Patents by Inventor Frank A. Edwards

Frank A. Edwards 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).

  • Patent number: 11437790
    Abstract: This invention has to do with a gripping cable hanger assembly system for the solar, mining, and electrical industry. The gripping cable hanger is comprised of a support wire gripping mechanism, cable carrier supports/receptacles, data carrier wire capability, space between said wire carriers with said wire comprising a shape retention material that may have a high dielectric, UV resistant coating thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Cambria County Association for the Blind and Handicapped
    Inventors: Allen Garrett Smith, Frank Edward Hodge, David James Prasko, Timothy Joseph Wedding
  • Publication number: 20220205679
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an automatic air condition drain line flush pump that is set on a timer that flushes algae and slime cleaner through the drain line preventing water from backing up due to clogged drain line and overflowing. The prevention of reverse airflows and reduction of microbial and bacterial growth will have a positive impact of Indoor Air Quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Frank Edward Cates
  • Patent number: 11349291
    Abstract: A cable hanger for the solar, mining, and electrical industry for use in supporting a plurality of conductive cables from a messenger wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Cambria County Association for the Blind and Handicapped
    Inventors: Allen Garrett Smith, Frank Edward Hodge, David James Prasko, Timothy Joseph Wedding
  • Publication number: 20220112019
    Abstract: A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Michael H. Weston, Frank Edward Smith
  • Publication number: 20220041362
    Abstract: A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Weston, Frank Edward Smith
  • Publication number: 20210401408
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are kits and related methods for testing the oral microbiome of an animal for presence of one or more bacteria, e.g, associated with an oral disease or disorder, such periodontal disease, good oral health, or both, in a sample collected from the animal. The kit includes a sample collection device having a handle and a head opposite the handle. The kit further includes a dry container for storing the sample collection device. The container has an open position for receiving at least a portion of the head and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Lucy Jane HOLCOMBE, Corryn Victoria WALLIS, Avika Kishorlal RUPARELL, Frank Edward MARS
  • Publication number: 20210348130
    Abstract: A method of stimulating and controlling stem cell activity and differentiation on a modified material substrate and a device including the modified material substrate are provided. The method includes providing a material substrate configured for medical use. The material substrate includes at least one surface or interior area available for modification, and the at least one surface or interior area is treated with a plurality of pulsed light beams to obtain a modified material substrate with at least one modified surface or interior area. The at least one modified surface or interior area has a biomimetic architecture with surface and bulk (interior) features, properties, and textures configured to accelerate and control stem cell differentiation when the modified material substrate is contacted with stem cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Edward LIVINGSTON, Timothy GANEY
  • Publication number: 20210313788
    Abstract: A cable hanger for the solar, mining, and electrical industry for use in supporting a plurality of conductive cables from a messenger wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: CAMBRIA COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND HANDICAPPED
    Inventors: Allen Garrett Smith, Frank Edward Hodge, David James Prasko, Timothy Joseph Wedding
  • Patent number: 11117728
    Abstract: A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Key-Pak Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Weston, Frank Edward Smith
  • Patent number: 11097885
    Abstract: A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Key-Pak Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Weston, Frank Edward Smith
  • Publication number: 20210226433
    Abstract: A cable hanger for the solar, mining, and electrical industry for use in supporting a plurality of conductive cables from a messenger wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: CAMBRIA COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND HANDICAPPED
    Inventors: Allen Garrett Smith, Frank Edward Hodge, David James Prasko, Timothy Joseph Wedding
  • Publication number: 20210137180
    Abstract: A self-contained functional and physical architecture is described to utilize a honeycomb configuration Positive Temperature Coefficient semiconductor thermistor heater to provide breathable warm air to an individual under cold weather conditions. The high-temperature of the heater element provides substantial efficiency allowing hours long use on battery power only. The invention utilizes pulsed heater operation in combination with lengthwise air mixing to rapidly and efficiently lower the temperature of the high temperature heated air to a temperature that is breathable. The invention solves issues with visor fogging, adaptability to a wide temperature range, and adaptability to a wide range of individual exertion. This system is applicable to a wide range of cold weather work environments, cold weather sports, scientific exploration, military operations, or medical needs. Several physical embodiments are described utilizing various forms of helmets and masks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: John Jerome Kusnierek, Jeffrey Richard DeWispelaere, Frank Edward Kaczmarek
  • Patent number: 10997377
    Abstract: A method of encoding information on a material substrate and a device including the modified material substrate are provided. The method includes providing a material substrate having at least one exposed surface or interior (bulk) location with an initial material state, treating the exposed surface or interior location with an energy source, wherein the energy source encodes encryption information on the exposed surface or interior location to provide a modified material substrate having an exposed surface or interior location with an intermediate material state, and then treating the exposed surface or interior location with an intermediate material state with the energy source to encode decipher information on the exposed surface or interior location to provide a remodified material substrate having an exposed surface or interior location with a final material state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Edward Livingston, Henry Helvajian
  • Patent number: 10978861
    Abstract: A locking cable hanger assembly for the solar, mining, and electrical industry includes a new wire locking mechanism, new multiple cable carrier saddles on one hanger, data carrier wire capability, and optional high dielectric, UV coated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CAMBRIA COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND HANDICAPPED
    Inventors: Allen Garrett Smith, Frank Edward Hodge, David James Prasko, Timothy Joseph Wedding
  • Patent number: D913493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Cambria County Association For The Blind And Handicapped
    Inventors: Allen Garrett Smith, Frank Edward Hodge, David James Prasko, Timothy Joseph Wedding
  • Patent number: D916099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ansys, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Edward DeSimone, Samuel Chi-Ngong Mark, Muhammad Rafiuddin, Gregory Mark Alldredge, Sanjaykumar Ranganayakulu
  • Patent number: D916100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ansys, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Edward DeSimone, Glyn Russell Jarvis, Sanjaykumar Ranganayakulu, Jared Anthony Pryor, Andrea Woolfe Felix, Gregory Mark Alldredge, Richard Franklin Kutz
  • Patent number: D932307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Gedanke, Frank Edward Lindsay
  • Patent number: D942862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Gedanke, Frank Edward Lindsay
  • Patent number: RE49170
    Abstract: This invention has to do with a locking cable hanger assembly system for the solar, mining, and electrical industry. The locking cable hanger assembly is comprised of a new wire locking mechanism, new multiple cable carrier saddles on one hanger, data carrier wire capability, and optional high dielectric, UV coated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Cambria County Association for the Blind and Handicapped
    Inventors: Allen Garrett Smith, Frank Edward Hodge, David James Prasko, Timothy Joseph Wedding