Patents by Inventor William A. Joseph

William A. 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).

  • Publication number: 20240059189
    Abstract: A battery management system includes a low-power chip that allows battery management system, or components thereof, to alternate between operational states. Operational states may include a first state, a second state, a third state, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Cullen Jemison, Braedon Lohe, Nathan William Joseph Wiegman
  • Publication number: 20240065114
    Abstract: A ceramic sheet includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a pair of parallel edges extending therebetween. A thickness of the ceramic sheet is defined between the first and second surfaces, a width of the ceramic sheet is defined between the pair of parallel edges, and a length of the ceramic sheet is defined as a dimension orthogonal to both the thickness and the width. The thickness is less than or equal to 100 ?m, the length is greater than or equal to 10 m, and the width is less than or equal to 12 mm. The ceramic sheet has a grain size of less than or equal to 0.2 ?m and a porosity of less than or equal to 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: William Joseph Bouton, Alexander Lee Cuno, Heather Nicole Vanselous, Cheng-Gang Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20240063444
    Abstract: An apparatus for battery management for a battery pack with multiple operational modes including a battery pack, a sensor communicatively connected to the battery pack, and a PMU that receives battery data from the sensor. PMU is configured to switch operational modes as a function of the battery data. Operational modes may change during non-flight operations and during flight operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Cullen Jemison, Braedon Lohe, Nathan William Joseph Wiegman
  • Publication number: 20240059023
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a support plate defining a window and a resin support configured to support an uncured layer of resin. A stage is configured to hold one or more cured layers of the resin to form a component positioned opposite a support plate. A radiant energy device is positioned on an opposite side of the resin support from the stage and is operable to project radiant energy in a grid through the window. The grid and/or pixels thereof are intelligently shifted to efficiently print one or more layers of a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Mary Kathryn Thompson, Travis Gene Sands, Kevin Robert Dickson, William Joseph Steele, Trent William Muhlenkamp
  • Publication number: 20240059022
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a support plate defining a window and a resin support configured to support an uncured layer of resin. A stage is configured to hold one or more cured layers of the resin to form a component positioned opposite a support plate. A radiant energy device is positioned on an opposite side of the resin support from the stage and is operable to project radiant energy in a grid through the window. The grid and/or pixels thereof are intelligently shifted to efficiently print one or more layers of a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Mary Kathryn Thompson, Travis Gene Sands, Kevin Robert Dickson, William Joseph Steele, Trent William Muhlenkamp
  • Publication number: 20240059011
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a support plate defining a window and a resin support configured to support an uncured layer of resin. A stage is configured to hold one or more cured layers of the resin to form a component positioned opposite a support plate. A radiant energy device is positioned on an opposite side of the resin support from the stage and is operable to project radiant energy in a grid through the window. The grid and/or pixels thereof are intelligently shifted to efficiently print one or more layers of a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Mary Kathryn Thompson, Travis Gene Sands, Kevin Robert Dickson, William Joseph Steele, Trent William Muhlenkamp
  • Publication number: 20240060043
    Abstract: Fusion proteins, comprising at least one single chain antibody fragment (scFV), and a cancer antigen or marker, or a fragment thereof are provided. The scFV is capable of selectively binding to a cytokine released by chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) expressing cell such as interferon gamma (IFN-?) or tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-?). The cancer antigen or marker may comprise the extracellular domain of CD19. Methods for isolating or purifying CAR expressing cells using fusion proteins are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: Villanova University, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
    Inventors: William Joseph Kelly, III, Justin Thomas Fisher, Scott Kendall Dessain
  • Patent number: 11909950
    Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating the performance of three-dimensional (3D) sensors can include, for example, obtaining, via a 3D sensor in a testing apparatus, range information of a scene within a field-of-view (FOV) of the 3D sensor. The scene includes a plurality of targets disposed within the testing apparatus. Each of the plurality of targets is located at a different distance from the 3D sensor in the testing apparatus. A validation of the performance of the 3D sensor at the different distances is performed at a same point in time, based on the range information. An indication of a result of the validation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Bernard Swanson, Gregory Cartagena, Jing Ma, Olugbenga Osibodu, Albert William Saunders, IV, Stephen A. Caldara, William Joseph Klein, Dincer Bozkaya, Sara Jean Woo
  • Patent number: 11905203
    Abstract: An article is described herein that includes: a substrate having a glass, glass-ceramic or a ceramic composition and comprising a primary surface; and a protective film disposed on the primary surface. The protective film comprises a thickness of greater than 1.5 microns and a maximum hardness of greater than 15 GPa at a depth of 500 nanometers, as measured on the film disposed on the substrate. Further, the protective film comprises a metal oxynitride that is graded such that an oxygen concentration in the film varies by 1.3 or more atomic %. In addition, the substrate comprises an elastic modulus less than an elastic modulus of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Guangli Hu, William Joseph Hurley, Dana Ianson, Lin Lin, Santona Pal, James Joseph Price
  • Publication number: 20240051057
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a Cable Hose Control assembly for a welder, comprising: an anchor hook configured with a passage for a welding cable; one or more retaining barbs for immobilizing the welding cable; a strap throughway positioned in the anchor hook; a strap configured to attach to the arm of the welder; and a strap brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: William Joseph John Ottoshavett, Lisa Marie Ottoshavett
  • Publication number: 20240056507
    Abstract: A software architecture within a public cloud network may include units of: (i) a plurality of computational instances respectively related to managed networks, (ii) a plurality of servers configurable as load simulators, (iii) administrative components configured to deploy and update the software architecture, and (iv) shared infrastructure services, wherein the units of the software architecture are implemented on virtual machines of the public cloud network and are connected to but logically isolated from one another by way of different access controls or policies. A provider network, coupled to the software architecture by way of network gateways within the shared infrastructure services, may be configured to deliver the configuration, software packages, and database schema to the infrastructure-as-code platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: William Joseph Schuller, Jude Ian McQuaid, Antony Chan
  • Patent number: 11895968
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PJEF74B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PJEF74B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PJEF74B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PJEF74B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PJEF74B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PJEF74B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Cristiano Lemes Da Silva, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall, James Joseph Uphaus
  • Patent number: 11895969
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PFRE16B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PFRE16B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PFRE16B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PFRE16B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PFRE16B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PFRE16B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Cristiano Lemes Da Silva, Kyle Jay Lively
  • Patent number: 11895967
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PNZR33B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PNZR33B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PNZR33B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PNZR33B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PNZR33B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PNZR33B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Cristiano Lemes Da Silva, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall, James Joseph Uphaus
  • Patent number: 11901940
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for providing timing and bandwidth management of ultra-wideband, wireless data channels (including radio frequency and wireless optical data channels). According to one embodiment, a hub apparatus is disclosed for providing out-of-band bandwidth management for a free-space-optical (FSO) data channel associated with a first device. The hub apparatus includes a processor, a memory coupled with the processor, an FSO transmitter coupled with the processor, and an FSO receiver coupled with the processor. The FSO transmitter may be configured to transmit a control signal comprising timing information and bandwidth management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LUMEOVA, INC.
    Inventors: William Joseph Croughwell, III, Mohammad Ali Khatibzadeh, Morteza Abbasi
  • Patent number: 11895965
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PWML76B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PWML76B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PWML76B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PWML76B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PWML76B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PWML76B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Cristiano Lemes da Silva, Kyle Jay Lively
  • Patent number: 11895966
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PGNQ06B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PGNQ06B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PGNQ06B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PGNQ06B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PGNQ06B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PGNQ06B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Cristiano Lemes Da Silva, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall, James Joseph Uphaus
  • Publication number: 20240042701
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a first print module includes a first stage configured to hold a first component and a first radiant energy device. The resin support is configured to be positioned between the first stage and the first radiant energy device. A second print module includes a second stage configured to hold a second component and a second radiant energy device. The resin support is configured to be positioned between the second stage and the second radiant energy device. A control system is configured to translate the resin support based on a condition of the first print module and the second print module through the first print module and the second print module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher David Barnhill, Robert Edgar Estes, William Joseph Steele, Trent William Muhlenkamp, Zhen Liu, John Thomas Sterle, Victor Wayne Fulton
  • Publication number: 20240038374
    Abstract: A system and platform are provided that enables end-users to gain insight into group and individual practices. Those insights may be obtained for any desirable aspect of each practice and the collection of practices including, but not limited to, financial information, medical information, human resources information, and patient information. That information can be used by group management to identify best practices, and it can be used to advise individual practices on strengths to be reinforced and weaknesses to be addressed. That information may be conveyed to group management and individual practices in the form of dashboards customizable to the particular functions of specific users and their personas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sean Patrick Miller, Biswa Prakash, William Joseph Griffin, Jeremy James Halperin, Daniel Eugenio Espinal, Brent Philip Profenno
  • Publication number: 20240033993
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus is provided herein that includes a resin support configured to support a resin. A support plate includes a window. A stage is configured to hold one or more cured layers of the resin to form a component. Each cured layer is formed with the stage in a respective cure position. A radiant energy device is positioned on an opposite side of the resin support from the stage and is operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image through the window. An actuator is operably coupled with the stage and is configured to move the stage in a Z-axis direction to place the stage in a removal position. The component contacts one of the resin support or the resin supported by the resin support in the removal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Xi Yang, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Christopher David Barnhill, William Joseph Steele, Mary Kathryn Thompson