Patents by Inventor H. Dennis

H. Dennis 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: 9640374
    Abstract: A new algorithm is taught for identifying compounds from spectroscopic or mass spectra data, wherein the improved order of operations of the present invention are defined as 1) background noise removal, 2) deconvolution by smoothing peaks, finding peaks and grouping peaks into unknown compounds, 3) preparing correlation values for combinations of unknown compound and target compound pairs, 4) sorting the combinations of unknown compound and target compound pairs by their correlation values, 5) removing complete ions from the mass spectra data using a peak, a retention time, and a retention window, and 6) matching unknown compounds to target compounds such that no target compound appears twice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: TORION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Oliphant, Chad B. Grant, H. Dennis Tolley
  • Patent number: 9580659
    Abstract: Methods for the conversion of lignites, subbituminous coals and other carbonaceous feedstocks into synthetic oils, including oils with properties similar to light weight sweet crude oil using a solvent derived from hydrogenating oil produced by pyrolyzing lignite are set forth herein. Such methods may be conducted, for example, under mild operating conditions with a low cost stoichiometric co-reagent and/or a disposable conversion agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Frederick M. MacDonnell, Brian H. Dennis, Richard E. Billo, John W. Priest
  • Publication number: 20160101246
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for producing and delivering vapour medicament. An exemplary apparatus disclosed comprises: a gas inlet for receiving a gas from a source of pressurized gas; a chamber for receiving a liquid medicament therein, the chamber being in communication with the gas inlet for permitting entrance and expansion of the gas in the chamber in the presence of the liquid medicament to produce the vapour medicament; and a vapour outlet in communication with the chamber for delivering the vapour medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Solaeromed Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Dennis, Ian G. Mcaffer, Stefan Dalberg, Francis Green, Andy Clark
  • Publication number: 20160040072
    Abstract: Methods for the conversion of lignites, subbituminous coals and other carbonaceous feedstocks into synthetic oils, including oils with properties similar to light weight sweet crude oil using a solvent derived from hydrogenating oil produced by pyrolyzing lignite are set forth herein. Such methods may be conducted, for example, under mild operating conditions with a low cost stoichiometric co-reagent and/or a disposable conversion agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Frederick M. MacDonnell, Brian H. Dennis, Richard E. Billo, John W. Priest
  • Publication number: 20150330007
    Abstract: A process for treating a substrate comprised of sorptive material is provided herein. The sorptive material may be an absorbent synthetic material such as polyester. The material is designed to be used for cleaning surfaces in an ultraclean environment. The process first comprises unwinding a roll of sorptive material as a substrate into a cleaning system. The cleaning system utilizes several sections. These include a pre-washing section, an acoustic energy washing section, and a drying section. Preferably, the process of moving the substrate through the cleaning system is continuous. The acoustic energy washing section employs one or more acoustic energy generators. In one aspect, the process also includes cutting the substrate into sections to form wipers after moving the substrate through the drying section. Thereafter, the wipers are placed into a bag and the bag is sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works (Texwipe Division)
    Inventors: H. Dennis Blaiss, Laurent H. Sene, Gregory T. Hall, Randy H. Whittington
  • Publication number: 20150330955
    Abstract: A system and method for performing UV LED-based absorption detection for capillary liquid chromatography for detecting and quantifying compounds in a liquid, wherein a simplified system eliminates the need for a beam splitter and a reference cell by using a stable UV source, and power requirements are reduced, resulting in a portable and substantially smaller system with relatively low detection limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Paul B. Farnsworth, Sonika Sharma, H. Dennis Tolley, Milton L. Lee
  • Publication number: 20150203907
    Abstract: Provided herein is a capture library for target enrichment of sequences of interest from a genome DNA sample. The capture library comprises a plurality of capture oligos tiling a plurality of capture regions evenly-spaced along a genome. Each two adjacent capture regions of the plurality capture regions are separated by a spacing of about 6 to about 14 kilobases in length. The plurality of capture regions has a size of about 150 base pairs in length. Further, each capture oligo of the plurality of capture oligos comprises average 70 nucleotides in length. The capture libraries are suitable for enriching about 150 base pairs region approximately every 10 kilobases in a genome DNA. This capture library can be used to measure replication timing and copy number variation in human pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia samples, and is also broadly applicable to any CNV application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: DAVID M. GILBERT, JONATHAN H. DENNIS, TAKAYO SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150075374
    Abstract: A system and method for thermal gradient gas chromatography wherein a front or injection end of a column is heated to a higher temperature than a back or detector end to thereby create a thermal gradient having a profile that is substantially monotonically non-increasing and has a positive second derivative, and then providing a heat source to raise the thermal gradient and cause it to remain stationary or to travel through the column while maintaining a desired profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: H. Dennis Tolley, Anzi Wang, Samuel E. Tolley, Milton L. Lee
  • Patent number: 8956466
    Abstract: A process for treating a substrate comprised of sorptive material is provided herein. The sorptive material may be an absorbent synthetic material such as polyester. The material is designed to be used for cleaning surfaces in an ultraclean environment. The process first comprises unwinding a roll of sorptive material as a substrate into a cleaning system. The cleaning system utilizes several sections. These include a pre-washing section, an acoustic energy washing section, and a drying section. Preferably, the process of moving the substrate through the cleaning system is continuous. The acoustic energy washing section employs one or more acoustic energy generators. In one aspect, the process also includes cutting the substrate into sections to form wipers after moving the substrate through the drying section. Thereafter, the wipers are placed into a bag and the bag is sealed. An integrated treating system for a sorptive material is also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Texwipe (a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc.)
    Inventors: H. Dennis Blaiss, Laurent H. Sene, Gregory T. Hall, Randy H. Whittington
  • Publication number: 20130238253
    Abstract: A new algorithm is taught for identifying compounds from spectroscopic or mass spectra data, wherein the improved order of operations of the present invention are defined as 1) background noise removal, 2) deconvolution by smoothing peaks, finding peaks and grouping peaks into unknown compounds, 3) preparing correlation values for combinations of unknown compound and target compound pairs, 4) sorting the combinations of unknown compound and target compound pairs by their correlation values, 5) removing complete ions from the mass spectra data using a peak, a retention time, and a retention window, and 6) matching unknown compounds to target compounds such that no target compound appears twice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: TORION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Oliphant, Chad B. Grant, H. Dennis Tolley
  • Patent number: 8522426
    Abstract: A vented BGA package is reconfigured by first applying a continuous bead of adhesive around the perimeter of the package to seal the gap between the lid and substrate. The continuous bead defines a channel through the pressure relief vents to a polarity through-hole in the lid. The BGA package is reflow soldered to a PWB at an elevated temperature using solder flux, clean or no-clean. The IC die achieves elevated temperature pressure relief through the pressure relief vents along the channel and out the polarity through-hole. After reflow a seal is applied to plug the polarity through-hole. The PWB is washed in an aqueous cleaner solution to remove flux residue. The continuous bead of adhesive and the seal form a cleaner solution barrier that prevents the solution from contacting conductors inside the package. The seal may be removed or left intact depending on the operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert H. Dennis, Amanda Loehr, Robert E. Morris, Peter D. Patalano, Aaron J. Stein, John Stephens, Harold L. Wieck, Eli Holzman
  • Patent number: 8404005
    Abstract: In a method and system to produce biodiesel using an improved catalytic transesterification process, a first reactant and a second reactant are dispersed to form a laminar slug flow pattern within a microchannel of a microreactor, the first reactant and the second reactant being immiscible. The first reactant and the second reactant are mixed, thereby triggering a reaction between them to produce the biodiesel and glycerol, the mixing being convection-enhanced by shear stress induced circulation occurring within each slug of the reactants. The reaction takes place under a pressure that is less than 5 psi and under a temperature that is less than 70 degrees Celsius. Separation of the glycerol from the biodiesel occurs simultaneously with the mixing. Several microreactors are coupled in parallel to improve throughput of the biodiesel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Brian H. Dennis, Richard E. Billo, Christopher R. Oliver, John W. Priest, Elinor Kolesar
  • Publication number: 20130031872
    Abstract: A process for treating a substrate comprised of sorptive material is provided herein. The sorptive material may be an absorbent synthetic material such as polyester. The material is designed to be used for cleaning surfaces in an ultraclean environment. The process first comprises unwinding a roll of sorptive material as a substrate into a cleaning system. The cleaning system utilizes several sections. These include a pre-washing section, an acoustic energy washing section, and a drying section. Preferably, the process of moving the substrate through the cleaning system is continuous. The acoustic energy washing section employs one or more acoustic energy generators. In one aspect, the process also includes cutting the substrate into sections to form wipers after moving the substrate through the drying section. Thereafter, the wipers are placed into bag, and the bag is sealed. An integrated processing or treating system for a sorptive material is also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: H. Dennis Blaiss, Laurent H. Sene, Gregory T. Hall, Randy H. Whittington
  • Publication number: 20120227461
    Abstract: A system for providing standard mixtures of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds for simultaneous CC and MS calibration in a calibration vial, wherein calibration mixtures are prepared by diluting calibration analytes in granular PDMS such that most of the analytes are in the PDMS phase and the sample can then be taken from the analytes in the headspace vapor in the calibration vial, wherein a reliable calibration sample can be taken from the calibration vial because the analytes in the PDMS phase and the headspace vapor are in thermodynamic equilibrium, and wherein the method provides solvent-less sampling, long-time stability, ease of use, is quantifiable, and related to temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Milton L. Lee, Xiaofeng Xie, Jacolin A. Murray, Jesse A. Contreras, Tai Van Truong, H. Dennis Tolley
  • Publication number: 20120221059
    Abstract: A spine immobilization system is provided wherein the system includes a plurality of vertebra clamps structured and operable to be clamped to one of a plurality of target vertebrae, a pair of retaining rails disposable along the length of the target vertebrae between the clamps and each of the target vertebrae, and a pair of clamp interlocking rods structured and operable to interlock the clamps together once each clamp is clamped to the respective one of the target vertebra such that the target vertebrae are securely held together to provide a cumulative, unified vertebral body, whereby the target vertebrae can only move simultaneously together as a single cumulative, unified structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    Inventors: H. Dennis Mollman, William Verbarg, Zachary Hafez, Nicole Patino
  • Publication number: 20110296680
    Abstract: A vented BGA package is reconfigured by first applying a continuous bead of adhesive around the perimeter of the package to seal the gap between the lid and substrate. The continuous bead defines a channel through the pressure relief vents to a polarity through-hole in the lid. The BGA package is reflow soldered to a PWB at an elevated temperature using solder flux, clean or no-clean. The IC die achieves elevated temperature pressure relief through the pressure relief vents along the channel and out the polarity through-hole. After reflow a seal is applied to plug the polarity through-hole. The PWB is washed in an aqueous cleaner solution to remove flux residue. The continuous bead of adhesive and the seal form a cleaner solution barrier that prevents the solution from contacting conductors inside the package. The seal may be removed or left intact depending on the operating environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Robert H. Dennis, Amanda Loehr, Robert E. Morris, Peter D. Patalano, Aaron J. Stein, John Stephens, Harold L. Wieck, Eli Holzman
  • Publication number: 20110060152
    Abstract: In a method and system to produce biodiesel using an improved catalytic transesterification process, a first reactant and a second reactant are dispersed to form a laminar slug flow pattern within a microchannel of a microreactor, the first reactant and the second reactant being immiscible. The first reactant and the second reactant are mixed, thereby triggering a reaction between them to produce the biodiesel and glycerol, the mixing being convection-enhanced by shear stress induced circulation occurring within each slug of the reactants. The reaction takes place under a pressure that is less than 5 psi and under a temperature that is less than 70 degrees Celsius. Separation of the glycerol from the biodiesel occurs simultaneously with the mixing. Several microreactors are coupled in parallel to improve throughput of the biodiesel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Brian H. Dennis, Richard E. Billo, Christopher R. Oliver, John W. Priest, Edward S. Kolesar, Elinor Kolesar
  • Publication number: 20080048448
    Abstract: A fluid conduit system that employs fittings having ends with a structural portion and a seal portion. The ends of the fittings are inserted into a tube, which may be a hard, i.e., rigid, or soft, i.e., flexible, tube. The seal portion sealingly engages the inner diameter of the tube upon its insertion into the tube. The tube is deformed to prevent the fitting from being withdrawn from the tube; the portion of the tube in the immediate vicinity of each seal that forms the seal portion is not deformed. A method for forming a fluid conduit system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Tommy Jamison, H. Dennis, Kevin Gay
  • Patent number: 7318759
    Abstract: A preload system for bearings in a waterjet propulsion apparatus, the apparatus including a water intake section and a pumping unit including a bearing cartridge. The bearing cartridge is designed such that during operation a preload system provides tailoring between radial and axial thermal growths of a plurality of bearing components that comprise the bearing cartridge and such that an initial ambient temperature preload condition can be maintained or reduced during normal water mode operation conditions. The preload system includes a plurality of spacers that when positioned relative to the bearing components of the bearing cartridge prevent relative motion between the bearing components during land mode operation and maintain or reduce the initial ambient room temperature preload condition during normal water mode operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent L. Bristol, William B. Harper, Arun Kumar, Albert G. Selder, Jeffrey J. Aitchison, Richard H. Dennis
  • Patent number: 7206772
    Abstract: A novel apparatus and method for controlling a system with multiple observable variables is disclosed. The apparatus and method disclosed use elements of the bottom-up and top-down strategies of artificial intelligence to provide a control system that is able to learn without a training set of information, and that has an learning process that can handle any amount of input data, i.e., cannot become saturated. The control system disclosed is capable of learning and controlling non linear dynamical systems. The control system is also capable of adding additional observable variables or subtracting existing observable variables to determine the state of the plant or system being controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: GBI Structures, L.L.C.
    Inventor: H. Dennis Tolley