Patents by Inventor William Saunders

William Saunders 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: 12269644
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for containers having mechanical secured door indicators. In one embodiment, an example container may include a first container wall, a second container wall, a third container wall, and a fourth container wall configured to move from an open position to a closed positon. The fourth container wall may include a first portion coupled to the second container wall, and a second portion coupled to the third container wall, where the first portion and the second portion are coplanar when the fourth container wall is in the closed position. The foldable container may include a bottom container platform having a machine-readable code, and a pivotable arm configured to cover the machine-readable code when the fourth container wall is in the closed position, and to uncover the machine-readable code when the fourth container wall is not in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Joseph Greenbaum, Dincer Bozkaya, Albert William Saunders, IV
  • Patent number: 12240576
    Abstract: A deployable conscious or unconscious person-in-the-water rescue apparatus that can be manually or automatically deployed multiple and consecutive times to assist both a rescuer and a person-in-the-water by providing a tethered net that self-deploys in the water and supports the person-in-the-water while being pulled to safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Diverse Marine Safety Group, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Rabena, Jerry Ryan Bryant, William Saunders, Jacob Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250032745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a breathing assistance apparatus that may be configured to reduce the risk of damage to electronics within the apparatus as a result of liquid leaks within the apparatus or impacts to the apparatus. In other forms, the apparatus may be configured to allow for easy assembly and/or safe operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Douglas Richard Wright, Peter Lawrence Grylls, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Philip John Dickinson, Yi-Cheng Sun, Silvan Terence Butler, Sergiu Constantin Filip, Samuel William Saunders, Andrew Martin Letton
  • Patent number: 12045629
    Abstract: This document relates to a process for deploying devices and automatically provisioning the devices to connect to a managed network upon powering on with minimal user involvement. Upon deployment of the device to an end point, a record can be established in a management server regarding the device, which can associate device specifications with a deployment profile to be used in provisioning the device. Upon powering on of the device at the end point, the device can automatically perform attestation with the management server, which can then provision the device according to the deployment profile without additional user intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brian S. Perlman, Yanan Zhang, Manoj Jain, Helen Harmetz, Hung M. Dang, Michael Sean Kirby, Abigail Christine Motley, Padmanabhan Vasu, William Saunders Jack, III
  • Patent number: 11975154
    Abstract: The invention relates to a breathing assistance apparatus that may be configured to reduce the risk of damage to electronics within the apparatus as a result of liquid leaks within the apparatus or impacts to the apparatus. In other forms, the apparatus may be configured to allow for easy assembly and/or safe operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Douglas Richard Wright, Peter Lawrence Grylls, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Philip John Dickinson, Yi-Cheng Sun, Silvan Terence Butler, Sergiu Constantin Filip, Samuel William Saunders, Andrew Martin Letton
  • Patent number: 11909950
    Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating the performance of three-dimensional (3D) sensors can include, for example, obtaining, via a 3D sensor in a testing apparatus, range information of a scene within a field-of-view (FOV) of the 3D sensor. The scene includes a plurality of targets disposed within the testing apparatus. Each of the plurality of targets is located at a different distance from the 3D sensor in the testing apparatus. A validation of the performance of the 3D sensor at the different distances is performed at a same point in time, based on the range information. An indication of a result of the validation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Bernard Swanson, Gregory Cartagena, Jing Ma, Olugbenga Osibodu, Albert William Saunders, IV, Stephen A. Caldara, William Joseph Klein, Dincer Bozkaya, Sara Jean Woo
  • Patent number: 11712098
    Abstract: A heater including a ceramic heater element and ceramic heat sink whereby the ceramic heater element and the ceramic heat sink are both formed from a plurality of layers of tape cast ceramic material. The ceramic heater element may be generally planar and extends within a first plane. The ceramic heat sink may extend in a second plane which is orthogonal to the first plane. The ceramic heat sink may include a plurality of fins which may be discrete. The layers of the ceramic heater element may be orientated orthogonal to the layers of the ceramic heat sink. The ceramic heater element may comprise a conductive track which may be surface mounted to a distal side of the ceramic heater element than the ceramic heat sink or embedded within the ceramic heater element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ilidio Silvestre Guerreiro, Samuel William Saunders, Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton, Lolan Naicker, Kyle James Crawford
  • Publication number: 20230117333
    Abstract: A deployable conscious or unconscious person-in-the-water rescue apparatus that can be manually or automatically deployed multiple and consecutive times to assist both a rescuer and a person-in-the-water by providing a tethered net that self-deploys in the water and supports the person-in-the-water while being pulled to safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Diverse Marine Safety Group, LLC
    Inventors: Frank RABENA, Jerry Ryan Bryant, William Saunders, Jacob Johnson
  • Patent number: 11589661
    Abstract: A hand held appliance including a fluid flow path extending between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a ceramic heater within the fluid flow path wherein the fluid flow path is non-linear and the heater is non-linear. The appliance may include a housing wherein the housing houses the heater and encloses the fluid flow path, and wherein the housing is curved. The heater may be curved. The housing may include a straight section and a curved section and the heater is housed within the curved section. The heater may include at least one heating element comprising a flat ceramic plate and a conductive track. The heating element may be arcuate. The heating element may have a constant curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ilidio Silvestre Guerreiro, Samuel William Saunders, Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton, Lolan Naicker
  • Publication number: 20220411079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting the presence of water or ice on a structure, for example on the surface of an aircraft. A plurality of heaters (202-214) are thermally coupled to a structure (for example on the back of a wing) (104) in order to detect the presence of water or ice on the structure. The heaters are arranged adjacent one another from a GC region of a leading edge (106) of the structure (that is exposable to an impinging airflow) and extending aft of the leading edge of the structure. The heaters, which may be controlled individually, are supplied power that is sufficient to heat the surface of the structure to substantially the same temperature. A controller senses the power required for the heaters to achieve the same surface temperature at the respective regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Ultra Electronics Limited
    Inventors: Ian Stothers, Robert William Saunders
  • Publication number: 20210346635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a breathing assistance apparatus that may be configured to reduce the risk of damage to electronics within the apparatus as a result of liquid leaks within the apparatus or impacts to the apparatus. In other forms, the apparatus may be configured to allow for easy assembly and/or safe operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Richard Wright, Peter Lawrence Grylls, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Philip John Dickinson, Yi-Cheng Sun, Silvan Terence Butler, Sergiu Constantin Filip, Samuel William Saunders, Andrew Martin Letton
  • Patent number: 11083866
    Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus that comprises a housing with inner and outer walls and an upper surface, wherein the walls and upper surface are integrally formed as a single part to avoid seams or joins between the walls to reduce the risk of damage to electronics within the apparatus as a result of liquid leaks. Also disclosed is a control system for a heating element of a humidifier which provides a secondary or back up protection mechanism to disable power to the heating element if a first electronic protection circuit does not cause the first switching member to disable power to the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Douglas Richard Wright, Peter Lawrence Grylls, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Philip John Dickinson, Yi-Cheng Sun, Silvan Terence Butler, Sergiu Constantin Filip, Samuel William Saunders, Andrew Martin Letton
  • Publication number: 20210096881
    Abstract: This document relates to a process for deploying devices and automatically provisioning the devices to connect to a managed network upon powering on with minimal user involvement. Upon deployment of the device to an end point, a record can be established in a management server regarding the device, which can associate device specifications with a deployment profile to be used in provisioning the device. Upon powering on of the device at the end point, the device can automatically perform attestation with the management server, which can then provision the device according to the deployment profile without additional user intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brian S. Perlman, Yanan Zhang, Manoj Jain, Helen Harmetz, Hung M. Dang, Michael Sean Kirby, Abigail Christine Motley, Padmanabhan Vasu, William Saunders Jack, III
  • Publication number: 20200306489
    Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus that comprises a housing with inner and outer walls and an upper surface, wherein the walls and upper surface are integrally formed as a single part to avoid seams or joins between the walls to reduce the risk of damage to electronics within the apparatus as a result of liquid leaks. Also disclosed is a control system for a heating element of a humidifier which provides a secondary or back up protection mechanism to disable power to the heating element if a first electronic protection circuit does not cause the first switching member to disable power to the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Douglas Richard Wright, Peter Lawrence Grylls, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Philip John Dickinson, Yi-Cheng Sun, Silvan Terence Butler, Sergiu Constantin Filip, Samuel William Saunders, Andrew Martin Letton
  • Patent number: 10545636
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling media through a user interface integrated within a taskbar is described. This system and method enable a user to control media while a user interface of another application remains in perspective. Further, this system includes a taskbar media player, which can play media and enable a user to control the play of that media from within a taskbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey John Elliott, Richard William Saunders, Myron Clifford Thomas, Madhuvan Gupta
  • Patent number: 10435048
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for alerting a user to the presence of a fault in an electromechanical system in a railway infrastructure, the method comprising: receiving electrical usage data indicative of the value of an electrical usage parameter associated with the electromechanical system; receiving temperature data indicative of the present temperature of the electromechanical system; determining, based on a predetermined relationship between the electrical usage parameter and the temperature, whether or not the value of the electrical usage parameter is indicative of a fault in the electromechanical system and if so, issuing an alert to indicate the presence of the fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: THALES HOLDINGS UK PLC
    Inventors: William Saunders, Steve Samuels
  • Publication number: 20190286285
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling media through a user interface integrated within a taskbar is described. This system and method enable a user to control media while a user interface of another application remains in perspective. Further, this system includes a taskbar media player, which can play media and enable a user to control the play of that media from within a taskbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey John Elliott, Richard William Saunders, Myron Clifford Thomas, Madhuvan Gupta
  • Patent number: 10278471
    Abstract: A hand held appliance comprises a body having an outer wall, a duct extending at least partially along the body within the outer wall, an interior passage extending about the duct for receiving a primary fluid flow, a primary fluid outlet for emitting the primary fluid flow from the body, wherein the primary fluid outlet is defined by the duct and an inner wall of the body. The inner wall may extend from the outer wall towards the duct and may extend radially around the duct. The inner wall may extend from the outer wall towards the primary fluid outlet. At least one spacer may be provided between the inner wall and the duct. The at least one spacer may be a supporting rib. The duct may be formed from two parts, a first part fixed to the inner wall and a second part connected to the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton, Samuel William Saunders, Patrick Joseph William Moloney
  • Patent number: D853216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
    Inventors: William Saunders, David Wikle, James Patton, Denis Fauteux, Raymond Lee, Joe Zhao, JG Zhao, Jason Lishengping
  • Patent number: D976294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Saunders Machine Works, LLC
    Inventors: John William Saunders, Ellsworth Edgar Rees, IV