Patents by Inventor Ryan Allen
Ryan Allen 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).
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Publication number: 20250014580Abstract: Some implementations relate to an automated assistant that can provide assistant suggestions based on content that the user has requested for the automated assistant to render at a computing device. In some instances, an assistant suggestion can correspond to a portion of the content that is not being rendered at the computing device but that is part of the content that the user is accessing. In other instances, an assistant suggestion can be based on data that can indicate how one or more users may have interacted with their automated assistant when viewing the content. Therefore, an assistant suggestion can correspond to an assistant operation that may have been initialized by another user who had previously viewed the content. In some implementations, an arrangement of the assistant suggestions can be modified according to which part of the content a user is viewing and/or user distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Stacy Cronin, Cliff Kuang, Abraham Wallin, Katrina Egert-Pecot, Sean Joseph Klassen, Caleb Misclevitz, Karan Patel, Ian Baker, Simon Sok, Ryan Allen
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Publication number: 20240390718Abstract: A system for applying a fire retardant with a hose includes a nozzle, a straw coupled to the nozzle, and a container coupled to the nozzle with fire retardant liquid in the container. The nozzle is connected to a hose, such as a garden hose, and mixes the fire retardant liquid with water to create a fire retardant mixture. The nozzle discharges the fire retardant mixture onto a structure or another selected location to reduce the risk of damage due to fire. The system may also be adapted for use with a vehicle for mixing and applying the fire retardant mixture onsite in commercial applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventor: Nicholai Ryan ALLEN
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Patent number: 12116028Abstract: A system and method for virtual block stick circuits is presented. The present disclosure implements specialized algorithms adapted to determine the true status of a virtual block based on multiple inputs from different perspectives. In one embodiment, the system can use the far house perspective of that virtual track segment and the PTC hazard for the near virtual track segment directly adjacent to the near house uses the near house perspective of that virtual track segment. For the middle virtual track segments, the near house perspectives of the middle virtual track segments are held ‘TRUE’ if they are already ‘TRUE’ when the train first enters the block, using stick circuits for the near house perspective of the middle track circuits. The vital application can then indicate the true state of the virtual track segment as occupied (FALSE), to protect the train from trains that follow.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: BNSF Railway CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Ryan Allen, Michael Ramolt, Brent Russell, Kent Robert Shue
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Patent number: 12100395Abstract: Some implementations relate to an automated assistant that can provide assistant suggestions based on content that the user has requested for the automated assistant to render at a computing device. In some instances, an assistant suggestion can correspond to a portion of the content that is not being rendered at the computing device but that is part of the content that the user is accessing. In other instances, an assistant suggestion can be based on data that can indicate how one or more users may have interacted with their automated assistant when viewing the content. Therefore, an assistant suggestion can correspond to an assistant operation that may have been initialized by another user who had previously viewed the content. In some implementations, an arrangement of the assistant suggestions can be modified according to which part of the content a user is viewing and/or user distance.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Stacy Cronin, Cliff Kuang, Abraham Wallin, Katrina Egert-Pecot, Sean Joseph Klassen, Caleb Misclevitz, Karan Patel, Ian Baker, Simon Sok, Ryan Allen
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Publication number: 20240165780Abstract: A gas spring-powered fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, a driver blade attached to the piston and movable therewith between a ready position and a driven position, a lifter to move the driver blade from the driven position to the ready position, and a transmission including an output shaft operatively coupled to the lifter to provide torque to the lifter. The fastener driver also includes an input to provide torque to the transmission and a clutch positioned downstream of the input and operably coupled to the output shaft to limit an amount of torque transferred to the output shaft and the lifter. In response to an application of a reaction torque to the output shaft above a predetermined threshold, torque from the input is diverted from the output shaft via the clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Andrew R. Wyler, Nathan T. Armstrong, Jason D. Thurner, Troy C. Thorson, John S. Scott, Jeremy R. Ebner, Daniel R. Garces, Ryan Allen Dedrickson, Luke J. Skinner, Benjamin R. Suhr
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Patent number: 11975435Abstract: A tool includes a housing, a drive assembly including an output shaft extending from the housing such that a tool element for performing work on a workpiece is attachable to the output shaft, and a bushing disposed within the housing. The bushing rotatably supports the output shaft. The bushing is impregnated with lubricant such that the bushing is self-lubricating, and the bushing has an impregnation ratio between about 5% and about 25%.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Peter Malak, Michael R. Sande, Ryan Allen Dedrickson, Guang Hu, Fan Bin Zeng, Wei Chao Xu, Qiao Cai
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Patent number: 11926028Abstract: A gas spring-powered fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, a driver blade attached to the piston and movable therewith between a ready position and a driven position, a lifter to move the driver blade from the driven position to the ready position, and a transmission including an output shaft operatively coupled to the lifter to provide torque to the lifter. The fastener driver also includes an input to provide torque to the transmission and a clutch positioned downstream of the input and operably coupled to the output shaft to limit an amount of torque transferred to the output shaft and the lifter. In response to an application of a reaction torque to the output shaft above a predetermined threshold, torque from the input is diverted from the output shaft via the clutch.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew R. Wyler, Nathan T. Armstrong, Jason D. Thurner, Troy C. Thorson, John S. Scott, Jeremy R. Ebner, Daniel R. Garces, Ryan Allen Dedrickson, Luke J. Skinner, Benjamin R. Suhr
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Publication number: 20230169967Abstract: Some implementations relate to an automated assistant that can provide assistant suggestions based on content that the user has requested for the automated assistant to render at a computing device. In some instances, an assistant suggestion can correspond to a portion of the content that is not being rendered at the computing device but that is part of the content that the user is accessing. In other instances, an assistant suggestion can be based on data that can indicate how one or more users may have interacted with their automated assistant when viewing the content. Therefore, an assistant suggestion can correspond to an assistant operation that may have been initialized by another user who had previously viewed the content. In some implementations, an arrangement of the assistant suggestions can be modified according to which part of the content a user is viewing and/or user distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Stacy Cronin, Cliff Kuang, Abraham Wallin, Katrina Egert-Pecot, Sean Joseph Klassen, Caleb Misclevitz, Karan Patel, Ian Baker, Simon Sok, Ryan Allen
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Publication number: 20230083828Abstract: A system and method for virtual block stick circuits is presented. The present disclosure implements specialized algorithms adapted to determine the true status of a virtual block based on multiple inputs from different perspectives. In one embodiment, the system can use the far house perspective of that virtual track segment and the PTC hazard for the near virtual track segment directly adjacent to the near house uses the near house perspective of that virtual track segment. For the middle virtual track segments, the near house perspectives of the middle virtual track segments are held ‘TRUE’ if they are already ‘TRUE’ when the train first enters the block, using stick circuits for the near house perspective of the middle track circuits. The vital application can then indicate the true state of the virtual track segment as occupied (FALSE), to protect the train from trains that follow.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: BNSF Railway CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Ryan Allen, Michael Ramolt, Brent Russell, Kent Robert Shue
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Patent number: 11511779Abstract: A system and method for virtual block stick circuits is presented. The present disclosure implements specialized algorithms adapted to determine the true status of a virtual block based on multiple inputs from different perspectives. In one embodiment, the system can use the far house perspective of that virtual track segment and the PTC hazard for the near virtual track segment directly adjacent to the near house uses the near house perspective of that virtual track segment. For the middle virtual track segments, the near house perspectives of the middle virtual track segments are held ‘TRUE’ if they are already ‘TRUE’ when the train first enters the block, using stick circuits for the near house perspective of the middle track circuits. The vital application can then indicate the true state of the virtual track segment as occupied (FALSE), to protect the train from trains that follow.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: BNSF Railway CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Ryan Allen, Michael Ramolt, Brent Russell, Kent Robert Shue
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Publication number: 20220245509Abstract: There is a need for more effective and efficient hierarchical clustering. This need can be addressed by, for example, solutions for performing interpretable hierarchical clustering. In one example, a method includes performing a group of hierarchical clustering routines to generate a group of final hierarchical clusters; for each cluster-feature pair of a group of cluster-feature pairs, determining an intra-cluster variable importance measure, an incremental representation measure, and an overall variable importance based at least in part on the intra-cluster variable importance measure the incremental representation measure; generating predicted explanatory metadata for the group of hierarchical clustering routines based at least in part on each overall variable importance measure for each cluster-feature pair of the group of cluster-feature pairs; and performing one or more prediction-based actions based at least in part on the predicted explanatory metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Ryan Allen, Abhinav Agrawal
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Publication number: 20220032975Abstract: A system and method for virtual block stick circuits is presented. The present disclosure implements specialized algorithms adapted to determine the true status of a virtual block based on multiple inputs from different perspectives. In one embodiment, the system can use the far house perspective of that virtual track segment and the PTC hazard for the near virtual track segment directly adjacent to the near house uses the near house perspective of that virtual track segment. For the middle virtual track segments, the near house perspectives of the middle virtual track segments are held ‘TRUE’ if they are already ‘TRUE’ when the train first enters the block, using stick circuits for the near house perspective of the middle track circuits. The vital application can then indicate the true state of the virtual track segment as occupied (FALSE), to protect the train from trains that follow.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: BNSF Railway CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Ryan Allen, Michael Ramolt, Brent Russell, Kent Robert Shue
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Publication number: 20210347025Abstract: A gas spring-powered fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston, a driver blade attached to the piston, the driver blade movable with the piston, a lifter including a rotary component operably coupled to the driver blade to move the driver blade from a driven position to a ready position, and a multi-stage planetary transmission. The transmission includes an output shaft operatively coupled to the lifter to provide torque thereto, a first bearing supporting a first portion of the output shaft for rotation, a second bearing supporting a second portion of the output shaft for rotation. The fastener driver also includes a housing having a cylinder support portion in which the cylinder is received and a transmission housing portion in which the first and second bearings are received to rotatably support the output shaft. The cylinder support portion and the transmission housing portion are integrally formed as a single piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Andrew R. Wyler, Nathan T. Armstrong, Jason D. Thurner, Troy C. Thorson, John S. Scott, Jeremy R. Ebner, Daniel R. Garces, Ryan Allen Dedrickson, Luke J. Skinner, Benjamin R. Suhr
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Publication number: 20210347026Abstract: A gas spring-powered fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, a driver blade attached to the piston and movable therewith between a ready position and a driven position, a lifter to move the driver blade from the driven position to the ready position, and a transmission including an output shaft operatively coupled to the lifter to provide torque to the lifter. The fastener driver also includes an input to provide torque to the transmission and a clutch positioned downstream of the input and operably coupled to the output shaft to limit an amount of torque transferred to the output shaft and the lifter. In response to an application of a reaction torque to the output shaft above a predetermined threshold, torque from the input is diverted from the output shaft via the clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Andrew R. Wyler, Nathan T. Armstrong, Jason D. Thurner, Troy C. Thorson, John S. Scott, Jeremy R. Ebner, Daniel R. Garces, Ryan Allen Dedrickson, Luke J. Skinner, Benjamin R. Suhr
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Publication number: 20210291339Abstract: A tool includes a housing, a drive assembly including an output shaft extending from the housing such that a tool element for performing work on a workpiece is attachable to the output shaft, and a bushing disposed within the housing. The bushing rotatably supports the output shaft. The bushing is impregnated with lubricant such that the bushing is self-lubricating, and the bushing has an impregnation ratio between about 5% and about 25%.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Peter Malak, Michael R. Sande, Ryan Allen Dedrickson, Guang Hu, Fan Bin Zeng, Wei Chao Xu, Qiao Cai
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Publication number: 20210186317Abstract: An instrument handle is provided. The instrument handle includes an elongated structure extending between a first end and a second end, the first end extending to a functional head component or is configured to couple to a removable functional head component, and the elongated structure is interrupted by a holding assembly having a through-hole configured to receive a solid object. The holding assembly can have one or more connectors configured to securably retain the solid object therein. A dental mirror including the instrument handle is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: AM Dental LLCInventors: JOSHUA MELTON, RYAN ALLEN, BRADLEY P. GRIFFIN
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Patent number: 11027404Abstract: A power tool includes a housing having a motor housing portion and a front casing coupled to the motor housing portion. The power tool also includes an electric motor positioned within the motor housing portion, a drive assembly having an output shaft to which a tool element for performing work on a workpiece is attachable, and a powdered metal bushing disposed within the front casing that rotatably supports the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Peter Malak, Michael R. Sande, Ryan Allen Dedrickson, Guang Hu, Fan Bin Zeng, Wei Chao Xu, Qiao Cai
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Publication number: 20210107779Abstract: A vessel filling and capping system is described. Embodiments of the vessel filling and capping system can include, but is not limited to, a vessel filling assembly, a vessel capping assembly, and a tray. The vessel filling assembly can be implemented to fill one or more vessels with a fluid and the vessel capping assembly can be implemented to cap the filled one or more vessels. The tray can be implemented to hold the one or more vessels and align the vessels for the vessel filling assembly and the vessel capping assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventor: Ryan Allen
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Patent number: 10722950Abstract: A chuck assembly includes a chuck body rotatable about an axis, a plurality of jaws each received within a slot of the chuck body for co-rotation with the chuck body about the axis, a wedge engageable with an outer surface of each jaw, a pusher coupled to the plurality of jaws to bias the plurality of jaws in a forward direction into engagement with the wedge, and a tightening sleeve threadably coupled to the chuck body for relative rotation with the chuck body. The tightening sleeve includes a clamping surface engageable with the wedge for inwardly displacing the plurality of jaws in a radial direction, causing the plurality of jaws to secure a tool bit received within the chuck assembly, in response to rotation of the tightening sleeve relative to the chuck body in a tightening direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventor: Ryan Allen Dedrickson
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Patent number: 10607245Abstract: In an embodiment, a method performed by one or more computing devices comprises storing, for one or more marketplace associated applications, interaction information that identifies, for each particular application of said one or more marketplace associated applications, a list of devices that interacted with an instance of the particular application; receiving, from a requesting device, a request for a list of offer eligible applications; determining, based on said interaction information, a set of applications associated with the requesting device; based on said determination of the set of applications associated with the requesting device, sending a list of one or more selected eligible applications to the requesting device.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Tapjoy, Inc.Inventors: Linda Tong, Stephen James McCarthy, Ryan Allen Johns, Hai-Van Pham, Norman Chan, Amir Bashir Manji, Jia Feng, Marc Bourget, Joey Pan, Hwan-Joon Choi