Patents by Inventor Juan Rodriguez
Juan Rodriguez 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).
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Publication number: 20180305554Abstract: A process for producing surface modified carbon black is disclosed. The process comprises the step of treating carbon black with a sulfur compound in an amount in the range of 0.005%-1% of the carbon black to effect in situ formation of surface groups to produce the surface modified carbon black which when combined with a polymer composition alters the carbon black-polymer interaction to decrease the hysteresis of the polymer composition. The curing time required for polymer composition comprising the surface modified carbon black is also decreased. The preferred sulfur compounds are sulfite or sulfate salts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Juan Rodriguez, Ranjan Ghosal, Sunil Kumar Narayanan
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Publication number: 20180134900Abstract: The present invention discloses a reactor (100) for manufacturing carbon black, said reactor (100) comprising flow guide means (110) provided between a fuel burner (106) and an air inlet (108) for altering the flow path of combustion air entering at the air inlet (108) to result in a better mixing between the fuel and the combustion air, thereby, producing higher temperature hot combustion gases which are subsequently received in a reaction chamber (104) where they react with a carbonaceous feedstock to produce carbon black. The reactor (100) of the present invention increases the carbon black production by 5-20%. Further, the positioning of the flow guise means (110) stabilizes the flame from the fuel burner (106) to maintain it along the reactor axis, thus, increasing the life of the refractory lining (114).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Juan Rodriguez, Bipul Sinha, Vivek Vitankar
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Publication number: 20180129813Abstract: In one aspect, a computerized method for assessing and managing information security risks in a computer system includes the step of receiving a customer security assessment. The method includes the step of obtaining a set of already-answered security assessment questions. The method includes the step of applying one or more machine learning methods to generate a strength of one or more similarities scores. The method includes the step of automatically populating one or more direct mappings between the set of already-answered security assessment questions with the other set of questions in a customer security assessment. The method includes the step of setting a baseline score for the one or more direct mappings to already-answered security assessment questions to a set of answered questions in the customer security assessment by using the strength of one or more similarities scores.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Jeff Dotson, Andrew Watanabe, Joshua Mortensen, Juan Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20180037699Abstract: A method of preparing a polyetherimide and an improved polyetherimide are disclosed. Low color polyetherimides are disclosed along with process improvements which produce the reduced color of the final product polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Thomas Guggenheim, Juan Rodriguez Ordonez, Javier Nieves Remacha, Jose Roman Galdamez Pena, Hareesh Shamrao Deshpande, Sunil S. Dhumal, Surya Prakasa Rao Daliparthi, Srinivas Mahesh Kumar, Sivakumar P., Siva Kumar Sreeramagiri, Carmen Rocío Misiego Arpa, Carlos Sanjuan Fernandez, Bernabe Quevedo Sanchez
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Patent number: 9873797Abstract: A process for treating carbon black with a sulfur-containing compound to obtain a surface modified carbon black that can decrease the hysteresis of a polymer composition by at least 1%.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Inventors: Juan Rodriguez, Ranjan Ghosal, Sunil Kumar Narayanan
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Publication number: 20170304706Abstract: The present invention enhances a golf tournament using novel tournament rules that include allowing proficient players to interact with other players, more particularly, professional players to affect the outcome of the tournament. After teams are created the game a best ball is played at the first day, a low and aggregate ball is played on the second day and a worse ball is played on the last day. At the end of the tournament the team with the lowest score wins.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2016Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventor: Juan A. Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20170217378Abstract: A vehicle hook assembly may include a housing having an internal cavity receiving a slidable portion having a hook at a distal end thereof and a rail extending along a side of the slidable portion and at least one depressible knob configured to maintain the slidable portion at a fixed lateral positon relative to the housing in a relaxed state and to allow lateral movement of the slidable portion relative to the housing in a depressed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Juan RODRIGUEZ, Enrique Granell PENICHE
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Patent number: 9718963Abstract: The present invention discloses a reactor (100) for manufacturing carbon black, said reactor (100) comprising flow guide means (110) provided between a fuel burner (106) and an air inlet (108) for altering the flow path of combustion air entering at the air inlet (108) to result in a better mixing between the fuel and the combustion air, thereby, producing higher temperature hot combustion gases which are subsequently received in a reaction chamber (104) where they react with a carbonaceous feedstock to produce carbon black. The reactor (100) of the present invention increases the carbon black production by 5-20%. Further, the positioning of the flow guide means (110) stabilizes the flame from the fuel burner (106) to maintain it along the reactor axis, thus, increasing the life of the refractory lining (114).Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited, Aditya Birla Science and Technology Company LimitedInventors: Juan Rodriguez, Bipul Sinha, Vivek Vitankar
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Patent number: 9561417Abstract: A training bat has a central rod extending through the longitudinal length of the bat. A knob may be located at a proximal end of the bat. A handle located immediately distal to the knob may slide along the length of the rod. A cone section may be located distal to the handle. The knob and cone section may limit the longitudinal sliding of the handle. A barrel section may be located distal to the cone section. If the barrel section includes an interior chamber, the distal end of the barrel section may include a removable cap. Weights, springs, pins and other objects may be located inside the barrel section. Electrical components or other devices may also be included in the cone section, barrel section or cap. The handle may include an acoustic chamber and an amplifying chamber to provide for emission of a sound when the bat is swung. The acoustic chamber and amplifying chamber may also incorporate safety features.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Inventor: Juan Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20160308709Abstract: A system implementing a method for determining QoS degradations comprises: receiving alarms (a) from application layer or from network nodes of a MPLS network, including Passive Traffic Analyzer, Physical Layer Monitoring and MPLS OAM nodes, depending on the alarm, the system requests testing (d) for location and the network nodes answer back with location (e), once the fault is located, the system starts traffic restoration (h) via MPLS Signaling and receives the result (i), the system may need to consult the System Database, optionally query (b)—reply (c) step before requesting location, while query (f)—response (g) step is mandatory before restoration (h), once traffic restored, further testing by the network nodes and/or the application layer are triggered (j) by the system to ensure the correct overall QoS within the new network situation, a loop (i) of further restoration can be triggered by the system until a global stable non-degraded behavior is declared.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Telefonica, S.AInventors: Juan Pedro Fernandez-Palacios Gimenez, Juan Rodriguez Martinez
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Patent number: 9398741Abstract: A lawn care device may include a cutting deck housing at least one blade, an engine configured to selectively provide for rotation of the at least one blade responsive to selective coupling of the rotary power of the engine to the at least one blade via a power takeoff (PTO) clutch, and a PTO switch that is operable in two directions to engage or disengage the PTO clutch based on which one of the two directions the PTO switch is moved by a user. The PTO switch may be biased to return to a neutral position after each operation thereof. The PTO switch may be configured to perform at least one additional operational function responsive to sequential operation of the PTO switch in at least one of the two directions.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: HUSQVARNA ABInventors: Sean Dwyer, Juan Rodriguez, Matthew Albinger
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Publication number: 20160129330Abstract: A training bat has a central rod extending through the longitudinal length of the bat. A knob may be located at a proximal end of the bat. A handle located immediately distal to the knob may slide along the length of the rod. A cone section may be located distal to the handle. The knob and cone section may limit the longitudinal sliding of the handle. A barrel section may be located distal to the cone section. If the barrel section includes an interior chamber, the distal end of the barrel section may include a removable cap. Weights, springs, pins and other objects may be located inside the barrel section. Electrical components or other devices may also be included in the cone section, barrel section or cap. The handle may include an acoustic chamber and an amplifying chamber to provide for emission of a sound when the bat is swung. The acoustic chamber and amplifying chamber may also incorporate safety features.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventor: Juan Rodriguez
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Patent number: 9314714Abstract: An apparatus and method to separate grease and solids from wastewater before reaching the sewers using a grease trap, wherein said grease trap comprises a turbulence buffer and a plurality of chambers which efficiently trap solid particles from the water waste in other to make easier the compliance with regulating agencies.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Inventor: Felix Juan Rodriguez-Jovet
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Patent number: 9313596Abstract: An audio signal distortion detection device for simplifying the detection of harmonic distortion to aid in setting an amplifier's gain control to match an audio source unit's output voltage. The audio signal distortion detection device generally includes a housing having a plurality of status indicators thereon for indicating the status of an audio signal being fed into the housing's audio input. By utilizing a scaling circuit and processing unit, the present invention may be configured to detect four audio frequencies and compare DC levels of the frequencies to each other to determine if harmonic distortion is present. A distortion illuminator will illuminate when such distortion is detected and thus significantly reduce the effort required to setting an amplifier's gain control.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignees: D'Amore Engineering LLC, Steve Meade Designs Inc.Inventors: Anthony T. D'Amore, Juan Rodriguez, Steven Anthony Meade
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Publication number: 20150350291Abstract: A system including a live streaming optimizer server for optimal distribution of live media content, and a method for implementing the system. The system including at least one user provided with a computing device requesting a live media content; and a controller located in the distribution network of a content delivery network being adapted to receive said requesting and to transmit said requested live media content to said at least one user, and a live streaming optimizer (LISTO) server located in the transport network of said content delivery network and adapted to request said live media content to an identified content delivery network end point in a certain domain and adapted to transmit said live media content to said at least one user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: TELEFONICA, S.A.Inventors: Luis Miguel CONTRERAS MURILLO, Juan RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ
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Publication number: 20150257336Abstract: A lawn care device may include a cutting deck housing at least one blade, an engine configured to selectively provide for rotation of the at least one blade responsive to selective coupling of the rotary power of the engine to the at least one blade via a power takeoff (PTO) clutch, and a PTO switch that is operable in two directions to engage or disengage the PTO clutch based on which one of the two directions the PTO switch is moved by a user. The PTO switch may be biased to return to a neutral position after each operation thereof. The PTO switch may be configured to perform at least one additional operational function responsive to sequential operation of the PTO switch in at least one of the two directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Sean Dwyer, Juan Rodriguez, Matthew Albinger
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Publication number: 20150224381Abstract: A training bat has a central rod extending through the longitudinal length of the bat. A knob may be located at a proximal end of the bat. A handle located immediately distal to the knob may slide along the length of the rod. A cone section may be located distal to the handle. The knob and cone section may limit the longitudinal sliding of the handle. A barrel section may be located distal to the cone section. If the barrel section includes an interior chamber, the distal end of the barrel section may include a removable cap. Weights, springs, pins and other objects may be located inside the barrel section. Electrical components or other devices may also be included in the cone section, barrel section or cap. The handle may include an acoustic chamber and an amplifying chamber to provide for emission of a sound when the bat is swung. The acoustic chamber and amplifying chamber may also incorporate safety features.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventor: Juan Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20140290532Abstract: A process for producing surface modified carbon black is disclosed. The process comprises the step of treating carbon black with a sulfur compound in an amount in the range of 0.005%-1% of the carbon black to effect in situ formation of surface groups to produce the surface modified carbon black which when combined with a polymer composition alters the carbon black-polymer interaction to decrease the hysteresis of the polymer composition. The curing time required for polymer composition comprising the surface modified carbon black is also decreased. The preferred sulfur compounds are sulfite or sulfate salts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: ADITYA BIRLA NUVO LIMITEDInventors: Juan Rodriguez, Ranjan Ghosal, Sunil Kumar Narayanan
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Publication number: 20140238925Abstract: An apparatus and method to separate grease and solids from wastewater before reaching the sewers using a grease trap, wherein said grease trap comprises a turbulence buffer and a plurality of chambers which efficiently trap solid particles from the water waste in other to make easier the compliance with regulating agencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: Felix Juan Rodriguez-Jovet
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Publication number: 20140167398Abstract: A riding lawn care vehicle may include a frame and a steering assembly. Wheels of the riding lawn care vehicle may be attachable to the frame. The steering assembly may be operably coupled to the frame and configured for steering at least one wheel of the riding lawn care vehicle. The steering assembly may include a vertical adjustment assembly and a folding assembly. The vertical adjustment assembly may be configured to enable telescopic adjustment a height of handles associated with the steering assembly. The folding assembly may be configured to enable folding of at least a portion of the steering assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Husqvarna Consumer Outdoor Products, N.A., Inc.Inventors: Duncan Burns, Brad Graham, Juan Rodriguez, Steve Brinkman