Patents by Inventor John A. Murray

John A. Murray 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).

  • TAILGATE HANDLE
    Publication number: 20140319853
    Abstract: A handle assembly for opening and closing a vehicle door wherein the handle assembly includes: a recess in an exterior surface of the vehicle door; a cover over the recess wherein the cover is coupled to the vehicle door and is moveable between an open position and a closed position; and a handle member coupled to the cover and retained in the recess when the cover is in the closed position and released from the recess when the cover is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew John Murray
  • STORAGE BOX FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140306477
    Abstract: A center console for a motor vehicle is disclosed in which the center console includes a front portion and a rear storage box portion defined by a pair of side walls, a rear wall, a floor, an armrest and a front wall. The front wall of the storage box is moveable between substantially upright and substantially horizontal positions so as to define two distinct storage configurations. When the front wall is in the upright position a single large closed storage box is defined by the pair of side walls, the rear wall, the floor, the armrest and the front wall. When the front wall is in the horizontal position a first large open storage area is defined by the pair of side walls, the rear wall, the armrest and the front wall. A reconfigurable storage facility is thereby provided in a cost effective and simple manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Neugebauer, Andrew John Murray, Ed Stubbs, Torsten Gerhardt, Will Farrelly
  • COOKING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20140261013
    Abstract: A cooking assembly is provided. The cooking assembly includes first, second, third, and fourth side walls defining an interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a skewer having a shaft, a handle, and a sprocket. The skewer is configured to be rotatably and removably coupled to the first and second side walls such that a portion of the shaft between the sprocket and the handle is rotatably disposed in a first groove of the first side wall, and the second end of the shaft extends through a first aperture of the second side wall, and the sprocket of the skewer is disposed in the interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a chain drive assembly coupled to the first side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Corey John Murray Brown
  • COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20140249164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and to compositions comprising the same and to the use of the compounds and their compositions in treatment, for example in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, in particular respiratory inflammatory disease. The invention also extends to methods of making said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Respivert Ltd
    Inventors: John King-Underwood, Kazuhiro Ito, Peter John Murray, George Hardy, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Christopher John Brown
  • INTRINSIC ADAPTIVE AND AUTONOMIC PIEZOTRANSFORMER CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20140247633
    Abstract: An intrinsic piezoelectric transformer circuit a piezoelectric transformer circuit is provided that has a primary side component including first and second electrodes, a secondary side component including first and second electrodes, and at least one tertiary component including first and second electrodes. A power bridge is provided which includes one or more switches, each switch has a gate terminal that is directly connected to the second electrode of the tertiary component of the piezoelectric transformer. The first electrode of the tertiary component of the piezoelectric transformer is connected to a reference for the one or more switches of the power bridge. The first electrode of the primary component of the piezoelectric transformer is electrically connected to a power bridge output and the second electrode of the primary component of the piezoelectric transformer is connected to a ground terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: QORTEK, INC.
    Inventors: Gareth J. Knowles, William M. Bradley, John Murray, Ross Bird, Jon Zook
  • P38MAP KINASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140228410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, including all stereoisomers and tautomers, which is an inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes (referred to herein as p38 MAP kinase inhibitors), particularly the alpha and gamma kinase sub-types thereof, and its use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, such as COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Respivert Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Peter Strong, William Garth Rapeport, Peter John Murray, John King-Underwood, Jonathan Gareth Williams, Stuart ONIONS, Catherine Elisabeth Charron
  • Method and apparatus for mobile presence aggregation
    Patent number: 8799377
    Abstract: A method, computer readable medium for performing mobile presence aggregation are disclosed. For example, the method acquires presence information associated with a user, packages the presence information into a message and forwards the message containing the presence information via a non-session initiated protocol based transport protocol to a presences access layer server. In another embodiment, the method receives a message containing presence information in a non-session initiated protocol based transport protocol, identifies the presence information in the message, translates the presence information into a presence information data format and forwards the presence information in the presence information data format to a presence server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Rittwik Jana, Kevin Donnellan, Serban Vadim Jora, John Murray, Christopher W. Rice, Richard W. Wright
  • MODIFIED PIER FOR MODULAR, PORTABLE, INTERLOCKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140157688
    Abstract: A pier for a modular, portable, interlocking decking system, the pier having a generally planar plate with a bottom surface and a top surface and a plurality of receiver blocks extending from the top surface of the plate. Each receiver block has a generally dome-shaped load-bearing surface. A plurality of piers is used in a decking system along with at least one surface pad, the surface pad having a generally planar, horizontal upper surface, and a lower portion including a plurality of block receptacles. The bottom surface of the plate of each structural pier rests upon a supporting surface, and the block receptacles of the surface pad each engage the generally dome-shaped load-bearing surface of a corresponding structural pier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: UDECX, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick J. Bertke, John Murray Van Leeuwen, Robert Gerald States III, Patrick Andrew Harrell
  • PI3 kinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 8741909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and to compositions comprising the same and to the use of the compounds and their compositions in treatment, for example in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, in particular respiratory inflammatory disease. The invention also extends to methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Respivert Ltd.
    Inventors: John King-Underwood, Kazuhiro Ito, Peter John Murray, George Hardy, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Christopher John Brown
  • P38 MAP KINASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140114064
    Abstract: There are provided inter alia compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, Ar, L, X, R3 and Q are as defined in the specification for use in therapy, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Respivert Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Peter Strong, William Garth Rapeport, Peter John Murray, John King-Underwood, Jonathan Gareth Williams, Stuart Thomas Onions, Simon Christopher Hirst, David Michel Adrien Taddei, Catherine Elisabeth Charron
  • Shell destruction technique
    Patent number: 8695263
    Abstract: An explosive assembly adapted to destruction of artillery and other large ordnance shells; said explosive assembly comprising a pair of hollow half shells; each of said half shells formed with an internal cavity conforming to at least a portion of external surfaces of an ordnance shell to be destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Applied Explosives Technology Pty Limited
    Inventor: Christopher Charles John Murray
  • Remote Pipeline Corrosion Protection and Valve Monitoring Apparatus
    Publication number: 20140062720
    Abstract: A combined method and apparatus for the detection, monitoring and control of electrolytic corrosion in pipelines and other metallic structures along with pipeline valve status and pressure changes indicating a loss of flammable or toxic high pressure products. Pipeline valve station and corrosion protection station status is monitored and controlled from a distant location. The apparatus transmits data by electrical signal along the conductive pipe or by short-range and long-range radio transceivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: John Murray Spruth, Daniel Jay Schacht
  • KINASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140057915
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of formula I, wherein R, R1, Ra, Rb, Q, X and Y have meanings given in the description, which compounds have antiinflammatory activity (e.g. through inhibition of one or more of members of: the family of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes; Syk kinase; and members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases) and have use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, eye and intestines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: TOPIVERT PHARMA LIMITED, RESPIVERT LIMITED
    Inventors: CLAIRE ANNE MARIE CARIOU, CATHERINE ELISABETH CHARRON, EUAN ALEXANDER FRASER FORDYCE, MATTHEW COLIN THOR FYFE, DANIEL HAMZA, KAZUHIRO ITO, JOHN KING-UNDERWOOD, PETER JOHN MURRAY, STUART THOMAS ONIONS, STEPHEN MALCOLM THOM, HAYLEY TEGAN ANGELA WATSON, JONATHAN GARETH WILLIAMS
  • P38MAP kinase inhibitor
    Patent number: 8642773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, including all stereoisomers and tautomers, which is an inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes (referred to herein as p38 MAP kinase inhibitors), particularly the alpha and gamma kinase sub-types thereof, and its use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, such as COPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Respivert Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Peter Strong, William Garth Rapeport, Peter John Murray, John King-Underwood, Jonathan Gareth Williams, Stuart Onions, Catherine Elisabeth Charron
  • Membrane assemblies and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 8622223
    Abstract: A method of making a membrane assembly is provided. The method comprises forming an inorganic membrane layer disposed on a substrate, and forming a plurality of macropores in the substrate at least in part using anodization. Further, a membrane assembly is provided. The membrane assembly comprises a filtering membrane that is coupled to an anodized substrate comprising a plurality of macropores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anping Zhang, Azar Alizadeh, Joleyn Eileen Balch, Rui Chen, Anthony John Murray, Vicki Herzl Watkins, Oliver Charles Boomhower, Reed Roeder Corderman, Peter Paul Gipp
  • P38 MAP kinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 8618140
    Abstract: There are provided inter alia compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, Ar, L, X, R3 and Q are as defined in the specification for use in therapy, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Respivert Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Peter Strong, William Garth Rapeport, Peter John Murray, John King-Underwood, Jonathan Gareth Williams, Stuart Thomas Onions, Simon Christopher Hirst, David Michel Adrien Taddei, Catherine Elisabeth Charron
  • Apparatus and method for providing presence
    Patent number: 8611339
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to receive presence information from each presence source of a plurality of presence sources, wherein the presence information is associated with a user, receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) which identifies the user, wherein identification information associated with the user from each presence source is mapped to the SIP URI, select at least a portion of the received presence information to be utilized in determining a presence status of the user, determine the presence status of the user based on the selected presence information, and transmit the presence status and the SIP URI to a computing device operably coupled to an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rittwik Jana, John Murray, Christopher Rice, Ron Shacham
  • Offshore thermal treatment of drill cuttings fed from a bulk transfer system
    Patent number: 8607894
    Abstract: A system for offshore disposal of drill cuttings including a cleaning system for treating contaminated drill cuttings into drill cuttings and contaminants; a transport system for moving the drill cuttings; a slurrification system for making a slurry of the treated drill cuttings; and a cuttings re-injection system for injecting the slurry into a well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: M-I LLC
    Inventors: Nick McDonald, Andrew John Murray, Gordon M. Logan, Dan Knapper
  • Laser grip device
    Patent number: D709585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Crimson Trace, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Klecker, Drew Essig, Christopher John Murray, Jeffrey James Smith
  • Laser device
    Patent number: D709981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Crimson Trace, Inc.
    Inventors: William Johnston, Drew Essig, Daniel Hughes, Christopher John Murray, Jeffrey James Smith