Patents by Inventor John Michels

John Michels 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).

  • Patent number: 12280934
    Abstract: A storage vessel assembly for storing chemical includes a storage vessel, a frame for housing the storage vessel, an agitation device disposed in the storage vessel, a temperature control system coupled to the storage vessel, and a controller configured to operate the agitation device and the temperature control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LiquidPower Specialty Products Inc.
    Inventors: Hammdy Danny Beydoun, John Michel Gillespie, Ara Alexander Casada, Wim Verbeke
  • Publication number: 20240022152
    Abstract: Provided herein are resonance-enabled machines, comprising one or more voice coil actuators mounted on a non-moving mass, such as a housing, one or more moving masses, and one or more pluralities of springs coupling the non-moving mass to the one or more moving masses. One or more of the moving masses can perform a specific task. For example, the moving mass may drive a pump as a vacuum pump or a compressor. The moving mass may drive a hammer chisel, for example, to break or fracture structures. The moving mass may drive a device to consolidate, for example, soil. The moving mass may impact a member to drive the member into another member, such as a pile into the soil. Each moving mass may be coupled to a voice coil actuator, and the machine is an electrical-mechanical-electrical transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Lucon Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Lucon, Doran John Michels, Beauford Eugene Munson, Michael James Paffhausen, Robert James Hall
  • Patent number: 10706983
    Abstract: A method of producing an integrated circuit-type active radioisotope battery, the method comprising exposing at least a portion of an electronically functional, unactivated integrated circuit-type battery to radiation to convert transmutable material in the unactivated battery to a radioisotope thereby producing an active cell and thus the integrated circuit-type active radioisotope battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Jae Wan Kwon, John Michel Gahl, Bradley Ryan Nullmeyer
  • Patent number: 10445110
    Abstract: A space vehicle may have a modular board configuration that commonly uses some or all components and a common operating system for at least some of the boards. Each modular board may have its own dedicated processing, and processing loads may be distributed. The space vehicle may be reprogrammable, and may be launched without code that enables all functionality and/or components. Code errors may be detected and the space vehicle may be reset to a working code version to prevent system failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Triad National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Judd, Nicholas Dallmann, Kevin McCabe, Jerry Delapp, Dean Prichard, Michael Proicou, Daniel Seitz, Paul Stein, John Michel, Justin Tripp, Joseph Palmer, Steven Storms
  • Publication number: 20190263578
    Abstract: A storage vessel assembly for storing chemical includes a storage vessel, a frame for housing the storage vessel, an agitation device disposed in the storage vessel, a temperature control system coupled to the storage vessel, and a controller configured to operate the agitation device and the temperature control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Hammdy Danny BEYDOUN, John Michel GILLESPIE, Ara Alexander CASADA, Wim VERBEKE
  • Patent number: 9768857
    Abstract: A field unit and ground station may use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and share a common architecture, where differences in functionality are governed by software. The field units and ground stations may be easy to deploy, relatively inexpensive, and be relatively easy to operate. A novel file system may be used where datagrams of a file may be stored across multiple drives and/or devices. The datagrams may be received out of order and reassembled at the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Judd, Nicholas Dallmann, Jerry Delapp, Michael Proicou, Daniel Seitz, John Michel, Donald Enemark
  • Patent number: 9760382
    Abstract: A space vehicle may have a modular board configuration that commonly uses some or all components and a common operating system for at least some of the boards. Each modular board may have its own dedicated processing, and processing loads may be distributed. The space vehicle may be reprogrammable, and may be launched without code that enables all functionality and/or components. Code errors may be detected and the space vehicle may be reset to a working code version to prevent system failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Judd, Nicholas Dallmann, Kevin McCabe, Jerry Delapp, Dean Prichard, Michael Proicou, Daniel Seitz, Paul Stein, John Michel, Justin Tripp, Joseph Palmer, Steven Storms
  • Publication number: 20170032862
    Abstract: A method of producing an integrated circuit-type active radioisotope battery, the method comprising exposing at least a portion of an electronically functional, unactivated integrated circuit-type battery to radiation to convert transmutable material in the unactivated battery to a radioisotope thereby producing an active cell and thus the integrated circuit-type active radioisotope battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jae Wan Kwon, John Michel Gahl, Bradley Ryan Nullmeyer
  • Patent number: 9478855
    Abstract: A field unit and ground station may use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and share a common architecture, where differences in functionality are governed by software. The field units and ground stations may be easy to deploy, relatively inexpensive, and be relatively easy to operate. A novel file system may be used where datagrams of a file may be stored across multiple drives and/or devices. The datagrams may be received out of order and reassembled at the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Judd, Nicholas Dallmann, Jerry Delapp, Michael Proicou, Daniel Seitz, John Michel, Donald Enemark
  • Publication number: 20160102964
    Abstract: A localization method and system, including determining phases of a plurality of response signals at a plurality of frequencies received from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in response to interrogation signals by a reader at the plurality of frequencies; calculating a first distance estimate of a distance between the RFID tag and the reader based on a signal strength measured from a first response signal of the plurality of response signals; based on the phases and the first distance estimate, calculating a phase slope; and determining a second distance estimate of the distance based upon the phase slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: John Thomas Fessler, Zachary Charles Nathan Kratzer, Johne Michelle Parker, Ann Michelle Whitney, Julie Ann Gordon Whitney
  • Publication number: 20160104013
    Abstract: A localization method and system, including determining at least two phases associated with at least two response signals transmitted by a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag at different frequencies in response to a plurality of interrogation signals transmitted by a reader; determining a first distance estimate of a distance between the RFID tag and the reader based on a signal strength measured from a first response signal of the at least two response signals; based upon the first distance estimate, generating a set of phase data points that follows a substantially periodic function over a range of frequencies; and determining a second distance estimate of the distance based upon the at least two phases and the periodic function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: John Thomas Fessler, Johne Michelle Parker, Ann Michelle Whitney, Julie Ann Gordon Whitney
  • Publication number: 20160003932
    Abstract: A localization method and system, including calculating a first distance estimate of a distance between a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a reader based on information associated with at least one of a plurality of response signals received from the RFID tag in response to interrogation signals by the reader at a plurality frequencies, measuring a signal strength of each of the received plurality of response signals to create a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) signature, predicting an error in the first distance estimate using the RSSI signature, and determining a final distance estimate of the distance by modifying the first distance estimate based on the predicted error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Julie Ann Gordon Whitney, John Thomas Fessler, Zachary Charles Nathan Kratzer, Johne' Michelle Parker, Nathan Bradley Jacobs, Ann Michelle Whitney
  • Publication number: 20150370579
    Abstract: A space vehicle may have a modular board configuration that commonly uses some or all components and a common operating system for at least some of the boards. Each modular board may have its own dedicated processing, and processing loads may be distributed. The space vehicle may be reprogrammable, and may be launched without code that enables all functionality and/or components. Code errors may be detected and the space vehicle may be reset to a working code version to prevent system failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Judd, Nicholas Dallmann, Kevin McCabe, Jerry Delapp, Dean Prichard, Michael Proicou, Daniel Seitz, Paul Stein, John Michel, Justin Tripp, Joseph Palmer, Steven Storms
  • Publication number: 20150372380
    Abstract: A field unit and ground station may use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and share a common architecture, where differences in functionality are governed by software. The field units and ground stations may be easy to deploy, relatively inexpensive, and be relatively easy to operate. A novel file system may be used where datagrams of a file may be stored across multiple drives and/or devices. The datagrams may be received out of order and reassembled at the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Judd, Nicholas Dallmann, Jerry Delapp, Michael Proicou, Daniel Seitz, John Michel, Donald Enemark
  • Patent number: 8998229
    Abstract: An axle bearing suspension system and method has a pair of elongated beams having an upper section and lower section with T-shaped cross sections. The T-shaped cross sections are welded together to form beams having an I-beam cross section. The beams have attachment portions which are preferably arc shaped cylindrical portions for fixing the beams to the axle with the upper section being welded to an upper part of the axle and the lower section being welded to a lower part of the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventors: John Michel, Neil Kenneth Haslam, Phillip David Schnurr
  • Publication number: 20130228993
    Abstract: An axle bearing suspension system and method has a pair of elongated beams having an upper section and lower section with T-shaped cross sections. The T-shaped cross sections are welded together to form beams having an I-beam cross section. The beams have attachment portions which are preferably arc shaped cylindrical portions for fixing the beams to the axle with the upper section being welded to an upper part of the axle and the lower section being welded to a lower part of the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: John Michel, Neil Kenneth Haslam, Phililp David Schnurr
  • Patent number: 7970725
    Abstract: A rules system for creating rules to an expert system is provided, the rules system providing a user-friendly, guided process for creating such rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Robert Edward Armstrong, Raymond John Michels, Glen Richard Davis, John Thuin Page
  • Publication number: 20090161995
    Abstract: A method for forming a plate-mat bag using a form, fill, and seal machine and the resultant bag. The film used to form the bag is oriented so that the product side layer is not a critical barrier layer. The top most portion of the bag is unsealed forming a tab. Below the top most portion, a peelable upper seal is utilized so that a consumer can destroy the upper seal using the tab and tear open the bag along slits made in the product side layer. This results in an easy open package which when opened can serve as a plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Eric Henderson, John Michels, Joe Sagel
  • Patent number: 7428520
    Abstract: A rules system for creating rules to an expert system is provided, the rules system providing a user-friendly, guided process for creating such rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Robert Edward Armstrong, Raymond John Michels, Glen Richard Davis, John Thulin Page
  • Patent number: 7354718
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter generally relates to a method for detectably labeling ribonucleic acid molecules expressed in cells of interest. Also provided are methods for isolating ribonucleic acid molecules derived from genes that are expressed in cells of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Inventor: William John Michels