Patents by Inventor J. Lowe

J. Lowe 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: 20190209716
    Abstract: A method for producing a solution including a positron emitting zinc cation of 63Zn, and the method comprises bombarding a solution target including 63Cu with high energy protons to produce a solution including a positron emitting zinc cation. A method for detecting or ruling out Alzheimer's disease in a patient comprises administering to a patient a detectable amount of a compound including a positron emitting zinc cation, wherein the zinc cation is targeted to ?-amyloid in the patient, and acquiring an image to detect the presence or absence of ?-amyloid in the patient. A method for detecting or ruling out cancer in a patient comprises administering to a patient a detectable amount of a compound including a positron emitting zinc cation, wherein the zinc cation is targeted to tissue in the patient; and acquiring an image using a medical imaging technique to detect zinc distribution in tissue in the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy R. Degrado, Mukesh K. Pandey, Hendrik Petrus Engelbrecht, Val J. Lowe
  • Patent number: 10336286
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides filtration devices for use in automotive airbag applications and related methods. For example, a filtration device for use in automotive airbags can be provided that includes a body comprising at least one of a reticulated metal foam or a reticulated ceramic foam. In some embodiments, the body can have between about 35 pores per square inch and about 65 pores per square inch through which air passes that is generated upon activating a pyrotechnic charge in an air bag inflation mechanism. In some embodiments, the body can include interconnected struts that define pores within the body through which gas passes that is generated upon activating a pyrotechnic charge in an air bag inflation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Trafalgar Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Vernon J. Lowe
  • Publication number: 20190176743
    Abstract: Vehicle safety devices, heat shields used in such devices and related methods are provided. The heat shield for use in vehicle airbags can include a woven base substrate and a needlepunched nonwoven substrate comprising silicon-containing fibers. The needlepunched nonwoven can be needlepunched to the woven base substrate such that, when the heat shield is positioned within an interior space of an airbag, the needlepunched nonwoven substrate faces apertures of an inflator within the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Trafalgar Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Vernon J. Lowe
  • Patent number: 10279054
    Abstract: A method for producing a solution including a positron emitting zinc cation of 63Zn, and the method comprises bombarding a solution target including 63Cu with high energy protons to produce a solution including a positron emitting zinc cation. A method for detecting or ruling out Alzheimer's disease in a patient comprises administering to a patient a detectable amount of a compound including a positron emitting zinc cation, wherein the zinc cation is targeted to beta-amyloid in the patient, and acquiring an image to detect the presence or absence of beta-amyloid in the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Timothy R. Degrado, Mukesh K. Pandey, Hendrik Petrus Engelbrecht, Val J. Lowe
  • Publication number: 20190084519
    Abstract: Vehicle safety devices, seam tapes for use in safety airbags along with their methods of formation and use are provided. The vehicle safety device can comprise an airbag and a pyrotechnic device positioned within working proximity to an aperture defined in the airbag and configured to fill the interior space of the airbag with a gas upon ignition. The vehicle safety device can also comprise a seam tape positioned over the seam joining a first fabric section and a second fabric section of the airbag. The seam tape can be configured to melt enough to flow into the needle puncture holes formed along the seam upon ignition of the pyrotechnic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Vernon J. Lowe
  • Patent number: 10228467
    Abstract: A device and method for inspecting the deposition of hot melt onto an object to be assembled. A comparison is made between sensed images of the object after application of the hot melt and a predetermined standard to determine if the construction integrity of the object made with the hot melt is within the range established by the standard. Composite images from a sensor operating in the infrared band and another sensor reveal physical features of the object, as well as provide registration information about the placement of the hot melt on the assembled object. Composite images also present a way to visually ascertain ongoing or past production operations in order to trace problems with the raw material used for the object, as well as for the construction process of the object with the hot melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Valco Cincinnati, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Lowe, Graham T. Manders, Stelian N. Vasiu, James Brashear, Aiqiu Zuo, Denis Tran, Mehdi Bahrami
  • Patent number: 10197285
    Abstract: A wall assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This wall assembly includes a support shell with a contoured region; and a multiple of liner panels mounted to the support shell. At least one of the multiple of liner panels includes an end rail. The contoured region is deformable to selectively contact at least a portion of the end rail. A method of assembling a wall assembly within a gas turbine engine is also provided. This method includes locating a stud that extends from a cold side of a liner panel through a support shell; and attaching a fastener onto the stud to at least partially close a gap defined between the panel and shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Bangerter, Thomas R. Russo, Russell B. Hanson, Kevin J. Low
  • Patent number: 10113646
    Abstract: Fire retardant dryer seals and related methods are provided herein. A fire retardant dryer seal can include an elongate, flexible base substrate having a first end and a second end. The base substrate can also have a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first end and the second end of the base substrate secured together so that the base substrate forms at least a portion of an annular shape. A heat resistant coating disposed on at least the first surface of the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Felters of South Carolina, LLC
    Inventors: Vernon J. Lowe, James Justice, Christina D. Viets
  • Publication number: 20180274159
    Abstract: High temperature dryer door seals and related methods are disclosed herein. Such a dryer door seal can include an outer substrate forming an interior cavity. The outer substrate is deformable upon compression and can have a shape to provide a tight seal between a dryer door and a bulkhead of the dryer. The dryer door seal can also include an inner substrate residing the interior cavity of the outer substrate that permits the outer substrate to deform upon compression between a dryer door and a bulkhead of the dryer. The dryer door seal can further include a heat resistant coating disposed on at least one surface of the inner substrate that expands at temperatures above an activation temperature. The outer substrate can include a polymer that has a melting point below the activation temperature at which the heat resistant coating is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Trafalgar Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Vernon J. Lowe
  • Publication number: 20180274160
    Abstract: High temperature dryer seals and related methods are provided. A High temperature dryer seal can include a first substrate having first and second ends and first and second sides. The first substrate can include a low-melt polymer. The first end and the second end of the first substrate can secured together so that the first base substrate forms at least a portion of an annular shape. The dryer seal can also include a second substrate secured to the first substrate at the second side of the first substrate. The second base substrate can include a high temperature material that has a higher melting point than the low-melt polymer of the first substrate. The dryer seal also includes a heat resistant coating attached to the second base substrate with the heat resistant coating being activated at a temperature that is higher than a melting point of the low-melt polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Vernon J. Lowe
  • Publication number: 20180251823
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting chemical and biological agents using oligonucleotide aptamers. A sensor includes a detection aptamer that has a binding domain for the chemical or biological agent, and is bound to fibers of a textile such as a patch or article of clothing. The detection aptamer can be stabilized and enhanced through a stabilization agent such as trehalose or through binding to a nanoparticle which is then bound to the fiber. Binding of the chemical and biological agent of interest to the detection aptamer can be reported to the user or wearer of the textile in a variety of ways, including visually and electrically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: SRC, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam J. Lowe
  • Publication number: 20180209652
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle for a combustor a gas turbine engine includes a flange with a first locator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin J. Low, Joey Wong, Chris J. Niggemeier
  • Patent number: 9982292
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting chemical and biological agents using oligonucleotide aptamers. A sensor includes a detection aptamer that has a binding domain for the chemical or biological agent, and is bound to fibers of a textile such as a patch or article of clothing. The detection aptamer can be stabilized and enhanced through a stabilization agent such as trehalose or through binding to a nanoparticle which is then bound to the fiber. Binding of the chemical and biological agent of interest to the detection aptamer can be reported to the user or wearer of the textile in a variety of ways, including visually and electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SRC, INC.
    Inventor: Adam J. Lowe
  • Patent number: 9970705
    Abstract: Fire retardant dryer seals and related methods are provided herein. A fire retardant dryer seal can include a first base substrate having a first end and a second end. At least a portion of the first base substrate can include a low-melt polymer with the first base substrate forming contact surfaces of the dryer seal for contacting portions of a dryer when installed in the dryer. The first end and the second end of the first base substrate can be secured together so that the first base substrate forms at least a portion of an annular shape. The fire retardant dryer seal can also include a heat resistant coating disposed on the dryer seal that does not comprise the contact surfaces of the first base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Felters of South Carolina, LLC
    Inventor: Vernon J. Lowe
  • Publication number: 20180128373
    Abstract: Bearings for fire retardant dryer seals, fire retardant dryer seals, and related methods are provided herein. A fire retardant dryer seal can include an elongate, flexible base substrate having a first end and a second end. The base substrate can also have a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A fire retardant dryer seal can include a bearing having a first end and a second end with the bearing including a needlepunched nonwoven having a reinforced scrim and fibers with silicon therein. The first end and the second end of the base substrate secured to the first end and the second end of the bearing so that the bearing and the base substrate forms an annular shape. A heat resistant coating can be disposed on at least the first surface of the base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Felters of South Carolina, LLC
    Inventor: Vernon J. Lowe
  • Patent number: 9936816
    Abstract: Fire resistant mattresses, fire resistant mattress cover materials and related methods are provided. The fire resistant mattress cover material for use as an outer layer on a mattress can include a three-dimensional knit fabric. In some embodiments, the three-dimensional knit fabric can include a first layer comprising fire resistant corespun yarns, which can be glass reinforced continuous multifilament micro denier yarns, that form a fire resistant barrier when exposed to at least one of heat or flame and a second layer comprising polymer filament yarns. The three-dimensional knit fabric can also include a middle layer between the first layer and the second layer. The middle layer can include monofilament polymer yarns knitted to provide structural support and space between the first layer and the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Trafalgar Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Vernon J. Lowe
  • Patent number: 9928596
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting motion in an imaging system. A time series of volumetric images of a region of interest are captured at the imaging system. Each volumetric image of the time series of volumetric images is captured as a series of two-dimensional slices of the region of interest. A representative value is calculated for each voxel to create a representative volumetric dataset representing the region of interest. For each slice of the series of two-dimensional slices, a simulated volumetric time series is generated, including time series data for the slice and the calculated representative value at all times for the other slices of the series of two-dimensional slices. A volumetric registration is performed on each of the simulated volumetric time series to provide a set of estimated motion parameters for the slice associated with the simulated volumetric time series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Erik B. Beall, Mark J. Lowe
  • Patent number: 9873171
    Abstract: A method for holding a sintering filler material during a brazing/sintering operation for repairing a damaged area of a component wherein the component is in either a bonding face down position, bonding face vertical position or bonding face up position. The method includes providing a wire mesh and attaching the wire mesh to the component in a location corresponding to the damaged area. Further, the method includes forming a gap between the wire mesh and the component. Moreover, the sintering filler material may be inside the wire mesh or both inside and outside the wire mesh in order to secure the sintering filler material to the damaged area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Hang Li, Mark A. Garcia, Somesh J. Ghunakikar, William J. Lowe
  • Patent number: 9863032
    Abstract: Herein, an improved technique for processing a substrate is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be achieved using a mask for processing the substrate. The mask may be incorporated into a substrate processing system such as, for example, an ion implantation system. The mask may comprise one or more first apertures disposed in a first row; and one or more second apertures disposed in a second row, each row extending along a width direction of the mask, wherein the one or more first apertures and the one or more second apertures are non-uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Daniels, Russell J. Low, Nicholas P. T. Bateman, Benjamin B. Riordon
  • Patent number: 9860055
    Abstract: A method of implementing large number multiplication and exponentiation is provided upon a general purpose microprocessor. These large number multiplication and exponentiation processes being common to cryptography standards such as RSA and AES that typically employ numbers with 512-bits, 1024-bits, and 2048-bits. According to the invention the method establishes the size of the large number processes according to value stored within a control register, this control register and other registers storing data are configured according to this value and accessed as N-bit registers (i.e. as 1024-bit registers for 1024-bit encryption. Additionally, the multiplication and exponentiation processes are handled according to the size of an arithmetic primitive, which is established according to the hardware configuration upon which the process is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil F. Hamilton, Arthur J. Low