Patents by Inventor William Gallagher
William Gallagher 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).
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Publication number: 20240002947Abstract: A method for predicting risk of recurrence of cancer in an individual with cancer, the method comprising a step of assaying a cancer sample from the individual for positive expression of at least two genes or proteins encoded by those genes selected from the group consisting of FOXM1, UHRF1, PTTG1, E2F1, MYBL2, HMGB2, ATAD2, E2F8, ZNF367 and TCF19, wherein positive expression of the at least two genes correlates with increased risk of recurrence of cancer compared with an individual who does not exhibit positive expression of the at least two genes or proteins encoded by those genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: The Provost, Fellows, Scholars and Other Members of Board of Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, DublinInventors: Adrian Bracken, Fiona Lanigan, William Gallagher
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Publication number: 20230406412Abstract: A vehicle of unibody construction includes a left rail, right rail, first kickup member, and second kickup member. A left transition portion of the left rail extends inboard and upward from a left forward portion to a left rear portion. A right transition portion of the right rail extends inboard and upward from the right forward portion to the right rear portion. A left end of the first kickup member is coupled to the left forward portion and a right end of the first kickup member is coupled to the right forward portion. The second kickup member is rearward of the first kickup member. A left end of the second kickup member is coupled to at least one of the left forward and left transition portions. A right end of the second kickup member is coupled to at least one of the right forward and right transition portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jamil M. Alwan, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Sean Timothy Ryan, Peyman Aghssa, Zakareia H. Hussain, Stephen William Gallagher
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Patent number: 11840136Abstract: A structural assembly for a vehicle includes a battery structure having a battery frame. The structural assembly includes a vehicle frame and a vehicle body. The vehicle frame has opposed longitudinal rails. The vehicle body is separate from and mounted on the vehicle frame. The vehicle body includes opposed rockers extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Each opposed longitudinal rail is located between a respective rocker and the battery frame of the battery structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Conor Daniel Hennessey, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Shawn Michael Morgans, Stephen William Gallagher
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Publication number: 20230347756Abstract: This disclosure relates to a projection for a vehicle frame rail and a corresponding method. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a vehicle, including: a frame rail; and a projection extending laterally outward from a laterally outer surface of the frame rail, wherein the projection is a part of a running board assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Stephen William Gallagher, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk
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Patent number: 11714601Abstract: Methods and systems described in this disclosure receive a request for assistance from a device associated with a user, launch a conversational virtual assistant on the device, determine at least one potential subject of the request based on information associated with the user and a tab or webpage from which the conversational virtual assistant is launched, receive a verification of the subject of the request, create a contact menu with options for receiving the assistance, and receive a selection of one of the options.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Brett Knight, Jeffrey William Gallagher, Justin Leggett, Andrew P. Jamison
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Patent number: 11685446Abstract: An electric vehicle frame strut tower to body structure interface bracket is disclosed. An example electric vehicle disclosed herein includes a frame, a battery pack supported by the frame, a body coupled to the frame, a strut tower coupled to the frame to support the body and absorb road surface impacts on the electric vehicle, and a strut tower interface bracket to couple the strut tower to the body.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Gary E. Sheaffer, II, Steve William Gallagher, Joshua Jacob Clement
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Publication number: 20230158876Abstract: A structural assembly for a vehicle includes a battery structure having a battery frame. The structural assembly includes a vehicle frame and a vehicle body. The vehicle frame has opposed longitudinal rails. The vehicle body is separate from and mounted on the vehicle frame. The vehicle body includes opposed rockers extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Each opposed longitudinal rail is located between a respective rocker and the battery frame of the battery structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Conor Daniel Hennessey, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Shawn Michael Morgans, Stephen William Gallagher
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Patent number: 11639197Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rail assembly that includes an outer rail and an inner rail opposite to the outer rail. The rail assembly also includes a cavity formed between the outer rail and the inner rail. The rail assembly further includes a first corner reinforcement coupled to the outer rail and the inner rail in such a way that at least a portion of the first corner reinforcement is located in the cavity. The rail assembly also includes a second corner reinforcement coupled to the outer rail and the inner rail in such a way that at least a portion of the first corner reinforcement is located in the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stephen William Gallagher, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Musheeruddin Syed
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Patent number: 11623690Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a truck including a cargo box coupled to a first rail and a second rail with a first cross member and a second cross member. The first and second rail are coupled to, and extend transverse to, the first and second cross members. A bed floor of the cargo box is physically separated from the rails by the cross members.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Gray, Vincent Anthony Chimento, Stephen William Gallagher, Jamie Joseph March
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Patent number: 11584449Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to extrusion for a vehicle component. The vehicle component includes a plurality of flanges that form a periphery of the vehicle component, a cavity that extends through the periphery of the vehicle component, a corner portion that is positioned proximate to a corner defined by a pair of the plurality of flanges, and a channel that is positioned proximate to the corner portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Shawn Michael Morgans, Stephen William Gallagher, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Musheeruddin Zubair Syed, Conor Daniel Hennessey
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Patent number: 11414138Abstract: A method of assembling a unibody vehicle includes securing a cab back panel of a cab back panel directly to an upturned flange of a cargo box floor. A unibody vehicle assembly according to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cab back panel, a cargo box floor, and a passenger compartment floor. The cab back panel is secured directly to the cargo box floor. The cab back panel provides a back wall of a passenger cab and a front wall of a cargo area.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Musheeruddin Zubair Syed, Shawn Michael Morgans, Steve William Gallagher, Joseph R. Antoni, Karen Nuler, Scott Stanley Seashore
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Publication number: 20220234656Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to extrusion for a vehicle component. The vehicle component includes a plurality of flanges that form a periphery of the vehicle component, a cavity that extends through the periphery of the vehicle component, a corner portion that is positioned proximate to a corner defined by a pair of the plurality of flanges, and a channel that is positioned proximate to the corner portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Shawn Michael Morgans, Stephen William Gallagher, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Musheeruddin Zubair Syed, Conor Daniel Hennessey
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Publication number: 20220227426Abstract: An electric vehicle frame strut tower to body structure interface bracket is disclosed. An example electric vehicle disclosed herein includes a frame, a battery pack supported by the frame, a body coupled to the frame, a strut tower coupled to the frame to support the body and absorb road surface impacts on the electric vehicle, and a strut tower interface bracket to couple the strut tower to the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Gary E. Sheaffer, II, Steve William Gallagher, Joshua Jacob Clement
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Patent number: 11379182Abstract: Methods and systems described in this disclosure receive a request for assistance from a device associated with a user, launch a conversational virtual assistant on the device, determine at least one potential subject of the request based on information associated with the user and a tab or webpage from which the conversational virtual assistant is launched, receive a verification of the subject of the request, create a contact menu with options for receiving the assistance, and receive a selection of one of the options.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)Inventors: Brett Knight, Jeffrey William Gallagher, Justin Leggett, Andrew P. Jamison
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Patent number: 11352072Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a rear sill assembly of a unibody vehicle. The unibody vehicle includes a floor assembly having a floor pan and a floor beam coupled to the floor pan, the floor beam having a floor channel. The unibody vehicle also includes a rear sill, and a coupling structure coupled to the rear sill. The coupling structure may include an outer periphery which is sized and shaped to be slideably coupleably received in the floor channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Shawn Michael Morgans, Stephen William Gallagher, Scott Seashore, Musheeruddin Zubair Syed, Karen Nuler
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Patent number: 11325649Abstract: This disclosure relates to a sleeve for repairing or reconstructing a frame rail of a motor vehicle. An exemplary repair sleeve includes a base wall, first and second side walls projecting from opposite sides of the base wall, and a sectioned wall including first and second sections spaced-apart from one another such that the two side walls are moveable relative to one another in a pre-installed condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Gerry Bonanni, Ryan Smith, Shawn Michael Morgans, Steven William Gallagher, Chunhui Kevin Lee
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Publication number: 20220119040Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a truck including a cargo box coupled to a first rail and a second rail with a first cross member and a second cross member. The first and second rail are coupled to, and extend transverse to, the first and second cross members. A bed floor of the cargo box is physically separated from the rails by the cross members.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Gray, Vincent Anthony Chimento, Stephen William Gallagher, Jamie Joseph March
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Publication number: 20220111896Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rail assembly that includes an outer rail and an inner rail opposite to the outer rail. The rail assembly also includes a cavity formed between the outer rail and the inner rail. The rail assembly further includes a first corner reinforcement coupled to the outer rail and the inner rail in such a way that at least a portion of the first corner reinforcement is located in the cavity. The rail assembly also includes a second corner reinforcement coupled to the outer rail and the inner rail in such a way that at least a portion of the first corner reinforcement is located in the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stephen William Gallagher, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Musheeruddin Syed
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Patent number: 11299215Abstract: A structural assembly for a pickup truck sidewall includes, among other things, a C-pillar, a belt rail extending rearward from the C-pillar, and a truss spanning from the belt rail to the C-pillar. A method of structurally supporting a sidewall of a pickup truck includes the steps of securing a first end portion of a truss to a belt rail that extends rearward from a C-pillar of the pickup truck, and securing an opposite, second end portion of the truss to a C-pillar.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Shawn Michael Morgans, Steve William Gallagher, Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, Marius Curea, Jamie Joseph March, Musheeruddin Zubair Syed
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Patent number: D1016862Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Crown Equipment CorporationInventors: Craig Rekow, Paul Magee, Michael Gallagher, Douglas Bornhorst, William Boyd