Patents Represented by Law Firm Wood, Herron and Evans
  • Apparatus, methods, and compositions for removing coatings from a metal component
    Patent number: 8262870
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for removing coatings from metal components, such as metal components used in aircraft and other aerospace vehicles and the oil industry, as well as aqueous bath compositions. The metal component may be DC coupled with a counter electrode and immersed in an aqueous bath that includes an active oxygen source and a ligand in a composition effective to remove the coating. The aqueous bath may include hydrogen peroxide as the active oxygen source and may be maintained in a specific pH range if the temperature of the aqueous bath is controlled. In an alternative embodiment, the composition of the aqueous bath may include a non-peroxide active oxygen source, such as sodium perborate, and be maintained in a different specific pH range. An oxygen sensor may be provided to periodically monitor the concentration of active oxygen in the aqueous bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Aeromet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Fairbourn, Max Sorenson
  • Filler for artificial turf system
    Patent number: 8263203
    Abstract: Artificial turf for use with an artificial turf system, which may also include a base layer and a support layer. The artificial turf comprising a backing supporting pile tufts of between ΒΌ? to 4? in length, in position on its upper surface. The backing may comprise a porous synthetic foam or backing sheet. A filler of particles shaped to have no sharp edges and of substantially equal size are interspersed over the backing and about the tufts up to at least half thick length. The artificial turf substantially retains its resiliency, porosity and equal density throughout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: USGreentech, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Randolph S. Reddick
  • Drag-optimised ram-air duct and process for controlling a mass flow of ambient air or cooling air through a ram-air duct
    Patent number: 8262018
    Abstract: A ram-air duct includes a ram-air inlet duct and a ram-air outlet duct arranged downstream of the ram-air inlet duct and in fluid communication with the ram-air inlet duct. At an inlet of the ram-air inlet duct, a first movable element is arranged and adapted to set an inlet parameter of the inlet. At an outlet of the ram-air outlet duct, a second movable element is arranged and adapted to set an outlet parameter of the outlet. The outlet parameter and the inlet parameter are linked together by a function, so that an outlet parameter corresponding to a value of the function is assigned to each inlet parameter. A controller implements the control function by actuating movements of the first and second movable elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Alexander Solntsev, Ruediger Schmidt
  • Screening machine and associated screen panel
    Patent number: 8261915
    Abstract: A screening machine of the type used to separate or classify mixtures of solid particles of different sizes includes a machine frame and a perforate screen panel mounted for movement relative to the machine frame during a screening operation. The screen panels are pre-tensioned mesh screen material mounted in a peripheral rim for separating various granular and particulate materials. The screen panel is slid into the side of the machine frame in a direction orthogonal to the direction particulate matter moves when the screening machine is operating. The screen panel peripheral rim has a shaped or other cross section adapted to hold a large seal member that provides a positive sealing surface for contact with the machine frame to prevent particulate matter from escaping off of the screen panel during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Rotex Global, LLC
    Inventors: Scott A. Bailey, Brady P. Ballman, Nicholas P. Gardner, James G. Potter
  • Etching method for preparing a stepped structure
    Patent number: 8263496
    Abstract: A method of preparing a stepped structure in a multi-layer film stack on a substrate is described. The multi-layer film stack includes alternating layers of differing composition, wherein the alternating layers of differing composition include one or more layers of a first composition and one or more layers of a second composition. The method includes transferring a mask pattern to the one or more layers of the first composition to form a first layer pattern in the one or more layers of the first composition using a first etch process, trimming the mask pattern to expose another portion of the one or more layers of the first composition using a mask trim process, and following the trimming, transferring the first layer pattern to the one or more layers of the second composition using a second etch process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Norman Wodecki
  • Break-away electrical connector
    Patent number: 8262403
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a terminal to a cord of a peripheral device, the electrical connector including a plug member, a lever arm pivotally attached to the plug member, and a biasing member. The plug member and lever arm each include an engagement claw adapted to engage complementary surfaces on the terminal, and the biasing member imparts a biasing force on the lever arm to force the engagement claws to close onto the complementary surfaces on the terminal. The lever arm advantageously includes a first gripping surface with a contoured concave profile for a user to apply a releasing force against the biasing force to remove the plug member from the terminal. A second surface includes a concave surface for engaging a user's finger and forming a grip bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Vocollect, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Slippy, Donald E. Hines, Charles Amurgis, Jon J. Danzak
  • Automated label verify systems and methods for dispensing pharmaceuticals
    Patent number: 8262842
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for filling a prescription order with plurality of products each containing a pharmaceutical. The apparatus and method verifying a barcode on each of the products and printing and applying a patient label with a verified barcode to each of the products. After the patient label is applied, the barcodes are independently verified before the products are released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Omnicare, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Szesko, Bradley Carson, Kevin R. Fearon, Robert A. Smith, Thomas P. Bonkenburg, Jonathan M. Herring
  • Composition and method for reducing pattern collapse
    Patent number: 8263309
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive composition and method for using the composition to reduce the probability of pattern collapse is provided. The radiation-sensitive composition includes a bulk matrix of radiation-sensitive material with a base-reactive, surface-modifying agent dispersed throughout the matrix. The base-reactive, surface-modifying agent is reactive to hydroxide and increases the surface hydrophobicity of a pattern formed in a layer of the radiation-sensitive composition upon treatment with a basic developing solution during lithographic processing of a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Mark H. Somervell
  • Child vehicle having a tool-less coupling and associated method
    Patent number: 8262114
    Abstract: A tool-less coupling of a child vehicle having a front frame and a rear frame includes a post coupled to one of the front or rear frames; a locking insert having at least one flexible table coupled to the post, and a head tube coupled to the other of the front or rear frame, wherein an opening in a first end of the head tube is sized to cause inward flexing of the flexible tab as the post is inserted through the head tube, and the flexible tab flexes back outwardly after passing through the opening in the head tube so that a portion of the flexible tab is adjacent an end surface of the head tube such that the flexible tab cannot move back through the opening. Accordingly, the removal of the post from the head tube is prohibited and the front and rear frames are coupled together. A method for a tool-less assembly of a child vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Huffy Corporation
    Inventor: Donald K. Jessie, Jr.
  • Integrated financial transaction and access system
    Patent number: 8261974
    Abstract: A universal digital information management and transaction system facilitates a consumer's ability to organize, use and obtain personal data related to a consumer, including for example, the consumer's financial, health, and personal records. A consumer is provided with an online profile that stores all of the relevant consumer information, with a token associated with the consumer's profile to enable the consumer to securely login remotely to the system to access and manage all of their relevant information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Ernest Hull
  • On-hold message system
    Patent number: 8259912
    Abstract: A programmable in-the-skin or intelligently connected message on hold delivery system is disclosed which comprises a message storage system and a processor for generating prompts which are transmitted to a control device. The prompts are received at the control device and allow an operator to select from a number of options in order to select, among other things, certain ones of the messages stored on said message storage system for playback, as well as the sequence in which said messages are to be played back. The message playback devices are each provided with one or more libraries of messages, and comprise at least one or more audio and/or visual advertising messages. Said system enables the user to start a pre-recorded audio or visual message at the beginning each time a caller is placed on hold in the telephone system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Info-Hold, Inc.
    Inventor: Joey C. Hazenfield
  • Hydrophobic coating compositions for drag reduction
    Patent number: 8258206
    Abstract: A hydrophobic coating has been made for use on interior pipe surfaces, exterior boat surfaces, and in many other applications, to reduce drag in fluid flow, thus providing an energy savings. The coating utilizes a blend of organic and/or inorganic polymers with hydrophobic nanoparticles of fumed silica and/or titania in a solvent. The coating solves the problem of poor resistance to UV light and/or abrasion found in previous coatings of similar nature. The coating of the present invention can be made to be translucent and nearly transparent whereas previous coatings of comparable hydrophobicity have all been white or opaque. The coating can be applied in a single application by an easy spraying method and the super hydrophobic property can be achieved by drying the film at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes. A preferred coating has good resistance to UV light and some resistance to abrasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Subbareddy Kanagasabapathy, Richard J. Baumgart, Wen-Chen Su, Frances E. Lockwood
  • Method of making a fuel cell device
    Patent number: 8257884
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making fuel cell devices. Anode and cathode layers are applied on respective first and opposing second sides of a first portion of a first green ceramic layer, and a second green ceramic layer of thickness approximately equal to that of the anode and cathode layers is applied on a second portion of each of the first and second sides of the first green ceramic layer. A sacrificial layer is applied over each of the anode, cathode and second green ceramic layers, and a third green ceramic layer is applied over the sacrificial layers. The layered structure is heated to sinter all the layers and burn out the sacrificial layers. A pair of gas passages is thus formed with a thick sintered ceramic therebetween as a passive supporting portion and an anode, thin electrolyte and cathode therebetween as an active portion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventors: Alan Devoe, Lambert Devoe
  • Therapeutic composition containing an organosilane quaternary compound and hydrogen peroxide for treating skin disorders and methods of using
    Patent number: 8257780
    Abstract: Therapeutic skin cleansing and multifunctional coating compositions containing hydrogen peroxide and an organosilane quaternary compound in aqueous formulations are used to treat skin disorders including wounds, abrasions, ulcers, burns, infections, irritations, microbes, soil, water, psoriasis, acne vulgaris, blemishes, age spots, sclerosis, other physical or chemical injuries, and other skin deficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Resource Development L.L.C.
    Inventors: Howard G. Ohlhausen, Jerome H. Ludwig
  • Apparatus and methods for profile wrapping laminates
    Patent number: 8256374
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for applying a coating of adhesive to laminate cover material in a profile wrapping operation. The apparatus can include a slot nozzle, a pressure roller, and a drive roller. The drive roller and pressure roller are movable to first positions in which the drive roller and pressure roller are spaced from the laminate, and second positions in which the drive roller and pressure roller contact the laminate to feed the veneer over the slot nozzle. The apparatus may be used to apply adhesive to raw veneer provided in strip form and to laminates provided in roll form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Burkley, Dave Deibel, Dennis Dodge, Scott Walker
  • Tip protector for a safety catheter
    Patent number: 8257322
    Abstract: A safety catheter includes a catheter hub, a catheter tube, a needle hub, a needle cannula having a tip, and a tip protector. The tip protector includes an outer member having a flexible tab configured to releasably engage with the catheter hub and release therefrom upon inward flexing of the tab. An inner member is positioned entirely within the outer member and has a portion that impedes inward flexing of the tab when disposed adjacent the tab. The inner member is axially shiftable relative to the outer member between a first position wherein the needle tip is distal of the tip protector and the inner member portion is disposed adjacent the tab to impede release from the catheter hub, and a second position wherein the tip is within the outer member and the inner member portion is no longer adjacent the tab and no longer impedes release from the catheter hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas T. Koehler, Kathryn L. Felicito, Harsh Chheda, Oscar R. Abriles
  • Compositions of high specific activity SN-117M and methods of preparing the same
    Patent number: 8257681
    Abstract: Compositions of high specific activity 117mSn with specific activity of greater than 100 Ci/g Sn and methods of producing the same. The method includes exposing 116Cd to an ?-particle beam of sufficient incident kinetic energy and duration to convert a portion of the 116Cd to 117mSn to form an irradiated material. The irradiated material is dissolved to form an intermediate solution containing 117mSn and 116Cd. The 117mSn is separated from the 116Cd to yield high specific activity 117mSn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Clear Vascular Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Raymond Stevenson, Ian Martin Horn
  • Method of process optimization for dual tone development
    Patent number: 8257911
    Abstract: A method for patterning a substrate is described. In particular, the invention relates to a method for double patterning a substrate using dual tone development. Further, the invention relates to optimizing a dual tone development process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Roel Gronheid, Sophie Bernard, Carlos A. Fonseca, Mark Somervell, Steven Scheer
  • Viscous material noncontact jetting system
    Patent number: 8257779
    Abstract: A viscous material noncontact jetting system has a jetting dispenser mounted for relative motion with respect to a surface. A control is operable to cause the jetting dispenser to jet a viscous material droplet that is applied to the surface as a viscous material dot. A device, such as a camera or weigh scale, is connected to the control and provides a feedback signal representing a size-related physical characteristic of the dot applied to the surface. The size-related physical characteristics of subsequently applied dots is controlled by heating and cooling, or adjusting a piston stroke in the jetting dispenser, in response to the size-related physical characteristic feedback. Dispensed material volume control and velocity offset compensation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Ron Abernathy, Alec J. Babiarz, Nicholas Anthony Barendt, Robert Ciardella, James Everett Cooper, Jr., Kenneth S. Espenschied, Erik Fiske, Christopher L. Giusti, Patrick R. Jenkins, Alan Lewis, Raymond Andrew Merritt, Naoya Ian Nagano, Horatio Quinones, Thomas Ratledge, Joe Sherman, Floriana Suriawidjaja, Todd Weston
  • Adhesive dispensing module
    Patent number: D666696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R. Chastine, Brett A. Pearson, John M. Riney