Patents by Inventor Richard Joseph

Richard Joseph 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: 11310043
    Abstract: A receiver in a communication system may include a buffer and hardware. The buffer may be configured to store a communication signal comprising one or more pulses representative of data. The hardware may be configured to determine whether a data authentication pulse has been superimposed over at least one of the one or more pulses, and authenticate, based on the determination of whether the data authentication pulse has been superimposed over at least one of the one or more pulses, the one or more pulses as a valid representation of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Joseph Costello, Richard Joseph Skertic, Wayne Thomas Padgett, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11301349
    Abstract: Control systems and methods for securing software images to be executed by the control system. In some examples the control system includes a control node, a concentrator node, and a security module. The security module may include a secured memory area that can hold software images. The security module may load a first executable image from the secured memory area to the control node. The security module may also load a second executable image from the secured memory area to the concentrator node. In some examples, rather than having a security module load the software images, the control node and concentrator node each include a secured area of memory where their respective software images reside. Each of the control node and concentrator node may load the software images from their respective secured areas of memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: John Joseph Costello, Richard Joseph Skertic
  • Patent number: 11296404
    Abstract: An interface in accordance with present embodiments includes a base and a theme portion disposed on the base. A first layer is disposed on the base and includes a mixture with metallic powder suspended within a translucent medium. A second layer is disposed on the base over the first layer and over the theme portion, and includes the mixture. A third layer is disposed on the base and on the theme portion over only portions of the second layer. The third layer includes paint and paint thinner. A fourth layer is disposed on the theme portion over the third layer and exposed portions of the second layer. The fourth layer also includes the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Swim, Jr., George Peter Gakoumis, Jr., Matthew Tangan Usi, Jason William Hawk, Anthony Louis Mandile, Brian Matthew Stuckey, Vanessa Rachael Luedtke, Douglas Evan Goodner
  • Publication number: 20220099416
    Abstract: A detonator assembly method wherein a base charge is placed into a tube to abut a closed end of the tube, an electronic module is positioned inside the tube, a displacement member with a stop formation is used to move the module, against a frictional restraining force, to a location at which the stop formation abuts a rim of the tube and wherein the module is held in position by deforming the tube into engagement with the module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Richard Joseph Michna, Andre Louis Koekemoer
  • Publication number: 20220090899
    Abstract: A detonator which includes a tube with an open end, a shock tube, secured to a plug which is fixed to an open end of the tube, an electronic module inside the tube, the module including a substrate which carries electronic components, and sensing structure mounted to the substrate spaced from an opposing end of the shock tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Richard Joseph Michna, Andre Louis Koekemoer, Mark Ivan Jurras, III
  • Publication number: 20220090898
    Abstract: A detonator which includes a housing which has a passage with an inlet and an outlet and which is of reducing cross sectional area from the inlet to the outlet and wherein the inlet is configured to be exposed to an end of a shock tube, and a fusible link is located at the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurissens, Andre Louis Koekemoer
  • Publication number: 20220082362
    Abstract: A detonator which is responsive to a shock tube event which is validated if a link is fused at a predetermined time interval after a light signal produced by the event is detected and if, at the end of a subsequent time interval, the link is still fused and the light signal is absent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurissens, Andre Louis Koekemoer
  • Publication number: 20220087068
    Abstract: An integrated circuit thermal management system includes an enclosure, a heat exchanger, an integrated circuit, a slide having a moveable slide body, an electromagnetic coil, a magneto caloric material and controller circuitry. The heat exchanger is positioned on a first side of the enclosure, and the integrated circuit is positioned on a second side of the enclosure with a temperature sensor configured to generate a temperature signal indicative of a temperature of the integrated circuit. The slide is disposed in the enclosure extending between the heat exchanger and the integrated circuit. The electromagnetic coil and the magnetocaloric material are included on the slide body. The controller is configured to control energization of the magnetic coil and movement of the magnetocaloric material on the slide body between the heat exchanger and the integrated circuit based on the temperature signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Skertic, Eric E. Wilson, John Joseph Costello
  • Publication number: 20220076510
    Abstract: A restricted access locking system for storage furniture. The system comprises one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory memory coupled to one or more of the processors, the one or more computer-readable non-transitory memory including instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to sense, via a first sensor that is communicatively coupled to the processor, an input biometric security credential to generate a first signal based on whether the input biometric security credential maps with a key biometric security credential pre-configured and stored within the memory; and generate a second signal via the processor subsequent to the reception of the first signal by the processor for actuating at least one lock, mounted on one or more storage compartments of the storage furniture, to an open position, wherein the at least one lock is communicatively coupled to the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: RICHARD JOSEPH MORRIS
  • Publication number: 20220053225
    Abstract: Images may be periodically captured from each of a plurality of content streams comprising programs. Each of the content streams may be associated with capture parameters. The capture parameters may include information on how frequently images from the stream may be captured. The captured images may be made available to various clients for various uses, such as for display of a schedule of available programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Kiok, Kevin Christopher Flanagan, Gregory Allen Broome, Richard Joseph Fliam, Sam Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11236631
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that use a tip clearance control apparatus comprising a mechanical iris, where the tip clearance control apparatus controls a distance between a tip of a blade and a ring of abradable material positioned in an adjustable opening of the mechanical iris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC., ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Skertic, Joshua J. Gear, John Joseph Costello, Geoffrey L. Gatton
  • Publication number: 20220017979
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for detecting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), influenza A, influenza B, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Cepheid
    Inventors: Victor Chu, Sergey Lokhov, Oliver Nanassy, Richard Joseph Leuzzi, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 11219321
    Abstract: A hanging system and a method of hanging a support structure from a support surface. The hanging system may include a support structure and a hanging bracket for hanging the support structure from a support surface such as a wall. The support structure may include a mounting groove that accepts a portion of the hanging bracket to facilitate the coupling therebetween. The support structure may be able to slide side-to-side along the support surface while remaining coupled to the hanging bracket. The hanging system may alternatively, or additionally, include a reinforcement bracket. The reinforcement bracket may serve the dual purpose of holding the various mitered components of the support structure together and facilitating the hanging of the support structure from the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Terry Coyle, Jr., Richard Joseph Ehrhardt
  • Patent number: 11213041
    Abstract: A chiller bath includes a tank for holding a volume of chiller water; a dosing system for dosing a first solution and a second solution into the chiller water, arranged to create a plurality of zones within the volume of water, wherein each zone has a higher concentration of either the first or the second solution than surrounding portions of the volume of water; and a meat or poultry immersion arrangement for immersing and moving carcasses in the chiller water. A method for reducing bacterial load on meat or poultry includes generating a plurality of zones within a chiller bath containing water by dosing a source of alkalinity and antimicrobial into the water, wherein the plurality of zones comprises at least one alkaline zone with a pH above 8.5, and at least one antimicrobial zone with pH below 8.5; and submersing meat or poultry in the bath. The zones can also be generated using spray nozzles in a meat or poultry operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Walsh, William Coby, Oriana Nicole Leishman
  • Patent number: 11217978
    Abstract: A grommet includes a body portion defining a first aperture and a second aperture. A hollow channel extends between the first aperture and the second aperture. The channel is defined by an interior surface of the body portion. One or more engagement structures are defined by the interior surface of the grommet body portion, and are configured to engage one or more corresponding engagement structures provided about an exterior surface of a mounting structure engaged about and elongated member that is positioned within the hollow channel of the grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: William Gronowicz, Jr., Jeffrey Edward Malotke, II, Richard Joseph Exenberger
  • Publication number: 20210404778
    Abstract: A booster explosive (10) comprises a canister body 12 within which is a cap well (20) having disposed therein a detonator (24). A protective sleeve (28) encloses the cap well (20) except for that portion of the cap well, the active portion (20d), which encloses the explosive end section (24a) of detonator (24). The protective sleeve serves to attenuate the force of shock waves from nearby prior explosions acting on the detonator (24). An annular air space (32) may be provided between protective sleeve (28) and cap well (20) to further attenuate the force of such shock waves. Attenuation of the shock waves reduces the likelihood of damage to detonators (24) by prior nearby explosions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Dyno Nobel Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Michna, Tyson James Plitt, Paul Richard Strebel
  • Patent number: 11207081
    Abstract: A system for intramedullary preparations comprises a directional reamer including a flexible drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a cutting head operably connected to the distal end of the flexible drive shaft. The system further includes a means of displacing the distal end of the flexible drive shaft and deflecting the cutting head to selectively shape a medullary canal in a bone. A follower sleeve is also include in the system and has a proximal end and a distal end in the form of a collar, with the follower sleeve being configured to accept the flexible drive shaft. The system additionally includes a reaming plunger that extends through the follower sleeve and is positioned adjacent to the flexible drive shaft such that the reaming plunger engages the collar of the follower sleeve to deflect the cutting head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Voor, David Seligson, Richard Joseph Ackermann
  • Patent number: 11207580
    Abstract: A ball game and method of playing a ball game. The ball game includes a spherical, air-filled ball, a first backboard mounted on a first support pole at a predetermined height above a first end of a playing court, the first backboard comprising a pair or first hoops mounted on the first backboard, the pair of first hoops being set apart a predetermined distance from one another, and being angled with respect to a horizontal plane defined by the playing court. The pair of first hoops have a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the spherical, air-filled ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Richard Joseph Mynatt
  • Patent number: 11197569
    Abstract: A food peeler for peeling an outer layer of a foodstuff, is described. The food peeler can include several members having respective surfaces that appose each other. At least one of the apposing surfaces can have a texture. Relative movement between the members while a foodstuff is in direct contact with the apposing surfaces causes an outer layer of the foodstuff to be peeled and removed from a core of the foodstuff. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Richard Joseph Yribarren
  • Publication number: 20210352088
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for centralized threat intelligence are described herein. A connection may be established to a plurality of threat data sources. An anonymized set of threat data may be obtained by application of a set of privacy rules to the threat data from the plurality of threat data. A threat database may be populated with the anonymized set of threat data. A registration request may be received for a user of a device. A unique user identifier may be assigned for the user and a unique device identifier may be assigned for the device. A threat model may be generated based on a set of the characteristics from the threat database. A set of data access attributes may be received for a data access request. The data access request may be blocked based on an evaluation of the data access attributes using the threat model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Chad E. Adams, Daniel Robert Caricato, Kahlidah B. Covington, Ashley Brook Godfrey, Christopher Wayne Howser, Nicola A. Maiorana, Nirali J. Patel, Richard Joseph Schroeder, Roger Daryll White