Patents by Inventor Kevin Paul

Kevin Paul 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).

  • Low-power platform with modular sensors
    Patent number: 11257595
    Abstract: A low-power platform senses an environment around the platform. The platform includes sensor interfaces, a multiplexer, a dual port memory, a processor, and a radio. The similar sensor interfaces are for attaching environmental sensors. The multiplexer combines the environmental data from the attached environmental sensors into a single stream. The dual port memory temporarily stores the stream. The processor intermittently retrieves the stream from the dual port memory. The radio forwards the stream toward a central system. Each interface includes a mechanical interlock for attaching a respective environmental sensor and an electrical interlock for detecting whether the mechanical interlock engages the environmental sensor. Each interface transfers peripheral power and environmental data for the respective environmental sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Laura Catherine Tolliver, Kevin Paul Votapka, Scott Christopher Batson, Bruce James Billian, Tony Donald Stafford, Kaitlyn Rebecca Bub, Hunter Joseph Smith, Lucas Duane Powell, Wesley Jamel Jones, Brandon Scott Lood, Joshua James Murphy, Kevin Joseph Pinzhoffer, Christopher Stephen Williams, Peyton Cavaroc, Alicia Hilton
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20220008994
    Abstract: A method or process may be provided that includes forming a first sinterable equipment part using a first manufacturing method, and forming a second equipment part using a second manufacturing method. The sinterable first equipment part may then be heated while securing the first equipment part to the second equipment part to form a monolithic equipment part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Brett Heher, Mahantesh Mallappa Hosur, Krishnamurthy Vaidyanathan, Kevin Paul Bailey, Sudeep Pradhan Sadananda Rao
  • PISTON COOLING JET
    Publication number: 20220010718
    Abstract: A piston cooling jet is provided that may include a housing having an interior chamber that receives a fluid from an external source, and a conduit coupled with the housing and fluidly coupled with the interior chamber, the conduit having a bent shape to direct the fluid from the interior chamber of the housing toward an underside of an engine piston head. The piston cooling jet may also include a flow straightening nozzle coupled with the conduit and positioned to straighten flow of the fluid exiting from the conduit via the nozzle toward the underside of the engine piston head, the flow straightening nozzle having internal intersecting walls that intersect along a direction of the flow of the fluid in the conduit and out of the flow straightening nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Brett Heher, Mahantesh Mallappa Hosur, Krishnamurthy Vaidyanathan, Kevin Paul Bailey, Sudeep Pradhan Sadananda Rao
  • PYRROLO[2,3-D]PYRIMIDINE TOSYLATE SALT, CRYSTALLINE FORM THEREOF AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND INTERMEDIATES THERETO
    Publication number: 20210387989
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel p-toluenesulfonic acid salt and a crystalline polymorphic Form 1 of said salt of 1-((2S,5R)-5-((7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)-2-methylpiperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, pharmaceutical composition containing the same, as well as preparations and uses thereof. The present invention also discloses a novel phosphoric acid salt of 1-((2S,5R)-5-((7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)-2-methylpiperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, pharmaceutical composition containing the same, as well as preparations and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Matthew SAMAS, Yong TAO, Douglas James Critcher, David Sydney Bernard Daniels, Kevin Paul Girard, Gregory Scott Goeken, Peter Robert Rose
  • Piston crown for a combustion system and an associated method thereof
    Patent number: 11199155
    Abstract: A piston crown for a combustion system is disclosed. The piston crown includes a piston bowl having a circumferential recess and a plurality of first recesses arranged spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction. The circumferential recess is disposed proximate to a circumference of the piston crown. Each recess of the plurality of the first recesses extends between a center of the piston crown and the circumferential recess, and a width and a depth of each recess of the plurality of first recesses are extended along a radial direction for an entire length of each recess of the plurality of first recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Roy James Primus, Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Dattatraya Somnath Bhagoji, Kevin Scott McElhaney, Bhaskar Tamma, Ravichandra Srinivasa Jupudi, Kevin Paul Bailey
  • Assay Structures for Multi-Step Biochemical Assays
    Publication number: 20210370290
    Abstract: Embodiments include assay devices within a single use, disposable cassette for biochemical assays with at least one fluid well and at least one capillary valve. The capillary valve in combination with motion of porous sheets within the assay leads to addition of liquid reagents at different times to the assay although a user adds the liquid reagents to the cassette simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Caitlin E. Anderson, Joshua Davis Bishop, David Michael Cate, Benjamin David Grant, Toan Huynh, Damian Madan, Kevin Paul Flood Nichols, Bernhard Hans Weigl
  • MOISTURE CROSSLINKABLE COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE AND HYDROLYSABLE SILANE
    Publication number: 20210363277
    Abstract: A copolymer of ethylene and hydrolysable silane includes from 0.1 wt % to 5.0 wt % hydrolysable silane groups and has a Mz(abs)/Mw(abs) of less than or equal to 9.5; a ratio of Mz(abs)/Mw(abs) to polydispersity of less than or equal to 1.5; a polydispersity of 6.6 or greater; a Density×Polydispersity of 6.0 or greater; or an Amorphous Content at Room Temperature×Polydispersity of 360 or greater. Methods for forming a moisture-crosslinkable polymer composition include forming a copolymer of ethylene and hydrolysable silane at a polymerization temperature of greater than or equal to 180° C. to less than or equal to 400° C. at a pressure from 5,000 psi to 50,000 psi; and adding a silanol condensation catalyst to the copolymer of ethylene and hydrolysable silane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Performance Materials NA, Inc.
    Inventors: Bharat I. Chaudhary, Bruce Michael Hasch, Sarat Munjal, Christopher Eddy, Kevin Paul Rogers, Rajesh P. Paradkar, Arkady Krasovskiy, Manish Talreja, Saurav S. Sengupta
  • WEARABLE AUDIO DEVICE WITH USER OWN-VOICE RECORDING
    Publication number: 20210350821
    Abstract: Various implementations include wearable audio devices configured to record a user's voice without recording other ambient acoustic signals, such as others talking nearby. In some particular aspects, a wearable audio device includes: a frame for contacting a head of a user; an electro-acoustic transducer within the frame and configured to output audio signals; at least one microphone; a voice activity detection (VAD) accelerometer; and a controller coupled with the electro-acoustic transducer, the at least one microphone and the VAD accelerometer, the controller configured in a first mode to: detect that the user is speaking; and record a voice of the user solely with signals from the VAD accelerometer in response to detecting that the user is speaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Francois Laberge, Kevin Paul Annunziato
  • Processes for producing continuous bulk forms of iron-silicon alloys and bulk forms produced thereby
    Patent number: 11168377
    Abstract: Processes for producing continuous bulk forms of iron-silicon alloys and bulk forms produced thereby. Such a bulk form is continuous in a longitudinal direction thereof and has a continuous cross-sectional form transverse to the longitudinal direction. The bulk form is formed of an Fe—Si alloy and has a crystallographic texture that comprises <111> and {110} fibers that are inclined relative to the longitudinal direction. The bulk form may be produced by a process that includes deforming a solid body formed of an Fe—Si alloy with a cutting tool in a single step to continuously produce a continuous bulk form from material obtained from the solid body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Andrew Benjamin Kustas, Dinakur Sagapuram, Kevin Paul Trumble, Srinivasan Chandrasekar
  • Copper based casting products and processes
    Patent number: 11136649
    Abstract: A method of casting an article includes forming a melt comprising copper, introducing manganese into the melt to produce a copper-manganese alloy, and casting the copper-manganese alloy in a mold to form the article. The carbon and oxygen contents of the copper-manganese alloy are controlled in order to control the formation of graphite, manganese carbide, and/or manganese oxide particles within the article. Copper-manganese alloys containing carbon are also provided, as well as articles made therefrom in cast or wrought form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kevin Paul Trumble, Kevin Joseph Chaput
  • USE OF CIRCULATING MICROPARTICLES TO STRATIFY RISK OF SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH
    Publication number: 20210270840
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to proteomic biomarkers of spontaneous preterm birth, proteomic biomarkers of term birth, and methods of use thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides tools for determining whether a pregnant subject is at an increased risk for premature delivery, as well as tools for decreasing a pregnant subject's risk for premature delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Brian D. BROHMAN, Zhen ZHANG, Kevin S. GOUDY, Robert C. DOSS, Alan M. EZRIN, Kevin Paul ROSENBLATT
  • IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL MEDICINAL INTERACTIONS FOR ONLINE CLINICAL TRIAL STUDY GROUPS
    Publication number: 20210265062
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for identifying interactions between natural medicines and modern medicines. A corpus of information is analyzed pertaining to interactions of natural medicines with modern medicines for treating a condition. A mapping is created, wherein natural medicines are mapped to modern medicines for treating the condition. An on-line clinical trial study group is created, allowing participation by users, wherein a participation in a group is allowed for a selected set of users based on a group medication usage profile. Information from participants in each group is collected, and the collected information is analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Anca Sailer, Kevin Paul Julier, Ajay Mohindra, Mujeebur Rahman
  • Aerodynamic mud flap for motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11091207
    Abstract: A mud flap for a wheeled vehicle includes an upper mounting portion and an extended protection portion. The extended protection portion includes at least two areas with slotted air flow openings. An upper slot area includes rows of elongated slots with the slots arranged in columns in each row. A lower slot area includes rows of elongated slots with the slots arranged in columns in each row. The slots in the upper slot area have heights that are greater than the heights of slots in the lower slot area. In some embodiments, a middle slot area is positioned between the upper slot area and the lower slot area. The slots in the middle slot area have different heights in different rows. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the slots in the upper slot area is replaced with diagonal mounting features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HSMA, LLC
    Inventors: Darron Ming, Asa Hazelwood, Eric Richard Larson, Kevin Paul Shatzer, James Dow Smith
  • COPPER-BASED CASTING PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20210246531
    Abstract: A method of casting an article includes forming a melt comprising copper, introducing manganese into the melt to produce a copper-manganese alloy, and casting the copper-manganese alloy in a mold to form the article. The carbon and oxygen contents of the copper-manganese alloy are controlled in order to control the formation of graphite, manganese carbide, and/or manganese oxide particles within the article. Copper-manganese alloys containing carbon are also provided, as well as articles made therefrom in cast or wrought form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kevin Paul Trumble, Kevin Joseph Chaput
  • PHAGE CONSTRUCTS FOR DETECTING BACTERIA IN A FLUID, MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR USE WITH CONSTRUCTS, AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20210239694
    Abstract: Generally, this disclosure relates to expression constructs that encode a reporter enzyme-affinity binding tag fusion protein that is produced after the construct is inserted into bacteriophage and the bacteriophage infects bacteria. In some embodiments, the fusion protein is captured and produces a detectable signal. Signal intensity may correlate with the number of bacterial cells in a fluid sample. Methods of detecting bacteria using the expression constructs, and microfluidic devices for detecting bacteria using the expression constructs are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Luis F. ALONZO, Spencer GARING, Troy HINKLEY, Anne-Laure M. LE NY, Damian MADAN, Kevin Paul Flood NICHOLS, Sam Rasmussen NUGEN
  • ENHANCED COMMERCIAL WASTE CONTAINER LOAD RAIL WITH END CAPS
    Publication number: 20210221608
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an enhanced rail for the bottom of a commercial waste container with an end cap design. The robust design will resist failure when the container is placed on the ground with increased surface area between rail and container and end cap connection to container when only one end of the rail touches first. It also allows for the reduction of rails on the container from three to two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Kevin Paul Gavin
  • METHODS OF MODIFYING MATERIAL FLOW MODE DURING MACHINING AND PRODUCTS FORMED THEREBY
    Publication number: 20210205940
    Abstract: Methods of inducing segmented flow in a material in which a ductile flow mode would otherwise occur during machining. A monolayer molecular film is formed on a surface of a body of a material in a state such that the material exhibits ductile flow when subjected to shear. The monolayer molecular film has molecules each having a head group adsorbed to the surface, a terminal group, and a hydrocarbon chain therebetween having a chain length of greater than 6. A surface portion of the body is removed by engaging the body with a tool in a contact region below the surface of the body and moving the tool relative to the body to remove the surface portion and the monolayer molecular film thereon. The monolayer molecular film induces segmented flow in the material during the removing of the surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sugihara, Srinivasan Chandrasekar, Anirudh Udupa, Koushik Viswanathan, Kevin Paul Trumble, James Bradley Mann
  • Analyte Sensors and Sensing Methods Featuring Low-Potential Detection
    Publication number: 20210190718
    Abstract: Analyte sensors responsive at low working electrode potentials may comprise an active area upon a surface of a working electrode, wherein the active area comprises a polymer, a redox mediator covalently bonded to the polymer, and at least one analyte-responsive enzyme covalently bonded to the polymer. A specific redox mediator responsive at low potential may have a structure of wherein G is a linking group covalently bonding the redox mediator to the polymer. A mass transport limiting membrane permeable to the analyte may overcoat the active area. In some sensor configurations, the mass transport limiting membrane may comprise a membrane polymer crosslinked with a branched crosslinker comprising three or more crosslinkable groups, such as polyethylene glycol tetraglycidyl ether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: John V. LaTour, Jonathan D. McCanless, Stephen Oja, Tianmei Ouyang, Kevin Paul Wallis, Benjamin J. Feldman, Udo Hoss, Suyue Qian
  • ANALYTE SENSORS AND SENSING METHODS FEATURING LOW-POTENTIAL DETECTION
    Publication number: 20210190719
    Abstract: Methods and analyte sensors including a sensor tail comprising at least a first working electrode and a second working electrode that are spaced apart from one another along a length of the sensor tail. A first active area is disposed upon a surface of the first working electrode and a second active area is disposed upon a surface of the second working electrode, the first active area and the second active area being responsive to different analytes. A mass transport limiting membrane is deposited upon the first active area and the second active area by sequential dip coating operations, and the mass transport limiting membrane comprises a bilayer membrane portion overcoating the first active area and a homogeneous membrane portion overcoating the second active area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: John V. LaTour, Jonathan D. McCanless, Stephen Oja, Tianmei Ouyang, Kevin Paul Wallis, Benjamin J. Feldman, Udo Hoss, Suyue Qian
  • MOUNTABLE WHEEL CAP
    Publication number: 20210178807
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for improving fuel efficiency of a vehicle using a mountable wheel cap coupleable to a wheel. The mountable wheel cap includes a center section and an outer section. The outer section includes a plurality of tabs extending outwardly from the center section, and at least one gripper section coupled to at least one of the plurality of tabs, the at least one gripper section including a gripper configured to be placed in contact with the at least one of the outer section and/or the outer lip to secure the mountable wheel cap to the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Darron Ming, Asa Hazelwood, Eric Richard Larson, Kevin Paul Shatzer, James Dow Smith