Patents by Inventor Jack A. Smith
Jack A. Smith 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: 20250177917Abstract: A system and method recover process gas from a source volume at a source pressure to a destination volume at an equal or greater pressure. A regulation process receive the process gas from the source volume and steps down the pressure. Each regulation uses one or more stage each using a pressure control valve for pressure step down and a heat exchanger for reheating the process gas thereafter. A gas scrubber receives the process gas from the regulation stages and collecting liquid from the process gas. A compression process receives the process gas from the gas scrubber and steps up the intermediate pressure to a final pressure. The compression can use one or more compression stages, each having a compression cycle for pressure step up and a heat exchanger for cooling the process gas thereafter. A discharge vessel receives the process gas from the compression process and discharges the process gas at the final pressure to the destination volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2025Publication date: June 5, 2025Inventors: Adam Scott Murray, Eric Heinle, Jack A. Smith, William Stratton
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Publication number: 20240109030Abstract: A system and method recover process gas from a source volume at a source pressure to a destination volume at an equal or greater pressure. A regulation process receive the process gas from the source volume and steps down the pressure. Each regulation uses one or more stage each using a pressure control valve for pressure step down and a heat exchanger for reheating the process gas thereafter. A gas scrubber receives the process gas from the regulation stages and collecting liquid from the process gas. A compression process receives the process gas from the gas scrubber and steps up the intermediate pressure to a final pressure. The compression can use one or more compression stages, each having a compression cycle for pressure step up and a heat exchanger for cooling the process gas thereafter. A discharge vessel receives the process gas from the compression process and discharges the process gas at the final pressure to the destination volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Adam Scott Murray, Eric Heinle, Jack A. Smith, William Stratton
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Patent number: 11890574Abstract: A system and method recover process gas from a source volume at a source pressure to a destination volume at an equal or greater pressure. A regulation process receive the process gas from the source volume and steps down the pressure. Each regulation uses one or more stage each using a pressure control valve for pressure step down and a heat exchanger for reheating the process gas thereafter. A gas scrubber receives the process gas from the regulation stages and collecting liquid from the process gas. A compression process receives the process gas from the gas scrubber and steps up the intermediate pressure to a final pressure. The compression can use one or more compression stages, each having a compression cycle for pressure step up and a heat exchanger for cooling the process gas thereafter. A discharge vessel receives the process gas from the compression process and discharges the process gas at the final pressure to the destination volume.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: WELDFIT LLCInventors: Adam Scott Murray, Eric Heinle, Jack A. Smith, William Stratton
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Patent number: 11655978Abstract: A high turn down ratio flare tip assembly, that allows for both low and high flowrate and pressure flows using a single flare. The flare assembly comprising a nozzle tube connected to the waste stream fuel inlet at one end. The other end of the flare tip assembly providing a seat for a conical structure with flow through orifices/ports that allow the waste stream to flow therethrough during low pressure operation. The conical structure connected to one end of a connecting rod, the connecting rod extending longitudinally downward through the nozzle tube and connected to a spring assembly. The flare tip assembly is designed to allow low flow and pressure to pass through the cone orifices, and during high flow and pressure operation, the cone is unseated from the nozzle tube, allowing the waste stream to flow therethrough. The flare tip assembly also includes a slotted/holed shroud that allows for smokeless combustion of the waste stream during high flow and pressure conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: MONEYHUN EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICES CO.Inventors: Jesse S. Chambers, Simon Scott Fuentes, Jack A. Smith, Sammie Jo Van Grinsven, Zhili Qin
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Publication number: 20220314165Abstract: A system and method recover process gas from a source volume at a source pressure to a destination volume at an equal or greater pressure. A regulation process receive the process gas from the source volume and steps down the pressure. Each regulation uses one or more stage each using a pressure control valve for pressure step down and a heat exchanger for reheating the process gas thereafter. A gas scrubber receives the process gas from the regulation stages and collecting liquid from the process gas. A compression process receives the process gas from the gas scrubber and steps up the intermediate pressure to a final pressure. The compression can use one or more compression stages, each having a compression cycle for pressure step up and a heat exchanger for cooling the process gas thereafter. A discharge vessel receives the process gas from the compression process and discharges the process gas at the final pressure to the destination volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Adam Scott Murray, Eric Heinle, Jack A. Smith, William Stratton
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Patent number: 11029026Abstract: A high turn down ratio flare tip assembly, that allows for both low and high flowrate and pressure flows using a single flare. The flare assembly comprising a nozzle tube connected to the waste stream fuel inlet at one end. The other end of the flare tip assembly providing a seat for a conical structure with flow through orifices/ports that allow the waste stream to flow therethrough during low pressure operation. The conical structure connected to one end of a connecting rod, the connecting rod extending longitudinally downward through the nozzle tube and connected to a spring assembly. The flare tip assembly is designed to allow low flow and pressure to pass through the cone orifices, and during high flow and pressure operation, the cone is unseated from the nozzle tube, allowing the waste stream to flow therethrough. The flare tip assembly also includes a slotted/holed shroud that allows for smokeless combustion of the waste stream during high flow and pressure conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Moneyhun Equipment Sales & Service Co.Inventors: Jesse S. Chambers, Simon Scott Fuentes, Jack A. Smith, Sammie Jo Van Grinsven, Zhili Qin
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Publication number: 20200256327Abstract: A fluid pumping system may include an engine, an electric generator, an electrically driven pump, and a first electrical resistance heating element. The engine may drive the generator, and the generator may supply power to the electrically driven pump and the electrical resistance heating element. The first electrical resistance heating element may be positioned to apply heat to fluid pumped by the electrically driven pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Applied Cryo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam G. Van de Mortel, Randy L. Black, Jack A. Smith
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Patent number: 9807576Abstract: A base station (103) assigns a set of mobile stations (101) to a group wherein the group will share a set of radio resources (770). A shared control channel information element (501) is sent to the group of mobile stations (101) and provides a bitmap having fields for group ordering (511), resource allocations (530), continuation resources (540) for HARQ, and an ordering pattern (513). If a mobile station requires retransmission it will access the resources indicated by the continuation resources field (54) in order to receive data. The HARQ blocks may be assigned to a mobile station based upon an index (601) which may correspond to the mobile station vocoder rate. Further, HARQ subgroups may be defined to associate subgroups of mobile stations with specific HARQ transmission opportunities on the super-frame and allocated by a rotating bitmap.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Jack A. Smith, Hao Bi, Sean M. Mcbeath, James M. O'connor, Danny Pinckley, John D. Reed
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Publication number: 20150256983Abstract: A base station (103) assigns a set of mobile stations (101) to a group wherein the group will share a set of radio resources (770). A shared control channel information element (501) is sent to the group of mobile stations (101) and provides a bitmap having fields for group ordering (511), resource allocations (530), continuation resources (540) for HARQ, and an ordering pattern (513). If a mobile station requires retransmission it will access the resources indicated by the continuation resources field (54) in order to receive data. The HARQ blocks may be assigned to a mobile station based upon an index (601) which may correspond to the mobile station vocoder rate. Further, HARQ subgroups may be defined to associate subgroups of mobile stations with specific HARQ transmission opportunities on the super-frame and allocated by a rotating bitmap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Jack A. Smith, Hao Bi, Sean M. Mcbeath, James M. O'connor, Danny Pinckley, John D. Reed
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Patent number: 9065651Abstract: A base station (103) assigns a set of mobile stations (101) to a group wherein the group will share a set of radio resources (770). A shared control channel information element (501) is sent to the group of mobile stations (101) and provides a bitmap having fields for group ordering (511), resource allocations (530), continuation resources (540) for HARQ, and an ordering pattern (513). If a mobile station requires retransmission it will access the resources indicated by the continuation resources field (54) in order to receive data. The HARQ blocks may be assigned to a mobile station based upon an index (601) which may correspond to the mobile station vocoder rate. Further, HARQ subgroups may be defined to associate subgroups of mobile stations with specific HARQ transmission opportunities on the super-frame and allocated by a rotating bitmap.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2006Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Jack A. Smith, Hao Bi, Sean M. McBeath, James M. O'Connor, Danny T. Pinckley, John D. Reed
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Patent number: 8923321Abstract: A base station (103) assigns a set of mobile stations (101) to a group wherein the group will share a set of radio resources (710). A shared control channel information element (501) is sent to the group of mobile stations (101) and provides a bitmap having fields for group ordering (511), resource allocations (530), failure handling resources (540), and an ordering pattern (513). If a mobile station fails to decode the shared control channel information element (501) it will access the failure handling resources in order to receive data. The failure handling channel may be persistent in some embodiments, or may be released after the mobile station is once again able to decode the shared control channel information element (501) and thereby share in the shared resource pool allocated to its mobile station group.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Jack A. Smith, Hao Bi, Sean M. McBeath, James M. O'Connor, Danny T. Pinckley, John D. Reed
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Patent number: 8379622Abstract: The PDCAB packet (300) and the RRA packet (308) are transmitted together on the F-SCCH. For example, 9 RRA bits (305) are appended to the PDCAB field (303), in place of the pad bits (205), thereby allowing both the PDCAB (303) and RRA (311) messages to be protected against errors by a 16-bit CRC (307). In accordance with the embodiments, a receiver is able to distinguish between the varying PDCAB (303) and RRA (305) message formats and transmitting the packets (300) and (308) together is a normal mode of operation in the embodiments. Therefore, in accordance with the embodiments, when the PDCAB packet (300) and RRA packet (308) are transmitted together, the network replaces the N PDCAB pad bits, such as pad bits (205), with the first N bits from the RRA bitmap (311), in order to use the nominal CRC length for both packets (300) and (308).Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2007Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Sean M. McBeath, Hao Bi, John D. Reed, Jack A. Smith
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Patent number: 8380540Abstract: A method is described for reducing medication purchasing costs for a member of a pharmaceutical benefits plan. A member's currently prescribed medications are analyzed, and at least one substitute medication is recommended for the analyzed medication, this recommendation is based the member's pharmaceutical benefit plan. In response to the recommendation, the system receives at least one of an authorization and selection of a substitute medication. Approval for this medication is requested from the member's doctor. Further, the requested approval is sent along with a plurality of other medication substitution requests. The responses are processed to complete the substitution of the medication for the member. The member is informed that the substitute medication was approved for their purchase.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Medco Health Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jack A. Smith, Thomas E. Feitel, Brian W. Cavanagh, Vicente L. Caride, Giovanni C. Minardi, Shannon Sue Scullin, John E. Gobinski
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Patent number: 8249607Abstract: A wireless communication infrastructure entity assigns a plurality of schedulable wireless communication entities to a group wherein each entity is assigned a location within the group. The infrastructure entity indicates which of the plurality of schedulable wireless communication entities assigned to the group have been assigned a radio resource, for example in a first bitmap (510), and indicates radio resource allocation policy information (520) and indicates a weighting for each assigned wireless communication entity, for example, in a second bitmap (530), to the schedulable wireless communication entities that have been assigned a radio resource.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Sean M. McBeath, Hao Bi, Danny T. Pinckley, John D. Reed, Jack A. Smith
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Patent number: 8194696Abstract: A communication system distributes, in the time domain, acknowledgment transmissions by a group of access terminals sharing a same time domain resource. A position of one or more access terminals in the group of access terminals is determined and each of the one or more access terminals then sends an acknowledgment transmission, such as an acknowledgment or negative acknowledgement, in a time slot that is N time slots after the shared time domain resource, where N is a function of the position of the access terminal in the group of access terminals.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Sean M. McBeath, Danny T. Pinckley, John D. Reed, Jack A. Smith
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Patent number: 7944866Abstract: A wireless communication infrastructure entity transmits an offset to a packet format table to a wireless terminal. The wireless terminal uses the received offset to determine the transmission characteristics for packets received from the wireless communication infrastructure entity.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2008Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Sean M. McBeath, Hao Bi, John D. Reed, Jack A. Smith
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Patent number: 7734483Abstract: A method is described for reducing medication purchasing costs for a member of a pharmaceutical benefits plan. A member's currently prescribed medications are analyzed, and at least one substitute medication is recommended for the analyzed medication, this recommendation is based the member's pharmaceutical benefit plan. In response to the recommendation, the system receives at least one of an authorization and selection of a substitute medication. Approval for this medication is requested from the member's doctor. Further, the requested approval is sent along with a plurality of other medication substitution requests. The responses are processed to complete the substitution of the medication for the member. The member is informed that the substitute medication was approved for their purchase.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Medco Health Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jack A. Smith, Thomas E. Feitel, Brian W. Cavanagh, Vicente L. Caride, Giovanni C. Minardi, Shannon Sue Scullin, John E. Gobinski
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Patent number: RE44758Abstract: Interconnect cabinets for optical fibers include an enclosure and a splitter and termination panel mounted in the enclosure. The splitter has a plurality of optical fiber-connectorized pigtails extending therefrom. Each of the connectorized pigtails is associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office. The termination panel has a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations. The connectorized pigtails have a cable length sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Barry W. Allen, Douglas F. Dowling, Jack A. Smith, Jr.
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Patent number: RE46945Abstract: Interconnect cabinets for optical fibers include an enclosure and a splitter and termination panel mounted in the enclosure. The splitter has a plurality of optical fiber-connectorized pigtails extending therefrom. Each of the connectorized pigtails is associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office. The termination panel has a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations. The connectorized pigtails have a cable length sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Barry W. Allen, Douglas F. Dowling, Jack A. Smith
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Patent number: RE48675Abstract: Interconnect cabinets for optical fibers include an enclosure and a splitter and termination panel mounted in the enclosure. The splitter has a plurality of optical fiber-connectorized pigtails extending therefrom. Each of the connectorized pigtails is associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office. The termination panel has a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations. The connectorized pigtails have a cable length sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Barry W. Allen, Douglas F. Dowling, Jack A. Smith, Jr.