Patents by Inventor William Webb

William Webb 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: 12261422
    Abstract: A termination arrangement for securing an overhead electrical cable and a method for securing an overhead electrical cable. The termination arrangement includes a longitudinally-extending sheath having a high tensile modulus that is configured to receive a strength member of the overhead electrical cable therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CTC Global Corporation
    Inventors: William Webb, Christopher Wong
  • Patent number: 12253555
    Abstract: Systems, methods and tools for the interrogation of fiber-reinforced composite strength members to assess the structural integrity of the strength members. The systems and methods utilize the transmission of light through optical fibers that are embedded along the length of the strength members. The inability to detect light through one or more of the optical fibers may be an indication that the structural integrity of the strength member is compromised. The systems and methods may be implemented without great difficulty and may be implemented at any time in the life cycle of the strength member, from production through installation. The systems and methods have particular applicability to bare overhead electrical cables that include a fiber-reinforced strength member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CTC Global Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Dong, William Webb, Christopher Wong, Ian Pilling
  • Publication number: 20250008501
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunication system includes base stations for communicating with terminal devices. One or more base stations support a power boost operating mode in which a base station's available transmission power is concentrated in a subset of its available transmission resources to provide enhanced transmission powers as compared to transmission powers on these transmission resources when the base station is not operating in the power boost mode. A base station establishes an extent to which one or more base stations in the wireless telecommunications system support the power boost operating mode conveys an indication of this to a terminal device. The terminal device receives the indication and uses the corresponding 10 information to control its acquisition of a base station of the wireless telecommunication system, for example by taking account of which base stations support power boosting and/or when power boosting is supported during a cell attach procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew William WEBB, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Brian MARTIN
  • Patent number: 12096415
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunication system includes base stations for communicating with terminal devices. One or more base stations support a power boost operating mode in which a base station's available transmission power is concentrated in a subset of its available transmission resources to provide enhanced transmission powers as compared to transmission powers on these transmission resources when the base station is not operating in the power boost mode. A base station establishes an extent to which one or more base stations in the wireless telecommunications system support the power boost operating mode conveys an indication of this to a terminal device. The terminal device receives the indication and uses the corresponding information to control its acquisition of a base station of the wireless telecommunication system, for example by taking account of which base stations support power boosting and/or when power boosting is supported during a cell attach procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew William Webb, Hideji Wakabayashi, Brian Martin
  • Publication number: 20240272217
    Abstract: Systems, methods and tools for the interrogation of fiber-reinforced composite strength members to assess the structural integrity of the strength members. The systems and methods utilize the transmission of light through optical fibers that are embedded along the length of the strength members. The inability to detect light through one or more of the optical fibers may be an indication that the structural integrity of the strength member is compromised. The systems and methods may be implemented without great difficulty and may be implemented at any time in the life cycle of the strength member, from production through installation. The systems and methods have particular applicability to bare overhead electrical cables that include a fiber-reinforced strength member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Dong, William Webb, Christopher Wong, Ian Pilling
  • Publication number: 20240154399
    Abstract: Hardware components for the termination and/or splicing of overhead electrical cables that have optical fibers associated with the cable. The hardware components enable access to the optical fibers for connecting to interrogation devices or for connecting to telecommunications equipment. The hardware components also enable the optical fibers to pass through terminations and splices without damaging the optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: William Webb, Ian M. Pilling, Christopher Wong, Douglas A. Pilling
  • Patent number: 11977109
    Abstract: Systems, methods and tools for the interrogation of fiber-reinforced composite strength members to assess the structural integrity of the strength members. The systems and methods utilize the transmission of light through optical fibers that are embedded along the length of the strength members. The inability to detect light through one or more of the optical fibers may be an indication that the structural integrity of the A strength member is compromised. The systems and methods may be implemented without great difficulty and may be implemented at any time in the life cycle of the strength member, from production through installation. The systems and methods have particular applicability to bare overhead electrical cables that include a fiber-reinforced strength member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CTC Global Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Dong, William Webb, Christopher Wong, Ian Pilling
  • Publication number: 20240103239
    Abstract: Electrical transmission and distribution lines and methods for the installation and interrogation of such electrical lines. The electrical lines include overhead electrical cables that include a strength member and at least one optical fiber coupled to the strength member. Termination arrangements are configured to secure the electrical cables to a support tower while enabling the passage of the optical fiber(s) through the termination arrangement without damaging the optical fibers. Optical fibers from two adjacent electrical cable segments may also be fused to enable the interrogation of the two cable segments from a single interrogation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: William Webb, Ian M. Pilling, Christopher Wong
  • Patent number: 11902881
    Abstract: The system supports a virtual carrier mode of operation in which downlink communications are made by a base station using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth while a terminal device is configured to receive at least some communications from the base station within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth. The system supports terminal devices in both a radio resource control connected mode and a radio resource control idle mode. When there is to be a change in system information the base station transmits to the terminal device an indication that updated system information is to be broadcast by the base station and this indication is received by the terminal device while in the connected mode. Before seeking to acquire the updated system information, the terminal device transitions from the connected mode to the idle mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Matthew William Webb
  • Patent number: D1027211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino, Zenger Zhou, Lymond Lin, Sunny Wang, Tony Zhong, Danny Zeng, William Webb, Phil Huang, Yano Pang
  • Patent number: D1039710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Nazarian, Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino, Mandar Deshmukh, Kevin Xie, William Webb
  • Patent number: D1041015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Sanchez Solana, Brian Zeng, Washington Alexander Silva Garces, William Webb
  • Patent number: D1049475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Jared Aller, Vic Pramono, Christina Tapp, William Webb, Cale Kaufman
  • Patent number: D1052796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Jared Aller, Vic Pramono, Christina Tapp, William Webb, Cale Kaufman
  • Patent number: D1057269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Christina Tapp, Kang Min Kim, William Webb, Vic Pramono
  • Patent number: D1057980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino, William Webb
  • Patent number: D1070158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Christina Tapp, Kang Min Kim, William Webb, Vic Pramono
  • Patent number: D1070159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Christina Tapp, Kang Min Kim, William Webb, Vic Pramono
  • Patent number: D1070160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Christina Tapp, Kang Min Kim, William Webb, Vic Pramono
  • Patent number: D1072335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Christina Tapp, Kang Min Kim, William Webb, Vic Pramono, Yu Chuan Chang