Patents by Inventor Timothy Michael
Timothy Michael 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).
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Publication number: 20250102007Abstract: Embodiments of a clamp (20) of this disclosure are adapted for securing a piece of equipment to a roof-mounted pedestal or rail (10) that has a slot (12) running along its top end (14). The clamp includes an upper body (300), a lower body (200) partially surrounded by the upper body, a holding spring (330) contained by the upper body, and a mounting bolt (100) that passes through the holding spring and is received by a rail nut (220) of the lower body. The lower body includes a pair of legs (211) with winged- or scroll-shaped feet (212) adapted for capture by the slot of the pedestal or rail. As the mounting bolt is tightened, a flange (324) of the upper body is drawn downward against an opposing surface of the equipment and the winged feet of the lower body are drawn upward against an opposing surface of the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventor: Timothy Michael Graboski
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Patent number: 12259826Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for multi-banked victim cache with dual datapath. An example cache system includes a storage element that includes banks operable to store data, ports operable to receive memory operations in parallel, wherein each of the memory operations has a respective address, and a plurality of comparators coupled such that each of the comparators is coupled to a respective port of the ports and a respective bank of the banks and is operable to determine whether a respective address of a respective memory operation received by the respective port corresponds to the data stored in the respective bank.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Naveen Bhoria, Timothy David Anderson, Pete Michael Hippleheuser
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Patent number: 12258225Abstract: A system for automatically handling components to be assembled onto a product on an assembly line includes a carriage that is movable to and between a first, retracted position spaced from the assembly line, and a second position displaced from the retracted position in a direction toward the assembly line. A manipulator on the carriage supports a component mounting tool configured to receive and support at least one component for assembly to the product. The manipulator may be arranged in a first orientation when the carriage is in the first position, and may be pivoted to a second orientation when the carriage is in the second position, such that a component on the component mounting tool is supported in a pose for processing when the carriage is in the first position, and is supported in a pose for joining to the product when the carriage is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: KUKA Systems North America LLCInventors: Timothy James Marx, Thomas William French, Aaron K. Kinsella, Thomas Jon Nieman, Scott McIsaac, Craig Richard Nilson, Kenneth Michael Boulan, Jason Edmunn Messner
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Patent number: 12259014Abstract: A power coupler for transferring rotary power from a rotary power device to a load device includes a shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber that contains the STF. The power coupler further includes a drive shaft housed radially within a drive side section of the chamber and protruding outward from an end of the chamber for coupling to the rotary power device. The power coupler further includes a load shaft housed radially within a load side section of the chamber and protruding outward from another end of the chamber for coupling to the load device. The power coupler further includes a drive turbine housed radially within the drive side section and coupled to the drive shaft. The power coupler further includes a load turbine housed radially within the load side section at a fixed operational distance from the drive turbine and coupled to the load shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Moshun, LLCInventors: Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr., Darren Michael Boundy, Eric McHugh, David Schuda, George L. Wilson, IV, Gary W. Grube, Jason K. Resch, Mario F. DeRango, John Edward Buchalo, Richard A. Herbst, Kurt Estes, Evan Anderson
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Publication number: 20250094359Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate fully pipelined read-modify-write support in level 1 data cache using store queue and data forwarding. An example apparatus includes a first storage, a second storage, a store queue coupled to the first storage and the second storage, the store queue operable to receive a first memory operation specifying a first set of data, process the first memory operation for storing the first set of data in at least one of the first storage and the second storage, receive a second memory operation, and prior to storing the first set of data in the at least one of the first storage and the second storage, feedback the first set of data for use in the second memory operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Naveen BHORIA, Timothy David Anderson, Pete Michael Hippleheuser
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Publication number: 20250092877Abstract: An air-moving device may include an aerodynamic rotor in the form of a bladed disk. The aerodynamic rotor may include a physical geometry that constrains a noise level of the air-moving device during operation. The air-moving device may be a leaf blower.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Mark Douglass Moore, Ian Andreas Villa, Devon Jedamski, Xiaofan Fei, Andrew George Terajewicz, Jonathan Jeffrey Paravano, Andrew Michael Marschner, Matthew Alan Dempsey, Timothy Jacob Mitchell
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Publication number: 20250093487Abstract: Systems and methods for providing sensing capability in a wireless communication system, wherein a part of the communication spectrum is configured for a period of time to enable performing sensing by establishing a distributed sensing system between a base station (100) or terminal device, as transmitter device, and a terminal device (120) or base station, as receiver device, in such a way that the lack of analogue signal exchange and the additional path length caused by the transmitter-receiver distance (and, in embodiments, the receiver-target distance) are corrected for, while parameters that need to be communicated are configured for the application required.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Nicholas Simon Walker, Timothy Beard, Oscar Garcia Morchon, Walter Dees, Harry Michael Cronin
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Publication number: 20250092933Abstract: A head unit system for controlling motion of an object includes a secondary object sensor, shear thickening fluid (STF), and a chamber configured to contain a portion of the STF. The chamber further includes a front channel and a back channel. The head unit system further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypasses to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: Moshun, LLCInventors: Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, JR., Darren Michael Boundy, Eric McHugh, David Schuda, George L. Wilson, IV, Gary W. Grube, Jason K. Resch, Mario F. DeRango, John Edward Buchalo, Richard A. Herbst, Kurt Estes, Evan Anderson
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Publication number: 20250094358Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to reduce bank pressure using aggressive write merging are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first cache storage; a second cache storage; a store queue coupled to at least one of the first cache storage and the second cache storage and operable to: receive a first memory operation; process the first memory operation for storing the first set of data in at least one of the first cache storage and the second cache storage; receive a second memory operation; and prior to storing the first set of data in the at least one of the first cache storage and the second cache storage, merge the first memory operation and the second memory operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Naveen Bhoria, Timothy David Anderson, Pete Michael Hippleheuser
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Publication number: 20250093106Abstract: An infrared sensor positioned in a reflow oven includes a reflow oven and a first IR sensor turret suspended over a conveyor surface of the reflow oven, where a directional movement of the first IR sensor turret matches a directional movement of the conveyor surface. A method for managing the IR sensor turret positioned in a reflow oven includes locating, by a first IR sensor turret, a point of interest on a PCBA, where the PCBA is positioned on a conveyor in a reflow oven. The method further includes tracking, by the first IR sensor turret, the point of interest on the PCBA, where the PCBA is moving along the conveyor in the reflow oven. The method further includes capturing, by the first IR sensor turret, a first set of thermal data at the point of interest for a first subarea of the reflow oven.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Abdikarim Hussein, Theron Lee Lewis, Timothy Jennings, James D. Bielick, David J. Braun, Stephen Michael Hugo, John R. Dangler
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Patent number: 12256494Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilayer circuit board is provided which includes forming a layer of a the multilayer circuit board with an internal clearance region having a modified voltage-to-ground clearance of conductive material adjacent to an aperture of the multilayer circuit board. The modified voltage-to-ground clearance of conductive material is based on a configuration of a connector pin to be press-fit connected within the aperture of the multilayer circuit board, and the internal clearance region is enlarged in a direction of greatest normal force outward from the aperture with insertion of the connector pin into the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James D. Bielick, Theron Lee Lewis, David J. Braun, John R. Dangler, Timothy P. Younger, Stephen Michael Hugo, Timothy Jennings
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Patent number: 12247434Abstract: A method for execution by a computing entity includes interpreting a fluid flow response from fluid flow sensors to produce a piston position of a piston associated with a head unit device. The head unit device includes a chamber filled with a shear thickening fluid (STF). The method further includes determining a door position based on the piston position. The method further includes determining parameters for wireless signals based on the door position. The method further includes facilitating utilization of the parameters for the wireless signals to promote successful communication of status and/or control of the door via the wireless signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Moshun, LLCInventors: John Edward Buchalo, Mario F. DeRango, Gary W. Grube, Jason K. Resch, Terence Michael Lydon, Timothy John Boundy, Darren Michael Boundy, Eric McHugh, Richard Michael Lang, Richard A. Herbst, Steven Michael Barger, Kurt Estes, Evan Anderson, Susan Tomilo, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr., David Schuda, George L. Wilson, IV, Daniel J. Gardner
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Publication number: 20250075151Abstract: This disclosure relates to a biodegradable core-shell microcapsule with a shell composed of a biopolymer, e.g., chitosan, which is cross-linked with an isocyanate and a tannic acid, in particular hydrolyzed tannic acid. This disclosure also relates to a process for preparing the biodegradable core-shell microcapsule and consumer products containing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Yabin LEI, Ronald GABBARD, Jason HACKENBERG, Gary MERTZ, Lewis Michael POPPLEWELL, Takashi SASAKI, Tram TRAN, Timothy YOUNG, Yi ZHANG
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Publication number: 20250074287Abstract: A delivery vehicle having a base and a bin engagement unit is disclosed. The base may be configured to secure a plurality of bins. Each bin may include a plurality of sidewalls, and each sidewall may include an interior surface and an exterior surface. The bin engagement unit may be configured to move in a two-dimensional (2D) space in proximity to the base. The bin engagement unit may be configured to engage with the interior surface of a bin, from the plurality of bins, and slide the bin on the base when the bin engagement unit engages with the interior surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Yifan Chen, Kurt Michael Lundeen, Sam Hoff, Smruti Panigrahi, Kevin Hwang, Timothy Mark Feldkamp
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Publication number: 20250074725Abstract: A vehicle for delivering a plurality of packages disposed in a plurality of bins is described. The vehicle includes a grid of a plurality of motorized tiles configured to enable movement of the plurality of bins within the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a robotic arm disposed at a vehicle rear portion. The robotic arm may be configured to load or unload a bin to or from the grid of the plurality of motorized tiles. The robotic arm may be attached to a linear actuator that is configured to move the robotic arm in a vehicle interior portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kevin Hwang, Timothy Mark Feldkamp, Yifan Chen, Kurt Michael Lundeen, Sam Hoff, Smruti Panigrahi
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Publication number: 20250079491Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte sheet includes scandia-stabilized zirconia grains and a thickness from 10 micrometers to 300 micrometers. In aspects, the solid-state electrolyte sheet exhibits an ionic conductivity at 850° C. of 9.5 S/cm or more. In aspects, the scandia-stabilized zirconia grains includes from 3 mol % to 11 mol % or from 3 mol % to 6 mol % scandia. In aspects, an average grain size can be from 0.1 micrometers to 2.5 micrometers. In aspects, a majority of pores can be a closed porosity. In aspects, the solid-state electrolyte sheet can be part of a solid oxide fuel cell and/or a solid oxide electrolyzer cell. Methods include casting a green tape comprising scandia-stabilized zirconia and firing the green tape to form the solid-state electrolyte sheet. In aspects, the firing can include heating at a maximum temperature of 1650° C. or less and/or heating at temperatures of 600° C. or more for 90 minutes or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Brittany Lynn Higgins, Rahul Suryakant Kadam, Timothy Joseph Markel, Yan Wang, Nathan Michael Zink
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Publication number: 20250080554Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. Event information associated with a plurality of events may be identified. The plurality of events may be associated with first entities corresponding to a first entity type and second entities associated with a second entity type. A first network profile associated with the first entities and the second entities may be generated based upon the event information. An arrangement of particles corresponding to the first entities and the second entities may be generated. Charges associated with the particles may be determined based upon the first network profile. The particles may be rearranged to a second arrangement of particles based upon the charges. One or more clusters of particles in the second arrangement of particles may be identified. One or more coalition networks associated with fraudulent activity may be identified based upon the one or more clusters of particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventor: Timothy Michael Olson
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Publication number: 20250078334Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for part detection and augmented reality integration. A computing device displays in a user interface an image including a part. The computing device detects the part in the image and generates a parameter set based on the detection of the part in the image. In the user interface, the computing device displays an augmented reality depiction of the part overlaying the image based on the parameter set. In some implementations, to detect the part in the image, the computing device uses a neural network which is trained based on multiple images of the part in varying orientations. In some implementations, a second neural network is trained to generate a parameter set relating to the position and orientation based on the detection of the part based on parameter set data corresponding to the multiple training images.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Ryan Michael Farris, Clyde Michael Stanfield, Reuben Merrell Sorensen, Timothy Allen Handy
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Patent number: 12243439Abstract: A sensorized surgical instrument for training users laparoscopic surgical procedures is provided. The instrument includes at least one sensor selected from a group consisting of a strain gauge, accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope. The sensor is attached directly to a handle of the instrument. A shaft assembly having a tool tip is interchangeably connectable to the handle. The sensor is connected to a computer configured to provide feedback useful to the user for improving the user's surgical skills. The feedback includes the time to complete a procedure, economy of motion, smoothness of motion and the force exerted at the tool tip.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Joel B. Velasco, Jacob J. Filek, Nico Slabber, Samantha Chan, Branden Carter, Zachary Michaels, Nathan Landino, Brandon Pereles, Eduardo Bolanos, Cory S. Hague, Gregory K. Hofstetter, Sean Kenneday, Timothy McMorrow, Jigar Shah, Jimmy Ho, Lindsey Chase
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Patent number: D1068116Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Timothy M. Graboski Revocable TrustInventor: Timothy Michael Graboski