Patents by Inventor Douglas John

Douglas John 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).

  • Torque tube assemblies for use with aircraft high lift devices
    Patent number: 9739316
    Abstract: Example torque tube assemblies for use with aircraft high lift devices are described herein. An example apparatus includes a spline coupling having a first yoke, a sliding splined shaft having a second yoke and a torque tube having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A first fitting with a third yoke is coupled to the first end of the torque tube, and a second fitting with a fourth yoke is coupled to the second end of the torque tube. The third yoke is coupled to the first yoke to form a first U-joint, and the fourth yoke is coupled to the second yoke to form a second U-joint. The spline coupling is to be coupled to a first high lift device drive shaft and the sliding splined shaft is to be coupled to a second high lift device drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Douglas John Schwartz, Mark Robert Meyer
  • Passive restraint system
    Patent number: 9731677
    Abstract: A restraint system includes an instrument panel, a passenger airbag chamber supported by the instrument panel, and a secondary airbag chamber. The passenger airbag chamber is inflatable to an inflated position and in the inflated position includes a rear face spaced from the instrument panel and a side face extending from the rear face toward the instrument panel. The secondary airbag chamber is external to the passenger airbag and, in an inflated position, extends along the side face and the rear face of the passenger airbag chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jamel E. Belwafa, Douglas John Shooks
  • AUTOMATED IMMUNOANALYZER SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS FOR ALLERGIES AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
    Publication number: 20170212111
    Abstract: A quantitative method for performing an automated diagnostic assay, comprising: incubating a capture reagent with a streptavidin-coated medium to form a solid phase complex; washing the solid phase complex to remove excess capture reagent; incubating the solid phase complex with a serum sample to form an immune complex; washing the immune complex to remove any unbound sample; incubating the immune complex with a conjugate to create an immune-conjugate complex; washing the immune-conjugate complex to remove any unbound conjugate; introducing a substrate capable of generating a quantifiable response; and calibrating the response generated from introducing the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Mark David Van Cleve, Taylor Addison Reid, Linda Marie Trondle, Victoria Hung, Yi Luo, Dennis Edwin Rieger, Evan Phillip McMenamy, Nanditha Raghavan, Morkoah Blay Reliford, Douglas John Canfield, Elaine Grace Taine, Edsel Lawrence Noche Sinson, Scott William Vande Wetering, Teri Taylor, Travis Knox, Fran Zylo Cuaresma Jacalne, James Weston, Jennifer Bao-Guey Chan, Stephanie TuVi Ortega, Rachel Sarah Schell, Ronald Norman Diamond, Steve Michael Gann, Eric Darnell Hall, Tae Ho Hwang, John Lewis Morton, Anatoly Moskalev, Marinela Gombosev Stack, Bruce Alan Sargeant, Michelle Fredrika Forshager, Vanessa Camille Chua, Kylie Wilson
  • AUTOMATED IMMUNOANALYZER SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS FOR AUTOIMMUNE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    Publication number: 20170212110
    Abstract: A quantitative method for diagnosing an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease comprising performing an automated diagnostic assay, comprising: incubating a capture reagent with a streptavidin-coated medium to form a solid phase complex, wherein the capture reagent is a biotinylated autoantigen or infectious disease antigen; washing the solid phase complex to remove excess capture reagent; incubating the solid phase complex with a serum sample to form an immune complex; washing the immune complex to remove any unbound sample; incubating the immune complex with a conjugate to create an immune-conjugate complex; washing the immune-conjugate complex to remove any unbound conjugate; introducing a substrate capable of generating a quantifiable response; and calibrating the response generated from introducing the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Mark David Van Cleve, Elaine Grace Taine, Douglas John Canfield, Stephanie TuVi Ortega, Taylor Addison Reid
  • INFLUENZA A VIRUS VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20170204478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to influenza A virus variants, particularly variants that are resistant to a polymerase inhibitors. Also provided are methods and compositions related to the influenza A virus variants. Further provided are methods of isolating, identifying, and characterizing multiple viral variants from a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Leeman, Randal Byrn, Hamilton Barlow Bennett, Douglas John Bartels
  • CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170207568
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes an electrical contact subassembly and an outer housing. The contact subassembly is terminated to an electrical cable. The outer housing defines a cavity and holds the contact subassembly in the cavity. A mating segment of the outer housing defines a socket of the cavity that is configured to receive a plug end of a mating connector assembly. The outer housing further includes an interface seal within the cavity. The interface seal is configured to engage the plug end of the mating connector assembly during a mating operation to seal an interface between the connector assembly and the mating connector assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: David James Lane, Galen M. Martin, Douglas John Hardy
  • AUTOMATED IMMUNOANALYZER SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS FOR AUTOIMMUNE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    Publication number: 20170205410
    Abstract: A quantitative method for diagnosing an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease comprising performing an automated diagnostic assay, comprising: incubating a capture reagent with a streptavidin-coated medium to form a solid phase complex, wherein the capture reagent is a biotinylated autoantigen or infectious disease antigen; washing the solid phase complex to remove excess capture reagent; incubating the solid phase complex with a serum sample to form an immune complex; washing the immune complex to remove any unbound sample; incubating the immune complex with a conjugate to create an immune-conjugate complex; washing the immune-conjugate complex to remove any unbound conjugate; introducing a substrate capable of generating a quantifiable response; and calibrating the response generated from introducing the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Mark David Van Cleve, Elaine Grace Taine, Douglas John Canfield, Stephanie TuVi Ortega, Taylor Addison Reid
  • INFLUENZA A VIRUS VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20170204479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to influenza A virus variants, particularly variants that are resistant to a polymerase inhibitors. Also provided are methods and compositions related to the influenza A virus variants. Further provided are methods of isolating, identifying, and characterizing multiple viral variants from a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Leeman, Randal Byrn, Hamilton Barlow Bennett, Douglas John Bartels
  • Sensing and control of a variable valve actuation system
    Patent number: 9702279
    Abstract: A system for controlling variable valve actuation in an automobile engine. A first cam has a first lift profile and a second cam has a second lift profile. A rocker arm assembly engages the cams having a first arm for riding on the first cam, and a second arm for riding on the second cam. The second arm has an activatable latch capable of securing the second arm to the first arm when latched. When the first arm is secured to the second arm, the rocker arm assembly achieves a first lift profile and when the first arm is not secured to the second arm, the rocker arm assembly achieves a second lift profile. A non-contact sensor mounted adjacent the rocker arm assembly is adapted to monitor and create data indicative of whether the first arm is secured to the second arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Austin Robert Zurface, David Gerard Genise, Brian Karl VanDeusen, James E. McCarthy, Jr., Douglas John Nielsen, Mark William Hildebrandt
  • Connector system with connector position assurance
    Patent number: 9680256
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a connector position assurance (CPA) element. The CPA element includes a beam that is deflected from a blocked position to a clearance position by a mating connector that is loaded into a cavity of the housing. When the beam is in the blocked position, movement of the CPA element from an extended position to an inserted position is mechanically blocked by a protrusion of the housing that abuts the beam. The beam of the CPA element, when moved to the clearance position, clears the protrusion to allow the CPA element to move from the extended position to the inserted position. The housing may include a pair of such deflectable beams, each with a slot having an opening at its distal end. The opening of one of the beams aligns with the protrusion when the beam is deflected to its clearance position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David James Lane, James Michael Raudenbush, Douglas John Hardy
  • Method and System for Diesel Cylinder Deactivation
    Publication number: 20170159581
    Abstract: A system and method for cylinder deactivation in a multi-cylinder diesel engine comprises pumping air in to an intake manifold of the diesel engine using a turbocharger. Air is pumped in to the intake manifold using an intake air assisting device. And, fuel injection is selectively deactivated to at least one of the cylinders in the diesel engine. An intake valve and an exhaust valve is selectively deactivated for the at least one of the cylinders of the diesel engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: James Edward McCarthy, JR., Douglas John Nielsen
  • Automated immunoanalyzer system for performing diagnostic assays for allergies and autoimmune diseases
    Patent number: 9658225
    Abstract: A quantitative method for performing an automated diagnostic assay, comprising: incubating a capture reagent with a streptavidin-coated medium to form a solid phase complex; washing the solid phase complex to remove excess capture reagent; incubating the solid phase complex with a serum sample to form an immune complex; washing the immune complex to remove any unbound sample; incubating the immune complex with a conjugate to create an immune-conjugate complex; washing the immune-conjugate complex to remove any unbound conjugate; introducing a substrate capable of generating a quantifiable response; and calibrating the response generated from introducing the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Hycor Biomedical, LLC
    Inventors: Mark David Van Cleve, Taylor Addison Reid, Linda Marie Trondle, Victoria Hung, Yi Luo, Dennis Edwin Rieger, Evan Phillip McMenamy, Nanditha Raghavan, Morkoah Blay Reliford, Douglas John Canfield, Elaine Grace Taine, Edsel Lawrence Noche Sinson, Scott William Vande Wetering, Teri Taylor, Travis Knox, Fran Zylo Cuaresma Jacalne, James Weston, Jennifer Bao-Guey Chan, Stephanie TuVi Ortega, Rachel Sarah Schell, Ronald Norman Diamond, Steve Michael Gann, Eric Darnell Hall, Tae Ho Hwang, John Lewis Morton, Anatoly Moskalev, Marinela Gombosev Stack, Bruce Alan Sargeant, Michelle Fredrika Forshager, Vanessa Camille Chua, Kylie Wilson
  • Automated immunoanalyzer system for performing diagnostic assays for autoimmune and infectious diseases
    Patent number: 9658226
    Abstract: A quantitative method for diagnosing an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease comprising performing an automated diagnostic assay, comprising: incubating a capture reagent with a streptavidin-coated medium to form a solid phase complex, wherein the capture reagent is a biotinylated autoantigen or infectious disease antigen; washing the solid phase complex to remove excess capture reagent; incubating the solid phase complex with a serum sample to form an immune complex; washing the immune complex to remove any unbound sample; incubating the immune complex with a conjugate to create an immune-conjugate complex; washing the immune-conjugate complex to remove any unbound conjugate; introducing a substrate capable of generating a quantifiable response; and calibrating the response generated from introducing the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Hycor Biomedical, LLC
    Inventors: Mark David Van Cleve, Elaine Grace Taine, Douglas John Canfield, Stephanie TuVi Ortega, Taylor Addison Reid
  • Centrifugal process to eliminate air in high pressure chamber of hydraulic lash adjuster
    Patent number: 9650921
    Abstract: A method for adding fluid to an hydraulic lash adjuster (HLA) comprises the steps of placing the HLA in to a centrifuge, the centrifuge having a fluid container, placing a sufficient amount of a first fluid in the fluid container to fluidly communicate with at least one fluid port of the HLA, and spinning the HLA at a first speed sufficient to move the first fluid in to at least the second of two fluid chambers in the HLA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas John Nielsen, David Gerard Genise
  • Automated immunoanalyzer system for performing diagnostic assays for autoimmune and infectious diseases
    Patent number: 9651550
    Abstract: A quantitative method for diagnosing an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease comprising performing an automated diagnostic assay, comprising: incubating a capture reagent with a streptavidin-coated medium to form a solid phase complex, wherein the capture reagent is a biotinylated autoantigen or infectious disease antigen; washing the solid phase complex to remove excess capture reagent; incubating the solid phase complex with a serum sample to form an immune complex; washing the immune complex to remove any unbound sample; incubating the immune complex with a conjugate to create an immune-conjugate complex; washing the immune-conjugate complex to remove any unbound conjugate; introducing a substrate capable of generating a quantifiable response; and calibrating the response generated from introducing the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Hycor Biomedical, LLC
    Inventors: Mark David Van Cleve, Elaine Grace Taine, Douglas John Canfield, Stephanie TuVi Ortega, Taylor Addison Reid
  • One mode continuously variable transmission
    Patent number: 9644722
    Abstract: A powertrain for a motor vehicle includes a one mode continuously variable transmission (CVT) and a torque converter connected to a planetary gear set assembly which is connected to a pulley and a chain assembly or other continuously variable unit (CVU). The planetary gear set arrangement generally includes one planetary gear set, one brake and one clutch. The CVU is connected to a final drive unit. The sheaves of the CVU have an involute spline connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Pete R. Garcia, James M. Hart, Edward W. Mellet, Elizabeth I. Wooden, Douglas John Dwenger
  • Data Analysis
    Publication number: 20170097963
    Abstract: A method for use in analysing time sense data, the method including determining a relationship coefficient between each pair of a plurality of data sets, each data set being indicative of variable values of a corresponding variable over time, and the relationship coefficient being indicative of a degree of relatedness between the pair of data sets, displaying a first representation including first nodes indicative of first data sets, the first data sets being selected ones of the data sets, determining selection of at least two second data sets from the first data sets and displaying a second representation, the second representation including an animation over time of a second node, the second node being animated based on the variable values for the second data sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: John Julian Galloway, Adam Broadway, Nicholas Davie, Douglas John Atkinson
  • Anti-Rotation Device For Lifter
    Publication number: 20170074125
    Abstract: An anti-rotation guide for a lifter in an overhead valve valvetrain. The anti-rotation guide includes a plug having two lobes connected through a neck region. A first lobe of the plug is held within a bore in the lifter. The bore forms an opening at the edge of the lifter through which the neck of the plug emerges. The bore in the lifter accommodates a first lobe of the plug that is wider than the opening in the edge of the lifter, whereby the plug is shaped to prevent its slipping from the lifter through the opening. The lifter reciprocates in a first bore in the cylinder head. The second lobe of the plug extends outward from the lifter into a second bore formed in the cylinder head and adjoining the first bore. The second lobe reciprocates in the second bore and limits rotation of the lifter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas John Nielsen, Anthony Leon Spoor, Robert D. Hogan
  • VARIABLE BEAM WIDTH ANTENNA SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170062946
    Abstract: A microwave antenna is operated in a first operating state during an alignment operation for the microwave antenna system where the microwave antenna is configured to have a first beam width. Subsequent to the alignment operation, the microwave antenna is operated in a second operating state where the beam of the microwave antenna is configured to have a second beam width that is narrower than the first beam width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas John Cole, Claudio Biancotto, Craig Mitchelson
  • TORQUE TUBE ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH AIRCRAFT HIGH LIFT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170037910
    Abstract: Example torque tube assemblies for use with aircraft high lift devices are described herein. An example apparatus includes a spline coupling having a first yoke, a sliding splined shaft having a second yoke and a torque tube having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A first fitting with a third yoke is coupled to the first end of the torque tube, and a second fitting with a fourth yoke is coupled to the second end of the torque tube. The third yoke is coupled to the first yoke to form a first U-joint, and the fourth yoke is coupled to the second yoke to form a second U-joint. The spline coupling is to be coupled to a first high lift device drive shaft and the sliding splined shaft is to be coupled to a second high lift device drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas John Schwartz, Mark Robert Meyer