Patents by Inventor Glenn Harrison
Glenn Harrison 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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Publication number: 20230078670Abstract: The present invention relates to a heater assembly for an aerosol generating device. The heater assembly includes a tubular heating chamber and a flexible thin film heater comprising a heating element track supported on a surface of a flexible electrically insulating backing film; wherein the flexible thin film heater is wrapped around an outer surface of the heating chamber with the backing film toward the heating chamber. The invention further includes a temperature sensor comprising a temperature sensing element configured to sense a local temperature, wherein the temperature sensing element is positioned so as to overlap with a portion of heating element track. Because the temperature sensing element overlaps with a portion of the heating element track, the temperature sensor provides a more accurate reading of the temperature of the heating element itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: JT International SAInventors: Nelson Kevin Fraser, Akihiko Suzuki, Glenn Harrison, Eduardo Jose Garcia Garcia, Manabu Yamada
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Publication number: 20220408832Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises a control circuitry, a vaporizing unit, and a liquid store. The vaporizing unit is a unitary element comprising a plurality of fluidic channels configured to receive liquid from the liquid store. The fluidic channels are separated into a plurality of groups and each group of fluidic channels is thermally connected to a separate heating element. The control circuitry is configured to selectively operate one or more of the heating elements to selectively heat one or more corresponding groups of fluidic channels).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: JT International SAInventors: Kyle Adair, Andrew Robert John Rogan, Glenn Harrison, Eduardo Jose Garcia Garcia
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Patent number: 10383417Abstract: A case is provided for holding one or more contact lenses. The case is configured to receive an inner pod, and the case includes an upper part and a lower part. The upper part is structured to move relative to the lower part from an open configuration wherein the upper and lower parts are at least partially separated to a closed configuration wherein the upper and lower parts are together. The upper part is also structured to move relative to the lower part from a disengaged position to an engaged position wherein, in the disengaged position, the case is movable between the open and closed configurations and in the engaged position, the case is locked in the closed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LPInventors: Lisa Fawcett, Aldo Zucaro, James Lonnen, Glenn Harrison, Melanie George, Andrew Luk, Kevin Barrett, Gary Hunt, Matthew Sultan Yan, Roya Borazjani
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Publication number: 20180116357Abstract: A case is provided for holding one or more contact lenses. The case is configured to receive an inner pod, and the case includes an upper part and a lower part. The upper part is structured to move relative to the lower part from an open configuration wherein the upper and lower parts are at least partially separated to a closed configuration wherein the upper and lower parts are together. The upper part is also structured to move relative to the lower part from a disengaged position to an engaged position wherein, in the disengaged position, the case is movable between the open and closed configurations and in the engaged position, the case is locked in the closed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: CooperVision International Holding Company, LPInventors: Lisa Fawcett, Aldo Zucaro, James Lonnen, Glenn Harrison, Melanie George, Andrew Luk, Kevin Barrett, Gary Hunt, Matthew Sultan Yan, Roya Borazjani
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Patent number: 9839271Abstract: A case is provided for holding one or more contact lenses. The case is configured to receive an inner pod, and the case includes an upper part and a lower part. The upper part is structured to move relative to the lower part from an open configuration wherein the upper and lower parts are at least partially separated to a closed configuration wherein the upper and lower parts are together. The upper part is also structured to move relative to the lower part from a disengaged position to an engaged position wherein, in the disengaged position, the case is movable between the open and closed configurations and in the engaged position, the case is locked in the closed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LPInventors: Lisa Fawcett, Aldo Zucaro, James Lonnen, Glenn Harrison, Melanie George, Andrew Luk, Kevin Barrett, Gary Hunt, Matthew Sultan Yan, Roya Borazjani
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Patent number: 9567154Abstract: The invention provides a method for the preparation of a foamed drink comprising the steps of: providing a capsule containing a foamable ingredient; providing a receptacle positioned to collect fluid escaping from the capsule; injecting liquid into the capsule to mix with the foamable ingredient; allowing the foamable ingredient mixed with the liquid to escape from the capsule into the receptacle; followed by injecting further liquid into the receptacle in a jet having a diameter of from about 0.5 to about 2 mm to produce foamed liquid in the receptacle. The invention also provides capsules, apparatus and systems specifically adapted for use in the method. Preferably, the food ingredient is a milk powder, and the method produces a hot foamed beverage such as a cappuccino coffee.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Mars, IncorporatedInventors: David Andrew James Hester, Glenn Harrison, John Charles Cooke, Jon William Shaw
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Publication number: 20150127417Abstract: In one embodiment, forecasting financial risk includes eliciting from multiple risk experts subjective probability distributions regarding the future of a risk index, generating a pooled subjective probability distribution for the index based upon the individual subjective probability distributions, and presenting the pooled subjective probability distribution to users.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Richard Philips, Glenn Harrison, George Zanjani, Barry Wood, James Todd Swarthout, Richard Luger
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Patent number: 8009209Abstract: Methods for detecting defective pixels in imaging arrays involve establishing probabilities that individual pixels are defective and updating those probabilities by analysing images acquired by the imaging arrays. Probabilities may be evaluated for each of two or more defect conditions. The methods may be used to detect defects such as stuck-low, stuck-high, high-sensitivity, low sensitivity, hot, and defect-free conditions. Other more complicated defect conditions can also be detected. Apparatus for detecting defective pixels may be integrated with a camera or other imaging device or provided separately.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Simon Fraser UniversityInventors: Glenn Harrison Chapman, Israel Koren, Zahava Koren, Jozsef Dudas, Cory Jung
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Publication number: 20100212507Abstract: The invention provides a method for the preparation of a foamed drink comprising the steps of: providing a capsule containing a foamable ingredient; providing a receptacle positioned to collect fluid escaping from the capsule; injecting liquid into the capsule to mix with the foamable ingredient; allowing the foamable ingredient mixed with the liquid to escape from the capsule into the receptacle; followed by injecting further liquid into the receptacle in a jet having a diameter of from about 0.5 to about 2 mm to produce foamed liquid in the receptacle. The invention also provides capsules, apparatus and systems specifically adapted for use in the method. Preferably, the food ingredient is a milk powder, and the method produces a hot foamed beverage such as a cappuccino coffee.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: Mars, Inc.Inventors: David A. Hester, Glenn Harrison, John C. Cooke, Jon W. Shaw
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Publication number: 20080218610Abstract: Methods for detecting defective pixels in imaging arrays involve establishing probabilities that individual pixels are defective and updating those probabilities by analysing images acquired by the imaging arrays. Probabilities may be evaluated for each of two or more defect conditions. The methods may be used to detect defects such as stuck-low, stuck-high, high-sensitivity, low sensitivity, hot, and defect-free conditions. Other more complicated defect conditions can also be detected. Apparatus for detecting defective pixels may be integrated with a camera or other imaging device or provided separately.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2006Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Glenn Harrison Chapman, Israel Koren, Zahava Koren, Jozsef Dudas, Cory Jung
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Publication number: 20080177169Abstract: An angular filter is provided, including a straight tunnel within a material, the tunnel having a roughened surface. When scattered light enters the tunnel, and strikes the roughened surface at a shallow angle, the scatter light is further scattered within the tunnel, striking the surface of the tunnel a multiplicity of times. Each such strike partially absorbs the light ray, such that the intensity of the scattered light exiting the tunnel is minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Glenn Harrison Chapman, Bozena Kaminska, Paulman Konn Yan Chan, Fartash Vasefi, Nicholas Pfeiffer
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Patent number: 7335387Abstract: The invention provides a method for the preparation of a foamed drink comprising the steps of: providing a capsule containing a foamable ingredient; providing a receptacle positioned to collect fluid escaping from the capsule; injecting liquid into the capsule to mix with the foamable ingredient; allowing the foamable ingredient mixed with the liquid to escape from the capsule into the receptacle; followed by injecting further liquid into the receptacle in a jet having a diameter of from about 0.5 to about 2 mm to produce foamed liquid in the receptacle. The invention also provides capsules, apparatus and systems specifically adapted for use in the method. Preferably, the food ingredient is a milk powder, and the method produces a hot foamed beverage such as a cappuccino coffee.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Mars, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Hayes, David A. Hester, Jon W. Shaw, Martin E. Colston, Geoffrey Furneaux, Elizabeth C. Charman, Glenn Harrison, John C. Cooke, David Hay, Michael Wright
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Publication number: 20070243294Abstract: The invention provides a method for the preparation of a foamed drink comprising the steps of: providing a capsule containing a foamable ingredient; providing a receptacle positioned to collect fluid escaping from the capsule; injecting liquid into the capsule to mix with the foamable ingredient; allowing the foamable ingredient mixed with the liquid to escape from the capsule into the receptacle; followed by injecting further liquid into the receptacle in a jet having a diameter of from about 0.5 to about 2 mm to produce foamed liquid in the receptacle. The invention also provides capsules, apparatus and systems specifically adapted for use in the method. Preferably, the food ingredient is a milk powder, and the method produces a hot foamed beverage such as a cappuccino coffee.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Inventors: Michael Hayes, David Hester, Jon Shaw, Martin Colston, Geoffrey Furneaux, Elizabeth Charman, Glenn Harrison, John Cooke, David Hay, Michael Wright
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Publication number: 20040137128Abstract: The invention provides a method for the preparation of a foamed drink comprising the steps of: providing a capsule containing a foamable ingredient; providing a receptacle positioned to collect fluid escaping from the capsule; injecting liquid into the capsule to mix with the foamable ingredient; allowing the foamable ingredient mixed with the liquid to escape from the capsule into the receptacle; followed by injecting further liquid into the receptacle in a jet having a diameter of from about 0.5 to about 2 mm to produce foamed liquid in the receptacle. The invention also provides capsules, apparatus and systems specifically adapted for use in the method. Preferably, the food ingredient is a milk powder, and the method produces a hot foamed beverage such as a cappuccino coffee.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2004Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Michael Andrew Hayes, David Andrew James Hester, Jon William Shaw, Martin Eric Colston, Geoffrey Furneaux, Elizabeth Clare Charman, Glenn Harrison, John Charles Cooke, David Hay, Michael Wright
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Publication number: 20040131952Abstract: A thermal inorganic resist for lithographic processes and image creation is disclosed. In one embodiment an In layer of 15 nm is deposited, followed by a Bi layer of 15 nm. Upon exposure to a optical light pulse of sufficient intensity the optical absorption heats the film above the eutectic melting point (110° C. for BiIn) and the resist forms an alloy in the exposed area, replicating patterns projected on its surface. Optical characteristics of the alloyed layers are in these resists typically different from the unexposed layers creating a visual image of the exposure pattern before the development etch aiding in exposure control. The resist layer is then stripped, leaving the pattern layer on the substrate. In resists showing significant optical differences (such as BiIn) after exposure this same material can be used to create images for data storage, and, when transparent, photomasks for optical lithography.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: CREO SRLInventors: Glenn Harrison Chapman, Marinko Venci Sarunic, Yugiang Tu
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Patent number: 6641978Abstract: A thermal inorganic resist for lithographic processes and image creation is disclosed. In one embodiment an In layer of 15 nm is deposited, followed by a Bi layer of 15 nm. Upon exposure to a optical light pulse of sufficient intensity the optical absorption heats the film above the eutectic melting point (110° C. for BiIn) and the resist forms an alloy in the exposed area, replicating patterns projected on its surface. Optical characteristics of the alloyed layers are in these resists typically different from the unexposed layers creating a visual image of the exposure pattern before the development etch aiding in exposure control. The resist layer is then stripped, leaving the pattern layer on the substrate. In resists showing significant optical differences (such as BiIn) after exposure this same material can be used to create images for data storage, and, when transparent, photomasks for optical lithography.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2000Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Creo SRLInventors: Glenn Harrison Chapman, Marinko Venci Sarunic, Yugiang Tu
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Patent number: 6467247Abstract: A convenient user-friendly method to sharpen the rotary blade of a rotary cutter assembly without having to turn the rotary cutter assembly upside down. To this end, a rotary cutter assembly is provided with a special access door which is preferably securely fastened and/or locked during cutting and use of the rotary cutter assembly. When it is desired to sharpen the rotary blade, the door is unfastened and opened to permit access to the rotary blade. The rotary blade can then be clamped or otherwise secured and subsequently sharpened with a grinding wheel or other sharpening tool.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Inventors: Thomas M. Harrison, Glenn Harrison
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Patent number: D804323Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LPInventors: Glenn Harrison, Gary Hunt, Matthew Sultan Yan
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Patent number: D811740Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LPInventors: Glenn Harrison, Gary Hunt, Matthew Sultan Yan
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Patent number: D820593Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LPInventors: Glenn Harrison, Gary Hunt, Matthew Sultan Yan