Patents by Inventor Chad M. Miller

Chad M. Miller 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).

  • TRACK FOR ROLLING VEHICLE AND METHODS OF FABRICATING AND ASSEMBLING THE TRACK
    Publication number: 20240009579
    Abstract: A track for a roller coaster is provided. The track includes a plurality of layers that are each constructed from a plurality of layer segments prefabricated with an automated precision cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael A. Graham, Chad M. Miller, Korey T. Kiepert, Lawrence R. Bill, Jonathan S. Wocher, Brian M. Kosmac
  • Track for rolling vehicle and methods of fabricating and assembling the track
    Patent number: 11766619
    Abstract: A track for a roller coaster is provided. The track includes a plurality of layers that are each constructed from a plurality of layer segments prefabricated with an automated precision cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: The Gravity Group, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Graham, Chad M. Miller, Korey T. Kiepert, Lawrence R. Bill, Jonathan S. Wocher, Brian M. Kosmac
  • TRACK FOR ROLLING VEHICLE AND METHODS OF FABRICATING AND ASSEMBLING THE TRACK
    Publication number: 20200261809
    Abstract: A track for a roller coaster is provided. The track includes a plurality of layers that are each constructed from a plurality of layer segments prefabricated with an automated precision cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Michael A. Graham, Chad M. Miller, Korey T. Kiepert, Lawrence R. Bill, Jonathan S. Wocher, Brian M. Kosmac
  • Supersaturated transdermal drug delivery systems, and methods for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 5906830
    Abstract: Methods are provided for manufacturing transdermal drug delivery systems containing supersaturated drug reservoirs, such that higher drug fluxes are obtained. The methods involve heating the drug reservoir components to a predetermined temperature. Generally, this temperature is higher than the depressed melting temperature of the polymer-drug admixture which will serve as the drug reservoir. In an alternative embodiment, wherein heat treatment of the reservoir components results in a system having two liquid phases, the predetermined temperature is calculated so as to be higher than the melting temperature of the pure drug. Drug reservoirs and novel transdermal delivery systems prepared using the disclosed techniques are provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Cygnus, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen C. Farinas, Chad M. Miller, Pravin L. Soni
  • Pb-free Sn-Ag-Cu ternary eutectic solder
    Patent number: 5527628
    Abstract: A Pb-free solder includes a ternary eutectic composition consisting essentially of about 93.6 weight % Sn-about 4.7 weight % Ag-about 1.7 weight % Cu having a eutectic melting temperature of about 217.degree. C. and variants of the ternary composition wherein the relative concentrations of Sn, Ag, and Cu deviate from the ternary eutectic composition to provide a controlled melting temperature range (liquid-solid "mushy" zone) relative to the eutectic melting temperature (e.g. up to 15.degree. C. above the eutectic melting temperature).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignees: Iowa State University Research Foudation, Inc., Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Iver E. Anderson, Frederick G. Yost, John F. Smith, Chad M. Miller, Robert L. Terpstra