Michael Patrick Floyd

US Patent:

7305586, Dec 4, 2007

Filed:

Apr 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/424485

Inventors:

Richard William Doing - Raleigh NC, US
Michael Stephen Floyd - Austin TX, US
Ronald Nick Kalla - Round Rock TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 28, 714 35

Abstract:

A microprocessor includes an externally accessible port and a serial communication bus connected to the port. An execution pipeline of the processor includes a pipeline satellite circuit coupling the pipeline to the bus. The satellite enables an external agent to provide an instruction directly to the pipeline via the serial bus. A dedicated register and register satellite circuit couple the register to the communication bus. The execution pipeline can access the dedicated register during execution of the instruction. In this manner, the satellite circuits enable the external agent to access architected state. The communication bus enables access to the satellites while a system clock to the processor remains active. In one embodiment, the pipeline satellite accesses the pipeline “downstream” of the decode stage such that the set of instructions that may be “rammed” into the pipeline is not limited to the set of instructions that the decode stage can generate.

US Patent:

7697296, Apr 13, 2010

Filed:

Jul 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/780731

Inventors:

Michael Richard Floyd - Wake Forest NC, US
Peter Andrew Smith - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H05K 7/20
F28F 7/00

US Classification:

361719, 36167954, 361702, 361704, 361709, 165 803

Abstract:

Adapter module securable to a socket frame, integrated circuit module assembly and method for securing a heat dissipation device in direct thermal communication with an integrated circuit module. The socket frame is positioned over a substrate having a land grid array and the frame is secured to the substrate. The frame defines a well for selectively receiving the integrated circuit module in electronic communication with the land grid array. The adapter module is secured to the frame and extends outside the perimeter of the frame. The adapter provides a feature outside the perimeter of the frame for fastening the heat dissipation device. Furthermore, the adapter body is secured to the frame without adding holes through the substrate, such as by extending under the frame to be secured between the frame and substrate, or by extending over the frame to be secured between the frame and fasteners.

US Patent:

20110160901, Jun 30, 2011

Filed:

Dec 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/968754

Inventors:

Michael Richard Floyd - Wake Forest NC, US
Mark Longley - Raleigh NC, US
Gary W. Perry - Franklinton NC, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
B65D 83/04
B65G 59/00
H04N 7/18
G06F 7/04

US Classification:

700232, 221124, 221 2, 348159, 340 57

Abstract:

A pharmaceutical dispensing system includes: a frame having opposed replenishment and dispensing sides; a plurality of bins configured to house pharmaceutical tablets, each of the bins being accessible from the replenishment of the frame for replenishment of pharmaceutical tablets; a plurality of chutes, each of the chutes connected to and associated with a respective one of the plurality of bins, each of the chutes being accessible from the dispensing side of the frame for dispensing of pharmaceutical tablets; a controller operatively associated with the plurality of bins and the plurality of chutes; a replenishment side security camera mounted on the replenishment side of the frame and connected with the controller, the replenishment side security camera being configured to take an image of a person positioned to access the plurality of bins; and a dispensing side security camera mounted on the dispensing side of the frame and connected with the controller, the dispensing side security camera being configured to take an image of a person positioned to access the plurality of chutes.

US Patent:

20120012606, Jan 19, 2012

Filed:

Jul 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/181873

Inventors:

Mark Longley - Raleigh NC, US
Bradley Kenneth Smith - Cary NC, US
Craig Steven Davis - Morrisville NC, US
Matthew P. Daniels - Pittsboro NC, US
Mark I. Perisich - Raleigh NC, US
Jeffrey J. Schedel - Apex NC, US
Michael Richard Floyd - Wake Forest NC, US
Weldon Curl, JR. - Garner NC, US
Nanette Kirsch - Raleigh NC, US
Craig Hooker - Huntersville NC, US
Timothy Ulm - Raleigh NC, US
Daniel Gardiner - Wake Forest NC, US

International Classification:

B65G 59/00
B65G 17/12
B65D 83/04

US Classification:

221 92, 221208, 221272, 221199, 221282, 198804

Abstract:

A system for storing and dispensing discrete doses of pharmaceuticals includes: a housing with an internal cavity having a front wall with first and second windows; multiple storage locations positioned within the housing; and a carrier assembly positioned and movable within the housing. The carrier assembly is configured to receive a pharmaceutical dose package loaded into either the first or second window and convey the pharmaceutical dose package to one of the storage locations for storage therein, and is further configured to retrieve a pharmaceutical dose package from one of the storage locations and return the pharmaceutical dose package to the first or second window for dispensing therefrom.

US Patent:

20230068471, Mar 2, 2023

Filed:

Aug 28, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/460162

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Gregory Scott Still - Raleigh NC, US
Juan Medina - Rochester MN, US
Michael Stephen Floyd - Cedar Park TX, US
Matthew A. Cooke - Cedar Park TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/50

Abstract:

Embodiments relate to a system and method for managing energy consumption of one or more processor cores in a multicore processing device. The method includes establishing a temporal interval that includes a plurality of temporal periods and an interval energy target for one or more processor cores. The method also includes determining for each temporal period a period energy target for the processor cores and determining a processor core throttling state for the processor cores. The method further includes adjusting the respective period energy target and the respective processor core throttling state at the beginning of each successive temporal period. The method also includes converging, subject to the adjusting, as each respective temporal period of the plurality of temporal periods is concluded, a total period energy consumption of the processor cores with the interval energy target.

US Patent:

20230051668, Feb 16, 2023

Filed:

Jan 20, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/792465

Inventors:

- Durham NC, US
Michael Richard Floyd - Wake Forest NC, US

International Classification:

B65B 5/10
B65B 35/08

Abstract:

A crown for a pharmaceutical tablet packaging machine includes: a generally cylindrical hub having an upper end and a lower end; a generally disc-shaped divider mounted to the upper end of the hub, the divider having upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of radially-extending teeth; and a cap mounted to the upper surface of the divider, the cap having an upper surface comprising a plurality of alternating hummocks and furrows. The cap is attached to the divider with a first fastener, and wherein the hub is attached to the divider with a second fastener.

US Patent:

20210225118, Jul 22, 2021

Filed:

Jan 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/749227

Inventors:

- Durham NC, US
Mark I. Perisich - Raleigh NC, US
Eric X. Bonpain - Cary NC, US
Michael Richard Floyd - Wake Forest NC, US

International Classification:

G07F 11/26
A61J 7/02
A61J 7/00
G07F 11/42
G07F 11/58

Abstract:

A dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles includes a dispensing outlet, laterally opposed, elongate first and second guide walls defining a singulating channel therebetween, a dispensing path extending through the singulating channel to the dispensing outlet, and a drive system. The drive system includes a belt and a belt actuator operable to drive the belt. The dispensing apparatus is configured to convey articles on the belt in a dispensing direction along the dispensing path toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The singulating channel is configured to singulate the articles as the articles are conveyed along the dispensing path and through the singulating channel toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The first guide wall extends laterally across the singulating channel at an oblique angle to vertical to overhang at least a portion of the singulating channel and engage articles conveyed along the singulating channel.

US Patent:

20180079586, Mar 22, 2018

Filed:

Nov 28, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/824567

Inventors:

- Durham NC, US
Michael Richard Floyd - Wake Forest NC, US
Eric X. Bonpain - Cary NC, US
Matthew P. Daniels - Pittsboro NC, US
Weldon Curl, JR. - Garner NC, US
Jeffrey J. Schedel - Apex NC, US
Mark I. Perisich - Raleigh NC, US
Sasha Morris - Cary NC, US
Scott Thomas Hackett - Durham NC, US
Paul Joseph Cunningham - Hillsborough NC, US
David Wilkinson - Cary NC, US
Jacob White - Holly Springs NC, US
Neal Dawes - Apex NC, US
Jeremy Scott Bridges - Apex NC, US
Steve Worm - Raleigh NC, US
David Christopherson - Raleigh NC, US
Brian Kerrigan - Cary NC, US
Dan Fuccella - Cary NC, US
Michael L. King - Durham NC, US

International Classification:

B65D 83/08
A61J 7/00
B65D 85/671
A61J 7/04

Abstract:

The present specification describes a medicine dispensing system for automatically dispensing medication at a predetermined time. The system includes a cartridge that carries a strip of medicine pouches. When the cartridge is dropped into a dispensing unit, it automatically aligns with the dispensing unit without requiring any installation work from the user. The automatic alignment is enabled because of self-aligning features manufactured in the cartridge housing.