vehicle in a driverless manner, wherein the utility vehicle allows an autonomous operating mode and includes the electropneumatic parking brake system which is configured to release the parking brake system when the valid autonomous control signal is present and to initiate automatic emergency braking when no valid autonomous control signal is applied; and a transfer module to transfer control of the utility vehicle from the driver to the control module. Also described are a related method and computer readable medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Huba Nemeth, Peter Frank, Csaba Horvath