Patents by Inventor Wayne To

Wayne To 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).

  • Methods and system for operating an engine
    Patent number: 10393036
    Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing engine vacuum production and catalyst heating of a hybrid powertrain are described. In one example, a motor/generator rotates an engine at idle speed while the engine combusts air and fuel without providing torque sufficient to rotate the engine so that spark timing may be advanced or retarded from minimum spark timing for best torque to heat a catalyst and generate vacuum for vacuum consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Ralph Wayne Cunningham
  • Electric propulsion engine for an aircraft
    Patent number: 10392119
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft includes an electric propulsion engine configured to be mounted to the aircraft at an aft end of the aircraft. The electric propulsion engine includes a power gearbox mechanically coupled to an electric motor. The electric propulsion engine further includes a fan rotatable about a central axis of the electric propulsion engine by the electric motor through the power gearbox. Moreover, the electric propulsion engine includes an attachment assembly for mounting at least one of the electric motor or the power gearbox. The attachment assembly includes a torsional damper for accommodating a torsional vibration of the electric motor or the power gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Randy M. Vondrell, Brandon Wayne Miller, Patrick Michael Marrinan
  • Prefetching places
    Patent number: 10397346
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes automatically determining, in response to user input that includes an indication that the user is generating social-network content, a location of the user. The social network has a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, and at least one node corresponds to the user. The method includes sending, automatically and without requiring further user input, the location from a client computing device of the user to an external server computing device and receiving from the server an identification of one or more places corresponding to the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Tal Shumski
  • Technologies for scalable hierarchical interconnect topologies
    Patent number: 10394738
    Abstract: Technologies for a system of communicatively coupled network switches in a hierarchical interconnect network topology include two or more groups that each include two or more first and second level switches in which each of the first level switches are communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of second level switches to form a complete bipartite graph. Additionally, each of the groups is interconnected to each of the other groups via a corresponding global link connecting a second level switch of one group to a corresponding second level switch of another group. Further, each of the first level switches are communicatively coupled to one or more computing nodes. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mario Flajslik, Eric R. Borch, Michael A. Parker, Wayne A. Downer
  • PLATE ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190256252
    Abstract: A plate attachment assembly that includes a first plate shell and a second plate shell configured to interlock with one another. The first plate shell comprises a bottom wall and a surrounding sidewall with a flange disposed around the perimeter. The flange includes at least one locking tab with a locking protrusion. The second plate shell comprises a bottom wall and a surrounding sidewall with a flange disposed around the perimeter. The flange includes at least one locking tab receiving aperture and a notch shaped to correspond with the locking protrusion of the first plate shell. The first and second plate shells also include various different support walls on a bottom surface configured to secure the assembly to a drinking cup and/or another plate attachment assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Wayne Mundy, Johny Ismar Delvar
  • SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH A VARIABLE INLET FLOW AREA
    Publication number: 20190254491
    Abstract: A reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus includes a floor cleaning unit comprising a surface cleaning head, and a hand vacuum cleaner. The reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus is operable in a floor cleaning mode in which the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to a rigid wand of the floor cleaning unit and operated using an energy storage member of the hand vacuum cleaner, and also operable in an above floor cleaning mode in which the hand vacuum cleaner is disconnected from air flow with the floor cleaning unit and operated using the energy storage member. A cross-sectional area through the rigid wand is less than a cross-sectional area through an upstream portion of an airflow path of the hand vacuum cleaner. A velocity of air travelling through the wand in the floor cleaning mode is greater than a velocity of air flow through the upstream portion in the above floor cleaning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE ZWITTERIONIC POLYMER CONJUGATES
    Publication number: 20190255155
    Abstract: The present invention provides recombinant butyrylcholinesterase fusion proteins, including Fc fusion proteins and multi-armed high MW polymers containing hydrophilic groups conjugated to the fusion proteins, and methods of preparing such polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: D. Victor Perlroth, Stephen A. Charles, Wayne To, Xiaojian Huang, Martin Linsell, Didier Benoit
  • CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS FOR CALENDERING
    Publication number: 20190256674
    Abstract: This invention relates to cellulose ester compositions cable of being calendered. The invention also relates to calendered films or sheets comprising the cellulose ester compositions and processes for calendering the cellulose compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Wayne Compton, Michael Eugene Donelson, James Collins Maine, Marcus David Shelby, Freddie Wayne Williams, Robert Erik Young
  • PARTITIONING AND REDUCING RECORDS AT INGEST OF A WORKER NODE
    Publication number: 20190258637
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for partitioning and reducing records at ingest of a worker node. The worker node receives chunks of data from one or more indexers of a data intake and query system based on the execution of a query by the data intake and query system. The worker node assigns records to different record groups based on the content of the records. The system also assigns the record to a partition of a group of partitions. Record data of the records in a particular partition is combined. The system processes the partitions based on the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Arindam Bhattacharjee, Sourav Pal, Wayne Patterson, Srinivas Bobba
  • INTERBODY FUSION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20190254840
    Abstract: Interbody fusion devices and related methods of manufacture are described herein. An example interbody fusion device can include a plurality of vertebral endplates, and a body extending between the vertebral endplates. The body and the vertebral endplates can define an internal cavity. Additionally, each of the vertebral endplates can include a lattice structure and a frame surrounding the lattice structure, where the lattice structure being configured to distribute load. Each of the vertebral endplates can also include a plurality of micro-apertures having an average size between about 2 to about 10 micrometers (?m), and a plurality of macro-apertures having an average size between about 300 to about 800 micrometers (?m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: MIRUS LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Gray, Antonio Terrell, Clint Walker, Kevin R. Strauss, Ryan O'Flaherty, Noah Roth
  • Safe Zones in Tracking Device Environments
    Publication number: 20190259264
    Abstract: A tracking system determines if a tracking device is located within a safe zone based on whether a set of safe conditions are satisfied. The set of safe conditions includes a geographic boundary or a geographic location and corresponding threshold distance. The set of safe conditions can also include a time window during which a safe zone is active. When a tracking device is within a safe zone (e.g., geographically and temporally), the tracking device is determined to be safe, and notifications associated with the tracking device can be minimized. The safe zones may be user-selected, user-defined, or determined based on data analytics. If a set of safe conditions are not satisfied, the tracking system generates and sends a notification to the user of the tracking device indicating that the tracking device may be lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Doxey, Arunkumar Puppala, Wayne Patterson
  • Thermal Management System
    Publication number: 20190257247
    Abstract: A method of operating a thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes determining the gas turbine engine is in a first operating mode; transferring heat from a first heat source exchanger to a heat sink system in response to determining the gas turbine engine is in the first operation mode, the first heat source exchanger thermally coupled to a first system/component of the gas turbine engine; determining the gas turbine engine is in a second operating mode, the second operating mode being different than the first operating mode; and transferring heat from a second heat source exchanger to the heat sink system in response to determining the gas turbine engine is in the second operation mode, the second heat source exchanger thermally coupled to a second system/component of the gas turbine engine, the second system/component being different than the first system/component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Kishanjit Pal, Arnab Sen, Pranav R. Kamat, Brandon Wayne Miller, Daniel Alan Niergarth
  • MODULAR LIGHTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190257484
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a modular lighting system. In one embodiment, the modular lighting system comprises a compact and lightweight outer enclosure that features a plurality of lighting elements. It is envisioned that a subsection of the lighting elements is static, in that it may not be removed from the outer enclosure. The plurality of lighting elements are configured so that they may be detached from the outer enclosure and placed at locations based on the user's discretion so as to substantially reduce shadows and illuminate key areas. The modular lighting system may be operated wirelessly. In at least one embodiment, the detachable lighting elements include independent power sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Power Probe TEK, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Carton, Wayne Russell
  • IMPLEMENTING A SEPARATION OF DUTIES FOR CONTAINER SECURITY
    Publication number: 20190260753
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a first request from a user to access a container, determining whether the user has a first authorization to access the container, allowing the user to access the container, in response to determining that the user has the first authorization to access the container, identifying a second request from the user to access content within the container, where the content is encrypted, retrieving a key label associated with the container, determining whether the user has a second authorization to access the key label, retrieving a data encryption key, utilizing the key label, in response to determining that the user has the second authorization to access the key label, and allowing the user to access the content that is encrypted by performing one or more decryption actions, utilizing the data encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Cecilia C. Lewis, Wayne E. Rhoten, Eric D. Rossman, Mark A. Nelson, John C. Dayka
  • FISHING LURE QUICK RELEASE
    Publication number: 20190254268
    Abstract: A quick release fishing trolling flasher lure having a front end and back end, with a receiver affixed to the back end and secured head affixed to the front end and one or more hooks connected to the secured head. In operation, the added tension of a fish on a hook causes the receiver and the secured head to separate releasing the tension along the line of the flasher, reducing the movement of the flasher and related interference with keeping a fish on the line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Wayne Parker
  • READ TECHNIQUE FOR A BUS INTERFACE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190258555
    Abstract: Embodiments of a bus interface system are disclosed. The bus interface system includes a master bus controller and a slave bus controller coupled to a bus line. The master bus controller and the slave bus controller are configured to perform read operations using error codes and error checks. For example, the error codes may be cyclic redundancy codes (CRC). In this manner, accuracy is ensured during communications between the slave bus controller and the master bus controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Truong Ngo, Alexander Wayne Hietala
  • ANALYZING VIDEO STREAMS IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND SELECT RECIPIENTS FOR A DISPLAY OF VIDEO STREAMS RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS
    Publication number: 20190258863
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates generally to industrial automation systems, and, more particularly, to collecting video streams from a variety of video devices in an industrial environment, identifying and analyzing potential problems in the industrial environment using the video streams, and presenting the video streams and data associated with the potential problem to appropriate recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Sharon M. Billi, Christopher Wayne Como, Edward A. Gray, Kyle Reissner, Jonathan D. Walter, Mohit Singhai, Douglas J. Reichard, Scott N. Sandler, Ronald E. Bliss, Michael John Pantaleano, Ryan Cahalane, Jessica L. Korpela, Bruce T. McCleave
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION OF NESTED ZERO WASTE EAR TO TRAVELING WEB
    Publication number: 20190254891
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of providing a disposable product with a contoured leg opening. In this method at least one chip is removed from at least one ear of a disposable product. The chip may be removed from an ear prior to attaching the ear to the chassis web. Alternatively, the chip may be removed from the ear after the ear is attached to the chassis web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: John A. McCabe, Jeffrey Wayne Fritz, Robert E. Andrews
  • SOFA WITH UPHOLSTERY COVER HAVING ATTACHMENT MEANS
    Publication number: 20190254440
    Abstract: An upholstered sofa comprises a sofa frame covered with fitted upholstery. The fitted upholstery provided by a form fit upholstery cover or covers formed of upholstery material and comprising stitched upholstery panels and pieces, the cover having upholstery edge portions with attachment means for securement of the edge portion without staples to the sofa frame. The attachment means may be a resilient polymer channel sewn to the upholstery material. The attachment means may be a plurality of elastic cords with connectors on distal ends of the cords. The elastic cords may be stretched and attached to features on the sofa frame or to features on the upholstery cover thereby keeping the upholstery cover assembly taught on the sofa frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Earnest Gates, Steve Koon, James Anthony Sudduth, James A. Lewis, Wayne Bramlitt
  • IMPLEMENTING POLICY-BASED CONTAINER-LEVEL ENCRYPTION
    Publication number: 20190258813
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a creation of a container within a system, selecting a security policy for the container, based on one or more attributes, identifying a key label associated with the security policy for the container, retrieving a data encryption key, utilizing the key label, and encrypting the container, utilizing the data encryption key. This may enable a highly granular level of automatic container-level security within the system that may be transparently implemented within the system, which may streamline container security and reduce an amount of stored data and processing necessary for implementing container security, and may thereby improve the performance of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Cecilia C. Lewis, Wayne E. Rhoten, Eric D. Rossman, Mark A. Nelson, John C. Dayka