Patents by Inventor Russell Williams

Russell Williams 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: 20250091445
    Abstract: A technique controls regenerative braking to reduce skidding of an electric vehicle. Such a technique may involve imparting rotation to an electric motor to move the vehicle to a first speed; and adjusting the limit regenerative braking power available based on a grade/slope on which the vehicle is operating. Processing circuitry may be configured to both: (a) allow a vehicle to have unrestricted or less restricted regenerative braking for more quickly slowing the vehicle when desired such as on flat dry pavement and/or on flat ground, and (b) limit, or more significantly limit, the vehicle's deceleration in situations such as when traveling downhill on a steep grade to reduce chances of sliding/skidding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory August THEODOSAKIS, Russell William KING, Jonathan Daniel BOWEN
  • Publication number: 20250076062
    Abstract: A method includes receiving operational data from a plurality of vehicles comprising a fleet of vehicles operating in an area of interest, the operational data indicating a motion and a corresponding location of the vehicle; processing the received operational data to identify events of interest, wherein each of the identified events of interest has an event type and has associated therewith a geographic area in which the event of interest occurred; and identifying clusters of the events of interest, wherein each of the clusters comprises multiple occurrences of ones of the events of interest having the same type and having associated therewith the same geographic area. A responsive action to mitigate operating conditions associated with the event type of the events of interest of the at least one of the identified clusters may subsequently be taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Russell William King, Jonathan Daniel Bowen, Gregory August Theodosakis
  • Patent number: 12240353
    Abstract: A technique provides power-limiting regenerative braking to a utility vehicle. The technique involves detecting that the utility vehicle is moving in a forward direction at a first speed. The technique further involves applying a first regenerative braking power level to the utility vehicle in response to detecting that the utility vehicle is moving in the forward direction at the first speed. The technique further involves detecting that the utility vehicle is moving in the forward direction at a second speed which is less than the first speed. The technique further involves applying a second regenerative braking power level to the utility vehicle in response to detecting that the utility vehicle is moving in the forward direction at the second speed. The second regenerative braking power level is lower than the first regenerative braking power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Russell William King, Kevin Douglas Grove
  • Publication number: 20250064450
    Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus is provided and includes a housing having an actuator; an elongated member extending from the housing; an end effector disposed on an end of the elongated member, the end effector having a first jaw and a second jaw, the first jaw having a staple cartridge and the second jaw having a plurality of staple forming recesses; the staple cartridge having at least a first segment and a second segment, the first segment and the second segment each having a tissue contacting surface and staple receiving slots defined in the tissue contacting surface, the first segment and the second segment being biased toward the second jaw and movable; a biasing members for each of the first segment and the second segment; and a pressure sensor for each of the first segment and the second segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Michael A. Zemlok, Adam Ross, Russell Pribanic, Ryan Williams
  • Publication number: 20250058643
    Abstract: Techniques to control a utility vehicle involve initially setting a maximum speed constraint imposed on the utility vehicle to an initial value. Such techniques further involve receiving a state of charge signal that indicates a current state of charge of a lithium battery which provides electric power for utility vehicle propulsion. Such techniques further involve, based on the state of charge signal that indicates the current state of charge of the lithium battery, adjusting the maximum speed constraint imposed on the utility vehicle from the initial value to an adjusted value that is different from the initial value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory August Theodosakis, Russell William King, Jonathan Daniel Bowen
  • Publication number: 20250029050
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides an exemplary computer system that includes at least the following components: at least one processor; a non-transitory memory storing software instructions; and where, when executing the software instructions by the processor, the computer system is configured to perform at least: controlling a plurality of first software objects; controlling a plurality of second software objects; controlling a plurality of third software object; where each software object includes at least one property programmed with at least one trigger condition and at least one programmed action; where the at least one pre-programmed action is configured to dynamically change a value of at least one property of at least one other software object based on: i) the at least one trigger condition; and ii) a value of at least one other property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Diane Agerton Dyess, Joel Walter Denton, Andrew William Dubowec, Shawn Michael Fleming, Justin Jerry Hibbs, Troy Wayne Kirchenbauer, Peter Laundy, Russell Francis Lewis, John Walter Mallinckrodt, II, Krzysztof Musial, Harpreet Singh, Scott Michael Willey
  • Patent number: 12203412
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a shaft having an inner diameter surface. A plug is mounted in the shaft. An oil nozzle is positioned to direct a flow of oil to an interior of the shaft. The plug has: a first section; a second section having an outer diameter periphery; and an axial gap between the first section and the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Russell B. Witlicki, Todd A. Davis, Ryan William Lureau, Shadd Andrew Bradshaw, Christopher M. Valva
  • Publication number: 20250018895
    Abstract: A vehicle anti-theft device that is configured to be surroundably mount a brake pedal inhibiting access thereto and as such disabling features of the vehicle such as but not limited to starting of the vehicle. The invention includes a housing having a plurality of walls forming an interior volume being of suitable size to accommodate a vehicle brake pedal therein. The housing includes a front wall that is hingedly mounted operable to move between an open and closed position. A top wall is slidably secured to the housing so as to facilitate placement of the housing around the vehicle brake pedal. A wedge member is placed within the interior volume of the housing and is configured to engage the brake pedal applying an upwards bias thereagainst so as to inhibit movement of the vehicle brake pedal. A lateral stability member is secured to the housing to inhibit lateral movement thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Russell William Howell, Derek Lapierre
  • Patent number: 12120123
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include systems and methods that generate and utilize digital visual codes. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods generate digital visual codes comprising a plurality of digital visual code points arranged in concentric circles, a plurality of anchor points, and an orientation anchor surrounding a digital media item. In addition, the disclosed systems and methods embed information in the digital visual code points regarding an account of a first user of a networking system. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods display the digital visual codes via a computing device of the first user, scan the digital visual codes via a second computing device, and provide privileges to the second computing device in relation to the account of the first user in the networking system based on the scanned digital visual code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Anthony Leach, Eugenio Padilla Garza, Anthony Tran, Russell William Andrews
  • Publication number: 20240317198
    Abstract: A technique controls an electric brake of a vehicle. The technique involves continuously providing power to the electric brake of the vehicle to continuously disengage the electric brake and allow the vehicle to move. The technique further involves, while power is continuously provided to the electric brake and the vehicle is moving, sensing a fault condition. The technique further involves, in response to sensing the fault condition, providing electric pulses to the electric brake in place of continuously providing power to the electric brake, the electric pulses having varying pulse timing that controls braking of the vehicle. Accordingly, the vehicle is able to provide a more consistent braking response regardless of variations in certain factors such as brake calibration and/or current wear, the current weight in the vehicle, the current temperature, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Russell William King, Kevin Douglas Grove
  • Patent number: 12071119
    Abstract: A technique controls an electric brake of a vehicle. The technique involves continuously providing power to the electric brake of the vehicle to continuously disengage the electric brake and allow the vehicle to move. The technique further involves, while power is continuously provided to the electric brake and the vehicle is moving, sensing a fault condition. The technique further involves, in response to sensing the fault condition, providing electric pulses to the electric brake in place of continuously providing power to the electric brake, the electric pulses having varying pulse timing that controls braking of the vehicle. Accordingly, the vehicle is able to provide a more consistent braking response regardless of variations in certain factors such as brake calibration and/or current wear, the current weight in the vehicle, the current temperature, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Russell William King, Kevin Douglas Grove
  • Publication number: 20240257127
    Abstract: A payment processing system receives from a user device at least one message including information identifying user profile information to be associated with a prepaid account, funding source identification identifying a financial source to be used for temporarily funding the prepaid account, and a schedule identifying when the prepaid account is to be used to pay for a purchase. The system sends an account key through the network interface, and generates the prepaid account with a logical association to the account key, the user profile information, the funding source identification, and the schedule. The system determines when a funding rule has become satisfied based on at least the schedule, and responds to determining the funding rule has become satisfied by funding the prepaid account from the financial source identified by the funding source identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: Russell William Motz
  • Publication number: 20240197241
    Abstract: Methods for assessing a skin surface of a patient and associated systems and devices are described herein. A method configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, receiving a three-dimensional data set representative of the patient's skin surface and determining a boundary of a feature of the patient's skin in the three-dimensional data set. The method can further include determining, with a processor, a three-dimensional surface area of the feature within the boundary. In some embodiments, the method can also include identifying a plurality of sub-regions within the boundary and identifying one or more tissue types in each sub-region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Philip John Barclay, Bruce Leslie Keith Davey, Brent Stephen Robinson, Russell William Watson, Oliver John Dickie
  • Publication number: 20240059017
    Abstract: A method includes flowing gas within a chamber for first process parameters at a predetermined point in a laser focal plane and simulating the step of flowing gas within the chamber based on the value of the flow characteristic of the gas at the predetermined point in the laser focal plane so that a value of a simulated-flow characteristic of the gas at a predetermined point away from the laser focal plane is identified. The method comprises comparing the value of the simulated-flow characteristic of gas at the predetermined point away from the laser focal plane to a desired value of the simulated-flow characteristic and flowing gas within the chamber for second differing process parameters, when the value of the simulated-flow characteristic of the gas at the predetermined point away from the laser focal plane differs from the desired value of the simulated-flow characteristic is outside a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eric M. Chapman, Cory C. Cunningham, Troy A. Haworth, Dana Alexander Henshaw, Matthew Thomas Hollinger, Ashley Marie Jones, Kevin Michael Mejia, Christopher Perez, Russell William Waymire
  • Patent number: 11903723
    Abstract: Methods for assessing a skin surface of a patient and associated systems and devices are described herein. A method configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, receiving a three-dimensional data set representative of the patient's skin surface and determining a boundary of a feature of the patient's skin in the three-dimensional data set. The method can further include determining, with a processor, a three-dimensional surface area of the feature within the boundary. In some embodiments, the method can also include identifying a plurality of sub-regions within the boundary and identifying one or more tissue types in each sub-region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Aranz Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Philip John Barclay, Bruce Leslie Keith Davey, Brent Stephen Robinson, Russell William Watson, Oliver John Dickie
  • Publication number: 20230412609
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include systems and methods that generate and utilize digital visual codes. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods generate digital visual codes comprising a plurality of digital visual code points arranged in concentric circles, a plurality of anchor points, and an orientation anchor surrounding a digital media item. In addition, the disclosed systems and methods embed information in the digital visual code points regarding an account of a first user of a networking system. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods display the digital visual codes via a computing device of the first user, scan the digital visual codes via a second computing device, and provide privileges to the second computing device in relation to the account of the first user in the networking system based on the scanned digital visual code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Anthony Leach, Eugenio Padilla Garza, Anthony Tran, Russell William Andrews
  • Patent number: 11845201
    Abstract: A method of configuring an additive-manufacturing machine comprises a chamber, a platform, movable inside the chamber and comprising a build-plane surface, and a laser, having a laser focal plane within the chamber. The method comprising steps of flowing a gas within the chamber in accordance with a first set of process parameters and identifying a value of a flow characteristic of the gas at a predetermined point in the laser focal plane while flowing the gas within the chamber in accordance with the first set of process parameters. The method also comprises additively manufacturing a test coupon using the laser while flowing the gas within the chamber in accordance with the first set of process parameters, wherein the test coupon has a test-coupon peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric M. Chapman, Cory C. Cunningham, Troy A. Haworth, Dana Alexander Henshaw, Matthew Thomas Hollinger, Ashley Marie Jones, Kevin Michael Mejia, Christopher Perez, Russell William Waymire
  • Publication number: 20230371667
    Abstract: A protective case for a bicycle, which is an enclosed hollow rectangular cuboid including a top half; a lower half; wherein the top and lower halves releasably connect together to form the enclosed cuboid; and wherein each of the halves has: rigid outer wall sections for each surface of the cuboid so that the cuboid is fully enclosed; wherein at least the lower half has a stand attached thereto and the stand being adapted to connect to a bicycle frame of the bicycle and the case being adapted to support the bicycle when the stand is in, either: a non-extended position; and an extended position; wherein the stand is releasably attached to a mounting system; and the mounting system can hold the bicycle either in alignment or orthogonally to the longitudinal axis of the lower half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: David Tien Ang LIM, Russell William PAGE-WOOD, Lincoln Henry Tutton HILL
  • Patent number: 11777946
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include systems and methods that generate and utilize digital visual codes. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods generate digital visual codes comprising a plurality of digital visual code points arranged in concentric circles, a plurality of anchor points, and an orientation anchor surrounding a digital media item. In addition, the disclosed systems and methods embed information in the digital visual code points regarding an account of a first user of a networking system. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods display the digital visual codes via a computing device of the first user, scan the digital visual codes via a second computing device, and provide privileges to the second computing device in relation to the account of the first user in the networking system based on the scanned digital visual code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Anthony Leach, Eugenio Padilla Garza, Anthony Tran, Russell William Andrews
  • Patent number: D1066346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Kristina A. Babiarz, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Carlo Catalano, Markus Diebel, Ross M. Errett, Lee B. Hamstra, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Melody L. Kuna, Carli E. Oster, Florence Wong Ow, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Devin M. Williams, Alex Chun Lap Yeung, Rico Zörkendörfer