Patents by Inventor John R. Schneider
John R. Schneider 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: 11963691Abstract: A surgical instrument, has an end effector that includes an ultrasonic blade, and a clamp arm that moves relative to the ultrasonic blade from an opened position toward an intermediate position and a closed position. The clamp arm is offset from the ultrasonic blade to define a predetermined gap in the intermediate position between the opened position and the closed position. A clamp arm actuator connects to the clamp arm and moves from an opened configuration to a closed configuration to direct the clamp arm from the opened position toward the intermediate position and the closed position. A spacer connects with the clamp arm to inhibit movement of the clamp arm from the intermediate position toward the closed position for maintaining the predetermined gap between the clamp arm and the ultrasonic blade.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Ryan M. Asher, Brian D. Black, John E. Brady, Joseph Dennis, Geni M. Giannotti, Bryce L. Heitman, Timothy S. Holland, Joseph E. Hollo, Andrew Kolpitcke, Amy M. Krumm, Jason R. Lesko, Matthew C. Miller, David A. Monroe, Ion V. Nicolaescu, Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz, Matthew S. Schneider, Richard C. Smith, Shawn C. Snyder, Sarah A. Worthington, Monica L. Rivard, Fajian Zhang
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Publication number: 20240108265Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for generating a void profile for user void events. The method includes receiving by a processing element a plurality of outputs from a fluid level sensor corresponding to a plurality of levels of fluid flowing through a voiding device during a flow event; determining by the processing element a beginning and an end time of the fluid flow into the voiding device during the flow event; analyzing the plurality of outputs of the fluid level sensor over a time interval defined by the beginning and end time of the fluid flow to determine at least one of a fluid flow rate data and an accumulated volume data for the fluid flowing through the voiding device; and storing the fluid flow rate data and the accumulated flow volume data in a memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Brent Laing, John Green, Paul R. Johnson, Robert John Smith, Robert Edwin Schneider, Magnus Hargis, Elise Geolat Edson, Elizabeth A. O'Brien
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Patent number: 11938598Abstract: Position sensing related to a component within a power tool. The component within the power tool is, for example, a hammer of an impact mechanism and can include one or more sensible features that allow a controller of the power tool to precisely determine the position, speed, and acceleration of the component. One or more sensors can be used to determine the rotational position of the hammer and the axial position of the hammer. The rotational position of the hammer can then be used to calculate, for example, rotational speed and acceleration of the hammer. With precise determinations of the rotational and axial position of the hammer, the controller of the power tool is able to precisely time the impact between the hammer and the anvil to optimize the impact between the hammer and the anvil (e.g., to maximize energy transfer between the hammer and the anvil).Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Jacob P. Schneider, John S. Dey, IV, Timothy R. Obermann
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Publication number: 20240085373Abstract: A method of operating a differential mobility spectrometer (DMS) includes providing a heater disposed proximate a ceramic body of a DMS cell. A first control voltage is applied to the heater. A first threshold is detected by a first sensor disposed within a curtain plate that substantially surrounds the DMS cell. A second control voltage is applied to the heater based at least in part on the detected first threshold. During application of the second control voltage, a mass spectrometry analysis of a gas within the DMS cell is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.Inventors: John L. CAMPBELL, Bradley B. SCHNEIDER, Thomas R. COVEY
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Patent number: 11925465Abstract: Uroflowmeters and methods for processing data generated therefrom are disclosed. In one aspect, the uroflowmeter is a handheld device. The uroflowmeter includes a handle, a flow chamber coupled to the handle, and a sensor associated with the flow chamber that detects a parameter of urine received in the flow chamber. The uroflowmeter may include both reusable and disposable components. As a uroflowmeter it can identify and record data corresponding to the rate of flow over the measured duration of a void of urine, but may also timestamp the voiding act and communicate the data to an external data collection center for additional analysis and incorporation into a comprehensive voiding report or voiding diary.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ClearTrac Technologies, LLCInventors: Brent Laing, John Green, Paul R. Johnson, Robert John Smith, Robert Edwin Schneider, Magnus Hargis, Elise Geolat Edson, Elizabeth A. O'Brien, Joseph L. Kapushion
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Publication number: 20230167311Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate having (a) a first material applied to at least a portion of the substrate, and (b) a coating layer deposited from a powder coating composition including a film-forming resin, and optionally a thermally conductive, electrically insulative filler material and/or a crosslinker that is reactive with the film-forming resin, in direct contact with at least a portion of the substrate to which the first material has been applied. The first material is (i) a catalyst that catalyzes cure of the powder coating composition, (ii) a component reactive with the film-forming resin and/or the crosslinker of the powder coating composition, and/or (iii) a rheology modifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Brian E. Woodworth, John R. Schneider, Anthony M. Chasser, Liang Ma, Calum H. Munro, Marvin M. Pollum, Jr., Maria S. French, Allison G. Condie, Holli A. Gonder-Jones, Daniel K. Dei, Christopher Apanius, Cassandra Noelle Bancroft
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Publication number: 20230143426Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a system for coating a substrate comprising an electrodepositable coating composition and a powder coating composition. Also disclosed are coated substrates comprising a first coating layer comprising an electrodepositable coating layer, and a second coating layer comprising a powder coating layer on at least a portion of the first coating layer, as well as methods of coating substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Sijmen J. Visser, Brian E. Woodworth, Holli A. Gonder-Jones, John R. Schneider, Kelly L. Moore, Mark L. Follet, Liang Ma, Calum H. Munro, Marvin M. Pollum, JR., Maria S. French, Allison G. Condie, Amy E. Harrison, Irina G. Schwendeman, Daniel K. Dei, Cassandra Noelle Bancroft, Christopher Apanius, Kevin T. Sylvester, Corey J. Dedomenic, Egle Puodziukynaite
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Publication number: 20230115050Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a powder coating composition comprising a binder; a thermally conductive, electrically insulative filler material; and, optionally, a thermoplastic material and/or a core-shell polymer. The present invention is also directed to a substrate comprising a coating layer deposited from the powder coating composition of the present invention, as well as methods of coating a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Liang Ma, Calum H. Munro, Marvin M. Pollum, JR., Daniel K. Dei, Brian E. Woodworth, John R. Schneider, Maria S. French, Allison G. Condie, Holli A. Gonder-Jones, Christopher Apanius, Cassandra Noelle Bancroft
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Patent number: 11530328Abstract: Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: David N. Walters, John R. Schneider
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Patent number: 11453788Abstract: Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: David N. Walters, John R. Schneider
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Publication number: 20220266167Abstract: An extraction system that includes a cooling chamber and a closed extraction loop. The cooling chamber includes a body, a lid, and an interior defined therebetween, as well as a channel extending through the cooling chamber body from the interior to the exterior. The closed extraction loop includes a first extraction loop component located within the interior of the cooling chamber and a second extraction loop component located exterior to the cooling chamber. A fluid line is incorporated into the channel defined in the cooling chamber body and is fluidly connected to the first extraction loop component and the second extraction loop component, thereby enabling fluid transfer between them. Also disclosed are extraction system that include cooling chambers featuring a rack apparatus and an adapted freezer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventor: John R. Schneider
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Publication number: 20210363358Abstract: The present invention is directed towards curable film-forming coating compositions comprising metal particles; an alkaline earth metal compound comprising an alkaline earth metal oxide, an alkaline earth metal carbonate, an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, an alkaline earth metal sulfate, an alkaline earth metal monocarboxylate, an alkaline earth metal phosphate, or combinations thereof; and an organic film-forming binder. Also disclosed are methods of making curable film-forming coating compositions, methods of coating substrates, and coated substrates resulting therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Mayo, Nicole L. Rakers, Elizabeth A. Furar, John R. Schneider, Venkateshwarlu Kalsani, Troy J. Larimer, Kamlesh J. Sheth, James E. McCarthy, Victor F. Georgic, Mary Lyn Chong Lim, Arif Mubarok
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Publication number: 20210355329Abstract: Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: David N. Walters, John R. Schneider
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Publication number: 20210332251Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate having (a) a first material applied to at least a portion of the substrate, and (b) a coating layer deposited from a liquid coating composition including a film-forming resin, and optionally a crosslinker that is reactive with the film-forming resin, in direct contact with at least a portion of the substrate to which the first material has been applied. The first material is (i) a catalyst that catalyzes cure of the liquid coating composition, (ii) a component reactive with the film-forming resin and/or the crosslinker of the liquid coating composition, and/or (iii) a rheology modifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Troy James Larimer, John R. Schneider, Anthony M. Chasser, Brian Edward Woodworth, Justin Jonathan Martin, Steven Joseph Lemon, Craig Daniel Niederst, Corey James DeDomenic, Brian C. Okerberg, Steven R. Zawacky
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Publication number: 20210324205Abstract: Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: David N. Walters, John R. Schneider
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Publication number: 20210324203Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate having (a) a first material applied to at least a portion of the substrate, and (b) a coating layer deposited from a powder coating composition including a film-forming resin, and optionally a crosslinker that is reactive with the film-forming resin, in direct contact with at least a portion of the substrate to which the first material has been applied. The first material is (i) a catalyst that catalyzes cure of the powder coating composition, (ii) a component reactive with the film-forming resin and/or the crosslinker of the powder coating composition, and/or (iii) a rheology modifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Troy James Larimer, John R. Schneider, Anthony M. Chasser, Brian Edward Woodworth, Justin Jonathan Martin, Steven Joseph Lemon, Craig Daniel Niederst
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Publication number: 20210054216Abstract: Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: David N. Walters, John R. Schneider
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Patent number: 10808133Abstract: Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: David N. Walters, John R. Schneider
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Patent number: 10800928Abstract: Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: David N. Walters, John R. Schneider
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Patent number: 10723913Abstract: Compositions comprising hydroxy functional alkyl polyureas are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Hongying Zhou, Shanti Swarup, Anthony M. Chasser, Edward R. Millero, Jr., John R. Schneider, Tien-Chieh Chao, Christopher P. Kurtz, Xiangling Xu, John M. Dudik, William H. Retsch, Jr., Benjamin Kabagambe, Ronald Kralic