Patents by Inventor James An

James An 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).

  • Locking telescoping rod
    Patent number: 10844890
    Abstract: A compression lock assembly for an adjustable length rod assembly with inner and outer tubes is provided. The compression lock assembly has an adapter adapted to be connected to rotate with the inner tube. An elastomeric ring with an inner opening and outer diameter is concentric and disposed coaxially with the adapter. A threaded fastener extends through the elastomeric ring and is fixed to the adapter. A lock nut is disposed about the threaded fastener and fixed to rotate with the elastomeric ring. The locking nut moves along the threaded fastener to compress the elastomeric ring and expand the outer diameter from a first diameter to a second diameter greater than the first diameter as the elastomeric ring is rotated relative to the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: James Leroy Daniels
  • Surface disinfectant with residual biocidal property
    Patent number: 10842147
    Abstract: A biofilm sealant is provided imparting a residual biocidal property. The biofilm sealant is used to treat a surface to impart a film having a capacity to quickly kill bacteria and other germs for at least 24 hours after deposit of the film on a treated surface. The disinfectant formulation biofilm sealant comprises a polymer binder, wherein the polymer binder is an oxazoline homopolymer or an extended or a modified polymer based on an oxazoline homopolymer, and a biocidal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Microban Products Company, W.M. Barr & Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Tian Lan, Samuel James Hanna, Gina Parise Sloan, Brian Patrick Aylward, Karen Terry Welch, Dennis Earl Shireman, Kevin Andrew Kavchok, Charles L. Hawes
  • Pyridine dicarboxamide derivatives as bromodomain inhibitors
    Patent number: 10844015
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property (No. 2) Limited
    Inventors: Stephen John Atkinson, Emmanuel Hubert Demont, Lee Andrew Harrison, Etienne Levernier, Alexander G. Preston, Jonathan Thomas Seal, Ian David Wall, Robert J. Watson, James Michael Woolven
  • Phosphonated polysaccharides and gels and process for making same
    Patent number: 10844140
    Abstract: Products and processes that are related to phosphonated polysaccharide compositions, including phosphonated polysaccharide gels, having a substituent degree of substitution with a lower limit of 0.02 and an upper limit of 3, and having a weight average molecular weight with an upper limit of 5,000,000 g/mole, as well as to oil field application or fracturing fluid compositions comprising such phosphonated polysaccharide compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Laurianne Timbart, Gilda Lizarraga, Gary Woodward, Subramanian Kesavan, David James Wilson
  • Mounting assembly
    Patent number: 10844573
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a blade of a motor grader includes a mounting bracket having a groove, at least one first bore, and a second bore. The mounting assembly includes a wear element disposed in the groove. The wear element includes at least one recess. The wear element is adapted to slidably receive a portion of the blade thereon. The mounting assembly also includes a retention pin disposed in the at least one first bore. The retention pin includes an aperture provided therein. The retention pin is adapted to engage the at least one recess provided on the wear element to limit longitudinal movement of the wear element within the groove. The mounting assembly further includes a lynch pin disposed in each of the second bore and the aperture to limit axial movement of the retention pin within the at least one first bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: James David Costner, III, David L. Cox
  • Head mounted video and touch detection for healthcare facility hygiene
    Patent number: 10847263
    Abstract: A system and method tracks touches in a healthcare environment in order to analyze paths of transmission and contamination for the purpose of eliminating and containing transmission of colonizing, drug-resistant pathogens. Touches are identified and tracked with the use of recording devices. Each touch is logged and a touch graph is generated to identify transmission paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lorraine M. Herger, Neal M. Keller, James R. Kozloski, Matthew McCarthy, Clifford A. Pickover, Andrew P. Wyskida
  • Polyurethane based proppant coatings
    Patent number: 10844280
    Abstract: A coated article, such as a proppant, includes a base substrate and one or more polyurethane based coatings on an outer surface of the base substrate. The one or more polyurethane based coatings including the reaction product of an isocyanate component that has at least one isocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive component that has one or more simple polyols and one or more polyether monols at a ratio from 1:18 to 18:1. An isocyanate index is greater than 0.2 and less than 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, DOW SILICONES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sachit Goyal, Arjun Raghuraman, Kaoru Aou, Juan Carlos Medina, Lenin Petroff, James Young, Jr.
  • Modular adiabatic pre-cooling cassette with method of retrofit for horizontal air-cooled commercial refrigeration condensers
    Patent number: 10845109
    Abstract: According to another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a system for modular adiabatic evaporative pre-cooling of a horizontal air-cooled commericial refrigeration condenser. The system includes an evaporative media with an air permeable construction. The evaporative media has a water absorbable construction. The system also has a water supply port for supplying the volume of water. The system also has a water distributer for distributing the volume of water supplied from the water supply port. The water distributer distributes the volume of water to the evaporative media. The system also includes a water drain port for draining the volume of water distributed to the evaporative media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CoVAP LLC
    Inventor: James D. Echols
  • Conveyor oven apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10842156
    Abstract: An oven with a sensor positioned to detect an event that will cause a decrease in the internal temperature of a tunnel. The oven includes a controller configured to increase the thermal output of a heating element in anticipation of the upcoming decrease in the internal temperature. In some embodiments, the oven is a conveyor over and the sensor is positioned to detect a food item approach the tunnel on a conveyor. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to an electric heating element is increased by increasing the target temperature. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to the electric heating element is increased by a predetermined offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John H. Wiker, Mohan K. Panicker, Richard H. Van Camp, Theodore James Chmiola, William S. Schjerven, Sr., Magdy A. Albert
  • Patient support usable with bariatric patients
    Patent number: 10842694
    Abstract: There is provided a patient support that may be adjustable in height, width, length or a combination thereof. The patient support may be useable with normal sized patients or with bariatric patients. The patient support has a variety of features to enhance operability and/or functionality, including a width adjustable caster frame, width adjustable deck portions, a width adjustable headboard and an extendible foot board to provide extra length. An enhanced lift mechanism can accommodate bariatric patients and alternative functionality in achieving deck positions improves patient comfort. Various parts of the patient support including deck panels and the footboard may be removed and replaced with ease without complicated connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Brian Roussy, Jason John Connell, Joseph Steven David Elku, Jason James Cerny, Christopher Alan George, Joseph William Roussy, Christopher Scott Jacob, Aleem Yusuf
  • Traffic flow barrier with corresponding production mold and hand cart
    Patent number: 10844559
    Abstract: A barrier system is used to direct and block a travel path of pedestrians and vehicles. The barriers may be shaped substantially as a truncated pyramid with a base surface and planar sides extending from the edges of the base surface to a top portion, where the cross-sectional area of the base surface is larger than the cross-sectional area of the top portion. The angles of inclination between the planar sides and the interior of the base surface are acute angles. The bollard can be cast from heavy dense materials. The bollard includes at least two overhanging lips on the planar sides of the barrier between the base surface and the top portion. The configurations of the bollards provide improved placement, such as with cranes, hand carts, and other devices. Molds to cast the barriers and hand carts to move the barriers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: WARNING LITES OF MINNESOTA, INC.
    Inventors: James Ptacek, Steven D. Larson, Scott Brierley
  • Display system having an audio output device
    Patent number: 10848846
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Neal D. Evans, James W. VanDyke, Andrew M. Hulva, Robert D. Silfvast, Christopher T. Eubank
  • Systems and methods to use digital assistant to join network
    Patent number: 10848392
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor to receive, via a digital assistant, input pertaining a second device joining a network. The instructions are also executable by the processor to use the input to assist the second device in joining the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert James Kapinos, Scott Wentao Li, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Unified logic for aliased processor instructions
    Patent number: 10846089
    Abstract: A binary logic circuit for manipulating an input binary string includes a first stage of a first group of multiplexers arranged to select respective portions of an input binary string and configured to receive a respective first control. A second stage is included in which a plurality of a second group of multiplexers is arranged to select respective portions of the input binary string and configured to receive a respective second control signal. The control signals are provided such that each multiplexer of a second group is configured to select a respective second portion of the first binary string. Control circuitry is configured to generate the first and second control signals such that two or more of the first groups and/or two or more of the second groups of multiplexers are independently controllable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MIPS Tech, LLC
    Inventors: James Hippisley Robinson, Morgyn Taylor
  • Automated generation of software bindings
    Patent number: 10846059
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for automatically generating, verifying and using software bindings. A function collector extracts functions from a library written in a first computer language in the form of exposed application program interfaces (APIs), and writes identifying information for the functions to a knowledge base. A document collector concurrently extracts human readable text, such as in the form of embedded comments and user manual documentation, and links this text in the knowledge base to the extracted functions. A set of generators operate to generate software language bindings and a user interface to enable a user to activate and review the human readable text using a different, second computer language. A test script generator can automatically validate operation of the software language bindings using verified test data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Simply Inspired Software, Inc.
    Inventor: James P. Schlight
  • Method of improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore
    Patent number: 10844432
    Abstract: The invention relates to improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore when the movement is controlled by a polynucleotide binding protein. The invention also relates to improved transmembrane pores and polynucleotide binding proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Clive Gavin Brown, James White, Andrew John Heron, Mark John Bruce, Christopher Peter Youd, Rebecca Victoria Bowen
  • Systems and methods for presentation of input elements based on direction to a user
    Patent number: 10845842
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, at least one touch-sensitive display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to present at least a first input element in a first orientation on the at least one touch-sensitive display and to receive a signal from at least one sensor indicating a direction to a user in proximity to the at least one touch-sensitive display. The instructions are also executable to, responsive to the signal, present the first input element in a second orientation on the at least one touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Axel Ramirez Flores, Rodrigo Felix de Almeida, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Ratan Ray, James A. Hunt
  • Bio-authentication for streaming service account management
    Patent number: 10848487
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for a bio-authentication for streaming service account management are provided. A system includes a user device configured to access a streaming service account associated with a subscriber, a database, a biometric sensor configured to obtain a biometric input from a user, and a bio-authentication engine. The bio-authentication engine may include a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to determine whether an authentication event has occurred, obtain the biometric input of the user, determine whether the biometric input matches the biometric information associated with the subscriber, and allow access to a streaming service through the streaming service account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: James D. Scheller, Tom Funk, Rick Calvert, Stephen Opferman
  • Tool organizer and tool organizer module
    Patent number: 10843328
    Abstract: A tool organizer module includes a base defining an opening to receive a magnet and a feature to receive a portion of a tool and a magnet disposed in the opening of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: James H. Wacker
  • Picnic table
    Patent number: D902609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Parcel Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Contois, Douglas Sheldon Woodard