Patents by Inventor Glenn Michael
Glenn Michael 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: 9755250Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a method of making a fuel cell component includes removing material from a first plurality of locations along at least one surface on a plate to simultaneously establish a plurality of first channels on the surface. Each first channel has a length between a first end near a first edge of the surface and a second end spaced from a second, opposite edge of the surface. Material is also removed from a second plurality of locations along the surface to simultaneously establish a plurality of second channels on the surface. Each second channel has a length beginning at a first end spaced from the first edge and a second end near the second edge. Material is also removed from the surface near the first ends of at least some of the first channels to simultaneously establish an inlet portion for directing a fluid into the corresponding first channels.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Audi AGInventors: Jonathan Daniel O'Neill, Roopnarine Sukhram, Glenn Michael Allen, Christopher John Carnevale
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Patent number: 9403301Abstract: A method of processing a porous article includes distributing a blended material that includes an electrically conductive material and a binder into a cavity of a mold that is at a temperature below a curing temperature of the binder. The electrically conductive material is formed from particles of the electrically conductive material that have a size distribution such that 10 vol % of the particles are less than 12 micrometers in diameter, 50 vol % of the particles are less than 27 micrometers in diameter, and 90 vol % of the particles are less than 53 micrometers. The blended material is compressed within the cavity under a molding pressure, and the mold is heated to a curing temperature of the binder to form a molded article.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Audi AGInventors: Michael L. Perry, Paravastu Badrinarayanan, Glenn Michael Allen, Steven W. Gronda
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Publication number: 20150263356Abstract: A method of processing a porous article includes distributing a blended powder material including loose electrically conductive particles and loose resin particles into a mold. The blended powder material is consolidated within the mold under a molding pressure and a molding temperature into a consolidated article. The loose resin particles of the blended powder material are selected to be within a predefined particle size distribution to control a physical property of the porous article.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Glenn Michael Allen, Steven W. Gronda, Daniel Thomas Swanson
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Patent number: 9113712Abstract: A method of converting a recliner from manual actuation to powered actuation that includes providing a recliner having a frame, a recliner mechanism with a base coupled to the frame and a hinged linkage movably coupled to the base, and a manual actuator that releases the hinged linkage to move under an occupant-applied force. The method also includes disconnecting and removing the manual actuator from the recliner and, without disassembly of the recliner mechanism from the frame, removing a spring assist device extending between the hinged linkage and the base, installing a drive unit to the recliner mechanism, installing a power actuator on the frame with electrical communication to the drive unit, and establishing electrical communication between the drive unit and a source of electrical power, so that activation of the power actuator causes the drive unit to move the hinged linkage under powered actuation.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc.Inventors: C. William Wittenberg, Jr., Glenn Michael Kahn
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Publication number: 20150105961Abstract: A method, and apparatus for the performance thereof, comprising providing a first meta-model (8, 9) thereby providing a basis for a first model; providing a second meta-model (8, 9) thereby providing a basis for a second model; providing the first model; and using the first model and a set of transformations between the first and second meta-models (8, 9), determining the second model; wherein either, the first model is of a given task; the second model is of an autonomous vehicle (2); and the method further comprises providing the autonomous vehicle (2); or the first model corresponds to a given autonomous vehicle (2); the second model corresponds to a task; and the method further comprises using the given autonomous vehicle (2) to perform the task.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventor: Glenn Michael Callow
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Patent number: 8989945Abstract: A method and apparatus for evaluating capabilities of a system (e.g. an autonomous vehicle) with respect to the performance of a task, the method including: providing a first model corresponding to the task; providing a further model corresponding to the system; providing a plurality of mappings from one model to another model; determining whether there exists a transformation trace either (i) from the first model to the further model, or (ii) from the further model to the first model, wherein each transformation trace includes one or more of the specified mappings; and evaluating the capabilities of the system with respect to the task dependent upon the existence of the transformation trace.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Bae Systems PLCInventor: Glenn Michael Callow
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Publication number: 20150030964Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a method of making a fuel cell component includes removing material from a first plurality of locations along at least one surface on a plate to simultaneously establish a plurality of first channels on the surface. Each first channel has a length between a first end near a first edge of the surface and a second end spaced from a second, opposite edge of the surface. Material is also removed from a second plurality of locations along the surface to simultaneously establish a plurality of second channels on the surface. Each second channel has a length beginning at a first end spaced from the first edge and a second end near the second edge. Material is also removed from the surface near the first ends of at least some of the first channels to simultaneously establish an inlet portion for directing a fluid into the corresponding first channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Jonathan Daniel O'Neill, Roopnarine Sukhram, Glenn Michael Allen, Christopher John Carnevale
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Publication number: 20140214469Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining actions to be performed by a plurality of assets such that a predetermined task is performed. Methods comprise receiving, by a task decomposition module (105), task information that specifies the predetermined task; using the task information, determining, by the task decomposition module (105), a plurality of sub-tasks, the sub-tasks being such that if each of those sub-tasks were performed, the predetermined task would be performed; using information relating to the plurality of assets and the determined sub-tasks, assigning, by an assignment module (115), each sub-task to an asset; for each asset to which a sub-task has been assigned, and for each sub-task assigned to that asset, determining, by a planner module (120), one or more actions, an action determined for an asset and sub-task being such that, if that action is performed by that asset, that sub-task is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Glenn Michael Callow, Markus Deittert, John Paterson Bookless
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Publication number: 20140070588Abstract: A method of converting a recliner from manual actuation to powered actuation that includes providing a recliner having a frame, a recliner mechanism with a base coupled to the frame and a hinged linkage movably coupled to the base, and a manual actuator that releases the hinged linkage to move under an occupant-applied force. The method also includes disconnecting and removing the manual actuator from the recliner and, without disassembly of the recliner mechanism from the frame, removing a spring assist device extending between the hinged linkage and the base, installing a drive unit to the recliner mechanism, installing a power actuator on the frame with electrical communication to the drive unit, and establishing electrical communication between the drive unit and a source of electrical power, so that activation of the power actuator causes the drive unit to move the hinged linkage under powered actuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc.Inventors: C. William Wittenberg, JR., Glenn Michael Kahn
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Publication number: 20130337363Abstract: An exemplary fuel cell component includes a plate comprising an electrically conductive material. An electrical connector includes a first portion embedded in the plate. A second portion of the electrical connector extends from the plate. The second portion is configured to make an electrically conductive connection with another device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: David Melo Ferreira, Christopher John Carnevale, Glenn Michael Allen
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Patent number: 8528736Abstract: A frangible container having a body, a lid, and a cover together defining a cavity for storing dispensable contents so that the body and lid are openable by breaking a frangible connection which joins the lid and body about a hinge formed by the cover, thereby allowing the contents to be dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Sands Innovations Pty Ltd.Inventors: Bradley Donald Teys, Glenn Michael Bevan, Kevin James Mobbs
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Patent number: 8507137Abstract: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly comprised of a membrane sandwiched between anode and cathode catalyst structures. An anode separator plate and a cathode separator plate are arranged adjacent to the membrane electrode assembly opposite from one another. The anode and cathode separator plates include opposing sides in which one of the opposing sides of the anode and cathode respectively have fuel and oxidant flow fields in communication with the membrane. The anode separator plate is a structure having a first water permeability and is configured to permit passage of water between its opposing sides and with its flow field, and the cathode separator plate comprises a structure having a second water permeability less than the first water permeability of the anode separator plate. In one example, the anode is provided by a porous separator plate, and the cathode is provided by a non-porous, or solid, plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: UTC Power CorporationInventors: Glenn Michael Allen, Gennady Resnick
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Publication number: 20130073138Abstract: A method and apparatus for evaluating capabilities of a system (e.g. an autonomous vehicle) with respect to the performance of a task, the method including: providing a first model corresponding to the task; providing a further model corresponding to the system; providing a plurality of mappings from one model to another model; determining whether there exists a transformation trace either (i) from the first model to the further model, or (ii) from the further model to the first model, wherein each transformation trace includes one or more of the specified mappings; and evaluating the capabilities of the system with respect to the task dependent upon the existence of the transformation trace.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventor: Glenn Michael Callow
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Publication number: 20130052315Abstract: Beverage products containing a color derived from a natural source or its synthetic equivalent further include a compound selected from a hydroxymethane sulfonic acid (HMSA) and ergothioneine to inhibit fading of the color derived from a natural source or its synthetic equivalent. Methods of making the beverages with reduced color-change are further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: PepsiCo, INC.Inventors: Rashmi Tiwari, Thananunt Rojanasasithara, Glenn Michael Roy
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Patent number: 8372756Abstract: A process for selectively etching a material comprising SiO2 over silicon, the method comprising the steps of: placing a silicon substrate comprising a layer of a material comprising SiO2 within a reactor chamber equipped with an energy source; creating a vacuum within the chamber; introducing into the reactor chamber a reactive gas mixture comprising a fluorine compound, a polymerizable fluorocarbon, and an inert gas, wherein the reactive gas mixture is substantially free of added oxygen; activating the energy source to form a plasma activated reactive etching gas mixture within the chamber; and selectively etching the material comprising SiO2 preferentially to the silicon substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Michael Mitchell, Stephen Andrew Motika, Andrew David Johnson
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Patent number: 8326976Abstract: The invention is directed to configuring an application management reporting service for managing a networked application carried over a WAN service without requiring knowledge of a network operator's infrastructure that is providing the WAN service. This capability aims at providing an abstraction from both the architecture of the operator's network and the technical details of its QoS management.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Denis Armand Proulx, Glenn Michael Chenier
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Patent number: 8283260Abstract: A method for preparing an interlayer dielectric to minimize damage to the interlayer's dielectric properties, the method comprising the steps of: depositing a layer of a silicon-containing dielectric material onto a substrate, wherein the layer has a first dielectric constant and wherein the layer has at least one surface; providing an etched pattern in the layer by a method that includes at least one etch process and exposure to a wet chemical composition to provide an etched layer, wherein the etched layer has a second dielectric constant, and wherein the wet chemical composition contributes from 0 to 40% of the second dielectric constant; contacting the at least one surface of the layer with a silicon-containing fluid; optionally removing a first portion of the silicon-containing fluid such that a second portion of the silicon-containing fluid remains in contact with the at least one surface of the layer; and exposing the at least one surface of the layer to UV radiation and thermal energy, wherein the layType: GrantFiled: August 13, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Scott Jeffrey Weigel, Mark Leonard O'Neill, Mary Kathryn Haas, Laura M. Matz, Glenn Michael Mitchell, Aiping Wu, Raymond Nicholas Vrtis, John Giles Langan
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Publication number: 20120168975Abstract: A method of processing a porous article includes distributing a blended material that includes an electrically conductive material and a binder into a cavity of a mold that is at a temperature below a curing temperature of the binder. The electrically conductive material is formed from particles of the electrically conductive material that have a size distribution such that 10 vol % of the particles are less than 12 micrometers in diameter, 50 vol % of the particles are less than 27 micrometers in diameter, and 90 vol % of the particles are less than 53 micrometers. The blended material is compressed within the cavity under a molding pressure, and the mold is heated to a curing temperature of the binder to form a molded article.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: UTC Power CorporationInventors: Michael L. Perry, Paravastu Badrinarayanan, Glenn Michael Allen, Steven W. Gronda
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Publication number: 20110008698Abstract: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly comprised of a membrane sandwiched between anode and cathode catalyst structures. An anode separator plate and a cathode separator plate are arranged adjacent to the membrane electrode assembly opposite from one another. The anode and cathode separator plates include opposing sides in which one of the opposing sides of the anode and cathode respectively have fuel and oxidant flow fields in communication with the membrane. The anode separator plate is a structure having a first water permeability and is configured to permit passage of water between its opposing sides and with its flow field, and the cathode separator plate comprises a structure having a second water permeability less than the first water permeability of the anode separator plate. In one example, the anode is provided by a porous separator plate, and the cathode is provided by a non-porous, or solid, plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2008Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventors: Glenn Michael Allen, Gennady Resnick
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Publication number: 20100332649Abstract: The invention is directed to configuring an application management reporting service for managing a networked application carried over a WAN service without requiring knowledge of a network operator's infrastructure that is providing the WAN service. This capability aims at providing an abstraction from both the architecture of the operator's network and the technical details of its QoS management.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Denis Armand Proulx, Glenn Michael Chenier