Patents by Inventor A. Feller

A. Feller 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).

  • Patent number: 11330081
    Abstract: An information handling system has an abstraction layer that may receive a request from an agent to import a configuration setting to a first client device with a first operating system, wherein the configuration setting is associated with a user identifier. If the first operating system and a second operating system are different, then first configuration data may be transmitted to the translation layer, wherein the first configuration data is associated with the second operating system. A translation layer may receive the first configuration data from the abstraction layer, translate the a second configuration data based on the first configuration data to a translated configuration setting; and transmit an instruction associated with the translated configuration setting to an agent command layer. The agent command layer may transmit the instruction to the agent to replicate the second configuration setting of the second client device on the first client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Fellers, Eric Fredrickson, Matthew Hilleque, Sunil Kumar
  • Patent number: 11291973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor and to a method for continuous polymerization, in which said reactor for the continuous production of polymers, particularly synthetic rubbers, contains at least one substantially tubular reactor housing (4), wherein said reactor housing (4) has a drive shaft (30) that is connected to at least one agitator (38) arranged such that it can rotate inside the reactor housing (4), and the agitator contains at least one, and preferably two, three or four helical mixing elements (24) which are designed to be preferably close to the wall or to come into contact with the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Feller, Hanns-Ingolf Paul, Paul Wagner, Udo Wiesner
  • Publication number: 20220100915
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein provide a method of making an object from a three-dimensional geometry file and a light polymerizable resin on a light-transmissive window by projection of light through the window in a bottom-up stereolithography process. The method may comprise: slicing the file into a series of sequential images. Temperature fluctuations in the resin may be calculated for at least some of the sequential images upon light polymerization thereof based on sequential exposure of the resin to light, the light corresponding to the series of sequential images. During producing of the object, the production may be modified based on the calculated temperature fluctuations by: (i) reducing production speed during at least a portion of the production; (ii) activating a window cooler during at least a portion of the production; or (iii) increasing production speed during at least a portion of the production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: KYLE LAAKER, BOB E. FELLER, MATTHEW PANZER
  • Publication number: 20220096738
    Abstract: An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a drug reservoir located within a reservoir chamber of the IMD that includes a first side and a second side directly opposite the first side defining a reservoir volume there between. The IMD further includes and a volume sensor system including an ultrasound transmitter within the reservoir chamber and positioned to transmit an ultrasound signal toward the second side at an angle relative to the second side and a plurality of ultrasound sensors adjacent to at least one of the first side or second side of the drug reservoir with each sensor positioned to selectively receive the signal from the transmitter at different reservoir volume levels to indicate a current volume capacity of the drug reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Erik J. Peterson, Touby A. Drew, Jerel K. Mueller, Sarah J. Offutt, Carl M. Feller
  • Patent number: 11286474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacturing and purification of recombinant enzyme products, in particular of food enzyme products and the use thereof. The invention particularly relates to a process for the processing of enzyme products from a microbial fermentation broth by methods of separation, enzymatic treatment and filtration procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: C-LECTA GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Schoenert, Mathias Salomo, Thomas Schultchen, Andreas Vogel, Sabrina Koepke, Sebastian Bartsch, Birgit Brucher, Claudia Feller
  • Patent number: 11284184
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a feedback-based noise cancellation system of an ear device may involve obtaining a measured plant response of the ear device, obtaining a reference plant response value and determining a plant response variation between the reference plant response value and a value corresponding to the measured plant response. The method may involve obtaining a measured a coupler response of the ear device, obtaining a reference coupler response value and determining a coupler response variation between the reference coupler response value and a value corresponding to the measured coupler response. The method may involve determining, based at least in part on the plant response variation and the coupler response variation, a microphone signal gain correction factor and applying the microphone signal gain correction factor to ear device microphone signals that are input to a feedback loop of the feedback-based noise cancellation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Conrad Fellers, Louis D. Fielder, Douglas Walter Hansen, Joshua B. Lando, C. Phillip Brown, Rhonda J. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220016838
    Abstract: A build plate assembly for a three-dimensional printer includes: a lighting panel having individually addressable pixels configured to selectively emit light and/or transmit light from illumination below the pixels to a top surface top surface of the lighting panel; a rigid, optically transparent, gas-impermeable planar screen or base having an upper surface having an uneven surface topology and a lower surface that is affixed to the top surface of the lighting panel; and a flexible, optically transparent, gas-permeable sheet having upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface comprising a build surface for forming a three-dimensional object, the sheet lower surface positioned opposite the base, wherein the build plate is configured to permit gas flow to the build surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Bob E. Feller, Ariel M. Hermann, John R. Tumbleston, David Moore, Gregory W. Dachs, II
  • Patent number: 11220051
    Abstract: A build plate assembly for a three-dimensional printer includes: a lighting panel having individually addressable pixels configured to selectively emit light and/or transmit light from illumination below the pixels to a top surface top surface of the lighting panel; a rigid, optically transparent, gas-impermeable planar screen or base having an upper surface having an uneven surface topology and a lower surface that is affixed to the top surface of the lighting panel; and a flexible, optically transparent, gas-permeable sheet having upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface comprising a build surface for forming a three-dimensional object, the sheet lower surface positioned opposite the base, wherein the build plate is configured to permit gas flow to the build surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob E. Feller, Ariel M. Herrmann, John R. Tumbleston, David Moore, Gregory W. Dachs, II
  • Publication number: 20210400779
    Abstract: A method for forming a protective antioxidative barrier on the furnace electrodes using a chemically altered cooling liquid containing an antioxidant additive. This method can be applied to electrodes used in electric arc furnaces and ladle metallurgy furnaces. The method can involve spraying the cooling liquid onto the electrode, thereby forming the protective antioxidative barrier and reducing the oxidation of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: CHEMTREAT, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph S. STRASSER, Joseph M. HAMNIK, James R. LAWSON, Alan J. FELLER
  • Patent number: 11192305
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a window cassette for a bottom-up additive manufacturing apparatus. The window cassette includes an optically transparent semipermeable member, on which the semipermeable member a three-dimensional object can be produced, a frame surrounding and connected to the semipermeable member, and a fluid supply bed in or adjacent the semipermeable member and configured to feed a polymerization inhibitor through the semipermeable member. The fluid supply bed has at least two opposing sides and includes a first channel array having an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice and a second channel array interdigitated with but separate from the first channel array, and the second channel array having an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice. An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing utilizing a window cassette is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Griffin Price, Bob E. Feller
  • Publication number: 20210354378
    Abstract: A method of improving production performance of an additive manufacturing system includes obtaining a first production plan and a second production plan, different from the first production plan, for the manufacture of a plurality of objects using a fleet of additive manufacturing apparatus, automatically generating a first allocation of a first quantity of the plurality of objects to the fleet of additive manufacturing apparatus using the first production plan, automatically generating a second allocation of a second quantity of the plurality of objects to the fleet of additive manufacturing apparatus using the second production plan, comparing a production performance of the first and second quantity of the plurality of objects after being manufactured by the fleet of additive manufacturing apparatus, and based on the comparison of the production performance, automatically regenerating the first and second allocations to change the first and second quantities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald A. Truong, John R. Tumbleston, Kyle Laaker, Bob E. Feller, Joshua D. Deetz
  • Publication number: 20210323223
    Abstract: A method of making an object on a bottom-up stereolithography apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a light source, a drive assembly, and a controller operatively associated with the light source and the drive assembly, with the light source and/or the drive assembly having at least one adjustable parameter that is adjustable by the controller. The method includes installing a removable window cassette on the apparatus in a configuration through which the light source projects, the window cassette comprising an optically transparent member having a build surface on which an object can be produced, and with the optically transparent member having and at least one variable property therein; and then modifying the at least one adjustable parameter by the controller based on the at least one variable optical property of the window; and then producing the object on the build surface from a light-polymerizable liquid by bottom-up stereolithography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Anant Chimmalgi, Jiayao Zhang, James Michael Ian Bennett, Bob E. Feller
  • Patent number: 11151292
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein provide a method of making an object from a three-dimensional geometry file and a light polymerizable resin on a light-transmissive window by projection of light through the window in a bottom-up stereolithography process. The method may comprise: slicing the file into a series of sequential images. Temperature fluctuations in the resin may be calculated for at least some of the sequential images upon light polymerization thereof based on sequential exposure of the resin to light, the light corresponding to the series of sequential images. During producing of the object, the production may be modified based on the calculated temperature fluctuations by: (i) reducing production speed during at least a portion of the production; (ii) activating a window cooler during at least a portion of the production; or (iii) increasing production speed during at least a portion of the production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Laaker, Bob E. Feller, Matthew Panzer
  • Patent number: 11140755
    Abstract: A method for forming a protective antioxidative barrier on the furnace electrodes using a chemically altered cooling liquid containing an antioxidant additive. This method can be applied to electrodes used in electric arc furnaces and ladle metallurgy furnaces. The method can involve spraying the cooling liquid onto the electrode, thereby forming the protective antioxidative barrier and reducing the oxidation of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CHEMTREAT, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Strasser, Joseph M. Hamnik, James R. Lawson, Alan J. Feller
  • Patent number: 11135790
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of forming a three-dimensional object, which may be carried out by: (a) forming a three-dimensional intermediate by polymerization of a polymerizable liquid in an additive manufacturing process, the polymerizable liquid comprising a light polymerizable component; then (b) contacting at least a portion of the three-dimensional intermediate to a penetrant fluid, the penetrant fluid carrying a solidifiable component, the contacting step carried out under conditions in which the solidifiable component penetrates into the three-dimensional intermediate; (c) optionally but preferably separating the three-dimensional intermediate from the penetrant fluid; and then (d) solidifying and/or curing the solidifiable component in the three-dimensional intermediate to form the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob E. Feller, Kai Chen, Jason P. Rolland
  • Patent number: 11117315
    Abstract: A carrier plate assembly for use in producing a three-dimensional object by bottom-up stereolithography includes: (a) an upper support; (b) an adhesion plate having a substantially flat planar lower adhesion surface, on which surface the three-dimensional object can be formed; (c) at least one energy absorber interconnecting the upper support and the adhesion plate; and (d) a carrier lock portion connected to the upper support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob E. Feller, Gregory W. Dachs, II
  • Patent number: 11110649
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of making an object having a matte surface finish by stereolithography. The method may include: (a) stereolithographically producing an intermediate object by polymerization of a dual cure resin with a first light having a first peak wavelength, the object having excess unpolymerized resin retained on the surface thereof; (b) separating a portion of said excess unpolymerized resin from said object while leaving a thin film of unpolymerized resin on the surface thereof; (c) partially curing said thin film by exposing said thin film to a second light at a second peak wavelength; and then (d) further curing said intermediate object by heating, microwave irradiating, or both heating and microwave irradiating, to produce an object having a matte surface finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventor: Bob E. Feller
  • Patent number: 11084207
    Abstract: A method of making an object on a bottom-up stereolithography apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a light source (11), a drive assembly (14), and a controller (15) operatively associated with the light source and the drive assembly, with the light source and/or the drive assembly having at least one adjustable parameter that is adjustable by the controller. The method includes installing a removable window cassette (12) on the apparatus in a configuration through which the light source projects, the window cassette comprising an optically transparent member, provided as a window (12a), having a build surface on which an object can be produced, and with the optically transparent member having and at least one variable property therein; and then modifying the at least one adjustable parameter by the controller based on the at least one variable optical property of the window; and then producing the object on the build surface from a light-polymerizable liquid by bottom-up stereolithography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Anant Chimmalgi, Jiayao Zhang, James Michael Ian Bennett, Bob E. Feller
  • Publication number: 20210237358
    Abstract: A rotor for separating residual resin from additively manufactured objects in a centrifugal separator, the rotor including a rotor base and a plurality of engagement members configured to secure additively manufactured, light polymerized, objects to the rotor base, each object carrying unpolymerized resin on a surface thereof. The improvement includes a plurality of catch pans removably connected to the base, each catch pan configured to receive unpolymerized resin therein upon centrifugal separation of the resin from the additively manufactured, light polymerized, objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: R. Griffin Price, Edwin James Sabathia, Jr., Bob E. Feller
  • Patent number: D938215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hilton International Holding LLC
    Inventors: Phil Cordell, Jennifer McCardell, Barry Sullivan, Kenny Pyron, Joseph Sencen, Tom Horwitz, Rachael Leson, Adrianne Korczynski, Kelli Fellers