Patents by Inventor Robert Todd

Robert Todd 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: 20250239843
    Abstract: A mirror assembly that includes a mirror having one or more box openings, a frame shaped to correspond to the shape of the mirror, a wire management assembly and a power supply assembly. The wire management assembly has one or more electrical boxes that are secured to the frame and positioned adjacent to the one or more corresponding box openings in the mirror. The wire management assembly also has at least one raceway that extends between the one or more electrical boxes and the frame. The wire management assembly provides electrical wires between the power supply assembly and one or more electrical fixtures attached to the one or more electrical boxes so that the one or more electrical fixtures are on a face side of the mirror. The power supply assembly provides electrical power to the one or more electrical fixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Palmer Joseph Primm, John Linkoln Dixon, Robert Todd Roy, Sean Crawford Veit
  • Publication number: 20250221053
    Abstract: A method forms an integrated circuit, by steps including forming a polysilicon layer having a first side over a semiconductor substrate having a top surface, forming over the semiconductor substrate a first resist layer having a second side spaced apart from the first side, forming a diode well extending into the semiconductor substrate between the first side and the second side, the diode well having a first conductivity type, forming over the semiconductor substrate a second resist layer having a third side, and forming a diode terminal extending into the semiconductor substrate between the first side and the third side, the diode terminal having an opposite second conductivity type and extending from the diode well along the top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Aarthi Rao, Natasha Lavrovskaya, Alexei Sadovnikov, James Robert Todd
  • Publication number: 20250065260
    Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include at least one foil-microscreen assembly disposed between and secured to first and second end frames. The at least one foil-microscreen assembly may include at least one hydrogen-selective membrane and at least one microscreen structure including a non-porous planar sheet having a plurality of apertures forming a plurality of fluid passages. The planar sheet may include generally opposed planar surfaces configured to provide support to the permeate side. The plurality of fluid passages may extend between the opposed surfaces. The at least one hydrogen-selective membrane may be metallurgically bonded to the at least one microscreen structure. In some embodiments, the devices may include a permeate frame having at least one membrane support structure that spans at least a substantial portion of an open region and that is configured to support at least one foil-microscreen assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Element 1 Corp.
    Inventors: David J. Edlund, Koji Hoshi, Robert Todd Studebaker, Robert Jacob Studebaker
  • Publication number: 20240399297
    Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices include a permeate frame, which may include a perimeter portion and a membrane support portion surrounded by the perimeter portion. The membrane support portion may include opposed first and second surfaces with each of the first and second surfaces having a plurality of grooves. The membrane support portion may be in contact with and support at least one hydrogen selective membrane. The membrane support portion may be integrally formed with the perimeter portion. The permeate frame may additionally include one or more output apertures in at least one of the perimeter portion and the membrane support portion. The permeate frame may further include at least one input aperture in the perimeter portion. The at least one input aperture may be distinct and spaced from the one or more output apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Element 1 Corp
    Inventor: Robert Todd Studebaker
  • Publication number: 20240399295
    Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include feed frame(s) and/or permeate frame(s) each having at least one elongate hole distinct and spaced from an open region, at least one output aperture, and/or at least one input aperture. The elongate hole may be disposed between the open region and the at least one input aperture. The elongate hole may be capable of receiving a portion of the mixed gas stream that leaks from the open region and/or at least one input conduit. The devices may additionally include gasket frames having at least one notch in one or more edges of a perimeter base. The notch may be in fluid communication with a longitudinal end portion of the elongate hole. The devices may further include first and second side plates that collectively enclose a plurality of frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Element 1 Corp
    Inventors: David J. Edlund, Robert Todd Studebaker
  • Patent number: 12138586
    Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include at least one foil-microscreen assembly disposed between and secured to first and second end frames. The at least one foil-microscreen assembly may include at least one hydrogen-selective membrane and at least one microscreen structure including a non-porous planar sheet having a plurality of apertures forming a plurality of fluid passages. The planar sheet may include generally opposed planar surfaces configured to provide support to the permeate side. The plurality of fluid passages may extend between the opposed surfaces. The at least one hydrogen-selective membrane may be metallurgically bonded to the at least one microscreen structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Element 1 Corp
    Inventors: David J. Edlund, Robert Todd Studebaker
  • Publication number: 20240327437
    Abstract: A highly efficient and safe N-cyanation and N-phosphorylation reagent for the de novo synthesis of pharmaceutically acceptable cyclocreatine and salts was achieved using trichloroacetonitrile in lieu of highly toxic cyanogen bromide (CNBr) for generating the required cyclocreatine (CCr) intermediates, followed by highly effective N-phosphorylation through pH control using phosphoryl chloride with high conversion to the corresponding cyclocreatine phosphate (CCrP) targets. A continuous flow reactor system was engineered to improve the efficiency of the process and deliver a product with improved yield, safety, and cost efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Salwa Elgebaly, Robert Todd
  • Patent number: 12106392
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining an application status of an applicant for an educational program may include receiving cohort performance data comprising first data entries for participants that have respectively achieved outcomes for the educational program and applicant performance data comprising second data entries for the applicant, calculating adjusted cohort performance data based on the cohort performance data and first data characteristics, providing a predictor model based on the adjusted cohort performance data and the outcomes, sequentially changing predictive parameters of the first data characteristics to create second data characteristics and creating an adjusted predictor model based on the second data characteristics and the outcomes, calculating adjusted applicant performance data based on the applicant performance data and the second data characteristics, and calculating a probability of success for the applicant in the educational program based on the adjust
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: East Carolina University
    Inventor: Robert Todd Watkins, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240230721
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a resistor head, a resistor body, and a sense terminal. The resistor head is constructed using a first material. The resistor body is coupled to the resistor head and is constructed using a second material having a higher resistivity than the first material. The sense terminal has a first section and a second section and is decoupled from the resistor head, in which the second section of the sense terminal is coupled between the first section of the sense terminal and the resistor body, with an end portion of the second section of the sense terminal coupled to the resistor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Rushil Kishore Kumar, James Robert Todd, Jasjot Singh Chadha, Anand Kannan, Naresh Lagadapati, Rejin K. Raveendranath
  • Patent number: 11976800
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting assembly includes a light housing, a lens, a light source within a cavity provided by the light housing and the lens, and a light blade projecting from the lens outside the cavity. A vehicle lighting method includes emitting light from a light source that is inside a cavity provided by a light housing and a lens, and directing the light through a light blade that is outside the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kaski, Omar Benjamin Lara Monarrez, Derek English, Brandon Schwandt, Linsheng Chen, Dean Carbis, Robert Todd Laster
  • Patent number: 11933471
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting assembly includes a primary lens and a light source on a first side of the primary lens. The light source is configured to emit light through the primary lens. A light blade is on an opposite, second side of the primary lens. A secondary lens covers a portion of the light blade. A vehicle lighting method includes emitting light from a light source, directing the light through a primary lens, directing the light from the primary lens through a light blade, and directing the light from the light blade through a secondary lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Benjamin Lara Monarrez, Mark Kaski, Derek English, Dean Carbis, Robert Todd Laster, Brandon Schwandt, Linsheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20240042379
    Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include at least one foil-microscreen assembly disposed between and secured to first and second end frames. The at least one foil-microscreen assembly may include at least one hydrogen-selective membrane and at least one microscreen structure including a non-porous planar sheet having a plurality of apertures forming a plurality of fluid passages. The planar sheet may include generally opposed planar surfaces configured to provide support to the permeate side. The plurality of fluid passages may extend between the opposed surfaces. The at least one hydrogen-selective membrane may be metallurgically bonded to the at least one microscreen structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Element 1 Corp.
    Inventors: David J. Edlund, Robert Todd Studebaker
  • Publication number: 20240034579
    Abstract: A rotary carton feeder includes a planetary drive having two sun rings with angular phase, cam surfaces on each ring about a common axis. Planetary members rotate about the common axis with a number of said planet members in operative engagement with one of the cams and another number of planet members in operative engagement with a second one of said sun rings. Spindles are selectively combined with selected planet members to selectively accommodate handling variably sized cartons of 1, 2, 3 or 4 count. Suction cups on spindle ends traverse an enclosed path having four cusps. Variations are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Robert M. Kalany, Andrew James Nelson, Robert Todd Gatman
  • Publication number: 20240029185
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining an application status of an applicant for an educational program may include receiving cohort performance data comprising first data entries for participants that have respectively achieved outcomes for the educational program and applicant performance data comprising second data entries for the applicant, calculating adjusted cohort performance data based on the cohort performance data and first data characteristics, providing a predictor model based on the adjusted cohort performance data and the outcomes, sequentially changing predictive parameters of the first data characteristics to create second data characteristics and creating an adjusted predictor model based on the second data characteristics and the outcomes, calculating adjusted applicant performance data based on the applicant performance data and the second data characteristics, and calculating a probability of success for the applicant in the educational program based on the adjust
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Todd Watkins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11820753
    Abstract: Biochemically active PASTA kinase inhibitors which exploit subtle structural differences between human kinases and bacterial PASTA kinases to improve specificity and inhibitor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Robert Todd Striker, Nathan Joseph Wlodarchak, John Bruce Feltenberger, Jennifer Golden
  • Publication number: 20230323023
    Abstract: Copolyesters made from the direct esterification of terephthalic acid with diols including ethylene glycol, but which contain low diethylene glycol (DEG) content, and processes for making the copolyesters. The copolyesters are characterized by comprising 1.0 wt % or less of DEG without requiring the use of DEG-suppressing additives. The processes are characterized by features including operating at lower pressures and lower EG:TPA feed mole ratios in the first reaction zone, while simultaneously at higher temperatures than typical operation in order to lower incorporation of DEG into the final polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Anne-Martine Sherbeck Jackson, Rachel Elizabeth McLendon, Bruce Roger DeBruin, Michael Paul Ekart, Dale Milton Blakely, Robert Todd Harris
  • Patent number: 11769007
    Abstract: An approach for generating synthetic treebanks to be used in training a parser in a production system is provided. A processor receives a request to generate one or more synthetic treebanks from a production system, wherein the request indicates a language for the one or more synthetic treebanks. A processor retrieves at least one corpus of text in which the requested language is present. A processor provides the at least one corpus to a transformer enhanced parser neural network model. A processor generates at least one synthetic treebank associated with a string of text from the at least one corpus of text in which the requested language is present. A processor sends the at least one synthetic treebank to the production system, wherein the production system trains a parser utilized by the production system with the at least one synthetic treebank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yousef El-Kurdi, Radu Florian, Hiroshi Kanayama, Efsun Kayi, Laura Chiticariu, Takuya Ohko, Robert Todd Ward
  • Patent number: 11741252
    Abstract: A data protection system is provided to detect data and execute security actions on the detected data using multiple tiers of parallel processing and incremental processing. For example, the data protection system can employ parallel job-submission and parallel-job execution to cataloging, scanning, searching, and other processes. Only source data that has not already been processed or has modified may be loaded to a cataloging data queue and a scanning data queue to reduce processing time. Scan results can include different data groups and can be used to search for specific data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAS Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryl Edward Yewchin, Robert Todd Foreman, Robert Valentine Rood
  • Patent number: 11738305
    Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include at least one foil-microscreen assembly disposed between and secured to first and second end frames. The at least one foil-microscreen assembly may include at least one hydrogen-selective membrane and at least one microscreen structure including a non-porous planar sheet having a plurality of apertures forming a plurality of fluid passages. The planar sheet may include generally opposed planar surfaces configured to provide support to the permeate side. The plurality of fluid passages may extend between the opposed surfaces. The at least one hydrogen-selective membrane may be metallurgically bonded to the at least one microscreen structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Element 1 Corp
    Inventors: David J. Edlund, Robert Todd Studebaker
  • Publication number: 20230267301
    Abstract: One or more computer processors responsive to neural network run-time, reduce one or more sets of maximum activations along a hidden dimension respectively associated with one or more activation tensors and one or more layers of a neural network. The one or more computer processors compute an interquartile range (IQR) clip threshold for each reduced set for each sequence dimension in the neural network. The one or more computer processors clip one or more activations based on respective computed IQR clip thresholds. The one or more computer processors quantize the clipped activations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: YOUSEF EL-KURDI, Jerome L Quinn, Robert Todd Ward