Patents by Inventor Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins 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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Publication number: 20240128549Abstract: An iron-air battery including an iron electrode in contact with an anode current collector, wherein the iron electrode includes a plurality of channels; an oxygen reduction reaction electrode having a first surface facing the plurality of channels and an opposing second surface in contact with air; an oxygen evolution reaction electrode interdigitated with the plurality of channels of the iron electrode, wherein at least a portion of the oxygen evolution reaction electrode is disposed within the plurality of channels in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the oxygen reduction reaction electrode; and an electrolyte in contact with the iron electrode, the first surface of the oxygen reduction reaction electrode, the plurality of channels, and the oxygen evolution reaction electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Joseph Stephen Manser, Christopher Thomas Reynolds, Karen Thomas-Alyea, Michael Chon, David Hooke, Michael Andrew Gibson, Yuto Takagi, Johanna Goodman, Robert Wesley Morgan, Valerie Christine Sacha, Angel Ruben Rivera, Joseph Anthony Pantano, Julia Sokol, Nicholas Reed Perkins
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Patent number: 11953101Abstract: A spool valve for controlling the flow of a fluid into a reciprocating piston cylinder. A spool is slideably inserted into an outer casing, the spool valve having a first and a second non-waisted end portions and having a waisted middle portion. The casing has an intake port and output port for fluids entering and exiting the casing. A first non-waisted end portion covers the intake port during a first valve-closed event as the spool slides in one direction within the casing. The waisted middle portion is sufficiently wide to uncover both the intake port and the output port during a valve-open event as the spool slides in one direction within the casing. A second non-waisted end portion covers the output port during a second valve-closed event as the spool slides in the same one direction within the casing.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Riccardo Meldolesi, Anthony Perkins, Clive Lacy, Dustin Kramer
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Patent number: 11939707Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for producing seamless woven materials that are variable in each of their 3 dimensions. The systems and methods generally operate by altering heddle positions independently to impart three dimensional structure to a woven fabric. Weft yarn is woven into a set of warp yarns that have been individually raised or lowered along a particular cross section, essentially locking the weave into an intended 3 dimensional form.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: UNSPUN, INC.Inventors: Kevin Peter Martin, Elizabeth Faith Esponnette, Walden Hoi Ming Lam, Sarah Marie Lafasto, Benjamin Wagner Cloud, Brian Joseph Gormley, Chase Michael Goodman, Simeon Dimitrov Kostadinov, Tyler Nathaniel Perkins, Nicholas Anthony Bollen
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Patent number: 11614006Abstract: A valve system that includes a housing defining an intake port, a cylinder port and a valve bore; wherein the intake port defining a valve seat portion at an interface between the intake port and the cylinder port. The valve system also includes a valve to control fluid communication between the intake port and the cylinder port. The valve includes a valve stem disposed within the valve bore and extending into the cylinder port and extending out of the housing, the valve stem having an open face exposed to atmospheric pressure and a valve head coupled to the valve stem comprising a first face and an opposing second face. A diameter of the valve stem is selected to control a closing force on the first face of the valve head.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Anthony Perkins, Riccardo Meldolesi, Clive Lacy, Dustin Kramer
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Publication number: 20230054596Abstract: A spool valve for controlling the flow of a fluid into a reciprocating piston cylinder. A spool is slideably inserted into an outer casing, the spool valve having a first and a second non-waisted end portions and having a waisted middle portion. The casing has an intake port and output port for fluids entering and exiting the casing. A first non-waisted end portion covers the intake port during a first valve-closed event as the spool slides in one direction within the casing. The waisted middle portion is sufficiently wide to uncover both the intake port and the output port during a valve-open event as the spool slides in one direction within the casing. A second non-waisted end portion covers the output port during a second valve-closed event as the spool slides in the same one direction within the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Riccardo Meldolesi, Anthony Perkins, Clive Lacy, Dustin Kramer
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Patent number: 11536165Abstract: A hydraulic lash assembly (HLA) for use in a valvetrain. The HLA preferably includes a first arm configured to transition a valve between a closed orientation and an open orientation. The first arm can include an engagement surface to receive a driving force from a timing member and to cause the valve to transition to the open orientation for a predetermined period. The HLA further preferably includes a second arm to receive a holding force from an actuator and a pivot section to couple to the first arm and displace the first arm based on the holding force from the actuator. Preferably, the first arm and the second arm form a lever arrangement whereby the pivot section of the second arm underlies and supports the first arm and allows for rotational movement of the first arm that is independent from the second arm.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Anthony Perkins, Riccardo Meldolesi, Clive Lacy, Dustin Kramer
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Patent number: 11473453Abstract: A reciprocating piston engine, comprising an engine block having a piston cylinder; a piston disposed in the piston cylinder; an intake port to the piston cylinder, an intake valve to open and close the intake port to the piston cylinder; a rotatable crankshaft; a flywheel connected to the crankshaft which is rotatable with the crankshaft, the flywheel having a circumferential profile; and a cam lobe forming a portion of the circumferential profile of the flywheel wherein, during rotation of the crankshaft, the cam lobe acts on the intake valve to open the intake valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Anthony Perkins, Riccardo Meldolesi, Clive Lacy, Dustin Kramer
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Patent number: 11459990Abstract: An injector nozzle having a first part having a stem and a flange, the flange having a flange surface, a body including a wall defining a hole, an annular nozzle ring having a first surface and a second surface wherein the first surface and/or the flange surface include a plurality of grooves, the stem being received in the hole, the first part being secured to the body to secure the nozzle ring in place such that the first surface engages the flange surface, the second surface engages the body, and the plurality of grooves define a plurality of injector holes.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: RKLAB AGInventors: Riccardo Meldolesi, Ron Kuckler, Daniel Eastwood, Mike Cranfield, Mark Clements, Anthony Perkins
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Publication number: 20210262427Abstract: An injector nozzle having a first part having a stem and a flange, the flange having a flange surface, a body including a wall defining a hole, an annular nozzle ring having a first surface and a second surface wherein the first surface and/or the flange surface include a plurality of grooves, the stem being received in the hole, the first part being secured to the body to secure the nozzle ring in place such that the first surface engages the flange surface, the second surface engages the body, and the plurality of grooves define a plurality of injector holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: RKLAB AGInventors: Riccardo MELDOLESI, Ron KUCKLER, Daniel EASTWOOD, Mike CRANFIELD, Mark CLEMENTS, Anthony PERKINS
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Patent number: 10048165Abstract: A testing rig and method of testing a bearing with the rig, wherein the rig includes a bearing housing, wherein said bearing housing includes an opening and a drive shaft extending into said opening, wherein the drive shaft is rotatable around a bearing axis. The testing rig also includes a vertical actuator mounted on the bearing housing for applying a vertical load to the bearing housing and a horizontal actuator mounted on the bearing housing for applying a horizontal load to the bearing housing. In addition, the testing rig includes a first misalignment actuator coupled to the first actuator for applying a first misalignment load to the bearing housing and a second misalignment actuator coupled to the bearing housing for applying a second misalignment load to the bearing housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Peter M. Lee, Kevin L. Hoag, Riccardo Meldolesi, Anthony Perkins, John W. Miller
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Publication number: 20180136080Abstract: A testing rig and method of testing a bearing with the rig, wherein the rig includes a bearing housing, wherein said bearing housing includes an opening and a drive shaft extending into said opening, wherein the drive shaft is rotatable around a bearing axis. The testing rig also includes a vertical actuator mounted on the bearing housing for applying a vertical load to the bearing housing and a horizontal actuator mounted on the bearing housing for applying a horizontal load to the bearing housing. In addition, the testing rig includes a first misalignment actuator coupled to the first actuator for applying a first misalignment load to the bearing housing and a second misalignment actuator coupled to the bearing housing for applying a second misalignment load to the bearing housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Peter M. LEE, Kevin L. HOAG, Riccardo MELDOLESI, Anthony PERKINS, John W. MILLER
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Patent number: 8985274Abstract: A mobile platform has a separate and independent linear actuator pivotally connected near each opposite end of the platform where there is a contact limit switch that when triggered by contact with the side of a flatbed, stops movement of the actuator, and thus stops movement of the platform, toward the side of the flatbed. Because each of the two actuators is pivotally connected to its respective end of the platform and moves independently of the other, each end of the platform can stop moving toward the flatbed before or after, depending on how the flatbed is misaligned, the other end of the platform stops moving toward the flatbed. In this way the platform self-aligns to the alignment of the flatbed and avoids the need to reposition a flatbed that is not precisely aligned parallel to the central axis of the loading bay.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Sam Carbis Asset Management, LLCInventors: Kaiwen Sun, Ray Cook, Mark Anthony Perkins, James Thomas Mays
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Patent number: 8864158Abstract: An apparatus may include an elongated support member that when attached to a vehicle is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. A mounting bracket is fixedly attached to the elongated support member and configured for being fixedly attached to a vehicle. The elongated support member is fixedly attached to a stepping surface that provides a back surface to restrict motion of the foot of a user past the elongated support member, a first side surface to restrict motion of the foot of the user in a first direction, and a second side surface to restrict motion of the foot of the user in a second direction that opposes the first direction. The distance between the first side surface and the second side surface is substantially less than a length of the elongated support member.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Boondock Side Steps LLCInventor: Anthony Perkins
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Publication number: 20140041961Abstract: A mobile platform has a separate and independent linear actuator pivotally connected near each opposite end of the platform where there is a contact limit switch that when triggered by contact with the side of a flatbed, stops movement of the actuator, and thus stops movement of the platform, toward the side of the flatbed. Because each of the two actuators is pivotally connected to its respective end of the platform and moves independently of the other, each end of the platform can stop moving toward the flatbed before or after, depending on how the flatbed is misaligned, the other end of the platform stops moving toward the flatbed. In this way the platform self-aligns to the alignment of the flatbed and avoids the need to reposition a flatbed that is not precisely aligned parallel to the central axis of the loading bay.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: ALUMINUM LADDER COMPANYInventors: Kaiwen SUN, Ray COOK, Mark Anthony PERKINS, James Thomas MAYS
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Publication number: 20130327593Abstract: A double-sided step ladder is provided comprising a first frame having a plurality of spaced apart steps and a second frame having a plurality of spaced apart steps. The plurality of steps on the first frame includes a bottom step located at a first height relative to the base of the ladder with each successive step being spaced apart along the frame at various heights relative to the bottom step of the first frame. The plurality of steps on the second frame also includes a bottom step, the bottom step of the second frame being located at a second height relative to the base of the ladder with each successive step being spaced apart along the frame at various heights relative to the bottom step of the second ladder. The plurality of steps on the first frame and the second frame are located such that the heights of the plurality of steps on the first frame are staggered relative to the heights of the plurality of steps on the second frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventor: Anthony Perkins
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Patent number: 8539920Abstract: The present invention provides a valve actuation system comprising a valve train for actuating a valve, the valve train including actuating elements and a valve lash, and a valve lash adjustment system for adjusting the valve lash, wherein the valve train and the valve lash adjustment system do not share any common actuating elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Scuderi Group, Inc.Inventors: Riccardo Meldolesi, Clive Lacy, Anthony Perkins, Ian Gilbert
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Patent number: 8534250Abstract: The present invention provides a valve actuation system comprising a valve train for actuating a valve, the valve train including actuating elements and a valve lash, and a valve lash adjustment system for adjusting the valve lash, wherein the valve train and the valve lash adjustment system do not share any common actuating elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Scuderi Group, Inc.Inventors: Riccardo Meldolesi, Clive Lacy, Anthony Perkins, Ian Gilbert
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Patent number: 8161462Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment request a program or programs to tune themselves to run faster or slower if a service class is not meeting its performance goal. In an embodiment, the program is repeatedly requested to incrementally tune itself until the performance goal is met or until no further improvement occurs. In various embodiments, the programs to be requested to tune themselves are selected based on whether the programs are bottlenecks for the service class, whether the programs do the majority of work for the service class, whether the programs easily meet their own performance goals, or whether the programs are low priority. In this way, the programs may be performance tuned in a way that is more effective and less intrusive than by adjusting global, system-level resource allocations.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Gerald Herbeck, David E. Hubka, Mark Donald Masbruch, Mark Anthony Perkins, Joseph Harold Peterson, DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham, Richard Michael Smith
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Publication number: 20100180848Abstract: The present invention provides a valve actuation system comprising a valve train for actuating a valve, the valve train including actuating elements and a valve lash, and a valve lash adjustment system for adjusting the valve lash, wherein the valve train and the valve lash adjustment system do not share any common actuating elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2010Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: Scuderi Group, LLCInventors: Riccardo Meldolesi, Clive Lacy, Anthony Perkins, Ian Gilbert
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Patent number: D737188Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Boondock Bumpers, LLCInventor: Anthony Perkins