Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. McCormack

Kenneth J. McCormack 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).

  • Cryogenic cam butterfly valve
    Patent number: 9506571
    Abstract: A cryogenic cam butterfly valve has a body that includes an axially extending fluid conduit formed there through. A disc lug is connected to a back side of a valve disc and has a circular bore that receives and is larger than a cam of a cam shaft. The valve disc is rotatable for a quarter turn within the body about a lug axis that is offset from the shaft axis. Actuating the cam shaft in the closing rotational direction first causes the camming side of the cam of the cam shaft to rotate the disc lug and the valve disc a quarter turn from the open position to the closed position. Further actuating causes the camming side of the cam shaft to translate the valve disc into sealed contact with the valve seat. Opening rotational direction of the cam shaft reverses these motions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Kenneth J. McCormack
  • SODIUM CHANNEL PROTEIN TYPE III ALPHA-SUBUNIT SPLICE VARIANT
    Publication number: 20110117112
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a splice variant of a human sodium channel alpha subunit and methods and compositions for making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McCormack, Christopher D. Raj
  • SODIUM CHANNEL PROTEIN TYPE III ALPHA-SUBUNIT SPLICE VARIANT
    Publication number: 20090264623
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a splice variant of a human sodium channel alpha subunit and methods and compositions for making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McCormack, Christopher D. Raj
  • Sodium channel protein type III alpha-subunit splice variant
    Patent number: 7531523
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a splice variant of a human sodium channel alpha subunit and methods and compositions for making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenneth J. McCormack, Christopher D. Raj