Patents by Inventor William S. Miller

William S. Miller 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: 11978337
    Abstract: A thermostat and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a processor, memory, and a camera. To improve convenience, the thermostat may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the thermostat may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network and, under certain conditions, the thermostat may provide a video feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Enseo, LLC
    Inventors: William C. Fang, Raymond S. Horton, Thomas R. Miller, Vanessa Ogle
  • Patent number: 11919901
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to inhibitors of Formula (0), or a stereoisomer thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, of the interaction of menin with MLL and MLL fusion proteins, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and their use in the treatment of cancer and other diseases mediated by the menin-MLL interaction,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Vitae Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Gerard M. McGeehan, William H. Miller, Nicholas Paul Camp, Salvacion Cacatian, Santosh S. Kulkarni, Swapan Kumar Samanta, Virsinha Venkat Reddy
  • Patent number: 10511008
    Abstract: Battery contact with surface texturing. Exemplary battery contacts are located within a battery pack. The battery pack is operable to provide power to a device through a device contact of the device. The battery pack includes a battery pack housing, at least one battery cell located within the battery pack housing, and battery contacts including a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The battery contacts are configured to engage the device contact of the device and allow electric current to transfer from the battery pack to the device. The battery contacts define a surface having a surface texture. The surface texture includes raised portions for contacting the device contact to allow electric current to transfer from the battery pack to the device. The surface texture also includes recessed regions spaced away from the surface and for providing a space between the battery contacts and the device contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
    Inventors: James Brush, Mao Zhen Guo, Brent M. Willey, William S. Miller
  • Publication number: 20170271645
    Abstract: Battery contact with surface texturing. Exemplary battery contacts are located within a battery pack. The battery pack is operable to provide power to a device through a device contact of the device. The battery pack includes a battery pack housing, at least one battery cell located within the battery pack housing, and battery contacts including a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The battery contacts are configured to engage the device contact of the device and allow electric current to transfer from the battery pack to the device. The battery contacts define a surface having a surface texture. The surface texture includes raised portions for contacting the device contact to allow electric current to transfer from the battery pack to the device. The surface texture also includes recessed regions spaced away from the surface and for providing a space between the battery contacts and the device contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: James Brush, Mao Zhen Guo, Brent M. Willey, William S. Miller
  • Patent number: 7872088
    Abstract: Disclosed are binders including urea-extended phenol-formaldehyde alkaline resole resins to which melamine-containing resin has been added, and non-woven fiber compositions made therewith. The disclosed binders may be cured to low formaldehyde-emission and low trimethylamine-emission, water-resistant thermoset binders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Knauf Insulation GmbH
    Inventors: William S. Miller, Brian L. Swift, Scott L. Stillabower
  • Publication number: 20100190052
    Abstract: A battery pack that is capable of supplying high- and low-current discharge to end products. The battery pack includes a cylindrical housing with a lithium-ion battery cell enclosed within the housing. The housing also includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a body portion. The first end portion includes a plurality of terminals for electrically connecting to the end product. The terminals include a high-current discharge terminal, a low-current discharge terminal, a battery pack identification terminal, a battery pack temperature terminal, and a positive voltage terminal. The second end portion includes a recess for removably securing the battery pack to an end product, such as a battery charger or a power tool. Included within the battery pack housing is circuitry for controlling the charging and discharging of the battery pack through the low-current discharge terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Umesh Rajani, Samuel Boyles, Mike Hornick, Fabio Romero, William S. Miller, Michael E. Buckner, Mark Huggins, Ryan Harrison, Taku Ohi, Thomas Parel
  • Publication number: 20100149904
    Abstract: A mixing device includes a housing, a motor supported by the housing, and an agitator operably coupled to the motor. The mixing device also includes a clamping mechanism operable to secure the housing to an open end of a container. The clamping mechanism includes a backing member engageable with an interior surface of a container, and a movable clamping member engageable with an exterior surface of the container, such that a wall of the container may be grasped or secured between the backing member and the movable clamping member. The mixing device also includes an actuator coupled to the housing and movable between a first position in which the movable clamping member is biased to engage the exterior surface of the container, and a second position in which the movable clamping member is disengaged from the exterior surface of the container, against the bias of the clamping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Taku Ohi, Kenneth M. Brazell, Robert E. McCracken, Ryan T. Harrison, William S. Miller, Steve Steadings
  • Publication number: 20100072300
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a housing assembly, a motor supported by the housing assembly, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a rotational input and a reciprocating output. The power tool also includes a sprayer assembly including a cylinder and a piston reciprocable within the cylinder in response to the reciprocating output of the drive mechanism from a first direction to an opposite, second direction. The piston is configured to draw fluid into the cylinder when moving in the first direction, and to discharge the fluid from the cylinder when moving in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: William S. Miller, Robert E. McCracken
  • Publication number: 20070191574
    Abstract: Disclosed are binders including urea-extended phenol-formaldehyde alkaline resole resins to which melamine-containing resin has been added, and non-woven fiber compositions made therewith. The disclosed binders may be cured to low formaldehyde-emission and low trimethylamine-emission, water-resistant thermoset binders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: William S. Miller, Brian L. Swift, Scott L. Stillabower
  • Publication number: 20030187783
    Abstract: A method of monitoring credit fraud relating to a plurality of merchants includes, on a server computer, collecting transaction information relating to the merchants and electronically evaluating the collected transaction information for potentially fraudulent activities using specific criteria. The method further includes flagging merchants having transaction information indicating potentially fraudulent activity. Systems for implementing the method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Mark G. Arthus, Michael L. Sgaraglio, William S. Miller
  • Publication number: 20030187759
    Abstract: A method of monitoring credit fraud relating to a plurality of merchants includes, on a server computer, collecting transaction information relating to the merchants and electronically evaluating the collected transaction information for potentially fraudulent activities using specific criteria. The method further includes flagging merchants having transaction information indicating potentially fraudulent activity. Systems for implementing the method are also provided. The method may include collecting transaction records relating to other electronic accounts and electronically monitoring the accounts using specified criteria for potentially fraudulent activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Mark G. Arthus, Michael L. Sgaraglio, William S. Miller, Henry M. Abelman, Kenneth Algiene
  • Publication number: 20030187780
    Abstract: A method for facilitating the collection of outstanding funds from merchants having an outstanding funds balance includes receiving at a server computer transaction information relating to a plurality of merchants and receiving a request to generate a list of merchants exceeding certain payment risk criteria. The method also includes transmitting the list to a collections computer and receiving a request at the server computer to view account information for one of the merchants on the list. The method further includes transmitting requested account information and receiving “follow up” information at the server computer relating to actions taken by a collections officer to reduce the payment risk. Associated systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Mark G. Arthus, Michael L. Sgaraglio, William S. Miller
  • Publication number: 20030187712
    Abstract: A method of creating a decision tree includes receiving at a server computer information relating to a first node of the decision tree. The information is stored. Additional information is received at a server computer relating to at least one additional node of the decision tree. The additional information is stored such that the information and the additional information are interrelated with respect to a hierarchical structure. Methods for using the decision tree are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Mark G. Arthus, Michael L. Sgaraglio, William S. Miller
  • Patent number: 6370018
    Abstract: A portable keyboard enables touch typing with both hands without external support. The keyboard includes a first array of keys and a second array of keys on opposite sides of the keyboard. The keyboard is held between the hands and is supported against the palm of one hand for touch typing with both hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventors: William B. Miller, Jr., William S. Miller
  • Patent number: 5885390
    Abstract: An irregularly shaped glass fiber is provided which enjoys improved resiliency, and openness in pack structures. Wool packs and other wool portions having such irregularly shaped fibers may be processed directly through needling to form a non-woven material without intervening steps such as carding or blending of fibers which accompany conventional glass fiber processing operations. In a further aspect of the invention, a non-woven material including irregularly shaped fibers in a generally continuous wool tow is produced by "unwinding" a fiberglass wool pack collected by a direct forming method. Product applications include simplified, lower cost processing, and new uses of the irregularly shaped fibers produced by rotary fiberization in filtration elements, sorbants, gaskets, packings, shingles, composite structural elements, furnishings, textiles, yarns, and blown-in insulation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Roberta L. Alkire, Ralph E. Brandon, Larry J. Grant, Todd Green, George T. Henry, Kimberley A. Householder, William S. Miller
  • Patent number: 5871830
    Abstract: A fibrous product is produced by providing a collection of fibrous material, and encapsulating the fibrous material by covering the fibrous material with a film to form an encapsulated blanket of the fibrous material. The encapsulated blanket is then needled to cause entanglement of the fibrous material, thereby producing a needled, encapsulated fibrous product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: William S. Miller
  • Patent number: 5863669
    Abstract: Brazing sheet having a core sheet made of an aluminum alloy core material and on at least one side thereof a brazing layer of an aluminum alloy containing silicon as main alloying element, wherein the aluminum alloy of the core sheet has the composition (in weight %)Mn 0.7-1.5Cu 0.2-2.0Mg 0.1-0.6Si >0.15Fe up to 0.8Ti optional, up to 0.15Cr optional, up to 0.35Zr and/or V optional, up to 0.25 in totalbalance Al and unavoidable impurities,with the proviso that (Cu+Mg)>0.7.This brazing sheet achieves improved post-brazed strength properties by ageing, e.g. 0.2% yield strength of at least 70 MPa, and has at the same time a good post-brazed corrosion resistance as determined in a SWAAT (ASTM G85) corrosion test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Hoogovens Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbH
    Inventor: William S. Miller
  • Patent number: 5690450
    Abstract: A bulk unloader for emptying powder from an original box-shaped shipping container has a support platform with a cradle angularly mounted thereto for holding the container in a tilted position so that one of its corners is lower than the others. A vibrator, attached to the cradle, loosens the powder to facilitate movement of the powder towards the container's lowest corner. A pump connected to the outlet end of a hollow pick-up tube, having an inlet end positioned adjacent the container's lowest corner, draws powder from the container, into the inlet end of the pick-up tube, and then transfers the powder to a powder spray gun. The lower end of the pick-up tube is designed to prevent the plastic bag lining the shipping container from blocking the inlet end of the pick-up tube. A vibration dampening is provided between the cradle and the support platform to prevent vibrations from being transferred from the cradle to the support platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Miller, Kenneth Holley, John C. A. Traylor
  • Patent number: 5518344
    Abstract: A bulk unloader for emptying powder from an original box-shaped shipping container has a support platform with a cradle angularly mounted thereto for holding the containers in a tilted position so that one of its corners is lower than the others. A vibrator, attached to the cradle, loosens the powder to facilitate movement of the powder towards the container's lowest corner. A pump connected to the outlet end of a hollow pick-up tube, having an inlet end positioned adjacent the container's lowest corner, draws powder from the container, into the inlet end of the pick-up tube, and then transfers the powder to a powder spray gun. The lower end of the pick-up tube is designed to prevent the plastic bag lining the shipping container from blocking the inlet end of the pick-up tube. A vibration dampening isolation mount is provided between the cradle and the support platform to prevent vibrations from being transferred from the cradle to the support platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Miller, Kenneth Holley, John C. A. Traylor
  • Patent number: 5503920
    Abstract: Fiberglass insulation having improved parting strength is prepared by forming a fiberglass mat, applying an aqueous acid aluminum phosphate binder, curing the binder, and autoclaving the resultant insulation batt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglass Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberta L. Alkire, Michael E. Evans, William S. Miller