Patents by Inventor William Austin

William Austin 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: 12207569
    Abstract: In a general aspect, an integrated quantum circuit includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first surface and a recess formed in the first substrate along the first surface. The recess has a recess surface and is configured to enclose a quantum circuit element. The first substrate includes a first electrically-conductive layer disposed on the first surface and covering at least a portion of the recess surface. The first electrically-conductive layer includes a first superconducting material. The second substrate includes a second surface and a quantum circuit element. The second substrate includes a second electrically-conductive layer on the second surface that includes a second superconducting material. The first substrate is adjacent the second substrate to enclose the quantum circuit device within the recess. The first electrically-conductive layer of the first substrate is electrically-coupled to the second electrically-coupled layer of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Rigetti & Co, LLC
    Inventors: Jayss Daniel Marshall, Chih-Yang Li, Biswajit Sur, Nagesh Vodrahalli, Mehrnoosh Vahidpour, William Austin O'Brien, IV, Andrew Joseph Bestwick, Chad Tyler Rigetti, James Russell Renzas
  • Publication number: 20240338617
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 12026643
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 11999331
    Abstract: A trailer mounted proportional brake controller for a towed vehicle and a method of controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is described. The brake control unit may control the brakes of a towed vehicle. The brake control unit may include a power control unit and a hand control unit. The power control unit may be connected to the brakes of the towed vehicle and the power control unit may be capable of selectively controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle based on a set of braking parameters. The hand control unit may be configured to remotely communicate with the power control unit. The hand control unit may be capable of transmitting information to the power control unit to adjust at least one of the braking parameters and receiving information from the power control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Edward Smith, Mark William Austin, Richard Lyons Hilsbos, Chandrakumar Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11770982
    Abstract: In a general aspect, an integrated quantum circuit includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first surface and a recess formed in the first substrate along the first surface. The recess has a recess surface and is configured to enclose a quantum circuit element. The first substrate includes a first electrically-conductive layer disposed on the first surface and covering at least a portion of the recess surface. The first electrically-conductive layer includes a first superconducting material. The second substrate includes a second surface and a quantum circuit element. The second substrate includes a second electrically-conductive layer on the second surface that includes a second superconducting material. The first substrate is adjacent the second substrate to enclose the quantum circuit device within the recess. The first electrically-conductive layer of the first substrate is electrically-coupled to the second electrically-coupled layer of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Rigetti & Co, LLC
    Inventors: Jayss Daniel Marshall, Chih-Yang Li, Biswajit Sur, Nagesh Vodrahalli, Mehrnoosh Vahidpour, William Austin O'Brien, IV, Andrew Joseph Bestwick, Chad Tyler Rigetti, James Russell Renzas
  • Patent number: 11742332
    Abstract: A device binning and/or matching process includes measuring with a testing device currents and/or voltages of a device with respect to time, determining with the testing device binning and/or matching criteria for the device based on transfer data generated from the device currents and/or the voltages measured with respect to time, and outputting with the testing device the binning and/or matching criteria for the device. A system and power module are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel John Martin, William Austin Curbow
  • Publication number: 20230153707
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 11568333
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Publication number: 20220227336
    Abstract: A trailer mounted proportional brake controller for a towed vehicle and a method of controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is described. The brake control unit may control the brakes of a towed vehicle. The brake control unit may include a power control unit and a hand control unit. The power control unit may be connected to the brakes of the towed vehicle and the power control unit may be capable of selectively controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle based on a set of braking parameters. The hand control unit may be configured to remotely communicate with the power control unit. The hand control unit may be capable of transmitting information to the power control unit to adjust at least one of the braking parameters and receiving information from the power control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce Edward Smith, Mark William Austin, Richard Lyons Hilsbos, Chandrakumar Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11292439
    Abstract: A trailer mounted proportional brake controller for a towed vehicle and a method of controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is described. The brake control unit may control the brakes of a towed vehicle. The brake control unit may include a power control unit and a hand control unit. The power control unit may be connected to the brakes of the towed vehicle and the power control unit may be capable of selectively controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle based on a set of braking parameters. The hand control unit may be configured to remotely communicate with the power control unit. The hand control unit may be capable of transmitting information to the power control unit to adjust at least one of the braking parameters and receiving information from the power control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Edward Smith, Mark William Austin, Richard Lyons Hilsbos, Chandrakumar Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11276727
    Abstract: In a general aspect, a superconducting via for routing electrical signals through a substrate includes the substrate and a layer formed of superconducting material. The substrate has a first orifice disposed on a first surface and a second orifice disposed on a second surface. A cavity extends through the substrate from the first orifice to the second orifice. The layer of superconducting material includes a first portion occluding the first orifice and having an exterior surface facing outward from the substrate. The layer also includes a second portion in contact with a side wall of the cavity and extending to the second orifice. A quantum circuit element may optionally be disposed on the first surface and electrically coupled to the exterior surface of the first portion of the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Rigetti & Co, LLC
    Inventors: James Russell Renzas, Jayss Daniel Marshall, Cat-Vu Huu Bui, Mehrnoosh Vahidpour, William Austin O'Brien, IV, Andrew Joseph Bestwick, Chad Tyler Rigetti, Keith Matthew Jackson
  • Patent number: 11121301
    Abstract: In a general aspect, an integrated quantum circuit includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first surface and a recess formed in the first substrate along the first surface. The recess has a recess surface and is configured to enclose a quantum circuit element. The first substrate includes a first electrically-conductive layer disposed on the first surface and covering at least a portion of the recess surface. The first electrically-conductive layer includes a first superconducting material. The second substrate includes a second surface and a quantum circuit element. The second substrate includes a second electrically-conductive layer on the second surface that includes a second superconducting material. The first substrate is adjacent the second substrate to enclose the quantum circuit device within the recess. The first electrically-conductive layer of the first substrate is electrically-coupled to the second electrically-coupled layer of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Rigetti & Co, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayss Daniel Marshall, Chih-Yang Li, Biswajit Sur, Nagesh Vodrahalli, Mehrnoosh Vahidpour, William Austin O'Brien, IV, Andrew Joseph Bestwick, Chad Tyler Rigetti, James Russell Renzas
  • Publication number: 20210175214
    Abstract: A device binning and/or matching process includes measuring with a testing device currents and/or voltages of a device with respect to time, determining with the testing device binning and/or matching criteria for the device based on transfer data generated from the device currents and/or the voltages measured with respect to time, and outputting with the testing device the binning and/or matching criteria for the device. A system and power module are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel John Martin, William Austin Curbow
  • Publication number: 20200410412
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Publication number: 20200384962
    Abstract: A trailer mounted proportional brake controller for a towed vehicle and a method of controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is described. The brake control unit may control the brakes of a towed vehicle. The brake control unit may include a power control unit and a hand control unit. The power control unit may be connected to the brakes of the towed vehicle and the power control unit may be capable of selectively controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle based on a set of braking parameters. The hand control unit may be configured to remotely communicate with the power control unit. The hand control unit may be capable of transmitting information to the power control unit to adjust at least one of the braking parameters and receiving information from the power control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce Edward Smith, Mark William Austin, Richard Lyons Hilsbos, Chandrakumar Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 10723329
    Abstract: A trailer mounted proportional brake controller for a towed vehicle and a method of controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is described. The brake control unit may control the brakes of a towed vehicle. The brake control unit may include a power control unit and a hand control unit. The power control unit may be connected to the brakes of the towed vehicle and the power control unit may be capable of selectively controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle based on a set of braking parameters. The hand control unit may be configured to remotely communicate with the power control unit. The hand control unit may be capable of transmitting information to the power control unit to adjust at least one of the braking parameters and receiving information from the power control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Edward Smith, Mark William Austin, Richard Lyons Hilsbos, Chandrakumar Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20190034475
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to providing a single source for adverse event data by taking a layered approach to standardizing, harmonizing and detecting duplicates across multiple data sources at different scales. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes parsing datasets stored in a data store. These datasets are enriched using standardization and normalization. In the candidate duplicates and feature engineering step, the method may join send the data to hashing algorithm to generate candidate duplicates. Features are extracted from each duplicate candidate pair using the term-pair set adjustment technique. These candidates and associate features are sampled using a sampling technique and are labeled as duplicates or non-duplicates. Upon a conflict in labels, a conflict resolution strategy is applied to create a master list of duplicate pairs. A classifier is trained on the master list to classify the rest of the candidate pairs as duplicates/non-duplicates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Urvish Parikh, Olga Ianiuk, Nicholas Eli Becker, William Austin Webb, Maureen Elizabeth Teyssier, Kelvin K. Chan, Alexis Karina Mikaelian, Jarrod Parker
  • Patent number: 10117849
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a water dispersible granule formulation comprising from about 5% to about 80% (w/w) of monensin; from about 1% to about 20% (w/w) of one or more surfactants; from about 1% to about 30% (w/w) of one or more binders; from about 1% to about 90% (w/w) of one or more fillers; and water up to about 2% (w/w). The present disclosure also provides a process for the preparation of a water dispersible monensin granule formulation. The present disclosure further provides a method of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a water dispersible monensin granule formulation to an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Elanco US, Inc.
    Inventors: Kim Ewing Melville Agnew, Constantine Paul Benikos, William Austin Hewitt, Edward John Key, John Malcolm Lloyd
  • Publication number: 20180042888
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a water dispersible granule formulation comprising from about 5% to about 80% (w/w) of monensin; from about 1% to about 20% (w/w) of one or more surfactants; from about 1% to about 30% (w/w) of one or more binders; from about 1% to about 90% (w/w) of one or more fillers; and water up to about 2% (w/w). The present disclosure also provides a process for the preparation of a water dispersible monensin granule formulation. The present disclosure further provides a method of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a water dispersible monensin granule formulation to an animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kim Ewing Melville Agnew, Constantine Paul Benikos, William Austin Hewitt, Edward John Key, John Malcolm Lloyd
  • Patent number: 9458589
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a scour remediation and mitigation apparatus (100) comprising a plurality of channelled members (108) whereby the channelled members (108) are bound together to form the scour remediation and mitigation apparatus (100). The plurality of channelled members (108) each comprising at least one through hole (105) which forms a channel (105) through the channeled member (108). The plurality of channelled members (108) are bound together such that a plurality of conduits are formed by the channels (105) of the channeled members (108) and by voids (107) intermediate adjacent channelled members (108) within the scour remediation and mitigation apparatus (100). These plurality of conduits allow passage of a moving fluid through the scour remediation and mitigation apparatus (100) whilst simultaneously causing dispersion of kinetic energy of the moving fluid as it passes through the scour remediation and mitigation apparatus (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SWAN NET-GUNDRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jonathan Francis Gallagher, William Austin Wilcox