Patents by Inventor William A. Howard

William A. Howard 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: 20180087382
    Abstract: A tooling fixture assembly for processing a component of a gas turbine engine is provided. The tooling fixture assembly includes a component nesting fixture for precisely positioning the component within the fixture using a plurality of datum locators. A transfer block is also positioned at a known location and orientation relative to the component and an adhesive is used to fix the relative position of the component and the transfer block. The component and the transfer block are then removed from the component nesting fixture and installed on a machine for drilling, machining, or otherwise processing the component. After the machining is complete, the adhesive may be removed, such that the component may be detached from the transfer block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Todd Gary Heinrich, Brian William Howard, Jonathan E. Bendel, Stephen Matthew Mayer
  • Patent number: 9883122
    Abstract: A method of event-based down sampling includes receiving multiple sensor events corresponding to addresses and time stamps. The method further includes spatially down sampling the addresses based on the time stamps and the addresses. The method may also include updating a pixel value for each of the multiple sensor events based on the down sampling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Venkat Rangan, William Howard Constable, Xin Wang, Manu Rastogi
  • Publication number: 20180026327
    Abstract: A cell site sector includes: a mounting frame; an RF antenna mounted to one side of the mounting frame; and at least one (RRU mounted to a second, opposed side of the mounting frame md operationally connected with the antenna. The RRU and the RF antenna have horizontal width and depth dimensions, the width dimension art g greater than the depth dimension, wherein the width dimension of the RRU is generally parallel with the width dimension of the RF antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Michael Paulus, Julian R. Colapietro, William Howard Burnett, JR., James P. McCabe
  • Patent number: 9846677
    Abstract: A method for computing a spatial Fourier transform for an event-based system includes receiving an asynchronous event output stream including one or more events from a sensor. The method further includes computing a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) matrix based on dimensions of the sensor. The method also includes computing an output based on the DFT matrix and applying the output to an event processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Manu Rastogi, Venkat Rangan, William Howard Constable
  • Publication number: 20170316307
    Abstract: A system receives and executes a sequence of tensor instructions, for example, instructions for performing a neural network computation. The system may be implemented as a multiprocessor architecture, for example, hardware for performing a neural network computation. A tensor instruction specifies a tensor computation receiving one or more input tensors for determining an output tensor. The system stores a decimal position associated with a plurality of values of a tensor. The system performs the tensor computation of a tensor instruction to determine a plurality of values of the output tensor. The system collects statistics describing the plurality of values of the output tensor and determines a decimal position for the plurality of values based on the collected statistics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Urs Koster, William Howard Constable, Luke James Hornof, Carey Kevin Kloss, Amir Khosrowshahi, Scott Gray
  • Patent number: 9720434
    Abstract: An electronic device 2 has circuitry 4 which operates in a first voltage domain 6 supplied with a first voltage level VDD1 and a reference voltage level. A voltage regulator 14 generates the first voltage level VDD1 from a second voltage level VDD2 higher than the first voltage level VDD1. At least one power gate 20, 30 is provided for selectively coupling the circuitry 4 to one of the first voltage level VDD1 or the reference level. The control signal 22 for the power gate 20, 30 is generated in a second voltage domain supplied with a higher voltage level VDD2 or VDD3 derived from the second voltage level VDD2 supplied to the voltage regulator 14. Hence, an existing high voltage source within the device 2 can be reused for applying a boosted voltage to power gates to improve efficiency of power gating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: James Edward Myers, David Walter Flynn, David William Howard
  • Patent number: 9703005
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing downhole analysis within a well bore employ a swept source laser that can be sent downhole to generate high resolution images of the well bore. Various embodiments can also determine other physical properties of a below ground structure. The swept source lasers can create images using low-coherence interferometry or optical coherence tomography. Systems and methods may also be used to determine fluid flow rates towards the sensor at discrete points, such as individual perforations, by measuring the Doppler effect on the light back-scattered from the fluid. Fluid flow information could also be extracted by measuring the phase shift of the light between subsequent light scans if a phase sensitive detection scheme is utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: JP3 Measurement, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Little, III, Jordan Dwelle, William Howard
  • Publication number: 20170191548
    Abstract: A planet gear includes an annular planet gear ring including an annular planet gear rim. The annular planet gear rim has an inner radius and an outer radius. The inner radius and the outer radius define a rim thickness therebetween. The annular planet gear rim further has a bending stress neutral axis. The bending stress neutral axis radius and the rim thickness define a ratio including values in a range from and including about 3 to and including about 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth Lee Fisher, Darren Lee Hallman, Bugra Han Ertas, Donald Albert Bradley, Haris Ligata, William Howard Hasting, Ning Fang, Gert Johannes van der Merwe, Mark Alan Rhoads
  • Publication number: 20170167540
    Abstract: A planet gearbox has a planet gear rotatable on a planet bearing that includes an inner ring that is mounted to a carrier of an epicyclic gearing arrangement. A respective cylindrical inner surface of each opposite respective end of the inner ring is non-rotatably connected to a respective cylindrical outer surface of a respective one of a pair of support plugs that are fixed to the carrier of the epicyclic gearing arrangement. A gas turbine engine includes a fan and LP shaft, which couples a compressor to a turbine. An epicyclic gearing arrangement has a single input from the LP shaft coupled to a sun gear, a single output coupled to the fan's shaft, and at least one planet bearing as described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: William Howard Hasting
  • Publication number: 20170153355
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing downhole analysis within a well bore employ a swept source laser that can be sent downhole to generate high resolution images of the well bore. Various embodiments can also determine other physical properties of a below ground structure. The swept source lasers can create images using low-coherence interferometry or optical coherence tomography. Systems and methods may also be used to determine fluid flow rates towards the sensor at discrete points, such as individual perforations, by measuring the Doppler effect on the light back-scattered from the fluid. Fluid flow information could also be extracted by measuring the phase shift of the light between subsequent light scans if a phase sensitive detection scheme is utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: JP3 Measurement, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Little, III, Jordan Dwelle, William Howard
  • Publication number: 20170108113
    Abstract: A planet gear rotatable on a planet bearing with cylindrical rollers is mounted to a carrier of an epicyclic gearing arrangement. Either the cylindrical outer surface of the support pin or the opposing cylindrical inner surface of the inner ring of the planet bearing includes a network of interconnected grooves. The support pin includes oil feed holes intersecting the grooves. Passages through the planet bearing's inner ring also connect to the grooves. A gas turbine engine includes a fan and LP shaft, which couples a compressor to a turbine. An epicyclic gearing arrangement has a single input from the LP shaft coupled to a sun gear, a single output coupled to the fan's shaft, and a planet bearing with a network of interconnected grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: William Howard Hasting, Kenneth Lee Fisher, Donald Albert Bradley, Joseph Robert Dickman
  • Publication number: 20170089219
    Abstract: A planet gearbox is provided for connection to a carrier of an epicyclic gearing arrangement with a single input and single output and including a sun gear, a ring gear and at least one double helix planet gear rotatable on a cylindrical roller bearing with a cage having a cross-web thickness of 15% to 25% of the diameter of the cylindrical rollers and an L/D ratio exceeding 1.0. A gas turbine engine includes a fan and LP shaft, which couples a compressor to a turbine. An epicyclic gearing arrangement has a single input from the LP shaft coupled to a sun gear, a single output coupled to the fan's shaft, and a planet bearing cage having a cross-web thickness measuring 15% to 25% of the roller's diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: William Howard Hasting, Donald Albert Bradley, Joseph Robert Dickman
  • Publication number: 20170089218
    Abstract: A planet gearbox is provided for connection to a carrier of an epicyclic gearing arrangement with a single input and single output and including a sun gear, a ring gear and at least one double helix planet gear rotatable on a cylindrical roller bearing wherein the ratio of each cylindrical roller's length to each cylindrical roller's diameter exceeds 1.0. A gas turbine engine includes a shaft coupling a compressor of a compressor section to a turbine of a turbine section. An epicyclic gearing arrangement has a single input from the shaft coupled to a sun gear, a single output from the carrier that is coupled to the shaft of a fan and includes a planet gearbox with cylindrical rollers having a length-to-diameter ratio exceeding 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: William Howard Hasting, Kenneth Lee Fisher, Donald Albert Bradley, Joseph Robert Dickman
  • Publication number: 20170043920
    Abstract: A foil of a tagger ring foil (TRF) closure system for a container, such as a can, is provided. The foil comprises a composite of two or more layers made from different materials instead of aluminum only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Tuan Tang, William Howard Barling, Donn Bede Hawthorne, Andrew Owens
  • Patent number: 9542645
    Abstract: A method for managing synapse plasticity in a neural network includes converting a first set of synapses from a plastic synapse type to a fixed synapse type. The method may also include converting a second set of synapses from the fixed synapse type to the plastic synapse type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Vikram Gupta, Sarah Paige Gibson, Jeffrey Alexander Levin, Ravindra Manohar Patwardhan, Avijit Chakraborty, William Howard Constable, William Richard Bell, II
  • Patent number: 9538943
    Abstract: The invention is an improved blood glucose monitor and method of use thereof, comprising the combination of a noninvasive blood glucose detector with a blood sample reader for invasively obtained samples and a monitor for tracking blood glucose concentrations over time. The invention enables real time calibration of noninvasive blood glucose detection for continuous monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Inventors: William Howard Cross, Frank Russell Denton, III
  • Patent number: 9464082
    Abstract: The present application relates to: (a) compounds of Formula (I): and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, n, X and Y are as defined in the specification; (b) compositions comprising such compounds and salts; and (c) methods of use of such compounds, salts, and compositions, particularly use for the treatment and prevention of diseases such as those associated with oxidative stress and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: AbbVie Inc., Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Pamela Donner, Rolf Wagner, Jason Shanley, Howard Heyman, Allan Krueger, Hui-Ju Chen, Michael Rozema, David Grampovnik, Melean Visnick, Eric Anderson, Xin Jiang, Christopher F. Bender, Gary Louis Bolton, Bradley William Caprathe, Chitase Lee, William Howard Roark
  • Publication number: 20160290919
    Abstract: An improved method and system for analyzing multistate fluids using NIR spectroscopy. If the sample to be tested resides in a single state condition, the configuration file used in spectroscopic analysis will only be applied against a single model. However, if the sample to be tested is in a multi-state environment, an algorithm determines which model set of a plurality of model sets should be utilized based on the sample characteristics, and the configuration file used in spectroscopic analysis will be applied against the selected model. Results are generated showing the designated parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: JP3 Measurement, LLC
    Inventors: Jie Zhu, William Howard, Randy Bishop
  • Publication number: 20160264321
    Abstract: A foil of a tagger ring foil (TRF) closure system for a container, such as a can, is provided. The foil comprises a composite of two or more layers made from different materials instead of aluminum only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Tuan Tang, William Howard Barling, Donn Bede Hawthorne, Andrew Owens
  • Publication number: 20160252176
    Abstract: A gearbox support apparatus includes a gearbox carrier having a central axis, the carrier configured to mount one or more rotating gears therein, the carrier including spaced-apart forward and aft walls, and a pin disposed between the forward and aft walls. The gearbox support apparatus includes an inner race connected to the pin as a single integral component incorporating two pairs of raised guides defining a forward raceway and an aft raceway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Gert J. van der Merwe, Darren Lee Hallman, Osman F. Buyukisik, Donald Albert Bradley, Randy Thomas Antelo, William Howard Hasting, Kenneth Lee Fisher, Joseph Robert Dickman