Patents by Inventor Smith

Smith 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: 20210129705
    Abstract: An apparatus and method that detects and remedies a battery health condition are provided. The method includes receiving data including one or more of vehicle sensor information, dealer information and vehicle characteristic information, analyzing the received data to determine whether one or more battery health alerts are required, and outputting or transmitting the one or more determined battery health alerts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Chans C. Head, Carl J. Hering, Joshua D. Smith, Robert Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20210128332
    Abstract: A line puller assembly for an endo-luminal delivery device is disclosed. The assembly comprises: a line puller body having a proximal end and a distal end; a line puller actuator assembly mounted to the line puller body for rotation about the line puller body, the actuator assembly including a line deflector ring, the ring including a first deflector line guide; a line anchor location on the line puller body; a first body line guide on the body, the line anchor location and the first body line guide positioned on opposite sides of the ring; and a line having an end portion anchored at the line anchor location on the line puller body, the line extending through the first line deflector ring, whereby a line path extends from the anchor location, through the first deflector line guide and past the first body line guide, the line path having a variable length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Logan Smith, James Collins, William Parke
  • Publication number: 20210129492
    Abstract: In a packaging material that is, or includes, a laminate, the laminate includes first and second webs that are joined to one another. The first web includes a metallic layer on a second layer. The metallic layer is positioned between the second layer and the second web. Indicium is defined in at least the metallic layer. The packaging material is configured so that the indicium is visible from a first side of the packaging material, and the indicium is typically not visible from a second side of the packaging material. The indicium can be at least partially defined by holes in the metallic layer. The visibility of the indicium may be enhanced by the laminate including material that is a different color than the metallic layer, and the different color being at least partially visible through the indicium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Louis Douglas Smith, Jr., John Ralph Bumgardner, Jeffery Allen Boekeloo, Rajesh Suryanarayanan
  • Publication number: 20210131257
    Abstract: Real-time data of drilling operations may be utilized to automatically fingerprint and evaluate their values to create enhanced information of interest. Enhanced information of interest may be comparable to given procedure and may facilitate generation of actionable insight and validation of procedural compliance. Real-time data of drilling operations may be analyzed to generate analysis and graphical comparison of specific sub-step operations that make up activities of interest. These operations may correspond to specific actions a driller on a rig may take to manipulate equipment and may be documented as procedural steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Vladimir Crkvenjakov, Benjamin Ames Leonard, Ian S. Smith, Kevin Kaczorowski
  • Publication number: 20210135781
    Abstract: A technique for radio transmitting data is described. As to a method aspect of the technique data to be transmitted to a receiver is represented by at least two partial modulation symbols. Each of the at least two partial modulation symbols is associated to a different layer of the radio transmission to the receiver. A modulation symbol is generated by combining the at least two partial modulation symbols at different power levels according to the associated layer. The modulation symbol is transmitted to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Leif WILHELMSSON, Rocco DI TARANTO, Miguel LOPEZ, Roland SMITH
  • Publication number: 20210134703
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a microjet array for use as a thermal management system for a heat generating device, such as an RF device. The microjet array is formed in a jet plate, which is attached directly to the substrate containing the heat generating device. Additional enhancing features are used to further improve the heat transfer coefficient above that inherently achieved by the array. Some of these enhancements may also have other functions, such as adding mechanical structure, electrical connectivity or pathways for waveguides. This technology enables higher duty cycles, higher power levels, increased component lifetime, and/or improved SWaP for RF devices operating in airborne, naval (surface and undersea), ground, and space environments. This technology serves as a replacement for existing RF device thermal management solutions, such as high-SWaP finned heat sinks and cold plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Bernard A. Malouin, JR., James Paul Smith, Eric A. Browne
  • Publication number: 20210130544
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to, among other things, processes for purifying polyether polyols via treatment with an ion exchange resin in which the ion exchange resin is disposed in a container that is operated liquid-full.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: William E. WOOD, Jay CALES, Steven J. RODBERG, Joanne SMITH, Jack R. REESE, D. Mark MORRISON
  • Publication number: 20210131233
    Abstract: A shifting tool for use in a wellbore includes a tubular housing having a bore formed therethrough; a tubular mandrel disposed in the housing and longitudinally movable relative thereto; and an engagement member moveable relative to the housing between an extended position, a released position, and a retracted position, wherein: the engagement member is movable from the retracted position to the extended position in response to movement of the mandrel relative to the housing, and the engagement member is further movable from the extended position to the released position in response to movement of the mandrel relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Joe Noske, Roddie R. Smith, Paul L. Smith, Thomas F. Bailey, Christopher L. McDowell
  • Publication number: 20210130492
    Abstract: The invention provides anti-KLK7 antibodies, anti-KLK5 antibodies, anti-KLK5/KLK7 multispecific antibodies, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: James Thomas Koerber, Wyne Pun Lee, Tangsheng Yi, Juan Zhang, Cary Dean Austin, Cecilia P.C. Chiu, Joseph Chavarria-Smith, Jawahar Sudhamsu
  • Publication number: 20210133263
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an improved Internet search engine are provided. According to one embodiment, a search request includes (i) one or more initial constraints to constrain a search of real-time Internet content to a domain name space and (ii) one or more user-specified search terms or phrases. A subset of potential outcomes is provided as feedback to a user by generating a search query to be applied to the content within the domain name space by: (i) identifying company records matching the initial constraint(s) and satisfying one or more sampling criteria by searching a company database; and (ii) incorporating into the search query: (a) domain names of matching company records; and (b) the user-specified search terms or phrases. The subset of potential outcomes are then displayed to the user by performing a limited search of the real-time Internet content based on the structured search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Onemata Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley D. Brown, Michael G. George, JR., William M. Smith, Michael G. Higgins, Brittney Dougherty, Allison Heimlich
  • Publication number: 20210128815
    Abstract: A fluid management and medical device system may include a fluid management system and a medical device having one or more sensors proximate the distal end of the elongate shaft of the medical device. The controller of the fluid management system may be configured to calculate a fluid deficit when the distal end of the elongate shaft is disposed within a patient and configured to automatically pause fluid deficit calculation when the distal end of the elongate shaft is removed from the patient. In some instances the controller is configured to calculate the fluid deficit using rotational speed of the inflow pump in combination with a difference between a change in weight of a fluid supply source supplying fluid to the fluid management system and a change in weight of a collection container collecting fluid from the fluid management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
    Inventors: PAUL BYRNE, LEE SMITH, LEAH FANNING, NIRAJ PRASAD RAUNIYAR, NISHANT KHATTAR, VIVEK SHAH, DIPEN ARUN TASGAONKAR
  • Publication number: 20210131858
    Abstract: A mobile weighing apparatus includes a base tubing, a column extending from the base tubing, a handle extending from the column, a plurality of wheels, a weighing platform, and a plurality of load cells coupled to or between the base tubing and the weighing platform. The weighting platform may be suspended from the load cells, such as with wire rope bolts, such that a force applied to the column does not affect weighment of an object on the weighing platform. The apparatus may include a kingpin-less swivel rear wheel, a rear wheel brake to preclude rotation of the rear wheel about an axle of the rear wheel, and an actuator to actuate the rear brake when the rear wheel is in any position over a 360-degree range. The wheels may be positioned adjacent respective corners of a triangularly shaped base tubing, and the apparatus may further include a clinometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Edward Smith
  • Publication number: 20210127547
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the levelness of an agricultural implement may include first and second tools rotatably supported on the agricultural implement, with the first and second tools being spaced apart from each other in at least one of a longitudinal direction or a lateral direction of the agricultural implement. The system may further include a first rotational speed sensor configured to detect a rotational speed of the first tool and a second rotational speed sensor configured to detect a rotational speed of the second tool. Additionally, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the first and second rotational speed sensors, with the controller being configured to identify a levelness state of at least a portion of the agricultural implement based at least in part on the rotational speeds of the first and second tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin M. Smith, James W. Henry
  • Publication number: 20210134122
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for fixed, progressive, and mystery jackpots in a roulette game is provided, wherein the game is played by one or more players, who place value tokens on one possible event of the roulette game, the apparatus comprising a roulette game table having a physical roulette wheel, a processing unit, configured to process, transmit and receive, data, comprising memory to store data, and a controller, wherein the roulette game table is configured to determine the winning number of the physical roulette wheel of the roulette game, and wherein the controller is configured to receive the physical roulette wheel result, to randomly allocate a lucky number to each player, to store the lucky numbers and the physical roulette wheel result as winning parameters, and to determine, whether at least one player matches all winning parameters, and wherein the roulette game table is configured to indicate one player as winner of a jackpot if a player is determined by the controller to match winning parame
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TCS JOHN HUXLEY EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicole Patricia SMITH, Christiaan Arnoldus ELS
  • Publication number: 20210133859
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform receiving, at the one or more processors, an order from a customer electronic device; determining, using employee device data collected from one or more electronic devices of one or more employees of a store in a predictive analysis, an estimated collection time required for an employee of the one or more employees of the store to collect the one or more items of the order; receiving a check-in from an electronic device indicating that a pickup is en-route to pick-up the order; when the electronic device authorizes location tracking, tracking a location of the pickup after receiving the check-in from the electronic device; periodically determining, at one or more time intervals, an estimated travel time for the pickup to travel to the store from the location, as tracked; and when the estimated collection time is approxima
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener
  • Publication number: 20210130909
    Abstract: Splice variants associated with neomorphic SF3B1 mutations are described herein. This application also relates to methods of detecting the described splice variants, and uses for diagnosing cancer, evaluating modulators of SF3B1, and methods of treating cancer associated with mutations in SF3B1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Lihua Yu, Kian Huat Lim, Jacob D. Feala, Silvia Buonamici, Yoshiharu Mizui, Peter G. Smith, Ping Zhu, Eunice Sun Park, Michael W. Seiler, Marco Peter Fekkes
  • Publication number: 20210127546
    Abstract: ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A system for managing material accumulation relative to an agricultural implement may include a ground engaging tool supported on an agricultural implement and an infrared sensor having a field of view directed towards the ground engaging tool, The infrared sensor may be configured to generate data indicative of a temperature gradient of field materials at the ground engaging tool. A controller of the system may be communicatively coupled to the infrared sensor. The controller may monitor the data received from the infrared sensor and determine a presence of material accumulation relative to the ground engaging tool based at least in part on the temperature gradient of the field materials at the ground engaging tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin M. Smith, Joshua David Harmon
  • Publication number: 20210128334
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and medical device delivery. In particular, the present disclosure relates to medical devices, systems, and methods for delivering a barrier device within a body lumen of a patient, such as the GI tract. For example, a barrier device may include a distal self-expanding stent. A tubular barrier may have a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough. The distal stent may be disposed at the distal end of the tubular barrier. An anchoring self-expanding stent may be disposed at the proximal end of the tubular barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: John T. Favreau, Andrew Pic, Amanda L Smith, Lauren Lydecker, Travis Henchie
  • Publication number: 20210136462
    Abstract: A system and method includes operations and steps for inferring a demographic of a user based on a selection of an advertisement by the user. A media device stream is received from a media device by data processing hardware. The data processing hardware may identify frames of the media device stream for insertion of an overlay. The overlay can include first and second interactive portions corresponding to respective first and second advertisements. The user can select one of the first interactive portion and the second interactive portion corresponding to one of the first advertisement and the second advertisement. The selection can be received by the data processing hardware, and the demographic of the user can be inferred based on the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Richard Smith
  • Publication number: 20210127540
    Abstract: A system for managing material accumulation relative to ground engaging tools of an agricultural implement may include a ground engaging tool and an acoustic sensor configured to generate data indicative of an acoustic parameter of a sound produced as the ground engaging tool engages the ground when a ground engaging operation is performed within a field. Additionally, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the acoustic sensor. The controller may be configured to monitor the data received from the acoustic sensor and determine a presence of material accumulation relative to the ground engaging tool based at least in part on the acoustic parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin M. Smith, James W. Henry