Michael A Maynard

US Patent:

20200318913, Oct 8, 2020

Filed:

Apr 8, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/377803

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Feng Feng - South Windsor CT, US
Ahmet T. Becene - West Simsbury CT, US
Michele Hu - Manchester CT, US
Michael Maynard - Springfield MA, US
Michael Doe - Southwick MA, US

International Classification:

F28D 7/16

Abstract:

A heat exchanger includes a core having a nonrectangular cross-sectional area, a plurality of cold flow layers centered about a centerline with each of the plurality of cold flow layers separated by corresponding walls. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of hot flow tubes corresponding to each of the plurality of cold flow layers.

US Patent:

20200284516, Sep 10, 2020

Filed:

Dec 11, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/711061

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Michele Hu - Manchester CT, US
Feng Feng - South Windsor CT, US
Michael Maynard - Springfield MA, US
Michael Doe - Southwick MA, US
Gabriel Ruiz - Granby CT, US
Ephraim Joseph - South Windsor CT, US

International Classification:

F28D 1/02
F28D 1/047

Abstract:

A core arrangement for a heat exchanger includes a plurality of inlets arranged around an axis, a plurality of outlets arranged around the axis, and a plurality of bowed conduits arranged around the axis. The bowed conduits are structurally independent, connect the plurality of inlets to the plurality of outlets, bow outward from the axis between the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets, and provide thermal compliance to the core.

US Patent:

20190357497, Nov 28, 2019

Filed:

May 21, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/418596

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
David Roberts - San Francisco CA, US
Brian Eiseman - San Francisco CA, US
Paul Mundell - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Maynard - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

A01K 15/02

Abstract:

One variation of a method for autonomously training animals to respond to oral commands includes: prompting a user to select a training protocol; prompting the user to record a first audio clip of the user reciting a voice command associated with a target pose within the training protocol, the user affiliated with the animal; accessing a video feed recorded by an optical sensor during a first training session; in the video feed, detecting the animal within a working field; while the animal is detected in the working field, playing back the first audio clip; in the video feed, detecting a current pose of the animal; calculating a deviation between the current pose of the animal and the target pose; in response to the deviation falling within a threshold: playing an audio clip of a secondary reinforcer; and dispensing a unit of a primary reinforcer via an integrated dispenser.