Patents by Inventor William Anthony

William Anthony 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: 20210363780
    Abstract: A handle assembly for an access panel is described and includes a support structure including upper and lower supports attached to the access panel, each of the upper and lower supports comprising a top face and a bottom face; a handle for selectively engaging with the support structure, the handle comprising a grip portion and upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion, each of the upper and lower flanges comprising a top face; and a retention mechanism for retaining the handle in contact with the support structure with a combination of magnetic and mechanical force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: William Anthony Amante, Arunkumar Koppa Siddalingappa, Darpan Bansal
  • Publication number: 20210354814
    Abstract: A rotor system is provided in one example embodiment and may include a rotor duct; at least one rotor blade, wherein the at least one rotor blade comprises a tip end; and a multi-material tip extension affixed at the tip end of the at least one rotor blade, wherein the multi-material tip extension comprises an inboard portion fabricated from a first material and an outboard portion fabricated from a second material, wherein the second material is different than the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: George Matthew Thompson, Jonathan Andrew Knoll, Robert Glenn Vaughn, William Anthony Amante
  • Patent number: 11176821
    Abstract: Junction queueing for vehicles is described, in which vehicles may be queued based on arrival time at a junction, position relative to a stopping location at the junction, and/or an amount of time waiting for other vehicles to proceed through the junction (timeout). In some examples, the queue may be first generated based on the arrival times of any other vehicle relative to a particular vehicle generating the queue. The queue may be updated based on arrival times of other vehicles (e.g., after the particular vehicle), whether another vehicle has proceeded out-of-turn (e.g., based on a position at the junction), and/or a timeout for vehicles that wait for others to yield at the junction. In some examples, hysteresis and alterations of the score for safety reasons may alter queue order. The queue may be used to control the particular vehicle to traverse the junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Moritz Harmel, William Anthony Silva
  • Publication number: 20210332678
    Abstract: An integrated detonation assembly of a perforating unit includes a detonator assembly and a charge assembly. The detonator assembly is positioned in the outer housing and comprises a bulkhead connected to the outer housing; a charge connector connected to the bulkhead, the charge connection having a connection end; a detonator carried by the charge connector; and a trigger coupled to the detonator and to a remote actuator. The charge assembly is insertable into the outer housing, and comprises a charge tube to support shaped charges therein; a charge feedthru; and a receiver. The receiver is at an opposite end of the charge tube, and has a receptacle shaped to matingly receive the connection end of the charge connector and to engage the trigger whereby, upon insertion of the charge assembly into the outer housing, the receiver is oriented and communicatively secured to the detonator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: James William ANTHONY, Cameron Michael Bryant, Vadim Akhmadikin
  • Patent number: 11147938
    Abstract: A ventilator that is small, lightweight, and portable, yet capable of being quickly adapted to operate in a plurality of different modes and configurations to deliver a variety of therapies to a patent. A porting system having a plurality of sensors structured to monitor a number of parameters with respect to the flow of gas, and a number of porting blocks is used to reconfigure the ventilator so that it operates as a single-limb or dual limb ventilator. In the single-limb configuration, an active or passive exhaust assembly can be provided proximate to the patient. The ventilator is capable of operate in a volume or pressure support mode, even in a single-limb configuration. In addition, a power control mechanism controls the supply of power to the ventilator from an AC power source, a lead acid battery, an internal rechargeable battery pack, and a detachable battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Winslow Kevin Duff, William Anthony Truschel, Mark Christopher McDermott, Cheryl Lin Needham, Christopher Wayne McDaniel, Ljubisa Milojevic, Ronald Cyprowski
  • Publication number: 20210318143
    Abstract: A resolver assembly for a ducted-rotor aircraft is configured to detect and measure rotation of a spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly includes first and second gear-driven resolvers. The first and second resolvers are coupled about a shared pivot axis and are independently pivotable about the pivot axis to maintain engagement of the first and second resolvers with the spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly is configured such that the first and second resolvers are biased toward the spindle. The input shafts of the first and second resolvers are spaced from the pivot axis through respective first and second distances that extend outward from the pivot axis along respective first and second radial directions. The first distance is equal to the second distance and the first radial direction is not coincident with the second radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Grant Michael Beall, William Anthony Amante, Jessica Arlie Revere
  • Patent number: 11144709
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program products for interactive reports are disclosed herein. In some examples, a method for generating an output report that is an interactive report may include identifying one or more messages to be hyperlinked in an output report, wherein the one or more messages are data structures that are configured to linguistically describe at least a portion of raw input data; determining one or more interactive responses based on the one or more messages to be hyperlinked; determining one or more words in a phrase specification that are related to the one or more messages to be hyperlinked; and generating the output report, wherein the one or more words are hyperlinked in the output report such that when selected at least one of the one or more interactive responses is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ARRIA DATA2TEXT LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Dale, Mario Feegrade, Neil Burnett, William Anthony Bradshaw
  • Publication number: 20210312058
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may retrieve, from an industry standard setting scoring system and for a vulnerability, a temporal score based on a pre-revision version of a scoring system, and predict, based on a machine learning model and based on the temporal score for the vulnerability, an updated temporal score based on a post-revision version of the scoring system. A mitigating factor score, indicative of a mitigation applied to the vulnerability by an enterprise organization, may be determined. A risk score may be generated for each vulnerability, as a composite of the updated temporal score and the mitigating factor score. The risk scores for vulnerabilities in a collection of vulnerabilities may be aggregated to determine an enterprise risk score for the enterprise organization. In some instances, the enterprise risk score may be displayed via a graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: John Matthew Chiarelli, William Anthony McCormick, Nathan Edward Shock, Elizabeth Ann Kovick, Keling Chen, Hee Yeun Kim, Ryan Kresse, Edward Jay Sabijon
  • Patent number: 11137766
    Abstract: Techniques are discussed for controlling a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, to navigate a junction in an environment. In some cases, the techniques can be used to navigate a turn at the junction or traverse through the junction. Operations include the vehicle detecting a stop signal and preparing the vehicle to stop at a location associated with the junction. The vehicle can determine a time to execute a maneuver and a visibility distance that a sensor can observe in the environment. A speed of the vehicle to execute the maneuver can be determined based on the time to execute the maneuver and the visibility distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Max Gier, Lichao Ma, William Anthony Silva
  • Publication number: 20210300807
    Abstract: Apparatus can comprise a containment device including a surface defining a region extending in a flow direction of the containment device. A support member positioned to support a weight of the containment device can comprise a support material with a creep rate from 1×10?12 l/s to 1×10?14 l/s under a pressure of from 1 MPa to 5 MPa at a temperature of 1400° C. In some embodiments, the support material can comprise a ceramic material. In some embodiments, the support material can comprise silicon carbide. In some embodiments, a platinum wall can be spaced from physically contacting any portion of the support member. In some embodiments, methods can comprise flowing the molten material within the region in the flow direction while supporting a weight of the containment device with the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Alexey Sergeyevich Amosov, Ilya Svyatogorov, William Anthony Whedon
  • Patent number: 11127025
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for identifying or assessing any type of risk and/or opportunity that may arise can include either, alone or in combination, band pass filtering, principal component analysis, random matrix theory analysis, synchronization analysis, and early-warning detection. Each technique can also be viewed as a process that takes a set of inputs and converts it to a set of outputs. These outputs can be used as inputs for a subsequent process or the outputs may be directly actionable for formulating certain economic predictions to make certain decisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bendel, Mark V. Krein, David N. Joffe, Sandi Setiawan, William Anthony Nobili, David Joa
  • Patent number: 11127026
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for identifying or assessing any type of risk and/or opportunity that may arise can include either, alone or in combination, band pass filtering, principal component analysis, random matrix theory analysis, synchronization analysis, and early-warning detection. With one approach, principal component analysis is applied to a times series. Resulting normalized eigenvector content is sorted and distances between the normalized eigenvector content are determined, where the dispersion level of the distances is indicative of an economic instability of an economic system. Each technique can also be viewed as a process that takes a set of inputs and converts it to a set of outputs. These outputs can be used as inputs for a subsequent process or the outputs may be directly actionable for formulating certain economic predictions to make certain decisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bendel, Mark V. Krein, David N. Joffe, Sandi Setiawan, William Anthony Nobili, David Joa
  • Publication number: 20210281983
    Abstract: A method for slice attachment and configuration, the method comprises: receiving a service request from a user equipment; selecting a second network node to process the service request; receiving a configuration for a network slice to enable the service requested by the user equipment; identifying a first point of presence to receive user plane information corresponding to the network slice; identifying a second point of presence to receive control plane information corresponding to the network slice; forwarding traffic corresponding to the network slice to a third point of presence; transmitting to the user equipment a handle identifying the user equipment context and the network slice configuration; and transmitting to the user equipment a user equipment configuration corresponding to the network slice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: William Anthony GAGE
  • Publication number: 20210278853
    Abstract: Techniques are discussed for controlling a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, based on occluded areas in an environment. An occluded area can represent areas where sensors of the vehicle are unable to sense portions of the environment due to obstruction by another object or sensor limitation. An occluded region for an object is determined, along with one or more visible regions proximate the occluded region. Entry and/or exit regions may be determined based on known directions of traffic and/or drivable surface boundaries. Based on a threshold speed, the vehicle can designate portions of the occluded region as pseudo-visible. Additionally, if a dynamic object traverses through the occluded region from the entry region, a portion of the occluded region may be considered pseudo-visible. Pseudo-visibility may also be determined based on movement of an occluded area. The vehicle can be controlled to traverse the environment based on the pseudo-visibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Max Gier, William Anthony Silva
  • Patent number: 11110239
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a pressure support system configured to identify respiratory events of a subject. The system is configured to produce and analyze signals pertaining to one or more parameters of the pressurized flow of breathable gas to identify respiratory events. The respiratory events may include coughs and/or other respiratory events. The parameters may comprise a pressure, flow and/or volume of the pressurized flow of breathable gas. In some embodiments, cough detection may be based on a vibration in pressure, a negative spike in flow, a cessation in flow, and/or a large insufflation. In some embodiments, the system comprises one or more of a pressure generator, a subject interface, one or more sensors, a processor, a user interface, electronic storage, and/or other components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: David Troxell, William Anthony Truschel
  • Patent number: 11110922
    Abstract: Techniques for determining to modify a trajectory based on an object are discussed herein. A vehicle can determine a drivable area of an environment, capture sensor data representing an object in the environment, and perform a spot check to determine whether or not to modify a trajectory. Such a spot check may include processing to incorporate an actual or predicted extent of the object into the drivable area to modify the drivable area. A distance between a reference trajectory and the object can be determined at discrete points along the reference trajectory, and based on a cost, distance, or intersection associated with the trajectory and the modified area, the vehicle can modify its trajectory. One trajectory modification includes following, which may include varying a longitudinal control of the vehicle, for example, to maintain a relative distance and velocity between the vehicle and the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew E. Beller, Janek Hudecek, William Anthony Silva
  • Publication number: 20210261122
    Abstract: A vehicle computing system may implement techniques to control a vehicle to avoid collisions between the vehicle and agents (e.g., dynamic objects) in an environment. The techniques may include generating a representation of a path of the vehicle through an environment as a polygon. The vehicle computing system may compare the two-dimensional path with a trajectory of an agent determined using sensor data to determine a collision zone between the vehicle and the agent. The vehicle computing system may determine a risk of collision based on predicted velocities and probable accelerations of the vehicle and the agent approaching and traveling through the collision zone. Based at least in part on the risk of collision, the vehicle computing system may cause the vehicle to perform an action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jefferson Bradfield Packer, William Anthony Silva, Zhenqi Huang
  • Publication number: 20210256850
    Abstract: Drive envelope determination is described. In an example, a vehicle can capture sensor data while traversing an environment and can provide the sensor data to computing system(s). The sensor data can indicate agent(s) in the environment and the computing system(s) can determine, based on the sensor data, a planned path through the environment relative to the agent(s). The computing system(s) can also determine lateral distance(s) to the agent(s) from the planned path. In an example, the computing system(s) can determine modified distance(s) based at least in part on the lateral distance(s) and information about the agents. The computing system can determine a drive envelope based on the modified distance(s) and can determine a trajectory in the drive envelope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Caldwell, Dan Xie, William Anthony Silva, Abishek Krishna Akella, Jefferson Bradfield Packer, Rick Zhang, Marin Kobilarov
  • Patent number: 11078763
    Abstract: An integrated detonation assembly of a perforating unit includes a detonator assembly and a charge assembly. The detonator assembly is positioned in the outer housing and comprises a bulkhead connected to the outer housing; a charge connector connected to the bulkhead, the charge connection having a connection end; a detonator carried by the charge connector; and a trigger coupled to the detonator and to a remote actuator. The charge assembly is insertable into the outer housing, and comprises a charge tube to support shaped charges therein; a charge feedthru; and a receiver. The receiver is at an opposite end of the charge tube, and has a receptacle shaped to matingly receive the connection end of the charge connector and to engage the trigger whereby, upon insertion of the charge assembly into the outer housing, the receiver is oriented and communicatively secured to the detonator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: GR Energy Services Management, LP
    Inventors: James William Anthony, Cameron Michael Bryant, Vadim Akhmadikin
  • Patent number: 11066249
    Abstract: A transport roller brush assembly that includes a base that is constructed to support a plurality of brush wires such that the plurality of brush wires are oriented to extend in a radial direction relative to an axis of rotation of an underlying material transport roller. The base is preferably split into at least two arcuate portions that can be removeably secured to one another preferably via cooperation of a plurality of collar or collar portions and such that the respective and preferably two arcuate portions generally circumscribe a transport roller when the base is secured thereto. Discrete brush assemblies are preferably provided in a plurality of inner and outer radial dimensions such that roller brush assemblies as disclosed herein can be used with transport rollers of various outer radial dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSBORN, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Baumgardner, William Anthony Kennedy, Brian Keiser