Patents by Inventor Frank A. Williams

Frank A. Williams 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: 11697906
    Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and product-shipping assemblies for containing the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Frank William Denome, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Michael Sean Pratt, Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 11680232
    Abstract: A method of making a non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet can include dispensing a microcapsule onto a precursor non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet, wherein the precursor non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet can include: (a) at least one surfactant; (b) at least one film former; and (c) a thickness ranging from 0.1 mm to 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hong Sing Tan, Ming Tang, Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome
  • Patent number: 11612379
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging scan head includes a fluid chamber including a gearless voice-coil motor therein. The voice-coil motor mechanism includes a rigid mechanical assembly, capable of moving with the fluid chamber, having one or more transducer elements and motor windings. Within the fluid chamber are motor magnets physically separated from the rigid mechanical assembly. The ultrasound imaging scan head further includes an inductive position sensor and internal bladder wherein the one or more transducer elements are capable of moving within the fluid chamber when a current is passed through the motor windings in a presence of a magnetic field generated by the one or more motor magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rivanna Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Dixon, Frank William Mauldin, Kevin Owen
  • Publication number: 20230090966
    Abstract: An ultrasound-based scanning apparatus and system using a dual-array probe and slot for guidance and insertion of a needle to assist with needle injection procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Rivanna Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank William Mauldin, Jr., Adam Dixon, Zachary Leonard
  • Publication number: 20230075745
    Abstract: Filaments that contain a filament-forming material and an additive, nonwoven webs, and methods for making such filaments are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, Robert Wayne Glenn, Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
  • Publication number: 20230058562
    Abstract: Product-shipping assembly containing a plurality of water-soluble articles are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Frank William DENOME, Stephen Robert GLASSMEYER, Michael Sean PRATT, Gregory Charles GORDON, Mark Robert SIVIK
  • Patent number: 11505379
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container system comprising a flat package, which has walls that define an interior space, and at least one fibrous water-soluble unit dose article in the interior space, where the fibrous water-soluble unit dose article comprises household care active agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Girish Jagannath, Grace Catherine Cook, Mark Robert Sivik, Sun-Jan Alan Huang, Reginald Edward Crutcher, II, Frank William Denome
  • Patent number: 11504095
    Abstract: The position and orientation of an ultrasound probe is tracked in three dimensions to provide highly-accurate three-dimensional bone surface images that can be used for anatomical assessment and/or procedure guidance. The position and orientation of a therapy applicator can be tracked in three dimensions to provide feedback to align the projected path of the therapy applicator with a desired path for the therapy applicator or to provide feedback to align the potential therapy field of a therapy applicator with a target anatomical site. The three-dimensional bone surface images can be fit to a three-dimensional model of the anatomical site to provide or display additional information to the user to improve the accuracy of the anatomical assessment and/or procedure guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Rivanna Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank William Mauldin, Adam Dixon, Kevin Owen
  • Publication number: 20220341393
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wind turbine includes detecting, via a controller, a plurality of analytic outputs of the wind turbine from a plurality of different analytics. The method also includes analyzing, via the controller, the plurality of analytic outputs of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes generating, via the controller, at least one computer-based model of the wind turbine using at least a portion of the analyzed plurality of analytic outputs. Moreover, the method includes training, via the controller, the at least one computer-based model of the wind turbine using annotated analytic outputs of the wind turbine. As such, the method includes checking the plurality of analytic outputs for anomalies using the at least one computer-based model. Accordingly, the method includes implementing a control action when at least one anomaly is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Gerald Bowden Wise, Scott Charles Evans, Arunvenkataraman Subramanian, Kyle Raymond Barden, Frank William Ripple, Jr., John Edmund LaFleche, Tapan Shah
  • Patent number: 11476685
    Abstract: A method for detecting a fault in a direct current (DC) battery of a pitch system includes receiving, via a server, a plurality of voltage signals of the battery over at least one time period. The method also includes storing, via a database of the server, the plurality of voltage signals of the battery for the predetermined time period. Further, the method includes determining, via the server, a state of the battery as a function of the plurality of voltage signals. When the state of the battery is indicative of a battery fault, the method includes implementing a corrective action for the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Albert Jordan, Michael James Rizzo, John Joseph Mihok, Frank William Ripple, Jr., Kyle Raymond Barden
  • Patent number: 11434586
    Abstract: Filaments that contain a filament-forming material and an additive, nonwoven webs, and methods for making such filaments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
  • Patent number: 11428622
    Abstract: A system for measuring the voltage potential across test coupons, reference cells and metal structures is disclosed. The system may evaluate the amount of cathodic protection that may be applied to the metal structure. A series resistor may be configured between at least one of the test coupons and the metal structure so that the at least one test coupon may be at a lower voltage potential than the metal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Borin Manufacturing LLC
    Inventors: Frank William Borin, Thomas Theissen
  • Patent number: 11373303
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method comprises: obtaining a 2D ultrasound image of an imaged region of a subject, the imaged region comprising bone; identifying model template cross-sections of a 3D model of the bone corresponding to the 2D image at least in part by registering the 2D ultrasound image to the 3D model, wherein the model template cross-sections are defined prior to obtaining such 2D image, the model template cross-sections having size and shape representative of a population of potential subjects; identifying at least one location of at least one landmark feature of the bone in the 2D image based on results of the registration; and generating a visualization that includes: a visualization of the 2D image and a visualization of one of the identified cross-sections of the 3D model, wherein the visualization indicates the at least one location of the at least one landmark feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Rivanna Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank William Mauldin, Kevin Owen
  • Publication number: 20220119744
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for making fibrous water-soluble unit doses utilizing a repeating nested pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome, Michael David Sanders
  • Publication number: 20220122486
    Abstract: An ultrasound training model which exhibits optically clear soft tissue-mimicking materials that are simultaneously acoustically scattering and self-healing to needle punctures. An exemplary embodiment is disclosed that comprises an embedded bone-mimicking spine model and a dual-purpose lid that may be used as a friction surface mat. Various embodiments of the training model materials are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Rivanna Medical LLC
    Inventors: Adam Joseph Dixon, Frank William Mauldin, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220099532
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for operating a power generating asset. Accordingly, a plurality of operational data sets are received by a controller. The operational data sets include at least one indication of a performance anomaly. A plurality of predictive models are implemented by the controller to determine a plurality of potential root causes of the performance anomaly and a plurality of corresponding probabilities for each of the potential root causes. A consolidation model is generated for classifying the plurality of potential root causes and corresponding probabilities. The consolidation model is trained via a training data set to correlate the plurality of potential root causes to an actual root cause for the performance anomaly. The consolidation model is implemented by the controller to determine the actual root cause of the performance anomaly based on the plurality of potential root causes and corresponding probabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Zhanpan Zhang, Guangliang Zhao, Jin Xia, John Joseph Mihok, Frank William Ripple, JR., Kyle Raymond Barden, Alvaro Enrique Gil
  • Patent number: 11193097
    Abstract: Described herein is a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric, in the form of a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble fibrous structure and a concentrated enzyme composition, as well as methods for making the article and methods for treating fabrics using the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Theresa Anne Buehler, Frank William Denome
  • Patent number: 11147536
    Abstract: Handheld ultrasound imaging devices for identification of target regions are generally described. Medical ultrasound is a popular medical imaging modality primarily used for diagnostic imaging of soft tissue but also for interventional procedures such as guidance of a needle or catheter placement. Examples include diagnostic imaging of organs, such cardiac or liver structures. Common interventional procedures that rely on ultrasound guidance are central line placement and guidance of nerve blocks, both of which are high volume procedures in certain hospital settings such as the intensive care unit (ICU). Handheld ultrasound imaging devices with integral display screens and improve portability are described, along with systems and methods for orienting displayed ultrasound images so as to improve their usefulness in guiding interventional procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Rivanna Medical LLC
    Inventors: Frank William Mauldin, Jr., Kevin Owen, Adam Dixon
  • Patent number: 11142730
    Abstract: Water-soluble unit dose articles and processes for making such articles, the articles having perimeters that define shapes able to form a tessellated pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sun-Jan Alan Huang, Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome
  • Patent number: D948785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank William Denome, Ian Oliver Malott, Michael Sean Pratt, Michael David Sanders, Mark Robert Sivik, Brenda Delmar Torres-Cosme