Patents by Inventor Richard A. James

Richard A. James 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: 11875297
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generation of dashboard templates for operations management is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes monitoring a user interactions with an editable dashboard user interface when handling issue instances to gather chart selections, wherein a chart is a graphical visualization of one or more parameters of a data source. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying an issue type to chart pairs from the gathered chart selections and, for each pair, generalizing the one or more data source parameters. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying from the gathered chart selections common associations between the issue type and a chart visualization type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Jon Griffin, Matthew Richard James Thornhill, Luke Taher, Keith Jeremy Posner
  • Patent number: 11872344
    Abstract: The present ventilator system, for detecting and treating concurrent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA event(s)) overlap syndrome, comprises a pressure generator for generating a pressurized flow of breathable gas for delivery to an airway of a subject; sensor(s) for generating output signals conveying information related to breathable gas parameters; and processor(s) operatively connected to the sensor(s) and the pressure generator, configured to: detect presence of OSA event(s) and/or expiratory flow limitation (EFL) in the subject based on the output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Romano, Richard James McKenzie, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240011295
    Abstract: An interlockable structural panel with a channel cross-section including a base and first and second side wall forming the sides of the channel, wherein an end of the first side wall distal the base is curved as a first arc directed away from a central portion of the channel and an end of the second side wall is curved as a second arc directed towards the central portion of the channel and wherein a straight section extends from the end of the second arc distal the base. Also methods for forming interlockable structural panels and for forming curved interlockable structural panels for constructions including roofs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Arthur Allen PARSONS, Richard James LUCAS
  • Publication number: 20240001106
    Abstract: An alignment garment for holding an external coil in a predetermined location. The alignment garment may comprise an attachment mechanism for holding the external coil in the predetermined location. The alignment garment may also have a plurality of straps with a first strap in the plurality of straps being secured to the attachment mechanism and a second strap of the plurality of straps being secured to the attachment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen M. Nelson, David J. Peichel, Eric A. Schilling, Nathanael O. Mason, Robert Scadding Moir, Lillian E. Clarke, Ismail Akram, Glenn Le Faou, Richard James Andrews, Jordi Vilanova Hanusaik, Anna Rebecca Louise Wilson, Arron Carmo do Rosario Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 11857747
    Abstract: A dispenser actuator assembly (100) for actuating a dispenser (10) is disclosed. The dispenser (10) is in the form of a glass ampoule assembly (10) having a rupturable glass ampoule (12) containing a flowable material (M). The glass ampoule (12) is contained within an outer container (14) wherein the outer container (14) has a first open end (22) and a second closed end (24). The glass ampoule assembly (10) has an applicator (16) positioned in the first open end (22). The dispenser actuator assembly (100) has a base member (102) configured to mount on the outer container (14). The dispenser actuator assembly (100) also has an actuator assembly (104) operably connected to the base member (102) wherein the actuator assembly (104) has a first actuator arm (132a) and a second actuator arm (132b) each pivotally connected to the base member (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: James Alexander Corporation
    Inventors: James Wittes, Richard James May, Philip Blyskal, David Robinson, Jeffrey Rendano
  • Publication number: 20230414918
    Abstract: Connection systems for injection devices are disclosed. Also disclosed are injection devices and methods of using the same. A connection system includes a first and second connection assembly and a coupling assembly to secure the same. The first connection assembly connects to a medicament container, and the second connection assembly has a needle movable toward the medicament container. Removable flexible barriers are disposed on the first and second connection assemblies and can be removed once the connection assemblies are coupled together to form an aseptic connection between the two assemblies. The needle can be moved toward the medicament container to pierce a septum on the container to form a fluid communication between the container and the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Zachary Wallace, Lawton Edward Laurence, Menaka Abeygunawardena, Aidan Hyde, Andrew Mazzotta, Richard James Brough, Spencer W. Pratt, Nolan P. Walker, Michael J. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20230419803
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for intrusion movement prediction is provided. The embodiment may include receiving environmental sensor data corresponding to a monitored space as captured by a plurality of sensors affixed to an airflow component. The embodiment may also include generating a three-dimensional model of the monitored space using the received environmental data. The method may further include, in response to determining a disturbance is present in the three-dimensional model, performing a security action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Doga Tav, Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Richard James McCarty
  • Patent number: 11851275
    Abstract: A storage system and a load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in the storage system are described. The storage system includes a plurality of rails or tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The grid pattern can include a plurality of grid spaces and each stack is located within a footprint of only a single grid space. The load handling device is configured to move laterally on the rails or tracks above the stacks. The load-handling device includes a container-receiving space located above the rails or tracks in use and a lifting device arranged to lift a container from a stack into the container-receiving space. The load handling device has a footprint that, in use, occupies only a single grid space in the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Lars Sverker Ture Lindbo, Robert Rolf Stadie, Matthew Robert Whelan, Christopher Richard James Brett
  • Publication number: 20230405305
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism securable to a garment for holding an external coil in a predetermined location, the attachment mechanism comprising: a body with a plurality of protrusions, the plurality of protrusions configured to be received within an aperture of the external coil; and an anchoring element configured to be secured to the garment to secure the external coil to the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen M. Nelson, David J. Peichel, Eric A. Schilling, Nathanael O. Mason, Robert Scadding Moir, Lillian E. Clarke, Ismail Akram, Glenn Le Faou, Richard James Andrews, Jordi Vilanova Hanusaik, Anna Rebecca Louise Wilson, Arron Carmo do Rosario Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 11848523
    Abstract: A connector housing assembly comprises a housing defining an accommodation space having a left side wall and a right side wall opposite to each other in a transverse direction of the housing. A partition member is inserted into the accommodation space for dividing the accommodation space into an upper insertion chamber and a lower insertion chamber. A shielding member is installed within the partition member and includes elastic contacts extending from lateral sides of the partition member for pressing on the left and right side walls of the accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongwen Yang, Hongqiang Han, Richard James Long, Alex Michael Sharf
  • Publication number: 20230402799
    Abstract: A receptacle cage includes conductive cage walls forming a cavity defining a module channel configured to receive a pluggable module. The cage walls include an upper wall above the module channel and a lower wall below the module channel. The cage walls include a port at a front of the receptacle cage providing access to the module channel. The receptacle cage includes an upper EMI absorber extending along the upper wall above the module channel and a lower EMI absorber extending along the lower wall below the module channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Richard James Long, Alex Michael Sharf
  • Patent number: 11835302
    Abstract: A method for transferring heat between a first fluid and a second fluid includes providing a tubeless heat exchanger having a tubeless heat exchanger core, the tubeless heat exchanger core having an inner casing and an outer casing disposed around the inner casing, the inner and outer casings defining therebetween a flow passage for a thermal transfer fluid to flow, the tubeless heat exchanger core having a core inlet arranged to receive the first fluid and a core outlet arranged to provide the first fluid, the core inlet and core outlet being fluidically connected to the flow passage, and at least one of the core inlet and core outlet being disposed on the inner casing, wherein each of the outer casing and the inner casing has an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the respective inner surfaces face each other and define therebetween the flow passage for the first fluid to flow from the core inlet to the core outlet and wherein at least a portion of the respective outer surfaces are arranged to be co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: FULTON GROUP N.A., INC., HANGZHOU FULTON THERMAL EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Carl Nicholas Nett, Richard James Snyder, Keith Richard Waltz, Jian Chen, Weiqiang Xu, Yuchen Guo
  • Patent number: 11813439
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medicament injection devices. An injection device includes: a movable dosage programming component comprising a rotary encoder system having a predefined angular periodicity, a sensor arrangement including a first optical sensor configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a medicament, wherein the first optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a first frequency, a second optical sensor configured to detect movement of the rotary encoder system relative to the second optical sensor wherein the second optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on the detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anthony Paul Morris, Ronald Antony Smith, Brian Charles Molyneux, Paul Richard Draper, Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Daniel Edward Clark, David Aubrey Plumptre, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Richard James Thomas, Felix Kramer, Beat Wyss, Philipp Müller
  • Patent number: 11814237
    Abstract: A dispenser actuator assembly (100) for actuating a dispenser (10) has a base member (102) operably connected to an actuator assembly (104). The dispenser (10) is in the form of a glass ampoule assembly (10) having a rupturable glass ampoule (12) containing a flowable material (M). The glass ampoule (12) is contained within an outer container (14). The glass ampoule assembly (10) has an applicator (16) positioned in the outer container (14). The dispenser actuator assembly (100) has the base member (102) that is configured to mount on the outer container (14). The actuator assembly (104) has a first actuator arm (132a) and a second actuator arm (132b) each pivotally connected to the base member (102). The first actuator arm (132a) has a first protrusion (150a) depending therefrom and the second actuator arm (132b) has a second protrusion (150b) depending therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: James Alexander Corporation
    Inventors: Richard James May, Jeffrey Rendano
  • Patent number: 11817200
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for generating personalized food guidance using predicted food responses. Using the technologies described herein, instead of providing food guidance that is generalized for a group of individuals, personalized food guidance is provided that takes into account an individual's personalized responses to foods, such as the individual's glucose and fat responses, the individual's micro biome, the individual's overall health, potential health risks for the individual, and/or other data associated with the individual. Providing an individual with personalized food guidance can make choosing food easier and healthier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Zoe Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Thomas Wolf, Richard James Davies, Elco Bakker
  • Publication number: 20230343196
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for intrusion movement prediction is provided. The embodiment may include receiving environmental sensor data corresponding to a monitored space as captured by a plurality of sensors affixed to an airflow component. The embodiment may also include generating a three-dimensional model of the monitored space using the received environmental data. The method may further include, in response to determining a disturbance is present in the three-dimensional model, performing a security action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Doga Tav, Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Richard James McCarty
  • Publication number: 20230343369
    Abstract: A system and method for editing a multi-camera video are provided. The method may include measuring an amplitude over a time interval for each of a plurality of audio tracks, determining a peak audio amplitude for the time interval among the plurality of audio tracks, assigning a classification to each of one or more cameras, selecting a first camera from the one or more cameras based on the classification assigned to each of the one or more cameras and the amplitude of a plurality of audio track; and generating a video such that the video is cut based on the camera selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Richard James Pfleging
  • Patent number: 11790744
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for intrusion movement prediction is provided. The embodiment may include receiving environmental sensor data corresponding to a monitored space as captured by a plurality of sensors affixed to an airflow component. The embodiment may also include generating a three-dimensional model of the monitored space using the received environmental data. The method may further include, in response to determining a disturbance is present in the three-dimensional model, performing a security action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Doga Tav, Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Richard James McCarty
  • Publication number: 20230325173
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for managing a virtualization environment includes a plurality of host machines, wherein each of the host machines comprises a hypervisor and one or more user virtual machines (user VMs), and a virtual machine controller, one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines. The VFS may be configured to receive a request for storage system information from a user and generate and send a response to the request, wherein the response is customized according to configuration information of the VFS that is specific to the user. The storage system information requested may include a total size of storage available to the user, and the user may have an associated storage quota limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Rashmi Gupta, Richard James Sharpe, Yifeng Huang
  • Patent number: 11779993
    Abstract: A rotary manifold includes a manifold assembly outer body assembly with a generally toroid outer body, a number of manifold assembly outer body assembly bearing assemblies, a number of seals, and a number of fluid couplings. The manifold assembly outer body assembly body defines a number of radial passages. A generally toroid manifold assembly inner body defines a number of right angle passages. The manifold assembly inner body is rotatably disposed within the manifold assembly outer body assembly body. Each manifold assembly inner body passage inlet is discontinuously in fluid communication with the manifold assembly outer body assembly body passage outlets. Each manifold assembly inner body passage outlet is discontinuously in fluid communication with the process shaft assembly body passages inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Richard James Edward Mercer, Ian Kenneth Scholey, Russell Bauer, Seth Daniel Holdmeyer