Patents Assigned to Performance IT
  • SHAKER TOP WITH FRESHNESS SEAL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20180134461
    Abstract: A shaker top for dispensing products in a laundry soap bottle, including a peelable protective cover affixed upon a dispensing liner having an orifice, the dispensing liner affixed to a mouth of the laundry soap bottle. A method of manufacturing a shaker top with a peelable protective cover, including the steps of affixing a peelable protective cover upon a dispensing liner, assembling a top unit including the peelable protective cover and the dispensing liner, affixing the top unit to a mouth of a container, and covering the container with a cap. A shaker top with a peelable protective cover attached to a container, manufactured by the method of manufacture. A method of using a laundry soap bottle having a shaker top with a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Performance Systematix, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Jeffery Fisch
  • SPECIALTY PULP WITH HIGH INTRINSIC VISCOSITY
    Publication number: 20180135244
    Abstract: A method for making a specialty fiber by activating pulp in an alkaline aqueous medium, then reacting it a water-soluble, multi-functional reagent able to bridge neighboring cellulose chain within a single fiber. The resultant specialty cellulose fibers have high intrinsic viscosity and may be used to make cellulose ethers, cellulose acetate, and viscose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Rayonier Performance Fibers, LLC
    Inventors: Othman A. HAMED, Romuald KRZYWANSKI
  • Linked list scripting engine
    Patent number: 9973381
    Abstract: A system and a method are creating a linked list scripts for a networking device. The system receives a set of nodes defining script functionality and generates a script by coupling the nodes in a nodal structure based on desired order of execution, wherein a leaf node is an standalone node with no child node, and wherein a nugget node includes one or more child nodes, each child node being a nugget or leaf node. The system then determines an execution path through a subset of nodes in the nodal tree structure based on one or more input values. The system also compiles the subset of nodes into a linked list of operations, which follows the execution path, and executes the path of operations within the compiled linked list of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Performance and Privacy Ireland Ltd.
    Inventors: Erik R. Swenson, Jaime Heilpern
  • Interchangeable input mechanisms for control devices
    Patent number: 9971420
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are directed toward input mechanisms, for input devices, configured to receive and removably couple to interchangeable elements. Handheld input devices applicable to some embodiments may include, without limitation, computer controllers, video game console controllers, and handheld video gaming devices. Input mechanisms applicable to various embodiments may include, for example, control sticks (e.g., joysticks or analog sticks operable by a user's finger, such as a thumbstick), buttons, switches, and directional pads. According to some embodiments, an input mechanism is provided comprising a base component. Depending on the embodiment, coupling different interchangeable elements to the base component may cause the input mechanism to vary in size, appearance, contour, material, or features provided by the input mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Performance Designed Products LLC
    Inventors: Bradley M. Strahle, Eric B. Fulghum
  • LIQUID RECOVERY FILTER
    Publication number: 20180126310
    Abstract: A liquid recovery filter assembly for recovering filtered liquid trapped within a core or downstream side of a filter element. Multiple embodiments each include a recovery port and a recovery filter in fluid communication with the core or downstream side of the filter element. The recovery port is opened following filtration operations to permit and to facilitate filtered liquid to flow from a downstream or outlet port, thus allowing recovery of liquid remaining in the filter core or downstream side following filtering operations. The recovery filter permits the introduction of pressurized gas to force the filtered liquids from the filter assembly without compromising the sterility and/or non-contaminant condition of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: ZhenWu Lin, Jacob Andrews, Hannah C. Hertrick
  • SUPPLEMENTAL BRAKING DEVICE FOR A TOWED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180126967
    Abstract: A system and method for braking a flat-towed vehicle based upon a braking pressure of a braking fluid in a braking circuit in the towing vehicle, the method includes measuring a piezoresistor voltage drop across a piezoresistor positioned within the braking circuit such that the piezoresistor voltage drop changes in response to the braking pressure within the braking circuit. Based upon the measured piezoresistor voltage drop, a motor frame duration is retrieved. A clutch engages the motor output shaft to initiate a clutch frame. Upon expiration of a programmed clutch delay, a motor frame initiates by supplying power to a motor. Upon expiration of the motor frame duration, power to the motor is interrupted. The clutch continues to be engaged for the duration of the clutch frame. The clutch releases allowing a capstan attached to the clutch to spin freely relative to the motor output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Rodney W. Brazel, Inc dba: Brazel's Performance Products
    Inventor: Alan Sanders
  • High refractive index siloxanes
    Patent number: 9963469
    Abstract: A polymer material comprising a constraint bicyclic bridged structure such as bicyclo(2,2,1) ring system, most preferably a norbornyl group, pendant to a siloxane backbone. The bridged bicyclic-containing materials can exhibit good refractive index, transparency, gas permeability, and/or other properties making them suitable for use in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Srivastava, Douglas M. Dukes
  • SHAKER TOP WITH FRESHNESS SEAL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20180118425
    Abstract: A shaker top for dispensing products in a container, including a top unit having a peelable protective cover affixed by heat staking upon a dispensing liner having at least one perforation, the top unit affixed to a mouth of a container. A method of manufacturing a shaker top with a peelable protective cover, including the steps of affixing a peelable protective cover upon a dispensing liner by heat staking, assembling a top unit including the peelable protective cover and the dispensing liner, affixing the top unit to a mouth of a container, and covering the container with a cap. A shaker top with a peelable protective cover attached to a container, manufactured by the method of manufacture. A method of using a container having a shaker top with a freshness seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Performance Systematix, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Jeffery Fisch
  • Ester-functional polysiloxanes and copolymers made therefrom
    Patent number: 9957357
    Abstract: There is described a polysiloxane having the structure: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently a hydrocarbon radical, an unsaturated radical, an alkoxy radical, an aryl radical or an alkenyloxy radical, R4 is independently a direct bond or hydrocarbon radical optionally substituted with oxygen and nitrogen, R5 is independently a hydrogen, a halogen, an aliphatic group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aromatic group having 6 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryloxy group, R6 is independently a hydroxyl group, an amine group, an acid chloride group, or a sulfonyl halide group, x is from 1 to 300; y is from 0 to 50; and z is from 0 to 50. The polysiloxane is used to make various copolymers and polymer blends. A variety of articles can be made using the polysiloxane described as a polymer blend or copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Narayana Padmanabha Iyer, Indumathi Ramakrishnan, Anuj Mittal, Roy Rojas-Wahl, Samim Alam
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING LIGHT
    Publication number: 20180112849
    Abstract: A lighting component may include a light emitting diode (LED) positioned on a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), and a reflector positioned on the PCBA over the LED. The LED may be configured to emit an effective span of light which may pass through the reflector from a rearward opening to a forward opening of the reflector. The reflector may include a first region with one or more surfaces configured to subtend a first portion of the effective span of light. The reflector may include a second region with one or more first surfaces configured to subtend a second portion of the effective span and one or more second surfaces configured to subtend exterior light entering the forward opening back through the forward opening. The reflector may include a third region with one or more surfaces configured to subtend exterior light entering the forward opening back through the forward opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: JST PERFORMANCE, LLC
    Inventors: EDGAR A. MADRIL, RONALD G. HOLDER
  • Aminosiloxanes of high purity
    Patent number: 9951185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising amino-functional polysiloxanes of high purity and their preparation. Also disclosed herein is an aminoalkyl-functional polysiloxane, a process for purifying this aminoalkyl-functional polysiloxane, a process for preparing the composition, a use of the composition, a polyorganosiloxane-polyorgano block copolymer, a process for the preparation of a polyorganosiloxane-polyorgano block copolymer and a shaped, formed and/or extruded shaped article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Huggins, Hurbertus Eversheim, Gunnar Hoffmüller
  • Chlorine dioxide decontamination system and methods
    Patent number: 9943620
    Abstract: A scalable, portable and modular chlorine dioxide fumigant decontamination system having an activating area and a neutralizing area which may be housed separately or as a single operationally connected unit, and which may be configured as a closed loop system connected to a decontamination chamber for decontamination of articles, or as an open loop system for decontamination of interiors and large confined spaces, and employing a specialized activating cup that is permeable to air yet substantially impermeable to water and chlorine dioxide reaction by-products such that directing air through the activation cup releases nearly pure chlorine dioxide fumigant. Methods and articles relating to the system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Controlled Performance with Gases, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence F. Bender, James F. Knoer
  • Moisture curable compound with thiourea
    Patent number: 9944770
    Abstract: The present invention provides curable compositions comprising non-tin metal accelerators that accelerate the condensation curing of moisture-curable silicones/non-silicones. In particular, the present invention provides an accelerator comprising thiourea-containing compounds that are particularly suitable as replacements for organotin in sealant and RTV formulations. Further, this thiourea-containing compound is comparable or superior to organotin such as DBTDL, exhibits certain behavior in the presence of components that allow for tuning or adjusting the cure characteristics of the compositions, and provides good adhesion and storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
    Inventor: Christopher M. Byrne
  • Process for making organic-inorganic hybrid materials
    Patent number: 9944746
    Abstract: A process for forming an organic-inorganic hybrid material that can undergo a property change when exposed to an external stimulus, the process comprising providing a prepolymer; and attaching a functional organometal material to the prepolymer, where the functional organometal material comprises a functional moiety that is responsive to an external stimulus such that the organic-inorganic hybrid material exhibits a change in a property of the organic-inorganic hybrid material. The process can further include forming hydrogel particles from the organic-inorganic hybrid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Antonio De Vera, Garth Olszko
  • Organo-modified silicone polymers
    Patent number: 9944742
    Abstract: A linear silicone polymer suitable for use in producing homopolymers, copolymers, polymerized emulsions, latex compositions, and hydrogel polymer films. In one aspect, a hydrophilic silicone monomer is of the Formula 1: WAmBnW??(1) Where, A is a divalent block comprising a silicone-containing pendant group. In one embodiment, the silicone-containing pendant group comprises polyalkylene oxide groups. The structure of the polymer can be controlled and tuned to provide a material with excellent wettability and oxygen permeability. The polymers are suitable for use in a variety of applications including in providing a film for forming contact lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Anubhav Saxena, Sandeep Shashikant Naik, Monjit Phukan, Shreedhar Bhat
  • Compositions and methods for treating cellulose-based materials with micronized additives
    Patent number: 9937634
    Abstract: A composition for treating cellulosic materials is provided. The composition comprises a dispersion of micronized additives. The dispersion comprises additive particles with diameters in the range of 0.001 to 25 microns. Also provided is a method for the application of the additive-containing composition to wood, as well as wood products which have been treated with the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Koppers Performance Chemicals Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Leach, Jun Zhang
  • Muffler for automobile
    Patent number: 9938873
    Abstract: A muffler for an exhaust system of a gas combustion engine, which comprises a muffler body (14) connected to an exhaust pipe inlet (10a), an exhaust pipe outlet (11a) to the tailpipe connected to the muffler body (14), and adjacent baffles (23, 24) within the muffler body (14), characterized in that the exhaust pipe inlet (10a), the exhaust pipe outlet (11 a) and the adjacent baffles (23, 24) are in line without significant restriction to gas exhaust flow and having baffle openings (21, 22) and baffle louver openings (18b, 19b) to the central muffler chamber (17), whereby the central muffler chamber route (17) is generally a straight line from the exhaust inlet pipe (10a) to the exhaust pipe outlet (11a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Black Widow Performance, Inc.
    Inventor: William Lee Bartlett
  • Light fixture with curved frame
    Patent number: 9937852
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a curved lighting fixture that is symmetric about a longitudinal axis of the curved lighting fixture. The curved lighting fixture includes end caps that are parallel to the longitudinal axis. Each end cap includes two mounting studs that secure the lighting fixture to mounting brackets, where a first mounting stud provides an axis of rotation for the lighting fixture and a second mounting stud facilitates the rotation. The two mounting studs do not enter into an interior portion of the lighting fixture so as to facilitate externally serviceable hardware. A bushing provides an external retention mechanism to retain the two mounting studs within each end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: JST Performance, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Adams, Pete D. Sibitzky
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D815318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: JST Performance, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley J. LaMarche, Johnathan J. Heiner, Edgar A. Madril
  • Container
    Patent number: D817767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Leprino Performance Brands LLC
    Inventors: Mike Arnold, Paul Vraciu, Elizabeth Marie Barrett, Scott Lee Fisher