Patents by Inventor Robert D. Gray
Robert D. Gray 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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Patent number: 11998448Abstract: Disclosed embodiments of introducer devices provide hemostatic sealing and allow a delivery catheter to be inserted through the introducer seals without the use of a separate loader device that covers a medical device that is mounted on the catheter. Some disclosed introducers comprise a housing, a distal sheath extending distally from the housing and adapted to be inserted into a patient's vasculature, a distal hemostatic seal mounted within the housing and a proximal hemostatic seal mounted within the housing, and a slidable tube positioned within the housing that is movable longitudinally relative to the distal hemostatic seal between a proximal position and a distal position, wherein in the proximal position a distal end of the tube is positioned proximal to the distal hemostatic seal with the distal hemostatic seal closed, and wherein in the distal position the distal end of the tube extends through the distal hemostatic seal.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: Brian C. Gray, Tung T. Le, Andrew Oien, Sonny Tran, Thanh Huy Le, Robert Bowes, Maria L. Saravia, Uy D. Trinh, Hamid Rafi, Alejandro J. Froimovich Rosenberg
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Patent number: 10220805Abstract: An attachment member may couple a radiator to a grille of an automotive vehicle. The attachment member may be easily fit into a complementary grille opening on the grille. The complementary shapes of the attachment member and the grille opening may limit movement of the attachment member relative to the grille in one or more directions. The attachment member may install from above the grille opening or horizontally slide into the grille opening. Engagement features on the attachment member may engage with surfaces of the grille opening to limit relative vertical movement. The attachment member may provide a first engagement with the grille at a first level and a second engagement with the radiator at a second level different than the first level.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Mingher Fred Shen, Brandon W. Letcher, Brandon H. Hanna, Lenny D. Gotwalt, Chad B. Pierce, Robert D. Gray, Timothy B. Dutton
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Publication number: 20190031129Abstract: An attachment member may couple a radiator to a grille of an automotive vehicle. The attachment member may be easily fit into a complementary grille opening on the grille. The complementary shapes of the attachment member and the grille opening may limit movement of the attachment member relative to the grille in one or more directions. The attachment member may install from above the grille opening or horizontally slide into the grille opening. Engagement features on the attachment member may engage with surfaces of the grille opening to limit relative vertical movement. The attachment member may provide a first engagement with the grille at a first level and a second engagement with the radiator at a second level different than the first level.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Mingher Fred Shen, Brandon W. Letcher, Brandon H. Hanna, Lenny D. Gotwalt, Chad B. Pierce, Robert D. Gray, II, Timothy B. Dutton
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Patent number: 5686422Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula:R.sub.1 SCH(R.sub.2)CH(R.sub.3)CO-AA.sub.1 ?AA.sub.2 !.sub.m ?AA.sub.3 !.sub.n --X orHSCH.sub.2 ?CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3).sub.2 !CO--Nal--NH.sub.2wherein Nal is L-3-(2-naphthyl)alanine;m is the integer 0 or 1; n is an integer from 0-2;AA.sub.1 is a non-polar hydrophobic aromatic amino acid;AA.sub.2 is alanine, glycine, leucine, isoleucine or phenylalanine;AA.sub.3 is one of the twenty naturally occurring amino acids, preferably glutamine or arginine;R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl having from 1-10 carbon atoms, alkanoyl having from 2-10 carbon atoms, or aroyl having from 7-10 carbon atoms;R.sub.2 is hydrogen or alkyl having from 1-6 carbon atoms;R.sub.3 is hydrogen, alkyl having from 2-10 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from 3-6 carbon atoms, aryl or arylalkyl, wherein aryl moieties have from 6-10 carbon atoms;X is NH.sub.2, OH, OCH.sub.3 or OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 ;and salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: November 11, 1997Assignee: Research Corporation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Gray, Arno F. Spatola, Robert B. Miller, Frank R. Burns, Christopher Paterson
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Patent number: 5616605Abstract: This invention is directed to a collagenase inhibitor of the formula: ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1994Date of Patent: April 1, 1997Assignee: Research Corporation Tech., Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Gray, Arno F. Spatola, Krzysztof Darlak
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Patent number: 5387610Abstract: This invention is directed to a collagenase inhibitor of the formula: ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1992Date of Patent: February 7, 1995Assignee: Research Corporation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Gray, Arno F. Spatola, Krzysztof Darlak
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Patent number: 4888181Abstract: Processes, methods, food products, and uses for modified surimi containing food products using surimi in novel combinations which include up to about 50% by weight of dehydrated concentrated fish meat, said mixtures prepared under special, controlled conditions using combinations of novel steps to produce novel seafood and/or meat flavored foods.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1987Date of Patent: December 19, 1989Assignee: Nu-C Products Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Gray, Thomas J. Gray
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Patent number: 4405653Abstract: A product which comprises essentially dry, storable, dehydrated fibrous fish products and process for making same from various raw materials including without limitation underutilized fish species or deboned fresh or frozen fish scrap and various parts. The process for making the novel product includes mincing, followed by a one-step, controlled, dehydration under conditions of reduced pressure and in the absence of an oxidizing atmosphere such as air, and at elevated temperatures of up to 95.degree. C., and in the absence of any other added ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1981Date of Patent: September 20, 1983Inventor: Robert D. Gray
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Patent number: 3992777Abstract: There is disclosed a tool comprising a body having an opening which may be moved over a nut threaded onto a bolt and a surface on the opening to support the flat side of the nut, a bore in the body connected at one end with the opening opposite the supporting surface, and a rod having a cutting edge longitudinally reciprocal within the bore toward and away from the nut in the opening. The rod is so reciprocated by an operating system which includes a piston on the rod reciprocable within a cylinder on the body connecting with the other end of the bore.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1976Date of Patent: November 23, 1976Assignee: Nut Cutters, Inc.Inventors: Lee E. Perkins, Robert D. Gray, Ernest P. Parra
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Patent number: 3935057Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for securing the free end of a roll of fibrous web material to the body of the roll while the roll is uninterruptedly conveyed through the apparatus. The apparatus is particularly useful for securing the free end of fibrous web material which has a pattern-disposition of blockable bonding material disposed in the web for bonding fibers together.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1974Date of Patent: January 27, 1976Assignee: Scott Paper CompanyInventor: Robert D. Gray