Patents by Inventor Robert A. Morris

Robert A. Morris 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: 11956913
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for coordinating the installation and removal a motor control center subunit with the power connection and interruption thereof. A system of interlocks and indicators causes an operator to install a motor control center subunit into a motor control center, and connect supply and control power thereto, in a particular order. Embodiments of the invention may prevent actuation of line contacts of the bucket, and shield the line contacts, until the bucket is fully installed in the motor control center. Other embodiments also prevent circuit breaker closure until the line contacts are engaged with a bus of the motor control center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Daniel J. Leeman
  • Patent number: 11941179
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying images of internal anatomy includes an image processing device configured to provide high resolution images of the surgical field from low resolution scans during the procedure. The image processing device digitally manipulates a previously-obtained high resolution baseline image to produce many representative images based on permutations of movement of the baseline image. During the procedure a representative image is selected having an acceptable degree of correlation to the new low resolution image. The selected representative image and the new image are merged to provide a higher resolution image of the surgical field. The image processing device is also configured to provide interactive movement of the displayed image based on movement of the imaging device, and to permit placement of annotations on the displayed image to facilitate communication between the radiology technician and the surgeon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Isaacs, Samuel Morris Johnston, David Alexander Skwerer, Randall Graham Campbell
  • Publication number: 20240091023
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant may include an anterior plate forming a first monolithic structure defining a first end of the implant, and including at least two screw holes each configured to receive a bone screw; and a plurality of coils extending from the anterior plate about a periphery of the implant. The screw holes may be angled such that, when the implant is inserted between two adjacent vertebrae, bone screws are guided into the adjacent vertebrae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Morris, William Duffield, Edward McShane, Megan A. Stauffer
  • Patent number: 11934231
    Abstract: A housing of a device comprises a screw boss that extends outwardly from a first base plate proximate to a corner of the housing. Additionally, the housing of the device includes a force dissipation member. The force dissipation member includes a central portion that is sized to detachably attach around the screw boss. The force dissipation member further includes at least two arms that extend outwardly from the central portion, wherein each arm of the at least two arms is attached to a different side of the two walls of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Edmund Dunbar, Dwight Linwood Franz, Ralph Chen, Yang Zhang, Robert Pierce, Mark Tentler, Sean Philip Kearney, Mark Howe, Kevin Sharpe, Paul Morris, Doyle Davis
  • Patent number: 11918794
    Abstract: A button for a drug delivery device with a reduced operating loudness includes a plate-like button body forming a touch surface, wherein the plate-like button body is coupled by an axial supporting member to a noise-generating interface of the drug delivery device and movable into a longitudinal direction of the drug delivery device, wherein the plate-like button body includes a material composite with at least one first component consisting of a first material and at least one second component consisting of a second material different from the first material, wherein the at least one first component and the at least one second component are coupled via at least one coupling plane that is at least sectionwise slanted or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Further, the disclosure describes a button assembly for a drug delivery device which is shock resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Matthew Meredith Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Sophie Sladen, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Denny Lustosa Horn, Stefan Blancke, Michael Jugl
  • Patent number: 11826261
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant may include an anterior plate forming a first monolithic structure defining a first end of the implant, and including at least two screw holes each configured to receive a bone screw; and a plurality of coils extending from the anterior plate about a periphery of the implant. The screw holes may be angled such that, when the implant is inserted between two adjacent vertebrae, bone screws are guided into the adjacent vertebrae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Morris, William Duffield, Edward McShane, Megan Stauffer
  • Patent number: 11819419
    Abstract: An implant may include a body having a leading edge portion, a trailing edge portion, and an intermediate portion. The leading edge portion may include a substantially smooth surface forming a substantial majority of a leading edge surface and the trailing edge portion may include a monolithic structure including at least one receptacle configured to receive an insertion tool. The intermediate portion may include a plurality of elongate curved structural members continuously formed with at least one of the leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion. In addition, the elongate curved structural members may be configured such that the intermediate portion remains substantially rigid under compressive forces during insertion of the implant between bone surfaces of a patient. Also, the elongate curved structural members may include an elongate curved structural member extending longitudinally from the leading edge portion to the trailing edge portion and having a substantially sinusoidal configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rami Hamzey, Robert Morris, William Duffield, Edward J. McShane, III, Megan A. Stauffer, Mathew Gordon, Joseph M. Nyahay
  • Patent number: 11810836
    Abstract: A processing unit disposed within a compute unit, where the compute unit includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes an integrated circuit; a first thermal management device, that includes a first vapor chamber thermally conductively coupled to a first side of the integrated circuit; and a first heatsink thermally conductively coupled to the first vapor chamber; and a second thermal management device, that includes a second vapor chamber; and a second heatsink thermally conductively coupled to the second vapor chamber, where the second thermal management device is thermally conductively coupled to the first thermal management device; where the PCB is interposed between the first thermal management device and the second thermal management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany Doria, Robert Morris Wilcox, Richard Neville Hibbs, Tiong Khai Soo, Ernest M. Thurlow, Zidong Lin
  • Publication number: 20230332178
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of screening for capsid-encoding nucleotide sequences of adeno-associated virus (“AAV”) particles capable of infecting a subject's neurons, or sub-compartments thereof, involving neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells or embryonic stem cells. The invention also provides AAV capsids, capsid-encoding nucleotide sequences, expression vectors, viral particles, cells and kits for use in methods of treating neuromuscular or neuromotor disorders, such as spasticity. Sequences generated from the methods may lead to new gene therapies targeted to select populations of neurons, such as motor neurons innervating muscle cells, thus providing high specificity that may be personalised to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Morris Brownstone, Andrew John Murray
  • Publication number: 20230284409
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for coordinating the installation and removal a motor control center subunit with the power connection and interruption thereof. A system of interlocks and indicators causes an operator to install a motor control center subunit into a motor control center, and connect supply and control power thereto, in a particular order. Embodiments of the invention may prevent actuation of line contacts of the bucket, and shield the line contacts, until the bucket is fully installed in the motor control center. Other embodiments also prevent circuit breaker closure until the line contacts are engaged with a bus of the motor control center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Daniel J. Leeman
  • Publication number: 20230235856
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods of storing adsorbing diborane on carbon adsorption medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Oleg Byl, John Robert Morris, Nathan Ballard Jones, Diego Troya
  • Publication number: 20230155370
    Abstract: Electrical power distribution systems with a bypass unit that electrically engages one of two alternate units for powering a load while electrically isolating the other using a power transfer switch with first and second contactors and mechanical and electrical interlocks to allow a technician to access one of the alternate units when de-energized and in position while the other of the alternate units is energized and powering the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Robert A. Morris, Morris Len Roush, JR., Matthew R. Hussey
  • Patent number: 11598911
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a system for positioning indicator lights of a network device. The system may include a circuit board, which may include a circuit board edge positioned behind a front panel of the network device, two surfaces; and a side of the circuit board edge positioned between the two surfaces. The system may also include a hole through the circuit board near the circuit board edge, a cutout extending from a portion of the hole to the side of the circuit board edge, a LED coupled to the surface of the circuit board and adapted to emit light into the hole, and a lightpipe disposed in the hole to receive light emitted from the LED into a first end of the lightpipe. The lightpipe may direct the light from a second end of the lightpipe toward an opening in the front panel of the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Albert Moe, Robert Morris Wilcox, Richard Neville Hibbs, Tiong Khai Soo, Xing Wang, James Dennis MacDonald, Clifford Bryant Willis
  • Publication number: 20230066177
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a system for positioning indicator lights of a network device. The system may include a circuit board, which may include a circuit board edge positioned behind a front panel of the network device, two surfaces; and a side of the circuit board edge positioned between the two surfaces. The system may also include a hole through the circuit board near the circuit board edge, a cutout extending from a portion of the hole to the side of the circuit board edge, a LED coupled to the surface of the circuit board and adapted to emit light into the hole, and a lightpipe disposed in the hole to receive light emitted from the LED into a first end of the lightpipe. The lightpipe may direct the light from a second end of the lightpipe toward an opening in the front panel of the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Albert Moe, Robert Morris Wilcox, Richard Neville Hibbs, Tiong Khai Soo, Xing Wang, James Dennis MacDonald, Clifford Bryant Willis
  • Publication number: 20230067409
    Abstract: A processing unit. The processing unit includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a lidless integrated circuit, a heatsink, and a damper system. The heatsink is coupled to the PCB and in thermal communication with the lidless integrated circuit via a thermal interface material. The damper system is compressed between the PCB and the heatsink and surrounding the lidless integrated circuit to absorb a portion of kinetic energy imparted to the lidless integrated circuit by an impact to the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Morris Wilcox, Tiffany Doria, Steven Alf Hanssen
  • Publication number: 20230062803
    Abstract: Electrical power distribution devices with a bypass unit that electrically engages one of two alternate units for powering a load while electrically isolating the other using a six pole power transfer switch and mechanical and electrical interlocks to allow a technician to access one of the alternate units when de-energized and in position while the other of the alternate units is energized and powering the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Robert A. Morris
  • Patent number: 11558506
    Abstract: Methods for detecting fraud include receiving a plurality of call interactions; extracting a voice print of a caller from each of the call interactions; determining which call interactions are associated with a single caller by comparing and matching pairs of voice prints of the call interactions; organizing the call interactions associated with a single caller into a group; and determining that a matching phrase was spoken by the single caller in a first call interaction and second call interaction in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NICE LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Cardillo, Jon A. Arrowood, Robert Morris
  • Patent number: 11545826
    Abstract: Electrical power distribution systems with a bypass unit that electrically engages one of two alternate units for powering a load while electrically isolating the other using a power transfer switch with first and second contactors and mechanical and electrical interlocks to allow a technician to access one of the alternate units when de-energized and in position while the other of the alternate units is energized and powering the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Robert A. Morris, Morris Len Roush, Jr., Matthew R. Hussey
  • Patent number: 11523529
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for coordinating the installation and removal a motor control center subunit with the power connection and interruption thereof. A system of interlocks and indicators causes an operator to install a motor control center subunit into a motor control center, and connect supply and control power thereto, in a particular order. Embodiments of the invention may prevent actuation of line contacts of the bucket, and shield the line contacts, until the bucket is fully installed in the motor control center. Other embodiments also prevent circuit breaker closure until the line contacts are engaged with a bus of the motor control center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Daniel J. Leeman
  • Patent number: D980804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Jia, Robert Morris Wilcox, Richard Neville Hibbs, Christopher H. Frank