Patents by Inventor David M. Lee

David M. Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20240150099
    Abstract: A water-soluble film, comprising a first water-soluble film, wherein the first water soluble film disintegrates in water within less than about 24 hours and dissolves in water within less than about 48 hours as measured by the MSTM-205 at 20° C. The disclosure provides a water-soluble film comprising a first water-soluble film that disintegrates in water within less than 24 hours and dissolves in water within less than 48 hours as measured by MSTM-205 at 20° C. The first water-soluble film optionally may be further characterized in that it does not disintegrate in water for at least about 1 hour and does not dissolve in water for at least about 1 hour as measured by MSTM-205 at 20° C. The disclosure further provides a water-soluble film comprising a first water-soluble film characterized in that the degradation and/or dissolution of the first water-soluble film is adapted to be activated by consumer handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Jennifer L. Childers, Lee K. Yeung, Ken Jenke, Jonathon Knight, Nicholas Zeese, P. Scott Bening, Yashodhan S. Parulekar, Sumeet Kumar
  • Patent number: 11945936
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are water-soluble films and resulting packets including a water soluble film, wherein the water-soluble film includes a water-soluble mixture of polyvinyl alcohol, a compatibilizing agent, and a sugar alcohol plasticizer that is a solid at room temperature, wherein the water-soluble film is substantially transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Jennifer L. Childers
  • Patent number: 11918871
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads having adjustable weighting systems with a plurality of discrete attachment locations capable of receiving one or more weights are described herein. The golf club heads described herein provide user adjustability of club head center of gravity to adjust ball flight while maintaining a high moment of inertia and low and back center of gravity position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Martin R. Jertson, Ryan M. Stokke, Xiaojian Chen, Cory S. Bacon, Jeremy Pope, Daniel K. Lee, David A. Higdon, Eric J. Morales
  • Patent number: 11884467
    Abstract: A water-soluble film, comprising a first water-soluble film, wherein the first water soluble film disintegrates in water within less than about 24 hours and dissolves in water within less than about 48 hours as measured by the MSTM-205 at 20° C. The disclosure provides a water-soluble film comprising a first water-soluble film that disintegrates in water within less than 24 hours and dissolves in water within less than 48 hours as measured by MSTM-205 at 20° C. The first water-soluble film optionally may be further characterized in that it does not disintegrate in water for at least about 1 hour and does not dissolve in water for at least about 1 hour as measured by MSTM-205 at 20° C. The disclosure further provides a water-soluble film comprising a first water-soluble film characterized in that the degradation and/or dissolution of the first water-soluble film is adapted to be activated by consumer handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Jennifer L. Childers, Lee K. Yeung, Ken Jenke, Jonathon Knight, Nicholas Zeese, P. Scott Bening, Yashodhan S. Parulekar, Sumeet Kumar
  • Patent number: 11840372
    Abstract: A cargo pallet is disclosed. The cargo pallet may have a pallet base. The cargo pallet may also have a pallet liner. The pallet liner may have a pallet liner base. The pallet liner base may be positioned on the pallet base. The pallet liner may also have a pallet extension, which may be fixedly attached to the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may project outwardly from the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may also have a support surface that may at least in part extend outwardly beyond a footprint of the pallet base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Frank J. LeRose
  • Publication number: 20230322031
    Abstract: A vehicle hitch assembly is provided. The receiver tube is connectable with a bumper structure and defines a longitudinally-extending opening. The hitch assembly includes a drawbar assembly with an elongated body and a rod. The elongated body is dimensioned to be received within the opening in the receiver tube and defines a longitudinally-extending passageway. The rod is rotatably received within the longitudinally-extending passageway between a first position and a second position. The rod includes a detent feature that couples together the elongated body and the receiver tube when the rod is rotated to the second position and detaches the elongated body and the receiver tube when the rod is rotated to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Kenneth R. Laskie, Randy Schott
  • Patent number: 11781094
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pouches made from a combination of chemically different water-soluble films and containing household care compositions that are at least partially enclosed by the water-soluble films in at least one compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Florence Catherine Courchay, Regine Labeque, Steven George Friedrich, David M Lee, Shinsuke Nii, Lee Kon Yeung, Thomas J Yogan, Marc Rene Bert Renmans
  • Patent number: 11767405
    Abstract: A water-soluble film including a polyvinyl alcohol resin blend is disclosed herein. Also disclosed are related packets incorporating the film, and related methods of making and using the film and packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Steven G. Friedrich, David M. Lee, Shinsuke Nii
  • Patent number: 11753222
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are water-soluble films and resulting packets including a water-soluble film coated by a powder, wherein the powder includes a mixture of a powdered lubricant and an active agent. Optionally, the active agent may be encapsulated, e.g. microencapsulated, for release of the active agent through mechanisms including, but not limited to, mechanical rupture, melt, ablation, dissolution, diffusion, biodegradation, or pH-controlled release. Active ingredients described include enzymes, oils, flavors, colorants, odor absorbers, fragrances, pesticides, fertilizers, activators, acid catalysts, metal catalysts, ion scavengers, bleaches, bleach components, fabric softeners and combinations thereof. Examples of packet fills include laundry detergents, bleach and laundry additives, fabric care, dishwashing, hard surface cleaning, beauty care, skin care, other personal care, and foodstuffs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Yashodhan S. Parulekar
  • Patent number: 11745937
    Abstract: A web of cleaning products and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The web includes first and second carrier sheets and a plurality of pouches containing a cleaning composition. Each of the pouches is disposed in a respective depression formed in an upper surface of the first carrier sheet. A first internal atmosphere is enclosed within each of the pouches. The first carrier sheet is sealed to the second carrier sheet such that a second internal atmosphere exists between the second carrier sheet and the plurality of pouches. The second internal atmosphere has a greater absolute pressure than the first internal atmosphere so that the plurality of pouches and at least a portion of the cleaning composition in the plurality of pouches are compressed into the plurality of depressions in the first carrier sheet by the second internal atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Lee, David Brian Edwards
  • Patent number: 11679636
    Abstract: A vehicle hitch assembly is provided. The receiver tube is connectable with a bumper structure and defines a longitudinally-extending opening. The hitch assembly includes a drawbar assembly with an elongated body and a rod. The elongated body is dimensioned to be received within the opening in the receiver tube and defines a longitudinally-extending passageway. The rod is rotatably received within the longitudinally-extending passageway between a first position and a second position. The rod includes a detent feature that couples together the elongated body and the receiver tube when the rod is rotated to the second position and detaches the elongated body and the receiver tube when the rod is rotated to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Midway Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Kenneth R. Laskie, Randy Schott
  • Patent number: 11473039
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pouches made from a combination of chemically different water-soluble films and optionally containing a composition (e.g. a household care composition or non-household care composition) that is at least partially enclosed by the water-soluble films in at least one compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Regine Labeque, Florence Catherine Courchay, Marc Rene Bert Renmans, David M. Lee, Steven G. Friedrich, Lee K. Yeung, Shinsuke Nii
  • Patent number: 11459433
    Abstract: A water-soluble film including a polyvinyl alcohol copolymer resin, a plasticizer, an anti-block filler, and a release modifier is disclosed herein. Also disclosed are related packets incorporating the film, and related methods of making and using the film and packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Shinsuke Nii, David M. Lee, Jennifer L. Childers
  • Patent number: 11453754
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are water-soluble films including a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin blend and optionally one or more additional components such as plasticizers, fillers, surfactants, and other additives. The PVOH resin blend includes a first copolymer including a first anionic monomer unit and a second PVOH copolymer including a second anionic monomer unit. When the PVOH copolymers are blended in particular proportions and/or selected with regard to various criteria related to physical and chemical film properties, the resulting water-soluble film formed from the PVOH resin blend exhibits maintained film stiffness, and pouch tautness when in contact with liquid pouch contents, maintain acceptable clarity properties, and/or demonstrate acceptable band release without impairing the ultimate solubility of the water-soluble film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Childers, Richard Goetz, Percy Bromby, II, Akio Nishimi, Mitsunori Asada, David M. Lee
  • Publication number: 20220258916
    Abstract: A cargo pallet is disclosed. The cargo pallet may have a pallet base. The cargo pallet may also have a pallet liner. The pallet liner may have a pallet liner base. The pallet liner base may be positioned on the pallet base. The pallet liner may also have a pallet extension, which may be fixedly attached to the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may project outwardly from the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may also have a support surface that may at least in part extend outwardly beyond a footprint of the pallet base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. LEE, Frank J. LeROSE
  • Patent number: 11416415
    Abstract: Technologies for secure device configuration and management include a computing device having an I/O device. A trusted agent of the computing device is trusted by a virtual machine monitor of the computing device. The trusted agent securely commands the I/O device to enter a trusted I/O mode, securely commands the I/O device to set a global lock on configuration registers, receives configuration data from the I/O device, and provides the configuration data to a trusted execution environment. In the trusted I/O mode, the I/O device rejects a configuration command if a configuration register associated with the configuration command is locked and the configuration command is not received from the trusted agent. The trusted agent may provide attestation information to the trusted execution environment. The trusted execution environment may verify the configuration data and the attestation information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reshma Lal, Pradeep M. Pappachan, Luis Kida, Krystof Zmudzinski, Siddhartha Chhabra, Abhishek Basak, Alpa Narendra Trivedi, Anna Trikalinou, David M. Lee, Vedvyas Shanbhogue, Utkarsh Y. Kakaiya
  • Patent number: 11407866
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are water-soluble films including a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin blend and optionally one or more additional components such as plasticizers, fillers, surfactants, and other additives. The PVOH resin blend includes a first copolymer including a first anionic monomer unit and a second PVOH copolymer including a second anionic monomer unit. When the PVOH copolymers are blended in particular proportions and/or selected with regard to various criteria related to physical and chemical film properties, the resulting water-soluble film formed from the PVOH resin blend exhibits maintained film stiffness, and pouch tautness when in contact with liquid pouch contents, and/or maintain acceptable clarity properties, without impairing the ultimate solubility of the water-soluble film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Childers, Richard Goetz, Percy Bromby, II, Akio Nishimi, Mitsunori Asada, David M. Lee
  • Patent number: 11352468
    Abstract: Perfume microcapsule-containing films, related solutions, and containers including the films (e.g. detergent packets) are disclosed, together with their methods of preparation and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: MONOSOL, LLC, Givaudan SA
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Yashodhan S. Parulekar, Jonathon Knight, Stephanie Kolb
  • Patent number: 11305914
    Abstract: A cargo pallet is disclosed. The cargo pallet may have a pallet base. The cargo pallet may also have a pallet liner. The pallet liner may have a pallet liner base. The pallet liner base may be positioned on the pallet base. The pallet liner may also have a pallet extension, which may be fixedly attached to the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may project outwardly from the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may also have a support surface that may at least in part extend outwardly beyond a footprint of the pallet base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Federal Express Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Frank J. LeRose
  • Publication number: 20220091998
    Abstract: Technologies for secure device configuration and management include a computing device having an I/O device. A trusted agent of the computing device is trusted by a virtual machine monitor of the computing device. The trusted agent securely commands the I/O device to enter a trusted I/O mode, securely commands the I/O device to set a global lock on configuration registers, receives configuration data from the I/O device, and provides the configuration data to a trusted execution environment. In the trusted I/O mode, the I/O device rejects a configuration command if a configuration register associated with the configuration command is locked and the configuration command is not received from the trusted agent. The trusted agent may provide attestation information to the trusted execution environment. The trusted execution environment may verify the configuration data and the attestation information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Reshma Lal, Pradeep M. Pappachan, Luis Kida, Krystof Zmudzinski, Siddhartha Chhabra, Abhishek Basak, Alpa Narendra Trivedi, Anna Trikalinou, David M. Lee, Vedvyas Shanbhogue, Utkarsh Y. Kakaiya