Patents by Inventor Chris D'Aoust

Chris D'Aoust 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).

  • Hot air balloon steering system
    Patent number: 10301002
    Abstract: A hot air balloon steering system for steering a hot air balloon includes a hot air balloon that includes a basket. A stand unit is movably coupled to the basket. The stand unit abuts a support surface thereby facilitating the basket to be spaced from the support surface when the hot air balloon is not in flight. A sail unit is movably coupled to the basket. The sail unit captures air when the hot air balloon is in flight. Moreover, the sail unit steers the hot air balloon when the hot air balloon is in flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Chris D. Palmby
  • Flow and static lysing systems and methods for ultra-rapid isolation and fragmentation of biological materials by microwave irradiation
    Patent number: 10294451
    Abstract: The present invention provides for lysing systems and methods to rapidly lyse bugs, bacteria, viruses, cells and/or algae in an efficient manner in addition to fragmenting DNA and/or RNA onto smaller pieces. Solutions or gases containing the biological material to be lysed are introduced or pumped (flow) between two or more apexes of metallic triangles with microwave energy focused at the apexes. Subsequently, the rapid heating of fluid between the apexes lyses cells allows for increased collection of the lysate, the inner genetic materials or other components for further purification or isolating thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY
    Inventor: Chris D. Geddes
  • Package or product having a use indicator
    Patent number: 10293995
    Abstract: A product includes a use indicator carried inside a container so that, upon removal of a closure from the container or upon removal of flowable product from within the container, a coloration of the product changes irreversibly to indicate to a user that the package has been used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Chris D. Anderson, Megan Herman, Brad Malcolm, Paola A. Rubiano
  • TREATING C8- C10 AROMATIC FEED STREAMS TO PREPARE AND RECOVER TRIMETHYLATED BENZENES
    Publication number: 20190135716
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the treatment of a feed stream containing C9 aromatic components to produce mesitylene-containing products. The methods include hydrodealkylating the feed stream to remove C2 and higher alkyl groups from the aromatic components and transalkylating the feed stream to rearrange the distribution of methyl groups among the aromatic components. Disclosed methods also include the treatment of a hydrocarbon feedstock by hydrodealkylation and/or transalkylation in order to produce a hydrocarbon product having an increased mass percentage of mesitylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Chris D'Acosta, Jeffery Miller, Robert Hoch
  • DYNAMIC CONTENT AND CLOUD BASED CONTENT WITHIN COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC CONTENT CREATION AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS
    Publication number: 20190132393
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for collaborative work hypertext markup language assets. The assets may be stored on a remote server. The methods may include instantiating a portable software test framework between an application local to a user and the remote server in dependence upon a uniform resource locator associated with the HTML asset and a request to acquire the HTML asset in response to a request for an HTML asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Devon Ring, Chris D'Aoust, Matthew Richer
  • ECCENTRIC GEARS WITH REDUCED BEARING SPAN
    Publication number: 20190107015
    Abstract: An electrically-controlled eccentric camshaft phaser (10) that adjusts phase between a camshaft and a crankshaft includes a sprocket (12), configured to connect to the crankshaft and rotate about a center axis (x), having a sprocket ring gear (14); a camshaft plate (20) configured to connect to the camshaft and rotate about the center axis (x), having a camshaft ring gear (22); an eccentric shaft (28) that includes a crankshaft eccentric section (52) and a camshaft eccentric section (54); a sprocket bearing (16) that is received by the crankshaft eccentric section (52); a camshaft bearing (64), having a different diameter than the sprocket bearing (16), that is received by the camshaft eccentric section (54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel BROWN, Shawn BLACKMUR, Chris D. THOMAS
  • MOTOR FUEL FORMULATION
    Publication number: 20190106644
    Abstract: Described are preferred compositions for a motor fuel. Such motor fuels may be particularly well suited for use in the motor of an aircraft. In particular, compositions of the present disclosure may comprise alicyclic alkanes, straight or branched chain alkanes, and aromatics. In a preferred embodiment, the fuel comprises cyclopentane, isooctane, and one or more aromatics selected from xylene, toluene, and trimethylbenzenes. The present disclosure describes a full spectrum of unleaded fuels with various motor octane (MON) values to address a wide range of aviation fuel needs in the global marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Swift Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Albuzat, Chris D'Acosta
  • AVIATION GASOLINE ENGINE COOLANT INJECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190032552
    Abstract: A set of apparatus to inject distilled-water in solution acting as an engine coolant into the combustion chamber of a high-compression air-cooled piston aircraft engine to mix with aviation gasoline, operating on a minimum 91 motor octane aviation gasoline (leaded or unleaded), thereby improving engine performance, and suppressing early detonation in prescribed operating situations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Chris D'Acosta, Brian Stirm, Thomas Albuzat
  • Systems and methods for providing a virtual world commodity device
    Patent number: 10183215
    Abstract: The present invention describes methods and apparatus to enable efficient and protected interaction with a virtual world environment. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a system including a virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory. Furthermore, the system includes a product unique identifier stored in the memory of the virtual world commodity device. The virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide the product unique identifier and the virtual world environment provides a globally unique identifier to be stored in the memory of the virtual world commodity device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: You42, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley Johnson, Chris D. Moreau
  • MESITYLENE AS AN OCTANE ENHANCER FOR AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE, ADDITIVE FOR JET FUEL, AND METHOD OF ENHANCING MOTOR FUEL OCTANE AND LOWERING JET FUEL CARBON EMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20190016982
    Abstract: A motor fuel comprising gasoline comprising 70-99 wt % gasoline and 1 to 30 wt % of mesitylene. This fuel can advantageously contain conventional additives used in gasoline. The use of mesitylene in gasoline blend yields a fuel blend with a higher research octane number and motor octane number. In addition, an improved jet fuel is provided, having from 1-10 wt % mesitylene added to the jet fuel, having improved carbon emission characteristics while maintaining required specifications. Further, an improved bio-fuel is provided, which may function as a replacement for conventional Jet A/JP-8 fuel and has lowered carbon emission specifications, the bio-fuel comprised of 75-90 wt % synthetic parafinnic kerosene (SPK) and 10-25 wt % mesitylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Swift Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: Donald L. Bower, Philip J. Catania, Edward Johnson, Kenneth Kasper, John J. Rusek, Jonathon D. Ziulkowski, Chris D'Acosta, Thomas Albuzat, Brian Stirm
  • FOREARM PISTOL BRACE
    Publication number: 20190017777
    Abstract: A pistol brace for a pistol having a frame with a rear end portion and defining a median plane longitudinally through the pistol. The pistol brace has a longitudinal support configured to attach to and extend rearwardly from the pistol frame. A first plate and a second plate are pivotably attached at an upper end portion to the longitudinal support and extend down from the support in opposed alignment. The first plate and second plate can pivot independently of each other. Optionally, a flexible strap is connected to the first plate and second plate. The strap defines an adjustable passageway for the user's forearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Sig Sauer, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wilson, Luke Morenz, Mark Kimball, Chris D'Alfonso
  • SPARK PLUG ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180342855
    Abstract: A spark plug assembly configured to allow multi-channel automotive spark-plugs to operate without radio-frequency interference in piston-engine powered aircraft and to greatly reduce or eliminate spark-plug fouling from carbon or lead deposits resulting from combustion of fuel in order to enhance starting and smooth operation of the aircraft engine, and thereby improve the quality of exhaust emissions by assuring a more complete burn of the fuel constituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Swift Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: Chris D'Acosta, Brian Stirm, Justin D. Zink, Thomas Albuzat
  • Method and system for simultaneously charging an energy storage device from multiple energy input devices
    Patent number: 10135292
    Abstract: A system for simultaneously charging an energy storage device from multiple energy input devices includes energy input devices in the form of solar and non-solar modules and an energy storage device in the form of a rechargeable battery, which is part of an energy storage module. A first solar module is able to generate solar power and delivers this power to the energy storage module, while the non-solar module delivers, for example, electrochemically generated electricity to the energy storage module via the first solar module, which acts as a backplane. The system may also include additional solar modules that can be connected to the first solar module in collapsed or expanded states to adjust the amount of electricity generated from solar power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Neah Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Reiman, Chris D'Couto, Saroj Sahu
  • METAL-ENHANCED BIOLUMINESCENCE: AN APPROACH FOR MONITORING BIOLOGICAL BIOLUMINESCENT PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20180321232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to surface plasmon-coupled bioluminescence, wherein bioluminescent emission from a bioluminescent chemical reaction couples to surface plasmons in metalized particles thereby enhancing the signal. Importantly, these plasmonic emissions emitted from metallic particles generated without an external excitation source but instead from induced electronically excited states caused by the bioluminescent chemical reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Chris D. GEDDES
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINIG SAMPLE OSMOLARITY
    Publication number: 20180321150
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the osmolarity of a sample are provided. Aspects of the subject methods include contacting a sensing surface of a surface plasmon resonance based sensor with a sample, and generating one or more data sets at at least two wavelengths over a time interval, wherein the data sets are used to determine the osmolarity of the sample. The subject methods find use in determining the osmolarity of a sample, such as a biological sample (e.g., a tear fluid), and in the diagnosis and/or monitoring of various diseases and disorders, such as, e.g., dry eye disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Paul T. GAVARIS, Chris D. GEDDES, Ali H. GHOVANLOU
  • AVIATION GASOLINES CONTAINING MESITYLENE AND ISOPENTANE
    Publication number: 20180305628
    Abstract: Describe are preferred formulations for Avgas meeting the requirements for use in aircraft, including requirements established under ASTM standards and by the Federal Aviation Administration. In one embodiment, a binary mixture of 1,3,5-trimethyl benzene (mesitylene) and isopentane is used to provide a MON of at least 100, and more preferably at least 102. In other embodiments, the amounts of mesitylene and/or isopentane may be changed, and other fuel components are included. These various Avgas formulations are thereby adjusted to meet a variety of requirements as to octane rating, RVP, cold start, and other fuel characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Swift Fuels, LLC
    Inventor: Chris D'Acosta
  • OPTICAL SENSORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20180263489
    Abstract: Optical sensors, systems and methods of use thereof are provided. Aspects of the subject systems include a sensor having a sensing surface and a configuration that directs a first optical signal to interact with the sensing surface at a first incident angle, and directs a second optical signal to interact with the sensing surface at a second incident angle. The subject sensors, systems and methods find use, e.g., in the diagnosis of dry eye disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Paul T. Gavaris, Chris D. Geddes, Ali H. Ghovanlou, Jay M. Eastman, Zachary M. Eastman
  • Container packer system and method
    Patent number: 10059538
    Abstract: A container packer system includes a transfer base, which receives a container packer adapted for movement longitudinally between retracted and extended positions with respect to the transfer base. The transfer base includes a power subsystem with a motor or engine driving a hydraulic pump for powering hydraulic piston-and-cylinder units of the system, including a container packer piston-and-cylinder unit for hydraulically extending and retracting the container packer. The container packer generally encloses an interior adapted for receiving bulk material for transfer to a transport container, which can comprise a standard shipping container, a trailer or some other bulk material receptacle. The container packer includes a push blade assembly longitudinally movably mounted in its interior and actuated by a push blade piston-and-cylinder unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Steel Recovery, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory D. Haub, Chris D. Bartel
  • Ultra-fast pathogen toxin detection assay based on microwave-accelerated metal-enhanced fluorescence
    Patent number: 10060923
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a system and method to detect low levels of the anthrax protective antigen (PA) exotoxin in biological fluids, wherein the system uses a metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF)-PA assay in combination with microwave-accelerated PA protein surface absorption. Microwave irradiation rapidly accelerates PA deposition onto the surface adjacent to deposited metallic particles and significantly speeding up the MEF-PA assay and resulting in a total assay run time of less than 40 min with an analytical sensitivity of less than 1 pg/ml PA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY
    Inventor: Chris D. Geddes
  • HYDROPHILIC COATINGS OF PLASMONIC METALS TO ENABLE LOW VOLUME METAL-ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE
    Publication number: 20180209906
    Abstract: The present invention provides for metallic structures comprising a sulfhydryl or amino-terminated hydrophilic coating to provide a layer of hydrophilic character on the surface of the metallic structures thereby allowing the use of low volumes of aqueous solvents of fluorophores that have the ability to “spread out” across the surfaces of the metallic structures and to provide for a more uniform surface coating of fluorophores attached to or near the metallic structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Chris D. Geddes