Patents by Inventor Allen Nelson
Allen Nelson 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).
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Patent number: 11940593Abstract: A display article is described herein that includes: a substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface; and the primary surface having defined thereon a diffractive surface region. The diffractive surface region comprises a plurality of structural features that comprises a plurality of different heights in a multimodal distribution. Further, the substrate exhibits a sparkle of less than 4%, as measured by pixel power deviation (PPD140) at an incident angle of 0° from normal, a distinctness of image (DOI) of less than 80% at an incident angle of 20° from normal, and a transmittance haze of less than 20% from an incident angle of 0° from normal.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Jiangwei Feng, Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Cameron Robert Nelson, Wageesha Senaratne, William Allen Wood
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Publication number: 20240093157Abstract: Disclosed herein are various bioreactor devices and systems for growing cellular material, and related methods of growing cellular material. In some cases, a system can include a well plate having a plurality of wells and a bioreactor situated in each well of the well plate. In some cases, a bioreactor can include an inner body which divides the bioreactor into several distinct chambers and facilitates the growth of a multi-tissue sample in the bioreactor. In some cases, a system can include a mechanical actuator situated to mechanically stress tissues grown in a bioreactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationInventors: Rocky S. Tuan, Hang Lin, Thomas P. Lozito, Peter Alexander, Douglas Allen Nelson, Jr., Riccardo Gottardi
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Patent number: 11845961Abstract: Disclosed herein are various bioreactor devices and systems for growing cellular material, and related methods of growing cellular material. In some cases, a system can include a well plate having a plurality of wells and a bioreactor situated in each well of the well plate. In some cases, a bioreactor can include an inner body which divides the bioreactor into several distinct chambers and facilitates the growth of a multi-tissue sample in the bioreactor. In some cases, a system can include a mechanical actuator situated to mechanically stress tissues grown in a bioreactor.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationInventors: Rocky S. Tuan, Hang Lin, Thomas P. Lozito, Peter Alexander, Douglas Allen Nelson, Jr., Riccardo Gottardi
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Patent number: 11798142Abstract: A system includes a sensor including a set of cameras configured to capture a set of images of an enclosed space. The system further includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: (a) receiving the set of images captured by the set of cameras; (b) pre-processing the set of images to increase quality and reduce effect of ambient lighting; (c) building a disparity map for the set of images based at least in part on a relationship between the set of cameras; and (d) determining an occupancy of the enclosed space based at least in part on the disparity map. The system can be used to determine occupancy in a trailer with irregularly shaped cargo using low cost sensors.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: XIRGO TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Brian Joseph Walstrom, John Lee Ponti, Savanna Liah Steinmetz, Timothy Allen Nelson
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Publication number: 20220318963Abstract: A system includes a sensor including a set of cameras configured to capture a set of images of an enclosed space. The system further includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: (a) receiving the set of images captured by the set of cameras; (b) pre-processing the set of images to increase quality and reduce effect of ambient lighting; (c) building a disparity map for the set of images based at least in part on a relationship between the set of cameras; and (d) determining an occupancy of the enclosed space based at least in part on the disparity map. The system can be used to determine occupancy in a trailer with irregularly shaped cargo using low cost sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Brian Joseph Walstrom, John Lee Ponti, Savanna Liah Steinmetz, Timothy Allen Nelson
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Patent number: 11195260Abstract: A system includes a sensor including a set of cameras configured to capture a set of images of an enclosed space. The system further includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: (a) receiving the set of images captured by the set of cameras; (b) pre-processing the set of images to increase quality and reduce effect of ambient lighting; (c) building a disparity map for the set of images based at least in part on a relationship between the set of cameras; and (d) determining an occupancy of the enclosed space based at least in part on the disparity map. The system can be used to determine occupancy in a trailer with irregularly shaped cargo using low cost sensors.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Xirgo Technologies, LLCInventors: Brian Joseph Walstrom, John Lee Ponti, Savanna Liah Steinmetz, Timothy Allen Nelson
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Patent number: 11027165Abstract: An athletic tire training device includes a compressible body having a flat surfaced top, flat surfaced base, a surrounding wall extending between the top and base, and an interior wall extending between the top and base. The surrounding wall has an exterior surface with flat sides. The interior wall surrounds an open interior volume. The body has a weight of at least 20 pounds. The training device is usable in a variety of functional training exercises.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: The Prophet CorporationInventor: Matthew Allen Nelson
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Publication number: 20210139859Abstract: Disclosed herein are various bioreactor devices and systems for growing cellular material, and related methods of growing cellular material. In some cases, a system can include a well plate having a plurality of wells and a bioreactor situated in each well of the well plate. In some cases, a bioreactor can include an inner body which divides the bioreactor into several distinct chambers and facilitates the growth of a multi-tissue sample in the bioreactor. In some cases, a system can include a mechanical actuator situated to mechanically stress tissues grown in a bioreactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationInventors: Rocky S. Tuan, Hang Lin, Thomas P. Lozito, Peter Alexander, Douglas Allen Nelson, JR., Riccardo Gottardi
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Patent number: 10478621Abstract: A retractable lead system is provided that includes a cup, a spherical contact, and a plunger. The cup is disposed proximate a vacuum end of the retractable lead system, and defines a cavity and a contact reception seat. The contact reception seat defines a spherical portion having a contact reception spherical radius. The spherical contact is disposed within the contact reception seat, and defines a contact spherical radius that corresponds to the contact reception spherical radius. The spherical contact is configured to be electrically coupled to an interior lead disposed within a vacuum environment. The plunger includes an ambient contact and a retractable contact disposed on opposite ends of the plunger. The plunger is configured to be actuated between an open position at which the retractable contact is retracted from the spherical contact and a closed position at which the retractable contact is coupled with the spherical contact.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David Allen Nelson, Mark Derakhshan
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Publication number: 20190321676Abstract: An athletic tire training device includes a compressible body having a flat surfaced top, flat surfaced base, a surrounding wall extending between the top and base, and an interior wall extending between the top and base. The surrounding wall has an exterior surface with flat sides. The interior wall surrounds an open interior volume. The body has a weight of at least 20 pounds. The training device is usable in a variety of functional training exercises.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventor: MATTHEW ALLEN NELSON
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Patent number: 10399921Abstract: Processes for manufacturing a purified aromatic carboxylic acid include contacting crude aromatic carboxylic acid with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor to form a purified aromatic carboxylic acid; separating vapor effluent from the purified aromatic carboxylic acid; scrubbing the vapor effluent to form a scrubber effluent; treating the scrubber effluent vapor to form a gaseous treated scrubber effluent and a liquid treated scrubber effluent; and removing at least a portion of organic impurities from the liquid treated scrubber effluent.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.Inventors: Thomas Bartos, Allen Nelson, Anders Larsen-Bitsch
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Publication number: 20190251579Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a social media analytics platform. An entity may be configured with respect to the platform and a number of social media accounts, and other data such as aliases or search terms associated with the entity. Data is collected at certain intervals from the various online sites, including social media sites, using the various disparate and proprietary interfaces and data models provided by the sites and the configurations for the social media accounts associated with an entity. Using this data obtained from these online sites one or more scores can be calculated or update based on the data, where the score(s) may serve to quantify a facet of the entity's social media exposure and may serve to be domain specific to the entity. The scores for each of the indices for an entity can thus serve to quantify facets of an entity's social media exposure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Victor Vincent Savelli, Shawn Timothy Spieth, Kyle Allen Nelson, Powell McVay Kinney, Eric Jonathan Swayne
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Patent number: 10343007Abstract: An athletic tire training device includes a compressible body having a flat surfaced top, flat surfaced base, a surrounding wall extending between the top and base, and an interior wall extending between the top and base. The surrounding wall has an exterior surface with flat sides. The interior wall surrounds an open interior volume. The body has a weight of at least 20 pounds. The training device is usable in a variety of functional training exercises.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: The Prophet CorporationInventor: Matthew Allen Nelson
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Patent number: 10311453Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a social media analytics platform. An entity may be configured with respect to the platform and a number of social media accounts, and other data such as aliases or search terms associated with the entity. Data is collected at certain intervals from the various online sites, including social media sites, using the various disparate and proprietary interfaces and data models provided by the sites and the configurations for the social media accounts associated with an entity. Using this data obtained from these online sites one or more scores can be calculated or update based on the data, where the score(s) may serve to quantify a facet of the entity's social media exposure and may serve to be domain specific to the entity. The scores for each of the indices for an entity can thus serve to quantify facets of an entity's social media exposure.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: MVPindex, Inc.Inventors: Victor Vincent Savelli, Shawn Timothy Spieth, Kyle Allen Nelson, Powell McVay Kinney, Eric Jonathan Swayne
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Patent number: 10195476Abstract: A weight bar system includes a weight bar, and two lock collars on each end of the weight bar for holding one or more weights on each end of the weight bar. The ends of the weight bar include circumferentially positioned grooves. A locking collar is engageable with the grooves both in an unlocked and a locked position. The locking collar includes a main body collar including pins which extend in a cross direction relative to the axis and are moveable radially inwardly and outwardly relative to the grooves. A rotatable collar includes a cam surface to move the pins radially inwardly to lock the locking collar to the weight bar. A stationary collar may also be provided to limit rotation of the rotatable collar, and to provide a gripping surface. A space on the lock collar may be provided to press against the weights.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: The Prophet CorporationInventors: Todd Russell Jennings, Christopher Lee Tuma, Matthew Allen Nelson
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Publication number: 20180330388Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a social media analytics platform. An entity may be configured with respect to the platform and a number of social media accounts, and other data such as aliases or search terms associated with the entity. Data is collected at certain intervals from the various online sites, including social media sites, using the various disparate and proprietary interfaces and data models provided by the sites and the configurations for the social media accounts associated with an entity. Using this data obtained from these online sites one or more scores can be calculated or update based on the data, where the score(s) may serve to quantify a facet of the entity's social media exposure and may serve to be domain specific to the entity. The scores for each of the indices for an entity can thus serve to quantify facets of an entity's social media exposure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Victor Vincent Savelli, Shawn Timothy Spieth, Kyle Allen Nelson, Powell McVay Kinney, Eric Jonathan Swayne
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Patent number: 10125873Abstract: A valve assembly and method for rotating a valve assembly including a valve element disposed in a flow path and configured to rotate between an opened position and a closed position, wherein the valve element closes the flow path. A mechanical linkage is connected to the valve element where forces are transferred through the mechanical linkage to rotate the valve element to an open position.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventor: David Allen Nelson
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Publication number: 20180231129Abstract: A valve assembly and method for rotating a valve assembly including a valve element disposed in a flow path and configured to rotate between an opened position and a closed position, wherein the valve element closes the flow path. A mechanical linkage is connected to the valve element where forces are transferred through the mechanical linkage to rotate the valve element to an open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventor: David Allen Nelson
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Patent number: D854636Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: The Prophet CorporationInventor: Matthew Allen Nelson
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Patent number: D1026956Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: IMPROVED RACING PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Richard Michael Ihns, Casey Allen Fitzgerald, Jarott Edward Nelson