Patents by Inventor Dwight H. Smith

Dwight H. Smith 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).

  • Process and machine for making clipless chub package containing viscous product
    Patent number: 11738894
    Abstract: A cyclic packaging process, such as VFFS or HFFS, packages a product with a viscosity of ?100,000 centipoise without leaving substantial air pockets in the package, by utilizing a means (38) for restricting upstream flow of viscous product in the strand of tubing (24). The result is that packages of uniform weight of the viscous product can be made without substantial air pockets therein, and without having to use metal clips. An apparatus (10) for carrying out the process is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gray Caudle, Matthew F. Ellis, Csaba F. Kiss, Joseph E. Moon, Dwight H. Smith, Michael P. Daly
  • PROCESS AND MACHINE FOR MAKING CLIPLESS CHUB PACKAGE CONTAINING VISCOUS PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20180265231
    Abstract: A cyclic packaging process, such as VFFS or HFFS, packages a product with a viscosity of ?100,000 centipoise without leaving substantial air pockets in the package, by utilizing a means (38) for restricting upstream flow of viscous product in the strand of tubing (24). The result is that packages of uniform weight of the viscous product can be made without substantial air pockets therein, and without having to use metal clips. An apparatus (10) for carrying out the process is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy Gray Caudle, Matthew F. Ellis, Csaba F. Kiss, Joseph E. Moon, Dwight H. Smith, Michael P. Daly
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING DIRECTION INFORMATION FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150181388
    Abstract: A method performed by an apparatus includes scanning at least one of multiple radio frequencies using at least two beamforming antennas of a plurality of beamforming antennas coupled to the eyewear and detecting, on a first scanned radio frequency, first externally emitted radio energy. The method further includes identifying a first wireless device using the detected first externally emitted radio energy and determining a first direction of the first wireless device relative to the eyewear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
    Inventor: Dwight H. Smith
  • Card retrieval device
    Patent number: 4190899
    Abstract: A film card retrieval device for use in an automatic microfilm display apparatus is provided with a switch for sensing that a film card has been retrieved. In the event the device fails to retrieve a film card, the absence of a switch output signal causes the control apparatus to repeat the card retrieval routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Assignee: Computer Microfilm International Corporation
    Inventors: Dwight H. Smith, David L. Smith