Patents by Inventor David Harper

David Harper 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).

  • Publication number: 20250182785
    Abstract: An apparatus for a spring actuator positioned in a folded spring actuator assembly includes a top section, a middle section, and a bottom section of the spring actuator that form a C-shape for the spring actuator. The middle section includes two parallelized spring legs, where a cable head module is slidable into a gap formed by the top section and two parallelized spring legs of the middle section of the spring actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Mark Alfred Lantz, Walter Haeberle, Simeon Furrer, David Harper
  • Patent number: 12266387
    Abstract: An apparatus for a reworkable tape track following actuator includes a spring actuator, a head module, a voice coil, and a mounting body, where the spring actuator is coupled to the mounting body and the mounting body is removable from a tape drive assembly. The apparatus further includes the head module being coupled to a middle section of the spring actuator and the voice coil being positioned beneath the head module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Alfred Lantz, Walter Haeberle, Simeon Furrer, David Harper
  • Patent number: 12234419
    Abstract: A process for extracting fuel products from waste rubber, comprising the steps of subjecting the waste rubber to pyrolysis to produce a pyrolysis vapour, subjecting the pyrolysis vapour to a condensation step to produce a pyrolytic oil having a boiling point range of 45-400° C. and a flash point below 25° C., and then subjecting the pyrolytic oil to a vacuum steam stripping step so as to recover a fraction having a flash point of at least 40° C. but no higher than 55° C., a boiling point range starting at 100° C. or higher, a density at 15° C. of less than 990 kg/m3, a total acid number TAN of up to 12, a styrene content of less than 7000 ppm, and an organic halogen (as Cl) content of less than 50 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CIRCTEC KNOWLEDGE LTD.
    Inventors: Robert David Harper, Edward Allen Timpany
  • Publication number: 20240300676
    Abstract: Rocket components having internal heat fins are described herein. The disclosed components have internal heat fins that mitigate buckling and uneven force application by adding thermal capacity to the component without adding component stiffness. This reduces a thermal force fight (i.e., tension versus compression between cold and hot areas, respectively), which inhibits the buckling loads on the propellant tank. The internal heats fins also provide for a reduced mass of the propellant tank wall relative to a propellant tank wall without internal heat fins. By reducing the thermal force fight, as discussed above, less material can be used which further allows for thinner welds to be used (i.e., less welding material).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: David Harper, Jeramy Kimball, Logan Sailer, Curtis Wen
  • Patent number: 12024318
    Abstract: Rocket components having internal heat fins are described herein. The disclosed components have internal heat fins that mitigate buckling and uneven force application by adding thermal capacity to the component without adding component stiffness. This reduces a thermal force fight (i.e., tension versus compression between cold and hot areas, respectively), which inhibits the buckling loads on the propellant tank. The internal heats fins also provide for a reduced mass of the propellant tank wall relative to a propellant tank wall without internal heat fins. By reducing the thermal force fight, as discussed above, less material can be used which further allows for thinner welds to be used (i.e., less welding material).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Blue Origin, LLC
    Inventors: David Harper, Jeramy Kimball, Logan Sailer, Curtis Wen
  • Patent number: 12006476
    Abstract: A process for extracting fuel products from waste rubber, comprising the steps of subjecting the waste rubber to pyrolysis to produce a pyrolysis vapour, subjecting the pyrolysis vapour to a condensation step to produce a pyrolytic oil having a boiling point range of 45-400° C. and a flash point below 25° C., and then subjecting the pyrolytic oil to a vacuum steam stripping step so as to recover a fraction having a first composition having a flash point above 55° C., a boiling point range starting at 140° C. or higher, a density at 15° C. of less than 990 kg/m3, a total acid number TAN of up to 12, a styrene content of less than 3000 ppm, and an organic halogen (as Cl) content of less than 50 ppm, and a second composition having an initial boiling point not exceeding 75° C. under atmospheric pressure, a density at 15° C. of greater than 790 kg/m3, a benzene content of at least 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: YANCHEP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert David Harper, Edward Allen Timpany
  • Publication number: 20240141594
    Abstract: Example approaches are disclosed for manufacturing composite or fiber reinforcement preforms. Liquid, fibrous, binding and potentially other materials are mixed into a composite mixture slurry in a slurry container. A porous tool having a specific porous outer surface portion approximating a specific exterior surface portion of a spatial shape of a final product is immersed in the slurry container. A suction pressure is applied to draw a portion of the fibrous material intermixed with a corresponding portion of the binding material in the slurry onto the specific outer surface portion. The porous tool attached with the wet preform is removed from the slurry container. The wet preform is partially dried into a partially dried preform attached to the porous tool. The partially dried preform is dried, solidified and/or consolidated and/or injected with a resin and cured into a solid composite preform of the spatial shape of the final product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Marton Gabor KARDOS, Hendrik MAINKA, David HARPER
  • Patent number: 11970663
    Abstract: A process for extracting fuel products from waste rubber, comprising the steps of subjecting the waste rubber to pyrolysis to produce a pyrolysis vapour, subjecting the pyrolysis vapour to a condensation step to produce a pyrolytic oil having a boiling point range of 45-400° C. and a flash point below 25° C., and then subjecting the pyrolytic oil to a vacuum steam stripping step so as to recover a fraction having a first composition having a flash point above 55° C., a boiling point range starting at 140° C. or higher, a density at 15° C. of less than 990 kg/m3, a total acid number TAN of up to 12, a styrene content of less than 3000 ppm, and an organic halogen (as Cl) content of less than 50 ppm, and a second composition having an initial boiling point not exceeding 75° C. under atmospheric pressure, a density at 15° C. of greater than 790 kg/m3, a benzene content of at least 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: YANCHEP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert David Harper, Edward Allen Timpany
  • Publication number: 20240087599
    Abstract: Provided is a tape drive reel including a damping structure for reducing position error signals in a tape during operation. The tape drive reel includes a hub including a first flange and a second flange. At least one of the first flange and the second flange includes a damping layer and a single stiffener layer positioned thereon. The damping layer is positioned between the single stiffener layer and the at least one of the first flange and the second flange. The single stiffener layer is more rigid than the damping layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: David Harper
  • Patent number: 11922982
    Abstract: Provided is a tape drive reel including a damping structure for reducing position error signals in a tape during operation. The tape drive reel includes a hub including a first flange and a second flange. At least one of the first flange and the second flange includes a damping layer and a single stiffener layer positioned thereon. The damping layer is positioned between the single stiffener layer and the at least one of the first flange and the second flange. The single stiffener layer is more rigid than the damping layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Harper
  • Patent number: 11893520
    Abstract: Provided is a process that includes sharing information among two or more parties or systems for modeling and decision-making purposes, while limiting the exposure of details either too sensitive to share, or whose sharing is controlled by laws, regulations, or business needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Cerebri AI Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Mauricio Silberman, Alain Charles Briancon, Lee David Harper, Luke Philip Reding, David Alexander Curry, Jean Joseph Belanger, Michael Thomas Wegan, Thejas Narayana Prasad
  • Patent number: 11842829
    Abstract: An electrical cable including four copper layers, where at least two of the four copper layers are separated by a polymeric base layer, and where at least two of the four copper layers are separated by an adhesive. The electrical cable further includes a polymeric cover layer adhered to an outermost copper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sassan K. Shahidi, Hoodin Hamidi, David Harper, Larry LeeRoy Tretter
  • Patent number: 11837263
    Abstract: Provided are a tape erase element, tape erase device, and method for forming a tape erase element to erase content of a tape medium. The tape erase element comprises a housing forming a gap extending along a length of an outer surface of the housing. The gap extends from the outer surface of the housing to open into an inner space formed within the housing. A magnet is positioned within the inner space of the housing and having a surface extending across the gap. The magnet produces a magnetic flux that extends through a tape contact zone extending across a portion of the outer surface of the housing and the gap to erase content on the tape medium as the tape guide rollers guide the tape medium across the housing through the tape contact zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Harper, Hugo E. Rothuizen, Mark Alfred Lantz, Edwin Ralph Childers
  • Publication number: 20230313047
    Abstract: A process for extracting fuel products from waste rubber, comprising the steps of subjecting the waste rubber to pyrolysis to produce a pyrolysis vapour, subjecting the pyrolysis vapour to a condensation step to produce a pyrolytic oil having a boiling point range of 45-400° C. and a flash point below 25° C., and then subjecting the pyrolytic oil to a vacuum steam stripping step so as to recover a fraction having a first composition having a flash point above 55° C., a boiling point range starting at 140° C. or higher, a density at 15° C. of less than 990 kg/m3, a total acid number TAN of up to 12, a styrene content of less than 3000 ppm, and an organic halogen (as Cl) content of less than 50 ppm, and a second composition having an initial boiling point not exceeding 75° C. under atmospheric pressure, a density at 15° C. of greater than 790 kg/m3, a benzene content of at least 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Robert David Harper, Edward Allen Timpany
  • Publication number: 20230298782
    Abstract: An electrical cable comprising four copper layers, where at least two of the four copper layers are separated by a polymeric base layer, and where at least two of the four copper layers are separated by an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sassan K. Shahidi, Hoodin Hamidi, David Harper, Larry LeeRoy Tretter
  • Patent number: 11701058
    Abstract: A personal impact monitoring system is described herein comprising a monitoring station that receives impact events sent from personal impact monitors using a monitoring station receiver. The impact events which specify impact parameters associated with the impact events are stored in a data storage location associated with the monitoring station. Software operating on the operating station is configured to receive the impact events from the data storage location and to perform calculations based on the impact events to identify notable impact events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: i1 SENSORTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence V. Calcano, David Thomas Brown, Christopher C. Genau, David Ernest Snyder, James M. Stearns, Brian Michael Ronald, Jesse David Harper, John F. Harris
  • Patent number: D1022625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Crimpit Group Ltd
    Inventors: Ian Peter Critchlow, Michael David Harper
  • Patent number: D1022626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Crimpit Group Ltd
    Inventors: Ian Peter Critchlow, Michael David Harper
  • Patent number: D1036206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Crimpit Group Ltd
    Inventors: Ian Peter Critchlow, Michael David Harper
  • Patent number: D1064761
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Crimpit Group Ltd
    Inventors: Ian Peter Critchlow, Michael David Harper