Patents by Inventor Dennis Brian
Dennis Brian 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: 11970122Abstract: A motor vehicle bumper assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a main bumper body and an actuator. The actuator includes a bracket mounted to the main bumper body, a screw jack supported by the bracket, and a trolley driven to translate by the screw jack. A lower support is mounted to the trolley. The actuator is configured to translate the lower support relative to the main bumper body from an integrated position to a deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Brian Glickman, Aaron Peter Klop, Dennis Yee, Satvinder Singh Matharu
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Publication number: 20230172603Abstract: Medical devices for applying a cinch to a suture and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongated shaft including a proximal region and a distal region. The distal region may define a lumen having a lumen dimeter, and a distally facing end surface. The medical device may also include an outer cinch member defining a bore and having an outer surface defining a shoulder. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the lumen and the bore and including a distal end section. An inner cinch member may be engaged with the distal end section of the elongated inner shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: STAN ROBERT GILBERT, SHAUN DENNIS COMEE, PETER JOSEPH SHANK, CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, DENNIS BRIAN HUBBARD, JR., NORMAN C. MAY
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Publication number: 20220331528Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for delivering a powdered agent into a subject's body may include a powder chamber housing the powdered agent. The apparatus also may include a chassis in fluid connection with the powder chamber. The chassis may include a first passage for receiving a pressurized gas, a second passage for receiving the powdered agent from the powder chamber, and a junction in fluid communication with the first passage and the second passage. At least a first portion of the pressurized gas is introduced into the powdered agent at the junction to fluidize the powdered agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Lynn SMITH, Gerald FREDRICKSON, Dennis Brian HUBBARD, JR., Stan Robert GILBERT, Caitlyn Emily BINTZ, Andrew PIC
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Patent number: 11406771Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for delivering a powdered agent into a subject's body may include a powder chamber housing the powdered agent. The apparatus also may include a chassis in fluid connection with the powder chamber. The chassis may include a first passage for receiving a pressurized gas, a second passage for receiving the powdered agent from the powder chamber, and a junction in fluid communication with the first passage and the second passage. At least a first portion of the pressurized gas is introduced into the powdered agent at the junction to fluidize the powdered agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Amanda Lynn Smith, Gerald Fredrickson, Dennis Brian Hubbard, Jr., Stan Robert Gilbert, Caitlyn Emily Bintz, Andrew Pic
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Patent number: 11253875Abstract: A fluid injector for injecting fluid is disclosed, including a body; a fluid passageway defined in the body and extending from an inlet to an outlet of the fluid injector; a valve seat disposed internally of the body and forming part of the passageway; a valve element that is selectively reciprocated relative to the valve seat to close and open the passageway to fluid flow by seating and unseating the valve element on and from the valve seat, respectively; and an orifice disc disposed in the passageway downstream of the valve seat in a direction of the fluid flow through the fluid injector, the orifice disc including a plurality of dimples and a plurality of orifices defined through the orifice disc, each dimple including at least one orifice located thereon and each dimple having an asymmetrical cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Vitesco Technologies USA, LLCInventors: Andreas Wolfgang Wildgen, Robert Wayne McFarland, Dennis Brian Dezern
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Publication number: 20210299365Abstract: A medical device that includes a handle for conveying an agent having particles and a receiver having a first lumen defined by a first end and a second end. The receiver having an axis extending between the first end and the second end. The first end configured to receive the particles from the handle, and the second end in fluid communication with a second lumen having a cross-sectional dimension smaller than a cross-sectional dimension of the first lumen. Each of the cross-sectional dimensions of the first lumen and the second lumen is measured transverse to the axis. The second end is configured to receive the particles from the first end of the receiver. The second lumen is configured to control delivery of the agent to a delivery conduit in fluid communication with the second lumen based on sizes of the particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.Inventors: Ra Nam, Tony SOUKALOPOULOS, Dennis Brian Hubbard, JR., Naroun SUON
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Publication number: 20210112979Abstract: A wine barrel rack system may include single barrel cradles (500) (or alternatively hardware for constructing such single barrel cradles), which may include two wedge plate bodies (504), each having upper barrel contact surfaces (508a, 512a, 430) configured to contact and support a single barrel (BA) in an upper tier at two or more locations. The wedge plate bodies (504) also include lower barrel contact surfaces (510a, 514a, 430) configured to contact and be supported by two barrels in a lower tier relative to the single barrel cradle. The wedge plate bodies (504) can be curved upward to cause the upper barrel contact surfaces to both contact a same upper tier barrel and to orient the lower barrel contact surfaces to contact the two lower tier barrels when the upper and lower tiers are offset in a staggered stacking configuration. Methods and systems are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventor: Dennis Brian Wilhelmsen
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Publication number: 20210069607Abstract: A spray drier system is provided for spray drying a liquid sample such as blood plasma. The spray drier system may include a spray drier device adapted to couple with a spray drier assembly. The assembly may include an enclosure mounted to a frame. The assembly may receive a flow of drying gas which is directed by the enclosure shape towards a spray drying head mounted within the enclosure to the frame. Flows of a liquid sample may be further received by the head, which aerosolizes the liquid sample. Aerosolized liquid sample and drying air may be mixed within a drying chamber of the enclosure to produce dried sample and humid air. The dried sample and humid air may also be separated in a collection chamber of the enclosure, with the humid air exhausted from the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Velico Medical Inc.Inventors: Abdul Wahid Khan, Dennis Brian Hubbard, JR.
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Patent number: 10843100Abstract: A spray drier system is provided for spray drying a liquid sample such as blood plasma. The spray drier system may include a spray drier device adapted to couple with a spray drier assembly. The assembly may include an enclosure mounted to a frame. The assembly may receive a flow of drying gas which is directed by the enclosure shape towards a spray drying head mounted within the enclosure to the frame. Flows of a liquid sample may be further received by the head, which aerosolizes the liquid sample. Aerosolized liquid sample and drying air may be mixed within a drying chamber of the enclosure to produce dried sample and humid air. The dried sample and humid air may also be separated in a collection chamber of the enclosure, with the humid air exhausted from the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Velico Medical, Inc.Inventors: Abdul Wahid Khan, Dennis Brian Hubbard
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Publication number: 20200298137Abstract: A spray drier system is provided for spray drying a liquid sample such as blood plasma. The spray drier system may include a spray drier device adapted to couple with a spray drier assembly. The assembly may include an enclosure mounted to a frame. The assembly may receive a flow of drying gas which is directed by the enclosure shape towards a spray drying head mounted within the enclosure to the frame. Flows of a liquid sample may be further received by the head, which aerosolizes the liquid sample. Aerosolized liquid sample and drying air may be mixed within a drying chamber of the enclosure to produce dried sample and humid air. The dried sample and humid air may also be separated in a collection chamber of the enclosure, with the humid air exhausted from the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Velico Medical, Inc.Inventors: Abdul Wahid Khan, Dennis Brian Hubbard
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Publication number: 20200030823Abstract: A fluid injector for injecting fluid is disclosed, including a body; a fluid passageway defined in the body and extending from an inlet to an outlet of the fluid injector; a valve seat disposed internally of the body and forming part of the passageway; a valve element that is selectively reciprocated relative to the valve seat to close and open the passageway to fluid flow by seating and unseating the valve element on and from the valve seat, respectively; and an orifice disc disposed in the passageway downstream of the valve seat in a direction of the fluid flow through the fluid injector, the orifice disc including a plurality of dimples and a plurality of orifices defined through the orifice disc, each dimple including at least one orifice located thereon and each dimple having an asymmetrical cross-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Continental Powertrain USA, LLCInventors: Andreas Wolfgang Wildgen, Robert Wayne McFarland, Dennis Brian Dezern
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Patent number: 10219621Abstract: A wine barrel rack system having first and second ground level side rails oriented generally parallel to one another, each of the first and second ground level side rails fabricated from sheet metal panels, and having an upper bend forming a flange and a lower bend forming a flange, and having a plurality of upper arcuate cut outs shaped and sized for cradling a wine barrel. Connecting members join the rails to form the rack, which may have ground level configuration and an upper, stackable configuration, the latter including either elongate rails with cutouts for mounting on lower barrels and support upper barrels, or discrete arcuate barrel cradles for mounting between two lower barrels and support a single barrel.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: WILHELMSEN INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Dennis Brian Wilhelmsen
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Publication number: 20180193574Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for delivering a powdered agent into a subject's body may include a powder chamber housing the powdered agent. The apparatus also may include a chassis in fluid connection with the powder chamber. The chassis may include a first passage for receiving a pressurized gas, a second passage for receiving the powdered agent from the powder chamber, and a junction in fluid communication with the first passage and the second passage. At least a first portion of the pressurized gas is introduced into the powdered agent at the junction to fluidize the powdered agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Lynn SMITH, Gerald FREDRICKSON, Dennis Brian HUBBARD, Jr., Stan Robert GILBERT, Caitlyn Emily BINTZ, Andrew PIC
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Publication number: 20170259186Abstract: A spray drier system is provided for spray drying a liquid sample such as blood plasma. The spray drier system may include a spray drier device adapted to couple with a spray drier assembly. The assembly may include an enclosure mounted to a frame. The assembly may receive a flow of drying gas which is directed by the enclosure shape towards a spray drying head mounted within the enclosure to the frame. Flows of a liquid sample may be further received by the head, which aerosolizes the liquid sample. Aerosolized liquid sample and drying air may be mixed within a drying chamber of the enclosure to produce dried sample and humid air. The dried sample and humid air may also be separated in a collection chamber of the enclosure, with the humid air exhausted from the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Velico Medical, Inc.Inventors: Abdul Wahid Khan, Dennis Brian Hubbard
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Publication number: 20170071336Abstract: A wine barrel rack system having first and second ground level side rails oriented generally parallel to one another, each of the first and second ground level side rails fabricated from sheet metal panels, and having an upper bend forming a flange and a lower bend forming a flange, and having a plurality of upper arcuate cut outs shaped and sized for cradling a wine barrel. Connecting members join the rails to form the rack, which may have ground level configuration and an upper, stackable configuration, the latter including either elongate rails with cutouts for mounting on lower barrels and support upper barrels, or discrete arcuate barrel cradles for mounting between two lower barrels and support a single barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Dennis Brian Wilhelmsen
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Publication number: 20160113396Abstract: A wine barrel rack having first and second ground level side rails oriented generally parallel to one another, each of the first and second ground level side rails fabricated from sheet metal panels, and laving an upper bend forming a flange and a lower bend forming a flange, and having a plurality of upper arcuate cut outs shaped and sized for cradling a wine barrel. Connecting members join the rails to form the rack, which may have ground level configuration and an upper, stackable configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventor: Dennis Brian Wilhelmsen
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Publication number: 20160103126Abstract: A method of immobilising a target molecule on a substrate, which comprises exposing the target molecule to the substrate in the presence of a metal complex, wherein the target molecule is an unmodified target molecule, and wherein the metal complex is selected to provide a stable binding interaction between the target molecule and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: ANTEO TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTDInventors: Benjamin Ward MUIR, Michael C. BARDEN, Dennis Brian RYLATT, N. Joe MAEJI, Carmel Judith HILLYARD, Alain-Dominique Jean-Pierre GORSE, Raisa Leonidovna MONTERIO
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Patent number: 9234891Abstract: A method of immobilizing a target molecule on a substrate, which comprises exposing the target molecule to the substrate in the presence of a metal complex, wherein the target molecule is an unmodified target molecule, and wherein the metal complex is selected to provide a stable binding interaction between the target molecule and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: ANTEO TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTDInventors: Benjamin Ward Muir, Michael C. Barden, Dennis Brian Rylatt, N. Joe Maeji, Carmel Judith Hillyard, Alain-Dominique Jean-Pierre Gorse, Raisa Leonidovna Monterio
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Patent number: 9184934Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for enabling the operation of multiple control devices on the same network. Each control device on a network can be configured to monitor and receive input messages from multiple IO devices on the network. The control devices may also be configured to send output messages to one or more of the IO devices. According to certain embodiments, one control device may send output messages to certain IO devices while another IO device may send output messages to different IO devices. The input and output messages can both be sent via multicast according to certain embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Dennis Brian King, Andre DeMaurice, Harry Ridenour
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Patent number: D768585Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Christopher Todd Moore, Dennis Brian King, Robert Earl Grubbs, Alan Carroll Lovell