Patents by Inventor Richard Hibbs

Richard Hibbs 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: 20240326085
    Abstract: A resiliently deformable member for use in an apparatus for dispensing a viscous material from a container, such as an apparatus consisting of a container for holding the viscous material and a dispensing gun. The resiliently deformable member has a relaxed state and a compressed state. In use, the resiliently deformable member applies a force between the container and the dispensing gun to modulate the flow of the material from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Steady-Flo Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Richard HIBBS
  • Patent number: 12092619
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide methods, mediums, and systems for visualization and advanced data science on information collected in an analytical data system. Embodiments identify correlations and patterns in chromatography metadata around areas of potential user error. Correlations between these data sources may point to compliance risk areas. Metadata from the analytical system may be combined with other data sources and/or analytical data to correlate an analytical outcome with compliance artifacts. Supervised and/or unsupervised machine learning techniques may be used to combine these data source and learn correlations between them and compliance risks. The results of these analyses may be displayed on a dashboard, allowing a user to visualize compliance risks across an entire enterprise or supply chain. Automatic notifications of compliance risks may be generated and presented on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Richard Chapman, Simon Meffan-Main, Tracy Hibbs
  • Publication number: 20240264018
    Abstract: A contact force sensing device may be configured to mate with a port connector having a plurality of conductive contact structures. The contact force sensing device may include a base and a force sensor on the base. The force sensor may be configured to measure a force applied by a first conductive contact structure in the plurality of conductive contact structures using a sensor probe that contacts the first conductive contact structure when the sensor probe is inserted into the port connector. The contact force sensing device may include a mating connector surrogate structure that flanks the sensor probe and is configured to contact at least a second conductive contact structure in the plurality of conductive contact structures when the sensor probe contacts the first conductive contact structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Moe, Youngbae Park, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs
  • Publication number: 20240190670
    Abstract: A method for controlling movement of at least one mover over a transport system is disclosed. The transport system includes (i) a plurality of tiles, wherein each of the plurality of tiles respectively includes at least one actuator for moving the at least one mover over the corresponding tile, and (ii) a control unit configured to actuate the at least one actuator of the corresponding tile to control movement of the at least one mover when the at least one mover is placed over the corresponding tile. The method includes (i) for each of the at least one mover, respectively determining over which of the plurality of tiles the corresponding mover is currently placed during movement of the corresponding mover, and (ii) for each of the at least one mover, respectively controlling movement of the corresponding mover by the control units of the tiles over which the corresponding mover is currently placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: André Akkerman, Richard Hibbs
  • Patent number: 12005473
    Abstract: A resiliently deformable member for use in an apparatus for dispensing a viscous material from a container, such as an apparatus consisting of a container for holding the viscous material and a dispensing gun. The resiliently deformable member has a relaxed state and a compressed state. In use, the resiliently deformable member applies a force between the container and the dispensing gun to modulate the flow of the material from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Steady-Flo Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Richard Hibbs
  • Patent number: 11601734
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network device includes a housing and a set of switch cards within the housing and including a first set of connectors. A set of line cards within the housing includes a second set of connectors. The set of line cards are oriented orthogonally to the set of switch cards. A first set of power supplies and a second set of power supplies are in the housing. A midplane includes a plurality of circuit board assemblies arranged within the housing between the set of line cards and the first and second sets of power supplies to allow air to flow through the set of line cards to the set of switch cards, first set of power supplies, and second set of power supplies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Rose, Daniel Kim, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs
  • Publication number: 20230025092
    Abstract: A resiliently deformable member for use in an apparatus for dispensing a viscous material from a container, such as an apparatus consisting of a container for holding the viscous material and a dispensing gun. The resiliently deformable member has a relaxed state and a compressed state. In use, the resiliently deformable member applies a force between the container and the dispensing gun to modulate the flow of the material from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Steady-Flo Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Richard Hibbs
  • Patent number: 11285591
    Abstract: In one embodiment a device for tightening and loosening a securing device is provided. The device includes a housing, a shaft, and a clutch assembly. In one embodiment, the clutch assembly includes a clutch activation member, a first friction member coupled to the clutch activation member, and a second friction member coupled to the shaft. When the clutch activation member is in a first position, the clutch activation member engages the first friction member with the second friction member for transmission of torque from the first friction member to the second friction member. When the clutch activation member is in the second position, the clutch activation member disengages the first friction member from the second friction member to prevent transmission of the torque from the first friction member to the second friction member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Youngbae Park, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs, Daehwan Daniel Kim, Adam Hemp, Bruce Wang
  • Publication number: 20220001519
    Abstract: In one embodiment a device for tightening and loosening a securing device is provided. The device includes a housing, a shaft, and a clutch assembly. In one embodiment, the clutch assembly includes a clutch activation member, a first friction member coupled to the clutch activation member, and a second friction member coupled to the shaft. When the clutch activation member is in a first position, the clutch activation member engages the first friction member with the second friction member for transmission of torque from the first friction member to the second friction member. When the clutch activation member is in the second position, the clutch activation member disengages the first friction member from the second friction member to prevent transmission of the torque from the first friction member to the second friction member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Youngbae Park, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs, Daehwan Daniel Kim, Adam Hemp, Bruce Wang
  • Publication number: 20210211785
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network device includes a housing and a set of switch cards within the housing and including a first set of connectors. A set of line cards within the housing includes a second set of connectors. The set of line cards are oriented orthogonally to the set of switch cards. A first set of power supplies and a second set of power supplies are in the housing. A midplane includes a plurality of circuit board assemblies arranged within the housing between the set of line cards and the first and second sets of power supplies to allow air to flow through the set of line cards to the set of switch cards, first set of power supplies, and second set of power supplies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Alex Rose, Daniel Kim, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs
  • Patent number: 10986423
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network device is provided. The network device includes a housing and a set of switch cards, mounted within the housing. The set of switch cards includes a first set of connectors. The network device also includes a set of line cards having a second set of connectors. The set of line cards are oriented parallel to each other and oriented orthogonally to the set of switch cards. The second set of connectors is coupled to the first set of connectors to couple the set of switch cards to the set of line cards. The network device further includes a first set of power supplies disposed along a left side of the housing and a second set of power supplies disposed along a right side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Alex Rose, Daniel Kim, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs
  • Publication number: 20210098940
    Abstract: A system includes an electronic connector configured to be coupled to a connector module and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorber proximate to and at least partially surrounding the electronic connector. The EMI absorber may be positioned as close as possible to the electronic connector and may be attached to the electronic connector. This positioning of the EMI absorber at least partially absorbs EMI present at the electronic connector and thereby reduces the noise on electronic signals being communicated on conductors of the electronic connector as well as reducing overall radiated emissions from an electronic system including the electronic connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Hibbs, Robert Wilcox, Tiong Khai Soo
  • Patent number: 10921536
    Abstract: An electronics module is provided. The electronics module includes a housing at least partially enclosing a first printed circuit board configured to couple the electronics module to a connector attached to a second printed circuit board. The electronics module includes a first heat sink disposed along a first surface of the housing and a second heat sink disposed along a second surface of the housing. One or more notches or apertures of the first printed circuit board are proximate to the connector thereby enabling an airflow through the second heat sink along the second surface of the housing to exhaust over a surface of the connector with an airflow through the first heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Youngbae Park, Jiayi Wu, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs, Xin Xue
  • Patent number: 10841246
    Abstract: A network device is provided. The device includes a housing and a switch card, mounted within the housing and having one or more connectors. A plurality of line cards are oriented parallel to each other and orthogonal to the switch card and assembled to the one or more connectors of the switch card. The switch card has a chip, with a plurality of switches or routing paths, and the switch card and the chip couple to the plurality of line cards through the one or more connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Andreas V. Bechtolsheim, Richard Hibbs, Jiayi Wu, Warren Meggitt, Robert Wilcox, Alex Rose
  • Patent number: 10827646
    Abstract: A system may include a fan module and a louver. The fan module includes a first housing, adapted to include a fan in a first orientation. The fan is adapted to cause air to flow into the rear side of the first housing and out of the front side of the first housing. The fan module also includes a key receptacle that is adapted to mate with a first key. The louver includes a second housing that includes a set of slats adapted as a one way valve. The second housing also includes the first key which is adapted to only mate with the key receptacle. The second housing also includes the second key which is adapted to not mate with the key receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs, Leonel de los Reyes
  • Publication number: 20200344923
    Abstract: An enclosure with electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding door is provided. The enclosure includes an EMI shielding enclosure having an aperture dimensioned to receive an insertable and removable module. The enclosure includes an EMI shielding door attached by a hinge to the EMI shielding enclosure, to close and seal to the aperture with an EMI gasket when the module is removed, and open to receive the module through the aperture when the module is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Kim, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs
  • Publication number: 20200329286
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network device is provided. The network device includes a housing and a set of switch cards, mounted within the housing. The set of switch cards includes a first set of connectors. The network device also includes a set of line cards having a second set of connectors. The set of line cards are oriented parallel to each other and oriented orthogonally to the set of switch cards. The second set of connectors is coupled to the first set of connectors to couple the set of switch cards to the set of line cards. The network device further includes a first set of power supplies disposed along a left side of the housing and a second set of power supplies disposed along a right side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Alex Rose, Daniel Kim, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs
  • Patent number: 10784622
    Abstract: An adjustable spacer is provided. The adjustable spacer includes a first body having a first retention member for securing or retaining the first body to a support member and a second body having a tapered cross-section. The second body is positionable along a surface of the first body to adjust a thickness across a combination of the first body and the second body, and the first body has a second retention member for retaining the second body to the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs, Youngbae Park, Gary Myers, Matthew Gawlowski, Rui Jia
  • Publication number: 20200287325
    Abstract: An adjustable spacer is provided. The adjustable spacer includes a first body having a first retention member for securing or retaining the first body to a support member and a second body having a tapered cross-section. The second body is positionable along a surface of the first body to adjust a thickness across a combination of the first body and the second body, and the first body has a second retention member for retaining the second body to the first body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs, Youngbae Park, Gary Myers, Matthew Gawlowski, Rui Jia
  • Patent number: 10741943
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The apparatus also includes a first dual stacked octal small format pluggable (OSFP) module coupled to the PCB on a top surface of the PCB. The first dual stacked OSFP module comprises two OSFP modules that are vertically stacked. The apparatus further includes a second dual stacked OSFP module coupled to the PCB on a bottom surface of the PCB. The second dual stacked OSFP module comprises two OSFP modules that are vertically stacked. A first bottom of the first dual stacked OSFP module is flush against the top surface of the PCB. A second bottom of the second dual stacked OSFP is flush against the bottom surface of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs, Youngbae Park, Cliff Willis, Aravind Musunuri