Patents by Inventor George A. Smith

George A. Smith 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: 11505746
    Abstract: A vegetable oil-based alkoxylate composition comprising a mixture of mono-, di-, and/or triacyl alkoxylated glycerides and alkoxylated glycerin. A method of reacting a vegetable oil and an alkoxylated glycerin via a transesterification reaction to produce a vegetable oil-based alkoxylate composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Indorama Ventures Oxides LLC
    Inventors: Heather Byrne, George A. Smith, Hungchang Calvin Chiu, Jeffrey Cellura, Xiaohua Fang
  • Publication number: 20220316482
    Abstract: Systems and methods of flow testing different workpieces in an automated testing station are described. Each workpiece comprises a flow path from an inlet to an outlet and the automated testing station comprises first and second sealing heads for injecting gas into the inlets of workpieces and collecting gas from the outlets of workpieces. The method includes performing a flow test by moving the flow test heads toward the workpieces while at the same time priming a flow of gas from the first sealing heads to the second sealing heads, prior to engaging the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Nicholson, Philip David Munroe, Mathieu Jocelyn Giles Pascal Gaudreault, Martin George Smith, David Andrew Tait, Robert David Almas, Colin Spencer Quelch
  • Publication number: 20220275630
    Abstract: A clearspan structure including component systems, and methods of forming a clearspan structure including component systems, for mitigating hazards to personnel or equipment from explosions, fires, toxic material release, and other hazards in hazardous locations. The exemplary clearspan structure is also capable of withstanding environmental conditions such as snow loads and wind. The exemplary clearspan structure is, for example, a tent or fabric structure which includes a plurality of frame members forming a support system for the clearspan structure, and fabric roof portions and walls for enclosing the clearspan structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Mahaffey Fabric Structures, LLC
    Inventors: George A. Smith, William C. Sublette
  • Publication number: 20220234243
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lumber torque tool used for straightening of warped lumber during the fabrication of wood frame assemblies. This warpage is known as crook and twist. The lumber torque tool comprises: an elongate lever arm comprising an inner lever face, an alignment plate comprising a medial face facing and spaced from the inner lever face, and a torque link extending and fixed between the medial face and the inner lever face. The inner lever face, the medial face and the torque link define a proximally facing U-shaped proximal lock pocket and a U-shaped distal lock pocket at a distal end of the lumber torque tool for engaging lumber therein during the application of forces to the lumber. Methods for using the lumber torque tool to remove twist and crook are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Paul George Smith
  • Publication number: 20220165364
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining molecular structures based on atomic-orbital-based features are described. Atomic-orbital-based features can be utilized in combination with machine-learning methods to predict accurate properties, such as quantum mechanical energy, of molecular systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: California Institute of Technology, Entos, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhuoran Qiao, Animashree Anandkumar, Thomas Francis Miller, Matthew Gregory Welborn, Frederick Roy Manby, Feizhi Ding, Daniel George Smith, Peter John Bygrave, Sai Krishna Sirumalla, Anders Steen Christensen
  • Patent number: 11332919
    Abstract: A clearspan structure including component systems, and methods of forming a clearspan structure including component systems, for mitigating hazards to personnel or equipment from explosions, fires, toxic material release, and other hazards in hazardous locations. The exemplary clearspan structure is also capable of withstanding environmental conditions such as snow loads and wind. The exemplary clearspan structure is, for example, a tent or fabric structure which includes a plurality of frame members forming a support system for the clearspan structure, and fabric roof portions and walls for enclosing the clearspan structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MAHAFFEY FABRIC STRUCTURES, LLC
    Inventors: George A. Smith, William C. Sublette
  • Publication number: 20220130705
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck (ESC) is provided. An ESC body is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jeremy George SMITH, Oleksandr MIKHNENKO, Slobodan MITROVIC
  • Publication number: 20220107513
    Abstract: A high visibility safety eyewear assembly includes a frame and a pair of temples that are attached to and extend rearwardly of the frame. A lens is attached to and extends downwardly from the frame. The lens includes lateral sides extending to a forward section of each of the temples. The lens are comprised of an impact resistant material. A reflective material is attached to and extends along a front side of the frame and further extends beyond the frame and onto each of the temples. A light emitter is mounted on a first temple of the pair of temples. The light emitter is directed forward of the frame. An actuator is engaged with the light emitter to turn the light emitter on or off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: George A. Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20220028591
    Abstract: A High Temperature Superconductor, HTS, magnet comprising a coil formed of nested concentric windings. Each winding comprises HTS material. The HTS magnet further comprises a conductor element comprising an electrical contact surface through which to supply electric current to a portion of at least one of the windings. The surface provides electrical contact between the conductor element and an axial edge of the coil substantially around the path of the at least one of the windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Greg Brittles, Marcel Kruip, Tony Langtry, George Smith
  • Patent number: 11136528
    Abstract: A method of reacting castor oil and an alkoxylated glycerin via a transesterification reaction to produce an estolide of castor oil alkoxylate. Compositions comprising an estolide of castor oil alkoxylate and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: INDORAMA VENTURES OXIDES LLC
    Inventors: Heather Byrne, George Smith, Hungchang Calvin Chiu, Jeffery Cellura, Xiaohua Fang, Anabel Rubio, Matthew T. Meredith
  • Publication number: 20210292893
    Abstract: A method for coating a component of a plasma processing chamber is provided. An electrolytic oxidation coating is formed over a surface of the component, wherein the electrolytic oxidation coating has a plurality of pores, wherein the electrolytic oxidation coating has a thickness and at least some of the plurality of pores extends through the thickness of the electrolytic oxidation coating. An atomic layer deposition is deposited on the electrolytic oxidation coating. The atomic layer deposition comprises a plurality of cycles, where each cycle comprises flowing a first reactant, wherein the first reactant forms a first reactant layer in the pores of the electrolytic oxidation coating, wherein the first reactant layer extends through the thickness of the electrolytic oxidation coating, stopping the flow of the first reactant, flowing a second reactant, wherein the second reactant reacts with the first reactant layer, and stopping the flow of the second reactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Slobodan MITROVIC, Jeremy George SMITH, Tony Shaleen KAUSHAL, Eric A. PAPE
  • Publication number: 20210219688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair straightening apparatus having two arms pivotably coupled together and a heating plate on a facing side of at least one arm. A flexible protective rim substantially surrounds the periphery of a hair contacting surface of each heating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Arran George SMITH, Richard David NICOLAOU, Frederick Stuart GROTRIAN
  • Publication number: 20210164216
    Abstract: A clearspan structure including component systems, and methods of forming a clearspan structure including component systems, for mitigating hazards to personnel or equipment from explosions, fires, toxic material release, and other hazards in hazardous locations. The exemplary clearspan structure is also capable of withstanding environmental conditions such as snow loads and wind. The exemplary clearspan structure is, for example, a tent or fabric structure which includes a plurality of frame members forming a support system for the clearspan structure, and fabric roof portions and walls for enclosing the clearspan structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Mahaffey Fabric Structures, LLC
    Inventors: George A. Smith, William C. Sublette
  • Publication number: 20210143037
    Abstract: A temperature controller for substrate processing system includes memory that stores a temperature control model that correlates a heat transfer gas pressure and a first temperature of a substrate support to a second temperature of a substrate arranged on the substrate support, a temperature calculation module configured to calculate the second temperature of the substrate using the heat transfer gas pressure, the first temperature of the substrate support, and the temperature control model, and a heat transfer gas control module configured to adjust the heat transfer gas pressure based on the second temperature of the substrate calculated by the temperature calculation module and a desired third temperature of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremy George SMITH, Eric A. PAPE
  • Patent number: 10914060
    Abstract: A clearspan structure including component systems, and methods of forming a clearspan structure including component systems, for mitigating hazards to personnel or equipment from explosions, fires, toxic material release, and other hazards in hazardous locations. The exemplary clearspan structure is also capable of withstanding environmental conditions such as snow loads and wind. The exemplary clearspan structure is, for example, a tent or fabric structure which includes a plurality of frame members forming a support system for the clearspan structure, and fabric roof portions and walls for enclosing the clearspan structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MAHAFFEY FABRIC STRUCTURES, LLC
    Inventors: George A. Smith, William C. Sublette
  • Publication number: 20200362266
    Abstract: A method of reacting castor oil and an alkoxylated glycerin via a transesterification reaction to produce an estolide of castor oil alkoxylate. Compositions comprising an estolide of castor oil alkoxylate and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Heather Byrne, George Smith, Calvin Hungchang Chiu, Jeffery Cellura, Xiaohua Fang, Anabel Rubio, Matthew T. Meredith
  • Patent number: 10818460
    Abstract: A magnetic module in a circuit interrupting system is configured to generate a blow-on force that pushes a moving contact toward a stationary contact. The magnetic module includes: a coil conductor having an opening through which a moving stem of the moving contact may move, wherein the coil conductor is electrically connected to the moving stem and a first auxiliary conductor, wherein the coil conductor is configured to allow current to flow from the moving stem to the first auxiliary conductor; a plunger attached to an end of the moving stem; and a first magnetic core shaped to fit around a first section of the coil conductor, wherein the first magnetic core is configured, when current flows through the coil conductor to the first auxiliary conductor, to become magnetized, attract the plunger toward the magnetic core, and cause the moving stem of the moving contact to move toward the stationary contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: S&C Electric Company
    Inventors: Goran Djogo, Richard George Smith, Daniel Hunter Desmond
  • Publication number: 20200176132
    Abstract: There is described neutron shielding for a nuclear fusion reactor. The neutron shielding includes a cemented carbide or boride comprising a binder and an aggregate, the aggregate comprising particles of a carbide or boride compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: David KINGHAM, George SMITH
  • Patent number: D942617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Mark George Smith
  • Patent number: D967520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Arran George Smith, Andrew Drummond Flynn, Chee Aun Lua, Shy Huey Yee, Ian Manalo Diata