Patents by Inventor Ann Grimm
Ann Grimm 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: 12371078Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system and method receive a selection of at least one vehicle-of-interest onboard a vehicle system moving along one or more routes in a transportation network. The at least one vehicle-of-interest is disposed on the one or more routes in the transportation network. One or more locations of the at least one vehicle-of-interest are monitored from onboard the vehicle system. The one or more locations of the at least one vehicle-of-interest are displayed on a display device disposed onboard the vehicle system. A determination is made whether to change display of the one or more locations of the at least one vehicle-of-interest on the display device based on an update to a notified state of the at least one vehicle-of-interest being received onboard the vehicle system.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies CorporationInventors: Kevin Angel, Ann Grimm
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Patent number: 11312390Abstract: A vehicle control system and method display a map within a designated viewing area of a display device. The map provides information on a location of a vehicle and restrictions on vehicle movement. Prompts for response from a vehicle operator are displayed with the map. The prompts are based on the vehicle location and/or the movement restrictions. The are displayed on the vehicle display device but outside of the designated viewing area of the vehicle display device. Operator input is received in response to the one or more prompts to verify that the vehicle is moving according to the one or more restrictions on the movement of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: westinghouse air brake technologies corporationInventors: Matthew Vrba, Ann Grimm, Scott Sollars, Phil Burgart, Jim Oswald
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Publication number: 20210188333Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system and method receive a selection of at least one vehicle-of-interest onboard a vehicle system moving along one or more routes in a transportation network. The at least one vehicle-of-interest is disposed on the one or more routes in the transportation network. One or more locations of the at least one vehicle-of-interest are monitored from onboard the vehicle system. The one or more locations of the at least one vehicle-of-interest are displayed on a display device disposed onboard the vehicle system. A determination is made whether to change display of the one or more locations of the at least one vehicle-of-interest on the display device based on an update to a notified state of the at least one vehicle-of-interest being received onboard the vehicle system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Kevin Angel, Ann Grimm
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Patent number: 10974748Abstract: A vehicle advisory system and method determine whether a vehicle system moving along a route is within a designated distance of a feature of interest, initiate a distance-based alert sequence of an advisory device of the vehicle system in response to determining that the vehicle system is at or within the designated distance of the feature of interest, and generate advisory signals using the advisory device according to the distance-based alert sequence. The advisory signals are indicative of passage of the vehicle system by the feature of interest during the distance-based alert sequence. The distance-based alert sequence dictates one or more of plural different commencement locations or commencement distances at which advisory signals are generated by the advisory device. The distance-based alert sequence also dictates one or more of plural different termination locations or termination distances where generation of the advisory signals by the advisory device is terminated.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin Angel, Ann Grimm
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Publication number: 20210039668Abstract: A vehicle control system and method display a map within a designated viewing area of a display device. The map provides information on a location of a vehicle and restrictions on vehicle movement. Prompts for response from a vehicle operator are displayed with the map. The prompts are based on the vehicle location and/or the movement restrictions. The are displayed on the vehicle display device but outside of the designated viewing area of the vehicle display device. Operator input is received in response to the one or more prompts to verify that the vehicle is moving according to the one or more restrictions on the movement of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Matthew Vrba, Ann Grimm, Scott Sollars, Phil Burgart, Jim Oswald
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Patent number: 6998381Abstract: Amine fabric softener actives are prepared in dispersion and/or clear form with materials to improve performance by increasing the cationic charge density. These materials include polycationic compounds, especially cationic polymers; single long-chain cationic compounds; and carboxylic acids that increase the acidity in the rinse, thus lowering pH and increasing the percentage of amine fabric softener active that is protonated. Antistatic properties are also improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kimberly Ann Grimm, Dennis Ray Bacon, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Helen Bernardo Tordil
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Patent number: 6673118Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for selection and treatment of a garment with a refreshing, deodorizing and finishing composition, in order to improve various properties of garments, in particular, reduction or removal of unwanted wrinkles, odors, and the like. Also included is an article of manufacture containing a plurality of refreshing, deodorizing and finishing compositions in a plurality of disposable containers in association with instructions for their use in an apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dean Larry DuVal, Paul Eugene Rienzo, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Ricky Ah-Man Woo, Kimberly Ann Grimm, Eric Laurence Wagnon
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Publication number: 20040002436Abstract: Amine fabric softener actives are prepared in dispersion and/or clear form with materials to improve performance by increasing the cationic charge density. These materials include polycationic compounds, especially cationic polymers; single long-chain cationic compounds; and carboxylic acids that increase the acidity in the rinse, thus lowering pH and increasing the percentage of amine fabric softener active that is protonated. Antistatic properties are also improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kimberly Ann Grimm, Dennis Ray Bacon, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Helen Bernardo Tordil
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Patent number: 6630441Abstract: Amine fabric softener actives are prepared in dispersion and/or clear form with materials to improve performance by increasing the cationic charge density. These materials include polycationic compounds, especially cationic polymers; single long-chain cationic compounds; and carboxylic acids that increase the acidity in the rinse, thus lowering pH and increasing the percentage of amine fabric softener active that is protonated. Antistatic properties are also improved.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kimberly Ann Grimm, Dennis Ray Bacon, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Helen Bernardo Tordil
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Publication number: 20020155983Abstract: Amine fabric softener actives are prepared in dispersion and/or clear form with materials to improve performance by increasing the cationic charge density. These materials include polycationic compounds, especially cationic polymers; single long-chain cationic compounds; and carboxylic acids that increase the acidity in the rinse thus lowering pH and increasing the percentage of amine fabric softener active that is protonatect. Antistatic properties are also improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2000Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: KIMBERLY ANN GRIMM, DENNIS RAY BACON, TOAN TRINH, ERROL HOFFMAN WAHL, HELEN BERNARDO TORDIL
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Publication number: 20020040504Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for selection and treatment of a garment with a refreshing, deodorizing and finishing composition, in order to improve various properties of garments, in particular, reduction or removal of unwanted wrinkles, odors, and the like. Also included is an article of manufacture containing a plurality of refreshing, deodorizing and finishing compositions in a plurality of disposable containers in association with instructions for their use in an apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2001Publication date: April 11, 2002Inventors: Dean Larry DuVal, Paul Eugene Rienzo, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Ricky Ah-Man Woo, Kimberly Ann Grimm, Eric Laurence Wagnon
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Patent number: D688436Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: The IAMS CompanyInventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Timothy Paul Schatz, Rich Carl Seipp, Kimberly Ann Grimm
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Patent number: D699016Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: The Iams CompanyInventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Timothy Paul Schatz, Rich Carl Seipp, Kimberly Ann Grimm
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Patent number: D699017Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: The Iams CompanyInventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Timothy Paul Schatz, Rich Carl Seipp, Kimberly Ann Grimm
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Patent number: D810391Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Mars, IncorporatedInventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Timothy Paul Schatz, Rich Carl Seipp, Kimberly Ann Grimm