Patents by Inventor James Anthony Smith
James Anthony 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: 20240150899Abstract: Frame for use in coating a reinforcing fiber are provided. The frame includes a first frame end having a first cross-sectional shape. The first cross-sectional shape has one or more contact locations that are spaced apart from each other. The reinforcing fiber contacts the first frame end at the one or more contact locations. Methods are also provided for coating such a fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Guido Teti, Pierre-Andre Bui, Steven Robert Hayashi, Wiktor Serafin, Timothy Patrick Smith, James Anthony Ruud
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Publication number: 20240149491Abstract: A system for coating reinforcing fiber of a composite component is provided, The system includes a frame including at least one contact location for contacting the reinforcing fiber and a movement mechanism including an actuator. The movement mechanism is operably coupled to the frame to induce movement of the reinforcing fiber relative to the frame. Methods are also provided for coating such a fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Guido Teti, Steven Robert Hayashi, Pierre-Andre Bui, Wiktor Serafin, Timothy Patrick Smith, James Anthony Ruud
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Publication number: 20240123379Abstract: A device and system for purifying a fluid is provided. The system includes a tank having an interior space and a media container disposed within the interior space. A valve is provided that cooperates with an element within the interior, the valve being movable between an open and a closed position. The valve being biased to the open position when the element is not positioned within the interior space, wherein the interior space is fluidly coupled to the atmosphere in the open position. The valve further being configured to move to a closed position when the element is positioned within the interior space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, James M. Buckley, John Anthony Triunfo, Joseph K. Patterson, Michael T. La Tulippe, Robert Camp, Robert F. Smith
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Patent number: 11927722Abstract: A transparent article is described herein that includes: a glass-ceramic substrate comprising first and second primary surfaces opposing one another and a crystallinity of at least 40% by weight; and an optical film structure disposed on the first primary surface. The optical film structure comprises a plurality of alternating high refractive index (RI) and low RI layers and a scratch-resistant layer. The article also exhibits an average photopic transmittance of greater than 80% and a maximum hardness of greater than 10 GPa, as measured by a Berkovich Hardness Test over an indentation depth range from about 100 nm to about 500 nm. The glass-ceramic substrate comprises an elastic modulus of greater than 85 GPa and a fracture toughness of greater than 0.8 MPa·?m. Further, the optical film structure exhibits a residual compressive stress of ?700 MPa and an elastic modulus of ?140 GPa.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Jaymin Amin, Jason Thomas Harris, Shandon Dee Hart, Chang-gyu Kim, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Lin Lin, Dong-gun Moon, Jeonghong Oh, James Joseph Price, Charlene Marie Smith, Ananthanarayanan Subramanian, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Tingge Xu
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Patent number: 11911720Abstract: A device and system for purifying a fluid is provided. The system includes a tank having an interior space and a media container disposed within the interior space. A valve is provided that cooperates with an element within the interior, the valve being movable between an open and a closed position. The valve being biased to the open position when the element is not positioned within the interior space, wherein the interior space is fluidly coupled to the atmosphere in the open position. The valve further being configured to move to a closed position when the element is positioned within the interior space.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLCInventors: Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, James M. Buckley, John Anthony Triunfo, Joseph K. Patterson, Michael T. La Tulippe, Robert Camp, Robert F. Smith
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Patent number: 8079619Abstract: An end fitting (200) for terminating an end of a hose comprising a tubular body of flexible material arranged between inner and outer helical wires, characterized in that the end fitting comprises: an inner member (202) adapted to be disposed at least partially within the hose; and a hose engaging member (208) adapted to press against the inner member 202 to retain the hose between itself and the inner member (202). The end fitting also includes a separate means for retaining one or more layers of the hose, the retaining means comprising an outer retaining member (232) adapted to press against an inner retaining member (230) to retain the or each layer of the hose between the outer and inner retaining members (232, 230) of the retaining means.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2004Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty LimitedInventors: Joel Aron Witz, David Charles Cox, Gerard Anthony Hall, Matthew Vernon Ridolfi, Anthony James Wort, Richard James Anthony Smith
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Publication number: 20110290411Abstract: A system and method for fabricating reinforced tubular. In some embodiments, the fabrication system includes a plurality of iso-containers positioned at a site where a reinforced tubular is to be installed and equipment disposed within each of the plurality of iso-containers, the equipment operable to produce the reinforced tubular. The equipment includes a caterpullar operable to receive a tubular and push the tubular through the equipment downstream of the caterpullar and a winder operable to wrap the tubular with a reinforcing material to produce the reinforced tubular.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: PIPESTREAM B.V.Inventors: Nicholas John Venero, Raymond Nicholas Burke, Richard James Anthony Smith
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Publication number: 20110226764Abstract: The invention concerns a mobile unit for the construction of an elongated tubular body comprising an elongated, tubular inner hollow core, an elongated, tubular inner casing and an elongated, tubular outer casing, the inner casing surrounding the hollow core, the outer casing surrounding the inner casing, the outer casing comprising one or more layers, each layer consisting of one or more helically wound metal strips, the inner casing and the outer casing as well as any layers in the outer casing being bound to each other by an adhesive, which elongated body has been made by a process comprising constructing the elongated inner casing, providing one or more metal strips, winding the one or more metal strips helically around the inner casing, providing adhesive or a curable adhesive precursor and applying it between the casings and the layers, followed by curing the adhesive precursor when present, the mobile unit comprising a multitude of detachably connected containers (1-11), each container comprising equipType: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Richard James Anthony Smith, Graham Dudley Freeth
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Publication number: 20110188940Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the construction of a long pipeline using a mobile pipeline producing unit, the mobile unit being able to produce specific lengths of the pipeline, each specific length being a fraction of the length of the long pipeline, the method comprising placing the mobile unit at a first position at the stretch of the projected long pipeline, producing a specific length of pipeline in one direction of the projected long pipeline, producing a second specific length of pipeline in the opposite direction, moving the mobile production unit to a second position at the stretch of the projected long pipeline, producing a third specific length of pipeline in a direction of the long pipeline, producing a fourth specific length of pipeline in the opposite direction, optionally moving the mobile production unit to a further position at the stretch of the projected long pipeline, producing a further specific length of pipeline in a direction of the projected long pipeline, producing another furtType: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Graham Dudley Freeth, Richard James Anthony Smith
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Publication number: 20110174047Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an elongated tube, the process comprising the following steps: (a) forming a rotating temporary tube (1), the tube having a first end at which the tube is continuously produced and a second end opposite to the first end, by continuously supplying a flat, elongated metal strip to a guiding body, which guiding body is forming a helix from the strip in such a way that consecutive windings of the helix do not overlap, and helically welding the consecutive windings of the helix formed by the guiding body to each other, (b) cutting cylinders from the second end of the rotating temporary tube (1); and (c) welding the cylinders obtained in step (b) to each other to form the elongated tube. The invention further relates to the use of the elongated tube in a process for the manufacture of an elongated, multilayered tubular body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2009Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.Inventors: Graham Dudley Freeth, Richard James Anthony Smith, Wolfgang Weil
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Patent number: 7735524Abstract: A hose (10) comprising a tubular body (12) of flexible material arranged between an inner and an outer helically wound wire (22, 24). The hose (10) further comprises an elongate member having opposing longitudinal edges, the elongate member being helically wound around the tubular body such that the opposing longitudinal edges of the layer are in an adjacent or overlapping arrangement, wherein each longitudinal edge includes a formation capable of interengaging with a cooperating formation on the opposing longitudinal edge.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2003Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty LtdInventors: Raymond Nicholas Burke, Eric Joseph Davis, Gerard Anthony Hall, Matthew Vernon Ridolfi, Simon Peter Alexander Thorp, Joel Aron Witz, David Charles Cox, Richard James Anthony Smith, Anthony James Wort
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Publication number: 20100139848Abstract: Process for the manufacture of an elongated, multilayered tubular body (1) comprising an elongated, tubular inner hollow core (5), optionally an elongated, tubular inner casing (4) and an elongated, tubular outer casing, the inner casing, when present, surrounding the hollow core, the outer casing surrounding the inner casing, when present, or otherwise the hollow core, the outer casing comprising at least two layers (2, 3), each layer consisting of one or more longitudinally preformed, flat elongated metal strips, the preforming of the strips such that the strips have been bent helically in such a way that the consecutive windings of the helix or helices touch or almost touch to each other, each strip in one layer overlapping with other strips in other layers, the layers in the outer casing being bound to each other by an adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Raymond Nicholas Burke, Ruben Van Schalkwijk, Richard James Anthony Smith, Nicholas John Venero
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Publication number: 20100139800Abstract: The invention concerns an elongated, multilayered tubular body (1) comprising an elongated, tubular inner hollow core (5), an elongated, tubular inner casing (4) and an elongated, tubular outer casing, the inner casing surrounding the hollow core, the outer casing surrounding the inner casing, the outer casing comprising at least two layers (2,3), each layer consisting of one or more longitudinally preformed, flat elongated metal strips, the preforming of the strips such that the strips have been bent helically in such, a way that the consecutive windings of the helix touch or almost touch to each other, each strip in one layer overlapping with other strips in other layers, the layers in the outer casing being bound to each other by an adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Raymond Nicholas Burke, Ruben Van Schalkwijk, Richard James Anthony Smith, Nicholas John Venero
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Publication number: 20030018916Abstract: A method of providing secure dial-in access to an enterprise system over a public network via a Virtual Secure Point of Presence (VSPOP) is provided. A dial-in user connection is received in a VSPOP, and the user connection is authenticated. The VSPOP provides an encrypted connection from the received dial-in connection in the VSPOP to the enterprise system over a public network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Applicant: RemotePipes, Inc.Inventors: James Anthony Smith, Her Moua, Scott Dale Roswold