Patents by Inventor John Franks

John Franks 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).

  • Publication number: 20250205442
    Abstract: Cushion modules and cushion module components are provided for use with patient interfaces in respiratory therapy systems. In examples the seal-forming structures of the cushion modules are provided with a reduced thickness region which may provide improved patient comfort and/or improved manufacturing techniques, particularly when used in relation to patient interfaces combining two or more different materials. In some examples the cushion comprises a lap joint between two different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Kelvin Dale ALPHONSO, Alexander Graham BENNETT, Callum Tyler DE VRIES, David John FRANK, Kam Man LAW, Nigel QUARMBY, Alexandra Elizabeth TILSON, Michal Konrad TREFLER, Andrew James BATE, Jeremy David MCMANUS
  • Patent number: 12334231
    Abstract: Methods for producing a conductive element precursor and a conductive element, such as a tape or wire, are provided. The methods comprise growing a plurality of carbon nanotubes on a metallic substrate and coating carbon nanotubes of the plurality of carbon nanotubes on the metallic substrate with a metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Quantum Conductors Ltd
    Inventors: John Franks, Mathieu Delmas, Calvin Prentice
  • Publication number: 20250147988
    Abstract: A document processing system is configured to identify, for each accessed electronic document in a first set of multiple electronic documents, a set of identified multi-word phrases determined to be in ordered text information in the accessed electronic document, each multi-word phrase of the set of identified multi-word phrases including adjacent words in the ordered text information; and determine, for each accessed electronic document in the first set of multiple electronic documents, a selected document type from the first set of document types based at least on an analysis of the set of identified multi-word phrases with respect to multi-word-phrase characteristics identified by a first definition and associated with each document type in a first set of document types associated with a first document-set type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventor: John Frank Walsh
  • Patent number: 12286903
    Abstract: A turbine engine having a disk and a composite airfoil assembly. The disk having a slot. The composite airfoil assembly having an airfoil portion, a dovetail portion, and a roll snubber. The dovetail portion having a radially inner surface. The roll snubber being provided on the radially inner surface. The radially inner surface spaced from the slot to define a gap therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Van Oflen, Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Michael John Franks, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Patent number: 12241383
    Abstract: A turbine engine having a disk, a composite airfoil assembly and a pitch snubber. The disk having a slot. The composite airfoil assembly having an airfoil portion and a dovetail portion. The dovetail portion having a radially inner surface spaced from the slot to define a gap therebetween. The pitch snubber being provided on one of the slot or the radially inner surface of the dovetail portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Van Oflen, Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach, Michael John Franks, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos
  • Publication number: 20250052162
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section, a compressor section, combustion section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, that defining an engine centerline extending between a forward direction and an aft direction. A composite component, such as an airfoil, extends between a root and a tip, defining a span-wise direction therebetween, and between a leading edge and a trailing edge, defining a chord-wise direction therebetween. The composite component includes a preform core including a first set of fibers as a first set of warp fibers and a first set of weft fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach, Michael John Franks
  • Publication number: 20250012192
    Abstract: A composite airfoil assembly for a turbine engine includes an airfoil defining an airfoil interior, and an inner support structure at least partially located within the airfoil interior. The inner support structure can include a first core, a second core, and at least one pin. A laminate overlay surrounds at least a portion of the inner support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Gary Willard Bryant, JR., Michael John Franks
  • Patent number: 12174135
    Abstract: A system for detecting analytes in a test sample, and a method for processing the same, is provided. The system includes a cartridge reader unit that has a control unit and a pneumatic system, and a cartridge assembly that prepares the samples with mixing material(s) through communication channels. The assembly has a memory chip with parameters for preparing the sample and at least one sensor. The assembly, pneumatic system, and control unit operate together to prepare the sample and provide the prepared sample to the sensor for detecting analytes, and also process measurements from the sensor to generate test results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Zepto Life Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Michael Klein, Michael Monroe Reinhart Sandstedt, John Frank Provos, Chad Brian Rheault
  • Publication number: 20240401486
    Abstract: A composite airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine, the composite airfoil assembly comprising a composite airfoil, a first cladding, and a second cladding. The composite airfoil having a core comprising a composite structure having a core bulk modulus and a laminate skin applied to at least a portion of an exterior of the core. The first cladding and the second cladding are coupled to an outer surface of the composite airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Tod Winton Davis, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Michael John Franks
  • Publication number: 20240400600
    Abstract: Anthropogenic derivatives of native lignin are disclosed, having specific viscoelastic metrics which selectively facilitate the processing of these lignin derivatives into particular finished products. Such lignin derivatives are characterized by rheological metrics that include minimum storage modulus (G?min) and an extent of crosslinking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: John Frank Kadla, Ray Ma, James Ian Dallmeyer
  • Patent number: 12123321
    Abstract: A composite blade assembly for a turbine engine, the composite blade assembly having a core and a laminate skin. The core having a composite structure. The laminate skin having at least one composite ply. The laminate skin having a first portion forming a first angle relative to a horizontal plane, and a second portion forming a second angle relative to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Michael John Franks
  • Publication number: 20240309763
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section, a compressor section, combustor section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, and defining an engine longitudinal axis. Sets of blades can be rotatably driven about the longitudinal axis in the fan section, the compressor section, and the turbine section. The airfoil structure defining one or more of the blades or vanes can include a structure which includes a woven or foam core, with a laminate skin, and an exterior coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Michael John Franks, Nicholas Joseph Kray
  • Patent number: 12079254
    Abstract: A document processing system is configured to identify, for each accessed electronic document in a first set of multiple electronic documents, a set of identified multi-word phrases determined to be in ordered text information in the accessed electronic document, each multi-word phrase of the set of identified multi-word phrases including adjacent words in the ordered text information; and determine, for each accessed electronic document in the first set of multiple electronic documents, a selected document type from the first set of document types based at least on an analysis of the set of identified multi-word phrases with respect to multi-word-phrase characteristics identified by a first definition and associated with each document type in a first set of document types associated with a first document-set type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DOCUFREE CORPORATION
    Inventor: John Frank Walsh
  • Publication number: 20240287795
    Abstract: An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kirt Smith, Chad Walswick, John Frank, Jeff Heymann, Alex Wilson, Ryan Raschke
  • Publication number: 20240287911
    Abstract: A turbine engine having a disk and a composite airfoil assembly. The disk having a slot. The composite airfoil assembly having an airfoil portion, a dovetail portion, and a roll snubber. The dovetail portion having a radially inner surface. The roll snubber being provided on the radially inner surface. The radially inner surface spaced from the slot to define a gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Van Oflen, Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Michael John Franks, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Publication number: 20240209742
    Abstract: A composite blade assembly for a turbine engine, the composite blade assembly having a core and a laminate skin. The core having a composite structure. The laminate skin having at least one composite ply. The laminate skin having a first portion forming a first angle relative to a horizontal plane, and a second portion forming a second angle relative to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Michael John Franks
  • Patent number: 12000146
    Abstract: An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MITEK HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kirt Smith, Chad Walswick, John Frank, Jeff Heymann, Alex Wilson, Ryan Raschke
  • Publication number: 20240028624
    Abstract: A document processing system is configured to identify, for each accessed electronic document in a first set of multiple electronic documents, a set of identified multi-word phrases determined to be in ordered text information in the accessed electronic document, each multi-word phrase of the set of identified multi-word phrases including adjacent words in the ordered text information; and determine, for each accessed electronic document in the first set of multiple electronic documents, a selected document type from the first set of document types based at least on an analysis of the set of identified multi-word phrases with respect to multi-word-phrase characteristics identified by a first definition and associated with each document type in a first set of document types associated with a first document-set type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: John Frank Walsh
  • Patent number: 11771462
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sternal locators for placement of an intraosseous device into the sternum of a human patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Kilcoin, John Frank Morgan, III, Larry J. Miller, Robert W. Titkemeyer
  • Patent number: 11748388
    Abstract: A document processing system is configured to identify, for each accessed electronic document in a first set of multiple electronic documents, a set of identified multi-word phrases determined to be in ordered text information in the accessed electronic document, each multi-word phrase of the set of identified multi-word phrases including adjacent words in the ordered text information; and determine, for each accessed electronic document in the first set of multiple electronic documents, a selected document type from the first set of document types based at least on an analysis of the set of identified multi-word phrases with respect to multi-word-phrase characteristics identified by a first definition and associated with each document type in a first set of document types associated with a first document-set type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Docufree Corporation
    Inventor: John Frank Walsh