Patents by Inventor Sean Simpson

Sean Simpson 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: 20240135449
    Abstract: An illustrative computing device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory device for storing a data structure capable of being compressed, where the data structure includes a plurality of data elements and each of the plurality of data elements includes a date field and a quantity field. The computing device may process instructions to arrange the plurality of data elements in a consecutive series in date order based on a value stored in the date field of each data element, determine whether a gap appears in the consecutive series of data elements based on a value stored in the quantity field of each element, remove the determined gaps in each of the data elements, and repeat the determining and removing steps until a predetermined criterion has been reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne Sprague, Sean Downey, Robert Taylor, Dhiraj Bawadhankar, Stephen Hurst, Matthew Simpson, Frederick Sturm
  • Publication number: 20240093422
    Abstract: A dryer appliance includes a drum defining a chamber and being rotatably mounted within a cabinet, an air handler for selectively urging a flow of air through the chamber, and a heating assembly for selectively heating the flow of air. A controller is operably coupled to the air handler and the heating assembly and is configured to determine that a self-clean condition is satisfied, determine that the chamber is empty, lock the door, and operate the air handler and the heating assembly to perform a self-clean cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sean Simpson, Joshua Reeves
  • Patent number: 11898301
    Abstract: A dryer appliance may include a cabinet, a drum, an additive dispensing assembly, and a controller. The drum may be rotatably mounted within the cabinet. The drum may define a drying chamber for the receipt of clothes for drying. The additive dispensing assembly may be positioned within the cabinet and configured to selectively provide an additive to the drying chamber. The controller may be in operable communication with the additive dispensing assembly. The controller may be configured to initiate a drying operation. The drying operation may include initiating a dry cycle, detecting a static event during the dry cycle, and directing a supplemental dispensing action of a dryer additive in response to the detected static event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Reeves, Sean Simpson
  • Publication number: 20240026589
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry appliance includes displaying a searchable and sortable list of available cycles for the laundry appliance on a user interface associated with the laundry appliance. The method also includes receiving a user input. The user input includes a selected cycle from the list of cycles. The method further includes downloading the selected cycle to the laundry appliance and activating the laundry appliance according to the downloaded cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Reeves, Sean Simpson, Stannard Nathan Phelps, Mary Joy Frances Cardilino, Ryan James Scheckelhoff
  • Publication number: 20240011211
    Abstract: Methods of operating a washing machine at a remote user interface device in wireless communication with the washing machine appliance may include obtaining an image of the wash basket, generating an overlay representing one or more operating parameters of the washing machine appliance, and displaying the image and the overlay simultaneously on a display of the remote user interface device. The method also includes receiving a control input at the remote user interface device and directing the washing machine appliance based on the control input received at the remote user interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Stannard Nathan Phelps, Joshua Reeves, Sean Simpson, Mary Joy Frances Cardilino
  • Publication number: 20230295864
    Abstract: A dryer appliance may include a cabinet, a drum, an additive dispensing assembly, and a controller. The drum may be rotatably mounted within the cabinet. The drum may define a drying chamber for the receipt of clothes for drying. The additive dispensing assembly may be positioned within the cabinet and configured to selectively provide an additive to the drying chamber. The controller may be in operable communication with the additive dispensing assembly. The controller may be configured to initiate a drying operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Reeves, Sean Simpson
  • Publication number: 20230278816
    Abstract: A sheet dispenser for a dryer appliance includes a housing that defines a storage volume and an outlet. The storage volume is configured for receipt of a plurality of dryer sheets for dispensing. A roller is mounted to the housing within the storage volume. A motor is coupled to the roller such that the motor is operable to rotate the roller. The roller is configured to urge the plurality of dryer sheets in the storage volume through the outlet of the housing when the motor rotates the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Reeves, Sean Simpson
  • Patent number: 11653672
    Abstract: The invention provides animal feed comprising microbial biomass and methods of producing animal feed by culturing a microorganism to produce microbial biomass. In particular, the invention relates to animal feed produced by fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising one or more of CO, CO2, and H2, especially by a Gram-positive, anaerobic, and/or Clostridium microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LanzaTech NZ, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Simpson, Wyatt Eric Allen, Robert John Conrado, Sean Molloy
  • Publication number: 20220298649
    Abstract: The invention provides for the integration of a CO-consuming process, such as a gas fermentation process, with a CO2 electrolysis process. The invention is capable of utilizing a CO2-comprising gaseous substrate generated by an industrial process and provides for one or more removal modules to remove at least one constituent from a CO2-comprising gaseous substrate prior to passage of the gaseous substrate to a CO2 electrolysis module. The invention may further comprise one or more pressure modules, one or more CO2 concentration modules, one or more O2 separation modules, and/or an H2 electrolysis module. Carbon conversion efficiency is increased by recycling CO2 produced by a CO-consuming process to the CO2 electrolysis process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Christophe Mihalcea, Robert Conrado, Nicholas Bourdakos, Xueliang Li, Sean Simpson
  • Patent number: 11359294
    Abstract: The invention provides for the integration of a CO-consuming process, such as a gas fermentation process, with a CO2 electrolysis process. The invention is capable of utilizing a CO2-comprising gaseous substrate generated by an industrial process and provides for one or more removal modules to remove at least one constituent from a CO2-comprising gaseous substrate prior to passage of the gaseous substrate to a CO2 electrolysis module. The invention may further comprise one or more pressure modules, one or more CO2 concentration modules, one or more O2 separation modules, and/or an H2 electrolysis module. Carbon conversion efficiency is increased by recycling CO2 produced by a CO-consuming process to the CO2 electrolysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LanzaTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Mihalcea, Robert Conrado, Nicholas Bourdakos, Xueliang Li, Sean Simpson
  • Publication number: 20210084933
    Abstract: The invention provides animal feed comprising microbial biomass and methods of producing animal feed by culturing a microorganism to produce microbial biomass. In particular, the invention relates to animal feed produced by fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising one or more of CO, CO2, and H2, especially by a Gram-positive, anaerobic, and/or Clostridium microorganism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sean Simpson, Wyatt Eric Allen, Robert John Conrado, Sean Molloy
  • Publication number: 20210071223
    Abstract: The invention provides genetically engineered microorganisms and methods for the production of a product by a two-step fermentation process. In particular, the present invention relates to production of an intermediate by microbial fermentation of a gaseous substrate followed by conversion of the intermediate to a final product through microbial fermentation of a carbohydrate substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Rasmus Jensen, Michael Koepke, Sean Simpson
  • Patent number: 10856560
    Abstract: The invention provides animal feed comprising microbial biomass and methods of producing animal feed by culturing a microorganism to produce microbial biomass. In particular, the invention relates to animal feed produced by fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising one or more of CO, CO2, and H2, especially by a Gram-positive, anaerobic, and/or Clostridium microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LANZATECH NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean Simpson, Wyatt Eric Allen, Robert John Conrado, Sean Molloy
  • Patent number: 10828586
    Abstract: A filter assembly for a refrigerator appliance includes a filter housing and a filter locking mechanism pivotally mounted at least partially within the filter housing. The filter locking mechanism includes a locking arm defining a retention clip and a resilient arm that extends from the locking arm at an extension angle of less than 90 degrees. As a filter cartridge is inserted into the filter housing, the resilient arm acts like a spring to urge the filter cartridge out of the housing. After the filter cartridge passes or engages the retention clip, the spring force from the resilient arm urges the filter cartridge against the retention clip to secure the filter cartridge within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Simpson, Gregory Sergeevich Chernov
  • Patent number: 10687412
    Abstract: A photonic-crystal-fiber-delivered laser-triggered high-voltage gas switch can deliver a peak irradiance of greater than 5.1×1011 W/cm2 to the AK gap for a laser having a wavelength of 1064 nm. The switch is capable of operating at pressures up to 2200 psi; voltages across the gap of greater than 200 kV; operation at less than 70% self-break voltage; shot-to-shot jitter of less than 3 ns; AK gap distances of 3 mm or smaller; and triggering via a fiber-delivered laser pulse energy of as low as 500 ?J.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sean Simpson, Owen Johns, Charles E. Rose, Azer Yalin, Ciprian Dumitrache
  • Publication number: 20200129898
    Abstract: A filter assembly for a refrigerator appliance includes a filter housing and a filter locking mechanism pivotally mounted at least partially within the filter housing. The filter locking mechanism includes a locking arm defining a retention clip and a resilient arm that extends from the locking arm at an extension angle of less than 90 degrees. As a filter cartridge is inserted into the filter housing, the resilient arm acts like a spring to urge the filter cartridge out of the housing. After the filter cartridge passes or engages the retention clip, the spring force from the resilient arm urges the filter cartridge against the retention clip to secure the filter cartridge within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sean Simpson, Gregory Sergeevich Chernov
  • Publication number: 20190249315
    Abstract: The invention provides for the integration of a CO-consuming process, such as a gas fermentation process, with a CO2 electrolysis process. The invention is capable of utilizing a CO2-comprising gaseous substrate generated by an industrial process and provides for one or more removal modules to remove at least one constituent from a CO2-comprising gaseous substrate prior to passage of the gaseous substrate to a CO2 electrolysis module. The invention may further comprise one or more pressure modules, one or more CO2 concentration modules, one or more O2 separation modules, and/or an H2 electrolysis module. Carbon conversion efficiency is increased by recycling CO2 produced by a CO-consuming process to the CO2 electrolysis process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Christophe Mihalcea, Robert Conrado, Nicholas Bourdakos, Xueliang Li, Sean Simpson
  • Patent number: 9834795
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant microorganisms and methods for the production of acetone from gaseous substrates. For example, the recombinant microorganism may be modified to express an exogenous thiolase, an exogenous CoA transferase, and an exogenous decarboxylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LANZATECH NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Koepke, Sean Simpson, Fungmin Liew, Wendy Yiting Chen
  • Publication number: 20160376615
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant microorganisms and methods for the production of acetone from gaseous substrates. For example, the recombinant microorganism may be modified to express an exogenous thiolase, an exogenous CoA transferase, and an exogenous decarboxylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Koepke, Sean Simpson, Fungmin Liew, Wendy Yiting Chen
  • Publication number: 20160338380
    Abstract: The invention provides animal feed comprising microbial biomass and methods of producing animal feed by culturing a microorganism to produce microbial biomass. In particular, the invention relates to animal feed produced by fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising one or more of CO, CO2, and H2, especially by a Gram-positive, anaerobic, and/or Clostridium microorganism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Sean Simpson, Wyatt Eric Allen, Robert John Conrado, Sean Molloy