Patents by Inventor David T. Morby

David T. Morby 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: 20180334629
    Abstract: A process for cleaning and beneficiating biomass is described which may allow removal of entrained salts and light volatiles from biomass materials. The process may also minimize energy use through capturing steam and flue gases for re-use. The process may generally comprise the following steps: prewashing and/or preheating a biomass, pressurizing the biomass in a steam explosion vessel, rapidly depressurizing the steam explosion vessel, releasing the steam from the steam explosion vessel entrained with fine lignin-enriched particles into a cyclone-type gas expansion vessel, routing the steam from the gas expansion vessel to the input hopper, subjecting the biomass to a second washing step, mechanically removing a portion of the water from the biomass, and evaporatively heating the biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Philip J. Scalzo, Carleton D. Tait, Daniel J. McCarthy, Russell N. Taylor, Ronald A. Cella, Gregory W. Koch, David T. Morby, Jason W. Hepworth, Jason D. Owens
  • Publication number: 20180334630
    Abstract: A process for cleaning and beneficiating biomass is described which may allow removal of entrained salts and light volatiles from biomass materials. The process may also minimize energy use through capturing steam and flue gases for re-use. The process may generally comprise the following steps: prewashing and/or preheating a biomass, pressurizing the biomass in a steam explosion vessel, rapidly depressurizing the steam explosion vessel, releasing the steam from the steam explosion vessel entrained with fine lignin-enriched particles into a cyclone-type gas expansion vessel, routing the steam from the gas expansion vessel to the input hopper, subjecting the biomass to a second washing step, mechanically removing a portion of the water from the biomass. After the biomass has been steam-exploded, it may be washed and used as an engineered soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Philip J. Scalzo, Carleton D. Tait, Daniel J. McCarthy, Russell N. Taylor, Ronald A. Cella, Gregory W. Koch, David T. Morby, Jason W. Hepworth, Jason D. Owens
  • Patent number: 9824326
    Abstract: A system of tracking an airbag, comprising a server, a parts database communicatively coupled to the server, and a number of user devices communicatively coupled to the server in which the server collects data associated with the airbag and in which the system receives and updates status data associated with the airbag. A method of tracking an airbag, comprising collecting data associated with a specific airbag, storing the collected data on a parts database, receiving updated airbag status data, and providing the collected data and status data to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Inventor: David T. Morby
  • Publication number: 20150242803
    Abstract: A system of tracking an airbag, comprising a server, a parts database communicatively coupled to the server, and a number of user devices communicatively coupled to the server in which the server collects data associated with the airbag and in which the system receives and updates status data associated with the airbag. A method of tracking an airbag, comprising collecting data associated with a specific airbag, storing the collected data on a parts database, receiving updated airbag status data, and providing the collected data and status data to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: David T. Morby