Patents by Inventor Gregory S. Nelson

Gregory S. Nelson 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: 20240130440
    Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a heater assembly for a non-nicotine pod assembly includes a base, a wick feed, a slide, and a holder. The wick feed extends toward the base and defines a channel configured to receive a wick structured to draw a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation via capillary action. The slide is configured to move along a plane on a top face of the base. The holder is disposed on the top face of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Gregory L. NELSON, Bipin PATIL, Craig GUNN, Rangaraj S. SUNDAR
  • Publication number: 20240130439
    Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a heater assembly for a nicotine pod assembly includes a base, a wick feed, a slide, and a holder. The wick feed extends toward the base and defines a channel configured to receive a wick structured to draw a nicotine pre-vapor formulation via capillary action. The slide is configured to move along a plane on a top face of the base. The holder is disposed on the top face of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Gregory L. NELSON, Bipin PATIL, Craig GUNN, Rangaraj S. SUNDAR
  • Patent number: 11945944
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a curable composition comprising: a polymerizable epoxy-acrylate resin composition having a complex viscosity at 25° C. and 1 Hz frequency of at least about 4500 Pa-s and a probe tack peak force of at least about 300 kPa; and abrasive particles partially or fully embedded in the polymerizable epoxy-acrylate resin composition. The disclosure also relates to cured compositions formed from such curable compositions, wherein the abrasive particles are partially or fully embedded in the cured composition. In addition, the disclosure relates to abrasive articles made from such cured compositions as well as methods for making abrasive articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kathleen S. Shafer, Rebecca A. Putans, Ernest L. Thurber, Cyrus A. Anderson, Corinne E. Lipscomb, Thomas J. Nelson, Gregory P. Sorenson, Chainika Jangu
  • Patent number: 8634164
    Abstract: A method of detaching a head suspension component from a locating and transport structure where the head suspension component is integrally connected to the locating and transport structure by a tab having a reduced tensile strength with respect to each of the head suspension component and the locating and transport structure. The method includes applying a tensile load to the tab to cause the tab to fracture, so that the head suspension component is detached from the locating and transport structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan J. Scheele, Richard A. Schnitzler, Brett L. Haugen, Ronald W. Rome, Lance J. Evans, Gregory S. Nelson, Michael R. Jensen, Patrick R. LaLonde
  • Publication number: 20130337737
    Abstract: A gas cabinet and a method of controlling air flow through said gas cabinet. The gas cabinet includes an enclosure; a damper having at least two flow rate positions; an exhaust outlet; a set of sensors; and a programmable logic controller configured to change a flow rate position of the damper from a first flow rate position to a second flow rate position based on the state of the sensors. The method includes using the damper to lower the amount of exhausted air required under normal operating conditions and using the damper to increase the amount of exhausted air when a possible gas leak is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig N. DeVarney, Janice M. Edler, Gregory S. Nelson, Patrick Zachary