Patents by Inventor Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas 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: 20230098965
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to metadata operations in a storage system. An example storage system includes a machine-readable storage storing instructions executable by a processor to determine to generate a synthetic full backup based on data stream representations of a plurality of data streams. The instructions are also executable to, in response to a determination to generate the synthetic full backup, create a logical group including the data stream representations. The instructions are also executable to specify a cache resource allocation for the logical group, and generate the synthetic full backup from data stream representations using an amount of a cache resource limited by the cache resource allocation for the logical group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: David Malcolm Falkinder, Richard Phillip Mayo, Peter Thomas Camble
  • Patent number: 11613396
    Abstract: A glass container is provided having a glass tube with a first end and a second end and a glass bottom closing the second end. The glass tube has a longitudinal axis and has, in a direction from the first to the second end, a top region, a junction region, a neck region, a shoulder region, and a body region. The top region is at the first end and has an outer diameter (dt), the neck region has an outer diameter (dn) with dn<dt, the body region extends to the second end and has an outer diameter (db) with db>dt, and the glass tube in the body region has a thickness (lb). The outer contour in a transition area between the top and neck regions is defined by a radius of curvature. The glass containers have a neck squeeze test load of at least 1100 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT PHARMA AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Andreas Langsdorf, Florian Maurer, Peter Thomas, Alexander Humbertjean, Tobias Wetzel, Hanspeter Kummer
  • Publication number: 20230089302
    Abstract: An anti-polish ring for an internal combustion engine is provided. The anti-polish ring includes an axially extending ring portion that is configured to scrape a top portion of a piston in a cylinder liner. The anti-polish ring is configured to accommodate passage of an intake or exhaust valve thereby. The anti-polish ring may include an alignment feature so that the anti-polish ring is inserted in a predetermined orientation in the cylinder. The anti-polish ring may include a heat shield and/or a seating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Owen Summerfield, Craig Daniel Fox, Robert Harries, Jamie Kehoe, Kent H. Clark, John M Antonevich, Reid M. Irish, Scott A. Ragon, Stephen G. Townsend, Peter Thomas Quanz
  • Publication number: 20230065707
    Abstract: Tapered stator designs are engineered in a positive displacement motor (PDM) power section to relieve stator stress concentrations at the lower (downhole) end of the power section in the presence of rotor tilt. A contoured stress relief (i.e. a taper) is provided in the stator to compensate for rotor tilt, where the taper is preferably more aggressive at the lower end of the stator near the bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Cariveau, Timothy Mark Miller, Jing Lu
  • Publication number: 20230067625
    Abstract: A system for a virtual integrated remote assistant is provided. In some implementations, the system performs operations comprising receiving an input for a surgical procedure. The operations further include determining first feedback for the surgical procedure. The operations further include receiving, in response to the first feedback, a user input. The operations further include receiving second feedback from a laser apparatus. The operations further include performing eye tracking verification for a user. The operations further include displaying a graphical display of a virtual assistant. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: AnnMarie Hipsley, Griffin Peter Thomas, James Emmett O'Flanagan
  • Patent number: 11575438
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for encoding information using optical components are described. Information associated with a first optical signal (e.g., an optical pump) is encoded onto the phase of a second optical signal (e.g., an optical probe) using cross phase modulation (XPM) in a non-linear optical medium. The optical signals are multiplexed together into the nonlinear optical medium. The probe experiences a modified index of refraction as it propagates through the medium and thus accumulates a phase change proportional to the intensity of the pump. The disclosed devices can be incorporated into larger components and systems for various applications such as scientific diagnostics, radar, remote sensing, wireless communications, and quantum computing that can benefit from encoding and generation of low noise, high resolution signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Walter Buckley, David Simon Perlmutter, Peter Thomas Setsuda DeVore, Apurva Shantharaj Gowda, Jason Thomas Chou
  • Publication number: 20230019871
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to storing manifest portions in a metadata cache. An example includes receiving, by a storage controller, a read request associated with a first data unit. In response to receiving the read request, the storage controller stores a manifest portion in a metadata cache, the stored manifest portion comprising a plurality of records, the plurality of records including a first record associated with the first data unit. The storage controller determines storage information of the first data unit using pointer information included in the first record of the stored manifest portion, and replaces the pointer information in the first record with the determined storage information of the first data unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Phillip Mayo, David Malcolm Falkinder, Peter Thomas Camble
  • Publication number: 20230011519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing (20) for electrically isolating and mechanically stabilizing a plug-in coil element (10), wherein the plug-in coil element (10) has a coil (13) having a winding body (30), a first coil end (15) and a second coil end (16), as well as a first connecting element (11) for electrically connecting to a connecting element along a plug-in direction (S), and a second connecting element (12) for electrically connecting along the plug-in direction (S), wherein the winding body (30) has a first winding body end (31) and a second winding body end (32), and the first coil end (15) is formed to be spaced from the first winding body end (31), and the second coil end (16) is formed to be spaced from the second winding body end (32), wherein the first connecting element (11) is connected to the first coil end (15), and the second connecting element (12) is connected to the second coil end (16), moreover having protruding from a housing opening (39) to the outside, a sheathing portion (21)
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Haubold, Peter Thomas Krabs, Ying Leibnitz, Bernhard Reul, Hadi Rastegar, Francois Hermange
  • Patent number: 11542944
    Abstract: A rubber compound for use in a stator in a positive displacement motor. The rubber compound includes a fiber reinforcement, wherein fibers in the fiber reinforcement create a grain direction in which “with the grain” is generally orthogonal to “across the grain”. In some embodiments, the rubber compound has a first value for 25% tensile Modulus across the grain and a second value for 25% tensile Modulus with the grain, wherein the first value is at least 10% lower than the second value. In such embodiments, the fiber reinforcement may further include a fiber loading of greater than 5.0 phr of fibers. In such embodiments, the rubber compound may further have a 25% tensile Modulus of greater than 400 psi across the grain and a 50% tensile Modulus of greater than 700 psi across the grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Abaco Drilling Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Cariveau, Robert Bohmer
  • Publication number: 20220407781
    Abstract: A services platform acts as an intermediary between an existing enterprise analytic environment, and one or more underlying cloud service providers. The platform provides enterprise “big data-as-a-service,” by which an enterprise can seamlessly and easily provision new capacity for processing its analytic workload, and migrate data sources (e.g., data warehouse marts, enterprise data warehouses, analytic sandboxes, and the like) to the cloud for processing. The platform provides end-to-end enterprise class manageability of enterprise data assets, from data collection, aggregation, movement, staging and processing, all while providing service levels, security, access and governance. The platform integrates directly but seamlessly into the enterprise analytic stack, and existing analytics applications work as normal. The platform provides a way for the enterprise to translate its workloads into clusters of compute resources that meet its service level requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Pratyush Moghe, Peter Thomas Smith, Craig Steven Harris, Mineharu Takahara, Lovantheran Chetty, Daniel Dietterich
  • Patent number: 11529310
    Abstract: The invention provides a delayed release dosage form and a bolus configured for administration to an animal, wherein the dosage form and the bolus is configured to release a hydrophobic substance to the animal over a period of time. Preferably the hydrophobic substance is a haloform. Also provided is the use of the delayed release dosage form or bolus of the invention to reduce methane production in a ruminant animal. Also provided is the method of manufacturing a bolus of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: RUMINANT BIOTECH CORP LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Lay, Hayden Peter Thomas, Neil Richard Gladden, David Leslie Hayman, Geoffrey Earle Corbett, Prabhat Bhusal
  • Publication number: 20220340311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for the preparation of a packaged food composition, wherein the system comprises a collecting unit, a weighting unit, a mixing unit, a filling unit, transferring units and a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: JURGEN SEEFRIED, JOHANNES PETER THOMA, ROBERTO LEAL, LLUIS GUITERAS MOMBIOLA
  • Publication number: 20220337317
    Abstract: Devices, methods for analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that perform high-dynamic range measurements based on optical techniques are disclosed. In one example aspect, an optical encoder includes a polarization rotator configured to receive a train of optical pulses, and an electro-optic (EO) modulator coupled to an output of the polarization rotator. The EO modulator is configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and to produce a phase modulated signal in accordance with the RF signal. The optical encoder also includes a polarizing beam splitter coupled to the output of the EO modulator; and an optical hybrid configured to receive two optical signals from the polarizing beam splitter and to produce four optical outputs that are each phase shifted with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Setsuda DeVore, Apurva Shantharaj Gowda, David Simon Perlmutter, Alexander Thomas Wargo, Jason Thomas Chou
  • Publication number: 20220320955
    Abstract: The invention is a motor/generator that includes a motor/generator housing that encloses a rotor assembly, which rotates a shaft, and a stator assembly that remains stationary, and where the motor/generator is inside a vacuum chamber, which, during normal operation, is evacuated of gas and operates at a lower air pressure than atomospheric air pressure, and a cylindrical vacuum barrier between the rotor assembly and the stator assembly that together with the motor generator housing partitions the motor/generator into an interior rotor volume and an exterior stator volume, enabling the rotor volume and stator volume to operate at different atmospheric pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Amber Kinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Holloway, Peter Thomas Tennessen
  • Publication number: 20220312792
    Abstract: A system, method, or apparatus for controlling the ignition of a volatile organic compound cloud. The system can include a laser source configured to emit one or more laser beams, one or more fume cells, and a conveyor carrying one or more confectionery products. The system is configured to etch the one or more confectionery products using the one or more laser beams. The etching creates a volatile organic compound cloud above the one or more confectionery products. The system is also configured to control one or more factors of the system, where the one or more factors include at least one of laser power, laser wavelength, geometry of laser beam, etch geometry, or fume extraction air flow. The system is further configured to ignite the volatile organic compound cloud based on the controlled one or more factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Thomas KASHULINES, Alex A. HANNA, Rich A. DIPAOLO, Ron STEINHART
  • Patent number: 11461240
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to storing manifest portions in a metadata cache. An example includes receiving, by a storage controller, a read request associated with a first data unit. In response to receiving the read request, the storage controller stores a manifest portion in a metadata cache, the stored manifest portion comprising a plurality of records, the plurality of records including a first record associated with the first data unit. The storage controller determines storage information of the first data unit using pointer information included in the first record of the stored manifest portion, and replaces the pointer information in the first record with the determined storage information of the first data unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Richard Phillip Mayo, David Malcolm Falkinder, Peter Thomas Camble
  • Patent number: 11444690
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for providing accurate measurements of timing errors using optical techniques are described. An example timing measurement device includes an optical hybrid that receives two optical pulse trains and produces two or more phase shifted optical outputs. The timing measurement device further includes two or more optical filters that receive the outputs of the optical hybrid to produce multiple pulse signals with distinctive frequency bands. The device also includes one or more photodetectors and analog-to-digital converters to receive to produce electrical signals in the digital domain corresponding to the optical outputs of the hybrid. A timing error associated with the optical pulse trains can be determined using the electrical signals in digital domain based on a computed phase difference between a first frequency band signal and a second frequency band signal and a computed frequency difference between the first frequency band signal and the second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Setsuda DeVore, Apurva Shantharaj Gowda, David Simon Perlmutter, Joshua Linne Olson, Jason Thomas Chou
  • Patent number: 11435211
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus is provided for measuring within a region of a conduit for guiding a flow. The apparatus includes a transducer arrangement disposed at least partially around an external surface of a wall of the conduit and having one or more driver elements for exciting in operation a helical acoustic wave propagation within the wall of the conduit for leaking acoustical energy from the helical acoustic wave propagation over an extensive area of the wall of the conduit for stimulating waves in chordal paths within the flow, wherein the waves in the choral paths within the flow reenter the wall of the conduit to propagate further as a guided helical wave. The transducer arrangement includes one or more sensors for receiving a re-entered portion of the acoustic wave propagation along the paths within the flow which interacts with the flow and includes information characterizing properties of the flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: XSENS AS
    Inventors: Remi Andre Kippersund, Magne Kjetil Husebø, Per Lunde, Kjell Eivind Frøysa, Peter Thomas, Kjetil Daae-Lohne, Jon Oddvar Hellevang
  • Publication number: 20220274349
    Abstract: Certain configurations of multilayer assemblies are described. In certain embodiments, the multilayer assembly can include a core layer, a skin layer and one or more depressions in a surface of the multilayer assembly. In other configurations, the multilayer assembly can include a core layer, a skin layer, one or more depressions in a surface of the multilayer assembly and one or more additional layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Peter Thomas Evers, JR.
  • Patent number: 11421533
    Abstract: Tapered stator designs are engineered in a positive displacement motor (PDM) power section to relieve stator stress concentrations at the lower (downhole) end of the power section in the presence of rotor tilt. A contoured stress relief (i.e. a taper) is provided in the stator to compensate for rotor tilt, where the taper is preferably more aggressive at the lower end of the stator near the bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Abaco Drilling Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Cariveau, Timothy Mark Miller, Jing Lu