Patents by Inventor Paul J. Wilson
Paul J. Wilson 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: 20240162696Abstract: A cable support includes a support body with a saddle configured to support one or more cables, and a stem and a leg that extend from opposite ends of the saddle. A securing member is coupled to the leg. The securing member is movable between a first configuration configured to secure one or more cables within the saddle and a second configuration configured to permit one or more cables to be moved into or out of the saddle. The leg including a retaining tab that releasably secures the securing member in the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Eric J. Wilson, Daniel A. Kozlowski, Jeff A. Wilson, Raymond M. Olle, Paul Bryson Allen
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Patent number: 11982008Abstract: An electroplating system has a vessel assembly holding an electrolyte. A weir thief electrode assembly in the vessel assembly includes a plenum inside of a weir frame. The plenum divided into at least a first, a second and a third virtual thief electrode segment. A plurality of spaced apart openings through the weir frame lead out of the plenum. A weir ring is attached to the weir frame and guides flow of current during electroplating. The electroplating system provides process determined radial and circumferential current density control and does not require changing hardware components during set up.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: APPLIED Materials, Inc.Inventors: Paul R. McHugh, Gregory J. Wilson, Kyle M. Hanson, John L. Klocke, Paul Van Valkenburg, Eric J. Bergman, Adam Marc McClure, Deepak Saagar Kalaikadal, Nolan Layne Zimmerman, Michael Windham, Mikael R. Borjesson
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Patent number: 11984358Abstract: Exemplary methods of producing a semiconductor substrate may include plating a metal within a plurality of vias on the semiconductor substrate. A target average fill thickness of the metal within the plurality of vias may be between about a thickness equal to an average via radius of the plurality of vias and a thickness twice the average via radius of the plurality of vias. At least one via of the plurality of vias may be filled to a height below the target average fill thickness of the metal. The methods may include heating the metal to cause reflow of the metal within each via of the plurality of vias. The reflow may adjust the metal within the at least one via to increase in height towards the target average fill thickness.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Paul McHugh, Kwan Wook Roh, Gregory J. Wilson
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Publication number: 20240123494Abstract: A high pressure die casting (HPDC) system for casting ultra-large single-piece castings for vehicles. The HPDC system includes a clear feeding path from at least one ingate to a predetermined thicker section of a mold cavity, a last to solidify ingate having an equivalent or larger feeding modulus than the highest feeding modulus of the other ingates, and thermal management elements. The clear feeding path, last to solidify ingate, and thermal management elements ensure sufficient supplemental molten metal flow to the thicker portion of the mold cavity to accommodate for shrinkage of the thicker portion of an ultra large casting during the casting and solidification process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Qigui Wang, Liang Wang, Daniel J. Wilson, Dale A. Gerard, Devin R. Hess, Paul J. Boone
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Publication number: 20240108446Abstract: According to one aspect, an electric toothbrush may include a handle, a brush head, a rechargeable battery, an electric motor, and a pair of electrical contacts. The handle may have a first end region and a second end region defining a longitudinal axis therebetween, the handle defining a volume from the first end region to the second end region. The brush head may include bristles, the brush head releasably securable to the first end region of the handle. The rechargeable battery may be in the volume. The electric motor may be at least partially disposed in the volume, the electric motor in electrical communication with the rechargeable battery, the electric motor in mechanical communication with the brush head. The pair of electrical contacts may be in electrical communication with the rechargeable battery, and the pair of electrical contacts axially and radially spaced from one another, relative to the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Michael J. LAWLOR, Jonathan Henry FRATTI, Eric Glenn HARSH, Simon J. M. ENEVER, William MAY, Sean James WILSON, Jonathan Pradeep AUSTIN, James C. KRAUSE, Paul B. KOH
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Publication number: 20190329991Abstract: An article 7 made from a porous material, such as a ceramic material, is dipped into a liquid impregnating material 12, such as molten urea in a bath 14. After withdrawal from the bath 14, excess impregnating material 12 is removed from the article 6 by means of an air knife 22. The article is carried by a carrier or fixture 6 to be conveyed along the processing line on a conveyor 2. The fixture 6 comprises a lower support 32 in the form of a pair of parallel bars which define between them a slot 38. The fixture also has clamping devices 42 for holding an upper region of the article 7, while the weight of the article 7 is supported by the lower support 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Paul J. Wilson, Aleksander M. Cendrowicz, Akshay Bhatt, Athira Rajiv, Per Nohlert, David A. Bell
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Publication number: 20190329287Abstract: An article 6 made from a porous material, such as a ceramic material, is dipped into a liquid impregnating material 12, such as molten urea in a bath 14. After withdrawal from the bath 14, excess impregnating material 12 is removed from the article 6 by means of an air knife 22. The air knife 22 is directed obliquely into an enclosure 18, which is maintained at a temperature above the melting point of urea. The article is passed into the enclosure 18 through the flow from a further air knife 20 which creates a separation airflow separating the interior of the enclosure 18 from the ambient surroundings. The article is carried by a fixture 6 to be conveyed along the processing line on a conveyor 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Aleksander M. CENDROWICZ, Paul J. WILSON, Akshay BHATT, Athira RAJIV, Per NOHLERT, David A. BELL
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Publication number: 20190258256Abstract: A component carrier for holding and positioning at least one component of an industrial object, the carrier comprising: a mobile trolley; and a component support on the trolley and configured to hold the component; wherein the component support is configured to be mobile relative to the trolley.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE POWER ENGINEERING PLCInventors: Paul J. WILSON, Sebastiano D. GIUDICE
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Publication number: 20180345357Abstract: For forming a shell mould for investment casting, first and second core components are provided. These are formed of ceramic material. The core components are assembled together for manufacturing a wax pattern containing the core component for formation of a shell mould for investment casting. The core components have an arrangement of precursor location features. The method includes machining at least one of the precursor location features to a required shape to provide an arrangement of final location features. The core components are then positioned with respect to each other and/or with respect to a wax pattern die by contacting the arrangement of final location features with corresponding positioning features of a receiving device and/or the wax pattern die.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Aleksander M. CENDROWICZ, Stewart T. WELCH, Paul J. WILSON
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Patent number: 10081052Abstract: Investment casting of an engine part using a pair of core members having respective opposed faces spaced apart by a first distance, a face of a first core member of the pair being provided with one or more protrusions thereon and a face of the second core member of the pair being provided with one or more respective open recesses therein, each protrusion facing a respective open recess, wherein during a casting procedure the first and second core members are maintained positioned relative to each other so major portions of the opposed faces of the first and second core members assume mutual spacing equaling a corresponding predetermined thickness of a portion of a resulting cast wall of the first distance; and at least a head portion of the protrusion is located within the respective open recess to define a minor portion of the resulting cast wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Paul J Wilson, Christopher Neale, Andrew S Barr
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Publication number: 20160231054Abstract: An apparatus for curing substrate materials may include one or more radiation sources, a rotatable transport cylinder and a conveyor mechanism with a belt or web is disclosed. The substrate is transported by the belt or web and passes between the belt or web and the cylinder, where it is irradiated to cure the substance deposited on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Michael D. Callaghan, Paul J. Wilson
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Publication number: 20160067769Abstract: Investment casting of engine part defined during casting by pair of core members having respective opposed faces, major portions of opposed faces being spaced apart by first distance corresponding to predetermined thickness of a portion of resulting cast wall, face of each opposing core member which face each other being provided with respective open recesses, each protrusion on first core member facing a respective one of second core member, wherein during part of casting procedure first and second core members are maintained positioned relative to each other so major portions of the opposed faces of first and second core members assume mutual spacing equaling corresponding predetermined thickness of portion of resulting cast wall; and at least head portion of protrusion on first core member is located within respective open recess in second core member, such that respective protrusion and respective open recess define respective minor portion of resulting cast wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Paul J WILSON, Christopher NEALE, Andrew S BARR
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Patent number: 6779601Abstract: An inflatable packing element for a bridge plug. The packing element has an anchor portion and a sealing cover portion, each of which is expanded in order to engage and seal a surrounding string of casing or borehole. The anchor portion has a minimum length defined by 2.63× the inner diameter of the surrounding pipe or other wellbore opening. At the same time, the anchor portion has a maximum length defined by approximately 49% of the length of the expanded portion of the packing element engaging the surrounding pipe or other wellbore opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2003Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: Paul J. Wilson, Corey E. Hoffman
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Publication number: 20030131988Abstract: An inflatable packing element for a bridge plug. The packing element has an anchor portion and a sealing cover portion, each of which is expanded in order to engage and seal a surrounding string of casing or borehole. The anchor portion has a minimum length defined by 2.63× the inner diameter of the surrounding pipe or other wellbore opening. At the same time, the anchor portion has a maximum length defined by approximately 49% of the length of the expanded portion of the packing element engaging the surrounding pipe or other wellbore opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2003Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: Paul J. Wilson, Corey E. Hoffman
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Patent number: 6341654Abstract: An inflatable packer setting tool assembly is lowerable into a subterranean well bore and operable to set an inflatable packer therein. The tool assembly includes a fluid supply housing and a setting tool that is releasably interconnected to an inflatable packer. The setting tool further includes a pump that is fluidly interconnected with the inflatable packer and is operable to inflate the inflatable packer. The fluid supply housing is fluidly interconnected with the setting tool and includes an inflation fluid passageway that has an inlet and outlet which is fluidly interconnected with a suction side of the pump. The inlet is in the form of an aperture on an outer wall of the supply housing and functions to fluidly interconnect the passageway to a source of first inflation fluid present in the well bore when the setting tool assembly is lowered into the well bore.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1999Date of Patent: January 29, 2002Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: Paul J. Wilson, James V. Carisella
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Patent number: 6305477Abstract: A thermal compensating apparatus and method for maintaining a relatively constant fluid pressure within a subterranean well tool of the type that is responsive to a source of actuation fluid for manipulating said tool at a location in a well to at least one of sealing and anchoring positions. A body includes a fluid chamber within the body for housing a substantially incompressible fluid for manipulating said tool to at least one of the positions. The fluid chamber is expandable and contractible, for example, through movement of a piston, in response to manipulation of the tool and thereafter in response to thermal variations of the fluid in the fluid chamber. An energy storage and release mechanism, for example, a compression spring, is responsive to pressure changes in the fluid chamber for expanding or contracting the fluid chamber in response to pressure variations in the fluid for maintaining the fluid at a relatively constant pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1999Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: Weatherford International, Inc.Inventors: James V. Carisella, Paul J. Wilson
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Patent number: 6213217Abstract: A thermal compensating apparatus method for maintaining a substantially constant fluid pressure within a subterranean well tool of the type that includes a bladder that is selectively expandable upon the introduction of pressurized actuation fluid for actuating said tool at a location in a well. A body includes first and second fluid chambers. The first fluid chamber houses a substantially incompressible fluid and communicates with the actuating fluid used for activating said tool in the well. The second fluid chamber is charged with a compressible fluid. Both chambers define first volumetric sizes within the body upon actuation of said tool in the well. The fluid chambers are operatively connected to each other without transmitting fluid there between so that changes in the volumetric size of the first chamber caused by temperature variations in the actuation fluid will change the volumetric size of the second fluid chamber for maintaining the actuating fluid at a substantially constant pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Weatherford International, Inc.Inventors: Paul J. Wilson, James V. Carisella
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Patent number: 6202748Abstract: A thermal compensating apparatus and method for maintaining a substantially constant fluid pressure within a subterranean well tool of the type that includes a bladder that is selectively expandable upon the introduction of pressurized actuation fluid for actuating said tool at a location in a well. A multi-stage piston is movable in a housing. The piston includes a first surface in contact with the actuating fluid and a plurality of second surfaces in contact with well fluid surrounding the apparatus. The combined surface areas of the second surfaces are greater than the surface area of the first surface, so that expansion or contraction changes in the volume of the actuating fluid caused by temperature changes in the vicinity of the tool will result in movement of the piston for maintaining the actuating fluid at a relatively constant pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Weatherford International, Inc.Inventors: James V. Carisella, Paul J. Wilson
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Patent number: D1023289Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Quip NYC, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Henry Fratti, Eric Glenn Harsh, Steffany V. Tran, Nathan A. Herrmann, Simon J. M. Enever, William May, Sean James Wilson, James C. Krause, Maxwell R. Wood-Lee, Paul B. Koh