Patents by Inventor Kenneth Wayne

Kenneth Wayne 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: 20200353954
    Abstract: A railroad hopper car has a hopper carried between two trucks, and has convergent end and side slope sheets that feed a bottom discharge. The bottom discharge has a rectangular frame. The bottom discharge is lower than the center sill. The car has a flat bottom discharge having multiple arrays of louvers. All of the lading discharges through the flat bottom. The side sheets extend downwardly beyond the side sills, so that the side slope sheets terminate below the side sills. The car has laterally extending shear force transfer members that provide a shear connection between the side walls of the car. The shear force transfer members have openings to permit lading from the main containment volume of the car to pass therethough to the lading discharges. The louvers are joined to move together. Alternatively, the gate may include two opposed sliding doors separated by a beam that runs under the center sill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: National Steel Car Limited
    Inventors: Oliver M. Veit, Kenneth Wayne Black
  • Patent number: 10830373
    Abstract: A dump handle locking device inhibits tampering with a dump handle of a tank dump valve assembly. A handle portion and a barrier portion interface with respective ends of the tank dump valve assembly. The handle portion and the barrier portion are releasably locked together through a lock mechanism, which restricts displacement of the dump handle that controls movement of a barrier covering the pipe opening. A key regulates fastening and unfastening of the lock mechanism. Consequently, the dump handle is restricted from axial displacement, remaining in a closed position. In some embodiments, handle portion is a valve handle box that encapsulates the dump handle, and barrier portion is a lock plate interfacing with pipe section in tank dump valve assembly. In other embodiments, handle portion is a valve handle cable that attaches to the dump handle, and barrier portion is a barrier cable that attaches to the pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth Wayne Baker
  • Patent number: 10814254
    Abstract: A polymer melt candle filter having a support which comprises a hollow cylindrical body defined by a first end, a second end, and a cylinder wall having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion includes a screw thread on its outside surface and optionally a hex fitting on its inside surface for receiving a hex wrench. The second end portion includes a plurality of holes in the cylinder wall. The area of the openings of the holes on the outside surface of the cylinder wall may be larger than the area of the openings of the corresponding holes on the inside surface of the cylinder wall. The shape of the openings of the holes on the outside surface may be non-circular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Westlake Longview Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Moser, Andrew Colin Lewis, Bert Eugene Allen, Stephen Wayne Coe, Douglas James Landry, Wayne Scott Strasser
  • Patent number: 10766505
    Abstract: A gondola car has a door and an associated door frame the end. The door hangs hingedly from the header of the frame. The header runs across the top of the door opening and is connected to the top chords at either side. The door posts are positioned inside the side sheets and tie into the header at each upper corner. The side sheets lap onto the door posts to allow longitudinal adjustment of the side assemblies and the door frame relative to each other, at assembly. The side posts are connected to the header with a tie plate that is bolted to both members. The car may also have a tarp dome at each end. The tarp dome has non-welded connections that have play to permit the tarp dome to accommodate movement of the top chords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: National Steel Car Limited
    Inventors: Oliver M. Veit, Kenneth Wayne Black, James W. Forbes, Mark Anthony Suffoletta, James Batchelor
  • Publication number: 20200276992
    Abstract: A railroad freight car may have external fittings, such as trackside-accessible ladder fittings that permit personnel to climb onto the decks and walkways of the car. Several embodiments of movable ladder assemblies are described that provide an extended or deployed or raised position of a handhold, and a retracted or lowered, or stored position. In other embodiments, the assembly is provided with a compliant member that allows the handhold resiliently to flex when encountered by solid objects such as shipping containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: NATIONAL STEEL CAR LIMITED
    Inventors: Maryam Mansouri Nasrabad, Mohamed Al-Kaabi, Max Vanderby, Kenneth Wayne Black, I, Tomasz Bis
  • Publication number: 20200261113
    Abstract: An automatic insertion device and method of using the same is provided. A vibrator and an extender are connected to a penetrating member and are both in electrical communication with a controller. A detector identifies a subcutaneous target for insertion and the insertion angle, distance and trajectory for the penetrating member are calculated. The vibrator provides vibrations to the penetrating member and the extender advances the penetrating member for insertion. The vibrator and extender are in electrical communication with one another during the insertion process and adjustments to the insertion speed are made based on feedback of vibrational load encountered by the vibrator during insertion, and adjustments to the vibrations are made based on feedback of insertion load encountered by the extender during insertion. Iterative samples are taken to constantly adjust the operation of one motor based on the operations and feedback from the other motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: Actuated Medical, Inc., Ex Machina Medical LLC
    Inventors: Roger B. Bagwell, Ryan S. Clement, Maureen L. Mulvihill, Casey A. Scruggs, Kevin A. Snook, William E. Cohn, James Patrick Herlihy, Kenneth Wayne Rennicks
  • Patent number: 10740432
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing hardware computations of mathematical functions are provided. In one example, a system comprises a mapping table that maps each base value of a plurality of base values to parameters related to a mathematical function; a selection module configured to select, based on an input value, a first base value and first parameters mapped to the first base value in the mapping table; and arithmetic circuits configured to: receive, from the mapping table, the first base value and the first plurality of parameters; and compute, based on a relationship between the input value and the first base value, and based on the first parameters, an estimated output value of the mathematical function for the input value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Diamant, Randy Renfu Huang, Mohammad El-Shabani, Sundeep Amirineni, Kenneth Wayne Patton, Willis Wang
  • Publication number: 20200223600
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fluid transfer apparatus for sucking liquid from a container and transferring to another container or target. The fluid transfer apparatus comprising a squeeze bulb, the squeeze bulb having a first opening and an opposite second opening. A first check valve coupled to the first opening and a second check valve coupled to the second opening, wherein the first check valve and the second check valve together are configured to control the direction of fluid flow in one direction i.e. the liquid can enter from first check valve leaves from the second check valve. A transfer tube is fluidly coupled to the first check valve and a dispensing tube is coupled to the second check valve. The squeeze bulb is configured to suck liquid from a container through the transfer tube, wherein the liquid collects in the squeeze bulb and the dispensing tube. The other end of the dispensing tube is closed by a nipple, the nipple having a hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth Wayne Negaard, II
  • Publication number: 20200218494
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting requested content on public display devices are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Eric HC Liu, Kenneth Wayne Dauber, Michel Weksler, Jeremy Lyon
  • Publication number: 20200207042
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a nonpneumatic tire is described. The method includes the steps of: mounting a rim on a spindle; providing a spoke structure having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, expanding the inner diameter and mounting the spoke structure over the rim; compressing the outer diameter of the spoke structure and then mounting a tread and shearband assembly over the outer diameter to form a nonpneumatic tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Ray DOWNING, James Alfred BENZING, II, Wesley Glen SIGLER, Laura Mechala CHAN, Kenneth Wayne RUDD, Michael Thomas DRISCOLL
  • Patent number: 10689012
    Abstract: A railroad freight car may have external fittings, such as trackside-accessible ladder fittings that permit personnel to climb onto the decks and walkways of the car. Several embodiments of movable ladder assemblies are described that provide an extended or deployed or raised position of a handhold, and a retracted or lowered, or stored position. In other embodiments, the assembly is provided with a compliant member that allows the handhold resiliently to flex when encountered by solid objects such as shipping containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: National Steel Car Limited
    Inventors: Maryam Mansouri Nasrabad, Mohamed Al-Kaabi, Max Vanderby, Kenneth Wayne Black, Tomasz Bis
  • Patent number: 10632380
    Abstract: A body motion driven interface system, the system uses an interface to track body position along with optional body positional elements driven by the user's body. The body motion driven interface includes an interactive object, a rocking platform for supporting the user's body, a tilt sensor for sensing tilt of the rocking platform, an optional position sensor for sensing position of the body positional elements relative to the rocking platform, and an optional tactile sensor for sensing touch of the body. The system further includes a control unit receiving tilt sensor data from the tilt sensor, position sensor data from the position sensor and tactile sensor data from the tactile sensor. The control unit uses the tilt sensor data, the position sensor data and the tactile sensor data to generate instructions that change a state within the computer driven visual display to create an imagination driven simulated reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robin Shafto, Kenneth Wayne Howell, Terrence William Sehr, Devin Carlin, Steven Margolin, John Robert Pierce, Jacob Mushlin
  • Patent number: 10589973
    Abstract: An automated device for producing a closed part, commencing with an open part having a cap joined with a hinge to a body, the device comprising: a tool having a guide surface defined in an operating plane substantially orthogonal to a hinge axis; a part gripper disposed on a computer numerically controlled shuttle, the part gripper operable to: select an open part from a stream of identical open parts; engage one of: the cap; and the body, on a start point on the guide surface; slide the open part, within the operating plane from the start point to a finish point on the guide surface, to rotate the cap about the hinge axis from an open position to a closed position relative to the body; and release the closed part from the part gripper at a release station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Nicholson, Philip David Munroe, Martin George Smith, Robert David Almas
  • Publication number: 20200054228
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation of a tissue that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue to cause altered activity at a synapse between a neuron and a non-neuronal cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Puleo, Victoria Cotero, Ying Fan, Tzu-Jen Kao, David Mills, Jeffrey Ashe, Sireesha KAANUMALLE, Kirk Dennis WALLACE, Kenneth Wayne RIGBY, Ileana HANCU, James ROTHMAN
  • Publication number: 20200033227
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for examining the integrity of a structure having a visually repetitive pattern such as a fence, includes an imaging system having a light source and an optical element to produce a narrow substantially vertical light beam, and a photodetector to receive reflected light. The light beam is directed at the structure while moving laterally, producing a planar image of the structure which is continually refreshed. The system processes the images and identifies an anomalous feature from an anomaly in the repetitive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Brizel, Murray Paulson, Ilya Utkin, Nehla Ghouaiel, Siamak Akhlaghi Esfahany
  • Publication number: 20200013099
    Abstract: A method involves inscribing a unique ballistic information number (BIN) on a bullet in process of manufacture of a cartridge, the cartridge including a shell casing holding the bullet, recording the BIN in a network-connected database, recording, at point of sale, identity of a person who purchases the cartridges, associating the person who purchases the cartridges in the network-connected database with the BIN inscribed on the bullet and recorded in the network-connected database, and transacting an insurance policy insuring the person for liability for damages caused by use of the cartridges and associating the insurance policy with the identity of the person in the network-connected database and with the BIN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth Wayne Jarvis
  • Patent number: 10528316
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting requested content on public display devices are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eric H C Liu, Kenneth Wayne Dauber, Michel Weksler, Jeremy Lyon
  • Patent number: 10518196
    Abstract: A separation device, system and associated method are provided herein for separation of particulates form a base fluid. The separation device comprises a first microchannel comprising a fluid inlet and a mesofluidic collection chamber. The mesofluidic collection chamber has a first side and a second side, wherein the mesofluidic collection chamber is operatively coupled to the first microchannel on the first side, and wherein the mesofluidic collection chamber comprises a first fluid outlet at the second side, such that the fluid inlet, first microchannel, and first fluid outlet are in fluidic communication via the mesofluidic collection chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Puleo, Craig Patrick Galligan, Gregory Andrew Grossman, Erik Leeming Kvam, Robert Scott Duthie, Kenneth Wayne Rigby, Paul Michael Smigelski, Jr., Victoria Eugenia Cotero, Jason William Castle, John Donald Burczak, James Edward Rothman
  • Publication number: 20190298027
    Abstract: A container system includes several carry items or containers for carrying items. The carry items or containers each have a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The carry items or containers include magnetic coupling elements on at least one side to magnetically couple to another one of the carry items or containers. The magnetic coupling elements can be arranged so that a specific orientation of the carry items or containers can be enforced by there not being a magnetic attraction when the items are not properly oriented and aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Kenneth Wayne Schurman
  • Publication number: 20190184658
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a nonpneumatic tire is described. The method includes the steps of: mounting a rim on a spindle; providing a spoke structure having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, expanding the inner diameter and mounting the spoke structure over the rim; compressing the outer diameter of the spoke structure and then mounting a tread and shearband assembly over the outer diameter to form a nonpneumatic tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Ray DOWNING, James Alfred BENZING, II, Wesley Glen SIGLER, Laura Mechala CHAN, Kenneth Wayne RUDD, Michael Thomas DRISCOLL