Patents Assigned to Intellectual Properties, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11910984
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone unit having a cyclone with a horizontal cyclone axis of rotation. The front end of the cyclone unit comprises a front door that is moveable between a closed position and an open position. A lock secures the front door in the closed position, the lock comprising an actuator, wherein the actuator is spaced towards the rear end of the cyclone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11912819
    Abstract: Semicrystalline polyethylene-2,2?-bifuran-5,5?-dicarboxylate (PEBF) homopolyester or copolyester with up to 5 mole percent isophthalate or up to 2.7 mole percent terephthalate, based on the diacid component, or up to 2.5 mole percent 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), based on the diol component, prepared by esterifying or transesterifying the diacid and the diol components with a catalyst including about 10 to about 50 ppm wt metal, and polycondensation, wherein the bifuran polyester has an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.4 g/dL and a semicrystalline melting peak (Tm) with ?Hf equal to or greater than 5 J/g on the second heating ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Inc., Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Monica Lotz, Kapil Kandel, Michael Salciccioli, Stephen Cohn, Alan A. Galuska, Javier Guzman, S. Richard Turner, Hans Eliot Edling, Edward E. Paschke
  • Patent number: 11910983
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a surface cleaning head and a rigid air flow conduit removably mountable between the surface cleaning head air outlet and the dirty air inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner. The hand vacuum cleaner comprises a main body and a cyclone unit. The main body has a suction motor axis of rotation and an axially extending sidewall wherein an end of a pistol grip handle is mounted to the sidewall. The dirty air inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner is removably drivingly mounted to a downstream end of the rigid air flow conduit. When the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned with the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner in front of the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the cyclone axis of rotation is generally horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11903547
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a rigid air flow conduit and a surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner has a main body, which houses a suction motor and fan assembly, and a cyclone unit provided on a front end of the main body. The cyclone unit has a first stage cyclone with a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the first stage cyclone. Air enters the cyclone unit through a front wall of the first stage cyclone. The hand vacuum cleaner is removably mounted to a downstream end of the rigid air flow conduit and when the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to the downstream end of the rigid air flow conduit, the handle is a driving handle for the surface cleaning apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11903690
    Abstract: Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for monitoring lesion or treated area in a tissue during focal ablation or cell membrane disruption therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael V. Davalos, Mohammad Bonakdar, Eduardo L. Latouche, Roop L. Mahajan, John L. Robertson, Christopher B. Arena, Michael B. Sano
  • Patent number: 11903546
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a surface cleaning head and a rigid air flow conduit removably mountable between the surface cleaning head air outlet and the dirty air inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner. The hand vacuum cleaner comprises a main body and a cyclone unit. The cyclone axis of rotation intersects the pistol grip handle. The cyclone axis of rotation is generally horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11903548
    Abstract: A hand vacuum has a cyclone assembly which comprises a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber. The cyclone assembly comprises a stationary portion and an openable portion. The openable portion is rotatably mounted by a rotatable mount between a closed position in which the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber are closed and an open position in which the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber are open. The rotatable mount is located at a rearward end of the openable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11896186
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a body which houses a suction motor. A handle is provided on a sidewall of the body and extends outwardly therefrom. The handle axis intersects the suction motor. An air treatment member comprises a chamber, which has an openable door and which forms a front face of the hand vacuum cleaner. The air treatment member having an inner hollow member that occupies all of the central portion of the chamber between the front end of the chamber and a rear end of the chamber. The air treatment member has an openable door lock comprising a door release actuator wherein the door is moveable to an open position in which the chamber is opened when the door release actuator is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11896183
    Abstract: A reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus has a surface cleaning head, a support structure moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position and a portable cleaning unit removably mountable to the support structure. The support structure has a pair of laterally extending portions and the portable cleaning unit has a first mounting member comprising mating grooves which slideably receive the laterally extending portions when the portable cleaning unit is mounted to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11896185
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic stage which comprises a stationary portion and an openable portion. The openable portion is rotatably mounted by a rotatable mount between a closed position in which a cyclone chamber is closed and an open position in which the cyclone chamber is open. The stationary portion comprises an upper portion of the first cyclonic stage and the openable portion comprises a lower portion of the first cyclonic stage. The rotatable mount is located at a rearward end of the openable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11889968
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet and an upper section mount and an upper portion moveably mounted to the upper section. The upper portion includes a wand. A portable surface cleaning unit is removably mounted to the upper portion. An air flow path extends from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and includes an upstream portion comprising the wand and a flexible air flow conduit downstream of the wand. Each of the wand and the portable cleaning unit can be separately removable from the upper section mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11889969
    Abstract: A stick surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone unit provided in the wand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11889962
    Abstract: A robotic vacuum cleaner has a mechanical transfer mechanism that is used to transfer dirt from the robotic vacuum cleaner to a docking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11890046
    Abstract: A medical system for ablating a tissue site with real-time monitoring during an electroporation treatment procedure. A pulse generator generates a pre-treatment (PT) test signal prior to the treatment procedure and intra-treatment (IT) test signals during the treatment procedure. A treatment control module determines impedance values from the PT test signal and IT test signals and determines a progress of electroporation and an end point of treatment in real-time based on the determined impedance values while the treatment progresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., AngioDynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal, II, Rafael V. Davalos
  • Patent number: 11879889
    Abstract: A test method for testing for presence of a biological agent, a test apparatus and a system to control entry to an event uses particle count and spectrographic data. The present embodiments of the invention provide testing apparatuses, systems and methods. These embodiments may provide for an apparatus, system and method for non-invasive respiratory testing with multiple spectrometers. Also, the embodiments may provide for a system and method for determining test sufficiency for a non-invasive respiratory testing apparatus. Also, the embodiments may provide for a system and method for permitting access to a venue for a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11857137
    Abstract: A canister surface cleaning apparatus comprising a canister body having a recess. The recess comprises a wall and sidewalls that extend away from the wall to define a volume. An air treatment assembly is removably mountable to the canister body. When the air treatment assembly is mounted to the canister body and the canister body is positioned with on the floor, the wall extends generally vertically and one of the sides of the air treatment assembly faces the wall and is positioned in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11860854
    Abstract: Methods and systems for anomaly detection in relational databases. The methods and systems perform operations comprising: accessing a data object including a data set that has been collected over a given time interval; selecting a reference data point from the data set; computing an angle representing a data growth rate of the data set at least within the given time interval relative to the reference data point; determining that the angle representing the data growth rate of the data set within the given time interval exceeds a specified threshold; and in response to determining that the angle representing the data growth rate of the data set within the given time interval exceeds the specified threshold, triggering an anomaly detection operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahsa Shateri, Steven Conforti
  • Patent number: 11863258
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy James O'Shea, Tugba Erpek
  • Patent number: 11857140
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone. The cyclone air inlet is provided at a first juncture of the cyclone sidewall and an end wall of the cyclone chamber. The cyclone also has a vortex finder that is provided on the end wall. The vortex finder has a vortex sidewall that meets the first end wall at a second juncture. The vortex sidewall is spaced radially inwardly from the cyclone sidewall by a radial distance that is greater than the width of the air inlet. One of the first and second junctures is rounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11857142
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a floor cleaning unit and a portable surface cleaning unit. The floor cleaning unit includes a surface cleaning head, an upper section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between an upright storage position and a rearwardly inclined floor cleaning position, a charger having an energy storage member, and an air flow path extending from the dirty air inlet to a floor cleaning unit air outlet. The portable surface cleaning unit is connectable to the floor cleaning unit, and includes a portable surface cleaning unit air inlet connectable in air flow communication with the floor cleaning unit air outlet, a main body, an air treatment member, a suction motor, a handle and a capacitor. When fully charged, the energy storage member stores sufficient stored power to recharge the capacitor at least twice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad