Patents by Inventor Thomas Chapman

Thomas Chapman 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: 12753856
    Abstract: A cam-driven valve assembly includes a valve housing that supports an array of sliding-gate fluid valves to control the flow of fluid therethrough. The assembly includes a plurality of cams supported on a cam shaft. Each cam includes a pair of cam discs that define an inner cam track that is disposed internally with respect to an outer surface of the cam and an outer cam track that is disposed on the outer surface of the cam. The inner cam track is configured to engage with the valve body of a first one of the valves, and the outer cam track is configured to engage with the valve body of a second one of the valves, whereby the cam is capable of moving the valve body of both the first and second one of the valves upon rotation of the cam shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Mason, David Toutant, Christopher Franklin, Hank Brockner, Markus Vollmer, Stephen Zukowski, Thomas Chapman
  • Publication number: 20260298367
    Abstract: A cam-driven valve assembly includes a valve housing that supports an array of sliding-gate fluid valves to control the flow of fluid therethrough. The assembly includes a plurality of cams supported on a cam shaft. Each cam includes a pair of cam discs that define an inner cam track that is disposed internally with respect to an outer surface of the cam and an outer cam track that is disposed on the outer surface of the cam. The inner cam track is configured to engage with the valve body of a first one of the valves, and the outer cam track is configured to engage with the valve body of a second one of the valves, whereby the cam is capable of moving the valve body of both the first and second one of the valves upon rotation of the cam shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Inventors: Paul Mason, David Toutant, Christopher Franklin, Hank Brockner, Markus Vollmer, Stephen Zukowski, Thomas Chapman
  • Publication number: 20260298351
    Abstract: A cam-driven valve assembly includes a valve housing that defines a plurality of fluid passageways and supports an array of sliding-gate fluid valves in the fluid passageways to control the flow of fluid therethrough. The assembly includes a plurality of cams supported on a cam shaft. The cam shaft is arranged so that each cam is associated with a corresponding sliding-gate valve. Rotation of the cam shaft results in actuation of the valves via the cams. Each sliding-gate fluid valve has a movable plate that is connected to a cam via a leg that protrudes toward the cam shaft, the leg terminating in a cam follower that is mechanically connected to one of the cams. The leg is constrained to move within the plane by at least one of the guide teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Inventors: Paul Mason, David Toutant, Christopher Franklin, Hank Brockner, Markus Vollmer, Stephen Zukowski, Thomas Chapman
  • Publication number: 20260270889
    Abstract: A method performed by a first radio node The method is for controlling a transmission power level for transmitting one or more symbols in a channel to a second radio node in a wireless communications network. The first radio node obtains (901), for the respective one or more symbols, one or more transmission power parameters. The one or more transmission power parameters are related to the respective symbol type of the respective one or more symbols to be transmitted. The first radio node determines (903), based on the one or more transmission power parameters, a respective transmission power level to be used for transmitting the respective one or more symbols. The respective transmission power level is determined by taking an available power headroom in the first radio node into account. The first radio node then transmits (904) the one or more symbols with the determined respective transmission power level in the channel to the second radio node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Inventors: Peter Alriksson, Stephen Grant, Abhishek Ambede, Jung-Fu Cheng, Thomas Chapman
  • Patent number: 12700911
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for switching between a first state for beam management and a second state for beam management includes determining whether to change from the first state to the second state based on one or more first criteria while operating in the first state or determining whether to change from the second state to the first state based on one or more second criteria while operating in the second state. The method includes responsive to determining to change from the first state to the second state: changing the UE to operating in the second state; and performing at least one action in the second state. The method includes responsive to determining to change from the second state to the first state: changing the UE to operating in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ming Li, Joakim Axmon, Muhammad Ali Kazmi, Thomas Chapman
  • Publication number: 20260222995
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling proper functioning of a Wake-Up Receiver (WUR) of a User Equipment (UE). In one embodiment, a method performed by a UE equipped with a main receiver and one or more WURs comprises sending, to a network node, information about the WURs. For each WUR, the information indicates: (a) whether the radio frequency (RF) or intermediate frequency (IF) performance, selectivity, intermodulation rejection performance, and/or sensitivity of the WUR is reduced or the same as that of the main receiver; information about an architecture of the WUR; a WUR type of the WUR; one or more parameters of the WUR; information about one or more RF/IF capabilities of the WUR; or any combination of two or more thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Chunhui Zhang, Mohammad Mozaffari, Yanpeng Yang, Andreas Höglund, Muhammad Kazmi, Zhilan Xiong, Thomas Chapman, Santhan Thangarasa
  • Publication number: 20260177079
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes a pump casing formed of a pump housing and a motor pot that define a fluid chamber therebetween. The pump housing defines a volute and an impeller is disposed in the fluid chamber facing the volute. The impeller is driven by the rotor of an electric drive which also includes a stator. The rotor is disposed in the motor pot, and the stator surrounds an outer surface of the motor pot in the vicinity of the rotor. The motor pot includes a flange that protrudes radially outward from the pot sidewall, and a stator-facing surface of the flange defines a plurality of concavities. A thermally conductive material is disposed between the stator and the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Sortor, Trevor Shane, Thomas Chapman, Mitchel Timm, Antonia Thal
  • Patent number: 12659824
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment, UE, includes obtaining a maximum timing advance (TA) for wireless communications to apply for a serving base station, BS, switching in a high speed train (HST) network. The method includes updating the TA for wireless communications according to TA commands as the UE proceeds along a track in the HST network. The method includes determining that the BS panel serving the UE has switched to a new BS panel along the track. The method includes responsive to determining that the BS panel serving the UE has switched to the new BS panel, setting the TA to a minimum TA for wireless communication or to the maximum TA for wireless communications based on a direction of travel of the HST with respect to the new BS panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Thomas Chapman, Farshid Ghasemzadeh, Fredrik Sundström, Yi-Ju Chen, Joakim Axmon, Ming Li
  • Publication number: 20260160261
    Abstract: A centrifugal fluid pump includes a seal device that is located in the pump running clearance gap in the vicinity of the pump inlet. The seal device reduces the amount of the recirculation flow typically present in this clearance gap. The seal device has a static contact with the pump inlet lip and a dynamic contact with a feature on the impeller shroud. The seal device contact force can either be established using the local pressure differential across the seal device or by a mechanical spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventor: Thomas Chapman
  • Publication number: 20260101214
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for AI and/or ML model selection in a telecommunications network. One example embodiment includes obtaining a first set of one or more criteria for selecting between at least two AI/ML models; performing at least one measurement procedure to obtain one or more measurements; and using the obtained one or more measurements and the first set of one or more criteria to select between the at least two AI/ML models. A measurement procedure can comprise e.g. CSI, radio link procedure (RLP), positioning measurement, measurement related to cell change procedure etc. Certain described embodiments enhance measurement performance of the measurement (e.g., CQI) and correspondingly improve the outcome/performance of the procedure (e.g., data scheduling) using the measurement. This in turn reduces the overall processing in the UE, frees up at least part of the memory resources and reduces the UE power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali KAZMI, Deep SHRESTHA, Henrik RYDÉN, Thomas CHAPMAN, Venkatarao GONUGUNTLA, Kamel TOURKI
  • Publication number: 20250392947
    Abstract: There is provided techniques for interference-limited transmission from access points in a communication network. Access point information is obtained. Traffic information is obtained. An estimate of interference per each grid point in a set of geographically spread grid points for the access points is obtained. Adjustments are specified to transmission settings of at least one of the access points based on an aggregate of the obtained estimates of interference for all the access points per each of the grid points. The adjustments are conditioned on a prescribed interference limit for the subset of the grid points and on the traffic information. Control commands defined by the specified adjustments are provided to the transmission settings towards the at least one of the access points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ralf SCHUH, Torbjörn ELFSTRÖM, Thomas CHAPMAN, Rafael PUERTA
  • Patent number: 12486911
    Abstract: A rotary disc valve includes a valve housing. The housing includes a valve body having multiple ports and a lid that closes one end of the valve body. In addition, the valve may include a diverter and seal assembly disposed in the housing, the seal assembly providing a seal between the diverter and the valve body. In at least one rotational orientation of the diverter, the diverter is configured to divert fluid flow circumferentially along a first circumferential fluid path portion between a first subchamber and a second subchamber disposed between the rotational axis and the sidewall and divert fluid flow circumferentially along a second circumferential fluid path portion between a third subchamber and a fourth subchamber disposed between the rotational axis and the sidewall. The second circumferential fluid path portion is disposed radially outward with respect to the first circumferential fluid path portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Chapman
  • Patent number: 12490207
    Abstract: A method, system and network node are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a parent network node configured to communicate with a network node is provided. The parent network node is configured to, and/or includes a radio interface and/or includes processing circuitry configured to: enable a first timing configuration, wherein the first timing configuration enables downlink transmission timing for the network node to be aligned with the downlink transmission timing of the parent network node; and based on the first timing configuration, switch to a second timing configuration, wherein the second timing configuration enables uplink transmission timing of the network node to be aligned with the downlink transmission timing of the network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Boris Dortschy, Zhipeng Lin, Behrooz Makki, Lei Bao, Magnus Åström, Thomas Chapman, Jose Luis Pradas, Chunhui Zhang, Muhammad Ali Kazmi
  • Publication number: 20250314314
    Abstract: A rotary disc valve includes a valve housing having multiple ports. The valve housing includes a valve body and a lid that together define a valve chamber. The valve housing includes chamber walls that segregate the chamber into subchambers that provide a portion of a fluid path through the valve housing and are connected to valve ports. A first subset of the subchambers is disposed along a first circle, a second subset of the subchambers is disposed along a second circle, and the first and second circles surround the rotational axis. Each of the first set of subchambers is fluidly connected to a corresponding valve port via a corresponding fluid passageway, each fluid passageway extending linearly and non-radially. Each of the second set of subchambers adjoins the sidewall and is directly fluidly connected to a corresponding valve port, whereby fluid exits the second set of subchambers in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventor: Thomas Chapman
  • Publication number: 20250314313
    Abstract: A rotary disc valve includes a valve housing. The housing includes a valve body having multiple ports and a lid that closes one end of the valve body. In addition, the valve may include a diverter and seal assembly disposed in the housing, the seal assembly providing a seal between the diverter and the valve body. In at least one rotational orientation of the diverter, the diverter is configured to divert fluid flow circumferentially along a first circumferential fluid path portion between a first subchamber and a second subchamber disposed between the rotational axis and the sidewall and divert fluid flow circumferentially along a second circumferential fluid path portion between a third subchamber and a fourth subchamber disposed between the rotational axis and the sidewall. The second circumferential fluid path portion is disposed radially outward with respect to the first circumferential fluid path portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventor: Thomas Chapman
  • Patent number: 12335198
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for transmission of multi-slot Physical Uplink Shared Channel PUSCH with repetitions in a half-duplex system such as a Time Division Duplexing TDD system. A method performed by a wireless device for transmission of multi-slot PUSCH repetitions in a half-duplex system comprises: receiving, from a network node, information related to slot-based configuration in a plurality of slots or mini-slots in the half-duplex system (400); determining multiple consecutive uplink symbols in the plurality of slots or mini-slots based on the information received from the network node (402); transmitting PUSCH repetitions to the network node in the determined multiple consecutive uplink symbols in the plurality of slots or mini-slots (404). In this manner, the uplink multi-slot operation is facilitated, the uplink transmission gain is increased and the coverage of the TDD system is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Sairamesh Nammi, Thomas Chapman, Namir Lidian
  • Publication number: 20250141532
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for switching between a first state for beam management and a second state for beam management includes determining whether to change from the first state to the second state based on one or more first criteria while operating in the first state or determining whether to change from the second state to the first state based on one or more second criteria while operating in the second state. The method includes responsive to determining to change from the first state to the second state: changing the UE to operating in the second state; and performing at least one action in the second state. The method includes responsive to determining to change from the second state to the first state: changing the UE to operating in the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Ming Li, Joakim Axmon, Muhammad Ali Kazmi, Thomas Chapman
  • Patent number: 12276343
    Abstract: A multi-port rotary disc valve includes a valve housing and a diverter assembly disposed in the housing. The housing includes a sidewall, a lid that closes a first end of the sidewall and a base that is disposed at a second end of the sidewall. The diverter assembly is configured to control fluid flow through the valve housing and includes a lid-facing surface, a base-facing surface, and diverter through openings that extend between the lid-facing surface and the base-facing surface. The diverter assembly includes a first pocket that opens toward the lid and a second pocket that opens toward the base. Each of the first pocket and the second pocket may receive fluid flow directed in a first direction that is parallel to the diverter rotational axis and to reflect the received fluid flow in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Chapman
  • Patent number: 12177020
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a network node is configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD). The network node configured to, and/or comprising a radio interface and/or comprising processing circuitry configured to determine if a detected sequence meets one of an acknowledgement (ACK) criterion and negative-acknowledgement (NACK) criterion using at least one bias value where the at least one bias value is based at last in part on a type of service associated with the detected sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Sairamesh Nammi, Thomas Chapman, Namir Lidian
  • Publication number: 20240413956
    Abstract: A method is provided to be performed in a device for handling interference between a first wireless communications network and a second communications network. The device is able to switch between the first wireless communications network and the second wireless communications network. The method comprises the device storing, upon detecting the first wireless communications network, a first set of parameters related to the second wireless communications network; attaching to the first wireless communications network; and reporting a second set of parameters to the first network node, wherein the second set of parameters is at least partly based on the first set of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jingya LI, Thomas CHAPMAN, Zhiqiang QI, Keerthi Kumar NAGALAPUR, Adrián LAHUERTA LAVIEJA