Patents by Inventor Sean Miller

Sean Miller 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: 11837623
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an assembly having directly bonded first and second wafers where the assembly includes a backside surface and a front side surface. The first wafer includes IO signal connections vertically routed to the direct bonding interface by a first one of the bonding posts on the first wafer bonded to a first one of the bonding posts on the second wafer. The second wafer includes vertical routing of the IO signal connections from first one though the bonding posts on the second wafer to IO pads on a backside surface of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Eric Miller, Christian M. Boemler, Justin Gordon Adams Wehner, Drew Fairbanks, Sean P. Kilcoyne
  • Patent number: 11821188
    Abstract: A drain cleaning machine for moving a snake in a drain. The drain cleaning machine includes a rotating shell, a motor, radial drive mechanism, a translate mechanism, and a selection mechanism. The selection mechanism includes an actuating lever moveable between an activated position and a deactivated position, a selection plate moveable between a radial drive position and a translate position, and a push plate. The push plate is moveable in a first direction relative to the selection plate in response to the actuating lever moving to the activated position, and is moveable in a second direction relative to the selection plate in response to the actuating lever moving to the deactivated position. When the selection plate is in the radial drive position and the actuating lever is moved to the activated position, the push plate moves toward the selection plate to switch the radial drive mechanism to an engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael C. Reed, Justin Miller, Samuel J. Krohlow, Sean T. Kehoe
  • Patent number: 11790158
    Abstract: Disclosed are technologies for previewing a webpage. A first request comprising a first content layout for the webpage and indicia of one or more first device characteristics corresponding to emulation in a webpage preview may be received. A plurality of first style rules may be generated that may include an indication that at least one of the one or more content items is hidden based on the received indicia of one or more first device characteristics. A user designation regarding a preview status of the at least one hidden content item may be received. A preview of the webpage based on the plurality of first style rules may be rendered. The preview may identify the at least one hidden content item in the preview of the webpage if the preview status is positive, or exclude that content item in the preview if the preview status is negative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Sean C. Stansell, Christine A. Miller
  • Publication number: 20230301469
    Abstract: A dispenser having a base and a main body defining a cavity configured to receive sanitary tissue product sheets therein. The sanitary tissue product sheets may be positioned within the cavity and may be configured to be dispensed through an aperture formed through a top face and a front side face of the main body. The sanitary tissue product sheets may include at least a leading sheet and a second sheet. The second sheet may be configured to follow the leading sheet when the leading sheet is dispensed, such that the second sheet is partially parked through the aperture and has a non-uniform top edge and is deformed out of plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Sean FARRELL, Jacqueline Ellen YEE, Dominic M. MILLER, Sarah Anne SAVILLE, Catherine Suzanne SONNETT
  • Publication number: 20230249406
    Abstract: A system for additive manufacturing includes an extrusion apparatus configured to receive a raw material and to output an extrudate, a print head configured to receive the extrudate and to output a bead to form an object, and a quality control system having at least one measurement device for measuring at least one of a bead width, a bead height and/or a bead temperature of the bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TRIEX, LLC
    Inventors: TYLER MCNANEY, SEAN MILLER
  • Patent number: 11700504
    Abstract: A method and a device for performing targeted calibration are described. In an example, instructions to acquire spatial data in a predefined region in an indoor space is are received, the indoor space divided into a grid of a plurality of polygonal tiles in a size-wise hierarchy and tessellated at each level of the size-wise hierarchy, wherein the instructions comprise information regarding a group of polygonal tiles from amongst the plurality of polygonal tiles in the predefined region to gather the spatial data for, the group of polygonal tiles selected at a hierarchical level in the size-wise hierarchy, and wherein the spatial data is to be gathered for the group of polygonal tiles along a substantially continuous path connecting the group of polygonal tiles to be traversed for gathering the spatial data. In response to the instructions, acquisition of the spatial data along the substantially continuous path may be commenced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MAPSTED CORP.
    Inventors: Ahmed Mahmood, Joshua Karon, Sean Huberman, Vera Miller, Eros Gulo, Naiyu Chen
  • Patent number: 11684957
    Abstract: A drain cleaner includes a shroud with a closed end and an open end opposite the closed end and a drum assembly positioned within the shroud. The drum assembly is rotatable relative to the shroud. The drum assembly includes an inner drum and a drum cover extending entirely over an open forward end of the inner drum. The drain cleaner also includes a flexible cable stored within a cavity defined by the inner drum and the drum cover of the drum assembly. The flexible cable is supported by the inner drum. The drain cleaner further includes a handle assembly coupled to and extending rearwardly from the shroud. The handle assembly includes a motor, a grip, and an actuator to selectively energize the motor. The actuator is positioned in an area defined between the grip and the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hans T. Banholzer, Nikos A. Gainacopulos, Jacqueline J. Beierle, Sean T. Kehoe, Ryan James Denissen, Justin Miller
  • Patent number: 11673766
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that can facilitate elevator analytics and/or elevator optimization components are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a prediction component that can predict a current destination of an elevator passenger based on historical elevator usage data of the elevator passenger. The computer executable components can further comprise an assignment component that can assign the elevator passenger to an elevator based on the current destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gauri Karve, Tara Astigarraga, Eric Miller, Kangguo Cheng, Fee Li Lie, Sean Teehan, Marc Bergendahl
  • Patent number: 11677665
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a transport manager system operate to reduce network congestion by detecting one or more data flows in a network, determining, using a candidate flow detection threshold, whether a data flow of the one or more data flows is a candidate flow, the candidate flow detection threshold being based on one or more characteristics of the one or more data flows, and in response to determining that the data flow is the candidate flow, managing the data flow. A consumption rate, a duration, a number of bytes communicated, a throughput, or aggregated characteristics of the one or more data flows may be used to determine the candidate flow detection threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Opanga Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Miller, John M. Burnette, Ben Hadorn, Dave Gibbons, Sean Brown
  • Publication number: 20220378219
    Abstract: An article of manufacture for providing a portable bunk bed travel curtain is disclosed. The travel curtain attached to an upper bunk of a bunk bed for covering an open side of lower bunk of bunk bed. The travel curtain includes: a curtain fabric for covering an open side of the lower bunk of the bunk bed, a set of attachment straps for coupling the travel curtain to physical elements of the upper bunk, each attachment strap within the set of attachment straps couples to itself after wrapping around one of the physical elements of the upper bunk, a plurality of attachment tabs coupled to at least one side of the curtain fabric, each of the attachment loops may be used to secure items to the travel curtain, and one or more carabiners attached to corresponding attachment loops coupled to the curtain fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Sean Miller
  • Patent number: 11178180
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for risk analysis and access activity categorization across data structures for use in network security mechanisms are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sean Miller, Aaron Beaudoin, Avinash Sangappa, Venkata Kanaparthy
  • Publication number: 20210295359
    Abstract: An online behavior, survey, and social research system is provided. In some embodiments, the system comprises a hardware processor; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform a method comprising: collecting data from a user device of a user, the data representing actions performed by the user on one or more network sites; receiving an event match configuration specifying one or more patterns of interest; generating event matches based on the collected data and the event match configuration, wherein each of the event matches represents a portion of the collected data matching with one or more of the patterns of interest; receiving a project configuration specifying a time period of interest; generating a user journey report comprising the event matches occurring during the time period of interest; and providing the user journey report to a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Roseanne Luth, Sean Miller, Baixue Wu
  • Publication number: 20210261287
    Abstract: A container with a magnetic self-aligning sleeve includes a container that defines an interior receiving cavity with an opening at one end adapted to receive liquid or solid, and a base at an opposing end. The container additionally includes a sleeve defining a container receiving interior cavity with an opening at one end receiving the container, and a base at an opposing end. Of note, the container receiving cavity has an inside diameter that exceeds an outside diameter of the container. Finally, the container includes a first pair of magnetic arrays. A first one of the first pair of magnetic arrays has a primary polarity and is included with the base of the container. A second one of the first pair of magnetic arrays has a secondary polarity opposite the primary polarity and is included with the base of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan WEMBACHER, Atman BUCH, Sean MILLER, Michael MCHALE, Sophie LEFBVRE
  • Publication number: 20200334737
    Abstract: Described herein are a system and techniques directed toward identifying personalized recommendations for a user for products which are non-uniform and/or which are not easily equated across retailers. In some embodiments, this may involve using one or more clustering techniques to identify a cluster into which the user belongs. The system may ascertain, based on cluster data, an effect that the product is likely to have on the user. The user's preferences (e.g., lifestyle and consumption method) may then be used to identify a likelihood that a product's likely effect on a user is one desired by the user. Products may then be ranked based on those likelihoods and products with the highest likelihood may be presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Sean Miller
  • Publication number: 20200145460
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for risk analysis and access activity categorization across data structures for use in network security mechanisms are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Sean Miller, Aaron Beaudoin, Avinash Sangappa, Venkata Kanaparthy
  • Patent number: 10487444
    Abstract: A textile spreader apparatus, comprising: a first spread carriage and a second spread carriage, each configured to respectively receive opposing corners of a leading edge of a textile and to respectively convey the opposing corners in substantially opposing directions toward an extended position, such that the leading edge of the textile travels along a predetermined path; a catch arranged in the predetermined path of the leading edge, such that the catch intercepts the leading edge; and a sensor configured to detect when the catch intercepts the leading edge, wherein the catch is configured to retract from the path of the leading edge upon the sensor detecting a pressure applied to the leading edge, exceeding a threshold, wherein the threshold is reduced as the first spread carriage and the second spread carriage convey the opposing corners toward the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: G.A. Braun, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Sponable, Sean Miller, Maxwell Krause, Rachelle Radi
  • Publication number: 20190336268
    Abstract: Luminal devices are described. In one embodiment, a luminal device includes an esophageal stent and an anchoring membrane coupled to the esophageal stent. The anchoring membrane may be configured to be coupled to an esophageal wall with a tissue anchor placed through the anchoring membrane. The anchoring membrane may be configured to be pierced to allow the tissue anchor to be placed through the anchoring membrane. Methods for attaching a luminal device to the esophageal wall are described. In one embodiment, a method may include forming a bulge in an anchoring membrane of the luminal device and the esophageal wall, piercing the bulge from a first side of the anchoring membrane and a first side of the esophageal wall, placing a second retention element of a tissue anchor on a second side of the esophageal wall; and placing a tension element of the tissue anchor through the anchoring membrane and the esophageal wall. The tension element may be coupled to the second retention element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Jon ST. GERMAIN, Cole CHEN, Roland MAUDE-GRIFFIN, Johann NEISZ, Sean MILLER
  • Publication number: 20190276979
    Abstract: A textile spreader apparatus, comprising: a first spread carriage and a second spread carriage, each configured to respectively receive opposing corners of a leading edge of a textile and to respectively convey the opposing corners in substantially opposing directions toward an extended position, such that the leading edge of the textile travels along a predetermined path; a catch arranged in the predetermined path of the leading edge, such that the catch intercepts the leading edge; and a sensor configured to detect when the catch intercepts the leading edge, wherein the catch is configured to retract from the path of the leading edge upon the sensor detecting a pressure applied to the leading edge, exceeding a threshold, wherein the threshold is reduced as the first spread carriage and the second spread carriage convey the opposing corners toward the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: G.A. Braun, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Sponable, Sean Miller, Maxwell Krause, Rachelle Radi
  • Patent number: 10368973
    Abstract: Gastrointestinal bypass devices are described. In one embodiment, a gastrointestinal bypass device may include an anchoring membrane configured to be attached to a wall of an esophagus with a tissue anchor placed through the anchoring membrane. The anchoring membrane may be configured to be pierced to allow the tissue anchor to be placed through the anchoring membrane. Methods for attaching a device to a tissue wall are described. In one embodiment, a method may include forming a bulge in an anchoring membrane of the device and the tissue wall, piercing the bulge from a first side of the anchoring membrane and a first side of the tissue wall, placing a second retention element of a tissue anchor on a second side of the tissue wall, and, placing a tension element of the tissue anchor through the anchoring membrane and the tissue wall. The tension element may be coupled to the second retention element. The method may further include placing a first retention element on the first side of the anchoring membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ValenTx, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon St. Germain, Cole Chen, Roland Maude-Griffin, Johann Neisz, Sean Miller
  • Patent number: D996296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: IDEAL WAREHOUSE INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Di Biase, Sean Miller