Patents by Inventor Eugene A. Smith
Eugene A. 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).
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Patent number: 11965690Abstract: A pan chiller system eschews traditional methods of strapping refrigeration tubing upon an inner liner and obtaining temperature readings from a suction line. The disclosed embodiments overcome shortfalls in the related art by, inter alia, by artfully using a thermal retention assembly that retains refrigeration tubing in the middle of an inner liner. An inner liner may be filled with glycerin or similar products with the glycerin filling a temperature control bulb to obtain accurate temperature readings and avoiding the use of a suction line for such purposes. The disclosed embodiments may also include an air movement system moving cold air at the bottom of the pan and moving air upon the outer sides of the glycerin well and over the top of the well.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Inventors: Donald Eugene Smith, Christine Marie Smith
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Patent number: 11957768Abstract: A wet wiper for cleaning an oral cavity or an oral appliance. The wet wiper comprises a water insoluble substrate and a physiologically acceptable cleansing composition. Methods for cleansing oral cavities and oral appliances are also provided, such methods comprising the step of contacting the surface of an oral cavity or an oral appliance with a wet wiper of the present invention for a sufficient time to permit cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Oral Health Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert Eugene Tricca, Malia Mueller Smith
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Patent number: 11933556Abstract: A tube cleaning system and method including a nozzle holder operable to secure nozzles in a nozzle arrangement, the nozzle arrangement corresponding to an arrangement of tubes of a tube bundle, and a nozzle positioning system operable to move the nozzle holder and nozzles secured therein, to cause the nozzles to engage a set of tubes of the tubes of the tube bundle, the nozzles configured to direct cleaning fluid into the set of tubes.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: USA DeBusk LLCInventors: Walter D. Richter, III, Donald R. Drolet, Ricky Eugene Smith, Matthew Warwick
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Publication number: 20240037729Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for obtaining a first image of a tray, determining a presence or absence of one or more first patterns in the first image, determining a rotation of each the one or more first patterns in the first image, and performing an action based on the presence or absence and the rotation of the one or more first patterns in the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Jason Eugene SMITH, Christopher S. KANEL, Patrick McDONOUGH, Robert Sterling NESBITT, Taylor MACEWEN
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Patent number: 11823371Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for obtaining a first image of a tray, determining a presence or absence of one or more first patterns in the first image, determining a rotation of each the one or more first patterns in the first image, and performing an action based on the presence or absence and the rotation of the one or more first patterns in the first image.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Jason Eugene Smith, Christopher S. Kanel, Patrick McDonough, Robert Sterling Nesbitt, Taylor MacEwen
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Patent number: 11802738Abstract: A water cooling system for showers has a water tank filled with water to be cooled, and a heat exchange loop which includes an internal heat exchange (HX) evaporator immersed into the water within the water tank, and a condenser HX unit positioned externally above the internal evaporator unit. A refrigerant in the loop absorbs the heat from the water in the water tank, circulates in the HX loop, and passes to the condenser HX unit to release heat to ambient air. The water cooling process is passive and does not require any form of external energy. The subject heat transport attains a minimal thermal resistance by two-phase evaporation and condensation process (heat piping) which achieves positive flow at as low as 0.2° C.-1° C. temperature difference between the ambient air and the tank water.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Inventors: Ratnesh Tiwari, Alexander Dessiatoun, David Eugene Smith
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Patent number: 11707633Abstract: A system capable of self-adjusting both sound level and spectral content to improve audibility and intelligibility of electronic device audible cues. Audible cues are stored as sound files. Ambient noise is detected, and the output of the audible cues is altered based on the ambient noise. Various embodiments include processed sound files that are more robust in noisy environments.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventor: Robert Eugene Smith
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Patent number: 11648969Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes a wireless communication device and a controller that controls operation of the wireless communication device. The controller directs the wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and operating in an onboard communication mode. The wireless communication device communicates a remote data signal with an off-board location while the wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode and the wireless communication device communicates a local data signal between vehicles of the vehicle system while the wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Robert James Foy, David Michael Peltz, Eugene Smith, Steven Andrew Kellner, Brian William Schroeck, Keith Gilbertson, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Wolfgang Daum
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Patent number: 11556248Abstract: In some examples, a master die may receive data from one or more slave die. The master die may provide data from the master die and the data from the one or more slave die to a plurality of output terminals. Data from the master die may be provided for a portion of a data burst and data from the slave die may be provided for another portion of the data burst. In some examples, a master die may provide data to one or more slave die. The master die may provide data to the master die and the data to the one or more slave die from a plurality of input terminals. Data from the input terminals may be provided to the slave die for a portion of a data burst and data may be provided from the master die for another portion of the data burst.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Scott Eugene Smith
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Patent number: 11545189Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for providing data from stacked memory are described. The stacked memory may include multiple die. In some examples, a master die may receive data from one or more slave die. The master die may provide data from the master die and the data from the one or more slave die to a plurality of output terminals. Different ones of the output terminals may provide data from a different die of the stacked memory. In some examples, the data may be retrieved from the multiple die concurrently.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Scott Eugene Smith
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Publication number: 20220412642Abstract: A pan chiller system eschews traditional methods of strapping refrigeration tubing upon an inner liner and obtaining temperature readings from a suction line. The disclosed embodiments overcome shortfalls in the related art by, inter alia, by artfully using a thermal retention assembly that retains refrigeration tubing in the middle of an inner liner. An inner liner may be filled with glycerin or similar products with the glycerin filling a temperature control bulb to obtain accurate temperature readings and avoiding the use of a suction line for such purposes. The disclosed embodiments may also include an air movement system moving cold air at the bottom of the pan and moving air upon the outer sides of the glycerin well and over the top of the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Donald Eugene Smith, Christine Marie Smith
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Publication number: 20220284447Abstract: A method includes receiving, by an application executing on a first computing device, from an NFC reader, a unique identifier of an NFC tag. A second computing device stores an identification of the product and the unique identifier of the NFC tag in a blockchain. The second computing device receives, from a third computing device, a request for a determination of authenticity of the NFC tag. The second computing device requests, from the blockchain, an indication of whether the unique identifier of the NFC tag is stored in association with the identification of the product and an indication of ownership. The second computing device receives confirmation that the unique identifier of the NFC tag is stored in association with the identification of the product and the indication of ownership. The second computing device provides, to the third computing device, the confirmation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Lukasz Jacek Bulawski, David Geisser, Philipp Harbeke, Jeremy Eugene Smith
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Publication number: 20220266876Abstract: A system and method includes a first control system having one or more processors onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a remote vehicle. The second control system automatically restricts movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The processors detect a signal instance of an operator actuating an input device, and communicate a vehicle information request message to the second control system. The second control system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers, that includes a vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle, to the processors. The processors communicate a wireless linking message, including a request to establish a communication link, to the remote vehicle based on the vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Brian Joseph McManus, Frank Wawrzyniak, Ralph C. Haddock, III, Robert James Foy, James Glen Corry, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Todd William Goodermuth, Eugene Smith, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Mario Nazareth, Brian William Schroeck, David Michael Peltz, Jeffrey Donald Kernwein, Daniel J. Rush, David Allen Eldredge
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Patent number: 11391494Abstract: An evaporator coil and housing system is sometimes used in commercial applications wherein refrigeration occurs in confined and harsh environments. The disclosed evaporator coils are energy efficient, configured for installation in areas typically not suited for evaporator coil insulation, and made to withstand acids and other contaminants of spilled food stuffs. The fan motors are also made to withstand contaminates often found in commercial food environments. The various housing assemblies allow for air flow in a plethora of directions to comport with the most constrained and difficult applications. Multiple blow directions may be configured and individual blow patterns may be configured in a cone shape for maximum efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Donald Eugene Smith, Christine Marie Smith
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Publication number: 20220212020Abstract: A system capable of self-adjusting both sound level and spectral content to improve audibility and intelligibility of electronic device audible cues. Audible cues are stored as sound files. Ambient noise is detected, and the output of the audible cues is altered based on the ambient noise. Various embodiments include processed sound files that are more robust in noisy environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventor: Robert Eugene Smith
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Patent number: 11358615Abstract: A system and method includes determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first aerial vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle, and determining an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLCInventors: Eugene Smith, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffrey James Kisak, Dale Martin DiDomenico, Shawn Arthur McClintic, David Peltz
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Patent number: 11345378Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a controller that communicates between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller determines a communication loss and, responsive to determining the communication loss, switches to communicating via a different communication path. The controller also determines an operational restriction on movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss that is determined, obtains a transitional plan that designates operational settings of the vehicle system at one or more different locations along a route being traveled by the vehicle system, different distances along the route being traveled by the vehicle system, and/or different times. The controller automatically changes the movement of the vehicle system according to the operational settings designated by the transitional plan to reduce the movement of the vehicle system to or below the operational restriction.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Scott William Dulmage, Brian Douglas Lawry, Wolfgang Daum, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Eugene Smith, Glen Paul Peltonen, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Robert Thomas Oliveira, Jared Klineman Cooper
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Patent number: 11332167Abstract: A system includes one or more processors, a communication device, and a positive train control (PTC) system. The one or more processors and communication device are onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a first remote vehicle. The PTC system is configured to restrict movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The PTC system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers to the one or more processors. The communication device communicates a wireless linking message, which includes a vehicle identifier associated with the first remote vehicle, to the first remote vehicle. The communication device establishes a communication link between the lead vehicle and the first remote vehicle responsive to receipt of the wireless linking message at the first remote vehicle. The one or more processors remotely control movement of the first remote vehicle via the communication link.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Brian Joseph McManus, Frank Wawrzyniak, Ralph C. Haddock, III, Robert James Foy, James Glen Corry, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Todd William Goodermuth, Eugene Smith, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Mario Nazareth, Brian William Schroeck, David Michael Peltz, Jeffrey Donald Kernwein, Daniel J. Rush, David Allen Eldredge
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Patent number: 11326724Abstract: A plastic drain pipe for drainage includes a first end, a second end, and a pipe sub-section between the first end and the second end. The pipe sub-section includes a collapsible section of corrugated pipe, a first non-collapsible section of corrugated pipe, and a second non-collapsible section of corrugated pipe. The collapsible section of corrugated pipe has a first joining area and a second joining area. The first non-collapsible section of corrugated pipe is connected to the collapsible section of corrugated pipe at the first joining area, and the second non-collapsible section of corrugated pipe is connected to the collapsible section of corrugated pipe at the second joining area.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: OMNIMAX INTERNATIONAL, LLCInventors: Benjamin Randolph Elliott, Donald Stephen Gazdick, III, Bryan Garth Lamb, John Earnest Satta, III, Jeffrey Eugene Smith
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Patent number: 11247062Abstract: A system capable of self-adjusting both sound level and spectral content to improve audibility and intelligibility of electronic device audible cues. Audible cues are stored as sound files. Ambient noise is detected, and the output of the audible cues is altered based on the ambient noise. Various embodiments include processed sound files that are more robust in noisy environments.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventor: Robert Eugene Smith