Patents by Inventor Howard A. Frank

Howard A. Frank 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).

  • Publication number: 20220382580
    Abstract: A system and method are described that receive from a client device a request for information associated with a digital automation. An automation type associated with the digital automation is determined, and based on the automation type, a workflow is retrieved. The workflow manages a lifecycle of the digital automation. One or more workflow components associated with the workflow are retrieved, and a user interface based on the workflow and the workflow components is generated. The user interface includes information associated with the digital automation. The user interface is provided to the client device in response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Howard Frank, Gary Lueking, Teri Marie Thompson, Arthi Bhat, Madhuri Medarametla, Jennifer Ilanit Gibli, Douglas T. Connor, Nathane D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10955079
    Abstract: A pressure fluctuations mitigation system for an industrial flow operation is provided. The system includes a bellows assembly positioned within a pressure vessel. The bellows assembly can include two segments that are joined with a center ring to form a seal that allows the bellows assembly performs as would a unitary bellows structure. The bellows assembly encloses an internal space that is fluidically isolated from the interior space of the pressure vessel. The bellows assembly has a corrugated sidewall that extends along a longitudinal axis from a first collar portion to a second collar portion. The sidewall has a hollow cylindrical shape and is made of polytetrafluoroethylene. The sidewall has an outer diameter of more than 18 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: BLACOH FLUID CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventors: James Stanley Burke, Matthew O'Hagan, Frank Knowles Smith, III, Howard Frank
  • Publication number: 20200300400
    Abstract: A pressure fluctuations mitigation system for an industrial flow operation is provided. The system includes a bellows assembly positioned within a pressure vessel. The bellows assembly can include two segments that are joined with a center ring to form a seal that allows the bellows assembly performs as would a unitary bellows structure. The bellows assembly encloses an internal space that is fluidically isolated from the interior space of the pressure vessel. The bellows assembly has a corrugated sidewall that extends along a longitudinal axis from a first collar portion to a second collar portion. The sidewall has a hollow cylindrical shape and is made of polytetrafluoroethylene. The sidewall has an outer diameter of more than 18 inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: James Stanley Burke, Matthew O'Hagan, Frank Knowles Smith, III, Howard Frank
  • Publication number: 20070069039
    Abstract: An alarm system for an indoor Christmas tree comprises a temperature sensor located on the tree or in proximity to the tree, an excessive-temperature detection circuit connected to the sensor and producing an excessive-temperature output signal when the sensed temperature exceeds a predetermined limit, and an alarm receiving the excessive-temperature output signal and producing an alarm indicating that the predetermined temperature limit has been exceeded. The excessive-temperature detection circuit and the alarm are located remotely from the tree, are powered by a standard power distribution system of the building in which the tree is located, and are connected to the temperature sensor at the tree by wires. An alarm may also be produced in response to an open circuit or a short circuit in the wires connecting the excessive-temperature detection circuit to the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: John DeCosmo, Kenneth Pabst, Brian Gleason, Howard Frank, Bernard Gershen
  • Patent number: 4312043
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting a defective distributor is shown. The apparatus includes an input system providing the time of each cylinder firing after an initial firing of cylinder #1. A processor then determines the deviation between the actual time of firing and an optimum time thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: Sun Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Howard Frank, John W. Swafford, Jr., Perry Farazi, Arvind M. Patel, Cheuk-Wah Chan, Edward J. Dohnal, Clark S. Wang, Ashokkumar D. Mehta
  • Patent number: 4083471
    Abstract: A frangible top can has a top containing a laminated, two layer insert which comprises an upper plate containing a scored area and a lower plate having an opening. A depression, formed in the upper plate, fits snugly into the opening, which is formed in the lower plate. Thus, the depression may act as a stopper for the opening, when the can is resealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Interfrange Ltd.
    Inventor: Howard A. Frank
  • Patent number: 4058128
    Abstract: An electrode useful inter alia for secure and reliable implantation in a human heart which has a barb element sharp in one longitudinal direction and dull in the other, and a placement element alongside the barb and spaced a predetermined distance from it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Inventors: Howard A. Frank, Paul M. Zoll
  • Patent number: D675721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Blacoh Fluid Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard Frank
  • Patent number: D675722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Blacoh Fluid Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard Frank