Patents by Inventor Alvin Johnson
Alvin Johnson 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: 11834323Abstract: An input includes a specified fluid product to be transported, a specified volume transfer of the specified fluid product to a berth, and a target flow rate of the specified fluid product. A first allowable operating range for volume transfer and a second allowable operating range for flow rate are determined at least based on: the specified fluid product, an availability of meters for metering, an availability of loading arms for loading the specified fluid product to a ship located at the berth, and an availability of vapor combustion units for flaring. A control signal is transmitted to at least one of multiple valves to establish a flow path for the specified fluid product. A start signal is transmitted to initiate a recipe that controls flow through the flow path within the first allowable operating range and the second allowable operating range.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Buckeye Partners, L.P.Inventors: Clinton D. Johnson, Brett Buzbee, Alvin Johnson, III, Matthew Barrow, Francesco A. Inzone
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Publication number: 20220332565Abstract: An input includes a specified fluid product to be transported, a specified volume transfer of the specified fluid product to a berth, and a target flow rate of the specified fluid product. A first allowable operating range for volume transfer and a second allowable operating range for flow rate are determined at least based on: the specified fluid product, an availability of meters for metering, an availability of loading arms for loading the specified fluid product to a ship located at the berth, and an availability of vapor combustion units for flaring. A control signal is transmitted to at least one of multiple valves to establish a flow path for the specified fluid product. A start signal is transmitted to initiate a recipe that controls flow through the flow path within the first allowable operating range and the second allowable operating range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Clinton D. Johnson, Brett Buzbee, Alvin Johnson, III, Matthew Barrow, Francesco A. Inzone
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Publication number: 20100222819Abstract: Spinal stabilization devices, systems and methods are provided that include a spring junction wherein a structural member is mountable to a spine attachment fastener and a resilient element is affixed to the structural member along an attachment region of the resilient element. The attachment region is disposed physically separately with respect to an active region of the resilient element. The attachment region can include a weld region produced via an E-beam welding process involving temperatures of 1000° F. or greater, wherein a heat-affected zone adjacent the weld region is disposed physically separately with respect to the active region. The resilient element may be a coil spring including bend regions adjacent its outermost (i.e., last) coils wherein the material of the coil spring initially bends away from the last coil, then bends back toward the last coil before terminating near the last coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: APPLIED SPINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jens P. Timm, Alvin Johnson
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Patent number: 7713288Abstract: Spinal stabilization devices, systems and methods are provided that include a spring junction wherein a structural member is mountable to a spine attachment fastener and a resilient element is affixed to the structural member along an attachment region of the resilient element. The attachment region is disposed physically separately with respect to an active region of the resilient element. The attachment region can include a weld region produced via an E-beam welding process involving temperatures of 1000° F. or greater, wherein a heat-affected zone adjacent the weld region is disposed physically separately with respect to the active region. The resilient element may be a coil spring including bend regions adjacent its outermost (i.e., last) coils wherein the material of the coil spring initially bends away from the last coil, then bends back toward the last coil before terminating near the last coil.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Applied Spine Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jens P. Timm, Alvin Johnson
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Patent number: 7338988Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink composition suitable for printing on a hydrophobic surface such as a vinyl surface including an aqueous emulsion polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of from ?40° C. to 150° C.; a pigment; and a water-soluble surface agent is provided. Also provided is a method for providing an image on a hydrophobic surface and the image so provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2003Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Carl Michael Hesler, Eric Alvin Johnson
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Publication number: 20070032123Abstract: Spinal stabilization devices, systems and methods are provided that include a spring junction wherein a structural member is mountable to a spine attachment fastener and a resilient element is affixed to the structural member along an attachment region of the resilient element. The attachment region is disposed physically separately with respect to an active region of the resilient element. The attachment region can include a weld region produced via an E-beam welding process involving temperatures of 1000° F. or greater, wherein a heat-affected zone adjacent the weld region is disposed physically separately with respect to the active region. The resilient element may be a coil spring including bend regions adjacent its outermost (i.e., last) coils wherein the material of the coil spring initially bends away from the last coil, then bends back toward the last coil before terminating near the last coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2005Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Jens Timm, Alvin Johnson
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Patent number: 6956082Abstract: An emulsion-polymerized addition copolymer formed from a monomer mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated monomers including from more than 4 to 15 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid functional monomer, and from 0.05 to 5 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one polymerizable surfactant monomer, comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic functional groups, wherein said hydrophilic functional group comprises a polymerizable group within it, is useful as a binder in an ink jet ink having improved print quality.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2000Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Eric Alvin Johnson, Carl Michael Hesler, Robert David Solomon, Michael Paul Hallden-Abberton
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Patent number: 6743875Abstract: An emulsion-polymerized addition copolymer formed from a monomer mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated monomers including from more than 4 to 15 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid functional monomer, and from 0.05 to 5 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one polymerizable surfactant monomer comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic functional groups, wherein said hydrophobic functional group comprises a polymerizable group within it, is useful as a binder in an ink jet ink having improved print quality.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Eric Alvin Johnson, Carl Michael Hesler, Robert David Solomon, Michael Paul Hallden-Abberton
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Publication number: 20040092623Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink composition suitable for printing on a hydrophobic surface such as a vinyl surface including an aqueous emulsion polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of from −40° C. to 150° C.; a pigment; and a water-soluble surface agent is provided. Also provided is a method for providing an image on a hydrophobic surface and the image so provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Carl Michael Hesler, Eric Alvin Johnson
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Patent number: 6693147Abstract: An emulsion-polymerized addition copolymer formed from a monomer mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated monomers, including from more than 4 to 15 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid functional monomer, and from 0.05 to 5 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one polymerizable surfactant monomer comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic functional groups, wherein said hydrophobic functional group comprises a polymerizable group within it, is useful as a binder in an ink jet ink having improved print quality.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Eric Alvin Johnson, Carl Michael Hesler, Robert David Solomon, Michael Paul Hallden-Abberton
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Publication number: 20030171516Abstract: An emulsion-polymerized addition copolymer formed from a monomer mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated monomers, including from more than 4 to 15 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid functional monomer, and from 0.05 to 5 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one polymerizable surfactant monomer comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic functional groups, wherein said hydrophobic functional group comprises a polymerizable group within it, is useful as a binder in an ink jet ink having improved print quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Eric Alvin Johnson, Carl Michael Hesler, Robert David Solomon, Michael Paul Hallden-Abberton
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Publication number: 20030171517Abstract: An emulsion-polymerized addition copolymer formed from a monomer mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated monomers including from more than 4 to 15 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid functional monomer, and from 0.05 to 5 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one polymerizable surfactant monomer comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic functional groups, wherein said hydrophobic functional group comprises a polymerizable group within it, is useful as a binder in an ink jet ink having improved print quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Eric Alvin Johnson, Carl Michael Hesler, Robert David Solomon, Michael Paul Hallden-Abberton
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Patent number: 6541590Abstract: An emulsion-polymerized addition copolymer formed from a monomer mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated monomers including from more than 4 to 15 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid functional monomer, and from 0.05 to 5 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one polymerizable surfactant monomer comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic functional groups, wherein said hydrophobic functional group comprises a polymerizable group within it, is useful as a binder in an ink jet ink having improved print quality.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2000Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Eric Alvin Johnson, Carl Michael Hesler, Robert David Solomon, Michael Paul Hallden-Abberton
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Patent number: 4090746Abstract: A press fit sleeve bearing member supported in a bearing support in which the support portion of the bearing member is of limited length along the longitudinal dimension of the bearing member. The bearing zone is isolated from the support zone by a transition zone to isolate the bearing zone from dimensional changes due to distortions created by the press fit.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1977Date of Patent: May 23, 1978Assignee: Leeds & Northrup CompanyInventors: Samuel Jordan Harkins, Curtis Robert Alvin Johnson
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Patent number: D317242Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1988Date of Patent: June 4, 1991Inventor: Alvin Johnson
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Patent number: D746130Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Inventor: Alvin Johnson