Patents by Inventor David Powers

David Powers 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: 20240147921
    Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating processing of plant material is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base, a cutter disc rotatably coupled to the base such that the cutter disc is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation relative to the base, the cutter disc having an upper side including a plurality of radially spaced teeth, each of the plurality of teeth configured to travel on a respective cutting path to engage and shear the plant material when the cutter disc rotates. The apparatus includes a shearing governor rigidly coupled to the base, the shearing governor including one or more cutting edges, each of the one or more cutting edges extending adjacent to the cutting paths of at least two of the plurality of teeth and configured to shear the plant material when the cutter disc rotates. Other systems and apparatuses are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas RUEGEMER, Gary David POWERS, Kyle Warren GOODWIN, Wendell DEVRIES
  • Patent number: 11555225
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hypoid gear includes face hobbing a gear blank and forming a green hypoid gear with gear teeth, heat treating the green hypoid gear to form a heat treated hypoid gear with heat treated gear teeth, and hard hobbing the heat treated gear teeth to form a hard finished hypoid gear. Critical non-tooth features on the heat treated hypoid gear are hard finished. Also, the critical non-tooth features on the heat treated hypoid gear can be hard finished prior to hard hobbing the heat treated gear teeth. The heat treating includes at least one of carburizing and induction hardening the green hypoid gear, a surface of the heat treated gear teeth has a hardness greater than or equal to 58 HRC, and the hard hobbing removes heat distortion from the heat treated gear teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Powers, Jason Richard Savage, Chunliang Hsiao, Paul John Bojanowski, Greg Gasiewski
  • Publication number: 20200340074
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hypoid gear includes face hobbing a gear blank and forming a green hypoid gear with gear teeth, heat treating the green hypoid gear to form a heat treated hypoid gear with heat treated gear teeth, and hard hobbing the heat treated gear teeth to form a hard finished hypoid gear. Critical non-tooth features on the heat treated hypoid gear are hard finished. Also, the critical non-tooth features on the heat treated hypoid gear can be hard finished prior to hard hobbing the heat treated gear teeth. The heat treating includes at least one of carburizing and induction hardening the green hypoid gear, a surface of the heat treated gear teeth has a hardness greater than or equal to 58 HRC, and the hard hobbing removes heat distortion from the heat treated gear teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Powers, Jason Richard Savage, Chunliang Hsiao, Paul John Bojanowski, Greg Gasiewski
  • Patent number: 10233258
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides bispecific proteins that bind to two antigens, as well as their compositions, uses, and methods of making.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AbbVie Biotherapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiko Akamatsu, Patricia Culp, Charles M. Forsyth, Ping Y. Huang, David Powers, Alan F. Wahl, Shiming Ye
  • Publication number: 20180194862
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides bispecific proteins that bind to two antigens, as well as their compositions, uses, and methods of making.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiko AKAMATSU, Patricia CULP, Charles M. FORSYTH, Ping Y. HUANG, David POWERS, Alan F. WAHL, Shiming YE
  • Publication number: 20170342169
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides bispecific proteins that bind to two antigens, as well as their compositions, uses, and methods of making.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiko AKAMATSU, Patricia Culp, Charles M. Forsyth, Ping Y. Huang, David Powers, Alan F. Wahl, Shiming Ye
  • Patent number: 9335153
    Abstract: The present application discloses detecting an asperity on a storage media surface using two amplitude threshold crossings of an asperity detection signal within a preset timing window. The present application further discloses a temperature-dependent resistive asperity sensor and a preamplifier that correlates a resistance change at the asperity sensor within a preset timing window to detect an asperity on a storage media surface. The asperity may be one or both of a void in the storage media surface and a protrusion from the storage media surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Robert Matousek, Kevin David Powers, Dale Thomas Riley
  • Publication number: 20150051081
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making designed and constructed protein (e.g., antibody) libraries and libraries resulting from the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Robert DuBridge, David Powers
  • Patent number: 8686158
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel high-valent palladium fluoride complexes. The complexes typically include multi-dentate ligands that stabilize the octahedral coordination sphere of the palladium(IV) atom. These complexes are useful in fluorinating organic compounds, in particular aryl-containing compounds. The invention is particularly useful for fluorinating compounds with 19F for PET imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Takeru Furuya, David Powers, Tobias Ritter
  • Publication number: 20140085745
    Abstract: The present application discloses a transducer head comprising a read element that reads data from a storage media and an asperity sensor that detects a dimension of an asperity on a surface of the storage media using a temperature change at the asperity sensor. The asperity may be one or both of a void in the surface of the storage media and a protrusion from the surface of the storage media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Kevin David Powers, Sandeep Bhushan, James J. Martin, Prasanna Manja Ramakrishna, Dale Thomas Riley, Vance Charles Kluver, Scott Howard Deits
  • Publication number: 20140086034
    Abstract: The present application discloses detecting an asperity on a storage media surface using two amplitude threshold crossings of an asperity detection signal within a preset timing window. The present application further discloses a temperature-dependent resistive asperity sensor and a preamplifier that correlates a resistance change at the asperity sensor within a preset timing window to detect an asperity on a storage media surface. The asperity may be one or both of a void in the storage media surface and a protrusion from the storage media surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Robert Matousek, Kevin David Powers, Dale Thomas Riley
  • Patent number: 8681438
    Abstract: The present application discloses a transducer head comprising a read element that reads data from a storage media and an asperity sensor that detects a dimension of an asperity on a surface of the storage media using a temperature change at the asperity sensor. The asperity may be one or both of a void in the surface of the storage media and a protrusion from the surface of the storage media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Kevin David Powers, Sandeep Bhushan, James J. Martin, Prasanna Manja Ramakrishna, Dale Thomas Riley, Vance Charles Kluver, Scott Howard Deits
  • Patent number: 8633139
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making designed and constructed protein (e.g., antibody) libraries and libraries resulting from the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Abbvie Biotherapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Robert DuBridge, David Powers
  • Publication number: 20130338017
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making designed and constructed protein (e.g., antibody) libraries and libraries resulting from the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: PDL BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert DuBridge, David Powers
  • Publication number: 20130338038
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making designed and constructed protein (e.g., antibody) libraries and libraries resulting from the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: PDL BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert DuBridge, David Powers
  • Patent number: 8315746
    Abstract: A thermal manager has a digital filter whose input is to receive raw temperature values from a sensor and whose output is to provide processed or filtered temperature values according to a filter function that correlates temperature at the sensor with temperature at another location in the device. The thermal manager has a look-up table that further correlates temperature at the sensor with temperature at the other location. The look-up table contains a list of processed temperature sensor values, and/or a list of temperatures representing the temperature at the other location, and their respective power consumption change commands. The thermal manager accesses the look-up table using selected, filtered temperature values, to identify their respective power consumption change commands. The latter are then evaluated and may be applied, to mitigate a thermal at the other location. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Cox, Andrew Bradley Just, Matthew G. Watson, Eric Albert, David Powers, Daniel Ariel West, Donald J. Novotney, Michael F. Culbert
  • Patent number: 8309084
    Abstract: The present invention provides chimeric and humanized antibodies that specifically recognize ?5?1 integrin, and methods for using the antibodies for reducing or inhibiting angiogenesis in a tissue. Also provided are methods of determining therapeutically acceptable doses of the antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp.
    Inventors: Vanitha Ramakrishnan, David Powers, Dale E. Johnson, Ursula Jeffry, Vinay Bhaskar
  • Publication number: 20120277767
    Abstract: A suture passer device includes a shaft, a handle, an end effector, and a suture capturing member. The shaft has a shaft proximal end and a shaft distal end. The handle assembly is coupled to the shaft proximal end. The end effector is coupled to the shaft distal end. The suture capturing member is within the end effector, is coupled to the handle assembly independently of the shaft, and is configured to capture a suture within the end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: COST CONTAINMENT, INC.
    Inventors: David Powers, Robert G. States, III, Christoph L. Gillum, David Parrott
  • Patent number: 8257708
    Abstract: The invention relates to the identification and generation of antibodies that bind to TMEFF2 proteins which are involved in cancer. Further, the invention provides for the use of these antibodies in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp.
    Inventors: Vinay Bhaskar, Agustin De La Calle, Debbie Law, Ingrid Caras, Vanitha Ramakrishnan, Richard Murray, Daniel Afar, David Powers
  • Patent number: D776087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: HOPS Division of Textile Machine Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Powers, David Powers, Nicholas Powers, Toni Renee Starnes