Patents by Inventor Robert On

Robert On 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).

  • Ligament system for knee joint
    Patent number: 10517714
    Abstract: A system for an anatomical joint includes a first fastener, a second fastener, a prosthetic ligament member, and a biasing member associated with at least one of the first and second fasteners. The first fastener is operable to be connected to a first bone portion. The second fastener is operable to be connected to a second bone portion. The prosthetic ligament member is flexible and is directly coupled to both the first and second fasteners to support the first bone portion and the second bone portion for relative movement. A portion of the prosthetic ligament member extends from the first fastener to the second fastener and has an adjustable length. The biasing member is operable to bias the prosthetic ligament member to thereby maintain tension in the prosthetic ligament member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin T. Stone, Robert Metzger
  • Dual inline starter air valve
    Patent number: 10519864
    Abstract: A starter air valve comprising: a housing comprising an inlet at a first end, an outlet at a second end opposite the first end, and a center portion between first end and second end, the outlet being fluidly connected to the inlet through a fluid passage; a first piston located within the housing between the first end and center portion, the first piston comprising: a first cupped portion configured to form a first chamber with the housing proximate the first end; and a second piston located within the housing between the second end and center portion, the second piston comprising: a third cupped portion configured to form a third chamber with the housing proximate the second end; wherein the pistons are configured to regulate airflow through the fluid passage by adjusting at least one of a first pressure within the first chamber and a third pressure within the third chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael D. Greenberg, Myles R. Kelly, Robert Goodman
  • Wireless power transfer to multiple receiver devices across a variable-sized area
    Patent number: 10523059
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver is described that receives power wirelessly from a transmitter coil that generates an oscillating magnetic field. The wireless power receiver includes a receiving coil circuit having a diode string formed by an outer wire, an inner wire, and diodes. Each of the diodes include a first end coupled to the outer wire and a second end coupled to the inner wire such that each of the diodes are connected in parallel with one another. A rectifier circuit is coupled to ends of the diode string. The rectifier circuit includes capacitors and rectifying diodes, where at least one of the capacitors is configured to bring the diode string into resonance with the oscillating magnetic field. The rectifying diodes rectify the induced oscillating voltage to produce a DC voltage difference between the outer wire and the inner wire, thereby powering the diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Etherdyne Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Moffatt, Jeffrey J. Yen
  • Systems and methods for I/O prioritization in nvme-compliant storage devices
    Patent number: 10521379
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein reduce contention on shared buses through which multiple sensors send sensor readings to a computing destination by allowing different query rates for each sensor and dynamically adjusting the query rate for each sensor based on the readings that sensor reports. A first query is sent to a sensor via a bus to request a current sensor reading from the sensor. In response to the first query, the sensor sends the current sensor reading via a bus. A function of the current sensor reading, a predefined time range, and a predefined reading-value range is evaluated to determine a time interval between the first query and a second query to be sent to the sensor. When the amount of time elapsed since the first query was sent matches the time interval, the second query is sent to the sensor via the bus to request an updated sensor reading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Rachel Callison, Robert R Brodeur, Robert Tappan
  • Cooling system for an electric machine
    Patent number: 10523084
    Abstract: A cooling system for an electric machine is disclosed. The cooling system includes at least one bearing bracket and at least one coolant distributor plate. The bearing bracket and the coolant distributor plate are designed to jointly form a cooling channel. The cooling channel includes multiple horizontal cooling channel sections which run parallel to an axis of rotation of the electric machine, multiple vertical cooling channel sections which run perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the electric machine, and multiple radial cooling channel sections which run around the axis of rotation of the electric machine. The three different cooling channel sections adjoin one another such that the cooling channel has a three-dimensional meandering profile at least in regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Fröhlich, Robert Krause
  • Method of operating a wind turbine system including an energy storage system
    Patent number: 10519933
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an energy storage system in a wind turbine system are provided. A wind turbine system can include a wind turbine, a power conversion system operably coupled to the wind turbine and an AC line bus, and an energy storage system coupled to the AC line bus. The energy storage system can include a transformer, a power converter, and an energy storage device and can be configured to store and provide power generated by the wind turbine. The method can include operating the wind turbine system to generate power, determining one or more operating parameters for the wind turbine system, determining an operating mode based on the one or more operating parameters, and controlling the wind turbine system based at least in part on the operating mode. Controlling the wind turbine can control a power flow into or out of the energy storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Parag Rameshchandra Dharmadhikari, Robert Roesner
  • Residence structures and related methods
    Patent number: 10517820
    Abstract: Described are methods of making a gastric residence structure including an active substance. The methods may include forming one or more arms comprising a loadable polymeric component, wherein the loadable polymeric component includes one or more polymeric materials and at least one active substance. The methods may also include connecting the one or more arms to an elastic polymeric component using a separate linker component. The gastric residence structures may be configured to be folded and physically constrained during administration and may be configured to assume an open retention shape upon removal of a constraint. The change between the folded shape and the open retention shape may be mediated by the elastic polymeric component that undergoes elastic deformation when the residence structure is in the folded shape and recoils when the gastric residence structure assumes the open retention shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Tokitae LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bellinger, Shiyi Zhang, Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Robert S. Langer, Stacy Mo, Tyler Grant, Mousa Jafari, Dean Liang Glettig, Angela DiCiccio, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Philip A. Eckhoff
  • Systems and methods for mixed reality with cognitive agents
    Patent number: 10521968
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques that use mixed reality, e.g., augmented reality and virtual reality technologies to improve analysis of retail processes and activity in retail establishments. A server system receives images from a mixed reality device, which images including representations of physical objects and receives voice data from the mixed reality device and executes a cognitive agent to process the voice data received from the mixed reality device that generates a set of virtual objects that include data describing merchandising process concepts regarding the set of physical objects, based on input queries received in the voice data and sending by a server system, the set of virtual objects to the mixed reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Robert B. Locke, Paul B. Rasband
  • Process for Pd-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation of diisobutene: acetic acid/diisobutene ratio
    Patent number: 10519090
    Abstract: Process for Pd-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation of diisobutene:acetic acid/diisobutene ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Rui Sang, Peter Kucmierczyk, Kaiwu Dong, Ralf Jackstell, Matthias Beller, Robert Franke
  • Dual-stage spring loaded caster
    Patent number: 10518578
    Abstract: A dual-stage caster is disclosed. The caster includes a horn assembly and an arm assembly pivotally coupled to the horn assembly. The caster further includes a wheel rotatably mounted to the arm assembly and a mounting plate mounted to the horn assembly and configured be mounted to a transport vehicle. When the wheel is moved along a support surface, the arm assembly is in a neutral position and the wheel is in the up position. When the wheel moves into a depression in the support surface, the wheel stage spring moves the wheel from the up position to the down position and the arm assembly remains in the neutral position. When the wheel moves over a raised portion in the support surface, the arm assembly pivots relative to the horn assembly so as to compress the main stage spring. The caster may be a swivel caster or a rigid caster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Caster & Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Yefim Spektor, Patrick L. McCartney, Lakshadeep Sandeep Goregaonkar, Julie Ann Johnson, Jevon Robert Lambright
  • Three dimensional printing of parts
    Patent number: 10518523
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is presented. The apparatus comprises a parts library configured to store a plurality of part definition files; a database configured to store entries identifying a printing of parts using the plurality of part definition files; and a parts management system configured to request a payment in response to receiving an indication of a printing of a part using the part definition file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Rocke Robert Koreis
  • Systems for navigation and treatment within a vertebral body
    Patent number: 10517611
    Abstract: System and methods for channeling a path into bone include a trocar having a proximal end, distal end and a central channel disposed along a central axis of the trocar. The trocar includes a distal opening at or near the distal end of the trocar. The system includes a curved cannula sized to be received in the central channel, and having a curved distal end configured to be extended laterally outward from the distal opening in a curved path extending away from the trocar. The curved cannula has a central passageway having a diameter configured allow a probe to be delivered through the central passageway to a location beyond the curved path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Relievant Medsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Samit Patel, Richard C. Pellegrino, Robert Flagler
  • Cross channel in-vehicle media consumption measurement and analysis
    Patent number: 10523351
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel and unique system and method for cross channel in-vehicle identification of media, source, and advertisement consumption measurement and analysis. Real-time measurement and analysis of all applicable forms of media that a driver or passenger may consume inside of an automobile can be achieved. This includes real time measurement and analysis of advertisement effectiveness for a large number of users across a specified region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Drive Time Metrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Roderick MacKenzie, Robert J. Maccini, Joseph V. Gallagher
  • Low cost, hardened single board computer for command and data handling
    Patent number: 10521295
    Abstract: A radiation hardened single board computer (SBC) includes a processor; synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM); non-volatile memory; a field programmable gate array (FPGA); and board-level physical layer interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Bernard Merl, Paul Stanley Graham
  • Ultra-sonic self-cleaning system
    Patent number: 10520723
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cleaning an optic include measuring a state of the optic. It is determined whether the optic needs to be cleaned based on the measured state of the optic. The optic is cleaned with ultrasonic vibrations if the optic needs to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guy M. Cohen, Lior Horesh, Raya Horesh, Theodore G. van Kessel, Robert L. Wisnieff
  • Radial CMC wall thickness variation for stress response
    Patent number: 10519779
    Abstract: An airfoil having a radial direction extending away from an engine axis is provided. The airfoil includes an airfoil wall having an airfoil outer surface and an airfoil inner surface, with the airfoil extending radially from a first end to a second end. The airfoil defines a cooling channel interior to the inner surface with a thickness being defined between the airfoil outer surface and the airfoil inner surface. The thickness varies in the radial direction from the first end to the second end along at least one radial cross-section of the airfoil. A turbine nozzle of a turbine engine is also provided, which may include an outer band, an inner band, and the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Charles Groves, II, Kirk Douglas Gallier, Ronald Scott Bunker
  • Image capture device
    Patent number: D871481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Robert Arens, John Lapetina, Peter Michael Cazalet, Joshua Randall Clyne, Kai S. Yick, Eva Ariella Siobhan Snee, Jade Daniel Moreau, Philip Dam Roadley-Battin, Jonathan Yoshida Rowell, Kenneth Sweet, Jason Pi, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Juston Payne, Maj Isabelle Olsson
  • Gaming machine with curved displays
    Patent number: D871506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.
    Inventors: Christian L. Castro, Robert J. Glenn, II, Paul M. Lesley
  • Bison
    Patent number: D871515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Eric Jacoby Design, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Robert Jacoby
  • Dragonfly
    Patent number: D871524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Eric Jacoby Design, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Robert Jacoby