Patents by Inventor Richard A. Black

Richard A. Black 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: 12165226
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the disclosed technology involves a system having a generator set comprising a first engine and an output terminal coupled to a power distributor, a load comprising two or more sub-loads, wherein each of the sub-loads are coupled to the power distributor via one or more respective electrical contactors, and a controller communicably coupled to the electrical contactors and the generator set comprising a processor, and a memory, the memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor cause operations. The operations may include determining a number of sub-loads available, receiving data representing power generation of the generator set, determining which of the available sub-loads to connect in order to balance the generator set to the load, and controlling the respective electrical contactors of the determined sub-loads so as to provide electricity to the determined sub-loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Nodal Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Richard Black, James Daniel Sechrest, Matthew Paul Jones
  • Publication number: 20240357010
    Abstract: A server system comprising processing devices, disks and a storage fabric, all arranged to operate according to a storage fabric protocol in order to communicate between the processing devices and the storage devices over the storage fabric, wherein the storage fabric is settable with a mapping determining which of the processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices in providing said services to the client systems. The system comprises a control function arranged to dynamically adapt the mapping in response to either: (i) failure or other downtime of one of the processing devices, storage devices, a component of the storage fabric or a connection in the storage fabric; or (ii) a current demand for the services from the client systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Hugh WILLIAMS, Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Richard BLACK, Austin DONNELLY, Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Aaron OGUS, Douglas PHILLIPS
  • Publication number: 20240354532
    Abstract: A transparent substrate that encodes data therein having optically readable identification indicia corresponding to identifying information regarding the substrate. The optically readable identification indicia may be readable from the transparent substrate by altering the reflectivity of the transparent substrate in indicia portions that may be read by a scanner or reader (e.g., a barcode reader). The optically readable identification indicia may be provided on a common surface with a data zone in which data is encoded in the transparent substrate. Alternatively or additionally, the optically readable identification indicia may be provided on another, different surface than the surface on which the data is encoded in a data zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason David ADRIAN, Richard BLACK, Austin Nicholas DONNELLY, David LARA SAUCEDO, Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Hugh WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 12063273
    Abstract: A server system comprising processing devices, disks and a storage fabric, all arranged to operate according to a storage fabric protocol in order to communicate between the processing devices and the storage devices over the storage fabric, wherein the storage fabric is settable with a mapping determining which of the processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices in providing said services to the client systems. The system comprises a control function arranged to dynamically adapt the mapping in response to either: (i) failure or other downtime of one of the processing devices, storage devices, a component of the storage fabric or a connection in the storage fabric; or (ii) a current demand for the services from the client systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Hugh Williams, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Richard Black, Austin Donnelly, Serguei Anatolievitch Legtchenko, Aaron Ogus, Douglas Phillips
  • Patent number: 12056568
    Abstract: A transparent substrate that encodes data therein having optically readable identification indicia corresponding to identifying information regarding the substrate. The optically readable identification indicia may be readable from the transparent substrate by altering the reflectivity of the transparent substrate in indicia portions that may be read by a scanner or reader (e.g., a barcode reader). The optically readable identification indicia may be provided on a common surface with a data zone in which data is encoded in the transparent substrate. Alternatively or additionally, the optically readable identification indicia may be provided on another, different surface than the surface on which the data is encoded in a data zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason David Adrian, Richard Black, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, David Lara Saucedo, Serguei Anatolievitch Legtchenko, Hugh Williams
  • Patent number: 11972498
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the disclosed technology involves a system having a generator set comprising a first engine and an output terminal coupled to a power distributor, a load comprising two or more sub-loads, wherein each of the sub-loads are coupled to the power distributor via one or more respective electrical contactors, and a controller communicably coupled to the electrical contactors and the generator set comprising a processor, and a memory, the memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor cause operations. The operations may include determining a number of sub-loads available, receiving data representing power generation of the generator set, determining which of the available sub-loads to connect in order to balance the generator set to the load, and controlling the respective electrical contactors of the determined sub-loads so as to provide electricity to the determined sub-loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Nodal Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Richard Black, James Daniel Sechrest, Matthew Paul Jones
  • Publication number: 20220366166
    Abstract: A transparent substrate that encodes data therein having optically readable identification indicia corresponding to identifying information regarding the substrate. The optically readable identification indicia may be readable from the transparent substrate by altering the reflectivity of the transparent substrate in indicia portions that may be read by a scanner or reader (e.g., a barcode reader). The optically readable identification indicia may be provided on a common surface with a data zone in which data is encoded in the transparent substrate. Alternatively or additionally, the optically readable identification indicia may be provided on another, different surface than the surface on which the data is encoded in a data zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason David ADRIAN, Richard BLACK, Austin Nicholas DONNELLY, David LARA SAUCEDO, Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Hugh WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 11443129
    Abstract: A transparent substrate that encodes data therein having optically readable identification indicia corresponding to identifying information regarding the substrate. The optically readable identification indicia may be readable from the transparent substrate by altering the reflectivity of the transparent substrate in indicia portions that may be read by a scanner or reader (e.g., a barcode reader). The optically readable identification indicia may be provided on a common surface with a data zone in which data is encoded in the transparent substrate. Alternatively or additionally, the optically readable identification indicia may be provided on another, different surface than the surface on which the data is encoded in a data zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason David Adrian, Richard Black, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, David Lara Saucedo, Serguei Anatolievitch Legtchenko, Hugh Williams
  • Patent number: 11232006
    Abstract: A server system comprising storage devices, processing devices and a storage fabric all operating according to a storage fabric protocol. The storage fabric comprises a plurality of individual switches having a modular design from which an overall switch is built, and the individual switches have individual respective configuration settings which determine which processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices. The system comprises an API enabling a software control function to configure the overall switch. The API is operable to receive from the control function an overall mapping of the storage devices to the processing devices instead of requiring the individual configuration settings of each of the individual switches to be specified by the control function, the API being configured to convert the overall mapping into the individual configuration settings of the individual switches to produce the overall mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Serguei Anatolievitch Legtchenko, Mark Shaw, Austin Donnelly, Hugh Williams, Richard Black, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Aaron Ogus, Douglas Phillips
  • Publication number: 20210139391
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides petrochemical processing methods and systems, including ethylene conversion processes and systems, for the production of higher hydrocarbon compositions, for example liquid hydrocarbon compounds, with reduced amount of unsaturated hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Raed Hasan Abudawoud, Anthony Crisci, David C. Grauer, William Michalak, Greg Nyce, Tim A. Rappold, Aihua Zhang, Richard Black, Peter Czerpak, Bipinkumar Patel, Guido Radaelli
  • Patent number: 11001542
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for producing an olefin, such as ethylene and propylene. A method for producing an olefin can comprise injecting an oxidizing agent and methane into an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) reactor to generate ethylene. The methane and/or additional feedstocks for the OCM reactor can be derived from a thermal cracking or fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) process. The ethylene generated in the OCM reactor can be converted to propylene through a dimerization unit and metathesis unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Lummus Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jarod McCormick, Guido Radaelli, Humera Abdul Rafique, James Hidajat, Srinivas R. Vuddagiri, Joshua Ryan Miles, Richard Black
  • Publication number: 20210124889
    Abstract: A transparent substrate that encodes data therein having optically readable identification indicia corresponding to identifying information regarding the substrate. The optically readable identification indicia may be readable from the transparent substrate by altering the reflectivity of the transparent substrate in indicia portions that may be read by a scanner or reader (e.g., a barcode reader). The optically readable identification indicia may be provided on a common surface with a data zone in which data is encoded in the transparent substrate. Alternatively or additionally, the optically readable identification indicia may be provided on another, different surface than the surface on which the data is encoded in a data zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jason David ADRIAN, Richard Black, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, David Lara Saucedo, Serguei Anatolievitch Legtchenko, Hugh Williams
  • Publication number: 20210096968
    Abstract: A server system comprising storage devices, processing devices and a storage fabric all operating according to a storage fabric protocol. The storage fabric comprises a plurality of individual switches having a modular design from which an overall switch is built, and the individual switches have individual respective configuration settings which determine which processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices. The system comprises an API enabling a software control function to configure the overall switch. The API is operable to receive from the control function an overall mapping of the storage devices to the processing devices instead of requiring the individual configuration settings of each of the individual switches to be specified by the control function, the API being configured to convert the overall mapping into the individual configuration settings of the individual switches to produce the overall mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Mark SHAW, Austin DONNELLY, Hugh WILLIAMS, Richard BLACK, Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Aaron OGUS, Douglas PHILLIPS
  • Publication number: 20210052447
    Abstract: There is disclosed apparatus (100) for weighing a person with reduced mobility, the apparatus (100) comprising: a seat portion (102); scales (104) for weighing the person when sitting on the seat portion; and a lifting mechanism (106) to assist the person in standing up from the seat portion (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Black, Mark Coates, Tim Flood, Beth Sanderson, Richard Hall
  • Patent number: 10809926
    Abstract: A server system comprising storage devices, processing devices and a storage fabric all operating according to a storage fabric protocol. The storage fabric comprises a plurality of individual switches having a modular design from which an overall switch is built, and the individual switches have individual respective configuration settings which determine which processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices. The system comprises an API enabling a software control function to configure the overall switch. The API is operable to receive from the control function an overall mapping of the storage devices to the processing devices instead of requiring the individual configuration settings of each of the individual switches to be specified by the control function, the API being configured to convert the overall mapping into the individual configuration settings of the individual switches to produce the overall mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Serguei Anatolievitch Legtchenko, Mark Shaw, Austin Donnelly, Hugh Williams, Richard Black, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Aaron Ogus, Douglas Phillips
  • Publication number: 20200231519
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides petrochemical processing methods and systems, including ethylene conversion processes and systems, for the production of higher hydrocarbon compositions, for example liquid hydrocarbon compounds, with reduced amount of unsaturated hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Raed Hasan Abudawoud, Anthony Crisci, David C. Grauer, William Michalak, Greg Nyce, Tim A. Rappold, Aihua Zhang, Richard Black, Peter Czerpak, Bipinkumar Patel, Guido Radaelli
  • Publication number: 20190245922
    Abstract: A server system comprising storage devices, processing devices and a storage fabric all operating according to a storage fabric protocol. The storage fabric comprises a plurality of individual switches having a modular design from which an overall switch is built, and the individual switches have individual respective configuration settings which determine which processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices. The system comprises an API enabling a software control function to configure the overall switch. The API is operable to receive from the control function an overall mapping of the storage devices to the processing devices instead of requiring the individual configuration settings of each of the individual switches to be specified by the control function, the API being configured to convert the overall mapping into the individual configuration settings of the individual switches to produce the overall mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Mark SHAW, Austin DONNELLY, Hugh WILLIAMS, Richard BLACK, Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Aaron OGUS, Douglas PHILLIPS
  • Publication number: 20190245923
    Abstract: A server system comprising processing devices, disks and a storage fabric, all arranged to operate according to a storage fabric protocol in order to communicate between the processing devices and the storage devices over the storage fabric, wherein the storage fabric is settable with a mapping determining which of the processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices in providing said services to the client systems. The system comprises a control function arranged to dynamically adapt the mapping in response to either: (i) failure or other downtime of one of the processing devices, storage devices, a component of the storage fabric or a connection in the storage fabric; or (ii) a current demand for the services from the client systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Hugh WILLIAMS, Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Richard BLACK, Austin DONNELLY, Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Aaron OGUS, Douglas PHILLIPS
  • Patent number: 10301234
    Abstract: Integrated systems are provided for the production of higher hydrocarbon compositions, for example liquid hydrocarbon compositions, from methane using an oxidative coupling of methane system to convert methane to ethylene, followed by conversion of ethylene to selectable higher hydrocarbon products. Integrated systems and processes are provided that process methane through to these higher hydrocarbon products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SILURIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Nyce, Richard Black, Peter Czerpak, Carlos Faz, Erik Freer, Hatem Harraz, Ajay Madgavkar, Jarod McCormick, William Michalak, Bipinkumar Patel, Guido Radaelli, Tim A. Rappold, Ron Runnebaum, Erik C. Scher, Aihua Zhang, Hassan Taheri, Humera A. Rafique, Joel Cizeron, Jin Ki Hong, Wayne Schammel
  • Publication number: 20190119182
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for producing an olefin, such as ethylene and propylene. A method for producing an olefin can comprise injecting an oxidizing agent and methane into an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) reactor to generate ethylene. The methane and/or additional feedstocks for the OCM reactor can be derived from a thermal cracking or fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) process. The ethylene generated in the OCM reactor can be converted to propylene through a dimerization unit and metathesis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jarod McCormick, Guido Radaelli, Humera Abdul Rafique, James Hidajat, Srinivas R. Vuddagiri, Joshua Ryan Miles, Richard Black