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).

  • Patent number: 11198958
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIETIFIQUE (CNRS), ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Paul David Hodgkins Fowler, Rafael Schulman, Thomas Salez, Elie Raphael, Karoly Jacob Theodoor Dalnoki-Veress
  • Publication number: 20200102674
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Paul David Hodgkins FOWLER, Rafael SCHULMAN, Thomas SALEZ, Elie RAPHAEL, Karoly Jacob Theodoor DALNOKI-VERESS
  • Patent number: 8510189
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Apollo Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: G. Christopher Imrey, William J. House, David A. Hodgkins
  • Publication number: 20110040687
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Apollo Enterprise Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: G. Christopher Imrey, William J. House, III, David A. Hodgkins
  • Patent number: 7818229
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Apollo Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: G. Christopher Imrey, William J. House, III, David A. Hodgkins
  • Publication number: 20070156581
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: G. Imrey, William House, David Hodgkins
  • Patent number: 4618423
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Stanadyne, Inc.
    Inventor: David Hodgkins
  • Patent number: 4491120
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: Stanadyne, Inc.
    Inventor: David Hodgkins
  • Patent number: D284300
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: Stanadyne, Inc.
    Inventor: David Hodgkins