Patents by Inventor Harold Russell
Harold Russell 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: 20140041698Abstract: Described herein is a cleaning device for a flat solar panel or a trough reflector panel. The device comprises a cleaning member with a sweeper portion and a scraper portion. The cleaning member is mounted for unidirectional and bidirectional movement over the flat panel or the reflector panel. A rocker bar is connected to the sweeper portion and the scraper portion to rockingly move either the sweeper portion or the scraper portion into contact with the flat panel or the reflector panel as the cleaning member moves over the flat panel or the reflector panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Adler, Harold Russell Baird
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Publication number: 20140041448Abstract: Described herein is a rain intensity sensor. The sensor includes a circuit, which includes a resistor and at least two spaced apart electrically conductive strips electrically connected in series to the resistor. The resistor is located between the conductive strips. The conductive strips are sufficiently spaced apart such that when a raindrop contacts with the conductive strips provides a resistive path therebetween and which is electrically parallel with the resistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Adler, Harold Russell Baird
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Publication number: 20140041138Abstract: Described herein is an autonomous cleaning device for a solar panel. The device includes a cleaning member mounted for unidirectional movement or bidirectional movement over the solar panel. The cleaning member has a first cleaning portion for cleaning the solar panel as the cleaning member moves in one direction and a second cleaning portion for cleaning the solar panel as the cleaning member moves in the other direction. The cleaning portions are respectively brought into contact with the solar panel by axial rotation of the cleaning member about a restricted path of travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Adler, Harold Russell Baird
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Publication number: 20110271462Abstract: Fatty branched polyalkoxylates, particularly of the formula: R1O(AO)mR2 (I) where R1 is C8 to C30 aliphatic hydrocarbyl or acyl; AO is predominantly branched alkyleneoxy, particularly propyleneoxy; m is from 2 to 50; and R2 is H or a is C1 to C4 aliphatic hydrocarbyl or acyl, are used as fabric conditioners in CO2 based dry cleaning systems. The cleaning medium may include detergent surfactant and/or non surfactant cleaning additive or may be free from such additives in which case the treatment can be provided in a rinse cycle in a cleaning process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Croda International PLCInventors: Harold Russell Motson, Derek John Irvine, Steven Huntley
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Patent number: 8003591Abstract: Fatty branched polyalkoxylates, particularly of the formula: R1O(AO)mR2 (I) where R1 is C8 to C30 aliphatic hydrocarbyl or acyl; AO is predominantly branched alkyleneoxy, particularly propyleneoxy; m is from 2 to 50; and R2 is H or a is C1 to C4 aliphatic hydrocarbyl or acyl, are used as fabric conditioners in CO2 based dry cleaning systems. The cleaning medium may include detergent surfactant and/or non surfactant cleaning additive or may be free from such additives in which case the treatment can be provided in a rinse cycle in a cleaning process.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Croda International PLCInventors: Harold Russell Motson, Derek John Irvine, Steven Huntley
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Publication number: 20090126569Abstract: A protective screen is provided for use with air-handling devices, including air conditioners and evaporative coolers. In one aspect the protective screen is comprised of a generally flexible mesh material. The screen is secured around the exterior of the air-handling device, closely adjacent any inlet openings. One or more drawstrings are provided to fit the screen to the air-handling device and prevent unintentional removal therefrom. The protective screen may be periodically removed and cleaned prior to reuse.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventor: Harold Russell
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Patent number: 7514396Abstract: Detergent or micelle free cleaning media based on detergent free and/or micelle free liquid CO2 and including from 0.01 to 5% by weight of the formulation of a cleaning additive which is at least one multi-ester having a molecular weight of not more than 750 can be used in dry cleaning of textiles. Desirable cleaning additives are of the formula (1): R1(XR2)n where X, R1, R2, and n have defined meanings, particularly to be esters of multi-carboxylic acids and mono-hydroxy alcohols or esters of mono-carboxylic acids and multi-hydroxy alcohols.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2002Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Croda International PLCInventors: Harold Russell Motson, Derek John Irvine, Eric Appelman
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Patent number: 7481893Abstract: Cleaning media based on liquid CO2 and including from 0.01 to 5% by weight of the formulation of a cleaning additive which is at least one C6 to C24 hydrocarbyl ester of a multi-carboxylic acid can be used in dry cleaning of textiles. Desirable cleaning additives are of the formula (I): R1(CO2R2)n where R1 is the residue of a C1 to C10 hydrocarbyl group from which n hydrogen atoms have been removed, R2 is a C6 to C24 hydrocarbyl, particularly alkyl or alkenyl, group; and n is from 2 to 5; particularly C12 to C18 adipate esters.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Croda International PLCInventors: Harold Russell Motson, Derek John Irvine, Trevor Graham Blease
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Patent number: 7045132Abstract: The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. The invention also provides purified polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are antibodies which selectively binds the polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are vaccines comprising immunogenic polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2003Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, c/o Centers for Disease Control and PreventionInventors: Jacquelyn Sampson, Harold Russell, Jean A. Tharpe, Edwin W. Ades, George M. Carlone
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Patent number: 6984269Abstract: Substrates are cleaned by contacting the substrate with a cleaning composition, particularly an aqueous composition, including at least one compound of the formula (I): (R2)p—Ph—(CH2)m—COO—(AO)n—R1 (I) where R1, AO, n, M, Ph, R2 and p have defined meanings, particularly to give alkyl benzoates. Such compounds provide useful solvency to the cleaning formulations while having a relatively benign environmental profile.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventor: Harold Russell Motson
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Patent number: 6773880Abstract: The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. The invention also provides purified polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are antibodies which selectively binds the polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are vaccines comprising immunogenic polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2001Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Jacquelyn Sampson, Harold Russell, Jean A. Tharpe, Edwin W. Ades, George M. Carlone
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Publication number: 20030204074Abstract: The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. The invention also provides purified polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are antibodies which selectively binds the polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are vaccines comprising immunogenic polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventors: Jacquelyn Sampson, Harold Russell, Jean A, Tharpe, Edwin W. Ades, George M. Carlone
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Publication number: 20030148905Abstract: Substrates are cleaned by contacting the substrate with a cleaning composition, particularly an aqueous composition, including at least one compound of the formula (I): (R2)p—Ph—(CH2)m—COO—(AO)n—R1 (I) where R1, AO, n, M, Ph, R2 and p have defined meanings, particularly to give alkyl benzoates. Such compounds provide useful solvency to the cleaning formulations while having a relatively benign environmental profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Applicant: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventor: Harold Russell Motson
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Publication number: 20030105307Abstract: The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. The invention also provides purified polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are antibodies which selectively binds the polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are vaccines comprising immunogenic polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2001Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Jacquelyn Sampson, Harold Russell, Jean A. Tharpe, Edwin W. Ades, George M. Carlone
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Patent number: 6312944Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to pneumococcal fimbrial protein A. In particular, the present invention relates to a DNA segment encoding a pneumococcal fimbrial protein A gene; polypeptides encoded by said DNA segment; recombinant DNA molecules containing the DNA segment; cells containing the recombinant DNA molecule; a method of producing a pneumococcal fimbrial protein A polypeptide; antibodies specific to pneumococcal fimbrial protein A; and a method of measuring the amount of pneumococcal fimbrial protein A in a sample.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1994Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Harold Russell, Jacquelyn Sampson, Steven P. O'Connor
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Patent number: 6217884Abstract: The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. The invention also provides purified polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are antibodies which selectively binds the polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are vaccines comprising immunogenic polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Jacquelyn S. Sampson, Harold Russell, Jean A. Tharpe, Edwin W. Ades, George M. Carlone
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Patent number: 6070561Abstract: A valve actuator for an engine includes a pivot socket having a dome with an improved lubrication passage. The actuator may be a finger follower with a body having spaced side walls connected adjacent opposite ends by first and second transverse webs. A cam follower, preferably a roller, having a cam engaging surface is supported on the side walls between the opposite ends of the body. The first web is engagable with a valve while the second web has a pivot socket with a dome having a generally spherical lower recess for engaging a pivot and a domed upper surface adjacent to the follower cam engaging surface. A lubrication passage extends through the dome from the lower recess to the upper surface. The passage includes an inverted inner channel formed in the recess and having upwardly converging sides meeting at a peak, and a connecting outer channel formed in the domed upper surface and having downwardly converging sides meeting at a valley.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1999Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Cynthia Ann Greene, Shawn Harold Russell
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Patent number: 5854416Abstract: The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. The invention also provides purified polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are antibodies which selectively binds the polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are vaccines comprising immunogenic polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1996Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Jacquelyn S. Sampson, Harold Russell, Jean A. Tharpe, Edwin W. Ades, George M. Carlone
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Patent number: 5770550Abstract: Surfactants of the general formula (I): Y.A.sup.1.OC.(HR)C.C(HR.sup.1).CO.A.(C.sub.m H.sub.2m O).sub.n.R.sup.2 or (II): Y.A.sup.1.OC.(HR)C.C(HR.sup.1).CO.A.(C.sub.m H.sub.2m O).sub.n.C.sub.p H.sub.2p.A.CO.(HR.sup.1)C.C(HR)CO.A.sup.1.Y; where R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, A, A.sup.1, n, m, Y and p have defined meanings are effective in single phase aqueous surfactant compositions with high electrolyte loading, especially of or including alkali, particularly for hard surface cleaning applications. These surfactants do not need hydrotropes to give stable single phase compositions even with high electrolyte loadings and are resistant to hydrolytic degradation e.g. by strong alkali in such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventor: Harold Russell Motson
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Patent number: 5422427Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to pneumococcal fimbrial protein A. In particular, the present invention relates to a DNA segment encoding a pneumococcal fimbrial protein A gene; polypeptides encoded by said DNA segment; recombinant DNA molecules containing the DNA segment; cells containing the recombinant DNA molecule; a method of producing a pneumococcal fimbrial protein A polypeptide; antibodies specific to pneumococcal fimbrial protein A; and a method of measuring the amount of pneumococcal fimbrial protein A in a sample.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1991Date of Patent: June 6, 1995Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Harold Russell, Jacquelyn Sampson, Steven P. O'Connor