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).
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Patent number: 12270076Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Inventors: Michael E. Hogan, Frederick H. Eggers, Melissa R. May
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Patent number: 12261725Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles
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Publication number: 20250092470Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: PathogenDx, Inc.Inventors: Michael E. Hogan, Frederick H. Eggers, Melissa R. May, Fushi Wen, Kevin O'Brien, Benjamin A. Katchman
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Publication number: 20250096791Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Péter Onódy, Tamás Marozsák, Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Patrick De Bakker
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Publication number: 20250065159Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Jonathan R. May, Jason Lee Stettnichs
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Patent number: 12119811Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Péter Onódy, Tamás Marozsák, Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Patrick De Bakker
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Publication number: 20240291699Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker
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Patent number: 12034577Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker
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Publication number: 20240113924Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles
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Patent number: 11888658Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles
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Publication number: 20240027628Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ruth Dagmar Kreichauf, Reed R. May
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Patent number: 11641197Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Péter Onódy, Tamás Marozsák, Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Patrick De Bakker
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Patent number: 11575305Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11539559Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker
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Publication number: 20220352884Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Péter Onódy, Tamás Marozsák, Michael R. May, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles, Patrick De Bakker
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Patent number: 11375690Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Pioneer Pet Products, LLCInventors: David R. Mai, Qing He, Wei Chao, Tao Huang, John M. Lipscomb
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Publication number: 20220116249Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker, Fernando Naim Lavalle Aviles
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Publication number: 20220116250Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Carlos Jesus Briseno-Vidrios, Michael R. May, Patrick De Bakker
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Publication number: 20220115941Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: 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
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Patent number: D941533Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Pioneer Pet Products, LLCInventors: David R. Mai, Qing He, Tao Huang, John M. Lipscomb