Patents by Inventor William Clayton

William Clayton 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: 11958403
    Abstract: A work machine can include a machine frame; and a component box holding a plurality of electrical components mounted to a roof of the machine frame; wherein the component box includes a plurality of indicator light sets exposed on an outer surface of the component box, wherein the plurality of indicator light sets are configured to indicate to external personnel a mode of operation of the work machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Adam L. Berry, Ashley Dallas Menges, William Clayton Martin, Ryan P. Pecinovsky, Scott M. Toombs
  • Patent number: 11951035
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling a patient's body temperature by endovascular heat exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLL Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak, Jessica Megan Clayton, John Thomas Buckley, Christo P. Pamichev, Craig Wendell Pendry, Paul Eric Peterson, Richard Allen Smith, Sean W. Yip, John William Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 11948383
    Abstract: A method for classifying a document in real-time is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more sections of the document likely to contain text based on a contrast between dark space and light space in an image of the document. Optical character recognition is performed within the identified sections of the document to identify a set of words within each identified section of the document. The sets of words are extracted from the identified sections of the document, and a subset of the sets of words is selected for classifying the document based on a preconfigured option. The document is then classified by inputting the selected subset of words into one or more machine learning models. The method includes transmitting the document and the determined classification of the document to an external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Farmer, II, Sreenidhi Narayanamangalathu Kesavan, Dimitri Bilenkin, William Clayton Jackson, Karthikeyan Palanivelu, Siddharth Mangalik
  • Patent number: 11867117
    Abstract: Use of an additive selected from nitrate compounds, peroxide compounds, nitrite compounds and polyether compounds, and mixtures thereof in a diesel fuel composition for reducing the build-up of deposits in an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system of a compression ignition internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher William Clayton, Michael Gee, Rodney Glyn Williams, Emma Wyatt, Alan Norman Ross, Keith Woodall, Jacqueline Glen Reid, Simon Christopher Mulqueen, Stephen Leonard Cook
  • Publication number: 20230398927
    Abstract: A work machine can include a machine frame; and a component box holding a plurality of electrical components mounted to a roof of the machine frame; wherein the component box includes a plurality of indicator light sets exposed on an outer surface of the component box, wherein the plurality of indicator light sets are configured to indicate to external personnel a mode of operation of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Adam L. Berry, Ashley Dallas Menges, William Clayton Martin, Ryan P. Pecinovsky, Scott M. Toombs
  • Patent number: 11834783
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to the use of black liquors from kraft pulp mills as a source of catalysts for the thermochemical conversion of organic matter feedstocks to bio oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: CANFOR PULP LTD., LICELLA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: William Neil Rowlands, Leonard James Humphreys, Robert William Clayton Thew, James Allan Spankie, Victor Charles Uloth, Paul Andrew Watson, Martin William Pudlas
  • Publication number: 20230135766
    Abstract: A system or method for improving quality in projection and tomographic x-ray, which includes a depth sensing device to measure a depth of at least one body part of a patient from the depth sensing device and a control unit to calculate a thickness and/or circumference of the body part using the depth information. The calculated thickness and circumference information is used to determine an optimal level of x-ray exposure for the body part. The system or method also includes a camera to identify the body part that needs to be examined and to detect any motion of the identified body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Don, Robert D. MacDougall, William Clayton
  • Patent number: 11594803
    Abstract: An inflatable tracking antenna assembly may include an inflatable antenna. The inflatable antenna may be configurable in a packed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration the inflatable antenna may be generally spherical in shape. The assembly may include an antenna support structure. The support structure may include a plurality of support arms that couple with lateral sides of the inflatable antenna. The support structure may include a base that is coupled with each of the plurality of support arms. The base may include an azimuth actuator that adjusts an azimuth position of the inflatable antenna and an elevation actuator that adjusts an elevation angle of the inflatable antenna. The support structure may include a plurality of support legs that extend outward from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Gierow, William Clayton, Scott Borchers
  • Publication number: 20220396917
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to the use of black liquors from kraft pulp mills as a source of catalysts for the thermochemical conversion of organic matter feedstocks to bio oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicants: Canfor Pulp Ltd., Licella Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: William Neil Rowlands, Leonard James Humphreys, Robert William Clayton Thew, James Allan Spankie, Victor Charles Uloth, Paul Andrew Watson, Martin William Pudlas
  • Publication number: 20220318547
    Abstract: A method for classifying a document in real-time is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more sections of the document likely to contain text based on a contrast between dark space and light space in an image of the document. Optical character recognition is performed within the identified sections of the document to identify a set of words within each identified section of the document. The sets of words are extracted from the identified sections of the document, and a subset of the sets of words is selected for classifying the document based on a preconfigured option. The document is then classified by inputting the selected subset of words into one or more machine learning models. The method includes transmitting the document and the determined classification of the document to an external server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: William J. FARMER, II, Sreenidhi Narayanamangalathu KESAVAN, Dimitri BILENKIN, William Clayton JACKSON, Karthikeyan PALANIVELU, Siddharth MANGALIK
  • Patent number: 11382591
    Abstract: A system or method for improving quality in projection and tomographic x-ray, which includes a depth sensing device to measure a depth of at least one body part of a patient from the depth sensing device and a control unit to calculate a thickness and/or circumference of the body part using the depth information. The calculated thickness and circumference information is used to determine an optimal level of x-ray exposure for the body part. The system or method also includes a camera to identify the body part that needs to be examined and to detect any motion of the identified body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Washington University, Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Don, Robert MacDougall, William Clayton
  • Patent number: 11306435
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to the use of black liquors from kraft pulp mills as a source of catalysts for the thermochemical conversion of organic matter feedstocks to bio oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: LICELLA PTY LTD., CANFOR PULP LTD.
    Inventors: William Neil Rowlands, Leonard James Humphreys, Robert William Clayton Thew, James Allan Spankie, Victor Charles Uloth, Paul Andrew Watson, Martin William Pudlas
  • Publication number: 20220025286
    Abstract: Use of an additive selected from nitrate compounds, peroxide compounds, nitrite compounds and polyether compounds, and mixtures thereof in a diesel fuel composition for reducing the build-up of deposits in an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system of a compression ignition internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher William CLAYTON, Michael GEE, Rodney Glyn WILLIAMS, Emma WYATT, Alan Norman ROSS, Keith WOODALL, Jacqueline Glen REID, Simon Christopher MULQUEEN, Stephen Leonard COOK
  • Publication number: 20210336321
    Abstract: An inflatable tracking antenna assembly may include an inflatable antenna. The inflatable antenna may be configurable in a packed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration the inflatable antenna may be generally spherical in shape. The assembly may include an antenna support structure. The support structure may include a plurality of support arms that couple with lateral sides of the inflatable antenna. The support structure may include a base that is coupled with each of the plurality of support arms. The base may include an azimuth actuator that adjusts an azimuth position of the inflatable antenna and an elevation actuator that adjusts an elevation angle of the inflatable antenna. The support structure may include a plurality of support legs that extend outward from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Gierow, William Clayton, Scott Borchers
  • Patent number: 11141193
    Abstract: Embodiments of pelvic floor muscle incising tool of this disclosure include a housing that provides an effective way to shoe-horn the tool and its surgical cutting blade into a precise location between a baby's head and the mother's pelvic floor muscles. The housing provides a duckbill shape that allows for precise placement of the blade to create the incision, protects the baby from the cutting blade (creating only a posterior incision in the vaginal canal), distributes forces applied by and to the baby's head, and allows for concealed extraction of the blade after the incision has been made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: William Clayton Martin, Corby Wade Smithton
  • Publication number: 20210059876
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent product includes a double-network polymer element including a cross-linked, covalently-bonded polymer and a reversible, partially ionicly-bonded polymer, wherein the element has a moisture level less than or equal to 15 percent of the total weight of the element, wherein the element comprises a latent retractive force, and wherein the element is configured to release the retractive force to achieve a dimensional change in the disposable absorbent product with exposure of the element to an aqueous liquid. Manufacturing a disposable absorbent product includes producing a double-network hydrogel; elongating by force and dehydrating while still elongated the double-network hydrogel, wherein elongating and dehydrating captures a latent retractive force in the element; and positioning the element in a disposable absorbent product such that a dimensional change in the disposable absorbent product is achieved with exposure of the element to an aqueous liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Chen, Xuedong Song, William Clayton Bunyard, Andrew M. Long
  • Patent number: D928203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Huenink, Richard N. Knowles, Jr., Felix Nagelin, John W Krieger, William Clayton Martin, Thomas C Boe
  • Patent number: D928204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Huenink, Richard N. Knowles, Jr., Felix Nagelin, John W. Krieger, William Clayton Martin, Thomas C. Boe
  • Patent number: D928851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Huenink, Felix Nagelin, John W Krieger, Richard N. Knowles, Jr., William Clayton Martin, Thomas C. Boe, Volker Durre
  • Patent number: D987387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: William Clayton Rose