Patents by Inventor Ann Grimm

Ann Grimm 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).

  • Patent number: 11312390
    Abstract: A vehicle control system and method display a map within a designated viewing area of a display device. The map provides information on a location of a vehicle and restrictions on vehicle movement. Prompts for response from a vehicle operator are displayed with the map. The prompts are based on the vehicle location and/or the movement restrictions. The are displayed on the vehicle display device but outside of the designated viewing area of the vehicle display device. Operator input is received in response to the one or more prompts to verify that the vehicle is moving according to the one or more restrictions on the movement of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: westinghouse air brake technologies corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Vrba, Ann Grimm, Scott Sollars, Phil Burgart, Jim Oswald
  • Publication number: 20210188333
    Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system and method receive a selection of at least one vehicle-of-interest onboard a vehicle system moving along one or more routes in a transportation network. The at least one vehicle-of-interest is disposed on the one or more routes in the transportation network. One or more locations of the at least one vehicle-of-interest are monitored from onboard the vehicle system. The one or more locations of the at least one vehicle-of-interest are displayed on a display device disposed onboard the vehicle system. A determination is made whether to change display of the one or more locations of the at least one vehicle-of-interest on the display device based on an update to a notified state of the at least one vehicle-of-interest being received onboard the vehicle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin Angel, Ann Grimm
  • Patent number: 10974748
    Abstract: A vehicle advisory system and method determine whether a vehicle system moving along a route is within a designated distance of a feature of interest, initiate a distance-based alert sequence of an advisory device of the vehicle system in response to determining that the vehicle system is at or within the designated distance of the feature of interest, and generate advisory signals using the advisory device according to the distance-based alert sequence. The advisory signals are indicative of passage of the vehicle system by the feature of interest during the distance-based alert sequence. The distance-based alert sequence dictates one or more of plural different commencement locations or commencement distances at which advisory signals are generated by the advisory device. The distance-based alert sequence also dictates one or more of plural different termination locations or termination distances where generation of the advisory signals by the advisory device is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Angel, Ann Grimm
  • Publication number: 20210039668
    Abstract: A vehicle control system and method display a map within a designated viewing area of a display device. The map provides information on a location of a vehicle and restrictions on vehicle movement. Prompts for response from a vehicle operator are displayed with the map. The prompts are based on the vehicle location and/or the movement restrictions. The are displayed on the vehicle display device but outside of the designated viewing area of the vehicle display device. Operator input is received in response to the one or more prompts to verify that the vehicle is moving according to the one or more restrictions on the movement of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Vrba, Ann Grimm, Scott Sollars, Phil Burgart, Jim Oswald
  • Patent number: 6998381
    Abstract: Amine fabric softener actives are prepared in dispersion and/or clear form with materials to improve performance by increasing the cationic charge density. These materials include polycationic compounds, especially cationic polymers; single long-chain cationic compounds; and carboxylic acids that increase the acidity in the rinse, thus lowering pH and increasing the percentage of amine fabric softener active that is protonated. Antistatic properties are also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Grimm, Dennis Ray Bacon, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Helen Bernardo Tordil
  • Patent number: 6673118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for selection and treatment of a garment with a refreshing, deodorizing and finishing composition, in order to improve various properties of garments, in particular, reduction or removal of unwanted wrinkles, odors, and the like. Also included is an article of manufacture containing a plurality of refreshing, deodorizing and finishing compositions in a plurality of disposable containers in association with instructions for their use in an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dean Larry DuVal, Paul Eugene Rienzo, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Ricky Ah-Man Woo, Kimberly Ann Grimm, Eric Laurence Wagnon
  • Publication number: 20040002436
    Abstract: Amine fabric softener actives are prepared in dispersion and/or clear form with materials to improve performance by increasing the cationic charge density. These materials include polycationic compounds, especially cationic polymers; single long-chain cationic compounds; and carboxylic acids that increase the acidity in the rinse, thus lowering pH and increasing the percentage of amine fabric softener active that is protonated. Antistatic properties are also improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Grimm, Dennis Ray Bacon, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Helen Bernardo Tordil
  • Patent number: 6630441
    Abstract: Amine fabric softener actives are prepared in dispersion and/or clear form with materials to improve performance by increasing the cationic charge density. These materials include polycationic compounds, especially cationic polymers; single long-chain cationic compounds; and carboxylic acids that increase the acidity in the rinse, thus lowering pH and increasing the percentage of amine fabric softener active that is protonated. Antistatic properties are also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Grimm, Dennis Ray Bacon, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Helen Bernardo Tordil
  • Publication number: 20020155983
    Abstract: Amine fabric softener actives are prepared in dispersion and/or clear form with materials to improve performance by increasing the cationic charge density. These materials include polycationic compounds, especially cationic polymers; single long-chain cationic compounds; and carboxylic acids that increase the acidity in the rinse thus lowering pH and increasing the percentage of amine fabric softener active that is protonatect. Antistatic properties are also improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: KIMBERLY ANN GRIMM, DENNIS RAY BACON, TOAN TRINH, ERROL HOFFMAN WAHL, HELEN BERNARDO TORDIL
  • Publication number: 20020040504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for selection and treatment of a garment with a refreshing, deodorizing and finishing composition, in order to improve various properties of garments, in particular, reduction or removal of unwanted wrinkles, odors, and the like. Also included is an article of manufacture containing a plurality of refreshing, deodorizing and finishing compositions in a plurality of disposable containers in association with instructions for their use in an apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Dean Larry DuVal, Paul Eugene Rienzo, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Ricky Ah-Man Woo, Kimberly Ann Grimm, Eric Laurence Wagnon
  • Patent number: D688436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: The IAMS Company
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Timothy Paul Schatz, Rich Carl Seipp, Kimberly Ann Grimm
  • Patent number: D699016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Iams Company
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Timothy Paul Schatz, Rich Carl Seipp, Kimberly Ann Grimm
  • Patent number: D699017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Iams Company
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Timothy Paul Schatz, Rich Carl Seipp, Kimberly Ann Grimm
  • Patent number: D810391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Timothy Paul Schatz, Rich Carl Seipp, Kimberly Ann Grimm