Patents by Inventor C. Perry

C. Perry 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).

  • SNAP-IN FASTENER
    Publication number: 20110127795
    Abstract: A snap-in fastener is provided for securing a vehicle component to a vehicle structure. The fastener comprises a base having a longitudinal axis, a first leg extending downwardly and outwardly from the base and configured to apply a force to the vehicle structure in a first direction, and a second leg extending downwardly from the base and configured to apply a force to the vehicle structure in a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction. The first leg may have a first portion extending from the base at a first angle relative to the longitudinal axis and a second portion extending from the first portion at a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis that is different than the first angle. The first leg may also have a foot having a contact surface with an inwardly extending profile for engaging an edge of the vehicle structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin A. Still, Kenneth Kreuze, Michael Selle, Ronald C. Perry, Rodney J. Tindall
  • Combustion modifier and method for improving fuel combustion
    Patent number: 7901472
    Abstract: A composition for improving the combustion efficiency of an internal combustion Engine. The composition includes a mixture of a hydrocarbon fuel and an organometallic soap selected from among several cerium-containing and ferric compounds. The cerium-containing compound or compounds increase the energy released during combustion of the fuel. The ferric compound or compounds coat an interior wall of a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine to increase the power output of the engine by reducing the accumulation of residues deposited on the interior wall which interfere with the combustion of fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: ConSeal International Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen C. Perry
  • Composition for denaturing and breaking down friction-reducing polymer and for destroying other gas and oil well contaminants
    Patent number: 7897063
    Abstract: A composition and method for breaking down and denaturing friction-reducing compound introduced into the ground during the drilling of gas and oil wells and for destroying other contaminants and biohazards naturally present within and artificially introduced into hydrocarbon wells, which are formed as a result of the drilling and pumping processes. The composition includes several species of oxidizing agent compounds that are effective in breaking down hydrogen sulfide produced by bacteria as well as the friction-reducing polymer used during drilling and several other organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen C. Perry, Michael E. Williams
  • Fuel additive
    Publication number: 20110021396
    Abstract: A composition and method for improving the performance, and thus, also the fuel economy, of an internal combustion engine by introducing a fuel additive into the engine's fuel supply to enhance fuel lubricity. The composition can feature a mixture of esters, glycol ether, and a solvent. The mixture of esters can include adipate esters, azelate esters, dodecanedioate esters, sebacate esters, or phthalate esters. Esters that may be used to create the composition can include a mixture of two or more adipate esters such as, for example, an adipic acid ester, a glutaric acid ester, and a succinic acid ester. The composition can further feature a smoke suppressant that can be an organometallic soap. The organometallic soap can be an iron salt of a fatty acid such as, for example, ferrocene. The composition can be used as a combustion modifier fuel additive and as a lubricating oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Stephen C. Perry
  • Bucket-Style Fire Resistant Enclosure and a Method for Making the Same
    Publication number: 20110017747
    Abstract: A fire resistant enclosure comprising an enclosure base including a base cap and a bucket-style base body is provided. The base body includes a bottom wall with a side wall extending upwardly therefrom defining a base cavity. The side wall includes an upper peripheral edge that defines an opening in the base cavity. A data storage device positioned within the base cavity. Fire resistant insulation material is positioned within the base cavity to encapsulate the data storage device, wherein the insulation material fills the base cavity to a level below the upper peripheral edge, wherein the base cap is configured to be coupled with the base body to enclose the data storage device within the enclosure base. In another aspect, an enclosure base and an enclosure lid may be provided, wherein each include bucket-style bodies. The enclosure base and lid define a storage compartment for the data storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Kelvin H. Wildman, Adam C. Perry
  • Air handling system with self balancing air entrance door
    Patent number: 7857689
    Abstract: A self balancing air handling system for conditioning an interior space includes an air handling unit having an outlet for supplying conditioned air to the space, an entrance providing an access from an exterior space to the interior space, an air plenum surrounding said space, and an inlet for returning air from said plenum to said air handling unit wherein said air handling unit supplies said conditioned air under conditions providing a positive pressure differential at said entrance between the interior space and the exterior space thereby limiting infiltration air into the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Inventor: Jonathan C. Perry
  • Slidable visor assembly
    Patent number: 7823954
    Abstract: A visor assembly includes a visor body, a support rod, and a slide mechanism coupled to the visor body that slidably engages the support rod. The slide mechanism includes a slide member having a plurality of extensions that are biased toward the support rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Bryan T. Jones, Stacy G. Frye, Philip A. Lehman, Kirk J. Olep, Thomas S. Hodgson, Kenneth D. Kreuze, Ronald C. Perry, Vincent J. Boraas, Jr.
  • Motorcycle wheel assembly and method for protecting bearings and for providing security for mounting bolts
    Patent number: 7784876
    Abstract: A motorcycle wheel assembly having a wheel with a central hub and an axle extending centrally through the hub with interior wheel bearings and at least one brake disc in abutment with the outside surface of the hub is provided with at least a wheel cover fitted onto a spacer surrounding the axle between the brake disc and the lower extremity of an adjacent fork in order to protect the wheel bearings and the mounting bolts from sand and grit. The wheel cover includes a shoulder portion on one side through which a spacer and an axle extend and an outer lip overlying the brake disc and mounting bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: David C. Perry
  • Anti-slip detergent
    Publication number: 20100179246
    Abstract: A composition and method for making a composition that increases friction between a first surface and a second surface while also cleaning the first surface. The composition is an anti-slip detergent that can assist in preventing slip-and-fall accidents on wet floors that have recently been mopped. The composition includes a synthetic dimerized thermoplastic resin, a surfactant, tall oil distillate, (2-methoxymethylethoxy)-propanol, 2,2?,2?-trihydroxy-triethylamine, and water. The composition may also include an acrylate copolymer to further enhance its friction-producing properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Stephen C. Perry
  • Controlled-grain-precious metal sputter targets
    Patent number: 7740723
    Abstract: A precious metal sputter target has a composition selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium and single-phase alloys thereof. The sputter target's grain structure is at least about 99 percent recrystallized and has a grain size of less than about 200 ?m for improving sputter uniformity. The cryogenic method for producing these sputter targets is also effective for improving sputter performance for silver an gold sputter targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Praxair S.T. Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Andrew C. Perry, Paul S. Gilman, Wendell Stuber, Binu Mathew
  • Vaulted perforated coating for orbital implants
    Publication number: 20100121439
    Abstract: A coating for an orbital implant has an anterior portion having a different bioabsorbability than a posterior portion. This allows the implant to have an insertion surface, to reduce irritation, to prevent implant exposure, and to anchor muscles. The coating has a visual indicator to facilitate orientation. Shell materials are further selected to allow for sterile packaging, to secure therapeutic agents thereon, and to secure the coating to the core. Passageways enhance fluid flow to and from the core, and expose the core surface to muscles. The passageways are sized and shaped to reduce irritation. In an alternate embodiment, the anterior coating portion has a vaulted zone creating a gap between the undersurface of the coating and the outer surface of the core through which a suture can easily pass. Perforations through the coating provide targets for passage of the suture through the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Arthur C. Perry, Roger G. Greenwald
  • Apparatus for Preventing Nerve Damage Positional Injury During Surgery
    Publication number: 20100056959
    Abstract: A method of preventing nerve damage positional injury during surgery includes providing a nerve damage positional injury pressure monitoring system including a site sensor with a transducer in the form of a transducer element and a ring extending outward from the transducer element, and a monitor connected to the site sensor; adhering the ring of the site sensor to the patient so that the transducer element forms a protective barrier in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery; using the system to continuously monitor pressure on the protective barrier formed by the transducer element in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery with the site sensor and monitor; and causing an alarm to be actuated to alert medical personnel of a pressure condition when monitored pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph C. Mallinger, Raymond I. Linovitz, Arthur C. Perry
  • PORT ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20100049160
    Abstract: A port assembly includes a housing with an opening and a bore therethrough, a slit septum disposed in the bore to control access through the opening, a base joined to the housing and having a membrane attached thereto, a perforator having a first end abutting the slit septum and a second end aligned with the membrane, and a resilient member disposed between the perforator and the base. The port assembly may be used in a fluid container that includes a receptacle for retaining a fluid, and at least one conduit in communication with the receptacle. The at least one conduit may be defined, at least in part, by the port assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A., BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Steven C. Jepson, James B. Winje, Mark C. Perry, David D. Hsu, Dan Liu, Richard F. Chamernik, Eric J. Henaut, Gianni Di Stefani, Georges Rondeau, Lewis E. Daniels, JR.
  • PORT ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20100004619
    Abstract: A port assembly includes a valve housing with an inlet opening, a valve disposed in the valve housing to control access through the inlet opening, and a base joined to the valve housing and having a bore therethrough. The bore has a closed end defined by a frangible barrier, and a pushrod is disposed in the bore between the valve and the frangible barrier, axial movement of the pushrod causing rupture of the frangible barrier. The port assembly may be used in a fluid container that includes a receptacle for retaining a fluid, and at least one conduit in communication with the receptacle. The at least one conduit is defined, at least in part, by a port assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicants: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
    Inventors: GEORGES RONDEAU, Gianni Di Stefani, Eric J. Henaut, Steven C. Jepson, Mark C. Perry, James B. Winje, Richard F. Chamernik
  • Motorcycle wheel assembly and method for protecting bearings and for providing security for mounting bolts
    Publication number: 20090309411
    Abstract: A motorcycle wheel assembly having a wheel with a central hub and an axle extending centrally through the hub with interior wheel bearings and at least one brake disc in abutment with the outside surface of the hub is provided with at least a wheel cover fitted onto a spacer surrounding the axle between the brake disc and the lower extremity of an adjacent fork in order to protect the wheel bearings and the mounting bolts from sand and grit. The wheel cover includes a shoulder portion on one side through which a spacer and an axle extend and an outer lip overlying the brake disc and mounting bolts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: David C. Perry
  • Dietary Supplement
    Publication number: 20090311367
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for suppressing appetite and inducing weight loss in humans and other mammals contain fatty acids. The fatty acids of the compositions include long-chain fatty acids such as oleic, lauric, and linoleic acids. The compositions may also contain medium-chain triglycerides, natural sweeteners, and other plant extracts. The compositions can also contain a linear aminopolysaccharide and lipoprotein lipase to reduce blood serum levels of low-density lipoproteins and triglycerides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: Stephen C. Perry
  • Method of preventing nerve damage positional injury during surgery
    Patent number: 7618380
    Abstract: A method of preventing nerve damage positional injury during surgery includes providing a nerve damage positional injury pressure monitoring system including a site sensor with a transducer in the form of a transducer element and a ring extending outward from the transducer element, and a monitor connected to the site sensor; adhering the ring of the site sensor to the patient so that the transducer element forms a protective barrier in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery; using the system to continuously monitor pressure on the protective barrier formed by the transducer element in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery with the site sensor and monitor; and causing an alarm to be actuated to alert medical personnel of a pressure condition when monitored pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph C. Mallinger, Ray Linovitz, Arthur C. Perry
  • Composition for denaturing and breaking down friction-reducing polymer and for destroying other oil well contaminants
    Patent number: 7615518
    Abstract: A composition and method for breaking down and denaturing friction-reducing compound introduced into the ground during the drilling of oil wells and for destroying other contaminants and biohazards naturally present within and artificially introduced into oil wells, which are formed as a result of the drilling and pumping processes. The composition comprises several species of oxidizing agent compounds that are effective in breaking down hydrogen sulfide produced by bacteria as well as the friction-reducing polymer used during drilling and several other organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen C. Perry, Michael E. Williams
  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FRONTAL SINUS IRRIGATION
    Publication number: 20090270796
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for irrigating a frontal sinus target site of a patient including a handle, an introducer, an irrigation channel, a nozzle, and an actuator assembly. The introducer extends from the handle and defines a proximal segment and a distal segment. At least a portion of the proximal segment is linear and at least a portion of the distal segment is relatively curved. The nozzle is fluidly connected to the irrigation channel, and is rotatably maintained at a distal end of the introducer. The actuator assembly includes an actuator maintained by the handle and connected to the nozzle. Movement of the actuator causes the nozzle to rotate relative to the introducer. The introducer can be sized and shaped in accordance with a size and shape of the nasal passageway/frontal sinus of a human adult.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Isaac C. Perry, John R. Prisco, Dale E. Slenker
  • High-purity ferromagnetic sputter targets and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 7608172
    Abstract: The method manufactures high-purity ferromagnetic sputter targets by cryogenic working the sputter target blank at a temperature below at least ?50° C. to impart at least about 5 percent strain into the sputter target blank to increase PTF uniformity of the target blank. The sputter target blank is a nonferrous metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt and nickel; and the nonferrous metal has a purity of at least about 99.99 weight percent. Finally, fabricating the sputter target blank forms a sputter target having an improved PTF uniformity arising from the cryogenic working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Praxair S.T. Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Perry, Holger J. Koenigsmann, David E. Dombrowski, Thomas J. Hunt