Nicholas M Johnson

Author:

Nicholas Johnson

ISBN #:

0922915997

Author:

Nicholas L. Johnson

ISBN #:

0710604491

Author:

Nicholas L. Johnson

ISBN #:

0877031053

Author:

Nicholas L. Johnson

ISBN #:

0877031150

Author:

Nicholas L. Johnson

ISBN #:

0877031169

Author:

Nicholas L. Johnson

ISBN #:

0877032920

Author:

Nicholas L. Johnson

ISBN #:

0877031061

Author:

Nicholas L. Johnson

ISBN #:

0877032661

US Patent:

7859276, Dec 28, 2010

Filed:

Dec 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/326224

Inventors:

Rick C. Stevens - Apple Valley MN, US
Nicholas K. Johnson - Minneapolis MN, US
Andrew T. Fried - St. Paul MN, US

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corporation - Bethesda MD

International Classification:

G01R 31/302
G01R 31/26

US Classification:

324752, 324765

Abstract:

A process for performing non-destructive monitoring of a semiconductor device that permits detection of additional circuitry that is not part of the original, intended design. This permits verification that additional circuitry, for example malicious circuitry, has not been added to the semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the monitoring is performed at the die level before the die is packaged into a complete semiconductor device. The monitoring is non-destructive so that the semiconductor die is not destroyed during the monitoring process.

US Patent:

D685406, Jul 2, 2013

Filed:

Mar 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

29/416577

Inventors:

Paul J. Cobian - Woodbury MN, US
Steven G. Lucht - Woodbury MN, US
Thomas G. Skulley - St. Paul MN, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties - Saint Paul MN

International Classification:

1602

US Classification:

D16221, D16225

US Patent:

20220349156, Nov 3, 2022

Filed:

Apr 30, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/302331

Inventors:

- Brooklyn Park MN, US
Nicholas B. JOHNSON - Dayton MN, US

Assignee:

Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. - Brooklyn Park MN

International Classification:

E02F 9/28
E02F 3/24

Abstract:

In some implementations, an ejection paddle may include a paddle body having an ejection surface and a mounting surface opposite the ejection surface, and a wear region projecting from the ejection surface and extending along a top edge of the paddle body and at least a portion of a first side edge and a second side edge of the paddle body. The paddle body may be recessed relative to the wear region.

US Patent:

20220221624, Jul 14, 2022

Filed:

Jun 11, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/596301

Inventors:

- St. Paul MN, US
Owen M. Anderson - Minneapolis MN, US
Kevin W. Gotrik - Hudson WI, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US
Kenneth A. P. Meyer - Eagan MN, US
Caleb T. Nelson - Woodbury MN, US
Daniel J. Schmidt - Woodbury MN, US

International Classification:

G02B 5/00
G02B 5/30

Abstract:

Light control films comprise a light input surface and alight output surface opposite the light input surface and alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions disposed between the light input surface and the light output surface. The absorptive regions have an aspect ratio of at least 30 and are canted in the same direction. The alternating transmissive regions and absorbing regions have a maximum relative transmission at a viewing angle other than 0 degrees.

US Patent:

20220187774, Jun 16, 2022

Filed:

Sep 11, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/438096

Inventors:

- St. Paul MN, US
Gilles J. Benoit - Minneapolis MN, US
Peter O. Olson - Andover MN, US
Tyler W. Olson - Woodbury MN, US
Himanshu Nayar - St. Paul MN, US
Frederick J. Arsenault - Stillwater MN, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US

International Classification:

G05B 13/04
G05B 13/02

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining causal models for controlling environments. One of the methods includes obtaining data specifying baseline probability distributions for each of a plurality of controllable elements; maintaining a causal model; repeatedly performing the following: selecting control settings for the environment based on the causal model and values for a particular internal parameter of the control system that are sampled from a range of possible values; selecting control settings for the environment based on the baseline probability distributions; monitoring environment responses to the control settings selected based on the causal model and the control settings selected based on the baseline probability distributions; determining, for each of the possible values, a measure of a difference between a current system performance and a baseline system performance; and updating how frequently each of the possible values is sampled.

US Patent:

20220189632, Jun 16, 2022

Filed:

Oct 3, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/436743

Inventors:

- St. Paul MN, US
Gilles J. Benoit - Minneapolis MN, US
Peter O. Olson - Andover MN, US
Tyler W. Olson - Woodbury MN, US
Himanshu Nayar - St. Paul MN, US
Frederick J. Arsenault - Stillwater MN, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US
Susan L. Woulfe - Woodbury MN, US
Mark A. Tomai - Hudson WI, US

International Classification:

G16H 50/20
G16H 50/50
G16H 20/10
A61B 5/00
A61B 5/0205
A61B 5/021
A61B 5/024
A61B 5/145
A61M 16/00

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting settings for a treatment of a patient. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for providing a treatment to a patient based on a causal model that measures current causal relationships between input settings and effects of treatments on the patient; ii) receiving a measure of an effect of the treatment on the patient; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the effect of the treatment on the patient, the causal model.

US Patent:

20220176968, Jun 9, 2022

Filed:

Sep 11, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/436751

Inventors:

- St. Paul MN, US
Gilles J. Benoit - Minneapolis MN, US
Peter O. Olson - Andover MN, US
Tyler W. Olson - Woodbury MN, US
Himanshu Nayar - St. Paul MN, US
Frederick J. Arsenault - Stillwater MN, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Burnsville MN, US
John A. Wheatley - Stillwater MN, US

International Classification:

B60W 40/064
B60W 40/08
B60W 40/105
G05B 13/02

Abstract:

A method of optimizing a plurality of control signals used in operating a vehicle is described. The operation has a plurality of associated measurable parameters. The method includes: for each control signal, selecting a plurality of potential optimum values from a predetermined set; operating the vehicle in at least a first sequence of operation iterations, where for each pair of sequential first and second operation iterations in the first sequence of operation iterations, the potential optimum value of one control signal in the first operation iteration is replaced in the second operation iteration with a next potential optimum value of the control signal, while the potential optimum values of the remaining control signals are maintained; for each operation iteration, measuring each parameter in the plurality of measurable parameters; and generating confidence intervals for the control signals to determine causal relationships between the control signals and the measurable parameters.

US Patent:

20220178899, Jun 9, 2022

Filed:

Oct 3, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/436770

Inventors:

- St. Paul MN, US
Gilles J. Benoit - Minneapolis MN, US
Peter O. Olson - Andover MN, US
Tyler W. Olson - Woodbury MN, US
Himanshu Nayar - St. Paul MN, US
Frederick J. Arsenault - Stillwater MN, US
Nicholas A. Johnson - Woodbury MN, US
Susan L. Woulfe - Woodbury MN, US
Mark A. Tomai - Hudson WI, US

International Classification:

G01N 33/15
G05B 13/04
B01J 19/00

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a biologic pharmaceutical. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a batch of a biologic pharmaceutical based on a causal model that measures current causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of batches of the biological pharmaceutical; ii) determining a measure of the quality of a batch of the biological pharmaceutical manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the batch of the biological pharmaceutical, the causal model.