Patents by Inventor Scott Williams

Scott 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).

  • Patent number: 11404879
    Abstract: This application provides methods and systems for rapid load support for grid frequency transient events. Example electric power systems may include a turbine, a generator coupled to the turbine, where the generator is configured to provide power to an electrical grid, and a controller configured to detect a grid event, determine a rate of change of frequency (rate of change of frequency) value, determine a predicted post-grid event governor set point based on the rate of change of frequency value, and initiate a change to at least one turbine operating parameter based on the predicted post-grid event governor set point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Sreedhar Desabhatla, Scott William Szepek
  • Publication number: 20220239678
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a traffic inspection service executed by an intermediary device obtains, from a monitoring agent executed by an endpoint device, keying information for an encrypted traffic session between the endpoint device and a remote entity. The traffic inspection service provides a notification to the monitoring agent that acknowledges receipt of the keying information. The traffic inspection service uses the keying information to decrypt encrypted traffic from the encrypted traffic session. The traffic inspection service applies a policy to the encrypted traffic session between the endpoint device and the remote entity, based on the decrypted traffic from the session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Rehak, David McGrew, Blake Harrell Anderson, Scott William Dunlop
  • Publication number: 20220237628
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for tracking, via a blockchain registry, carbon credits in goods produced from materials with sequestered carbon. Materials with sequestered carbon may be produced by reacting greenhouse gases with air and other reagents and catalysts (including biological organisms). Following production of a batch of material with sequestered carbon, a blockchain entry may be recorded with production details and details of carbon-credits earned during production. The carbon-sequestering material may later be converted into products, each of which may have a unique product identifier. A blockchain entry may be recorded with the unique product identifiers such that an owner of a unit of product can obtain, from the blockchain registry, a verified amount of carbon-credit associated with that unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Scott William Wollack, Patrick Curran, Evan Randall Creelman, Markus Donald Herrema
  • Publication number: 20220227549
    Abstract: Containers are described that allow a consumer to see inside the container and to more easily access the products. One form of the container includes a base member with a lid defining a window. A flexible laminate with a peelable flap portion is attached to the lid to provide access to the products inside. The flexible laminate includes a first film layer laminated to a second film layer. The first film layer includes a first cut line defining a peelable flap portion and the second film layer includes a second cut line offset from the first cut line that defines an opening into the container. First and second reclose surfaces defined between the cut lines on the corresponding film layers include pressure-sensitive adhesive to allow the container to be re-sealed via movement of the peelable flap portion back into engagement with the flexible laminate remaining with the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Publication number: 20220219524
    Abstract: An assembly for power transmission between an output of a drive engine and an input of a transmission. The assembly includes a torque converter and a P2 module that are axially engage and retained for flexibility in assembling of the assembly. The P2 module including a clutch and an electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Scott William Binder, Calahan B. Campton, Michael W. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20220219525
    Abstract: A device for power transmission between an output of a drive engine and an input of a transmission. The device includes a torque converter, an electric motor at least partially axially overlapping the torque converter, a damper system having an input adapted to be driven by the output of the drive engine, and a clutch coupled between the damper system and the torque converter and configured to connect and disconnect the damper with the torque converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth Gerard Walega, Scott William Binder
  • Patent number: 11384541
    Abstract: A roofing material including a substrate having a top face and a bottom face. The roofing material further includes a non-asphalt coating applied to the substrate and an asphalt layer covering at least a portion of the top face. The bottom face is asphalt-free, or substantially asphalt-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Owens Coming Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Verhoff, Desmond John VanHouten, Scott William Schweiger
  • Patent number: 11383888
    Abstract: The invention comprises a package for reactive materials comprising a panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges. The panel comprises at least one film layer, an adhesive adjacent the film layer, wherein the adhesive is pattern applied such that it is disposed within an interior region of the film layer and wherein a perimeter of the film layer is adhesive-free adjacent each of the first end, second end, and side edges, and a release liner comprising a substrate layer and a cured silicone layer. The release liner is adhered to the film layer via the adhesive, the substrate layer of the release liner is disposed adjacent the film layer, and a perimeter of the release liner is smaller than the perimeter of the film structure. In an embodiment, the panel comprises a tubular body and the side edges are sealed together to form a fin seal, the first end is sealed closed to form an end seal, and the second end is sealed closed to form an end seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Publication number: 20220204237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resealable membrane lid for a container comprising a peelable portion and a removable portion. When the resealable peelable portion is peeled back, the seal onto the container is not disturbed. When the removable portion is removed from the container, the container contents may be accessed. The peelable portion may be resealed onto the container at any point in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM HUFFER
  • Patent number: 11370550
    Abstract: A compressor temperature control system and method for an aircraft air cycle machine is presented. The system prevents overheating of the compressor using a low limit valve positioned between a turbine outlet and a bleed air source. The low limit valve directs the air to an air cycle machine, or bypasses the machine, in regards at least in part to the air temperature measured in the cabin supply duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Scott William Weber, Clinton Lee Thompson
  • Patent number: 11375157
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a video room system that can generate a video room utilizing a cross-application technique by accessing functions of one application based on user interaction within a separate application. In particular, the disclosed systems can generate a video room that remains open for access by a creator device and invitee devices in a casual come-and-go fashion. The disclosed systems can further generate a video room link that is distributable intelligently to grant access to the video room to invitee devices. The disclosed systems can also automatically surface a video room link to an invitee device based on determining a digital connection between the invitee device and the creator device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: WhatsApp LLC
    Inventors: Aby John, Valerie Rose, Priyanka Kodikal, Ryan Andrew Wiggins, Raluca-Elena Podiuc, Charlotte Genevieve Duran, Scott William Ryder
  • Patent number: 11366883
    Abstract: Methods and systems for deploying an enhanced processing system that performs reflection based endpoint security testing are described herein. A computing system may determine, by performing reflection on a web server library, controller types corresponding to an API. For each of the controller types, the computing system may determine method information objects corresponding to the respective controller types. Based on calls to an endpoint method for each of the one or more method information objects, the computing system may determine endpoint failures associated with the API. The endpoint methods may correspond to each of the one or more method information objects. Based on the determined endpoint failures associated with the API, the computing system may adjust one or more endpoints of the API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott William Burnette, Dale Smith
  • Publication number: 20220185550
    Abstract: The invention comprises a lid configured to close the open end of a container, wherein the lid comprises a track disposed at least partially circumferentially within a peripheral portion of the lid, at least one insertion point within the track, and at least one retention region within the track. A ring is disposed circumferentially about the container, wherein the ring comprises at least one post which is configured to be inserted into and removed from the at least one insertion point and retained within the retention region. At least one of the ring and the lid are circumferentially rotatable between a locked position, wherein the at least one post is within the at least one retention region and an unlocked position, wherein the at least one post is within the at least one insertion point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Publication number: 20220185972
    Abstract: An environmentally friendly, aqueous binder composition that includes a metal salt and a polyol is provided. The metal salt may be a water soluble salt, including salts of boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, tin, zirconium, thallium, lead, and bismuth. The polyol may include water miscible or water soluble polymeric alcohols including polyvinyl alcohol. The binder composition may be used in the formation of insulation materials and non-woven mats, among other products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Bryan Alan Albani, Jesus M. Hernandez-Torres, Jose Mendez-Andino, Scott William Schweiger
  • Patent number: 11357452
    Abstract: A method of determining signal quality in a patient monitoring device includes acquiring one or more signals using the patient monitoring device. One or more signal quality metrics are determined based on the one or more acquired signals. A noise condition is detected based on the one or more signal quality metrics, and a determination is made whether the noise condition should be classified as intermittent or persistent. One or more actions are taken based on the classification of detected noise as intermittent or persistent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Monitoring, Inc.
    Inventors: Niranjan Chakravarthy, Scott Williams, Arthur Lai, Brion C. Finlay, Rodolphe Katra
  • Publication number: 20220177214
    Abstract: The invention comprises an ovenable packaging structure having an integral one-way valve. The laminate structure comprises an outer layer having a cut line which defines a flap that is separable from the outer layer, wherein the outer layer is adhered to an inner layer having a cut line which is offset from the outer cut line and defines a portion that is separable from the inner layer along the inner cut line and defines an opening into the packaging structure. The adhesive between the layers comprises, in an embodiment, a channel of pressure sensitive adhesive which surrounds both the outer cut line and the inner cut line, wherein the channel of pressure sensitive adhesive defines the perimeter of at least one adhesive-free valve chamber within said channel. The valve chamber comprises at least a portion of the outer cut line and the inner cut line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM HUFFER
  • Publication number: 20220177209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resealable container comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate-based container body comprising a bottom side and at least one upwardly extending sidewall, wherein the sidewall terminates in an open end of the container; a flexible film sealed to the container body, over the open end of the container, wherein the flexible film comprises: a polyethylene-based first film layer; a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adjacent a lower surface of the first film layer; a polyolefin plastomer skin layer adjacent a lower surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the first layer, pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and skin layer are coextruded; and a heat seal layer printed onto a lower surface of the skin layer and heat sealed to the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: SCOTT WILLIAM HUFFER, ROD PETTIS
  • Publication number: 20220177190
    Abstract: The invention comprises a peelable membrane for resealably closing a metal end comprising an outer layer, a tacky layer, and a heat seal layer. The heat seal layer is permanently sealed to the metal end to cover at least one opening in the metal end. The tacky layer causes the peelable membrane to be resealable onto the metal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Publication number: 20220170742
    Abstract: A system includes a measurement device having an electronic distance measurement (EDM) instrument, and at least one processor coupled to the EDM instrument. The at least one processor is configured to localize the measurement device relative to a design model, the measurement device being physically located at a measurement location, automatically generate, for at least one design element in the design model, a plurality of sample directions, control the EDM instrument to automatically perform measurements in the plurality of sample directions, and generate and output a verification result indicating a relation between the at least one design element and at least one object corresponding to the at least one design element, based on a shape of the at least one design element and measurement data of the measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: James NORRIS, Michael BURENKOV, John Howard SLOAN, IV, George Kelly CONE, Kevin Scott WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 11345378
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a controller that communicates between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller determines a communication loss and, responsive to determining the communication loss, switches to communicating via a different communication path. The controller also determines an operational restriction on movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss that is determined, obtains a transitional plan that designates operational settings of the vehicle system at one or more different locations along a route being traveled by the vehicle system, different distances along the route being traveled by the vehicle system, and/or different times. The controller automatically changes the movement of the vehicle system according to the operational settings designated by the transitional plan to reduce the movement of the vehicle system to or below the operational restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Scott William Dulmage, Brian Douglas Lawry, Wolfgang Daum, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Eugene Smith, Glen Paul Peltonen, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Robert Thomas Oliveira, Jared Klineman Cooper