Patents by Inventor William Harding

William Harding 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: 12193888
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intelligent assistance (“IA”) ecosystem, and, in some cases, for implementing extended reality (“XR”) for cardiac arrhythmia procedures. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive device data associated with a device(s) configured to perform a cardiac arrhythmia procedure to provide effective heart rhythm, might receive imaging data associated with an imaging device(s) configured to generate images of a portion(s) of a patient. The computing system might analyze the received device data and imaging data (collectively “received data”), might map the received data to a 3D or 4D representation of the portion(s) of the patient based on the analysis, and might generate and present (using a user experience (“UX”) device) one or more XR images or experiences based on the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Ross D. Hinrichsen, William Harding, Julia Schraut, Monica M. Bolin, Nicolas Coulombe, Dan Wittenberger, Jean-Pierre Lalonde, Megan Harris, Angela Burgess
  • Patent number: 11915863
    Abstract: A passive magnetic constant-force apparatus comprises a geometry and arrangement of permanent magnets, ferromagnetic components, and non-magnetic structural components. The apparatus is easily and precisely adjustable, cost-effective, with a high load capacity, and with minimal parasitic forces. The apparatus is suitable for use as a counterbalance for vertical linear motion applications and may be integrated with or attached to a linear motion stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Zaber Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Daniel Bayless, Graham Daniel Kerr, Jacob William Hardes
  • Patent number: 11642515
    Abstract: A sensing and stimulation system includes a central hub, and a plurality of flexible arms extending from the central hub. Each of the arms includes at least one electrode and at least one sensor. Each of the arms is configured to perform sensing and stimulation including electrically stimulating biological material, and sensing biological responses and changes. The system includes a port configured to be alternatively connected to a remote control module for wireless operation of the system and a leaded connector for wired operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: William Harding, Scott Mark
  • Publication number: 20210369393
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intelligent assistance (“IA”) ecosystem, and, in some cases, for implementing extended reality (“XR”) for cardiac arrhythmia procedures. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive device data associated with a device(s) configured to perform a cardiac arrhythmia procedure to provide effective heart rhythm, might receive imaging data associated with an imaging device(s) configured to generate images of a portion(s) of a patient. The computing system might analyze the received device data and imaging data (collectively “received data”), might map the received data to a 3D or 4D representation of the portion(s) of the patient based on the analysis, and might generate and present (using a user experience (“UX”) device) one or more XR images or experiences based on the mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Ross D. Hinrichsen, William Harding, Julia Schraut, Monica M. Bolin, Nicolas Coulombe, Dan Wittenberger, Jean-Pierre Lalonde, Megan Harris, Angela Burgess
  • Patent number: 11149949
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a converging duct that has combustion products flow at low mach speeds through a first portion and a high mach speeds through a second portion. The converging duct has two types of cooling schemes formed. One type of cooling scheme is beneficial for the low mach speed combustion product flow and one type of cooling scheme is beneficial for the high mach speed combustion product flow. The two cooling schemes are blended together in order increase the efficiency of the cooling of the converging duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Timothy A. Fox, Jacob William Hardes
  • Publication number: 20200300105
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has an outer ring (15) formed by integrated exit pieces (10) and surrounds an inner ring (16). A seal section (20) having an L-shaped cross-section is connected to and seals the outer ring (15) and the inner ring (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jacob William Hardes, Manish Kumar, Adam J. Weaver
  • Publication number: 20190293291
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a converging duct that has combustion products flow at low mach speeds through a first portion and a high mach speeds through a second portion. The converging duct has two types of cooling schemes formed. One type of cooling scheme is beneficial for the low mach speed combustion product flow and one type of cooling scheme is beneficial for the high mach speed combustion product flow. The two cooling schemes are blended together in order increase the efficiency of the cooling of the converging duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy A. Fox, Jacob William Hardes
  • Publication number: 20190240476
    Abstract: A sensing and stimulation system includes a central hub, and a plurality of flexible arms extending from the central hub. Each of the arms includes at least one electrode and at least one sensor. Each of the arms is configured to perform sensing and stimulation including electrically stimulating biological material, and sensing biological responses and changes. The system includes a port configured to be alternatively connected to a remote control module for wireless operation of the system and a leaded connector for wired operation of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: William Harding, Scott Mark
  • Patent number: 10309655
    Abstract: A cooling system for a fuel system in a turbine engine that is usable to cool a fuel nozzle is disclosed. The cooling system may include one or more cooling system housings positioned around the fuel nozzle, such that the cooling system housing forms a cooling chamber defined at least partially by an inner surface of the cooling system housing and an outer surface of the fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle may extend into a combustor chamber formed at least in part by a combustor housing. The fuel nozzle may include one or more fuel exhaust orifices with an opening in an outer surface of the fuel nozzle and configured to exhaust fluids unrestricted by the housing forming the cooling system cooling chamber. The cooling system may provide cooling fluids to cool the fuel nozzle within the cooling system cooling chamber regardless of whether the fuel nozzle is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Ray Laster, Scott M. Martin, Juan Enrique Portillo Bilbao, Jacob William Hardes, Timothy A. Fox
  • Patent number: 10265514
    Abstract: A sensing and stimulation system includes a central hub, and a plurality of flexible arms extending from the central hub. Each of the arms includes at least one electrode and at least one sensor. Each of the arms is configured to perform sensing and stimulation including electrically stimulating biological material, and sensing biological responses and changes. The system includes a port configured to be alternatively connected to a remote control module for wireless operation of the system and a leaded connector for wired operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: William Harding, Scott Mark
  • Patent number: 10111643
    Abstract: A system for detecting valvular malfunction includes a monitoring device and a processor. The monitoring device includes a heart sound sensor configured to detect heart sounds of the patient, and a signal processor. The processor is configured to receive a signal representative of the detected heart sounds from the signal processor, wherein the processor is configured to compare the signal to a baseline signal stored in memory. The processor may be part of the monitoring device or may be part of an external device, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal Schulhauser, Richard Brown, Gerard Bast, Dorothy Dominiack, William Harding, Patrick Kinzie, Jeff Cherry, Sneha Saikia
  • Patent number: 10082294
    Abstract: A fuel injector for injecting fuels having a different energy density in a gas turbine is provided. A first fuel supply channel (18) and a second fuel supply channel (20) may be coaxially arranged in a fuel delivery structure (12). A first set of vanes 22 includes a radial passage (24) in fluid communication with the first channel (18) to receive a first fuel. Passage (24) branches into passages (26) each having an aperture (28) to inject the first fuel without jet in cross-flow injection. A second set of vanes (32) includes a radial passage (34) in fluid communication with the second channel (20) to receive a second fuel. Passage (34) branches into passages (36) each having an aperture (38) arranged to inject the second fuel also without jet in cross-flow injection. This arrangement may be effective to reduce flashback that otherwise may be encountered in fuels having a relatively high flame speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Ray Laster, Jacob William Hardes, Robert H. Bartley, Mario Gaviria
  • Publication number: 20180258778
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a non-axially symmetric main duct portion (113). The non-axially symmetric main duct portion (113) may provide improved aerodynamics, heat load, structural strength and engine compactness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jacob William Hardes, Manish Kumar, Timothy A. Fox
  • Publication number: 20180201432
    Abstract: A cooler cover is disclosed herein. The cooler cover includes a first layer constructed of an insulating material, a second layer constructing of an ultraviolet ray reflecting material attached to the first layer, and at least one handle-aperture passing through the first and second layers. The first and second layers may be quilted together to form a single cover configured to enclose a cooler. The cooler cover is useful for protecting a cooler and its contents from UV radiation and thermal transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: William Harding
  • Publication number: 20180179905
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component (10), having: a base layer (60) including an array (110) of pockets (52) separated by raised ribs (36), and a film cooling hole (70) through the base layer in each pocket; and a cover sheet (62) diffusion bonded to the raised ribs and including an impingement hole (72) for each pocket of the array of pockets. The raised ribs include a thickness (104) that is less than half of a smallest dimension (96) of the pocket. The component is configured to receive combustion gases from a combustor and accelerate and deliver the combustion gases onto a first row of turbine blades without a turning vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy A. Fox, Brede Kolsrud, Jacob William Hardes
  • Patent number: 9970128
    Abstract: A method for laying down a nanoweb of nanofibers from a centrifugal spinning process by a combination of an air flow field and a charging arrangement. Fibrous streams in the form of fibrils of molten polymer or polymer solution are discharged from a rotating member into an air flow field that is essentially parallel to the direction of discharge of fibrils at the point of discharge of the fibrils. The fibrous streams are attentuated and directed by means of the air flow field onto the surface of a collector to form a nanoweb. The fibrous streams are charged along all or at least a portion of their route from the point of discharge to the surface of the collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Tao Huang, Jack Eugene Armantrout, Thomas William Harding, Thomas Patrick Daly, Neil Jay Croft, Jr., Carl Saquing, Glenn Creighton Catlin
  • Publication number: 20180023812
    Abstract: A fuel injector for injecting fuels having a different energy density in a gas turbine is provided. A first fuel supply channel (18) and a second fuel supply channel (20) may be coaxially arranged in a fuel delivery structure (12). A first set of vanes 22 includes a radial passage (24) in fluid communication with the first channel (18) to receive a first fuel. Passage (24) branches into passages (26) each having an aperture (28) to inject the first fuel without jet in cross-flow injection. A second set of vanes (32) includes a radial passage (34) in fluid communication with the second channel (20) to receive a second fuel. Passage (34) branches into passages (36) each having an aperture (38) arranged to inject the second fuel also without jet in cross-flow injection. This arrangement may be effective to reduce flashback that otherwise may be encountered in fuels having a relatively high flame speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Walter Ray Laster, Jacob William Hardes, Robert H. Bartley, Mario Gaviria
  • Publication number: 20170275782
    Abstract: A method for laying down a nanoweb of nanofibers from a centrifugal spinning process by a combination of an air flow field and a charging arrangement. Fibrous streams in the form of fibrils of molten polymer or polymer solution are discharged from a rotating member into an air flow field that is essentially parallel to the direction of discharge of fibrils at the point of discharge of the fibrils. The fibrous streams are attentuated and directed by means of the air flow field onto the surface of a collector to form a nanoweb. The fibrous streams are charged along all or at least a portion of their route from the point of discharge to the surface of the collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Tao HUANG, Jack Eugene Armantrout, Thomas William Harding, Thomas Patrick Daly, Neil Jay Croft, JR., Carl Saquing, Glenn Creighton Catlin
  • Publication number: 20170265838
    Abstract: A system for detecting valvular malfunction includes a monitoring device and a processor. The monitoring device includes a heart sound sensor configured to detect heart sounds of the patient, and a signal processor. The processor is configured to receive a signal representative of the detected heart sounds from the signal processor, wherein the processor is configured to compare the signal to a baseline signal stored in memory. The processor may be part of the monitoring device or may be part of an external device, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Randal Schulhauser, Richard Brown, Gerard Bast, Dorothy Dominiack, William Harding, Patrick Kinzie, Jeff Cherry, Sneha Saikia
  • Patent number: 9747693
    Abstract: A system for identifying objects within an image. Disclosed are methods and systems for an image processing system to segment digital images. Generally stated, certain embodiments implement operations for consolidating shapes in a digital image, including: performing a shape identification analysis of pixels within the digital image to identify shapes within the digital image; analyzing each shape to identify attributes of each shape; comparing the identified attributes of each shape to the identified attributes of other shapes to determine if the shapes are sufficiently related to constitute an object; and if the identified attributes are sufficiently related, associating the shapes with each other to form an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: William Harding