Patents by Inventor David J. Phillips

David J. Phillips 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: 20220313614
    Abstract: A method for forming encapsulated nicotine granules (ENGs) includes heating a first mixture to form a molten mixture, the first mixture includes one or more polyols; cooling the molten mixture to a first temperature to form a cooled molten mixture; adding at least one of nicotine and one or more nicotine salts to the cooled molten mixture to form a second mixture; cooling the second mixture to a second temperature to form one or more solidified structures, where the second temperature is different from the first temperature; and fragmenting the one or more solidified structures so as to form a plurality of encapsulated nicotine granules. The first temperature may be between about 120° C. and about 200° C. The second temperature may be below a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the one or more polyols. For example, the second temperature may be between about 65° C. and about 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Feng GAO, Benjamin L. RAGLAND, David J. PHILLIPS, Rebecca M. GRAY, Pauline MARCQ, Christian SCHUH, Krasnodara N. CAMERON
  • Publication number: 20220312822
    Abstract: A method for forming encapsulated sweetener granules (ESGs) may include heating a first mixture to form a molten mixture, the first mixture includes one or more polyols and one or more hydrocolloids; cooling the molten mixture to a first temperature to form a cooled molten mixture; adding one or more high-intensity sweeteners to the cooled molten mixture to form a second mixture; cooling the second mixture to a second temperature to form one or more sheets, the second temperature being different from the first temperature; and fragmenting the one or more sheets to form a plurality of encapsulated sweetener granules. The first temperature may be between about 120° C. and about 200° C. The second temperature may be below a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the one or more polyols and the one or more hydrocolloids. For example, the second temperature may be between about 65° C. and about 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Feng Gao, Anthony H. Kieu, David J. Phillips, Pauline Marcq, Benjamin L. Ragland, Rebecca M. Gray
  • Publication number: 20220313678
    Abstract: A method for preparing the nicotine-containing powder includes dissolving a carrier in a solvent to form a first solution, where the carrier includes a biopolymer, a natural polymer, a synthetic polymer, a bulk sweetener, or any combination thereof; contacting the first solution with nicotine, a nicotine complex, a nicotine salt, or any combination thereof to form a second mixture; and spray drying the second mixture to form a plurality of particles that define the nicotine-containing powder. The method may further include adding at least one of a pH modifier and an antioxidant to the second mixture. When the solvent includes water, an inlet temperature ranges from 120° C. to 210° C. and an initial product temperature ranges from 25° C. to 100° C. When the solvent includes ethanol, the inlet temperature ranges from 65° C. to 180° C. and an initial product temperature ranges from 25° C. to 79° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: David J. PHILLIPS, Rebecca M. GRAY, Munmaya MISHRA, Shuzhong ZHUANG
  • Patent number: 8852959
    Abstract: A integrated circuit and methods for fabricating the circuit are provided. The circuit integrates at least one circuit element formed from a material that is superconducting at temperatures less than one hundred milliKelvin and at least one resistor connected to the circuit element. The resistor is formed from an alloy of transition metals that is resistive at temperatures less than one hundred milliKelvin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Northrup Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Talvacchio, Erica C. Folk, Sean R. McLaughlin, David J. Phillips
  • Publication number: 20130157864
    Abstract: A integrated circuit and methods for fabricating the circuit are provided. The circuit integrates at least one circuit element formed from a material that is superconducting at temperatures less than one hundred milliKelvin and at least one resistor connected to the circuit element. The resistor is formed from an alloy of transition metals that is resistive at temperatures less than one hundred milliKelvin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: John J. Talvacchio, Erica C. Folk, Sean R. McLaughlin, David J. Phillips
  • Patent number: 6657316
    Abstract: A window control system including at least one operator actuator and a housing, the operator actuator mounted and movable in the housing, and where the relative position of the operator actuator in the housing generates a position command signal to a window control circuit for moving the window in response to the position command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson Contols Interiors Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Nels R. Smith, Ruskin J. Lhamon, David J. Phillips, Rollin E. Nothwehr, James T. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 5868455
    Abstract: A door panel includes a support having a formed area with opposing spaced apart structures and an elongated reinforcement spanning between the opposing spaced apart structures and spaced from the formed area. A flexible cover is positioned on the support including a main panel section covering the support and covering the formed area, and a second panel section wrapped around the reinforcement for covering the reinforcement to form a handle on the door panel. As molded, the flexible cover includes inner, middle, and outer panel sections that are spaced apart to facilitate molding. The outer panel section is convexly shaped and can be inverted so that it abuts the middle panel section. The door panel is constructed by positioning the flexible cover on the support, and flexing the outer panel section inwardly so that a handle-covering portion of the flexible cover completely surrounds the reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Prince Corporation
    Inventors: Rob E. Springer, Dennis J. Beard, David J. Phillips
  • Patent number: 5793648
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically generating panel layout and wiring harness specifications for vehicles. The panel layout system receives as input a list of parts including switches, gauges, connectors, circuit breakers, etc., and automatically places these parts in a control panel (e.g. dash panel or electrical panel) within the vehicle. To place these parts automatically, the system extracts potential panel locations for each part from a database, and then attempts to place the parts in their corresponding potential panel locations. The system can also generate a wiring specification for the vehicle. Once panel locations are assigned, the system attempts to assign circuits in the wiring harness to electrical contact locations associated with panel locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Freightliner Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Dale Nagle, David H. Wixom, David J. Phillips, Marlon D. Gorden, Joe Richard Wee, Steven A. Wright
  • Patent number: 5776713
    Abstract: In general, the invention features a method of marking a product for identification in which a marker, composed of a low molecular weight hapten covalently bound to a compound, is associated with the product. Where the marker is non-deleterious to the product, inert with respect to the product, and not already associated with the product. The invention also features hapten markers produced by covalently binding a hapten to a functional monomer and subsequently polymerizing the hapten-labeled monomer to form a hapten-labeled polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Biocode Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronald Colin Garner, David J. Phillips, Timothy G. Wilkinson, Frank G. Angella, Erwin R. Dorland, Martin W. Stow
  • Patent number: 5579444
    Abstract: An adaptive vision based controller for controlling a robot arm comprises a camera, a segmenter for analyzing images from the camera, a tracker, sketcher and ranger responsive to information from the segmenter for creating a three dimensional segmented data list, a recognizer for receiving the data list and comparing data in the list against a database of plausible objects, and a planner interactive with the recognizer and responsive to task definitions for developing control outputs. The recognizer uses scenic information such as feature maps produced by the segmenter in conjunction with a knowledge base to construct a world model. The planner uses the world model and the task definitions to construct a plan in the form of a set of actions for accomplishing the defined task. By way of the control system, information about how the robot arm is actually performing a task can be compared with the desired task and the task can be updated if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Axiom Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Marie R. Dalziel, Neil E. Wiseman, Martin A. Oliver, Andrew K. Forrest, William F. Clocksin, Tony R. King, Robert A. Wipfel, Ian Warren, David J. Phillips, Ping D. Chuang
  • Patent number: 5289820
    Abstract: Quadrature phase signals (I and Q) from a pulsed Doppler medical instrument are analyzed to detect phase changes of consecutive echoes from tissue at a depth of interest. Such phase changes are analyzed to determine tissue displacement. Relative displacements at different depths are examined to detect tissue expansion and contraction. The area of the uterus of a pregnant female can be scanned and the frequency of tissue displacement or expansion and contraction examined to determine pulsations due to blood supplied by the fetal heart and/or pulsations due to blood supplied by the maternal heart. Conventional M-mode or B-mode images can be colorized differently for different frequencies of tissue displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Washington
    Inventors: Kirk W. Beach, David J. Phillips, John Kansky
  • Patent number: 5233731
    Abstract: A connector for joining automobile panels. A retainer member having a shaped slot is molded into a door panel and receives a flat headed stud for supporting a hook surrounded by a sealing flange for hooking over an edge of an opening in a sheet metal door panel for fastening the panels together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Prince Corporation
    Inventor: David J. Phillips
  • Patent number: 5183046
    Abstract: Quadrature phase signals (I and Q) from a pulsed Doppler medical instrument are analyzed to detect phase changes of consecutive echoes from tissue at a depth of interest. Such phase changes are analyzed to determine tissue displacement. Relative displacements at different depths are examined to detect tissue expansion and contraction. The area of the uterus of a pregnant female can be scanned and the frequency of tissue displacement or expansion and contraction examined to determine pulsations due to blood supplied by the fetal heart and/or pulsations due to blood supplied by the maternal heart. Conventional M-mode or B-mode images can be colorized differently for different frequencies of tissue displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Washington
    Inventors: Kirk W. Beach, David J. Phillips, John Kansky
  • Patent number: 5088498
    Abstract: Quadrature phase signals (I and Q) from a pulsed Doppler medical instrument are analyzed to detect phase changes of consecutive echoes from tissue at a depth of interest. Such phase changes are analyzed to determine tissue displacement. Relative displacements at different depths are examined to detect tissue expansion and contraction. The area of the uterus of a pregnant female can be scanned and the frequency of tissue displacement or expansion and contraction examined to determine pulsations due to blood supplied by the fetal heart and/or pulsations due to blood supplied by the maternal heart. Conventional M-mode or B-mode images can be colorized differently for different frequencies of tissue displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Washington
    Inventors: Kirk W. Beach, David J. Phillips, John Kansky
  • Patent number: 4458096
    Abstract: A process is described for producing ethylene and propylene in high selectivity from feed streams containing ethane and propane. The process involves separating the feed into ethane and propane fractions and subsequently cracking the ethane fraction to produce ethylene and dehydrogenating the propane fraction to produce propylene. The fractions are then combined and purified, and the ethylene and propylene products are recovered. Any unreacted ethane or propane is recycled back to the cracking or dehydrogenation units respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Phillips, Jerome L. Glazer
  • Patent number: 4218490
    Abstract: The disclosure is of the extraction by ion exchange and use, especially in edible materials, of functional protein material having one or more useful surface-active properties such as foaming, foam stabilization, gelation, or water-or fat-binding characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Viscose Group Limited
    Inventors: David J. Phillips, David T. Jones, Douglas E. Palmer