Patents Assigned to Performance IT
  • Wall mounted exercise rack system
    Patent number: 9993678
    Abstract: A retractable wall mounted exercise rack system for providing an exercise rack that may be easily and compactly stored when not in use. The retractable wall mounted exercise rack system generally includes one or more brackets attached to a wall, a pair of support members, and a plurality of arms pivotally extending from the brackets and pivotally connecting to the support members. One or more actuators are connected between the brackets and the arms to assist in lifting the structure into a compact retracted position for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PRx Performance, LLC
    Inventors: Erik S. Hopperstad, Brian B. Brasch
  • Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media facilitating access point management via secure association of an access point and a mobile device
    Patent number: 9998923
    Abstract: Access point (AP) management via secure association between APs and mobile devices is facilitated. A method comprises: associating the device with an AP that is locked, wherein the associating is performed via a proximity-based network facilitating communication based on the device and the AP being within a defined distance of one another; unlocking the AP employing a key associated with the device, wherein the unlocking the AP comprises facilitating access to one or more configuration settings of the AP via the device; and enabling a service of the AP and a corresponding service of the device to facilitate change of at least one of the one or more configuration settings via the device. In one embodiment, the associating the device with the AP comprises performing exchange of information between the device and the AP for secure pairing between the device and the AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NETWORK PERFORMANCE RESEARCH GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Terry Ngo, Erick Kurniawan, Kun Ting Tsai, Seung Baek Yi
  • Method and apparatus for directed adaptive control of dynamic channel selection in wireless networks
    Patent number: 9999055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wireless networks and more specifically to systems and methods for selecting available channels free of radar signals from a plurality of radio frequency channels. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a standalone multi-channel DFS master device and a cloud intelligence device. The standalone multi-channel DFS master device generates spectral information associated with a plurality of communication channels for a device in communication with the standalone multi-channel DFS master device. The cloud intelligence device receives the spectral information via a network device, integrates the spectral information with other spectral information to generate integrated spectral information, and determines a communication channel for the device that is selected from the plurality of communication channels based at least on the integrated spectral information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NETWORK PERFORMANCE RESEARCH GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Terry F K Ngo, Seung Baek Yi, Erick Kurniawan, Kun Ting Tsai
  • Composition for use in conducting downhole operations in oil and gas wells
    Patent number: 9988570
    Abstract: A composition for viscosifying a nonaqueous base liquid. The composition has glycerin carbonate and optionally an alkoxylated alcohol having the formula: wherein R is a linear or branched alkyl from 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or an aromatic radical having the structure: where R1 is a branched or linear alkyl having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms R2 is H or CH3 R3 is H or CH3 a is from 0 to 12 and b is from 1 to 12. The base liquid having greater than 20% naphthenics and about 10% to about 35% isoparaffins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Sasol Performance Chemicals GmbH
    Inventors: Jorge M. Fernandez, Christian W. Jones
  • Chlorine-resistant crosslinkable polyolefin compositions and articles made therefrom
    Patent number: 9988518
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chlorine resistant crosslinkable silane-containing polyolefin compositions and stabilizer masterbatch compositions, their preparation, and articles made therefrom. These crosslinkable silane-containing compositions contain a mixture of antioxidants, light absorbers and stabilizers that provide resistance to the levels of chlorine used in potable water and to light, thereby extending the useful life of said articles made therefrom, such as potable water pipes and valves, bottles, tanks, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Lacroix, Philbert E. Ramdatt, Eric Pohl
  • Mating interface between air intake housing and air filter
    Patent number: 9987580
    Abstract: Mating interfaces between an air intake housing and an air filter are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an air filter assembly having a mating interface for coupling an air intake housing to the air filter may include an air filter having an exterior, an interior, and outlet; and a mating interface coupled to a circumference of the outlet of the air filter. The mating interface may include an opening for receiving an end of an air tube that is in communication with the interior of the air filter; and a groove in a surface of the mating interface for press-fit receiving a first opening an air filter housing that surrounds the air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Holley Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Ethan C. Townsend
  • Curable polyorganosiloxane composition for use as an encapsulant for a solar cell module
    Patent number: 9991406
    Abstract: The invention relates to curable polyorganosiloxane compositions for the use as an encapsulant for a solar cell module, in particular, for the encapsulation of photovoltaic modules, cured polyorganosiloxane composition made therefrom and photovoltaic modules comprising the same as encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Kretschmann, Cristian de Santis, Andrea Ruppenthal
  • Ester-modified organosilicon-based surfactants, methods of making same and applications containing the same
    Patent number: 9988404
    Abstract: There is provided herein a polyalkylene-oxide-free surfactant composition comprising an ester-modified organosilicon having the general formula (I) AOaR4b(BOcR11d)e(C)fDg. There is also provided methods for making the ester-modified organosilicon (I) and agricultural, coating, personal care and home care applications containing the polyalkylene-oxide-free surfactant composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: George A. Policello, Narayan Mukherjee, Roland Wagner, Mark D. Leatherman
  • Personal care compositions with acid functional silicone based structuring agents
    Patent number: 9987365
    Abstract: The invention is directed to personal care compositions comprising an acid functionality bearing silicone neutralized in situ with at least one aminosilane or a partially hydrolyzed aminosilane. The invention provides better stability to formulation in addition to improved delivery of hydrophilic actives from the formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Monjit Phukan, Anubhav Saxena, Vasuki Kaushik, Richard Anthony Presti
  • Thermoplastic elastomer tubing and method to make and use same
    Patent number: 9987784
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer tube can include a thermoplastic elastomer component disposed within a matrix. In an embodiment, the thermoplastic elastomer component is disposed within the matrix in a thermoplastic elastomer phase having a number of domains. At least approximately 50% of the domains of the thermoplastic elastomer component have an aspect ratio of no greater than approximately 1.5. In a particular embodiment, the thermoplastic elastomer tube comprises at least approximately 20 wt % of the thermoplastic elastomer component and no greater than approximately 50 wt % of a polyolefin component. In some embodiments, the thermoplastic elastomer component includes styrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sridhar Krishnamurthi Siddhamalli, Mark W. Simon, Steven Schrader, Todd E. Kundinger
  • Antifouling system comprising silicone hydrogel
    Patent number: 9988497
    Abstract: A multi-layer or single layer antifouling coating system. A multi-layer coating system comprises (a) a base coating for coating a substrate, and (b) an antifouling coating composition adapted to be disposed over the base coating, the antifouling coating composition comprising a hydroxyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane, a curable polyether-containing silane of the Formula (1): (R1O)a(R1)(3-a)Si—R2—(Si(R1)2O)p—Si(R1)2—R2—O—(CH2—CHR1—O)q—R1??(1) where a is 1-3; R1 is H or alkyl radical from C1-C10; R2 is alkylene from C2-C10; p is 1-100; and q is 1-50. The base coating composition can comprise an epoxy modified adhesion promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
    Inventor: Wen P. Liao
  • Composite tubing and method for making and using same
    Patent number: 9982809
    Abstract: A composite tube includes an inner layer including a silicone polymer, wherein the inner layer has a surface that defines a central lumen of the composite tube; an adhesive layer adjacent to the inner layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes an adhesive silicone material including a silicone polymer and an adhesion promoter, and an outer layer adjacent to the adhesive layer, wherein the outer layer includes a thermoplastic polymer having a functional group that forms a chemical bond with the adhesion promoter of the adhesive silicone material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam P. Nadeau, Jianfeng Zhang
  • Multilayer flexible tube and methods for making same
    Patent number: 9982812
    Abstract: A multilayer flexible tube includes an inner layer including a melt processable fluoropolymer, wherein the fluoropolymer includes a copolymer of a poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and a hexafluoropropylene (HFP); and an outer layer including a melt processable polymer having a shore hardness less than a shore hardness of the inner layer. Further provided is a method of making the multilayer flexible tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wayne Edward Garver, Gerald H. Ling, Charles S. Golub, Kathryn J. Morris, Mark F. Colton
  • CMOS-compatible germanium tunable laser
    Patent number: 9985416
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitter device, comprising a substrate, an active layer made of Germanium, which is configured to emit light under application of an operating voltage to the semiconductor light emitter device, wherein a gap is arranged on the substrate, which extends between two bridgeposts laterally spaced from each other, the active layer is arranged on the bridgeposts and bridges the gap, and wherein the semiconductor light emitter device comprises a stressor layer, which induces a tensile strain in the active layer above the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MICROELECTRONICS—INSTITUT FUR INNOVATIVE MIKROELEKTRONIK
    Inventors: Giovanni Capellini, Christian Wenger, Thomas Schroder, Grzegorz Kozlowski
  • Method of forming a laminate
    Patent number: 9981284
    Abstract: A bearing article can include a metal substrate having a bronze layer; a PEEK layer; a PTFE composition layer overlying and penetrating the PEEK layer. A method for preparing a bearing article can include providing a metal substrate with a sintered bronze layer, electrostatic spraying a non-fluorinated polymer onto the metal substrate followed by spraying a fluorinated polymer onto the non-fluorinated polymer and heat rolling to form a laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qiang Guo, Guoliang Pan, Lianxiang Wang, Xiaoye Liu
  • Brake rotor assembly for use with an anti-lock braking system
    Patent number: 9976611
    Abstract: A brake rotor assembly for use with an anti-lock braking system. The brake rotor assembly includes a brake rotor having a pair of braking surfaces; a tone ring having a first end having a plurality of spaced sensing formations disposed thereon and a second end for circumferentially contacting a surface of the brake rotor assembly, the first end thermally insulated from the brake rotor; and a snap ring for connecting the tone ring to the brake rotor assembly. A method of forming a brake rotor assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE FRICTION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Donald L. Burgoon
  • Conversion coating composition comprising a dye and a method for coating a metal surface with said conversion coating composition
    Patent number: 9976218
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a conversion coating composition for coating a metal surface including a water soluble dye, at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of a zirconium-containing compound, titanium-containing compound and silicon-containing compound; and water, wherein the provides for qualitative characterization of the conversion coating uniformity and thickness by the naked human eye or visible light detecting device; and, a method for coating the metal surfaces using the conversion coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventor: Dmitry Chernyshov
  • Flexible oral dispensing apparatus
    Patent number: D818360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE PACKAGING OF NEVADA, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Bradley Oates, II, Brian Paul Brock, Cory James Spivey
  • Automotive wheel
    Patent number: D818412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE TIRE LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Blake Oldham
  • Set of engine valve covers
    Patent number: D818503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Holley Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Tomlinson, Robert M. Haynes