Patents by Inventor Colby Williams
Colby Williams 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: 11897211Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for automatic extrudate loading and alignment. An extrudate handling system includes a head end assembly and an imaging device (which may be part of the head end assembly). The imaging device is configured to image an end face of an extrudate, and generate, during translation of the extrudate, an imaging output signal indicative of a rotational position of the end face of the extrudate. The head end assembly includes a rotational effector to rotate the extrudate during translation thereof and a fixed effector rotationally fixed relative to a track. The extrudate handling system is able to determine the rotational position of the web angle of the extrudate and precisely adjust the rotational position while linearly translating the extrudate along the track. The extrudate handling system provides greater accuracy, reduced costs, and improved results.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Colby William Audinwood, Brian Stephen Banks, Stephen Andrew Campbell, John Christian Duroe, Dustin Andrew Jochum, Anthony Nicholas Rodbourn, Gary Yaw
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Publication number: 20240042939Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat assembly includes a seat portion and a back portion connected to the seat portion. The back portion has an opening sized to receive a backpack that extends through both a front-facing surface and a rear-facing surface. A backpack is located in the opening in a stowed configuration. The backpack is accessible at the front-facing surface and the rear-facing surface and is removable from the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Paxton S. Williams, Scott L. Frederick, Colby Williams
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Publication number: 20240024007Abstract: A bone cement mixing and dispensing system and method for mixing and delivering bone cement therefrom. The system has a mixing container for holding a bone cement mixture, the mixing container extending along an axial length and having opposed first and second ends, the first end comprising a downstream opening for dispensing the bone cement downstream from the mixing container; a mixing element movably disposed within the mixing container; and a plunger comprising a piston movably disposed within the mixing container. In this system. with a first coupling, the mixing element moves by assistance of a motor along the axial length of the mixing container without translation of the plunger to mix the bone cement. In this system. with a second coupling, the mixing element and plunger are driven together along the axial length of the mixing container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Colby Williams, John Franklin Cummins, John Lawrence Walker, Brad Risher, Christopher Strahm, Talya Mathein
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Patent number: 11737802Abstract: A bone cement mixing and dispensing system and method for mixing and delivering bone cement therefrom. The system has a mixing container for holding a bone cement mixture, the mixing container extending along an axial length and having opposed first and second ends, the first end comprising a downstream opening for dispensing the bone cement downstream from the mixing container; a mixing element movably disposed within the mixing container; and a plunger comprising a piston movably disposed within the mixing container. In this system. with a first coupling, the mixing element moves by assistance of a motor along the axial length of the mixing container without translation of the plunger to mix the bone cement. In this system. with a second coupling, the mixing element and plunger are driven together along the axial length of the mixing container.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Zavation Medical Products, LLCInventors: Colby Williams, John Franklin Cummins, John Lawrence Walker, Brad Risher, Christopher Strahm, Talya Mathein
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Publication number: 20220203575Abstract: A method of drying a green ceramic honeycomb body (20) comprising: moving the body (20) through a drying system (50) comprising interconnected microwave devices (60), wherein each microwave device (D1, D2, D3) comprises an entrance (62a, 62b, 62c) located at an upstream end and an exit (64a, 64b, 64c) located at a downstream end of the microwave device (D1, D2, D3), the ends defining a downstream direction (72) and an upstream direction (74) in each of the devices (D1, D2, D3); removing moisture from the body (20) by irradiating the body (20) with microwave radiation within each of the devices (D1, D2, D3); and flowing air against the outer peripheral wall (22) of the body (20) while the body (20) is located in each of the microwave devices (D1, D2, D3).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Colby William Audinwood, Brett Alan Terwilliger
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Patent number: 11278420Abstract: A surgical implant and a surgical kit. The surgical implant having a body for contacting and supporting adjacent vertebrae. The body has a) opposing superior and inferior surfaces with or without corrugations, b) recesses formed in the opposing superior and inferior surfaces within a peripheral boundary of the body, and a recess-fill material (which preferably promotes osseointegration) disposed in the recesses.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Zavation, LLCInventors: John Lawrence Walker, Colby Williams, Henry E. Aryan
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Publication number: 20210121298Abstract: A surgical implant and a surgical kit. The surgical implant having a body for contacting and supporting adjacent vertebrae. The body has a) opposing superior and inferior surfaces with or without corrugations, b) recesses formed in the opposing superior and inferior surfaces within a peripheral boundary of the body, and a recess-fill material (which preferably promotes osseointegration) disposed in the recesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: John Lawrence Walker, Colby Williams, Henry E. Aryan
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Publication number: 20200262161Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for automatic extrudate loading and alignment. An extrudate handling system includes a head end assembly and an imaging device (which may be part of the head end assembly). The imaging device is configured to image an end face of an extrudate, and generate, during translation of the extrudate, an imaging output signal indicative of a rotational position of the end face of the extrudate. The head end assembly includes a rotational effector to rotate the extrudate during translation thereof and a fixed effector rotationally fixed relative to a track. The extrudate handling system is able to determine the rotational position of the web angle of the extrudate and precisely adjust the rotational position while linearly translating the extrudate along the track. The extrudate handling system provides greater accuracy, reduced costs, and improved results.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Colby William Audinwood, Brian Stephen Banks, Stephen Andrew Campbell, John Christian Duroe, Dustin Andrew Jochum, Anthony Nicholas Rodbourn, Gary Yaw
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Patent number: 10730800Abstract: A composition for applying to a honeycomb body includes a refractory filler, an organic binder, an inorganic binder, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the refractory filler, the particle size distribution of the refractory filler, the organic binder, and the inorganic binder are selected such that, when the composition is applied to plug a plurality of channels of the honeycomb body, the plug depth variability is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Colby William Audinwood, Anthony Joseph Cecce, Toka Marie Culbertson, Courtney Spencer Warren
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Patent number: 10247474Abstract: Microwave drying of ceramic honeycomb logs using a customizable cover that can take the form of a flexible wrap or a rigid cover is disclosed. The cover can be in the form of a wrap disposed directly in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. The cover can also be a rigid cover disposed adjacent but not in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. At least a portion of the trailing edge of the log can remain uncovered either by having windows in the wrap or by the rigid cover only covering the leading edge of the log surface. The customizable cover can be configured to compensate for log shape deformities as well as or in addition to the adverse effect on log shape cause by the drying differential created by passing a log through a microwave drying station leading-edge first.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Colby William Audinwood, Brett Alan Terwilliger, David Robertson Treacy, Jr., Chauncey James Watches
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Publication number: 20180179113Abstract: A composition for applying to a honeycomb body includes a refractory filler, an organic binder, an inorganic binder, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the refractory filler, the particle size distribution of the refractory filler, the organic binder, and the inorganic binder are selected such that, when the composition is applied to plug a plurality of channels of the honeycomb body, the plug depth variability is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Colby William Audinwood, Anthony Joseph Cecce, Toka Marie Culbertson, Courtney Spencer Warren
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Patent number: 9981877Abstract: A composition for applying to a honeycomb body includes a refractory filler, an organic binder, an inorganic binder, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the refractory filler, the particle size distribution of the refractory filler, the organic binder, and the inorganic binder are selected such that, when the composition is applied to plug a plurality of channels of the honeycomb body, the plug depth variability is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Colby William Audinwood, Anthony Joseph Cecce, Toka M Culbertson, Courtney Spencer Warren
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Publication number: 20160054057Abstract: Microwave drying of ceramic honeycomb logs using a customizable cover that can take the form of a flexible wrap or a rigid cover is disclosed. The cover can be in the form of a wrap disposed directly in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. The cover can also be a rigid cover disposed adjacent but not in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. At least a portion of the trailing edge of the log can remain uncovered either by having windows in the wrap or by the rigid cover only covering the leading edge of the log surface. The customizable cover can be configured to compensate for log shape deformities as well as or in addition to the adverse effect on log shape cause by the drying differential created by passing a log through a microwave drying station leading-edge first.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Colby William Audinwood, Brett Alan Terwilliger, David Robertson Treacy, JR., Chauncey James Watches
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Patent number: 9188387Abstract: Microwave drying of ceramic honeycomb logs using a customizable cover that can take the form of a flexible wrap or a rigid cover is disclosed. The cover can be in the form of a wrap disposed directly in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. The cover can also be a rigid cover disposed adjacent but not in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. At least a portion of the trailing edge of the log can remain uncovered either by having windows in the wrap or by the rigid cover only covering the leading edge of the log surface. The customizable cover can be configured to compensate for log shape deformities as well as or in addition to the adverse effect on log shape cause by the drying differential created by passing a log through a microwave drying station leading-edge first.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Colby William Audinwood, Brett Alan Terwilliger, David Robertson Treacy, Jr., Chauncey James Watches
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Publication number: 20150166415Abstract: A composition for applying to a honeycomb body includes a refractory filler, an organic binder, an inorganic binder, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the refractory filler, the particle size distribution of the refractory filler, the organic binder, and the inorganic binder are selected such that, when the composition is applied to plug a plurality of channels of the honeycomb body, the plug depth variability is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Colby William Audinwood, Anthony Joseph Cecce, Toka M. Culbertson, Courtney Spencer Warren
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Patent number: 8999484Abstract: A composition for applying to a honeycomb body includes a refractory filler, an organic binder, an inorganic binder, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the refractory filler, the particle size distribution of the refractory filler, the organic binder, and the inorganic binder are selected such that, when the composition is applied to plug a plurality of channels of the honeycomb body, the plug depth variability is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Colby William Audinwood, Anthony Joseph Cecce, Toka M Culbertson, Courtney Spencer Warren
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Publication number: 20140065352Abstract: A composition for applying to a honeycomb body includes a refractory filler, an organic binder, an inorganic binder, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the refractory filler, the particle size distribution of the refractory filler, the organic binder, and the inorganic binder are selected such that, when the composition is applied to plug a plurality of channels of the honeycomb body, the plug depth variability is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Colby William Audinwood, Anthony Joseph Cecce, Toka M. Culbertson, Courtney Spencer Warren
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Publication number: 20130318811Abstract: Microwave drying of ceramic honeycomb logs using a customizable cover that can take the form of a flexible wrap or a rigid cover is disclosed. The cover can be in the form of a wrap disposed directly in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. The cover can also be a rigid cover disposed adjacent but not in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. At least a portion of the trailing edge of the log can remain uncovered either by having windows in the wrap or by the rigid cover only covering the leading edge of the log surface. The customizable cover can be configured to compensate for log shape deformities as well as or in addition to the adverse effect on log shape cause by the drying differential created by passing a log through a microwave drying station leading-edge first.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Colby William Audinwood, Brett Alan Terwilliger, David Robertson Treacy, JR., Chauncey James Watches