Patents by Inventor William Andrew

William Andrew 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: 11253212
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of X-ray detector cassettes that may be abutted or overlapped to form a detector assembly suitable for imaging objects that are too large to image using a single X-ray detector cassette. Such a detector assembly may be customized in terms of the size and/or shape of the field-of-view (FOV). In certain embodiments the radiation-sensitive electronics (e.g., readout electronics) are positioned to the side of the X-ray detecting components (e.g., scintillator, TFT array, and so forth), allowing the cassette to be thin relative to other detector devices and allowing the electronics to remain outside the X-ray beam path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Biju Jacob, Douglas Albagli, William Robert Ross, William Andrew Hennessy, Eric Patrick Davis, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Nicholas Ryan Konkle
  • Publication number: 20220027302
    Abstract: A floating device location identification system includes a chassis defining floating device housings and including respective chassis location identification features adjacent each floating device housing that identify the relative location of that floating device housing. A floating device may be positioned in a first floating device housing and adjacent a first chassis location identification feature. The first floating device includes floating device cabling connector(s) that are connected via a cabling subsystem to a device location identification subsystem, and chassis engagement elements that are coupled to the floating device cabling connector(s) and that engage the first chassis location identification feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: William Andrew Smith, Robert G. Bassman, Salvador Jimenez, III, Sanjiv Sinha, Noman Mithani
  • Publication number: 20220030331
    Abstract: A cabling-based airflow routing system includes a chassis that defines a chassis housing. A first heat producing component is located in the chassis housing. A first cabling connector is located in the chassis housing. A second cabling connector that is located in the chassis housing. A first ribbon cable that extends through the chassis housing between the first cabling connector and the second cabling connector. The first ribbon cable includes a first cabling airflow routing portion that is oriented in the chassis housing in an airflow path and that is configured to redirect a first portion of an airflow provided in the airflow path towards the first heat producing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Salvador Jimenez, III, Noman Mithani, William Andrew Smith
  • Patent number: 11233762
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing message element in electronic communication threads. For example, systems and methods described herein identify message elements in electronic communication threads and add interactions between the message elements to the electronic communication thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Cameron James Pickett, Patrick Andrew Larson, Russell William Andrews
  • Publication number: 20220016383
    Abstract: An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a water reservoir and a water reservoir dock forming a cavity structured and arranged to receive the water reservoir in an operative position. The water reservoir comprises a reservoir base including a cavity structured to hold a volume of water, the reservoir base including a main body and a thermally conductive portion provided to the main body. The thermally conductive portion comprises a combined layered arrangement including a metal plate and a thin film, the thin film comprising a non-metallic material and including a wall thickness of less than about 1 mm. The thin film is adapted to form at least a bottom interior surface of the water reservoir exposed to the volume of water, and the metal plate is adapted to form a bottom exterior surface of the water reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jeremy William WORKMAN, Ernie Wei-Chih TSAI, Michael James DENT, Max William Andrew KABILAFKAS, Dimitri Marco MAURER, Andrew CHAN, Justin John FORMICA, Hargopal VERMA, Katarzyna KROL, Chia Ik TAN, Jessie Cindy MAIKIM
  • Patent number: 11213900
    Abstract: An apparatus in the form of an adapter for forming a connection comprising a first part adapted for coupling with a second part by a quick-release coupling formed by a first projection of the first part having an at least partial dovetail shape and a recess of the second part having an at least partial dovetail shape. An opening in the recess is adapted for receiving the projection in an axial direction. In other embodiments, the adapter is: (1) frictionally enhanced for engaging an internal portion of the drilling element; (2) includes a radial projection elongated in an axial direction for engaging the internal portion of the one drilling element; and/or (3) has a cutter for scoring an internal portion of the one drilling element upon being inserted therein and rotated. An adapter is also disclosed for use with a drill chuck, including for creating a “twist lock” connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: J.H. FLETCHER & CO.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Burgess, William Andrew Burgess, Jr., Lyle Abraham Crum, Douglas Bise
  • Patent number: 11217418
    Abstract: An electrical arrangement, which may, for example be a magnetron, has a sealed chamber and electrically insulating fluid contained within the chamber. A temperature expansion compensation bladder comprising a helical tube is located within the chamber, the helical tube having an end open to ambient atmosphere outside the chamber, and having a closed end within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TELEDYNE UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Stuart William Andrews, Thomas Samuel Christopher, Daniel James Clay
  • Patent number: 11211115
    Abstract: A random access memory array including a plurality of local memory group ways, each local memory group way including, a plurality of local memory groups, each local memory group including, a memory column including a plurality of memory cells, a pair of local bitlines operatively connected to the plurality of memory cells, and a local group periphery including a local bitline multiplexer operatively connected with the pairs of local bitlines of the corresponding local memory group; and a pair of global read bitlines operatively connected to outputs of the plurality of local group peripheries, a global read bitline multiplexer operatively connected to outputs of the plurality of pairs of the global read bitlines from the local memory group ways, and a bitline operational block operatively connected an output of the global read bitline multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Rios, William Andrew Simon, Alexandre Sébastien Levisse, Marina Zapater, David Atienza Alonso
  • Patent number: 11182345
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for performing a backup of data are disclosed. A grid server in a plurality of grid servers is selected for deduplicating a segment of data in a plurality of segments of data contained within a data stream. The segment of data is forwarded to the selected grid server for deduplication. A zone contained within the forwarded segment of data is deduplicated using the selected server. The deduplication is performed based on a listing of a plurality of zone stamps. Each zone stamp in the plurality of zone stamps represents a zone in a plurality of zones deduplicated by at least one server in the plurality of grid servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Exagrid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Therrien, Stephen M. Stickles, Thomas J. Gillispie, William Andrews
  • Publication number: 20210356737
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a multi-element fiber scanner includes providing a fiber optic cable having a cladding region and a fiber core and focusing a laser beam at a series of predetermined locations inside the cladding region of the fiber optic cable. The method also includes creating a plurality of damage sites at the predetermined locations, exposing the fiber optic cable to an etchant solution, and preferentially etching the plurality of damage sites to form a base having a base plane and a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the base plane, a retention collar disposed a predetermined distance along the longitudinal axis from the base, a first fiber link including the fiber core, passing through the base plane, and joined to the retention collar, and a plurality of additional links joined to the base, extending from the base to the retention collar, and joined to the retention collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Mathew D. Watson, Charles David Melville, William Andrew Lee
  • Publication number: 20210350846
    Abstract: A random access memory array including a plurality of local memory group ways, each local memory group way including, a plurality of local memory groups, each local memory group including, a memory column including a plurality of memory cells, a pair of local bitlines operatively connected to the plurality of memory cells, and a local group periphery including a local bitline multiplexer operatively connected with the pairs of local bitlines of the corresponding local memory group; and a pair of global read bitlines operatively connected to outputs of the plurality of local group peripheries, a global read bitline multiplexer operatively connected to outputs of the plurality of pairs of the global read bitlines from the local memory group ways, and a bitline operational block operatively connected an output of the global read bitline multiplexer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Rios, William Andrew Simon, Alexandre Sébastien Levisse, Marina Zapater, David Atienza Alonso
  • Patent number: 11168525
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for helically installing a vortex-induced vibration (VIV) suppression fin about a tubular. The apparatus may include an outer ring member dimensioned to encircle an underlying tubular and an inner ring member positioned concentrically inward from the outer ring member. The inner ring member is configured to rotate with respect to at least one of the outer ring member or the tubular as the outer ring member moves along the tubular. The apparatus may further include a fin guide configured to receive a fin and helically position the fin along the tubular as the inner ring member rotates. A method of installing a vortex-induced vibration (VIV) suppression fin about a tubular may include removably attaching a VIV suppression fin to an installation member. The installation member may be positioned along a tubular and moved about the tubular to helically position the fin around the tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: VIV SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Donald Wayne Allen, Julie Ann Dehne, William Andrew West
  • Publication number: 20210338592
    Abstract: The present invention relates a formulation and capsule suitable for oral administration. The invention further relates to the use of the formulation and capsule for treating inflammatory bowel diseases, for instance ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Alhadeff, Christine Dieterich Johansson, Peter Zerhouni, Wei Tian, Graeme William Andrew Hamilton Johnston
  • Publication number: 20210305000
    Abstract: An electrical arrangement, which may, for example be a magnetron, has a sealed chamber 12 and electrically insulating fluid contained within the chamber. A temperature expansion compensation bladder comprising a helical tube 13 is located within the chamber 12, the helical tube 13 having an end 15 open to ambient atmosphere outside the chamber 12 and having a closed end 14 within the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Teledyne UK Limited
    Inventors: Stuart William Andrews, Thomas Samuel Christopher, Daniel James Clay
  • Publication number: 20210294020
    Abstract: An edge-lit luminaire includes a housing, a lens, a light emitter, a first reflector, and a second reflector. The housing has a central opening that defines a central area. The lens includes a plurality of extraction features substantially evenly distributed over a lens area. The lens is positioned proximate the central opening, and the lens area is larger than the opening area. The light emitter is positioned adjacent the lens and configured to direct light in a direction generally orthogonal with respect to the central opening. The first reflector is positioned proximate a first surface of the lens distal the central opening. The first reflector substantially covers the first surface of the lens. The second reflector is positioned proximate a second surface of the lens opposite the first surface. The second reflector substantially covers the second surface of the lens outside of the central opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: John William Andrews, James Andrew Brush
  • Publication number: 20210288897
    Abstract: A network computer system operates to mitigate failures for a network service. The network computer system can generate a data path model for the network service, where the data path model identifies a probabilistic set of expectations with respect to the programs and program sequences which handle service requests for the network service. The data path models can be used to detect, analyze or mitigate service request failures of the network service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: William Andrew Westlin, Edward Joseph Farro
  • Patent number: 11099280
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for imaging assemblies including different layers. The layers include a planar layer positioned on imaging components. A scintillator layer is positioned above the planar layer and a sealing layer is positioned above the scintillator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Marc Schaepkens, William Andrew Hennessy, Douglas Albagli, Ahmet Gun Erlat
  • Patent number: 11094355
    Abstract: A random access memory having a memory array having a plurality of local memory groups, each local memory group including a plurality of bitcells arranged in a bitcell column, a pair of local bitlines operatively connected to the plurality of bitcells, a pair of global read bitlines, a local group read port arranged between the pair of local bitlines and the pair of global read bitlines for selectively accessing one of the local bitlines depending on a state of a selected bitcell, and a local group precharge circuit operatively arranged between the pair of local bitlines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: William Andrew Simon, Marco Antonio Rios, Alexandre Sébastien Levisse, Marina Zapater, David Atienza Alonso
  • Publication number: 20210240436
    Abstract: A portable streaming audio player and methods of using and programming the portable streaming audio player are described. The portable streaming audio player can include an interface panel that includes one or more assignable selection buttons to which streaming audio content can be assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Ellodee Inc.
    Inventors: William Andrew LIDDELL, Julie Urice LIDDELL
  • Publication number: 20210224379
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for protection and recovery of backup storage systems from ransomware attacks. A request to modify data stored in a storage system is received. The storage system includes at least one component configured to store the deduplicated data. An acknowledgement of the received request is generated. The acknowledgement indicates that the data stored in the at least one component and identified in the received request was modified. Modification of the data stored in the at least one component and identified in the received request for a predetermined period of time is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alex Pientka, Michael Carleton, Adrian T. VanderSpek, Stephen Smith, Luke Makosky, Peter Watkins, Nathaniel W. Turner, Sandra C. Scott, Yee-ching Chao, Thomas J. Gillispie, William Andrews, David G. Therrien, Jamey C. Poirier, Mark B. Hecker, Andrew H. French