Patents by Inventor Zachary Thomas

Zachary Thomas 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).

  • Publication number: 20210084391
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an obstruction in a conduit structure, the apparatus includes a sleeve portion, a plurality of sensor cells, a primary termination cap, and a secondary termination cap. The plurality of sensor cells coupled to the sleeve portion, wherein each sensor cell from the plurality of sensor cells is electrically coupled to the primary termination cap and the secondary termination cap. The sleeve portion configured to wrap around a conduit structure, wherein each sensor cell from the plurality of sensor cells is directed to an exterior surface of the conduit structure. The primary termination cap electrically and mechanically coupled to a first end of the sleeve portion, wherein the primary termination cap includes Wi-Fi transmitter, a primary microcontroller, and a power source connection. The secondary termination cap electrically and mechanically coupled to a second end of the sleeve portion to short the plurality of sensor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Matteo Cocchini, Kyle Indukummar Giesen, Zachary Thomas Dreiss, Kyle Wonderly, Juan Martinez-Mantilla
  • Patent number: 10939189
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an obstruction in a conduit structure, the apparatus includes a sleeve portion, a plurality of sensor cells, a primary termination cap, and a secondary termination cap. The plurality of sensor cells coupled to the sleeve portion, wherein each sensor cell from the plurality of sensor cells is electrically coupled to the primary termination cap and the secondary termination cap. The sleeve portion configured to wrap around a conduit structure, wherein each sensor cell from the plurality of sensor cells is directed to an exterior surface of the conduit structure. The primary termination cap electrically and mechanically coupled to a first end of the sleeve portion, wherein the primary termination cap includes Wi-Fi transmitter, a primary microcontroller, and a power source connection. The secondary termination cap electrically and mechanically coupled to a second end of the sleeve portion to short the plurality of sensor cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matteo Cocchini, Kyle Indukummar Giesen, Zachary Thomas Dreiss, Kyle Wonderly, Juan Martinez-Mantilla
  • Patent number: 10922740
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages software products and portfolios of software products on behalf of service provider customer organizations. A graph processing service of the enterprise catalog service may create a graph representation of the enterprise catalog service data, including principals, product listings, portfolios, and constraints (and the relationships between them) that may be used to manage access control, launch contexts, and searches within the enterprise catalog service. A primary (key-value) store may maintain an adjacency list and a secondary index of de-normalized edges. A secondary (document) store may maintain the de-normalized edges. In response to various queries directed to the graph processing service, the service may query the adjacency list or the secondary index. For example, one query may return a list of products that an end user can access, and another may return a count of products within a portfolio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Divij Gupta, Quan Binh To, Julien Jacques Ellie, Benjamin David Newman, Zachary Thomas Crowell
  • Publication number: 20200379960
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for developing and implementing workflows for a variety of data types. For example, systems disclosed herein may receive or otherwise generate a schema object on a schema system including a plurality of schema objects associated with different workflows. The schema object may include user interface behavior data indicating a content type and associated control type. The schema object may further include application programming interface (API) behavior data indicating a binding between a user interface engine and an API engine. The schema object may also include workflow behavior data indicating one or more services for processing the schema object. Moreover, systems described herein may deploy a plurality of parsers on a plurality of processing engines to enable flexibility and dynamic updates to content ingestion lifecycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yu ZHANG, Ying XU, Darren Shaun FIRTH, Nanda Kishore SREERAMA, Aaron Brady O'CALLAGHAN, James Thomas GODISH, Zachary Thomas CAPEHART
  • Publication number: 20200339151
    Abstract: Among other things, we describe techniques for implementing a vehicle response to sensor failure. In general, one innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include receiving information from a plurality of sensors coupled to a vehicle, determining that a level of confidence of the received information from at least one sensor of a first subset of sensors of the plurality of sensors is less than a first threshold, comparing a number of sensors in the first subset of sensors to a second threshold, and adjusting the driving capability of the vehicle to rely on information received from a second subset of sensors of the plurality of sensors, wherein the second subset of sensors excludes the at least one sensor of the first subset of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Zachary Thomas Batts, Ludong Sun, Ky Woodard, Qian Wang, Yiming Zhao, Stephanie Lee, Lin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200332049
    Abstract: Methods for forming elastomeric polyurethane articles are provided in which an isocyanate component including an isocyanate pre-polymer is mixed with an isocyanate-reactive component having a viscosity ranging from 50,000 to 200,000 centipoise as measured by ASTM standard D2196, and wherein is applied as one or more layers onto a surface of a carrier substrate at an application rate ranging from 0.5 to 20 g/sec, with each one of said applied one or more layers independently having a thickness ranging from 0.2 and 10 millimeters and having a total thickness ranging from ranging from 0.2 to 60 millimeters. The applied layers are cured in the absence of added heat via an exothermic reaction to form the elastomeric polyurethane article having an abrasion resistance ranging from 20 to 250 mm3, a hardness ranging from 60 Asker C to 90 Asker C, and a density ranging from 330 and 1000 kg/m3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Liying Wang, Irina Ternyayeva, Gregory Turco, Zachary Thomas Byrne
  • Publication number: 20200294368
    Abstract: A gaming machine identifies a first pattern within a first play area including a plurality of first positions arranged in a plurality of first columns, determines whether the first pattern satisfies a predetermined first threshold based on a first position and a first symbol, identifies a second position associated with the first symbol in a second play area including a plurality of second positions arranged in a plurality of second columns, and associates the second position with a second symbol. Each first position is associated with a respective symbol of a plurality of symbols including the first symbol and the second symbol. The first pattern is associated with the first position. The first position is associated with the first symbol. Each second position is associated with a respective symbol of the plurality of symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Peters, Zachary Thomas Schmid, Craig Ronald Kelly, Brandon Mason, Edgar Portigal
  • Publication number: 20200267830
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method for creating a secure volume. A method includes adhering a flexible circuit to a surface of an enclosure. A first portion of the flexible circuit extends outward from the perimeter of the enclosure. A second portion of the flexible circuit is adhered to the center portion of the enclosure. Pressure is applied to the flexible circuit to ensure that it is affixed to the enclosure. The flexible circuit and the enclosure are then subjected to an annealing temperature. The duration and temperature are based on the adhesive and flexible circuit material. The extended portion of the flexible circuit is coated with an adhesive and folded over the second portion of the flexible circuit. Pressure is applied to the folded flexible circuit. The folded flexible circuit is then subjected to an annealing temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Higby, David Long, Michael Fisher, James Busby, John R. Dangler, Robert Weiss, Zachary Thomas Dreiss, Rorie Paul Reyes
  • Publication number: 20200238999
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which includes a processing circuit and a plurality of sensors connected to a vehicle, where at least one of the plurality of sensors is positioned on an undercarriage of the vehicle. The plurality of sensors can detect variations in a road on which the vehicle is traveling. The plurality of sensors can also generate information corresponding to the variations of the road. The plurality of sensors can also transmit the information corresponding to the variations in the road to the processing circuit. The information collected by the plurality of sensors may then be used to augment a driving capability of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Zachary Thomas Batts, Ludong Sun, Ky Woodard, Qian Wang, Yiming Zhao, Stephanie Lee, Lin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200184394
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages software products and portfolios of software products on behalf of service provider customer organizations. Through an administrator interface of the service, a customer organization administrator may create constraints on the use of the software products, and each constraint may include one or more rules about how the products can be launched. These may include environmental constraints (specifying a region in which a product launches), restrictions on input parameter values (including the types of resource instances on which a product can be launched), quotas (controlling the number of product installations), or billing constraints. Constraints may be applied on a user-to-product arc or on a portfolio-to-product arc. Constraints may be stored as objects, and reference to those objects may be added to product or portfolio objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Christophe Delacourt, Quan Binh To, Christopher Whitaker, Richard Curtis Edwards, JR., Julien Jacques Ellie, Zachary Thomas Crowell, Benjamin David Newman
  • Patent number: 10672232
    Abstract: A gaming machine identifies a first pattern within a first play area including a plurality of first positions arranged in a plurality of first columns, determines whether the first pattern satisfies a predetermined first threshold based on a first position and a first symbol, identifies a second position associated with the first symbol in a second play area including a plurality of second positions arranged in a plurality of second columns, and associates the second position with a second symbol. Each first position is associated with a respective symbol of a plurality of symbols including the first symbol and the second symbol. The first pattern is associated with the first position. The first position is associated with the first symbol. Each second position is associated with a respective symbol of the plurality of symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Peters, Zachary Thomas Schmid, Craig Ronald Kelly, Brandon Mason, Edgar Portigal
  • Publication number: 20200164995
    Abstract: An electric aircraft has a fault-tolerant electrical system designed to optimize competing concerns related to cost, performance, and safety. An electrical system in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure has a plurality of power sources (e.g., batteries) that are connected to other electrical components, such as motors for driving propellers or flight control surfaces, by a plurality of electrical buses. Each such bus is electrically isolated from the other buses to help the system better withstand electrical faults. Further, one or more of the electrical buses is connected to motors for driving multiple propellers. Selection of the propellers to be powered by energy received from the same bus is optimized so as to limit the effect of an electrical fault on the stability and controllability of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: A^3 by Airbus LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Thomas Lovering, Geoffrey C. Bower, Arne Stoschek, Herve Hilaire
  • Publication number: 20200166956
    Abstract: A monitoring system for an aircraft has sensors that are used to sense the presence of objects around the aircraft for collision avoidance, navigation, or other purposes. At least one of the sensors may be configured to sense objects around the aircraft and provide data indicative of the sensed objects. The monitoring system may use information from the sensor and information about the aircraft to determine an escape envelope including possible routes that the aircraft can follow to avoid colliding with the object. The monitoring system may select an escape path based on the escape envelope and control the aircraft to follow the escape path to avoid collision with one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: A 3 by Airbus LLC
    Inventors: Arne Stoschek, Zachary Thomas Lovering, Alexander Dean Naiman, Cedric Cocaud
  • Publication number: 20200109107
    Abstract: The instant invention concerns a gas hydrate inhibitor comprising an N alkyl N? (N?,N?-dialkylammoniumalkyl)dicarboxylic acid diamide salt represented by the formula (I) wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, R1 is hydrogen, a C1- to C22 alkyl group or a C3- to C22 alkenyl group, R2 and R3 are each independently an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms or together form an optionally substituted ring having 5 to 10 ring atoms, wherein the ring may carry up to 3 substituents, R4 is hydrogen, A is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, B is an alkylene group having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, Y is NR5, R5 is hydrogen, a C1- to C22 alkyl group or a C3- to C22 alkenyl group, and M? is an anion, a process for producing a compound according to formula (I), the use of an N alkyl N?-(N?,N?-dialkylammoniumalkyl)dicarboxylic acid diamide salt of the formula (I) as an anti-agglomerant for gas hydrates, and a method for inhibiti
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Clariant International, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nirupam PURKAYASTHA, Zachary Thomas Ward, Fabian Schneider, Dirk Leinweber, Matthias Krull, Jonathan James Wylde
  • Patent number: 10586407
    Abstract: A tire-wear detection system for an automated vehicle includes a steering-angle-sensor, a vehicle-path-detector, and a controller. The steering-angle-sensor indicates a steering-angle of a host-vehicle. The vehicle-path-detector indicates a turning-radius of the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the steering-angle-sensor and the vehicle-path-detector. The controller determines a wear-status of a tire of the host-vehicle based on the turning-radius and the steering-angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Junqing Wei, Ludong Sun, Zachary Thomas Batts, Jarrod M. Snider
  • Patent number: 10577054
    Abstract: A wakeboat creates a wake, the performance level of the wake varying depending upon the mass of the wakeboat, the wakeboat including a hull; an engine supported by the hull; a controller supported by the hull; a processor coupled to the controller; a memory coupled to the processor; a sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of the wakeboat, the controller being coupled to the sensor and being configured to receive data from the sensor, the controller being configured to derive the present mass of the wakeboat from said sensor data, the controller being configured to determine the present wake performance level of the wakeboat based on the present mass of the wakeboat; and a display coupled to the controller, the controller being configured to use the display to indicate the present wake performance level of the wakeboat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Skier's Choice, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence Hartman, Brian Anthony Ewasko, Matthew Douglas Brown, Jeffrey David Harrison, Zachary Thomas Davis
  • Patent number: 10572842
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement a notification service that manages actionable notification messages received from other services on behalf of a customer organization and its end users. An IT administrator of the customer organization may create and configure message inboxes to be maintained by the notification service. The messages stored in each inbox may be partitioned by source, type, targeted (authorized) recipients, or an associated message topic. Each message may include an identifier of the inbox to which it is directed, and active elements that, when selected by a recipient, cause a corresponding action to be performed. The service from which a message is received may, in response to a message recipient taking one of the available actions, submit a request to the notification service to update the message state. The notification service may provide APIs through which the other services and message recipients interact with the notification service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Quan Binh To, Richard Curtis Edwards, Jr., Frederik Christophe Delacourt, Christopher Whitaker, Jr., Julien Jacques Ellie, Zachary Thomas Crowell, Benjamin David Newman
  • Patent number: 10565534
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages software products and portfolios of software products on behalf of service provider customer organizations. Through an administrator interface of the service, a customer organization administrator may create constraints on the use of the software products, and each constraint may include one or more rules about how the products can be launched. These may include environmental constraints (specifying a region in which a product launches), restrictions on input parameter values (including the types of resource instances on which a product can be launched), quotas (controlling the number of product installations), or billing constraints. Constraints may be applied on a user-to-product arc or on a portfolio-to-product arc. Constraints may be stored as objects, and reference to those objects may be added to product or portfolio objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Christophe Delacourt, Quan Binh To, Christopher Whitaker, Richard Curtis Edwards, Jr., Julien Jacques Ellie, Zachary Thomas Crowell, Benjamin David Newman
  • Patent number: 10552796
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement an approval service that manages approval requests received from other services on behalf of a customer organization and its end users. An administrator in the organization may create approval templates that define voting strategies at multiple approval levels and associate them with particular requests (individually, or by product, portfolio, project, action, message topic, workflow, or request type). The administrator may create approval groups whose members are authorized to respond to particular requests. Each approval template (or approval level) may include a different voting strategy or be associated with a different approval group. The approval system may support pre-notification of subsequent approval levels, auto-escalation, or auto-expiration. The approval service may employ a notification service to manage actionable notification messages that include approval requests. Members of approval groups may retrieve requests and select from available actions (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Christophe Delacourt, Quan Binh To, Christopher Whitaker, Benjamin David Newman, Zachary Thomas Crowell, Julien Jacques Ellie
  • Publication number: 20190296685
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solar panel arrangement. The solar panel arrangement comprises a plurality of solar panels operable to be stacked vertically. Each solar panel of the plurality of solar panels is vertically spaced apart from each adjacent solar panel by a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance is based on a solar elevation angle to be incident on the plurality of solar panels and lengths of each solar panel of the plurality of solar panels. The solar panel arrangement further comprises a coupling mechanism operable to support the plurality of solar panels in a vertically stacked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Manoj ABRAHAM, Zachary Thomas ABRAHAM, Zion George ABRAHAM