Patents by Inventor Derek W. Jones

Derek W. Jones 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).

  • System and method to combine and weight multiple sensors with overlapping sensing range to create a measurement system utilized in a high integrity or safety environment
    Patent number: 7313502
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides industrial automation systems and/or methods that can aggregate data. A plurality of sensors can provide redundant detected data. Additionally, a weighting component can respectively weight the detected data based upon a confidence of accurate measurement corresponding to each of the plurality of sensors. Further, a combination component can assemble the redundant detected data based at least in part upon the weights to generate harmonized data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: George K. Schuster, James E. Dogul, Richard Galera, George E. Rollins, Derek W. Jones, Suresh R. Nair, Ray C. Delcher
  • Composite veneered cast glass-ceramic dental construct
    Patent number: 7229286
    Abstract: A dental construct according to the present invention includes a glass-ceramic coping having a resin composite material in the form of a veneer bonded or otherwise affixed to at least a portion of the coping. A method according to the invention of preparing the dental construct includes the step of bonding or otherwise affixing a resin composite material in the form of a veneer to at least a portion of a glass-ceramic substrate coping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Inventors: Derek W. Jones, Amin S. Rizkalla, Gordon C. Hall
  • Composite veneered cast glass-ceramic dental construct
    Publication number: 20020197583
    Abstract: A dental construct according to the present invention includes a glass-ceramic coping having a resin composite material in the form of a veneer bonded or otherwise affixed to at least a portion of the coping. A method according to the invention of preparing the dental construct includes the step of bonding or otherwise affixing a resin composite material in the form of a veneer to at least a portion of a glass-ceramic substrate coping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: New Age Biomaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek W. Jones, Amin S. Rizkalla, Gordon C. Hall
  • Filler for dental composite materials
    Publication number: 20020193463
    Abstract: Ceramic filler compositions of customized shapes (FIGS. 1-30) according to the present invention, includes ceramic and glass-ceramic particles having a customized shape which provides mechanical locking within a resin matrix giving significantly improved fracture toughness performance for a resin/glass or ceramic composite system. The material has particular application as a tooth filling material with significantly improved wear resistance. The wide range of unique-shaped filler particles are produced using wet chemistry methods according to the invention of preparing the ceramic particles for use in a resin matrix composite material. Such composite materials have a very wide application, especially as a dental composite filling material for restoring a tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: New Age Biomaterials
    Inventors: Derek W. Jones, Amin S. Rizkalla, Gordon C. Hall