Patents by Inventor Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis 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).
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Patent number: 11939152Abstract: Systems and methods for efficiently managing bulk material are provided. The disclosure is directed to a portable support structure used to receive one or more portable containers of bulk material and output bulk material from the containers directly into the blender hopper. The portable support structure may include a frame for receiving and holding the one or more portable bulk material containers in an elevated position proximate the blender hopper, as well as one or more gravity feed outlets for routing the bulk material from the containers directly into the blender hopper. In some embodiments, the portable support structure may be transported to the well site on a trailer, unloaded from the trailer, and positioned proximate the blender unit. In other embodiments, the portable support structure may be a mobile support structure that is integrated into a trailer unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas W. Hawkins, Bryan John Lewis, Tori H. Miller, Wesley John Warren, Austin Carl Schaffner, Glenn Ray Fowler, Bryan Chapman Lucas, Calvin L. Stegemoeller
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Patent number: 10372730Abstract: Techniques for cross referencing data are presented. A first database object and a second database object are linked together. The linkage is automatically cross referenced to a third database object. Access to any of the database objects can be achieved via any of the remaining database objects and vice versa. Additionally, the link and cross reference can be visualized and visually manipulated and modified.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Teradata US, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Kevin Ryan, Carl Lewis Christofferson, Neelesh Bansode, Santosh Kumar Singh, Latesh Pant, Ankit Khare
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Publication number: 20190041886Abstract: Disclosed is a computerized method for dispatching energy from distributed resources in a discharge event so that the energy stored in individual devices is ilevelized, or so that an operator request is met. Evaluation of event parameters may be deferred. The method may be utilized to dispatch energy from plug-in electric vehicles. Systems and methods to account for electricity dispatched to or from electric vehicles are disclosed. Systems and methods for incentivizing consumers to participate in a dispatch event or curtail energy use are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: David HAKIM, Steven HUGG, Edward SHNEKENDORF, Sarah CARTWRIGHT, Zachary AXELROD, Nicholas JHIRAD, Louis SZABLYA, R. Carl LEWIS, Brian GOLDEN, Michaela BARNES, Alexei COWETT, David HYAMS
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Patent number: 9593051Abstract: A method for making a coating composition by mixing one or more latex polymers and an aliphatic epoxy resin system having an epoxy equivalent weight less than 1000 and being distinct from the one or more latex polymers to provide an aqueous first component, and providing a second component having reactive groups that can react with the one or more epoxy resins. A mixture of the first and second components provides a film-forming curable coating composition that may be used on substrates including cement, cement fiberboard, wood, metal, plastic, ceramic, glass and composites.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventors: Archie W. Garner, T. Howard Killilea, Carl Lewis Cavallin, Todd A. Peterson, Kevin W. Evanson, Danny G. Hartinger, Larry B. Brandenburger
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Patent number: 9514182Abstract: Techniques for managing data relationships are presented. A database element from a first database table is linked with a database element of a second database table via a Graphical User Interface as directed by a user. The link establishes a data relationship having attributes and properties. The relationship along with the attributes and properties are graphically presented to the user for inspection and analysis.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Teradata US, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Kevin Ryan, Carl Lewis Christofferson, Neelesh Bansode, Santosh Kumar Singh, Latesh Pant
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Patent number: 9346905Abstract: A reaction mixture containing a copolymer having a number average molecular weight less than about 4,000 amu and a polydispersity less than about 3 formed in the presence of a free radical initiator and a heated liquid reaction mixture fed with one or more added olefinic monomers, the reaction mixture otherwise consisting essentially of non-homopolymerizable olefinic monomer.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventor: Carl Lewis Cavallin
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Publication number: 20150160672Abstract: Disclosed is a computerized method for dispatching energy from distributed resources in a discharge event so that the energy stored in individual devices is levelized, or so that an operator request is met. Evaluation of event parameters may be deferred. The method may be utilized to dispatch energy from plug-in electric vehicles. Systems and methods to account for electricity dispatched to or from electric vehicles are disclosed. Systems and methods for incentivizing consumers to participate in a dispatch event or curtail energy use are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: GridPoint, Inc.Inventors: David Hakim, Steven Hugg, Edward Shnekendorf, Sarah Cartwright, Zachary Axelrod, Nicholas Jhirad, Louis Szablya, R. Carl Lewis, Brian Golden, Michaela Barnes, Alexei Cowett, David Hyams
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Publication number: 20150104583Abstract: A method for making a coating composition by mixing one or more latex polymers and an aliphatic epoxy resin system having an epoxy equivalent weight less than 1000 and being distinct from the one or more latex polymers to provide an aqueous first component, and providing a second component having reactive groups that can react with the one or more epoxy resins. A mixture of the first and second components provides a film-forming curable coating composition that may be used on substrates including cement, cement fiberboard, wood, metal, plastic, ceramic, glass and composites.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Archie W. Garner, T. Howard Killilea, Carl Lewis Cavallin, Todd A. Peterson, Kevin W. Evanson, Dan Hartinger, Larry B. Brandenburger
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Publication number: 20150105528Abstract: A copolymer is made by feeding one or more added olefinic monomers into a reaction vessel containing a non-homopolymerizable olefinic monomer heated to a temperature of at least about 100° C. The process may be performed in a batch or continuous fashion, may use an unpressurized reactor, may be performed without added solvent, and may form a copolymer whose number average molecular weight is less than about 4,000 amu and whose polydispersity is less than about 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventor: Carl Lewis Cavallin
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Patent number: 8993110Abstract: A coated fiber cement article in the form of an unattached fiber cement board substrate having a first major surface at least a portion of which is covered with a crush resistant final topcoat composition comprising a multistage latex polymer, and a method for making a crush resistant coated fiber cement article by coating a fiber cement board substrate with such a composition and stacking the coated boards.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventors: T. Howard Killilea, Carl Lewis Cavallin, Shane Wesley Carter, John William Mittelsteadt, Glen Otto Vetter
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Patent number: 8940847Abstract: A copolymer is made by feeding one or more added olefinic monomers into a reaction vessel containing a non-homopolymerizable olefinic monomer heated to a temperature of at least about 100° C. The process may be performed in a batch or continuous fashion, may use an unpressurized reactor, may be performed without added solvent, and may form a copolymer whose number average molecular weight is less than about 4,000 amu and whose polydispersity is less than about 3.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventor: Carl Lewis Cavallin
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Patent number: 8932718Abstract: A coating system, a method of coating a substrate, and a coated substrate (e.g., a coated cement fiberboard article) include one or more latex polymers, an aliphatic epoxy resin system, optionally a silicate additive, and optionally one or more olefinic compounds and an initiator. The coating system may be applied in one or more layers and may be applied to all the surfaces of the substrate (e.g., the front side, back side and edges of a board). The coated substrate may then be coated with other optional coatings, e.g., decorative or protective topcoats.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventors: Archie W. Garner, T. Howard Killilea, Carl Lewis Cavallin, Todd A. Peterson, Kevin W. Evanson, Dan Hartinger, Larry B. Brandenburger
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Patent number: 8748550Abstract: A vinyl polymer pigment dispersing agent having a vinyl addition polymer backbone, one or more polymer side chains with pendant cyclic urea functional group(s) separated from the polymer backbone by at least 10 intervening atoms, and in some embodiments one or more polymer side chains comprising pendant urea functional groups separated from the polymer back-bone by less than 10 intervening atoms. The dispersing agent may be made by addition polymerizing a mixture of one or more vinyl monomers and one or more monomers having cyclic urea functional groups and vinyl functional groups. The dispersing agent may be combined with pigment particles, a carrier and an optional surfactant to make a pigment grind dispersion with excellent pigment wetting and dispersing properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventors: Carl Lewis Cavallin, Archie W. Garner, David R. Wallace, T. Howard Killilea
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Publication number: 20120225288Abstract: A coated fiber cement article in the form of an unattached fiber cement board substrate having a first major surface at least a portion of which is covered with a crush resistant final topcoat composition comprising a multistage latex polymer, and a method for making a crush resistant coated fiber cement article by coating a fiber cement board substrate with such a composition and stacking the coated boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: T. Howard Killilea, Carl Lewis Cavallin, Shane Wesley Carter, John William Mittelsteadt, Glen Otto Vetter
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Publication number: 20120178884Abstract: A copolymer is made by feeding one or more added olefmic monomers into a reaction vessel containing a non-homopolymerizable olefmic monomer heated to a temperature of at least about 100° C. The process may be performed in a batch or continuous fashion, may use an unpressurized reactor, may be performed without added solvent, and may form a copolymer whose number average molecular weight is less than about 4,000 amu and whose polydispersity is less than about 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: VALSPAR SOURCING, INC.Inventor: Carl Lewis Cavallin
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Patent number: 8202578Abstract: A coated fiber cement article in the form of an unattached fiber cement board substrate having a first major surface at least a portion of which is covered with a crush resistant final topcoat composition comprising a multistage latex polymer, and a method for making a crush resistant coated fiber cement article by coating a fiber cement board substrate with such a composition and stacking the coated boards.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventors: T. Howard Killilea, Carl Lewis Cavallin, Shane Wesley Carter, William John Mittelsteadt, Glen Otto Vetter
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Publication number: 20120004359Abstract: A vinyl polymer pigment dispersing agent having a vinyl addition polymer backbone, one or more polymer side chains with pendant cyclic urea functional group(s) separated from the polymer backbone by at least 10 intervening atoms, and in some embodiments one or more polymer side chains comprising pendant urea functional groups separated from the polymer back-bone by less than 10 intervening atoms. The dispersing agent may be made by addition polymerizing a mixture of one or more vinyl monomers and one or more monomers having cyclic urea functional groups and vinyl functional groups. The dispersing agent may be combined with pigment particles, a carrier and an optional surfactant to make a pigment grind dispersion with excellent pigment wetting and dispersing properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Carl Lewis Cavallin, Archie W. Garner, David R. Wallace, T. Howard Killilea
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Publication number: 20110137957Abstract: Techniques for managing data relationships are presented. A database element from a first database table is linked with a database element of a second database table via a Graphical User Interface as directed by a user. The link establishes a data relationship having attributes and properties. The relationship along with the attributes and properties are graphically presented to the user for inspection and analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: Teradata US, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Kevin Ryan, Carl Lewis Christofferson, Neelesh Bansode, Santosh Kumar Singh, Latesh Pant
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Publication number: 20110137961Abstract: Techniques for cross referencing data are presented. A first database object and a second database object are linked together. The linkage is automatically cross referenced to a third database object. Access to any of the database objects can be achieved via any of the remaining database objects and vice versa. Additionally, the link and cross reference can be visualized and visually manipulated and modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: Teradata US, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Kevin Ryan, Carl Lewis Christofferson, Neelesh Bansode, Santosh Kumar Singh, Latesh Pant, Ankit Khare
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Publication number: 20100215465Abstract: An improved vehicle carrier assembly for use with carrier vehicles to secure four wheels of a vehicle to be transported includes at least two beams, at least four wheel carriers, and a drive assembly. The two beams are comprised of a first beam and a second beam. The first beam is substantially parallel with the second beam, both the first beam and the second beam comprise an inboard side and an outboard side. The inboard side comprises an elevated shim for the purpose of enabling one wheel carrier to cross-over the other wheel carrier for the purpose of engaging all four wheels of a vehicle to be transported. The wheel carriers are in communication with the drive assembly. The drive assembly is comprised of a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventor: Carl Lewis