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  • BELT TENSIONING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160102739
    Abstract: Provided is an actuator, preferably a linear actuator, including a carriage (16) having a lateral support surface (144, 152) for supporting a first longitudinal section of a belt against lateral deflection and a space (164) adjacent to and longitudinally offset from the lateral support surface for partially surrounding a second longitudinal section of the belt that is deflected relative to the lateral support surface to take up slack and/or tension the belt. By containing the slack within the carriage using the space and the lateral support surface, slack may be removed from the belt or the belt may be tensioned in an easy and cost efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas BARIC, Mike BRIDGES, Adis HALIMIC
  • DATA-DRIVEN WARM START SELECTION FOR OPTIMIZATION-BASED TRAJECTORY PLANNING
    Publication number: 20220055651
    Abstract: Systems and methods for trajectory planning for an autonomous vehicle, may include: computing features for each of the plurality of candidate trajectories; computing scores for the features of the candidate trajectories, wherein the scores are based on parameter values associated with their corresponding final trajectories; determining, based on the computed scores, a trajectory of the candidate trajectories to be used as a warm-start trajectory for trajectory optimization and applying the warm-start trajectory to develop a final trajectory for the vehicle; and autonomously operating the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the final trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Miroslav Baric, Jin Ge, Timothee Cazenave
  • PROCESS FOR PACKAGING WINE IN ALUMINUM CANS
    Publication number: 20080254164
    Abstract: A filled two-piece aluminium can contains a wine that has less than 35 ppm of free SO2, less than 300 ppm of chlorides, less than 800 ppm of sulfates, and less than 250 ppm of total sulfur dioxide. The can is sealed with an aluminium closure such that the pressure within the can is at a minimum value necessary to prevent buckling of the can, typically 20 psi. The inner surface of the aluminium can is coated with a corrosion resistant coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Gregory John Charles Stokes, Steven John Anthony Barics
  • WINE PACKAGED IN ALUMINIUM CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20150079253
    Abstract: A method of filling an aluminium container with wine, and a filled aluminum container containing a wine characterized in that the maximum oxygen content of the head space is 1% v/v and the wine prior to filling is micro filtered and dissolved oxygen levels throughout the aluminium container filling process are maintained up to 0.5 mg/L and final levels of dissolved CO2 are from 50 ppm for white and sparkling wines and from 50 ppm to 400 ppm for red wines, prior to filling the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: BAROKES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Gregory John Charles Stokes, Steven John Anthony Barics
  • Directional assembly of large viral genomes and chromosomes
    Publication number: 20020177230
    Abstract: Full-length, functionally intact genomes or chromosomes are directionally assembled with partial cDNA or DNA subclones of a genome. This approach facilitates the reconstruction of genomes and chromosomes in vitro for reintroduction into a living host, and allows the selected mutagenesis and genetic manipulation of sequences in vitro prior to reassembly into a full length genome molecule for reintroduction into the same or different host. This approach also provides an alternative to recombination-mediated techniques to manipulate the genomes of higher plants and animals as well as bacteria and viruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Ralph S. Baric, Boyd Yount
  • Belt tensioning method
    Patent number: 10907707
    Abstract: Provided is an actuator, preferably a linear actuator, including a carriage having a lateral support surface for supporting a first longitudinal section of a belt against lateral deflection and a space adjacent to and longitudinally offset from the lateral support surface for partially surrounding a second longitudinal section of the belt that is deflected relative to the lateral support surface to take up slack and/or tension the belt. By containing the slack within the carriage using the space and the lateral support surface, slack may be removed from the belt or the belt may be tensioned in an easy and cost efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Baric, Mike Bridges, Adis Halimic
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING R-FUNCTIONS AND SEMI-ANALYTIC GEOMETRY FOR LANE KEEPING IN TRAJECTORY PLANNING
    Publication number: 20220017086
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to lane keeping in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes determining lane boundaries according to at least the sensor data and a map. The method includes defining a reference system over a lane defined by the lane boundaries. The method includes evaluating vehicle boundary points within the reference system as a cost in optimizing a trajectory of the vehicle and using an R-function that defines geometric relationships between the vehicle boundary points and the reference system. The method includes providing an indicator about the trajectory to control the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Miroslav Baric, Jin Ge, Timothee Cazenave
  • Integrated chassis control
    Patent number: 10407035
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle actuators that are operable to affect actual chassis-level accelerations, a vehicle intelligence unit that determines a motion plan, a vehicle motion control unit that determines a chassis-level motion request based on the motion plan, and a chassis control unit that determines actuator commands for the plurality of vehicle actuators based on the chassis-level motion request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Gadda, Carlos Alberto De Magalhaes Massera Filho, David A. Stronks, Gabriel M. Hoffmann, Miroslav Baric, Nathaniel B. Honka, Stefan Solyom, Timothee J. Cazenave
  • Belt tensioning method
    Patent number: 10267393
    Abstract: Provided is an actuator, preferably a linear actuator, including a carriage (16) having a lateral support surface (144, 152) for supporting a first longitudinal section of a belt against lateral deflection and a space (164) adjacent to and longitudinally offset from the lateral support surface for partially surrounding a second longitudinal section of the belt that is deflected relative to the lateral support surface to take up slack and/or tension the belt. By containing the slack within the carriage using the space and the lateral support surface, slack may be removed from the belt or the belt may be tensioned in an easy and cost efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Baric, Mike Bridges, Adis Halimic
  • WHEEL PRELOAD DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160327087
    Abstract: Provided is a carriage assembly 16 including a carriage 50, a wheel bar 90 that is deflectable relative to the carriage 50, and a plurality of wheels 92, 94, 96 mounted to the bar 90 for rotation around a respective axis 98, 100, 102, the axis 100 of at least one of the wheels 94 being offset from the axis 98, 102 of at least one of the other wheels 92, 96 in a direction of the wheel bar deflection. The wheel bar 90 is deflected relative to the carriage 50 to allow the wheels 92, 94, 96 to engage respective rails 32, 34 in a track 30 to eliminate or reduce play between the wheels and the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas James Baric, Michael D. Bridges, Adis Halimic
  • CHIMERIC DENGUE VIRUS E GLYCOPROTEINS COMPRISING MUTANT DOMAIN I AND DOMAIN II HINGE REGIONS
    Publication number: 20180125964
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of use comprising a chimeric dengue virus E glycoprotein comprising a dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone, which comprises amino acid substitutions that introduce a dengue virus E glycoprotein domain I and domain II hinge region from a dengue virus serotype that is different from the dengue virus serotype of the dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Aravinda M. de Silva, A. Ruklanthi de Alwis, Wahala M.P.B. Wahala, Ralph S. Baric, William B. Messer, James E. Crowe, JR., Scott A. Smith
  • PACKAGING WINE IN ALUMINIUM CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20150322391
    Abstract: A method of filling an aluminum container with wine, and an aluminum container filled with wine, characterized in that the wine has a pH between 2.9 and 3.5 and the filled aluminum container of wine has a molecular sulphur dioxide content of between 0.4 and 0.8 mg/L and further characterized in that prior to filling the wine was micro-filtered in a two stage microfiltration treatment wherein the filter pore diameters are 1.0 ?m or less in the first stage filter housing and 0.20 ?m to 0.45 ?m in at least one subsequent stage filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: BAROKES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Gregory John Charles STOKES, Steven John Anthony Barics
  • Directional assembly of large viral genomes and chromosomes
    Patent number: 6593111
    Abstract: Full-length, functionally intact genomes or chromosomes are directionally assembled with partial cDNA or DNA subclones of a genome. This approach facilitates the reconstruction of genomes and chromosomes in vitro for reintroduction into a living host, and allows the selected mutagenesis and genetic manipulation of sequences in vitro prior to reassembly into a full length genome molecule for reintroduction into the same or different host. This approach also provides an alternative to recombination-mediated techniques to manipulate the genomes of higher plants and animals as well as bacteria and viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Ralph S. Baric, Boyd Yount
  • Data-driven warm start selection for optimization-based trajectory planning
    Patent number: 11958498
    Abstract: Systems and methods for trajectory planning for an autonomous vehicle, may include: computing features for each of the plurality of candidate trajectories; computing scores for the features of the candidate trajectories, wherein the scores are based on parameter values associated with their corresponding final trajectories; determining, based on the computed scores, a trajectory of the candidate trajectories to be used as a warm-start trajectory for trajectory optimization and applying the warm-start trajectory to develop a final trajectory for the vehicle; and autonomously operating the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the final trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Miroslav Baric, Jin Ge, Timothee Cazenave
  • CHIMERIC DENGUE VIRUS E GLYCOPROTEINS COMPRISING MUTANT DOMAIN I AND DOMAIN II HINGE REGIONS
    Publication number: 20190255168
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of use comprising a chimeric dengue virus E glycoprotein comprising a dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone, which comprises amino acid substitutions that introduce a dengue virus E glycoprotein domain I and domain II hinge region from a dengue virus serotype that is different from the dengue virus serotype of the dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Aravinda M. de Silva, A. Ruklanthi de Alwis, Wahala M.P.B. Wahala, Ralph S. Baric, William B. Messer, James E. Crowe, JR., Scott A. Smith
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NOROVIRUS BLOCKADE EPITOPES
    Publication number: 20140271712
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising a chimeric norovirus capsid protein comprising a norovirus VP1 major capsid protein backbone comprising a norovirus epitope selected from the group consisting of: a) Epitope A; b) Epitope B; c) Epitope C; d) Epitope D; e) Epitope E; f) Epitope F; and g) any combination of (a) through (f) above, wherein the norovirus epitope is from a norovirus strain that is different from the norovirus VP1 major capsid protein backbone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Ralph Steven Baric, Lisa Chon Lindesmith, Kari Moore Debbink, Eric Francis Donaldson, Jesica Anne Swanstrom
  • Oxygenating agents for enhancing host responses to microbial infections
    Publication number: 20060134186
    Abstract: Oxygenating agents are used in the present invention for the novel purpose of treating microbial infections. The invention takes advantage of the fact that the increase in tissue pO2 produced thereby can enhance the efficacy of the body's own antimicrobial defenses (including tissue repair), while also improving the efficacy of adjunctive agents that may be co-administered, such as antimicrobial agents, antioxidants, cytokine modulators, endotoxin antagonists and growth factors. The oxygenating agents of the present invention achieve the desired increased pO2 in the tissues without having to resort to the risks and expenses of hyper-baric oxygen therapy (HBO). The oxygenating agents can be administered systemically, regionally, or topically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Carlton, Jeffrey Galpin
  • Wheel preload device
    Patent number: 9869348
    Abstract: Provided is a carriage assembly 16 including a carriage 50, a wheel bar 90 that is deflectable relative to the carriage 50, and a plurality of wheels 92, 94, 96 mounted to the bar 90 for rotation around a respective axis 98, 100, 102, the axis 100 of at least one of the wheels 94 being offset from the axis 98, 102 of at least one of the other wheels 92, 96 in a direction of the wheel bar deflection. The wheel bar 90 is deflected relative to the carriage 50 to allow the wheels 92, 94, 96 to engage respective rails 32, 34 in a track 30 to eliminate or reduce play between the wheels and the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas James Baric, Michael D. Bridges, Adis Halimic
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MODELING ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20130191104
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for modeling electronic circuits via a sparse solution, or a sparse representation of a recurrent single or multi kernel support vector regression machine is provided. In one embodiment, the sparse representation may be attained, for example, by limiting a number of training data points for the method involving support vector regression. Each training data point may be selected based on the accuracy of a non-recurrent or fully recurrent model using an active learning principle applied to the non-successive or successive (time domain) data. A training time may be adjusted, for example, by (i) selecting how often one or more hyperparameters are optimized; or (ii) limiting the number of iterations of the method and consequently the number of support vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Vladimir Ceperic, Adrijan Baric
  • Systems and methods for using R-functions and semi-analytic geometry for lane keeping in trajectory planning
    Patent number: 11584371
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to lane keeping in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes determining lane boundaries according to at least the sensor data and a map. The method includes defining a reference system over a lane defined by the lane boundaries. The method includes evaluating vehicle boundary points within the reference system as a cost in optimizing a trajectory of the vehicle and using an R-function that defines geometric relationships between the vehicle boundary points and the reference system. The method includes providing an indicator about the trajectory to control the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Miroslav Baric, Jin Ge, Timothee Cazenave
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