Patents by Inventor Robert A. Charles

Robert A. Charles 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).

  • Systems, methods, and apparatus for operation of dual fuel engines
    Patent number: 11840971
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for controlling operation of dual fuel engines are disclosed that regulate the fuelling amounts provided by a first fuel and a second fuel during operation of the engine. The first fuel can be a liquid fuel and the second fuel can be a gaseous fuel. The fuelling amounts are controlled to improve operational outcomes of the duel fuel engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc
    Inventors: C. Larry Bruner, Phanindra V. Garimella, Geomy George, Timothy P. Lutz, J. Steven Kolhouse, Edmund P. Hodzen, Robert Charles Borregard, Mark A. Rosswurm, Axel Otto zur Loye
  • METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING ATTACHMENT APPARATUSES FOR PRESSURE-MITIGATION APPARATUSES AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230390095
    Abstract: Introduced here are pressure-mitigation apparatuses for mitigating the pressure applied to a human body by the support surface of an object. The pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers that can be individually controlled to vary the pressure therein. By varying the chamber pressure, the main point of pressure applied by the support surface to the human body may be moved across the surface of the human body. An attachment apparatus may be used to securely adhere the pressure-mitigation apparatus to the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Robert Charles Deutsch, Steven Bruce Frazier, Robert Loiacono, Linda Seaman, Erica Kelly
  • METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING PRESSURE-MITIGATION APPARATUSES AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230390096
    Abstract: Introduced here are pressure-mitigation apparatuses for mitigating the pressure applied to a human body by the support surface of an object. The pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers that can be individually controlled to vary the pressure therein. By varying the chamber pressure, the main point of pressure applied by the support surface to the human body may be moved across the surface of the human body. An attachment apparatus may be used to securely adhere the pressure-mitigation apparatus to the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Robert Charles Deutsch, Steven Bruce Frazier, Robert Loiacono, Linda Seaman, Erica Kelly
  • Lipid comprising polyunsaturated fatty acids
    Patent number: 11834621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to extracted plant lipid, comprising fatty acids in an esterified form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NUSEED GLOBAL INNOVATION LTD.
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Robert Charles de Feyter
  • Wax removal in a production line
    Patent number: 11828136
    Abstract: In artificial lift production systems, a reduction in pressure and temperature as production fluids migrate to the surface can cause a buildup in the production tubing that reduces or stops production. To remove buildup, an ESP can be operated at low efficiency and low flow operating conditions to generate heat in the pump. The heat increases the temperature of the production fluid in the pump. When the heated production fluid is transported to the surface, the fluid increases the temperature of the production tubing resulting in a melting of the solidified wax blocking the production tubing. As the wax melts, the production fluid carries it toward the surface. Over time, the heated production fluid will melt enough solidified wax to open the production tubing to a full flow capacity, thus allowing standard production operation to continue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Charles De Long, Donn J. Brown, Ketankumar Kantilal Sheth
  • Consolidated data restoration framework
    Patent number: 11822435
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for identifying occurrence of events and performing one or more actions to mitigate the impacts of the events. The system is configured for gathering data from one or more data sources of an entity, generating dataflows using the data gathered from the one or more data sources, identifying an anomaly based on one or more indicators and the dataflows, determining occurrence of an event and generating one or more propagation models associated with the event, performing event impact analysis based on the one or more propagation models, perform one or more actions to contain the event based on the one or more propagation models, identifying a last good copy of data based on the data gathered from the one or more data sources, retrieving the last good copy of data, and restoring the last good copy of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Emmanuel Huntley, Musa Ajakaiye, Prasad V. Annadata, Dnyanesh P. Ballikar, Sina Bauer, Jason Kenneth Bellew, Timothy John Bendel, David Alan Beumer, Michelle Andrea Boston, Lisa Julia Brown, Robin J. Buck, Brian C. Busch, Salvatore Michael Certo, Ramesh Naidu Chatta, Lisa Michelle Cook, Joseph Corbett, Joseph Seth Cushing, Steven Paul Davidson, Shailesh Deshpande, Sevara Ergasheva, Maria Ervin, James Wilson Foy, Jr., Noel Mary Fuller, Benjamin Judson Gaines, III, Candace Gordon, Jesse Antonio Hernandez, Christine Hoagland, Robert Charles Hoard, Michael Spiro Karafotis, Wesley Keville, Sandip Kumar, Terri Dorinda Lail, Mukesh Maraj, Wyatt Edward Maxey, Dari Ann Mckenzie, Ashley Meadows, Heather Newell, Conor Mitchell Liam Nodzak, Kenyell Javon Ollie, Jayshree G. Patel, David John Perro, Nivetha Raghavan, Nikhil Ram, Tara Michel Ramirez, Laurie Readhead, Mary Kathleen Riley, Elizabeth Rachel Rock, Angela Dawn Roose, Sanjay Singeetham, Kyle S. Sorensen, Shreyas Srinivas, Constance Jones Suarez, Viresh Taskar, Linda Trent, Sachin Varule, Bradley Walton, Christie M. Weekley, Yvette Alston, Ravindra Bandaru, Carmen R. Barnhill, Jamie Gilchrist, Namrata Kaushik, Fernando A. Maisonett
  • SHIELDING FOR A MAGNETIC BEARING IN AN ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP (ESP) ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230366300
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises a centrifugal pump, an electric motor mechanically coupled by a drive shaft to the centrifugal pump, wherein the electric motor comprises a stator and a rotor, a bearing, wherein the bearing is disposed inside the electric motor, and a magnetic shield disposed in the electric motor between bearing and the rotor and stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: David Christopher BECK, Ketankumar Kantilal SHETH, Robert Charles DE LONG
  • ACTUATOR APPARATUS WITH PRECISION BEARINGS AND LIGHT SENSOR
    Publication number: 20230365169
    Abstract: An actuator apparatus includes an actuator rod with an interior cavity and a set of rod holes. Each rod hole extends through the actuator rod to the cavity. The set of rod holes is positioned in a straight line. The apparatus includes a light assembly that is positioned to light the cavity. The apparatus includes an actuator block that includes an opening extending through the actuator block sized to conform to an outer surface of the actuator rod and a set of block holes in the opening. Spacing between the block holes matches spacing between the rod holes. The actuator block includes a light sensor positioned in a block hole to sense light coming through a rod hole aligned with the block hole and a ball bearing for each block hole of the set of block holes without a light sensor and extending partially through the corresponding block hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: David Dahl, David E. Eichstadt, Robert Charles DeBlieck
  • HIGH-FLOW FLUID VALVE BLOCK
    Publication number: 20230358322
    Abstract: A valve block includes a fluid-transfer plate with multiple inlet bores connecting to a common inlet channel, and multiple outlet bores connecting to a common outlet channel. The inlet bores and the outlet bores are arranged in a curved shape. The valve block also includes a pressure plate and diaphragm aligned and connected to the fluid-transfer plate in a way that allows pressurized material in the pressure plate to control the state of the channels formed by the inlet and outlet bores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Tosoh Bioscience LLC
    Inventors: Brian A. Harbrecht, Robert Charles Mierendorf, Scott G. Manke
  • Flexible packaging structure with a built-in opening and reclose feature
    Patent number: 11807438
    Abstract: A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e.g., a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Charles Hebert, Scott William Huffer, Barry Roland Reese, John A. Prizzi
  • LIPID COMPRISING DOCOSAPENTAENOIC
    Publication number: 20230348357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to extracted plant lipid or microbial lipid comprising docosapentaenoic acid, and processes for producing the extracted lipid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Nuseed Nutritional Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pai Singh, Pushkar Shrestha, Jason Timothy McAllister, Robert Charles de Feyter, Malcolm David Devine
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME
    Publication number: 20230348939
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating a target genome are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Anne Helen BOTHMER, Cecilia Giovanna Silvia COTTA-RAMUSINO, William Edward SALOMON, Jacob Rosenblum RUBENS, Robert James CITORIK, Zi Jun WANG, Kyusik KIM, Randi Michelle KOTLAR, Ananya RAY, Robert Charles ALTSHULER, Sandeep KUMAR, Nathaniel ROQUET, Barrett Ethan STEINBERG
  • LIBRARIES OF GENETIC PACKAGES COMPRISING NOVEL HC CDR1, CDR2, AND CDR3 AND NOVEL LC CDR1, CDR2, AND CDR3 DESIGNS
    Publication number: 20230340697
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for preparing and identifying antibodies having CDR3s that vary in sequence and in length from very short to very long which in certain embodiments may bind to a carbohydrate moiety or the active site of an enzyme. Libraries coding for antibodies with the CDR3s are also provided. The libraries can be provided by modifying a pre-existing nucleic acid library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventor: Robert Charles Ladner
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A REWARDS-BASED, UNIVERSAL, INTEGRATED CODE BASE
    Publication number: 20230342803
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plurality of computer servers operating a rewards-based, universal, integrated code base in which each respective platform operating on the code base agrees to an information exchange, payment and rewards framework. The rewards-based, universal, integrated code base is a single code base including an aggregation of each respective platform and which enables at least one or more of rewards, payments and data sharing between each respective platform in the rewards-based, universal, integrated code base such that users do not open or close different platforms. Combining and grouping platforms is also possible. Full participation in obtaining and redeeming rewards for interacting with the rewards-based, universal, integrated code base through messaging, reviewing, purchasing, bidding on offers, etc., is achieved via an authorized user device for access to the rewards-based, universal, integrated code base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Charles DeMaio
  • Hydrogen generation systems
    Patent number: 11787693
    Abstract: A water gas shift (WGS) reactor system includes a housing; a reaction tube disposed in the housing, wherein a reaction channel is defined within the reaction tube and a cooling fluid channel is defined between the housing and the reaction tube; a catalyst disposed in the reaction channel, the catalyst configured to catalyze a hydrogen generation reaction; and a heat transfer material disposed in the reaction channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BAYOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Herbert Lee Nigg, Robert Charles Moore, Millicent Capstaff, Ranko P. Bontchev, Viswanath Krishnamoorthy
  • MULTI-FIBER REUSABLE SPLICING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230324625
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a bare fiber connection system that includes first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors that have a low profile and are mounted in a multi-fiber adapter. The multi-fiber fiber optic connectors are bare fiber connectors that each include a connector body and a plurality of optical fibers extending through the connector body. The bare fiber connection system includes a latching arrangement for securing the first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors respectively in first and second adapter ports. One aspect of the present disclosure relates to the first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors and the multi-fiber adapter lacking integrated structures for releasing the first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors from the first and second adapter ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: David Donald ERDMAN, Josiah D. KADAR-KALLEN, Robert Charles FLAIG
  • SORTABLE TRACKING OBJECT
    Publication number: 20230325615
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to sortable tracking objects. In particular, this disclosure relates to sortable tracking objects that can be associated with item containers and items for tracking and organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Charles Moran, Marlon Guy Wells, Veronica Yvette Hale, Ellis Mitchell Gore
  • Fastener set
    Patent number: D1002354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Charles Uschold
  • Fastener
    Patent number: D1003153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Charles Uschold
  • Filter cartridge
    Patent number: D1005468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SOCLEAN, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Michael Maw, Robert A. Charles