Patents by Inventor John Charles Gray

John Charles Gray 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: 20240168500
    Abstract: A flow control device is disclosed. The flow control device includes a solenoid, the solenoid including an armature. Also, a piston connected to the armature. The piston includes a primary orifice. The piston having an open position and a closed position. A piston spring connected to the piston is also includes and at least one secondary orifice. The movement of the piston to the open position at least partially opens the at least one secondary orifice and the movement of the piston to the closed position at least partially closes the at least one secondary orifice. The movement of the armature actuates the piston movement and controls fluid flow from the primary orifice through the at least one secondary orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Beavis H. Russell, Benjamin W. Jones, JR., John M. Kerwin, Larry B. Gray, Casey P. Manning, Felix Winkler, Robert A. Charles
  • Patent number: 11943876
    Abstract: Pre-connected analyte sensors are provided. A pre-connected analyte sensor includes a sensor carrier attached to an analyte sensor. The sensor carrier includes a substrate configured for mechanical coupling of the sensor to testing, calibration, or wearable equipment. The sensor carrier also includes conductive contacts for electrically coupling sensor electrodes to the testing, calibration, or wearable equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Halac, John Charles Barry, Becky L. Clark, Chris W. Dring, John Michael Gray, Kris Elliot Higley, Jeff Jackson, David A. Keller, Ted Tang Lee, Jason Mitchell, Kenneth Pirondini, David Rego, Ryan Everett Schoonmaker, Peter C. Simpson, Craig Thomas Gadd, Kyle Thomas Stewart, John Stanley Hayes
  • Publication number: 20230202263
    Abstract: A passenger cabin air distribution system includes a ventilation system and an ejector-diffuser. The ventilation system is operable to provide a conditioned air. The ejector-diffuser is positioned to receive a flow of the conditioned air from the ventilation system. The ejector-diffuser includes an induction unit and a diffuser section. The induction unit includes a secondary inlet in communication with a cabin air from a passenger cabin and is configured to mix the flow of the conditioned air with an induced flow of the cabin air into a mixed air. The diffuser section includes a discharge to eject the mixed air to the passenger cabin. The diffuser section is shaped to provide for efficient mixing with low backpressure in order to maintain the low motive pressure in the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Daniel Jay Menard, Mary Eileen Beckman
  • Patent number: 11661214
    Abstract: An air revitalization system may include a humidity control device configured to remove water vapor from air within a pressurized enclosed volume. The system may further include an inlet duct configured to transport the air from the pressurized enclosed volume to the humidity control device. The system may also include an outlet duct configured to transport the air from the humidity control device to the pressurized enclosed volume. The system may include a sublimator configured to cool the air within the pressurized enclosed volume while generating additional water vapor. The system may further include a vacuum vent duct configured to transport the water vapor from the humidity control device and the additional water vapor from the sublimator to an exterior of the pressurized enclosed volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, John Lumpkin, Daniel J. Leonard, John B. Lauger, Michael James Fuller, Brian R. Dunaway
  • Patent number: 11560043
    Abstract: A passenger cabin air distribution system includes a ventilation system and an ejector-diffuser. The ventilation system is operable to provide a conditioned air. The ejector-diffuser is positioned to receive a flow of the conditioned air from the ventilation system. The ejector-diffuser includes an induction unit and a diffuser section. The induction unit includes a secondary inlet in communication with a cabin air from a passenger cabin and is configured to mix the flow of the conditioned air with an induced flow of the cabin air into a mixed air. The diffuser section includes a discharge to eject the mixed air to the passenger cabin. The diffuser section is shaped to provide for efficient mixing with low backpressure in order to maintain the low motive pressure in the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Daniel Jay Menard, Mary Eileen Beckman
  • Publication number: 20210321548
    Abstract: ‘GRAylw’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid cultivar which is characterized by the combination of an upright to semi-weeping, bushy growth habit, nearly continuous flowering, with flowers that exhibit a distinct strong, bright yellow color and moderate to strong fragrance and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: 10967992
    Abstract: A temperature control system may include a heat exchanger configured to cool air within a pressurized enclosed crew cabin when the air is circulated across the heat exchanger and coolant is circulated through the heat exchanger. The system may further include a sublimator configured to cool the coolant. The system may also include a primary coolant line configured to transport the coolant from the sublimator through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael James Fuller, Daniel J. Leonard, John B. Lauger, Brian R. Dunaway, John Charles Gray
  • Publication number: 20210031595
    Abstract: A passenger cabin air distribution system includes a ventilation system and an ejector-diffuser. The ventilation system is operable to provide a conditioned air. The ejector-diffuser is positioned to receive a flow of the conditioned air from the ventilation system. The ejector-diffuser includes an induction unit and a diffuser section. The induction unit includes a secondary inlet in communication with a cabin air from a passenger cabin and is configured to mix the flow of the conditioned air with an induced flow of the cabin air into a mixed air. The diffuser section includes a discharge to eject the mixed air to the passenger cabin. The diffuser section is shaped to provide for efficient mixing with low backpressure in order to maintain the low motive pressure in the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Daniel Jay Menard, Mary Eileen Beckman
  • Publication number: 20200275593
    Abstract: ‘GRAbgtg’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an upright growth habit, good resistance to Diplocarpon rosae and moderate Podosphaera pannosa, nearly continuous flowering, distinct flower color dominated by burgundy red with irregular pink variegated areas that are splashed and flecked with burgundy red, a very strong rose fragrance, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Publication number: 20200275594
    Abstract: ‘GRAalpha’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an semi-weeping to spreading growth habit, very high resistance to Diplocarpon rosae and Podosphaera pannosa, nearly continuous flowering, distinct flower color dominated by yellow with irregular orange variegated areas that are splashed and flecked with yellow, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Publication number: 20200275595
    Abstract: ‘GRApstg’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an upright growth habit, good resistance to Diplocarpon Rosae and Podosphaera pannosa, nearly continuous flowering, distinct cream stripes and flecks and petal reverse pink with cream stripes and flecks, a very strong rose fragrance, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: PP31740
    Abstract: ‘GRAcha’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an upright to semi-weeping growth habit, very high resistance to Diplocarpon rosae and Sphaerotheca pannosa, nearly continuous flowering, electric mid pink double-type flowers, a strong rose fragrance, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: PP31741
    Abstract: ‘GRAzest’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an upright to semi-weeping and bushy growth habit, nearly continuous flowering, large single type flowers with a bright true red coloration, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: PP31742
    Abstract: ‘GRAnib’ is a new and distinct cultivar of floribunda type Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an upright and bushy growth habit, nearly continuous flowering, double flowers that exhibit a strong dark red with velvet overlay tending black, flowers with a strong rose fragrance, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: PP31792
    Abstract: ‘GRAosr’ is a new and distinct floribunda type cultivar of Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an upright, bushy growth habit, nearly continuous flowering, with flowers that exhibit a distinct strong red with petals yellow at the base and with a silver white reverse, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: PP32266
    Abstract: ‘PNKTER’ is a new and distinct Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of a bushy growth habit with an abundance of doubled-type pink flowers born on terminal corymbs, strongly perfumed flowers, very high resistance to blackspot and powdery mildew diseases, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: PP32983
    Abstract: ‘GRAalpha’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an semi-weeping to spreading growth habit, very high resistance to Diplocarpon rosae and Podosphaera pannosa, nearly continuous flowering, distinct flower color dominated by yellow with irregular orange variegated areas that are splashed and flecked with yellow, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: PP33270
    Abstract: ‘GRApstg’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an upright growth habit, good resistance to Diplocarpon rosae and Podosphaera pannosa, nearly continuous flowering, flowers exhibit distinct pink with cream stripes and flecks and petal reverse pink with cream stripes and flecks, a very strong rose fragrance, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: PP33543
    Abstract: ‘GRAbgtg’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid plant which is characterized by the combination of an upright growth habit, good resistance to Diplocarpon rosae and moderate Podosphaera pannosa, nearly continuous flowering, distinct flower color dominated by burgundy red with irregular pink variegated areas that are splashed and flecked with burgundy red, a very strong rose fragrance, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray
  • Patent number: PP33834
    Abstract: ‘GRAylw’ is a new and distinct floribunda type Rosa hybrid cultivar which is characterized by the combination of an upright to semi-weeping, bushy growth habit, nearly continuous flowering, with flowers that exhibit a distinct strong, bright yellow color and moderate to strong fragrance and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation. The new cultivar is generally suited to landscape applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, Sylvia Elizabeth Gray