Patents by Inventor Scott A. Williams

Scott A. Williams 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).

  • Patent number: 11852419
    Abstract: An air-cooled heat exchanger has a frame assembly that has a plurality of keyed structural members, where each of the plurality of keyed structural members is interconnected to a corresponding one of the plurality of keyed structural members with a unique mortise and tenon connection joint. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing and assembling the frame assembly that begins with the step of providing a plurality of keyed structural members that each have a first connection joint component that is uniquely matched to a second connection joint component. The method continues with the step of assembling the frame assembly by interconnecting each of the plurality of keyed structural members using the first and second connection joint components. The method ends with the step of permanently connecting the frame assembly by permanently fastening each of the plurality of keyed structural members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hudson Products Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Williams, Rod Day, Steve Tietz
  • Patent number: 11834250
    Abstract: The invention comprises an ovenable packaging structure having an integral one-way valve. The laminate structure comprises an outer layer having a cut line which defines a flap that is separable from the outer layer, wherein the outer layer is adhered to an inner layer having a cut line which is offset from the outer cut line and defines a portion that is separable from the inner layer along the inner cut line and defines an opening into the packaging structure. The adhesive between the layers comprises, in an embodiment, a channel of pressure sensitive adhesive which surrounds both the outer cut line and the inner cut line, wherein the channel of pressure sensitive adhesive defines the perimeter of at least one adhesive-free valve chamber within said channel. The valve chamber comprises at least a portion of the outer cut line and the inner cut line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Publication number: 20230382618
    Abstract: A paper packaging structure is provided herein. The paper packaging structure comprises a paper structure having an inner surface and an outer surface. The structure further includes a barrier layer disposed adjacent the inner surface of the paper structure. The barrier layer comprises a water-based oxygen barrier and a solvent based sealant layer, wherein the oxygen barrier is positioned adjacent the inner surface of the paper structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Scott William HUFFER, Mary Kate MIRMOW
  • Publication number: 20230376297
    Abstract: A computing system may receive a request for application update information for one or more applications installed on a computing device. The computing system determines, based on the request for the application update information, a set of applications that need to be updated and applies a machine learning model to determine a respective update priority score for each application from the set of applications. The computing system sends an indication of the respective update priority scores for the set of applications to the computing device. Responsive to receiving an update request from the computing device, the computing system initiates installation of the pending update for the at least one application from the set of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Haifeng Ji, Zhiwei Gu, Jing Zhao, Vitor Baccetti Garcia, Alexey Semenov, Apeksha Singhal, Scott Williams, Yudi Wu, Jiahui Liu
  • Patent number: 11819415
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implant systems and methods for repairing bone defects and restoring functionality to a joint. The implant systems and methods disclosed herein may include augments extending from respective baseplates. The augments may have an internal network for communicating material in the respective implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Reinhold Schmieding, Michael Moreland, Steven Jim DeLeon, David Knopf, Scott William Doody, Siddhant Thakur
  • Publication number: 20230363915
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implant systems and methods for repairing bone defects and restoring functionality to a joint. The implant systems and methods disclosed herein may include augments extending from respective baseplates. The augments may have an internal network for communicating material in the respective implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Reinhold Schmieding, Michael Moreland, Steven Jim DeLeon, David Knopf, Scott William Doody, Siddhant Thakur
  • Patent number: 11814226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resealable container comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate-based container body comprising a bottom side and at least one upwardly extending sidewall, wherein the sidewall terminates in an open end of the container; a flexible film sealed to the container body, over the open end of the container, wherein the flexible film comprises: a polyethylene-based first film layer; a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adjacent a lower surface of the first film layer; a polyolefin plastomer skin layer adjacent a lower surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the first layer, pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and skin layer are coextruded; and a heat seal layer printed onto a lower surface of the skin layer and heat sealed to the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Scott William Huffer, Rod Pettis
  • Publication number: 20230355401
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implants and methods for restoring functionality to a joint. The implants described herein may be utilized during orthopaedic procedures and may be incorporated into a shoulder prosthesis for restoring functionality to shoulders having advanced cartilage disease. The disclosed implants may incorporate one or more fasteners formed together with a main body of the respective implant at a breakable connection. The fastener may be deployed during a surgical procedure, which may improve fixation of the implant at the surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Steven Jim DeLeon, Steven P. Schewe, Timothy J. Thompson, Kevin John Gallen, Scott William Doody, Michael Moreland
  • Patent number: 11809174
    Abstract: A communication system is provided that can be added to a legacy alarm system to provide a plurality of communication modes to a remote server system from the legacy alarm system and provide remote control and monitoring to a user of the system via two-way communication links. The communication system can be configured to communicate with an alarm processor of the legacy alarm system through use of a keypad bus typically used by the legacy alarm system for communication between the alarm processor and one or more keypads. Communication modes that can be provided by embodiments of the present invention can include, for example, communication over a public switched telephone network, cellular transmission, broadband transmission, and the like. The communication system can monitor all configured communication modes and determine which communication mode is the best for providing communication between the alarm system and the remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ICONTROL NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Wade Cohn, Ronald E. Battles, David Proft, Scott William Shumate
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11806836
    Abstract: A composition is provided that comprises a calcium carbonate slurry. The calcium carbonate slurry comprises a plurality of calcium carbonate particles suspended in a solution, where the solution comprises a dispersant and an anionic surfactant. The concentration of the calcium carbonate particles in the calcium carbonate slurry is equal to or less than about 2.0 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Yang, Samantha K. Brittelle, You-Jung Cheng, Scott William Bailey, James M. Tsay
  • Publication number: 20230352829
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems for adjusting bias power provided to a radio-frequency amplifier to one or more figures of merit based on sensed characteristics of the amplifier and/or characteristics of the input or output power. The systems may be used in terrestrial and satellite based communications and radar, among other possibilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Harry Bourne Marr, JR., William Griffin Dower, Denpol Kultran, Michael Alex Borisov, Ryan Scott Ligon, Scott William Buetow, Ross Charles Carter, Jason Reis Chaves, Steven Deward Gray
  • Publication number: 20230346396
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to surgical planning systems, instrumentation and methods for repairing bone defects. The planning systems and instrumentation disclosed herein may be utilized to establish trajectories of surgical devices and may be utilized to establish resection surfaces for fusion of adjacent bone surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Scott William Doody, Adam Garlock
  • Patent number: 11800942
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a heated body pillow are described. The pillow may receive, from a user device, one or more commands for adjusting an operating temperature of a heating element located inside an outer covering of the pillow. A power cord coupled to the heating element may be at least partially enclosed by a tubular shroud external to and coupled to the outer covering. The pillow may adjust the operating temperature of the heating element based on receiving the one or more commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Scott William Milne
  • Patent number: 11797783
    Abstract: A self-contained, mobile Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) asset tracker and hardware assembly and method of use thereof. The mobile RFID asset tracker includes a frame mounted on locking swivel casters which provide a mobile base for mounting of an RFID antenna, RFID reader and other electrical equipment thereon. An electronics control box, which is adjustably mounted on the frame, houses the RFID reader, a custom Printed Circuit Board (PCB) control module, cellular and WIFI modems, and a power source. The electronics control box is operatively engaged via Input/Output (IO) ports and cabling to an external indicator assembly and to the external adjustably mounted RFID antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ENGINEERED PRODUCTS OF OHIO, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Blank, Christopher Scott Williams
  • Patent number: 11798808
    Abstract: A method of Atomic Precision Advanced Manufacturing (APAM) is provided, in which a substrate is doped from a dopant precursor gas. The method involves covering a surface of the substrate with a hard mask, selectively removing material from the hard mask such that selected areas of the substrate surface are laid bare, exposing the laid-bare areas to the dopant precursor gas, and heating the substrate so as to incorporate dopant from the dopant precursor gas into the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Shashank Misra, Daniel Robert Ward, DeAnna Marie Campbell, Tzu-Ming Lu, Scott William Schmucker, Evan Michael Anderson, Andrew Jay Leenheer, Jeffrey Andrew Ivie
  • Publication number: 20230330979
    Abstract: A recyclable structure and methods of recycling are provided herein. A recyclable structure for use in packaging comprises a paper layer, and a polymeric film layer. An adhesive layer adhesively joins the paper layer and the polymeric layer. The adhesive layer comprises an acrylic or a urethane adhesive. The recyclable structure 85% by subjecting the structure to mechanical stresses and repulping. The adhesive layer has a greater affinity for the polymeric film layer than the paper layer. Upon repulping the adhesive layer is mostly separated from the fibers within the paper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Patent number: 11790153
    Abstract: Systems and methods for replacing a hyperlink to a referenced object with a smart link are disclosed. The method performed by a smart link management system includes receiving a content request for the hyperlink from a client device, the content request comprising a uniform resource locator (URL) of the referenced object, the URL indicating the location of the content; identifying a data source where the referenced object is located based on the URL; forwarding the content request to the data source; receiving metadata corresponding to the referenced object hosted by the data source; and forwarding the metadata to the client device for display on the client device in the form of a smart link, the smart link being a visual object including at least a portion of the metadata received from the data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN US, INC.
    Inventors: Artur Pawel Bodera, Patrick Streule, Sascha-Manuel Reuter, Pavel Aksenkin, Scott William Simpson
  • Publication number: 20230322461
    Abstract: A structure is described for forming a wrapper, e.g., for print media, where the structure includes lines of weakness for facilitating a user's tearing of the wrapper to access the contents. The lines of weakness may include a first line of weakness that extends along a fold line of an envelope fold forming one of the front or rear or right sides of the wrapped package, as well as a second line of weakness that extends substantially perpendicularly to the respective longitudinal fold lines and a third line of weakness that extends between the first line of weakness and the second line of weakness and is disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to each. In this way, a tear initiated near the first line of weakness and may be propagated along the other lines of weakness to create an opening for accessing the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Scott William Huffer, Brent Bosman
  • Publication number: 20230321739
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a threaded section having a first thread adapted to receive a counterpart threaded section having a second thread, the apparatus comprising a source of rotational movement, rotational means for operatively connecting either the threaded section or the counterpart threaded section or the threaded section to the source of rotational movement, and fixing means for fixing either (1) the counterpart threaded section to impede rotational movement the counterpart threaded section when the threaded section is operatively connected to the source of rotational movement or (2) the threaded section to impede rotational movement the threaded section when the counterpart threaded section is operatively connected to the source of rotational movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Scott WILLIAMS