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).

  • VEHICLE CHARGEPORT CLOSURE
    Publication number: 20170197515
    Abstract: A two part closure for a combo chargeport for use on an electric vehicle is provided. The closure comprises: an inner part including a dust cover for a DC chargeport; and an outer part configured to cover the AC chargeport. The inner and outer parts are hingeably attached to the vehicle such that the closure can be closed with a single action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Bruce Southey, Andrew John Murray
  • Pyrazolyl-ureas as kinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 9701670
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: RESPIVERT LIMITED, TOPIVERT PHARMA LIMITED
    Inventors: Claire Anne Marie Cariou, Catherine Elisabeth Charron, Euan Alexander Fraser Fordyce, Daniel Hamza, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Kazuhiro Ito, John King-Underwood, Peter John Murray, Stuart Thomas Onions, Stephen Malcolm Thom, Hayley Tegan Angela Watson, Jonathan Gareth Williams
  • NOVEL 5,6-DIHYDRO-4H-BENZO[B]THIENO-[2,3-D]AZEPINE DERIVATIVE
    Publication number: 20170190718
    Abstract: There is provided a 5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b]thieno-[2,3-d]azepine derivative which is useful in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and for the prevention of disease associated with RSV infection. (Formula (1)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Akliebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Simon Fraser HUNT, Stuart Thomas ONIONS, Vladimir SHERBUKHIN, Euan Alexander FORDYCE, Peter John MURRAY, Daniel William BROOKES, Kazuhiro ITO, Peter STRONG
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION OF TARGET AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170191992
    Abstract: A method of recovering a target from a sample is provided. The method of recovering the target follows different steps. The steps include providing a binding element, wherein the binding elements are immobilized on a solid support, adding the sample comprising the target to the binding element to form a binding element-target complex; washing the binding element-target complex; and eluting the target from the binding element-target complex. The system for reversible detection of target in a range from 2 to 1,000,000 bind/release cycles is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Andrew David Pris, Nandini Nagraj, Anthony John Murray
  • INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170166057
    Abstract: An infotainment system is provided for use in a vehicle. The system comprises a screen configured to provide vehicle information and/or entertainment content. The screen is a touchscreen configured to enable the user to select content. A track is configured to enable the lateral movement of the screen from a first position laterally displaced from a centerline of the vehicle to a second position on the vehicle centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew John MURRAY
  • ROLL COVER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170129408
    Abstract: A roll cover assembly for covering a cargo space of a vehicle includes a cassette housing an extendable/retractable roll cover, a first receptacle adjacent a first side wall of the cargo space and having a channel configured to slidably guide a first end of the cassette during insertion or removal, a second receptacle adjacent a second side wall of the cargo space and having an opening configured to receive a second end of the cassette and permit pivoting of the cassette about the second end during removal of the first end from the first receptacle, a locking mechanism releasably locking the first end of the cassette into the first receptacle, and a release device actuatable to release the locking mechanism by pulling along a line-of-action parallel with a direction in which the first end of the cassette moves during removal from the first receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew John MURRAY, Richard CRAVEN, Daniel BERRY, James NEUGEBAUER
  • Quinazolin-4 (3H)-one derivatives used as P13 kinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 9637494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compound of formula (I) and to compositions comprising the same and to the use of the compound and to compositions of the compound in treatment, for example in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, in particular respiratory inflammatory disease. The invention also extends to methods of making the said compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Respivert, Ltd.
    Inventors: John King-Underwood, Kazuhiro Ito, Peter John Murray, George Hardy, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Christopher John Brown
  • Cooking Device Shaft Assembly
    Publication number: 20170112321
    Abstract: A shaft assembly is provided. The shaft assembly has a shaft, a sprocket, a spring and a shaft retainer. The shaft has a first and second end. A head is disposed on the first end of the shaft. The head is configured not to extend through a first aperture of the front side wall of a cooking device. The second end of the shaft extends through and is rotatably supported by the first aperture. The sprocket and spring are slidably and rotatably disposed on second end of shaft. The second end of the shaft receives a shaft retainer such that the spring is held compressed and self aligns the shaft assembly perpendicular and the sprocket parallel to a side wall and endless chain support members of the cooking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: Corey John Murray Brown
  • Liquid Dispensing Tap And Liquid Container Provided Therewith
    Publication number: 20170107094
    Abstract: Liquid dispensing tap 1 connectable to a liquid container 70, e.g. a bag in box, for controlled dispensing of a liquid therefrom. The tap comprises a housing 10 forming an inlet of the tap and comprising a dispensing chamber wall portion 13 delimiting a dispensing chamber 14 with a valve seat 16 at an axial end and forming a lateral dispensing outlet 17 in communication with the dispensing chamber 14. The tap 1 comprises a plunger 30 with a stem 31 and a valve portion 32, the stem having an actuator engagement portion 33 outside said dispensing chamber and extending along an axis 15 through a bore 18 in the dispensing chamber wall portion and through the dispensing chamber. The plunger moves axially between a closed and an open position. A manually operable plunger actuator 50 engages said engagement portion of the stem to open the tap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Jan Van Der Molen, Willem Jan Adriaan Oosterling, Johannes Wilhelmus Van Tuil, Christopher John Murray
  • WARNING DEVICE FOR ROADSIDE STOPS
    Publication number: 20170096100
    Abstract: A warning device or apparatus for use during roadside stops, with means to display one or more warning messages on the front of the warning device or apparatus at a height to be easily and quickly seen by oncoming drivers. The warning device may be a warning triangle, although other shapes may be used as appropriate according to the customs or laws for particular regions or areas. One or more message plates can be mounted on the warning device, with various messages selected according to the circumstances. An electronic message board may be similarly mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: SIMON JOHN MURRAY
  • Liquid Dispensing Tap And Liquid Container Provided With Said Tap
    Publication number: 20170066641
    Abstract: Liquid dispensing tap 1 connectable to a liquid container 70, e.g. a bag in box, for controlled dispensing of a liquid therefrom. The tap includes a housing 10 forming an inlet of the tap and including a dispensing chamber wall portion 13 delimiting a dispensing chamber 14 with a valve seat 15 at an axial end and forming a dispensing outlet 17 in communication with the dispensing chamber 14. The tap 1 includes a plunger 30 with a stem 31 and a valve portion 32. The stem having an actuator engagement portion 33 outside the dispensing chamber and extending along an axis 15 through a bore 18 in the dispensing chamber wall portion and throughout the dispensing chamber. The plunger moves axially between a closed and an open position. A manually operable plunger actuator 50 engages the engagement portion of the stem to open the tap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Jan Van Der Molen, Willem Jan Adriaan Oosterling, Johannes Wilhelmus Van Tuil, Christopher John Murray
  • Roll cover assembly
    Patent number: 9573527
    Abstract: A roll cover assembly for covering a cargo space of a vehicle includes a cassette housing an extendable/retractable roll cover, a first receptacle adjacent a first side wall of the cargo space and having a channel configured to slidably guide a first end of the cassette during insertion or removal, a second receptacle adjacent a second side wall of the cargo space and having an opening configured to receive a second end of the cassette and permit pivoting of the cassette about the second end during removal of the first end from the first receptacle, a locking mechanism releasably locking the first end of the cassette into the first receptacle, and a release device actuatable to release the locking mechanism by pulling along a line-of-action parallel with a direction in which the first end of the cassette moves during removal from the first receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Murray, Richard Craven, Daniel Berry, James Neugebauer
  • Corrugated Metal Pipe Repair System and Method
    Publication number: 20170023167
    Abstract: Corrugated metal pipe repair system and method, an embodiment including the securing of one or more sheets to the corrugated pipe and over a damaged portion of the pipe including voids, the delivering of glass particles into the voids and possibly also cavities in ground adjacent to the corrugated metal pipe, and the delivering of a polymer that expands to fill at least a portion of the voids and possibly also a portion of the cavities not filled by the glass particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: John Murray Kartanson, Scott Joseph Kammerer
  • CANCER DETECTOR USING DEEP OPTICAL SCANNING
    Publication number: 20170007187
    Abstract: A device and a system, based upon Deep Optical Scanning (DEOS), for the detection of certain cancers such as breast cancer and the determination of their response to therapy. DEOS is based upon the nonlinear optical interaction of incident laser generated light with tissue. The cancers may either be subsurface or on the surface. The system includes hardware and software components that form subsystems including: an Optical Electronic Subsystem, a Digitization Subsystem, a Parameter Computation Subsystem, an Archive, an Artificial Intelligence Subsystem, and a Presentation Subsystem. The device can be made portable and is non-invasive in its application to a patient. The system can be integrated into a hybrid architecture with other imaging techniques used for the detection of cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Telebyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Breneisen, Kenneth S. Schneider, Joel A. Strom, John Murray
  • MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A STOWABLE STORAGE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170001570
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a stowable storage apparatus is disclosed having a large deployed-to-stowed volume ratio thereby providing a useful carry capacity while being easy to package. The stowable storage apparatus includes a rigid first end wall and two flexible vertically disposed spaced apart side walls. The first end wall and the two side walls define, when the stowable storage apparatus is in a deployed state, three sides of an enclosure for storing one or more small objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew John Murray, Bruce Southey, Niall Hamilton
  • MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF WASTEWATER SLUDGE
    Publication number: 20160355426
    Abstract: Methods for treatment of sludge with microwave irradiation for improving its dewatering are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes exposing the sludge to microwave irradiation at an absorbed power density of between about 7 W/ml and about 13 W/ml. Turbidity, total solids content and overall dewaterability are improved when the microwave irradiation treatment is combined with another method for dewatering sludge, such as enzyme treatment, conditioning with a flocculating agent and mechanical dewatering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Stephen Robert Vasconcellos, Brian Christopher Moore, Anthony John Murray, June Klimash, Kenneth Roger Conway, Tracy Lynn Paxon, Michael Brian Salerno, Casey L. Renko
  • DOUBLE ANODIZED PARTS
    Publication number: 20160330852
    Abstract: Methods and structures for forming anodization layers that protect and cosmetically enhance metal surfaces are described. In some embodiments, methods involve forming an anodization layer on an underlying metal that permits an underlying metal surface to be viewable. In some embodiments, methods involve forming a first anodization layer and an adjacent second anodization layer on an angled surface, the interface between the two anodization layers being regular and uniform. Described are photomasking techniques and tools for providing sharply defined corners on anodized and texturized patterns on metal surfaces. Also described are techniques and tools for providing anodizing resistant components in the manufacture of electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Lucy Elizabeth BROWNING, Charles B. WOODHULL, Bryan Patrick KIPLE, David A. PAKULA, Tang Yew TAN, Julie HANCHAK-CONNORS, John Murray THORNTON, III, Thomas JOHANNESSEN, Peter RUSSELL-CLARKE, Masashige TATEBE, Napthaneal Y. TAN
  • NANOSTRUCTURED DEVICES FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING BIOMOLECULES
    Publication number: 20160313318
    Abstract: A biosensing FET device, comprising a plurality of nanostructured SOI channels, that is adapted to operate in solutions having a high ionic strength and provides improves sensitivity and detection. Generally, the biosensing device comprises an underlying substrate layer, an insulator and a semiconductor layer and a plurality of channels in the semiconductor layer comprising a plurality of whole or partially formed nanopores in the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: An-Ping Zhang, Anthony John Murray, Rui Chen
  • COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20160264583
    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 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Respivert Ltd.
    Inventors: John King-Underwood, Kazuhiro Ito, Peter John Murray, George Hardy, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Christopher John Brown
  • Double anodizing processes
    Patent number: 9420713
    Abstract: Methods and structures for forming anodization layers that protect and cosmetically enhance metal surfaces are described. In some embodiments, methods involve forming an anodization layer on an underlying metal that permits an underlying metal surface to be viewable. In some embodiments, methods involve forming a first anodization layer and an adjacent second anodization layer on an angled surface, the interface between the two anodization layers being regular and uniform. Described are photomasking techniques and tools for providing sharply defined corners on anodized and texturized patterns on metal surfaces. Also described are techniques and tools for providing anodizing resistant components in the manufacture of electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lucy Elizabeth Browning, Charles B. Woodhull, Bryan Patrick Kiple, David A. Pakula, Tang Yew Tan, Julie Hanchak-Connors, John Murray Thornton, III, Thomas Johannessen, Peter Russell-Clarke, Masashige Tatebe, Napthaneal Y. Tan