Patents by Inventor David A. Hodgkins
David A. Hodgkins 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: 11198958Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating coils including the steps of providing a liquid droplet having a diameter on length-scales ranging from hundreds of micrometers to nanometers and bringing a fiber into contact with the liquid droplet, wherein the radius of the liquid droplet is sufficiently high in comparison to the bending elastocapillary length which is defined as where E is the Young's modulus of the elastic fiber, r is the radius of the fiber and ? is the interfacial tension between the droplet and surrounding medium, so that capillary forces induce the spontaneous winding of the fiber around the droplet, to fabricate a coil with a diameter in the range from hundreds of micrometers to nanometers. Also disclosed is a system for making microcoils and to the product thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIETIFIQUE (CNRS), ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, MCMASTER UNIVERSITYInventors: Paul David Hodgkins Fowler, Rafael Schulman, Thomas Salez, Elie Raphael, Karoly Jacob Theodoor Dalnoki-Veress
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Publication number: 20200102674Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating coils including the steps of providing a liquid droplet having a diameter on length-scales ranging from hundreds of micrometers to nanometers and bringing a fiber into contact with the liquid droplet, wherein the radius of the liquid droplet is sufficiently high in comparison to the bending elastocapillary length which is defined as where E is the Young's modulus of the elastic fiber, r is the radius of the fiber and ? is the interfacial tension between the droplet and surrounding medium, so that capillary forces induce the spontaneous winding of the fiber around the droplet, to fabricate a coil with a diameter in the range from hundreds of micrometers to nanometers. Also disclosed is a system for making microcoils and to the product thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Paul David Hodgkins FOWLER, Rafael SCHULMAN, Thomas SALEZ, Elie RAPHAEL, Karoly Jacob Theodoor DALNOKI-VERESS
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Patent number: 8510189Abstract: A method for the online modification, submission and approval processing of a future payment request to afford a user the ability to renegotiate established loan agreement debt terms in which network communications are established between a user, such as a debtor, and a server is presented. The method comprises receiving information, at the server, regarding the loan agreement debt terms, presenting received information to a debtor, providing an interactive environment enabling a debtor to modify existing terms, submitting modified terms, processing data from the available information using a rules based engine, and processing a future payment request based on at least one decision made by the rules based engine. While online, the user/debtor may engage in revising a rejected future payment request in an attempt to reach a satisfactory renegotiation of debt terms.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Apollo Enterprise Solutions, Inc.Inventors: G. Christopher Imrey, William J. House, David A. Hodgkins
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Publication number: 20110040687Abstract: A method for the online modification, submission and approval processing of a future payment request to afford a user the ability to renegotiate established loan agreement debt terms in which network communications are established between a user, such as a debtor, and a server is presented. The method comprises receiving information, at the server, regarding the loan agreement debt terms, presenting received information to a debtor, providing an interactive environment enabling a debtor to modify existing terms, submitting modified terms, processing data from the available information using a rules based engine, and processing a future payment request based on at least one decision made by the rules based engine. While online, the user/debtor may engage in revising a rejected future payment request in an attempt to reach a satisfactory renegotiation of debt terms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: Apollo Enterprise Solutions CorporationInventors: G. Christopher Imrey, William J. House, III, David A. Hodgkins
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Patent number: 7818229Abstract: A method for the online modification, submission and approval processing of a future payment request to afford a user the ability to renegotiate established loan agreement debt terms in which network communications are established between a user, such as a debtor, and a server is presented. The method comprises receiving information, at the server, regarding the loan agreement debt terms, presenting received information to a debtor, providing an interactive environment enabling a debtor to modify existing terms, submitting modified terms, processing data from the available information using a rules based engine, and processing a future payment request based on at least one decision made by the rules based engine. While online, the user/debtor may engage in revising a rejected future payment request in an attempt to reach a satisfactory renegotiation of debt terms.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Apollo Enterprise Solutions, Inc.Inventors: G. Christopher Imrey, William J. House, III, David A. Hodgkins
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Publication number: 20070156581Abstract: A method for the online modification, submission and approval processing of a future payment request to afford a user the ability to renegotiate established loan agreement debt terms in which network communications are established between a user, such as a debtor, and a server is presented. The method comprises receiving information, at the server, regarding the loan agreement debt terms, presenting received information to a debtor, providing an interactive environment enabling a debtor to modify existing terms, submitting modified terms, processing data from the available information using a rules based engine, and processing a future payment request based on at least one decision made by the rules based engine. While online, the user/debtor may engage in revising a rejected future payment request in an attempt to reach a satisfactory renegotiation of debt terms.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2006Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventors: G. Imrey, William House, David Hodgkins
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Patent number: 4618423Abstract: A modular fuel conditioner having a base and a disposable filter/water separator cartridge releasably secured to the base and defining a filter chamber in fluid communication with fuel inlet and outlet passageways in the base. A three stage filter assembly within the cartridge includes filtering and coalescing media and separates an upper portion of the chamber from a lower portion which defines a water collection sump. A heater in the base warms fuel before it enters the cartridge. Sensing devices in the base are provided for operating signals to indicate the presence of a predetermined quantity of water in the sump and the occurrence of a plugged filter condition. A priming pump on the base is manually operated to restore the fuel conditioner to operational condition after cartridge replacement.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1984Date of Patent: October 21, 1986Assignee: Stanadyne, Inc.Inventor: David Hodgkins
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Patent number: 4491120Abstract: A modular fuel conditioner having a base and a disposable filter/water separator cartridge releasably secured to the base and defining a filter chamber in fluid communication with fuel inlet and outlet passageways in the base. A three stage filter assembly within the cartridge includes filtering and coalescing media and separates an upper portion of the chamber from a lower portion which defines a water collection sump. A heater in the base warms fuel before it enters the cartridge. Sensing devices in the base are provided for operating signals to indicate the presence of a predetermined quantity of water in the sump and the occurrence of a plugged filter condition. A priming pump on the base is manually operated to restore the fuel conditioner to operational condition after cartridge replacement.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1983Date of Patent: January 1, 1985Assignee: Stanadyne, Inc.Inventor: David Hodgkins
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Patent number: D284300Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1983Date of Patent: June 17, 1986Assignee: Stanadyne, Inc.Inventor: David Hodgkins