Patents by Inventor William A. Bowen

William A. Bowen 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).

  • Publication number: 20250091445
    Abstract: A technique controls regenerative braking to reduce skidding of an electric vehicle. Such a technique may involve imparting rotation to an electric motor to move the vehicle to a first speed; and adjusting the limit regenerative braking power available based on a grade/slope on which the vehicle is operating. Processing circuitry may be configured to both: (a) allow a vehicle to have unrestricted or less restricted regenerative braking for more quickly slowing the vehicle when desired such as on flat dry pavement and/or on flat ground, and (b) limit, or more significantly limit, the vehicle's deceleration in situations such as when traveling downhill on a steep grade to reduce chances of sliding/skidding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory August THEODOSAKIS, Russell William KING, Jonathan Daniel BOWEN
  • Publication number: 20250076062
    Abstract: A method includes receiving operational data from a plurality of vehicles comprising a fleet of vehicles operating in an area of interest, the operational data indicating a motion and a corresponding location of the vehicle; processing the received operational data to identify events of interest, wherein each of the identified events of interest has an event type and has associated therewith a geographic area in which the event of interest occurred; and identifying clusters of the events of interest, wherein each of the clusters comprises multiple occurrences of ones of the events of interest having the same type and having associated therewith the same geographic area. A responsive action to mitigate operating conditions associated with the event type of the events of interest of the at least one of the identified clusters may subsequently be taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Russell William King, Jonathan Daniel Bowen, Gregory August Theodosakis
  • Patent number: 12232530
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a vaporization device are described that include one or more features, such as for generating a combined inhalable aerosol. In some embodiments, the vaporization device can include one or more heaters that are configured to heat one or more vaporizable materials. Various embodiments of heating elements and heating systems for use in vaporization devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Alston, Adam Bowen, Jacob R. Davis, Ian Garcia-Doty, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Joshua A. Kurzman, James Monsees, Andrew J. Pappas, Paul R. Vieira, Timothy J. Watson, Joseph S. Wilinski, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12232529
    Abstract: A vaporizer device includes a housing including an air inlet, a heating element within the housing and a heat exchanger. The heating element includes a nonlinear positive temperature coefficient of resistance material. The heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the heating element and arranged to receive airflow from the air inlet. The heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat between the heating element and the airflow to produce a heated airflow. The heated airflow exiting the heat exchanger is configured to vaporize a vaporizable material. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Alston, Adam Bowen, Ian Garcia-Doty, Joshua A. Kurzman, James Monsees, Paul R. Vieira
  • Publication number: 20250058643
    Abstract: Techniques to control a utility vehicle involve initially setting a maximum speed constraint imposed on the utility vehicle to an initial value. Such techniques further involve receiving a state of charge signal that indicates a current state of charge of a lithium battery which provides electric power for utility vehicle propulsion. Such techniques further involve, based on the state of charge signal that indicates the current state of charge of the lithium battery, adjusting the maximum speed constraint imposed on the utility vehicle from the initial value to an adjusted value that is different from the initial value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory August Theodosakis, Russell William King, Jonathan Daniel Bowen
  • Publication number: 20250043308
    Abstract: A method of purifying a viral vector preparation is described. The method comprises: passing a viral vector preparation through a cation exchange column, contacting flow-through from the cation exchange column with an anion exchanger that binds the viral vector, and eluting the bound viral vector from the anion 5 exchanger as a viral vector eluate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Lee Davies, Oliver Goodyear, Samuel Petrucci, Maria Kapanidou, George T. Pamenter, William Bowen
  • Patent number: 12019412
    Abstract: An autonomous module for processing stored data includes a multithreaded processor core (MPC) and a plurality of autonomous memories. Each of the plurality of autonomous memories has a memory bank, a data operator (DO) configured to implement a plurality of selectable memory behaviors, an autonomous memory operator (AMO) configured to implement a state machine to control the memory bank independently of the MPC, and at least one memory input/output (IO) port communicatively coupled with the memory bank, the AMO, and the DO. The at least one memory IO port is configured to receive a read instruction from the AMO, retrieve data from the memory bank, and send the data to the DO. The DO is configured to implement one of the plurality of selectable memory behaviors to update the data and send the updated data to the AMO via the at least one memory IO port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
    Inventors: Richard Granger, Elijah Floyd William Bowen, Antonio Rodriguez, Andrew Felch
  • Publication number: 20230350351
    Abstract: An autonomous module for processing stored data includes a multithreaded processor core (MPC) and a plurality of autonomous memories. Each of the plurality of autonomous memories has a memory bank, a data operator (DO) configured to implement a plurality of selectable memory behaviors, an autonomous memory operator (AMO) configured to implement a state machine to control the memory bank independently of the MPC, and at least one memory input/output (TO) port communicatively coupled with the memory bank, the AMO, and the DO. The at least one memory IO port is configured to receive a read instruction from the AMO, retrieve data from the memory bank, and send the data to the DO. The DO is configured to implement one of the plurality of selectable memory behaviors to update the data and send the updated data to the AMO via the at least one memory IO port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Richard GRANGER, Elijah Floyd William BOWEN, Antonio RODRIGUEZ, Andrew FELCH
  • Patent number: 11693372
    Abstract: A method for compressing a digital representation of a stimulus includes encoding the digital representation as a feature vector within a feature space. The method also includes multiplying the feature vector with a Jacobian that maps the feature space to a non-Euclidean perceptual space according to a perceptual system that is capable of perceiving the stimulus. This multiplication generates a perceptual vector within the non-Euclidean perceptual space. The method also includes applying an update operator to the perceptual vector to move the perceptual vector in the perceptual space to an updated vector such that the updated vector has a lower entropy than the perceptual vector. The method also includes rounding the updated vector into a compressed vector that is smaller than the feature vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
    Inventors: Richard Granger, Elijah Floyd William Bowen, Antonio Rodriguez, Andrew Felch
  • Patent number: 11367256
    Abstract: An object management system, an aircraft design system, and a method for managing an object. A three-dimensional environment with a model of an object and an avatar representing a human operator from a viewpoint relative to the avatar is displayed on a display system. A motion of the human operator is detected. An interaction between the avatar and the model of the object is identified in real time using information about motions of the human operator that are detected in real time. The interaction changes a group of dimensions in the model of the object. Further, the interaction between the avatar and the model of the object in the three-dimensional environment is displayed on the display system, enabling design changes in the model of the object made by the human operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Wayne Gabrys, David William Bowen, Anthony Mathew Montalbano, Chong Choi
  • Patent number: 10926857
    Abstract: A pressure bulkhead for an aircraft includes a wall assembly. The wall assembly includes a first wall section which extends in a direction nonparallel to a length of the aircraft. The wall assembly further includes a second wall section secured to the first wall section wherein the second wall section includes a curved shape. The curved shape includes a convex portion which extends further along the length of the aircraft in a direction toward the aft end of the aircraft than the first wall section. A method for assembling a pressure bulkhead is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyle L. McNamara, Edward Frederick Lauser, Jr., David William Bowen, Kevin Andrew Crow, Michael Stephen Niezgoda
  • Patent number: 10922851
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a virtual reality environment. Data requirements for generating the virtual reality environment are identified. The virtual reality environment includes objects that are displayed on a display system using a group of models defined by a group of standards. Discrete points for the objects are generated from the models based on the data requirements for generating the virtual reality environment for a selected point in time. At least one of color adjustments or contour adjustments is identified for a portion of the discrete points based on the group of standards and the data requirements when adjustments are needed. The discrete points are modified based on at least one of the color adjustments or the contour adjustments identified to form modified discrete points, which enable generating the virtual reality environment with a desired level of accuracy for training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David William Bowen, Anthony Mathew Montalbano, Jonathan Wayne Gabrys, Devin Richard O'Connor
  • Patent number: 10173765
    Abstract: Pressure bulkhead apparatus is disclosed. An example bulkhead apparatus includes a frame and a plurality of beams radially spaced relative to a longitudinal axis of the frame. A beam from the plurality of beams has a first end and a second end. A beam end assembly couples the second end of the beam and a stringer of a fuselage. The beam end assembly enables the second end of the beam to move relative to at least one of the frame or the stringer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Neil M. Jerstad, Kyle L. McNamara, David William Bowen, Edward F. Lauser, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180336725
    Abstract: An object management system, an aircraft design system, and a method for managing an object. A three-dimensional environment with a model of an object and an avatar representing a human operator from a viewpoint relative to the avatar is displayed on a display system. A motion of the human operator is detected. An interaction between the avatar and the model of the object is identified in real time using information about motions of the human operator that are detected in real time. The interaction changes a group of dimensions in the model of the object. Further, the interaction between the avatar and the model of the object in the three-dimensional environment is displayed on the display system, enabling design changes in the model of the object made by the human operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Wayne Gabrys, David William Bowen, Anthony Mathew Montalbano, Chong Choi
  • Patent number: 10064863
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and single unit dosage forms of Compound A (3-(5-amino-2-methyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione), or an enantiomer or a mixture of enantiomers thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, co-crystal, clathrate, or polymorph thereof, are provided herein. Also provided are methods of treating, managing, or preventing cancer using the dosage forms described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: Colin Walters, William Bowen, Yali Sun, Jay Brumfield, Xiaoxuan Shen, Daozhong Zou, Indrajit Ghosh
  • Patent number: 10043311
    Abstract: An object management system, an aircraft design system, and a method for managing an object. A three-dimensional environment with a model of an object and an avatar representing a human operator from a viewpoint relative to the avatar is displayed on a display system. A motion of the human operator is detected. An interaction between the avatar and the model of the object is identified in real time using information about motions of the human operator that are detected in real time. The interaction changes a group of dimensions in the model of the object. Further, the interaction between the avatar and the model of the object in the three-dimensional environment is displayed on the display system, enabling design changes in the model of the object made by the human operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Wayne Gabrys, David William Bowen, Anthony Mathew Montalbano, Chong Choi
  • Patent number: 9852237
    Abstract: An object testing system and method for testing an object. A three-dimensional environment is displayed with a model of an object and an avatar from a viewpoint relative to the avatar on a display system viewed by a human operator. The object is under testing in a live environment. Information about motions of the human operator that are detected is generated. Live information about the object that is under testing in the live environment is received. A change in the object from applying the live information to the model of the object is identified. The change in the model of the object is displayed on the display system as seen from the viewpoint relative to the avatar in the three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonathan Wayne Gabrys, David William Bowen, Anthony Mathew Montalbano, Chong Choi
  • Publication number: 20170361915
    Abstract: A pressure bulkhead for an aircraft includes a wall assembly. The wall assembly includes a first wall section which extends in a direction nonparallel to a length of the aircraft. The wall assembly further includes a second wall section secured to the first wall section wherein the second wall section includes a curved shape. The curved shape includes a convex portion which extends further along the length of the aircraft in a direction toward the aft end of the aircraft than the first wall section. A method for assembling a pressure bulkhead is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kyle L. McNamara, Edward Frederick Lauser, JR., David William Bowen, Kevin Andrew Crow, Michael Stephen Niezgoda
  • Publication number: 20170291678
    Abstract: Pressure bulkhead apparatus is disclosed. An example bulkhead apparatus includes a frame and a plurality of beams radially spaced relative to a longitudinal axis of the frame. A beam from the plurality of beams has a first end and a second end. A beam end assembly couples the second end of the beam and a stringer of a fuselage. The beam end assembly enables the second end of the beam to move relative to at least one of the frame or the stringer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Neil M. Jerstad, Kyle L. McNamara, David William Bowen, Edward F. Lauser, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170076495
    Abstract: An object testing system and method for testing an object. A three-dimensional environment is displayed with a model of an object and an avatar from a viewpoint relative to the avatar on a display system viewed by a human operator. The object is under testing in a live environment. Information about motions of the human operator that are detected is generated. Live information about the object that is under testing in the live environment is received. A change in the object from applying the live information to the model of the object is identified. The change in the model of the object is displayed on the display system as seen from the viewpoint relative to the avatar in the three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Wayne Gabrys, David William Bowen, Anthony Mathew Montalbano, Chong Choi