Patents by Inventor Kevin Ray

Kevin Ray 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).

  • Induction-based heat retentive server
    Patent number: 9854942
    Abstract: A heat retentive server includes a chamber defined between an upper shell and a lower shell that are connected to one another. An induction-heatable member is positioned in the chamber, and the induction-heatable member may be heated by electromagnetic induction to a first temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. Buffering material is positioned in the chamber between the induction-heatable member and the upper shell, and the buffering material is adapted for providing predetermined conductive heat transfer from the induction-heatable member to the upper shell so that at least a portion of the upper shell is heated to a second temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. The second temperature is less than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Aladdin Temp-Rite LLC
    Inventors: Rodger D Crocker, David R Gordon, R Kevin Ray, Timothy D Altizer, Matthew J McCartney, Martin A Rothschild, Philip H Scruggs
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VEHICLE SYSTEM CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170369083
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle system includes determining a vehicle reference speed using an off-board-based input speed and an onboard-based input speed. The off-board-based input speed is representative of a moving speed of the vehicle system and is determined from data received from an off-board device. The onboard-based input speed is representative of the moving speed of the vehicle system and is determined from data obtained from an onboard device. The method includes using the vehicle reference speed to at least one of measure wheel creep for one or more wheels of the vehicle system or control at least one of torques applied by or rotational speeds of one or more motors of the vehicle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: David Bradley PULLIAM, Ajith Kuttannair KUMAR, Bret Dwayne WORDEN, Jeremy Thomas MCGARRY, Kevin Ray RUYBAL
  • Dry printing with simplified plate cleaning
    Patent number: 9827759
    Abstract: The blanket cylinder of a printing press is used to remove oleophobic debris from an imaged dry printing member. Following imaging—e.g., imagewise exposure of the printing member to radiation that ablates the layer below the oleophobic layer, or de-anchors it from the oleophobic layer without ablation—the printing member is brought into rolling contact with the blanket cylinder, and the press is operated “on impression.” This rolling contact may remove not only the oleophobic top layer but ablation debris of the underlying imaging layer as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: PRESSTEK, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Doyle, Travis Softic, Kevin Ray
  • Antenna mount
    Patent number: 9812762
    Abstract: A mount for an antenna includes: first and second generally C-shaped arms, each with upper and lower free ends; equipment face mounting brackets mounted on the first and second arms; and lower and upper plates mounted to a post. The upper free ends of the first and second arms are pivotally mounted to the upper plate, and the lower free ends of the first and second arms are pivotally mounted to the lower plate, such that the first and second arms are movable between retracted and extended positions. The first and second arms are fixed in the extended position relative to the upper and lower plate via fasteners inserted through holes in the upper and lower free ends of the arms and in the upper plate, the pivotal mounts and the holes defining a desired angle between the first and second arms in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alan J. Skrepcinski, Kevin L. Rovell, Kevin Ray Paswalk
  • DRY LITHOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND PRINTING WITH PRINTING MEMBERS HAVING ALUMINUM SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20170267011
    Abstract: Negative-working, IR-sensitive dry printing plates utilize an oleophobic topmost layer, a nitrocellulose-based imaging layer ablatable by laser discharge, and a grained metal substrate with no heat-insulating layer intervening between the imaging layer and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Kevin RAY
  • System and method of vehicle system control
    Patent number: 9751542
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle system includes determining a vehicle reference speed using an off-board-based input speed and an onboard-based input speed. The off-board-based input speed is representative of a moving speed of the vehicle system and is determined from data received from an off-board device. The onboard-based input speed is representative of the moving speed of the vehicle system and is determined from data obtained from an onboard device. The method includes using the vehicle reference speed to at least one of measure wheel creep for one or more wheels of the vehicle system or control at least one of torques applied by or rotational speeds of one or more motors of the vehicle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Bradley Pulliam, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Bret Dwayne Worden, Jeremy Thomas McGarry, Kevin Ray Ruybal
  • SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170217152
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are squeegee apparatuses and methods and systems for screen printing on a surface of a substrate comprising the disclosed squeegee apparatus and a framed screen. Also disclosed herein are methods for screen printing a 3D substrate comprising creating a 2D test framed screen. Methods for predicting the distortion of an image printed on a 3D substrate are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew John Cempa, Christopher Paul Daigler, Jason Scott Stewart, Christina Marie Laskowski, Kevin Ray Maslin
  • SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170217151
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses for screen printing on a surface of a three-dimensional substrate comprising a substantially rigid, substantially planar frame having a perimeter defining a region within the perimeter having a given surface area; and a screen attached to the frame and extending across at least a portion of the surface area, wherein the screen comprises a first portion through which a liquid printing medium can pass onto a proximate three-dimensional substrate; and a second portion coated with an emulsion substantially preventing the liquid printing medium from passing through the second portion of the screen, wherein the screen has a fixed tension of less than about 20 N/cm. Methods and systems for screen printing on a surface of a three-dimensional substrate are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Cutcher Jr., Christopher Paul Daigler, Christina Marie Laskowski, Kevin Ray Maslin
  • Electrical connector having electrical contacts that engage mating contacts
    Patent number: 9666966
    Abstract: Electrical connector including a contact array having electrical contacts. Each of the electrical contacts includes a proximal base and an elongated body that extends from the proximal base to a distal end. The elongated body has a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal base and the distal end, and a lateral axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The elongated body includes a body side that extends along the longitudinal and lateral axes and is shaped to form a wipe track. The wipe track is configured to engage a contact finger of the mating connector as the contact finger moves linearly along the longitudinal axis. The wipe track has a non-linear path such that the wipe track turns at least partially in a lateral direction as the wipe track moves toward the proximal base along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Ray Leibold, Justin Shane McClellan
  • DRY LITHOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND PRINTING WITH PRINTING MEMBERS HAVING ALUMINUM SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20170136799
    Abstract: Negative-working, IR-sensitive dry printing plates utilize an oleophobic topmost layer, a nitrocellulose-based imaging layer ablatable by laser discharge, and a grained metal substrate with no heat-insulating layer intervening between the imaging layer and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Kevin RAY
  • Electrical connector having electrical contacts that include a pore-blocking substance
    Patent number: 9620876
    Abstract: Electrical connector including a connector housing that is configured to engage a mating connector during a mating operation. The electrical connector also includes a plurality of electrical contacts that coupled to the connector housing. Each of the electrical contacts includes a proximal base that is coupled to the connector housing and an elongated body that extends from the proximal base to a distal end. The elongated body has a body side that extends between the proximal base and the distal end and is configured to engage a corresponding mating contact of the mating connector. The body side has a stamped indentation, wherein each of the electrical contacts includes a pore-blocking substance within the corresponding stamped indentation and along a surrounding portion of the exterior surface that is adjacent to the corresponding stamped indentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Ray Leibold, Justin Shane McClellan
  • Recording media and related methods
    Patent number: 9605150
    Abstract: A recording medium comprises an oleophilic substrate and, thereover, a topmost oleophobic layer comprising a cured polymeric silicone matrix that consists essentially of the addition-cure reaction product of a vinyl-functional polydialkylsiloxane and a silane cross-linking agent. The vinyl-functional polydialkylsiloxane has a molecular weight ranging from 30,000 to 75,000 or 110,000 to 130,000. If the molecular weight of the vinyl-functional polydialkylsiloxane is within the range of 30,000 to 75,000, the molar ratio of silane groups to vinyl groups is within the range of about 11:1 to about 25:1; and if the molecular weight of the vinyl-functional polydialkylsiloxane is within the range of 110,000 to 130,000, the molar ratio of silane groups to vinyl groups is from about 5:1 to about 27:1. The recording medium may be used as a lithographic printing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: PRESSTEK, LLC.
    Inventors: Sonia Rondon, Kevin Ray
  • Ablation-type lithographic imaging with silicone acrylate layers
    Patent number: 9555615
    Abstract: In ablation-type printing plates involving silicone acrylate top layers, curing at high oxygen levels not only substantially reduces or eliminates toning, but does not adversely affect plate durability or printing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Presstek, LLC
    Inventors: Sonia Rondon, Kevin Ray
  • LITHOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND PRINTING WITH NEGATIVE-WORKING PHOTORESPONSIVE PRINTING MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20170021656
    Abstract: Negative-working, IR-sensitive printing plates utilize a radiation-sensitive composition having a component polymerizable by a free-radical mechanism, at least part of which comprises or consists essentially of a non-particulate, aliphatic urethane acrylic oligomer that is infinitely water-dilutable but not water-soluble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin Ray, Maria T. Sypek, Travis Softic, Thuan Nguyen, Michael Karp, Oren Etziony, Geula Zegnioyev
  • WATERLESS PRINTING MEMBERS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20160375712
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a recording medium comprises an oleophilic substrate and, thereover, a topmost oleophobic layer comprising a cured polymeric silicone matrix that consists essentially of the addition-cure reaction product of a vinyl-functional polydialkylsiloxane and a silane cross-linking agent. The vinyl-functional polydialkylsiloxane has a molecular weight ranging from 30,000 to 75,000 or 110,000 to 130,000. If the molecular weight of the vinyl-functional polydialkylsiloxane is within the range of 30,000 to 75,000, the molar ratio of silane groups to vinyl groups is within the range of about 11:1 to about 25:1; and if the molecular weight of the vinyl-functional polydialkylsiloxane is within the range of 110,000 to 130,000, the molar ratio of silane groups to vinyl groups is from about 5:1 to about 27:1. The recording medium may be used as a lithographic printing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Sonia RONDON, Kevin RAY
  • DRY PRINTING WITH SIMPLIFIED PLATE CLEANING
    Publication number: 20160361915
    Abstract: The blanket cylinder of a printing press is used to remove oleophobic debris from an imaged dry printing member. Following imaging—e.g., imagewise exposure of the printing member to radiation that ablates the layer below the oleophobic layer, or de-anchors it from the oleophobic layer without ablation—the printing member is brought into rolling contact with the blanket cylinder, and the press is operated “on impression.” This rolling contact may remove not only the oleophobic top layer but ablation debris of the underlying imaging layer as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Alan DOYLE, Travis SOFTIC, Kevin RAY
  • LITHOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND PRINTING WITHOUT DEFECTS OF ELECTROSTATIC ORIGIN
    Publication number: 20160332472
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention involve three-layer printing members having a central layer that is non-conductive yet abalatable at commercially realistic fluence levels. In various embodiments, the central layer is polymeric with a dispersion of nonconductive carbon black particles therein at a loading level sufficient to provide at least partial layer ablatability and water compatibility of the resulting ablation debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Sonia RONDON, Kevin RAY
  • FLUOROCARBON FISHING HOOK AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20160324132
    Abstract: Devices and methods for forming a new and improved fishing hook is provided. Various materials, including fluorocarbons and polycarbonates, and combinations thereof are provided to produce a translucent or transparent device that maintains desirable material properties such as weight, tensile strength, ductility, and flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Alan Lorimer, Charles Kevin Ray
  • Protective covering for monitor
    Patent number: D771604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Inventor: Kevin Ray Stoops
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D775066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Corey Sullivan, Kevin Ray Reim, Matthew J Hanlon