Patents by Inventor Dennis Frank
Dennis Frank 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: 11802761Abstract: Described is a perforated disk for selecting light for an optical imaging, in particular for an optical imaging in a confocal imaging system. The described perforated disk has an optically absorbing material, which has an absorption coefficient of at least 98%, wherein in the optically absorbing material at least one opening is present, which defines an optical passage through the perforated disk. Preferably, the optically absorbing material contains carbon nanotubes. Furthermore, there is described a (confocal) optical imaging system having such a perforated disk.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SOLARIUS GMBHInventors: Dennis Frank Jansen, Benjamin Stieger
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Publication number: 20210116236Abstract: Described is a perforated disk for selecting light for an optical imaging, in particular for an optical imaging in a confocal imaging system. The described perforated disk has an optically absorbing material, which has an absorption coefficient of at least 98%, wherein in the optically absorbing material at least one opening is present, which defines an optical passage through the perforated disk. Preferably, the optically absorbing material contains carbon nanotubes. Furthermore, there is described a (confocal) optical imaging system having such a perforated disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Dennis Frank JANSEN, Benjamin STIEGER
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Patent number: 9909279Abstract: A boom lockout device for use with a hydraulic front shovel comprising a first half and a second half, each of which comprises a flat ceiling and two flat side walls. The ceiling is situated between the two side walls and is joined to the two side walls along a longitudinal edge of the ceiling. The angle between the ceiling and each of the two side walls is approximately ninety degrees. The first half and the second half are bolted together around the cylinder rod. The boom lockout device is installed between the barrel and the mount of the boom cylinder to prevent the rod from retracting into the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Inventors: John A. D'Amico, Dennis A. Frank
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Publication number: 20170113867Abstract: A water truck body comprising a floor, two side walls, a front wall and a rear wall, a plurality of cylindrical baffle bodies with open bottom ends, a top plate situated on top of each of the cylindrical baffle bodies so that the cylindrical baffle body is centered underneath the top plate, and a tubular support structure. Each of the plurality of cylindrical baffle bodies comprises a plurality of apertures configured to permit liquid to flow through them. The tubular support structure is configured to hold the top plates and provide structural stability to the side walls, front wall and rear wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: John A. D'Amico, Dennis A. Frank
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Patent number: 9611090Abstract: A water truck body comprising a floor, two side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall, a plurality of cylindrical baffle bodies with open bottom ends, a top plate situated on top of each of the cylindrical baffle bodies so that the cylindrical baffle body is centered underneath the top plate, and a tubular support structure. Each of the plurality of cylindrical baffle bodies comprises a plurality of apertures configured to permit liquid to flow through them. The tubular support structure is configured to hold the top plates and provide structural stability to the side walls, front wall and rear wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Mine Rite Technologies, LLCInventors: John A. D'Amico, Dennis A. Frank
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Publication number: 20160312445Abstract: A boom lockout device for use with a hydraulic front shovel comprising a first half and a second half, each of which comprises a flat ceiling and two flat side walls. The ceiling is situated between the two side walls and is joined to the two side walls along a longitudinal edge of the ceiling. The angle between the ceiling and each of the two side walls is approximately ninety degrees. The first half and the second half are bolted together around the cylinder rod. The boom lockout device is installed between the barrel and the mount of the boom cylinder to prevent the rod from retracting into the barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2015Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: John A. D'Amico, Dennis A. Frank
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Patent number: 9307990Abstract: A wound closure device includes first and second opposing members which open and close in a clam-shell configuration, skin penetrating needles and a pressure bar for applying pressure to close the wound when the device is closed, and releasable locking means for biasing or maintaining the device in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Innovative Trauma Care, Inc.Inventors: Dennis Frank Filips, Ian Joseph Atkinson
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Patent number: 9208915Abstract: A method of processing ion exchange resin radioactive waste, wherein the radioactive waste contains a plurality of fractions of radioactive waste based on density, which may include cation resin waste and anion resin waste, wherein at least one of the plurality of fractions comprises a total concentration of at least one radionuclide, including performing at least one of the following operations (i), (ii) or (iii): (i) separating the at least one of the plurality of fractions from the radioactive waste utilizing a moving freeboard; (ii) separating the radioactive waste into cation resin waste and anion resin waste; or (iii) removing at least a portion of the total concentration of the at least one radionuclide from: the radioactive waste; the at least one of the plurality of fractions separated by the moving freeboard; or at least one of the radioactive waste, the cation resin waste or the anion resin waste.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Dennis Frank Hussey, David Bradbury, George Richard Elder, Lisa Maxine Edwards
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Publication number: 20130204294Abstract: A wound closure device includes first and second opposing members which open and close in a clam-shell configuration, skin penetrating needles and a pressure bar for applying pressure to close the wound when the device is closed, and releasable locking means for biasing or maintaining the device in a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventors: Dennis Frank Filips, Ian Joseph Atkinson
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Patent number: 8165261Abstract: A method for cleaning an irradiated nuclear fuel assembly includes chemically enhancing a technique utilizing an apparatus including a housing adapted to engage a nuclear fuel assembly. A set of ultrasonic transducers is positioned on the housing to supply radially emanating omnidirectional ultrasonic energy to remove deposits from the nuclear fuel assembly. Any corrosion products remaining after ultrasonic fuel cleaning will have exposed surfaces that are susceptible to chemical dissolution.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Dennis Frank Hussey, Kurt Edsinger, Jeff Deshon
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Publication number: 20120088949Abstract: A method of processing ion exchange resin radioactive waste, wherein the radioactive waste contains a plurality of fractions of radioactive waste based on density, which may include cation resin waste and anion resin waste, wherein at least one of the plurality of fractions comprises a total concentration of at least one radionuclide, including performing at least one of the following operations (i), (ii) or (iii): (i) separating the at least one of the plurality of fractions from the radioactive waste utilizing a moving freeboard; (ii) separating the radioactive waste into cation resin waste and anion resin waste; or (iii) removing at least a portion of the total concentration of the at least one radionuclide from: the radioactive waste; the at least one of the plurality of fractions separated by the moving freeboard; or at least one of the radioactive waste, the cation resin waste or the anion resin waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Dennis Frank Hussey, David Bradbury, George Richard Elder, Lisa Maxine Edwards
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Patent number: 7788135Abstract: A method and system for managing an electronic commerce (e-commerce) shopping cart relating to communication between a shopper and a server over a communication network. A server identifies a secondary item in the shopping cart linked to a primary item in the shopping cart. The server changes an attribute of the secondary item in response to a change in a corresponding attribute of the primary item. The server removes the secondary item from the shopping in response to removal of the primary item from the shopping cart.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dennis Frank Hayes, Stephen Eric Jaffe, Dellena Wyman Priester
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Patent number: 7734508Abstract: A method and system for managing an electronic commerce (e-commerce) shopping cart relating to communication between a shopper and a server over a communication network. A sever whether a shopping command of the shopper has changed an attribute of a primary item in the shopping cart. After the server has determined that the shopping command has changed the attribute of the primary item in the shopping cart, the server identifies a secondary item in the shopping cart linked to the primary item. The server changes a corresponding attribute of the secondary item in response to the change in the attribute of the primary item, wherein the attribute of the primary item is a quantity of the primary item, a color of the primary item, or a size of the primary item.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dennis Frank Hayes, Stephen Eric Jaffe, Dellena Wyman Priester
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Publication number: 20090252275Abstract: A method for cleaning an irradiated nuclear fuel assembly includes chemically enhancing a technique utilizing an apparatus including a housing adapted to engage a nuclear fuel assembly. A set of ultrasonic transducers is positioned on the housing to supply radially emanating omnidirectional ultrasonic energy to remove deposits from the nuclear fuel assembly. Any corrosion products remaining after ultrasonic fuel cleaning will have exposed surfaces that are susceptible to chemical dissolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Dennis Frank Hussey, Kurt Edsinger, Jeff Deshon
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Patent number: 7481483Abstract: An off-highway truck body comprising a plurality of tube-style support members, wherein each tube-style support member comprises one or two pieces of square tubing, wherein the truck body comprises two sidewalls, a floor, a front wall and a canopy, and wherein one side of each tube-style support member is welded to the outside of the sidewall, floor, front wall or canopy. The pieces of square tubing are preferably comprised of steel. The present invention optionally comprises a forward wedged front wall and a side-sloped canopy. The present invention also encompasses a tube-style tailgate and an alternate embodiment in which I-beams are used in lieu of square tubing.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Mine Rite Technologies, LLCInventors: John A. D'Amico, Dennis A. Frank
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Patent number: 7434868Abstract: An off-highway truck body comprising a plurality of tube-style support members, wherein each tube-style support member comprises one or two pieces of square or rectangular tubing, wherein the truck body comprises two sidewalls, a floor, a front wall and a canopy, and wherein one side of each tube-style support member is welded to the outside of the sidewall, floor, front wall or canopy. The pieces of tubing are preferably comprised of steel. The present invention optionally comprises a forward wedged front wall and a side-sloped canopy. The present invention also encompasses a tube-style tailgate, an alternate embodiment in which I-beams are used in lieu of square tubing, and an alternate embodiment in which a gusset is used in lieu of a cover plate for the double-size support members.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Mine Rite Technologies, LLC.Inventors: John A. D'Amico, Dennis A. Frank
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Publication number: 20080137795Abstract: A vacuum assembly for cleaning foreign matter from a nuclear reactor vessel, vessel components, and reactor coolant during reactor outage. The assembly includes a vacuum head for being inserted into the vessel and a first pump fluidly communicating with the vacuum head for directing water under pressure in the area of the vacuum head onto component surfaces within the vessel to be cleaned and thereby dislodging foreign matter from the surfaces into suspension in the reactor coolant. A filter removes foreign matter suspended in the reactor coolant from the reactor coolant. A second pump communicates with the vacuum head for pumping reactor coolant through the filter from an upstream side to a downstream side for accumulating foreign matter on an upstream side of the filter while passing filtered coolant therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventor: Dennis Frank Hussey
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Publication number: 20070182208Abstract: An off-highway truck body comprising a plurality of tube-style support members, wherein each tube-style support member comprises one or two pieces of square or rectangular tubing, wherein the truck body comprises two sidewalls, a floor, a front wall and a canopy, and wherein one side of each tube-style support member is welded to the outside of the sidewall, floor, front wall or canopy. The pieces of tubing are preferably comprised of steel. The present invention optionally comprises a forward wedged front wall and a side-sloped canopy. The present invention also encompasses a tube-style tailgate, an alternate embodiment in which I-beams are used in lieu of square tubing, and an alternate embodiment in which a gusset is used in lieu of a cover plate for the double-size support members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: John D'Amico, Dennis Frank
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Patent number: 7207621Abstract: An off-highway truck body comprising a plurality of tube-style support members, wherein each tube-style support member comprises one or two pieces of square tubing, wherein the truck body comprises two sidewalls, a floor, a front wall and a canopy, and wherein one side of each tube-style support member is welded to the outside of the sidewall, floor, front wall or canopy. The pieces of square tubing are preferably comprised of steel. The present invention optionally comprises a forward wedged front wall and a side-sloped canopy.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Mine Rite Technologies, LLCInventors: John A. D'Amico, Dennis A. Frank
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Publication number: 20070069569Abstract: An off-highway truck body comprising a plurality of tube-style support members, wherein each tube-style support member comprises one or two pieces of square tubing, wherein the truck body comprises two sidewalls, a floor, a front wall and a canopy, and wherein one side of each tube-style support member is welded to the outside of the sidewall, floor, front wall or canopy. The pieces of square tubing are preferably comprised of steel. The present invention optionally comprises a forward wedged front wall and a side-sloped canopy. The present invention also encompasses a tube-style tailgate and an alternate embodiment in which I-beams are used in lieu of square tubing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventors: John D'Amico, Dennis Frank