Patents by Inventor William G. Hardie
William G. Hardie 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: 11382975Abstract: A catheter package and method of use which serve to straighten a curved catheter shaft. The straightening of the catheter shaft may be accomplished by passing the shaft through a pathway that bends the catheter in the opposite direction of the curvature imparted to the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft pathway may incorporate various shaped bumps, ridges, pins or rollers or other features which assist in straightening the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Edward H. Cully, James L. Goepfrich, William G. Hardie, Raymond P. Torrez
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Publication number: 20210106682Abstract: A catheter package and method of use which serve to straighten a curved catheter shaft. The straightening of the catheter shaft may be accomplished by passing the shaft through a pathway that bends the catheter in the opposite direction of the curvature imparted to the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft pathway may incorporate various shaped bumps, ridges, pins or rollers or other features which assist in straightening the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Edward H. Cully, James L. Goepfrich, William G. Hardie, Raymond P. Torrez
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Patent number: 10869925Abstract: A catheter package and method of use which serve to straighten a curved catheter shaft. The straightening of the catheter shaft may be accomplished by passing the shaft through a pathway that bends the catheter in the opposite direction of the curvature imparted to the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft pathway may incorporate various shaped bumps, ridges, pins or rollers or other features which assist in straightening the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Edward H. Cully, James L. Goepfrich, William G. Hardie, Raymond P. Torrez
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Publication number: 20190365889Abstract: A catheter package and method of use which serve to straighten a curved catheter shaft. The straightening of the catheter shaft may be accomplished by passing the shaft through a pathway that bends the catheter in the opposite direction of the curvature imparted to the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft pathway may incorporate various shaped bumps, ridges, pins or rollers or other features which assist in straightening the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Edward H. Cully, James L. Goepfrich, William G. Hardie, Raymond P. Torrez
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Patent number: 10322175Abstract: A catheter package and method of use which serve to straighten a curved catheter shaft. The straightening of the catheter shaft may be accomplished by passing the shaft through a pathway that bends the catheter in the opposite direction of the curvature imparted to the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft pathway may incorporate various shaped bumps, ridges, pins or rollers or other features which assist in straightening the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Edward H. Cully, James L. Goepfrich, William G. Hardie, Raymond P. Torrez
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Patent number: 9944044Abstract: A contamination-resistant air permeable fabric laminate is disclosed that comprises a textile layer attached by discontinuous attachments to an asymmetric porous membrane comprising at least two porous regions or layers through the thickness of the membrane. Methods for making the fabric laminate are disclosed as well as garments made therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Sturgill, Michael E. Hodgins, Peter J. Walsh, William G. Hardie
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Publication number: 20170333668Abstract: A catheter package and method of use which serve to straighten a curved catheter shaft. The straightening of the catheter shaft may be accomplished by passing the shaft through a pathway that bends the catheter in the opposite direction of the curvature imparted to the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft pathway may incorporate various shaped bumps, ridges, pins or rollers or other features which assist in straightening the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Edward H. Cully, James L. Goepfrich, William G. Hardie, Raymond P. Torrez
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Patent number: 8375600Abstract: Ventilating insole boards, self-ventilating footwear devices and self-bailing footwear articles and devices are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Michael S. Adams, Robert J. Wiener, William G. Hardie
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Publication number: 20110271416Abstract: A contamination-resistant air permeable fabric laminate is disclosed that comprises a textile layer attached by discontinuous attachments to an asymmetric porous membrane comprising at least two porous regions or layers through the thickness of the membrane. Methods for making the fabric laminate are disclosed as well as garments made therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Gary L. Sturgill, Michael E. Hodgins, Peter J. Walsh, William G. Hardie
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Publication number: 20080313931Abstract: Ventilating insole boards, self-ventilating footwear devices and self-bailing footwear articles and devices are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Michael S. Adams, Robert J. Wiener, William G. Hardie
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Patent number: 7434272Abstract: Liquidproof seams are formed between laminates, most preferably those having a complex textile structure on the sealing side of the laminate, where at least a portion of the complex textile in the sealing region is removed, such as by skiving, to reduce the thickness in the seam, or sealing region, prior to the creation of a durably sealed liquidproof seam.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Gregory E. Hannon, William G. Hardie, Timothy J. Smith
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Patent number: 7356946Abstract: Liquidproof seams are formed between laminates, most preferably those having a complex textile structure on the sealing side of the laminate, where at least a portion of the complex textile in the sealing region is removed, such as by skiving, to reduce the thickness in the seam, or sealing region, prior to the creation of a durably sealed liquidproof seam.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Gregory E. Hannon, William G. Hardie, Timothy J. Smith
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Patent number: 7117545Abstract: Liquidproof seams are formed between laminates, most preferably those having a complex textile structure on the sealing side of the laminate, where at least a portion of the complex textile in the sealing region is removed, such as by skiving, to reduce the thickness in the seam, or sealing region, prior to the creation of a durably sealed liquidproof seam.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings Inc.Inventors: Gregory E. Hannon, William G. Hardie, Timothy J. Smith
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Patent number: 5574250Abstract: A quad or dual differential pair cable for bi-directional high speed differential signal transmission has a first differential pair of conductors and a second differential pair of conductors. The conductors extend in substantially parallel relation to one another and are electrically insulated from each other by an insulating dielectric. The dielectric and the conductors are surrounded by a conductive metal shield. The dielectric insulates the conductors both from each other and from the shield and is sufficiently crush resistant to maintain the conductors in substantially parallel relation to one another over the length of the cable, The shield may be covered with an optional jacket. Each wire of a differential pair of wires are oriented 180 degrees apart from one another. The distance between any one of the conductors and the shield is equal to or greater than the distance between that conductor and a center axis of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1995Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: William G. Hardie, Craig R. Theorin, Edward L. Kozlowski, Jr., Herbert G. Van Deusen
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Patent number: 5483020Abstract: A twin axial or parallel pair cable for high data rate differential signal transmission with extremely low skew. The cable has first and second plated electrical conductors which extend in substantially parallel relation to one another. Preferably the conductors are surrounded by first and second foamed fluoropolymer insulating dielectrics, respectively. The dielectrics and the conductors are surrounded by a braided metal shield of plated electrical conductors. The dielectrics insulate the conductors from each other and from the shield, and are sufficiently crush resistant to maintain the conductors in substantially parallel relation to one another over the length of the cable. The shield may be covered with an optional jacket.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1994Date of Patent: January 9, 1996Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: William G. Hardie, Craig R. Theorin
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Patent number: 5210377Abstract: A crush-resistant high signal propagation velocity coaxial cable insulated with a low-density expanded PTFE insulation surrounded by an extruded closed-cell polymer foam.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1992Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Francis A. Kennedy, William G. Hardie, Jack J. Hegenbarth
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Patent number: 5208426Abstract: A shielded electric signal cable having at least two semiconductive jacket layers of the same or differing conductivity to cover pinholes, meet variable electrical resistance specifications, and decrease signal transfer from jacket to shield.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1991Date of Patent: May 4, 1993Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Francis A. Kennedy, John T. Mongan, William G. Hardie
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Patent number: 4924037Abstract: An electrical cable of conductive wire having an insulating layer of microporous polymeric material around it, followed by a coating of a polyesterpolyurethane surrounding the insulating layer, and an outer film of polyetherpolyurethane surrounding the coating.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1988Date of Patent: May 8, 1990Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: James Ainsworth, William G. Hardie, Edward L. Kozlowski, Jr., Dinesh T. Shaf