Patents by Inventor C. Allen

C. Allen 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).

  • APPARATUS INCORPORATING AN OPTICALLY TRANSMITTING CIRCUIT BOARD
    Publication number: 20130026922
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of a lamp including an optically transmitting, thermally conductive substrate is provided. The substrate has a first side, a second side, and at least one edge. At least one solid state light source, such as but not limited to a light emitting diode, is disposed on the first side of the substrate. The at least one solid state light source (e.g., light emitting diode) includes at least one junction having a first junction temperature. The substrate used is an optically transmitting, thermally conductive substrate, with a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to about 3 W/mK.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA INC.
    Inventors: Steven C. Allen, Camil Ghiu
  • TERMINAL BLOCK COVER WITH NUT RETENTION FEATURE
    Publication number: 20130005195
    Abstract: A terminal block cover includes a base having a base surface configured to be secured against a terminal block. First and second spaced apart sidewalls extend from and adjoin the base. An outer wall is spaced apart from the base and is secured to the base by and adjoins with the first and second sidewalls. A lateral wall is arranged at a first lateral side and extends between and adjoins the first and second sidewalls, the outer wall and the base, which together provide at least one terminal pocket. An inner surface is provided on the outer wall facing the terminal pocket and has first and second surfaces. The first and second surfaces are at first and second distances respectively from the base surface, and the first distance is greater than the second distance. The second surface retains a terminal nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew P. Grosskopf, Edward C. Allen
  • FANTASY SPORTS NEURAL ENGINE AND METHOD OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20120329541
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for a neural engine for recommending picks in an on-line fantasy sport draft and in on-line fantasy trades. The apparatus, system and method may include at least one computing memory having associated therewith a plurality of rules, wherein at least ones of the plurality of rules include historical performance information for at least two fantasy sports teams in at least two fantasy sports leagues, wherein one of the at least two fantasy sports leagues is associated with the on-line fantasy sports draft, and expert information regarding the picks in the on-line fantasy sports draft. The present invention may additionally include at least one computer processor that applies ones of the plurality of rules drawn from the at least one computing memory to arrive at a recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Justin C. Allen, Thomas J. McWilliams, Todd A. Norton
  • IN-LINE REPAIRABLE METAL SEATED FLOATING BALL VALVE
    Publication number: 20120313026
    Abstract: A metal seated floating ball valve for in-line repair has a valve body, a ball mounted in the valve body, a stem connected to the ball, and a bonnet connected to the valve body. The floating ball valve further has a first seat and a second seat adjacent the ball mounted in the valve body, an energizing ring mounted in the valve body proximate the first seat and in series with the first seat and the second seat, and a valve seat bias mounted in the valve body proximate the energizing ring and in series with the energizing ring. The energizing ring may have a slot near the upper end and a wedge surface along the lower end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Vinh Van Nguyen, Stanley C. Allen
  • Terminal block cover with nut retention feature
    Patent number: 8313343
    Abstract: A terminal block cover includes a base having a base surface configured to be secured against a terminal block. First and second spaced apart sidewalls extend from and adjoin the base. An outer wall is spaced apart from the base and is secured to the base by and adjoins with the first and second sidewalls. A lateral wall is arranged at a first lateral side and extends between and adjoins the first and second sidewalls, the outer wall and the base, which together provide at least one terminal pocket. An inner surface is provided on the outer wall facing the terminal pocket and has first and second surfaces. The first and second surfaces are at first and second distances respectively from the base surface, and the first distance is greater than the second distance. The second surface retains a terminal nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew P. Grosskopf, Edward C. Allen
  • High altitude, high voltage terminal block assembly
    Patent number: 8313351
    Abstract: A method of installing the terminal block assembly onto a generator includes the step of providing a terminal block with multiple terminal studs. Protrusions that are integral with the terminal block are aligned with corresponding bores in a generator housing. The terminal block is mounted on the generator housing with the protrusions received in the bores. A terminal lead assembly is inserted through the protrusion, and a terminal pad of the terminal lead assembly is arranged over the terminal stud. A terminal lug is fastened to the terminal stud. A terminal cover is secured to the terminal block over the terminal with a boss of the terminal block received in a corresponding recess of the terminal cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Dhaval Patel, Alan D. Hanson, Laurence D. Vanek, Luke Wagner, Glenn C. Lemmers, Jr., Gordon W. Friske, Nathan A. Berry, Edward C. Allen
  • Laminates of elastomeric and non-elastomeric polyolefin blend materials
    Patent number: 8314040
    Abstract: A nonwoven web made from a polymeric fiber blend comprising at least one elastomeric polyolefin and at least one nonelastomeric polyolefin useful as the elastic base sheet for a nonwoven laminate is disclosed. Preferably, the polymeric blend will comprise a nonelastomeric resin in the range of from about 10 to about 90 percent by weight, and an elastomeric resin of from about 90 to about 10 percent by weight. The elastomeric polyolefin will have a density of less than about 0.885 g/cm3 and the nonelastomeric polyolefin will have a density of at least about 0.890 g/cm3. In one particular embodiment, the polymeric blend may comprise about 50 percent to about 90 percent by weight of a narrow molecular weight distribution polyethylene and about 50 percent to about 10 percent by weight of a nonelastomeric polyolefin such as a linear low density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Allen Smith, Kenneth B. Close, Richard C. Beck, Jay S. Shultz, David J. Baer, Susan E. Shawver, Paul W. Estey, Deepak R. Parikh, Kenneth B. Stewart, Jr.
  • METHOD OF HIGH POWER LASER-MECHANICAL DRILLING
    Publication number: 20120261188
    Abstract: There is provided a laser-mechanical method for drilling boreholes that utilizes specific combinations of high power directed energy, such as laser energy, in combination with mechanical energy to provide a synergistic enhancement of the drilling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Mark S. Zediker, Brian O. Faircloth, Erik C. Allen
  • FLUID BED REACTOR
    Publication number: 20120263874
    Abstract: Fluidized bed reactor systems for producing high purity silicon-coated particles are disclosed. A vessel has an outer wall, an insulation layer inwardly of the outer wall, at least one heater positioned inwardly of the insulation layer, a removable concentric liner inwardly of the heater, a central inlet nozzle, a plurality of fluidization nozzles, at least one cooling gas nozzle, and at least one product outlet. The system may include a removable concentric sleeve inwardly of the liner. In particular systems the central inlet nozzle is configured to produce a primary gas vertical plume centrally in the reactor chamber to minimize silicon deposition on reactor surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: E. Wayne Osborne, Michael V. Spangler, Levic C. Allen, Robert J. Geertsen, Paul E. Ege, Walter J. Stupin, Gerald Zeininger
  • Door Frame Tool
    Publication number: 20120255186
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for squaring, positioning, and leveling a door frame. The apparatus comprises a generally rectangular body, at least two magnets, and at least one leveling device. The method generally comprises positioning the apparatus of the invention in the center of where a doorway will be placed, contacting the vertical sides of the door frame with the apparatus such that each of the magnets on the apparatus is in magnetic contact with a vertical side of the door frame, and using the apparatus to correctly square, level, and set the door frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: ALLEN INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Brian C. Allen, James S. Ketcham
  • METHOD OF MAKING FLUSH DOOR SKINS AND ASSEMBLED DOORS, AND UNIVERSAL MASTER BOARDS FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120258330
    Abstract: Universal master boards and methods of making flush door skins and doors from the universal master boards are disclosed. The universal master boards each have an expansive surface with a graphic design of at least first depressions and second depressions in at least first and second surface regions, respectively. The first depressions simulate a first wood grain pattern, and the second depressions simulate a second wood grain pattern aligned in a different direction than the simulated first wood grain pattern. The universal master boards may be cut and demarcated selectively to establish different assortments of simulated wood patterns and different ornamental features, such as stiles and rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Gregory J. WYSOCK, Steven K. Lynch, Robert C. Allen
  • HIGH POWER LASER-MECHANICAL DRILLING BIT AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20120255774
    Abstract: There is provided a high power laser-mechanical bit for use with a laser drilling system and a method for advancing a borehole. The laser-mechanical bit has a beam path and mechanical removal devices that provide for the removal of laser-affected rock to advance a borehole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Daryl L. Grubb, Sharath K. Kolachalam, Brian O. Faircloth, Charles C. Rinzler, Erik C. Allen, Lance D. Underwood, Mark S. Zediker
  • LED lamp with remote phosphor coating and method of making the lamp
    Patent number: 8283190
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a base with one or more LED chips, an internal cover over the LED chips, where the cover is a translucent ceramic whose thermal conductivity is greater than glass, where the cover has an interior surface separated from the LED chips by a gap, and where an exterior surface of the cover is coated with a phosphor. The ceramic cover preferably has a bulk thermal conductivity of at least 5 W/(m·K), such as polycrystalline alumina. The LED chips preferably are blue LEDs and the phosphor is selected so that the lamp emits white light. In the method of making the lamp, the phosphor may be applied to the exterior surface of the cover as a preformed sheet or in a coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Allen, Richard S. Speer
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HIGH POWER LASER DRILLING WORKOVER AND COMPLETION UNIT
    Publication number: 20120248078
    Abstract: There is provided a control, monitoring, and control and monitoring system for controlling and monitoring a high power laser system for performing high power laser operations and, in particular, for performing high power laser operation on, and in, remote and difficult to access locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Mark S. Zediker, Siamak Makki, Brian O. Faircloth, Ronald A. DeWitt, Erik C. Allen, Lance D. Underwood
  • TERMINAL ASSEMBLY WITH REDUCED CREEPAGE
    Publication number: 20120228970
    Abstract: A terminal assembly includes a terminal board with an interrupted aperture to receive a passthrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Dhaval Patel, Edward C. Allen, Laurence D. Vanek
  • Method and apparatus for delivering a urinal cleanser and trap sealant
    Patent number: 8234723
    Abstract: A waterless urinal has a fixture including a backsplash and side walls joining a bowl at the bottom. Mounted on the top of the fixture is a fluid reservoir, a valve and a controller. The controller periodically opens the valve to release a quantity of a cleansing sealant from the reservoir onto the non-wetted surfaces of the fixture. The cleansing sealant cleans the non-wetted surfaces and then flows into the bowl where it collects to replenish the trap seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sloan Valve Company
    Inventor: James C. Allen
  • HIGH ALTITUDE, HIGH VOLTAGE TERMINAL BLOCK ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120190250
    Abstract: A method of installing the terminal block assembly onto a generator includes the step of providing a terminal block with multiple terminal studs. Protrusions that are integral with the terminal block are aligned with corresponding bores in a generator housing. The terminal block is mounted on the generator housing with the protrusions received in the bores. A terminal lead assembly is inserted through the protrusion, and a terminal pad of the terminal lead assembly is arranged over the terminal stud. A terminal lug is fastened to the terminal stud. A terminal cover is secured to the terminal block over the terminal with a boss of the terminal block received in a corresponding recess of the terminal cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Dhaval Patel, Alan D. Hanson, Laurence D. Vanek, Luke Wagner, Glenn C. Lemmers, JR., Gordon W. Friske, Nathan A. Berry, Edward C. Allen
  • PREDICTION AND PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS
    Publication number: 20120173470
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for predicting the onset of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) from electrocardiogram (ECG) data representing a patient. A signal processing component determines parameters representing the activity of the heart of the patient from the ECG data. A feature extraction component calculates a plurality of features useful in predicting postoperative AF from the determined parameters. A classification component determines an AF index for the patient from the calculated plurality of features. The AF index represents the likelihood that the patient will experience AF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: C. Allen Bashour, Bala Gopakumaran Nair, Mirela Visinescu, Meng Xu, Liang Li, Mohamed H. Bakri
  • Method of making flush door skins
    Patent number: 8201333
    Abstract: Universal master boards and methods of making flush door skins and doors from the universal master boards are disclosed. The universal master boards each have an expansive surface with a graphic design of at least first depressions and second depressions in at least first and second surface regions, respectively. The first depressions simulate a first wood grain pattern, and the second depressions simulate a second wood grain pattern aligned in a different direction than the simulated first wood grain pattern. The universal master boards may be cut and demarcated selectively to establish different assortments of simulated wood patterns and different ornamental features, such as stiles and rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Wysock, Steven K. Lynch, Robert C. Allen
  • Molded door facing
    Patent number: D664673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: David Paxton, Gregory J. Wysock, Jason M. Walsh, Robert C. Allen, Timothy Gouge, Peter Philip Moran, Michael Conlon, Cormac Anthony Kearns