Patents by Inventor Robert A. Adams

Robert A. Adams 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: 20240060403
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP), comprising: an intake that suctions fluids into the ESP, wherein the fluids include a mixture of gas, water, and oil; a discharge that discharges the fluids from the ESP; an acoustic intake transducer that determines the speed of sound in the fluids suctioned into the ESP at the intake; and a first acoustic discharge transducer that determines the speed of sound in the fluids discharged from the ESP, wherein the speed of sound of the fluid at both intake and discharge is used to calculate a gas volume fraction difference of the multiphase fluid mixture across the intake and discharge of the pump, and wherein the gas volume fraction difference is used as feedback to control the ESP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Aramco Services Company
    Inventors: Robert Adams, Vijay Ramakrishnan, Max Deffenbaugh
  • Publication number: 20240061140
    Abstract: The present device and technique relates to measuring geological formation permeability, such as by injection/withdrawal of conductivity-permeability doped fluid and measuring the magnetic permeability and/or conductivity of the surrounding formation. Before, during and/or after injection or withdrawal, pluralities of electromagnetic measurements of the radial distribution of magnetic permeability and/or conductivity of the surrounding formation may be made. The rate of change of the radial distribution of magnetic permeability and/or conductivity of the formation is generally directly proportional to the permeability of the surrounding formation. In implementations, magnetic permeability and electrical conductivity can be measured independently in time domain or frequency domain, such that the magnetic permeability mapping is not disturbed by other confounding electromagnetic parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Val Riachentsev, Robert Adams, Max Deffenbaugh, Howard K. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20240018258
    Abstract: CD47+ disease cells such as cancer cells are treated using a combination of CD47 blocking agent and a CD38 antibody such as daratumumab. The anti-cancer effect of SIRP?Fc is enhanced in the presence of daratumumab. Specific combinations include SIRP?Fc forms that comprise an Fc that is either IgG1 or IgG4 isotype. These combinations are useful particularly to treat blood cancers including lymphomas, leukemias and myelomas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Gloria Hoi Ying LIN, Natasja Nielsen VILLER, Mark Michael WONG, Jeffrey Todd WINSTON, Robert Adam UGER
  • Patent number: 11874791
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are two-wire communication systems and applications thereof. In some embodiments, a slave node transceiver for low latency communication may include upstream transceiver circuitry to receive a first signal transmitted over a two-wire bus from an upstream device and to provide a second signal over the two-wire bus to the upstream device; downstream transceiver circuitry to provide a third signal downstream over the two-wire bus toward a downstream device and to receive a fourth signal over the two-wire bus from the downstream device; and clock circuitry to generate a clock signal at the slave node transceiver based on a preamble of a synchronization control frame in the first signal, wherein timing of the receipt and provision of signals over the two-wire bus by the node transceiver is based on the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Kessler, Miguel A. Chavez, Lewis F. Lahr, William Hooper, Robert Adams, Peter Sealey
  • Patent number: 11860077
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for performing real-time measurements of drilling fluid in a well. A driver and a reference are monitored for responses by a measurement controller of a system for measuring fluid flow. The driver is configured as a driving electromechanical resonator for contacting the drilling fluid. The reference is configured as a reference electromechanical resonator for contacting the drilling fluid. The reference is of a similar construction as the driver and is in contact with the drilling fluid in a substantially same way. Real-time measurements are performed by the measurement controller based on information received from the driver and reference. A viscosity and density of the drilling fluid are determined based on the real-time measurements. The similar construction of the driver and reference enables mitigation of environmental sensitivities of the driver and reference, enhancing fluid property sensitivities to physical properties of the drilling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Adams, Edwin Hulse, Miguel Gonzalez, Tim Thiel
  • Publication number: 20230417248
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) including: a switched reluctance motor (SRM) including stator coils. The number of the stator coils is a multiple of three, surface electronics that drive the SRM, a cable that connects the SRM to the surface electronics. The cable includes conductors in a number equal to the number of the stator coils, each cable includes a push-pull driver that connects the cable to a ground, a DC voltage different from the ground, or disconnects the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Adams, Max Deffenbaugh
  • Publication number: 20230408388
    Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing a multiphase production fluid includes a pipeline, a fluidic measurement chamber, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, an actuating unit, and a fluidic control unit. The actuating unit is partially disposed in the fluidic measurement chamber and is movable between an expansion stage in the fluidic measurement chamber and a compression stage in the fluidic measurement chamber. The fluidic control unit is in communication with the fluidic measurement chamber, the pressure sensor, the temperature sensor, and the actuating unit. The fluidic control unit is configured to communicate with the pipeline to supply the multiphase production fluid to the fluidic measurement chamber. The fluidic control unit is further configured to communicate with the pressure sensor to detect a first pressure of the multiphase production fluid in the fluidic measurement chamber at the expansion stage. 25323135.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Adams, Thomas Hillman
  • Publication number: 20230404172
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Steven L. Worm, David Glen Christopherson, Robert Adam Parchman, Raymond Charles Henry, JR., Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers
  • Publication number: 20230408483
    Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing a multiphase production fluid, the system including a pipeline fluidly connected to a fluidic measurement chamber, a pressure sensor, a composite sensor, an actuating unit, and a fluidic control unit. The pipeline is configured to supply the multiphase production fluid to the fluidic measurement chamber. The composite sensor is configured to detect an oil volume and a water volume of the multiphase production fluid in the fluidic measurement chamber. The actuating unit is partially disposed in the fluidic measurement chamber and is movable between a first measurement position in the fluidic measurement chamber and a second measurement position in the fluidic measurement chamber. The fluidic control unit is in communication with the fluidic measurement chamber, the pressure sensor, the composite sensor, and the actuating unit, and is configured to communicate with the pipeline to supply the multiphase production fluid to the fluidic measurement chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Adams, Thomas Hillman
  • Patent number: 11835675
    Abstract: The present device and technique relates to measuring geological formation permeability, such as by injection/withdrawal of conductivity-permeability doped fluid and measuring the magnetic permeability and/or conductivity of the surrounding formation. Before, during and/or after injection or withdrawal, pluralities of electromagnetic measurements of the radial distribution of magnetic permeability and/or conductivity of the surrounding formation may be made. The rate of change of the radial distribution of magnetic permeability and/or conductivity of the formation is generally directly proportional to the permeability of the surrounding formation. In implementations, magnetic permeability and electrical conductivity can be measured independently in time domain or frequency domain, such that the magnetic permeability mapping is not disturbed by other confounding electromagnetic parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Val Riachentsev, Robert Adams, Max Deffenbaugh, Howard K. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11828175
    Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring phase flow rates of a multiphase production fluid are provided where a fluidic isolation chamber expands volumetrically in response to fluid pressure from a diverted multiphase production fluid. A pressure-regulating actuator regulates fluid pressure upstream of the fluidic isolation chamber and an upstream fluidic pressure sensor generates an upstream fluidic pressure signal. A fluidic control and analysis unit is configured to communicate with the upstream pressure sensor and the isolation chamber actuator to maintain fluidic pressure upstream of the fluidic isolation chamber as the multiphase production fluid is diverted to the fluidic isolation chamber. The unit generates a total flow rate QTOT as a function of chamber filling time and volumetric expansion and communicates with the fluidic phase detector to generate a relative occupancy indicator I for a target phase of the multiphase production fluid in the fluidic isolation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Max Deffenbaugh, Robert Adams, Thomas Joseph Theodore Hillman
  • Patent number: 11819580
    Abstract: A chemical disinfection process for vehicles using chlorine dioxide and titanium dioxide with calculated re-treatment formulas and schedules based on bacterial infestation data. Systems and methods that include client devices and servers that monitor and control a chemical disinfection process. The system generates a surety arrangement that facilitates re-treatment and electronic notification alerts to chemical solution vendors, dealers and vehicle owners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PurWorld Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Allen K. Bettilyon, Robert Adams
  • Publication number: 20230360373
    Abstract: Provided are a self-improving object recognition method and system through image capture. The object recognition method includes: collecting a first captured image through a user terminal; predicting image capturing conditions of the first captured image; verifying the first captured image using the predicted image capturing conditions and adding the first captured image to a verified dataset; training an object recognition model using the verified dataset; and acquiring a recognition result of an object indicated by a second captured image using the trained object recognition model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: RODAC TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Adam KOKOSZKA, Grant Warren WOODFORD
  • Patent number: 11779631
    Abstract: CD47+ disease cells such as cancer cells are treated using a combination of CD47 blockade drug and a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. The anti-cancer effect of one drug enhances the anti-cancer effect of the other. Specific combinations include SIRP?Fc as CD47 blockade drug, and one of depsipeptide and romidepsin as HDAC inhibitor. These combinations are useful particularly to treat blood cancers including lymphomas, leukemias and myelomas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Emma Linderoth, Natasja Nielsen Viller, Robert Adam Uger, Penka Slavcheva Slavova-Petrova
  • Patent number: 11706089
    Abstract: Data is received describing a local model of a first device generated by the first device based on sensor readings at the first device and a global model is updated that is hosted remote from the first device based on the local model and modeling devices in a plurality of different asset taxonomies. A particular operating state affecting one or more of a set of devices deployed in a particular machine-to-machine network is detected and the particular machine-to-machine network is automatically reconfigured based on the global model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shao-Wen Yang, Michael J. Nolan, Ignacio J. Alvarez Martinez, Robert Adams, John Brady, Mark Kelly, Yen-Kuang Chen
  • Publication number: 20230184655
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for performing real-time measurements of drilling fluid in a well. A driver and a reference are monitored for responses by a measurement controller of a system for measuring fluid flow. The driver is configured as a driving electromechanical resonator for contacting the drilling fluid. The reference is configured as a reference electromechanical resonator for contacting the drilling fluid. The reference is of a similar construction as the driver and is in contact with the drilling fluid in a substantially same way. Real-time measurements are performed by the measurement controller based on information received from the driver and reference. A viscosity and density of the drilling fluid are determined based on the real-time measurements. The similar construction of the driver and reference enables mitigation of environmental sensitivities of the driver and reference, enhancing fluid property sensitivities to physical properties of the drilling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Adams, Edwin Hulse, Miguel Gonzalez, Tim Thiel
  • Publication number: 20230160471
    Abstract: A material that includes traceable particles that retain information about the fabrication of the material, which can be used to trace the origin thereof. The material may form gaskets, which are used to seal flanged joints in the food and beverage industry, and compression packings, which are used for sealing near valve stems, pump shafts, and similar machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Carlos Daniel Braga Girao BARROSO, Christopher Louis DAY, Jose Carlos Carvalho VEIGA, Josmar Baruffaldi CRISTELLO, Robert Adam RIGGS, André Carlos de Azevedo VALLE
  • Publication number: 20230087443
    Abstract: CD47+ disease cells such as cancer cells are treated using a combination of CD47 blockade drug and a proteasome inhibitor. The anti-cancer effect of one drug enhances the 5 anti-cancer effect of the other. Specific combinations include SIRP?Fc as CD47 blockade drug, and one of bortezomib, ixazomib and carfilzomib as proteasome inhibitor. These combinations are useful particularly to treat blood cancers including lymphomas, leukemias and myelomas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: PF ARGENTUM IP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Emma Linderoth, Natasja Nielsen Viller, Robert Adam Uger, Penka Slavcheva Slavova-Petrova
  • Publication number: 20230060091
    Abstract: A method for the removal of mycotoxins from a space associated with a built environment is disclosed. The method may include one or more of the steps of: filtering air within the space using a first filter including a High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter and a second filter including a carbon filter; and, applying a cleaning product including a high alkaline product to one or more surfaces proximate the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Robert John GOLDSWORTHY, Robert Adam GOLDSWORTHY
  • Patent number: D1011183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PLACO SAS
    Inventors: Alice Henry-Chagnol, Robert Adam