Patents by Inventor James Penney
James Penney 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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Patent number: 11931663Abstract: An automated damping system including a damping device arranged and disposed to provide variable resistance to a load. The variable resistance provides resistance values corresponding to a displacement position of the damping device. The system includes a damping profile generator that calculates a damping profile and a sensor is arranged and disposed to measure one or more damping affecting properties. The sensor provides the one or more damping affecting properties to the damping profile generator. The damping profile provides the variable resistance based upon the one or more damping affecting properties of the load.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING, LLCInventors: Matthew Steven Bettinger, Nicholas James Bonsell, Andrew Phillips Mudie, Andrew John Penney, James Fowler Shumway, Jr., McLane Walker Snow
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Publication number: 20200122497Abstract: A thermochromic display board is described that includes an array of nanofiber yarns in contact with an electrode. When electrified, the nanofiber yarns generate heat. This heat causes a thermochromic transition in a thermochromic layer. The presence of the nanofiber yarns, which are thermally conductive, can increase the rate at which the thermochromic layer within the di splay board transitions between thermochromic states.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Lintec of America, Inc.Inventors: Jaeah Lee, James Penney
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Patent number: 9919980Abstract: The invention relates to Insensitive Munition (IM) energetic materials particularly IM propellant compositions, and yet further to nitrocellulose-free IM propellants. An energetic composition suitable for use as a propellant comprises the following components in the following relative proportions: component A; from 5% to 25% by weight of an IM energetic filler; component B: from 50% to 80% by weight of a highly energetic filler comprising at least one nitramine compound; component C of from 5% to 20% by weight of a binder; and component D of from 3% to 15% by weight of a plasticizer; the percentages by weight of components A, B, C and D together with minor additives, if any, adding to 100%.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: Mark James Penney, Anne Marie Wilton, Thomas William Delaney Somerville
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Publication number: 20160052836Abstract: The invention relates to Insensitive Munition (IM) energetic materials particularly non-phthalate IM propellant compositions. An energetic composition suitable for use as a propellant comprises the following components in the following relative proportions: component A; from 60% to 90% by weight of a highly energetic filler comprising at least one nitramine compound; and component B: from 5% to 20% by weight of a binder, component C: from and 3% to 15% of a plasticiser wherein the plasticiser comprises formula (A) of from 1% to 9% by weight, wherein Formula (A) is a diester plasticiser of R1—OC(O)—R3—C(O)O—R2, ??Formula (A) wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from C3 to C10 alkyl or alkenyl. the percentages by weight of components A, B and C, together with minor additives, if any, adding to 100%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PlcInventors: MARK JAMES PENNEY, ANNE MARIE WILTON, THOMAS WILLIAM DELANEY SOMERVILLE
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Publication number: 20160046537Abstract: The invention relates to Insensitive Munition (IM) energetic materials particularly IM propellant compositions, and yet further to nitrocellulose-free IM propellants. An energetic composition suitable for use as a propellant comprises the following components in the following relative proportions: component A; from 5% to 25% by weight of an IM energetic filler; component B: from 50% to 80% by weight of a highly energetic filler comprising at least one nitramine compound; component C of from 5% to 20% by weight of a binder; and component D of from 3% to 15% by weight of a plasticiser; the percentages by weight of components A, B, C and D together with minor additives, if any, adding to 100%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: MARK JAMES PENNEY, ANNE MARIE WILTON, THOMAS WILLIAM DELANEY SOMERVILLE
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Patent number: 7287004Abstract: An integrated financing services system provides a leasing service for vendors accessible through the Internet, embedding financing into the checkout process using several Web services. The present system is accessed by a vendor to provide lease prices on a line item by line item basis within an electronic shopping catalog. Depending on the detail provided by the sales company in the request for those rates, these lease prices can map to the specificity of the catalog. The present system provides a service for the vendors to integrate leasing into their sales agents' and customers' shopping experience without a large investment in a flexible, and customer-customizable way. The lessor can now support vendors and customers in a very repeatable manner, using the same technology with no new special development for each vendor.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2003Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tara M. Kenny, Kathryn Mark, James Penney
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Publication number: 20070088828Abstract: A system, method and program product for executing an application is provided. The system comprises a local infrastructure configured to execute an application in a local environment, a grid infrastructure configured to execute the application in a grid environment, and a local-grid-facade having a parameter switch for selecting either the local environment or the grid environment and for executing the application in the selected environment. Preferably, the local-grid facade includes a local-grid controller module that has the parameter switch and is implemented within each of the local infrastructure and the grid infrastructure. Preferably, the local infrastructure comprises a local node configured to execute one or more tasks pertaining to the application and preferably, the grid infrastructure comprises a plurality of grid nodes connected via a network communications channel and configured to execute one or more tasks pertaining to the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2005Publication date: April 19, 2007Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Maheswara Inampudi, James Penney
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Publication number: 20050149408Abstract: An integrated financing services system provides a leasing service for vendors accessible through the Internet, embedding financing into the checkout process using several Web services. The present system is accessed by a vendor to provide leasing prices on a line item by line item basis within an electronic shopping catalog. Depending on the detail provided by the sales company in the request for those rates, these lease prices can map to the specificity of the catalog. If the sales company has a catalog designed for a specific customer or industry, the lease prices provided can be tailored to those specifications as well. The present system provides a service for the vendors to integrate leasing into their sales agents' and customers' shopping experience without a large investment in a flexible, and customer-customizable way. The lessor can now support vendors and customers in a very repeatable manner, using the same technology with no new special development for each vendor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2003Publication date: July 7, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tara Kenny, Kathryn Mark, James Penney