Patents by Inventor J. Gray

J. Gray 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: 10405473
    Abstract: A tillage apparatus for selective primary tillage and seed bed preparation makes use of a selectively moveable primary tillage shank to provide seasonal, in-field and/or on-the-fly flexibility of tillage operation. The tillage apparatus has a cultivator frame, at least one secondary tillage tool mounted on the frame and a primary tillage shank mounted on the frame, the primary tillage shank selectively moveable between a lowered soil engaging position and a raised disengaged position. In a method of tilling or preparing a seed bed, the tillage apparatus is dragged around a field with the at least one secondary tillage tool engaged with the field when secondary tillage of the field is desired, and the selectively moveable primary tillage shank lowered to be engaged with the field when the field is in need of primary tillage or raised to be disengaged from the field when primary tillage is not desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, Simon Goveia, John Mark Averink
  • Publication number: 20190159395
    Abstract: An angle adjustable coulter wheel assembly includes a rotatable shank having a longitudinal axis defined by an upper portion of the shank. The longitudinal axis is oriented neither vertically or horizontally with respect to the ground when the assembly is mounted on a tillage apparatus. A coulter wheel rotatably mounted on the shank proximate a lower portion of the shank. An actuator rotates the upper portion of the shank about the longitudinal axis to cause the face of the coulter wheel to rotate about three orthogonal axes thereby changing orientation of the face of the coulter wheel with respect to the ground when the assembly is on the tillage apparatus. The coulter wheel assembly permits adjusting the angle of the coulter wheel in at least two planes permitting greater control over how much soil the coulter wheel disturbs during tilling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Salford Group Inc.
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Jake A. Rozendaal, Frens Hoeve, Simon Goveia
  • Publication number: 20190150356
    Abstract: An apparatus for distributing particulate material has a plurality of independently weighed hoppers from which particulate materials are metered into a common collector and distributed to the environment with a common venture air system. Metering devices associated with at least two of the hoppers may be oriented in a face-to-face configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Bradley William Baker, Jesse Abram Dyck, Arie Frank Bulk
  • Publication number: 20190147430
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for customizing payment sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Shuohui Chen, David L. Neumann, Eric J. Gray, Fei Gao, Lincoln L. Barker, Michael K. Chu, Payam Mirrashidi, Timothy Russo, Todd J. Fitzgerald, Wayne A. Yap, Yichen Liu, Yu Liu, Bilung Lee, Mingzhu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190122401
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating vascular flow using CT imaging include a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to acquire a first set of data comprising anatomical information of an imaging subject, the anatomical information comprises information of at least one vessel. The instructions further cause the computer to process the anatomical information to generate an image volume comprising the at least one vessel, generate hemodynamic information based on the image volume, and acquire a second set of data of the imaging subject. The computer is also caused to generate an image comprising the hemodynamic information in combination with a visualization based on the second set of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Robert F. Senzig, Ravikanth Avancha, Bijan Dorri, Sandeep Dutta, Steven J. Gray, Jiang Hsieh, John Irvin Jackson, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Paul Edgar Licato, Darin Robert Okerlund, Toshihiro Rifu, Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Basel Taha, Peter Michael Edic, Jerome Knoplioch, Rahul Bhotika
  • Publication number: 20190102779
    Abstract: A customer interfacing with a credential manager may be enabled to request and obtain securely from the credential manager additional details related to a service transaction previously effected between the customer and a service provider using a customer transaction credential managed by the credential manager. To obtain such a detailed customer receipt for presentation to a customer, the credential manager may provide an authenticatable customer receipt request to the service provider that may include certain information indicative of an active session between the credential manager and an authenticated customer and/or certain information indicative of a trusted relationship between the credential manager and service provider. When a request is authenticated, the service provider may provide a detailed customer receipt to the credential manager in a format that may be presented to the customer but that may not be used by the credential manager to easily access details conveyed by the receipt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Chunlai Ma, Eric J. Gray, Fei Gao, David L. Neumann, Xinyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190095980
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for facilitating delivery of a digital notification of a physical product to inform a recipient of the identity of the physical product. A digital notification may inform the recipient of the identity of a physical product ordered for the recipient by a sender. A digital unwrapping trigger may be utilized to ensure that the recipient is authorized to view the identity of the digital product. For example, the digital notification may not identify the identity of the physical product until a particular date has passed (e.g., a holiday or birthday), until the recipient performs a certain task, or until the recipient meets a certain goal. In response to the trigger occurring, the digital notification may be enabled for viewing of the identity of the physical product. The physical delivery of the product may be coordinated with delivery of the digital notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: J. Gray Sandridge
  • Patent number: 10238022
    Abstract: An angle adjustable coulter wheel assembly includes a rotatable shank having a longitudinal axis defined by an upper portion of the shank. The longitudinal axis is oriented neither vertically or horizontally with respect to the ground when the assembly is mounted on a tillage apparatus. A coulter wheel rotatably mounted on the shank proximate a lower portion of the shank. An actuator rotates the upper portion of the shank about the longitudinal axis to cause the face of the coulter wheel to rotate about three orthogonal axes thereby changing orientation of the face of the coulter wheel with respect to the ground when the assembly is on the tillage apparatus. The coulter wheel assembly permits adjusting the angle of the coulter wheel in at least two planes permitting greater control over how much soil the coulter wheel disturbs during tilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Salford Group Inc.
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Jake A. Rozendaal, Frenz Hoeve, Simon Goveia
  • Patent number: 10231377
    Abstract: A metering apparatus for distributing an agricultural product in a field has a meterbox configured for association with a hopper for receiving agricultural product from the hopper. A rotatable metering element is disposed within a chamber in the meterbox, and the rotating metering element is configured to deliver the agricultural product at a regulated rate from the hopper through the chamber to a product distribution line. Delivery of the agricultural product to the product distribution line may be selectively stopped by a disengagement structure for disengaging the agricultural product from the meter roller while the meter roller continues to rotate. The disengagement structure may comprise the meter roller moveable between a lowered product engaging position and a raised product disengaging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, Mikhail Rodionov, John Mark Averink, Johan Braun Friesen, Jesse Abram Dyck
  • Patent number: 10225973
    Abstract: A tine harrow has a plurality of harrow tines mounted on and downwardly depending from a harrow frame. The tines are configured to be movable between a lowered position and a raised position, and at least one tine lowerable or raiseable to a different relative position in relation to a surface of a field than others of the tines. The ability to lower and raise individual tines or rows of tines to different positions in relation to a surface of a field provides more effective response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions. The positions to which individual tines or rows of tines are lowered or raised may be selectively set to further enhance effectiveness of the response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Salford Group Inc.
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Jonathan Gillier, Bradley William Baker
  • Patent number: 10221119
    Abstract: Methods, systems and catalysts for converting an alcohol containing feedstock to an upgraded material in a single catalyst bed wherein a feedstock is fed to a catalyst under preselected conditions to obtain an intermediate; and condensing the intermediate through an aldol condensation reaction to yield a product containing an upgraded material. In one instance the feedstock includes ethanol, the catalyst is a mixed metal oxide catalyst and the upgraded material is typically a C5+ ketone(s) or alcohol(s), such as 2-pentanone, 2-heptanone, 4-heptanone and 2-nonanone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy, Michel J. Gray, Carlos A. Alvarez-Vasco, Mond F. Guo, Senthil Subramaniam
  • Publication number: 20190031585
    Abstract: A method and catalyst for forming higher alcohols from lower alcohol feedstocks. In one application a highly selective and stable copper pseudo-single-atom supported on MgO—Al2O3 catalyst is provided which provides ethanol condensation to higher alcohols at ˜50% yields and ˜85% selectivity is demonstrated with stable catalyst lifetime over 500 hours in a continuous flow system. In some applications a Guerbet condensation process is further utilized to yield a higher alcohol at a selectivity of near ˜90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Karthikeyan K. Ramasamy, Mond F. Guo, Michel J. Gray, Senthil Subramaniam
  • Patent number: 10186056
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating vascular flow using CT imaging include a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to acquire a first set of data comprising anatomical information of an imaging subject, the anatomical information comprises information of at least one vessel. The instructions further cause the computer to process the anatomical information to generate an image volume comprising the at least one vessel, generate hemodynamic information based on the image volume, and acquire a second set of data of the imaging subject. The computer is also caused to generate an image comprising the hemodynamic information in combination with a visualization based on the second set of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert F. Senzig, Ravikanth Avancha, Bijan Dorri, Sandeep Dutta, Steven J. Gray, Jiang Hsieh, John Irvin Jackson, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Paul Edgar Licato, Darin Robert Okerlund, Toshihiro Rifu, Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Basel Taha, Peter Michael Edic, Jerome Knoplioch, Rahul Bhotika
  • Publication number: 20180349887
    Abstract: Customer data is securely downloaded to a browser toolbar by performing a check to determine whether a request for customer data includes a request for personal identifiable information requiring encryption by a public encryption key generated by the browser toolbar. The customer is authenticated based on a set of a user credential and an account specific access credential. The account specific access credential is associated with the account of the customer. Requested personal identifiable information is encrypted using the public encryption key generated by the browser toolbar. Encrypted personal identifiable information is transmitted to the browser toolbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Blayn W. Beenau, Amy A. Glavasich, William J. Gray, Leigh R. Malnati, Cathy A. McGarity, Danielle R. Nulle, Sevia N. Phillips
  • Patent number: 10137951
    Abstract: A trailer has a frame having frame-members configured to support a container, at least a pair of traction devices rotatably mounted on the frame, and a tongue configured to be mounted on a transportation device or an implement being towed by a transportation device. The frame-members may have a three-point mount configured to support a container. The container may be configured to be interchangeable with another container. The container may be an element of a seeding apparatus, the seeding apparatus mountable on the frame-members of the frame. The trailer may have a steering mechanism for the traction devices, and may be convertible between steerable and non-steerable modes. The steering mechanism may be guidance controlled. A transverse distance between the traction devices may be adjustable and/or height of the frame in relation to the ground may be adjustable. The trailer provides greater flexibility of operation under a greater variety of conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Salford Group Inc.
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Jacobus A. Rozendaal, Bradley William Baker, Chad Derek Pasma
  • Patent number: 10127781
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for vandalism detection in a personal communication structure (PCS) are described. The PCS may include one or more vandalism detection systems which may be located in different system compartments of the PCS. Each vandalism detection system may include (or being communicatively coupled to) an accelerometer and may be able to differentiate forces associated with acts of vandalism from other forces. The vandalism detection systems may transmit alerts with accompanying data to a remote entity. The data allows for an appropriate response to the alert. The alert may be transmitted to a remote security center over a wired or wireless communications system. The controller may transmit the alert again or to other locations if an acknowledgement is not received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Civiq Smartscapes, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle R. Bowers, Kenneth J. Gray, Benjamin M. Lawler, Benjamin P. Lee, Parag N. Shah
  • Patent number: 10117373
    Abstract: A tine harrow has a plurality of harrow tines mounted on and downwardly depending from a harrow frame. The tines are configured to be moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, and at least one tine lowerable or raiseable to a different relative position in relation to a surface of a field than others of the tines. The ability to lower and raise individual tines or rows of tines to different positions in relation to a surface of a field provides more effective response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions. The positions to which individual tines or rows of tines are lowered or raised may be selectively set to further enhance effectiveness of the response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Salford Group Inc.
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Jonathan Gillier, Bradley William Baker
  • Publication number: 20180295768
    Abstract: A tine harrow has a plurality of harrow tines mounted on and downwardly depending from a harrow frame. The tines are configured to be movable between a lowered position and a raised position, and at least one tine lowerable or raiseable to a different relative position in relation to a surface of a field than others of the tines. The ability to lower and raise individual tines or rows of tines to different positions in relation to a surface of a field provides more effective response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions. The positions to which individual tines or rows of tines are lowered or raised may be selectively set to further enhance effectiveness of the response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Salford Group Inc.
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Jonathan Gillier, Bradley William Baker
  • Patent number: 10096056
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for facilitating delivery of a digital notification of a physical product to inform a recipient of the identity of the physical product. A digital notification may inform the recipient of the identity of a physical product ordered for the recipient by a sender. A digital unwrapping trigger may be utilized to ensure that the recipient is authorized to view the identity of the digital product. For example, the digital notification may not identify the identity of the physical product until a particular date has passed (e.g., a holiday or birthday), until the recipient performs a certain task, or until the recipient meets a certain goal. In response to the trigger occurring, the digital notification may be enabled for viewing of the identity of the physical product. The physical delivery of the product may be coordinated with delivery of the digital notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventor: J. Gray Sandridge
  • Patent number: D836138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Inventors: John Mark Averink, Geof J. Gray, Adam Lehman, Andrew Headon, Matthew Mayer, Jacobus A. Rozendaal