Patents by Inventor R. May

R. May 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).

  • Patent number: 12270076
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for identifying a mastitis-causing microbe in a subject. A milk sample is centrifuged to form a microbial pellet, total nucleic acids are extracted from the pellet and a microarray analysis of extracted DNA from which the mastitis-causing microbe is identified from DNA hybridization to mastitis-causing microbe species-specific gene probes. Also provided is a method for diagnosing a bovine mastitis infection in a dairy cow after identifying the bovine mastitis-causing microbe in a raw milk sample from the dairy cow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventors: Michael E. Hogan, Frederick H. Eggers, Melissa R. May
  • Patent number: 12261725
    Abstract: An isolated gate driver includes a first input terminal to receive gate information and one or more input terminals to receive configuration information. A modulation circuit generates a modulated signal having four possible states, each of the four possible states corresponding to a different unique pair of values of the gate information and the configuration information. The modulation circuit represents two of the states using on-off keying (OOK) while the configuration information is at a first value and represents two of the states as a modification to the OOK modulation based on the configuration information being at a second value. The modulated signal is sent over an isolation communication channel coupling a transmitter and receiver of the isolated gate driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles
  • Publication number: 20250092470
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for detecting and discriminating bacteria and fungal species by nucleic acid amplification, then hybridization analysis on a microarray. Primer pairs are used to simultaneously amplify multiple ribosomal Hypervariable regions from the rDNA or rRNA in bacteria and/or fungi as a multiplex amplification reaction, wherein the resulting hypervariable region amplicon mix is analyzed by hybridization to nucleic acid probes that are complementary to unique sequence determinants within those amplified hypervariable regions. The combination of multiplex amplification and microarray hybridization is used for detection and differentiation of specific species within a microbial set relevant to human or animal health or environmental or agricultural analysis, based on simultaneous analysis of the sequence in two or more hypervariable regions, concurrently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: PathogenDx, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Hogan, Frederick H. Eggers, Melissa R. May, Fushi Wen, Kevin O'Brien, Benjamin A. Katchman
  • Publication number: 20250096791
    Abstract: A method for protecting a system including a driver integrated circuit includes receiving a driver input signal. The method includes driving an output signal externally to the driver integrated circuit. The output signal is driven based on the driver input signal and an indication of a delay between receipt of an edge of the driver input signal and arrival of a corresponding edge of the output signal at an output node coupled to a terminal of the driver integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Péter Onódy, Tamás Marozsák, Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Patrick De Bakker
  • Publication number: 20250065159
    Abstract: A safety system for mounting to a tree including a bracket including a mounting portion configured to be positioned against the tree and an extension member including a first end extending from the mounting portion and a second end spaced from the mounting portion, the second end including a safety strap coupling member operable to couple to a safety strap and a securing strap configured to couple to the mounting portion of the bracket and secure the bracket to the tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan R. May, Jason Lee Stettnichs
  • Patent number: 12119811
    Abstract: A method for protecting a system including a driver integrated circuit includes receiving a driver input signal. The method includes driving an output signal externally to the driver integrated circuit. The output signal is driven based on the driver input signal and an indication of a delay between receipt of an edge of the driver input signal and arrival of a corresponding edge of the output signal at an output node coupled to a terminal of the driver integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Péter Onódy, Tamás Marozsák, Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Patrick De Bakker
  • Publication number: 20240291699
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a demodulator to demodulate a signal simultaneously transmitted over an isolation communication channel and obtain gate information and configuration information. The demodulator includes a gate demodulation path and a configuration demodulation path. The received signal oscillates at a first frequency to represent a first state, oscillates at different frequencies to represent a seconds state, oscillates at a third frequency (or third and fourth frequencies), which are lower than the first frequency, to represent a third state, and the received signal is steady state to represent a fourth state. The gate demodulation path detects the first and second states. The configuration demodulation path includes first and second sub-demodulation paths. An envelope detector in the first sub-demodulation path detects the second state and the second sub-demodulation path detects the third state. The configuration demodulation paths uses an output of the gate demodulation path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker
  • Patent number: 12034577
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a demodulator to demodulate a signal simultaneously transmitted over an isolation communication channel and obtain gate information and configuration information. The demodulator includes a gate demodulation path and a configuration demodulation path. The received signal oscillates at a first frequency to represent a first state, oscillates at different frequencies to represent a seconds state, oscillates at a third frequency (or third and fourth frequencies), which are lower than the first frequency, to represent a third state, and the received signal is steady state to represent a fourth state. The gate demodulation path detects the first and second states. The configuration demodulation path includes first and second sub-demodulation paths. An envelope detector in the first sub-demodulation path detects the second state and the second sub-demodulation path detects the third state. The configuration demodulation paths uses an output of the gate demodulation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker
  • Publication number: 20240113924
    Abstract: An isolated gate driver includes a first input terminal to receive gate information and one or more input terminals to receive configuration information. A modulation circuit generates a modulated signal having four possible states, each of the four possible states corresponding to a different unique pair of values of the gate information and the configuration information. The modulation circuit represents two of the states using on-off keying (OOK) while the configuration information is at a first value and represents two of the states as a modification to the OOK modulation based on the configuration information being at a second value. The modulated signal is sent over an isolation communication channel coupling a transmitter and receiver of the isolated gate driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles
  • Patent number: 11888658
    Abstract: An isolated gate driver includes a first input terminal to receive gate information and one or more input terminals to receive configuration information. A modulation circuit generates a modulated signal having four possible states, each of the four possible states corresponding to a different unique pair of values of the gate information and the configuration information. The modulation circuit represents two of the states using on-off keying (OOK) while the configuration information is at a first value and represents two of the states as a modification to the OOK modulation based on the configuration information being at a second value. The modulated signal is sent over an isolation communication channel coupling a transmitter and receiver of the isolated gate driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles
  • Publication number: 20240027628
    Abstract: A system comprises a GNSS receiver that receives a GNSS signal and produces GNSS measurements; a plurality of inertial sensors that produce inertial data; and a navigation system comprising a Kalman filter and an inertial navigation unit. The Kalman filter receives the GNSS measurements and calculates pseudo-range residuals, delta-range residuals, pseudo-range chi square values, delta-range chi square values, accelerometer bias estimates, and gyroscope bias estimates. A spoof detection system communicates with the Kalman filter and comprises a set of detection monitors that determine an integrity of the GNSS measurements. The detection monitors detect if the pseudo-range residuals, the delta-range residuals, the pseudo-range chi-square values, the delta-range chi-square values, the accelerometer bias estimates, or the gyroscope bias estimates, go beyond a fail threshold indicating that the GNSS signal is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth Dagmar Kreichauf, Reed R. May
  • Patent number: 11641197
    Abstract: A method for protecting a system including a driver integrated circuit includes receiving a driver input signal. The method includes driving an output signal externally to the driver integrated circuit. The output signal is driven based on the driver input signal and an indication of a delay between receipt of an edge of the driver input signal and arrival of a corresponding edge of the output signal at an output node coupled to a terminal of the driver integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Péter Onódy, Tamás Marozsák, Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Patrick De Bakker
  • Patent number: 11575305
    Abstract: An isolated gate driver has a first portion in a first voltage domain and a second portion in a second voltage domain. The first and second portions are coupled by an isolation communication channel. The isolated gate driver transmits across the isolation communication channel a serial word containing first drive strength information and simultaneously transmits gate information with the serial word across the isolation communication channel. The gate information indicates a state of a gate signal for a transistor coupled to the second portion of the isolated gate driver. A demodulator circuit demodulates a signal containing the gate information and the drive strength information transmitted across the isolation communication channel in the serial word. A gate signal output circuit coupled to the demodulator circuit supplies the gate signal based on the gate information with a drive strength of the gate signal being based on the drive strength information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Patrick De Bakker, Gabor Marek, Charles Guo Lin, Peter Onody, Tamás Marozsák, András V. Horváth
  • Patent number: 11539559
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a demodulator to demodulate a signal simultaneously transmitted over an isolation communication channel and obtain gate information and configuration information. The demodulator includes a gate demodulation path and a configuration demodulation path. The received signal oscillates at a first frequency to represent a first state, oscillates at different frequencies to represent a seconds state, oscillates at a third frequency (or third and fourth frequencies), which are lower than the first frequency, to represent a third state, and the received signal is steady state to represent a fourth state. The gate demodulation path detects the first and second states. The configuration demodulation path includes first and second sub-demodulation paths. An envelope detector in the first sub-demodulation path detects the second state and the second sub-demodulation path detects the third state. The configuration demodulation paths uses an output of the gate demodulation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker
  • Publication number: 20220352884
    Abstract: A method for protecting a system including a driver integrated circuit includes receiving a driver input signal. The method includes driving an output signal externally to the driver integrated circuit. The output signal is driven based on the driver input signal and an indication of a delay between receipt of an edge of the driver input signal and arrival of a corresponding edge of the output signal at an output node coupled to a terminal of the driver integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Péter Onódy, Tamás Marozsák, Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Patrick De Bakker
  • Patent number: 11375690
    Abstract: A vortex fountain or waterer that incorporates measures to induce swirl in liquid moving toward a drain opening of the fountain to inhibit the accumulation of debris is provided. The fountain may have a bowl including a base surface having a slope that is configured to create a vortex in the liquid flowing toward the drain opening to induce movement of a quantity of water, where the bowl is located above a basin configured to hold the liquid. The fountain may also include a pump outlet jet that can be positioned about the bowl to induce swirl about the bowl. The fountain may also include a drain tube located beneath the drain opening, and an extended guide tube extending downwardly towards the bottom of the basin. When the liquid passes through the drain, drain tube, and guide tube, oxygen is incorporated into the liquid as the liquid reaches the basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Pioneer Pet Products, LLC
    Inventors: David R. Mai, Qing He, Wei Chao, Tao Huang, John M. Lipscomb
  • Publication number: 20220116249
    Abstract: An isolated gate driver includes a first input terminal to receive gate information and one or more input terminals to receive configuration information. A modulation circuit generates a modulated signal having four possible states, each of the four possible states corresponding to a different unique pair of values of the gate information and the configuration information. The modulation circuit represents two of the states using on-off keying (OOK) while the configuration information is at a first value and represents two of the states as a modification to the OOK modulation based on the configuration information being at a second value. The modulated signal is sent over an isolation communication channel coupling a transmitter and receiver of the isolated gate driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles
  • Publication number: 20220116250
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a demodulator to demodulate a signal simultaneously transmitted over an isolation communication channel and obtain gate information and configuration information. The demodulator includes a gate demodulation path and a configuration demodulation path. The received signal oscillates at a first frequency to represent a first state, oscillates at different frequencies to represent a seconds state, oscillates at a third frequency (or third and fourth frequencies), which are lower than the first frequency, to represent a third state, and the received signal is steady state to represent a fourth state. The gate demodulation path detects the first and second states. The configuration demodulation path includes first and second sub-demodulation paths. An envelope detector in the first sub-demodulation path detects the second state and the second sub-demodulation path detects the third state. The configuration demodulation paths uses an output of the gate demodulation path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker
  • Publication number: 20220115941
    Abstract: An isolated gate driver has a first portion in a first voltage domain and a second portion in a second voltage domain. The first and second portions are coupled by an isolation communication channel. The isolated gate driver transmits across the isolation communication channel a serial word containing first drive strength information and simultaneously transmits gate information with the serial word across the isolation communication channel. The gate information indicates a state of a gate signal for a transistor coupled to the second portion of the isolated gate driver. A demodulator circuit demodulates a signal containing the gate information and the drive strength information transmitted across the isolation communication channel in the serial word. A gate signal output circuit coupled to the demodulator circuit supplies the gate signal based on the gate information with a drive strength of the gate signal being based on the drive strength information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Patrick De Bakker, Gabor Marek, Charles Guo Lin, Peter Onody, Tamás Marozsák, András V. Horváth
  • Patent number: D941533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Pioneer Pet Products, LLC
    Inventors: David R. Mai, Qing He, Tao Huang, John M. Lipscomb