Patents by Inventor Vincent Joseph

Vincent Joseph 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: 12259060
    Abstract: A ball-type check valve is disclosed that is passively sealed by an embedded permanent magnet and a gasket. The permanent magnet is used to increase the strength of the valve seal while still allowing forward flow, and a position of the magnet relative to the gasket allows for setting a cracking pressure that is required to overcome the magnetic force and open the valve. A microfluidic pumping system and a bi-directional microfluidic pump comprising the check-valve are also disclosed. Methods for manufacturing the check-valve and the bi-directional microfluidic pump in a microfluidic chip are disclosed. The present disclosure also provides a syringe pump system that may be coupled to a microfluidic device for dispensing and withdrawing fluid into and from the device. The syringe pump system comprises a plurality of syringes and a mobile plate that is configured to actuate the syringes at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Dartmouth Ocean Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Christopher Morgan, Vincent Joseph Sieben, Edward Arthur Luy, Gregory Eric Begin
  • Publication number: 20250073605
    Abstract: A ride vehicle for an amusement park attraction system includes a plurality of walls cooperatively defining a volume configured to receive a guest into the ride vehicle and a panel assembly with a panel and a wall of the plurality of walls. The wall is configured to contain the panel in a first configuration of the panel assembly, and the panel is configured to move relative to the wall and be positioned out of, actuate out of, and/or extend out of the wall in a second configuration of the panel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Niecestro, Vincent Joseph Trazzera
  • Publication number: 20240426391
    Abstract: A ball-type check valve is disclosed that is passively sealed by an embedded permanent magnet and a gasket. The permanent magnet is used to increase the strength of the valve seal while still allowing forward flow, and a position of the magnet relative to the gasket allows for setting a cracking pressure that is required to overcome the magnetic force and open the valve. A microfluidic pumping system and a bi-directional microfluidic pump comprising the check-valve are also disclosed. Methods for manufacturing the check-valve and the bi-directional microfluidic pump in a microfluidic chip are disclosed. The present disclosure also provides a syringe pump system that may be coupled to a microfluidic device for dispensing and withdrawing fluid into and from the device. The syringe pump system comprises a plurality of syringes and a mobile plate that is configured to actuate the syringes at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sean Christopher MORGAN, Vincent Joseph SIEBEN, Edward Arthur LUY, Gregory Eric BEGIN
  • Patent number: 12148607
    Abstract: A lamp and epitaxial processing apparatus are described herein. In one example, the lamp includes a bulb, a filament, and a plurality of filament supports disposed in spaced-apart relation to the filament, each of the filament supports having a hook support and a hook. The hook includes a connector configured to fasten the hook to the hook support, a first vertical portion extending from the connector toward the filament, and a rounded portion extending from an end of the first vertical portion distal from the connector and configured to wrap around the filament. A second vertical portion extends from an end of the rounded portion distal from the first vertical portion and the second vertical portion has a length between 60% and 100% of the length of the first vertical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao-Hung Yang, Shantanu Rajiv Gadgil, Kaushik Rao, Vincent Joseph Kirchhoff, Sagir Kadiwala, Munirah Mahyudin, Daniel Chou
  • Publication number: 20240162030
    Abstract: A lamp and epitaxial processing apparatus are described herein. In one example, the lamp includes a bulb, a filament, and a plurality of filament supports disposed in spaced-apart relation to the filament, each of the filament supports having a hook support and a hook. The hook includes a connector configured to fasten the hook to the hook support, a first vertical portion extending from the connector toward the filament, and a rounded portion extending from an end of the first vertical portion distal from the connector and configured to wrap around the filament. A second vertical portion extends from an end of the rounded portion distal from the first vertical portion and the second vertical portion has a length between 60% and 100% of the length of the first vertical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yao-Hung YANG, Shantanu Rajiv GADGIL, Kaushik RAO, Vincent Joseph KIRCHHOFF, Sagir KADIWALA, Munirah MAHYUDIN, Daniel CHOU
  • Patent number: 11964278
    Abstract: A microfluidic lab-on-a-chip (LOC) device, microfluidic systems, and associated methodology are described that allow for intelligently collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) and their associated metadata. Optical spectroscopy is integrated with filtration membranes on the microfluidic device. The microfluidic LOC device and systems can be used for selectively capturing targeted species based on optical characteristics and for recording relevant metadata on eDNA acquired by the filtration membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DARTMOUTH OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Johannes Creelman, Edward Arthur Luy, Gabryelle Cecile Henderson Beland, Sean Christopher Morgan, Marie Evelyn Julie LaRoche, Mahtab Tavasoli, Robert Gerald Beiko, Roger Edmund Race, Arnold Furlong, Vincent Joseph Sieben
  • Patent number: 11906501
    Abstract: A method of determining saturate, aromatic, resin, and asphaltene (SARA) fractions of a hydrocarbon fluid sample, including: i) microfluidic mixing that forms a mixture including the hydrocarbon fluid sample and a solvent fluid that dissolves asphaltenes; ii) performing optical spectroscopy on the hydrocarbon fluid sample-solvent fluid mixture resulting from i); iii) microfluidic mixing that forms a mixture including the hydrocarbon fluid sample and a titrant fluid that precipitates asphaltenes; iv) microfluidically precipitating asphaltenes from the hydrocarbon fluid sample-titrant fluid mixture resulting from iii); v) performing a microfluidic filtering operation that removes precipitated asphaltenes from the mixture resulting from iv) while outputting permeate; vi) performing optical spectroscopy on the permeate resulting from v); vii) determining an asphaltene fraction percentage of the hydrocarbon fluid sample based on the optical spectroscopy performed in ii) and vi); viii) sequentially separating sa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vincent Joseph Sieben, Farshid Mostowfi, Nejib Hamed, Alexander Stickel, Collins Obiosa-Maife
  • Publication number: 20240052878
    Abstract: A connecting rod includes two elastically flexible slats which are curved and arranged symmetrically relative to a longitudinal axis of the connecting rod. The slats have end zones running parallel to the axis, as well as transverse spacers placed between the slats and fasteners for securing the slats to each other and to the transverse spacers. The fasteners include adapters for adjusting the curve of the slats with a view to varying the axial length of the connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Engin ERTEM, Vincent JOSEPH, Jean-Christophe RIETSCH, Jean-Michel BUCHIN
  • Patent number: 11881392
    Abstract: A lamp and epitaxial processing apparatus are described herein. In one example, the lamp includes a bulb, a filament, and a plurality of filament supports disposed in spaced-apart relation to the filament, each of the filament supports having a hook support and a hook. The hook includes a connector configured to fasten the hook to the hook support, a first vertical portion extending from the connector toward the filament, and a rounded portion extending from an end of the first vertical portion distal from the connector and configured to wrap around the filament. A second vertical portion extends from an end of the rounded portion distal from the first vertical portion and the second vertical portion has a length between 60% and 100% of the length of the first vertical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao-Hung Yang, Shantanu Rajiv Gadgil, Kaushik Rao, Vincent Joseph Kirchhoff, Sagir Kadiwala, Munirah Mahyudin, Daniel Chou
  • Publication number: 20230377870
    Abstract: A lamp and epitaxial processing apparatus are described herein. In one example, the lamp includes a bulb, a filament, and a plurality of filament supports disposed in spaced-apart relation to the filament, each of the filament supports having a hook support and a hook. The hook includes a connector configured to fasten the hook to the hook support, a first vertical portion extending from the connector toward the filament, and a rounded portion extending from an end of the first vertical portion distal from the connector and configured to wrap around the filament. A second vertical portion extends from an end of the rounded portion distal from the first vertical portion and the second vertical portion has a length between 60% and 100% of the length of the first vertical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yao-Hung YANG, Shantanu Rajiv Gadgil, Kaushik Rao, Vincent Joseph Kirchhoff, Sagir Kadiwala, Munirah Mahyudin, Daniel Chou
  • Publication number: 20230275479
    Abstract: Composite-structure rotor for axial flow electrical machines comprising at least one stator and a rotor rigidly connected to a shaft to be rotated, in the shape of a disc and comprising a plurality of permanent magnets supported by a support made of a composite material rigidly connected to the shaft to be driven and constituted by a reinforced fibre matrix, The rotor comprises distributed attachment means for the radial elements and segments, which connect the elements in pairs, forming recesses, and which comprise at least one strap resulting from the winding of continuous unidirectional fibres passing between th Composite-structure rotor for axial flow electrical machines comprising at least one stator and a rotor rigidly connected to a shaft to be rotated, in the shape of a disc and comprising a plurality of permanent magnets supported by a support made of a composite material rigidly connected to the shaft to be driven and constituted by a reinforced fibre matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Guy VALEMBOIS, Etienne BRETON, Nicolas FISCHER, Jean-Christophe RIETSCH, Vincent JOSEPH, Jean-Michel BUCHIN
  • Patent number: 11644408
    Abstract: An optical cell for performing light spectroscopy (including absorbance, fluorescence and scattering measurements) on a liquid sample in microfluidic devices is disclosed. The optical cell comprises an inlaid sheet having an opaque material inlaid in a clear material, and a sensing channel that crosses the clear material and the opaque material provides a fluidic path for the liquid sample and an optical path for probe light. Integral optical windows crossing a clear-opaque material interface permit light coupling into and out of the sensing channel, and thus light transmission through the sensing channel is almost entirely isolated from background light interference. A microfluidic chip comprising one or more optical cells is also disclosed. The optical cells may have different lengths of sensing channels, and may be optically and fluidly coupled. A method of manufacturing an optical cell in a microfluidic chip is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DARTMOUTH OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Edward Arthur Luy, Sean Christopher Morgan, Vincent Joseph Sieben
  • Publication number: 20230128837
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described for intelligent outage evaluation and insight management for monitoring and incident management systems. A set of incident logs associated with a cloud computing service are received by a cloud computing service provider system. Each incident log includes impact data corresponding to a respective incident that occurred during an evaluation period. The impact data includes an interruption count representative of a number of interruptions on resources caused by the respective incident. A total active resource time representative of resource activity during the evaluation period is determined. An interruption rate is determined for the evaluation period by summing interruption counts to generate a total interruption count and dividing the total interruption count by the total active resource time. An actionable insight applicable to the cloud computing service is generated based on the interruption rate and the incident logs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Bing HU, Zhangwei XU, Vincent Joseph BLAS, Peiling WU, Chaturanan Damodar MISHRA, Igor FIGLIN, Robert Gerard BOYCE, Anupama VEDAPURI, Oren ROSENBLOOM, Nicholas Anthony SWANSON, Murali CHINTALAPATI
  • Publication number: 20230096527
    Abstract: A run flat device intended to be mounted in a tyre around a wheel rim of a vehicle, the device comprising at least one assembly of two half-shells assembled axially, each half-shell being made of a composite material based on fibres embedded in a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin, each half-shell comprising a radially internal periphery a radially external periphery and a lateral wall connecting the radially internal periphery to the radially external periphery configured so as to form an internal recess within the at least one assembly and each half-shell further comprising a plurality of circumferentially distributed anti-compression ribs extending, within the internal recess, radially from the radially external periphery towards the radially internal periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Marie PAGES, Vincent JOSEPH, Etienne BRETON
  • Patent number: 11613451
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic system including a variable displacement hydraulic motor for lifting and lowering a load. The hydraulic motor has a high operating speed and a low operating speed. The system also includes an actuator for controlling whether the hydraulic motor is operating at the high or low speed, and a pressure sensor for sensing when a system pressure corresponding to the hydraulic motor exceeds a threshold pressure value. The system further includes a speed control system that controls the actuator such that the hydraulic motor is prevented from operating at the first operating speed when the system pressure exceeds the threshold pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS II TECHNOLOGY A/S
    Inventors: Vincent Joseph Duray, Jerry Carl Weber
  • Patent number: 11537658
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for determining and presenting information related to embedded sound recordings are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Song Zhu, Lucas Pollock, Yingjie He, Francois-Xavier Nuttall, Reuben Kuhnert, Patrice Lauriston, Siddharth Shankar, Harris Cohen, David Rosenstein, Xin Chen, Brian Karlak, Christian Weitenberner, Girum Ibssa, Ullas Gargi, Krishmin Rai, Arthur Vincent Joseph Gaudriot
  • Patent number: 11416786
    Abstract: Improving the operations of a computer system that is located within a power grid and that is associated with its own power sources. Past operational characteristics of the power grid are analyzed to derive learned characteristics for the power grid. Future operational characteristics of the power grid are also monitored. A prediction regarding a future load event associated with the power grid is then generated using the learned characteristics and the monitored characteristics. In response to this prediction, one or more operations are performed to balance the computer system with the power grid during the future load event, and to ensure a determined availability of services associated with the computer system during the future load event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licesning, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Rees Helsel, Vincent Joseph Blas, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Sean Michael James, Brandon Middaugh
  • Patent number: D954634
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Vincent Joseph Notaro, David Michael Pribula
  • Patent number: D963552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Vincent Joseph Notaro, Jennifer Marie Basl, Paul Bryan Maxwell, Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Robert Wayne Schott
  • Patent number: D1073110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Cyclikal LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Joseph Louis Chevrier, Aaron Peter Beckman, Tristan Robert Kmoch, Charles Thomas Ninow, Clark Gustave Ohnesorge, III