Patents by Inventor Daniel Boss
Daniel Boss 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: 8485835Abstract: A suspended ceiling grid tee of conventional cross-sectional shape having a plurality of generally planar parallel and orthogonal surfaces and at least two electrically isolated conductor strips attached to the planar areas of the tee surfaces extending along substantially the full length of the tee, a connector for supplying low voltage electrical power to or from the conductors, the connector having a configuration complementary to the cross-sectional shape of the grid tee and including at least two electrical contacts for energizing each of said conductor strips when said connector is positioned on said grid tee.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: USG Interiors, LLCInventors: Ying (Lora) Liang, Daniel Boss, Paul D. LaLonde, Peder Gulbrandsen
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Patent number: 8441156Abstract: An electrically conductive module is provided. The module includes a panel configured to engage with one or more conductive structural elements. The module further includes conductive layers formed on or in the panel. Each conductive layer has a terminal configured to be in electrical communication with at least one of the conductive structural elements. In one embodiment of the present invention, a first terminal is configured to be in electrical communication with a first conductive structural element and a second terminal is configured to be in electrical communication with a second conductive structural element. In another embodiment of the present invention, both a first terminal and a second terminal are configured to be in electrical communication with a first conductive structural element. In this embodiment, the first and second terminals are respectively configured to be in electrical communication with first and second conductive portions of the first conductive structural element.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: T-Ink, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Boss, Scott Qualls, Terrance Z. Kaiserman, Keith J. Margolin, Michael Wassief, Liang Chai
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Patent number: 8314336Abstract: A rectangular ceiling tile proportioned for use in a standard rectangular ceiling grid module formed by grid tees, the tile having a pair of conductors arranged to feed low voltage electrical power from the grid elements to an electric or electronic device carried on the tile, the conductors each extending to an edge or edges of the tile and adapted to make physical contact with a conductor carried on a grid element when supported on such grid element.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: USG Interiors, LLCInventors: Ying (Lora) Liang, Daniel Boss, Graeme Gee
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Patent number: 8146316Abstract: An elongated grid tee for supplying low voltage power on a suspended ceiling comprising at least two electrically conductive paths electrically insulated from each other, extending lengthwise of the tee, and accessible for receiving or supplying electrical power at numerous locations along the length of the tee.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: USG Interiors, LLCInventors: Daniel Boss, Ying (Lora) Liang
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Patent number: 8097194Abstract: A method for making a damper component for absorbing and dissipating vibration and/or noise resonation is provided. The method features heating a laminate including a viscoelastomer-containing damper layer and an adjacent melt-flowable, curable sheet molding compound. Heating is conducted under pressure in a mold to cure the sheet molding compound to form a continuous constraining layer that intimately contacts and encases the damper layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Material Sciences CorporationInventor: Daniel Boss
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Publication number: 20100170616Abstract: An electrically conductive tape for walls and ceilings is provided. The tape includes a substrate configured to be applied to at least one surface including at least one surface of a wall or ceiling and at least one conductive layer applied to the substrate. The conductive layer is penetrable by at least a conductor of an electrical device to provide an electrical connection thereto. In one embodiment the conductive layer is formed from a conductive composition including an electrically conductive material therein. The conductive composition can include a conductive ink. A method of manufacturing an electrically conductive tape or film for walls and ceilings is also provided. The method includes providing a conductive composition including an electrically conductive material therein, and providing a substrate configured to be applied to at least one surface including at least one surface of a wall or ceiling.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: USG INTERIORS, INC.Inventors: Daniel Boss, David McDonald, Terrance Z. Kaiserman, Keith J. Margolin, Michael Wassief, Liang Chai
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Publication number: 20100170702Abstract: An electrically conductive module is provided. The module includes a panel configured to engage with one or more conductive structural elements. The module further includes conductive layers formed on or in the panel. Each conductive layer has a terminal configured to be in electrical communication with at least one of the conductive structural elements. In one embodiment of the present invention, a first terminal is configured to be in electrical communication with a first conductive structural element and a second terminal is configured to be in electrical communication with a second conductive structural element. In another embodiment of the present invention, both a first terminal and a second terminal are configured to be in electrical communication with a first conductive structural element. In this embodiment, the first and second terminals are respectively configured to be in electrical communication with first and second conductive portions of the first conductive structural element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: USG INTERIORS, INC.Inventors: Daniel Boss, Scott Qualls, Terrance Z. Kaiserman, Keith J. Margolin, Michael Wassief, Liang Chai
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Publication number: 20100156196Abstract: An electrically conductive element, including an insulator and a first conductor, is provided, which can be affixed to a second conductor consisting of conductive structural element, wherein the insulator is positioned between the first and second conductors to electrically isolate them. A power supply may be connected between the first and second conductors to provide power thereto, and an electrical device may be connected across the first and second conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: USG INTERIORS, INC.Inventors: Daniel Boss, Scott Qualls, David McDonald, Terrance Z. Kaiserman, Keith J. Margolin, Michael Wassief, Liang Chai
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Publication number: 20100126090Abstract: A rectangular ceiling tile proportioned for use in a standard rectangular ceiling grid module formed by grid tees, the tile having a pair of conductors arranged to feed low voltage electrical power from the grid elements to an electric or electronic device carried on the tile, the conductors each extending to an edge or edges of the tile and adapted to make physical contact with a conductor carried on a grid element when supported on such grid element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: USG INTERIORS, INC.Inventors: Ying (Lora) Liang, Daniel Boss, Graeme Gee
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Publication number: 20100126105Abstract: A suspended ceiling elongate grid tee having a lower flange, a vertical web, and an upper hollow reinforcing bulb, at least some of the flange, web and bulb elements, having relatively flat exposed or accessible surfaces, and a plurality of pairs of conductors attached to said flat surfaces and extending along substantially the full length of the tee whereby grid tee is capable of carrying at least two fully independent DC circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: USG Interiors, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Boss
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Publication number: 20100126104Abstract: An elongated grid tee for supplying low voltage power on a suspended ceiling comprising at least two electrically conductive paths electrically insulated from each other, extending lengthwise of the tee, and accessible for receiving or supplying electrical power at numerous locations along the length of the tee.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: USG INTERIORS, INC.Inventors: Daniel Boss, Ying (Lora) Liang
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Publication number: 20100130055Abstract: A suspended ceiling grid tee of conventional cross-sectional shape having a plurality of generally planar parallel and orthogonal surfaces and at least two electrically isolated conductor strips attached to the planar areas of the tee surfaces extending along substantially the full length of the tee, a connector for supplying low voltage electrical power to or from the conductors, the connector having a configuration complementary to the cross-sectional shape of the grid tee and including at least two electrical contacts for energizing each of said conductor strips when said connector is positioned on said grid tee.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: USG INTERIORS, INC.Inventors: Ying (Lora) Liang, Daniel Boss, Paul D. LaLonde, Peder Gulbrandsen
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Publication number: 20090001631Abstract: A method for making a damper component for absorbing and dissipating vibration and/or noise resonation is provided. The method features heating a laminate including a viscoelastomer-containing damper layer and an adjacent melt-flowable, curable sheet molding compound. Heating is conducted under pressure in a mold to cure the sheet molding compound to form a continuous constraining layer that intimately contacts and encases the damper layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventor: Daniel BOSS
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Patent number: 7393575Abstract: A damper component for absorbing and dissipating vibration and/or noise resonating from a device is provided. The damper component includes a viscoelastic damper layer, and a continuous constraining layer intimately contacting and encasing the damper layer. The constraining layer has a greater stiffness and higher modulus of dynamic shearing elasticity than the damper layer. The constraining layer is a molded sheet molding compound that is substantially immiscible with the viscoelastomer to provide a discrete interface between the constraining layer and the damper layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2006Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Material Sciences CorporationInventor: Daniel Boss
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Publication number: 20070171568Abstract: A disc drive assembly is provided including a head disc assembly, a housing having a base and a cover cooperating with one another to form a chamber in which the head disc assembly is housed, and a damper structure in operative association with the housing for dampening noise and/or vibration emanated from the head disc assembly. The damper structure includes a viscoelastic damper layer and a continuous, polymeric constraining layer intimately contacting and encasing the viscoelastic damper layer. The constraining layer has a greater stiffness and higher modulus of dynamic shearing elasticity than the viscoelastic damper layer, and is molded from a high density filler and a moldable compound that is immiscible with the viscoelastic damper layer to provide a discrete interface between the constraining layer and the viscoelastic damper layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2007Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Daniel Boss, Richard Williams
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Publication number: 20070104932Abstract: A damper component for absorbing and dissipating vibration and/or noise resonating from a device is provided. The damper component includes a viscoelastic damper layer, and a continuous constraining layer intimately contacting and encasing the damper layer. The constraining layer has a greater stiffness and higher modulus of dynamic shearing elasticity than the damper layer. The constraining layer is a molded sheet molding compound that is substantially immiscible with the viscoelastomer to provide a discrete interface between the constraining layer and the damper layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventor: Daniel Boss
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Patent number: 7172800Abstract: A damper component for absorbing and dissipating vibration and/or noise resonating from a device is provided. The damper component includes a viscoelastic damper layer, and a continuous constraining layer intimately contacting and encasing the damper layer. The constraining layer has a greater stiffness and higher modulus of dynamic shearing elasticity than the damper layer. The constraining layer is a molded sheet molding compound that is substantially immiscible with the viscoelastomer to provide a discrete interface between the constraining layer and the damper layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2003Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Material Sciences CorporationInventor: Daniel Boss
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Publication number: 20050094311Abstract: A disc drive assembly is provided including a head disc assembly, a housing having a base and a cover cooperating with one another to form a chamber in which the head disc assembly is housed, and a damper structure in operative association with the housing for dampening noise and/or vibration emanated from the head disc assembly. The damper structure includes a viscoelastic damper layer and a continuous, polymeric constraining layer intimately contacting and encasing the viscoelastic damper layer. The constraining layer has a greater stiffness and higher modulus of dynamic shearing elasticity than the viscoelastic damper layer, and is molded from a high density filler and a moldable compound that is immiscible with the viscoelastic damper layer to provide a discrete interface between the constraining layer and the viscoelastic damper layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2003Publication date: May 5, 2005Inventors: Daniel Boss, Richard Williams
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Publication number: 20050095392Abstract: A damper component for absorbing and dissipating vibration and/or noise resonating from a device is provided. The damper component includes a viscoelastic damper layer, and a continuous constraining layer intimately contacting and encasing the damper layer. The constraining layer has a greater stiffness and higher modulus of dynamic shearing elasticity than the damper layer. The constraining layer is a molded sheet molding compound that is substantially immiscible with the viscoelastomer to provide a discrete interface between the constraining layer and the damper layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2003Publication date: May 5, 2005Inventor: Daniel Boss
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Patent number: 5382405Abstract: A method of manufacturing a shaped article from a powdered precursor, wherein the components of the powdered precursor are subjected to a self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) reaction and are consolidated essentially simultaneously. The shaped article requires essentially no machining after manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1993Date of Patent: January 17, 1995Assignee: Inland Steel CompanyInventors: Kenneth F. Lowrance, II, Eric C. Knorr, William M. Goldberger, Daniel Boss, Doreen Edwards