Patents by Inventor Thomas Urban

Thomas Urban 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: 11888352
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for an electrically efficient motor including two parallel shafts, one or more rotors including a plurality of alternating permanent magnets mounted on each shaft, and an electromagnet operable for switching polarities in order to keep the one or more rotors, and consequently the two parallel shafts, in rotational motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 11461286
    Abstract: A software and hardware facility persistently maintains metrics on directories at different levels within a tree of a filesystem. The facility hierarchically aggregates attributes of files contained by directories and stores them as metric values in inode date of each directory within a tree. The stored metric values represent summed or otherwise aggregated data from the descendant directories and files. The metric values are utilized to provide representative compositional samplings of data in the filesystem tree structure. Based on the metric value in its inode data, each directory is weighted in a manner that determines the likelihood that each file sample is taken from that directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Qumulo, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Godman, Kevin O'Neill, Thomas Urban, Graeme Williams
  • Publication number: 20220278576
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for an electrically efficient motor including two parallel shafts, one or more rotors including a plurality of alternating permanent magnets mounted on each shaft, and an electromagnet operable for switching polarities in order to keep the one or more rotors, and consequently the two parallel shafts, in rotational motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 10766081
    Abstract: The invention relates to a finishing device for removing the weld bead generated during welding of a window or door frame or frame section at the mitered surfaces, wherein the finishing device comprises a support surface for the frame or frame section and a processing arm for supporting a tool holder, and the processing arm consists of a plurality of arm elements that move in hinged fashion relative to one another but can also be fixed in place, wherein the tool holder comprises at least two cutting tools driven by a rotational drive, said tools rotating about a tool axis and at least one tool laterally next to the blade of the tool, contact sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: URBAN Machinery Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 10459892
    Abstract: A software and hardware facility persistently maintains metrics on directories at different levels within a tree of a filesystem. The facility hierarchically aggregates attributes of files contained by directories and stores them as metric values in each directory within a tree. The stored values represent summed or otherwise aggregated data from the descendant directories and files. The metric values represent aggregated attributes such as total space consumed by a directory and all the descendant directories and files, total number of files within a directory, total data blocks used by a directory and its descendant directories and data files, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Qumulo, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Godman, Kevin O'Neill, Thomas Urban, Justin Husted, Graeme Williams
  • Publication number: 20180333790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a finishing device for removing the weld bead generated during welding of a window or door frame or frame section at the mitered surfaces, wherein the finishing device comprises a support surface for the frame or frame section and a processing arm for supporting a tool holder, and the processing arm consists of a plurality of arm elements that move in hinged fashion relative to one another but can also be fixed in place, wherein the tool holder comprises at least two cutting tools driven by a rotational drive, said tools rotating about a tool axis and at least one tool laterally next to the blade of the tool, contact sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: URBAN Machinery Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 9860107
    Abstract: Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Kuhles, Sascha Schwarz, Thomas Urban
  • Publication number: 20170126468
    Abstract: Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Oliver Kuhles, Sascha Schwarz, Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 9571330
    Abstract: Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Kuhles, Sascha Schwarz, Thomas Urban
  • Publication number: 20160308705
    Abstract: Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Oliver Kuhles, Sascha Schwarz, Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 9392071
    Abstract: Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Kuhles, Sascha Schwarz, Thomas Urban
  • Publication number: 20150310034
    Abstract: A software and hardware facility persistently maintains metrics on directories at different levels within a tree of a filesystem. The facility hierarchically aggregates attributes of files contained by directories and stores them as metric values in each directory within a tree. The stored values represent summed or otherwise aggregated data from the descendant directories and files. The metric values represent aggregated attributes such as total space consumed by a directory and all the descendant directories and files, total number of files within a directory, total data blocks used by a directory and its descendant directories and data files, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Godman, Kevin O'Neill, Thomas Urban, Justin Husted, Graeme Williams
  • Publication number: 20150310035
    Abstract: A software and hardware facility persistently maintains metrics on directories at different levels within a tree of a filesystem. The facility hierarchically aggregates attributes of files contained by directories and stores them as metric values in inode date of each directory within a tree. The stored metric values represent summed or otherwise aggregated data from the descendant directories and files. The metric values are utilized to provide representative compositional samplings of data in the filesystem tree structure. Based on the metric value in its inode data, each directory is weighted in a manner that determines the likelihood that each file sample is taken from that directory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Godman, Kevin O'Neill, Thomas Urban, Graeme Williams
  • Publication number: 20150215416
    Abstract: Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Oliver Kuhles, Sascha Schwarz, Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 9009279
    Abstract: Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Kuhles, Sascha Schwarz, Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 8809600
    Abstract: An improved process for the hydration of C2-C5 olefins to the corresponding alcohols via heterogeneous reactive extraction with ion exchange resin catalysts is provided. The improvements are based on the application of a structured catalytic packing, a simultaneous product extraction in multiple condensed phases for enhancement of the overall alcohol production rate and a simplified product purification procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventors: Harald Kohnz, Thomas Urban, Detlef Hoell, Bernhard Pfeuffer, Ulrich Hoffmann, Ulrich Kunz
  • Publication number: 20140172208
    Abstract: For controlling a recuperation behavior in a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive or an electric drive, a basic value of a recuperation torque which is to be used for recuperation is predefined and/or can be set by at least one first operating element, a second operating element is used to set an intermediate value deviating from a basic value for the recuperation torque, after the intermediate value has been set by an operator temporarily, in particular for at least one coasting phase, the intermediate value is used as a recuperation torque, after which switching back to the basic value occurs where a resetting operation is entered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Alexander Kruse, Thomas Urban, Manfred Dietrich, Andreas Muigg
  • Publication number: 20130251677
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic markers on human chromosome 19 that are associated with a beneficial response to interferon alpha (IFN-?). These IFN-? response markers are useful, inter alia, to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with IFN-? pharmaceutical compositions and drug products, in methods of treating patients having a disease susceptible to treatment with an IFN-?, and in methods for selecting the most appropriate therapy for such patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Arthur Bertelsen, Jacques Fellay, Dongliang Ge, David B. Goldstein, John G. McHutchison, Ping Qiu, Kevin Shianna, Jason S. Simon, Alexander J. Thompson, Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 8535887
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic markers on human chromosome 19 that are associated with a beneficial response to interferon alpha (IFN-?). These IFN-? response markers are useful, inter alia, to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with IFN-? pharmaceutical compositions and drug products, in methods of treating patients having a disease susceptible to treatment with an IFN-?, and in methods for selecting the most appropriate therapy for such patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Arthur Bertelsen, Jacques Fellay, Dongliang Ge, David B. Goldstein, John G. McHutchison, Ping Qiu, Kevin Shianna, Jason S. Simon, Alexander J. Thompson, Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 8348268
    Abstract: A new media path includes a flexible member that cooperates with a control point for smooth transitions of media sheets along the path. The media path includes an elongated member having a first end and a second end, the elongated member having a longitudinal axis and a cross-member axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the elongated member having a first surface that is non-linear in at least one of the longitudinal and cross-member axes, and a bevel on a second surface of the elongated member, the bevel being proximate to the first end of the elongated member at a predetermined distance from the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Thomas Urban, David B. Schaefer, Rob Huala