Patents by Inventor L. Allen

L. Allen 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: 20190378636
    Abstract: A fabric wrapped cable is formed by positioning adhesive on opposed layers of fabric. A cable is positioned between those layers and the layers are attached by attaching the adhesive of one layer to the adhesive of the other layer. In forming the wrapped cable in such a manner, the cable is provided with at least one wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Jerry L. Allen
  • Publication number: 20190379185
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a multi-compartment innerduct includes the steps of positioning a plurality of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced, strips of adhesive on a longitudinally extending sheet of fabric material, connecting adjacent of the strips together to form compartments, and attaching the compartments together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Jerry L. Allen
  • Patent number: 10485274
    Abstract: A safety harness for vertically lifting of a user is provided. The safety harness includes an upper body harness and a lower body harness which may be positioned on liners within a coat and pants of the user, respectively. The upper body harness and lower body harness attach together to function as a Class III harness enabling lifting of a user in a vertical orientation by virtue of the harness geometry. The lower body harness alone serves as a Class II harness and the upper body harness alone serves as a drag line. The harness is particularly suited to be integrated with firefighting turnout gear for ready donning with the turnout gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: Douglas L. Allen
  • Publication number: 20190349106
    Abstract: A boundary of a wireless network is monitored for incoming wireless signals that may interfere with an ability of a first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network. For an incoming wireless signal determined to interfere with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network, a directional opposing outgoing wireless signal is emitted to counteract the incoming wireless signal and to stop the incoming wireless signal from further interfering with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Lambert S. Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss
  • Publication number: 20190275177
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for distinguishing outgrowth of cells from surrounding biological material are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method may include delivering a marker to cellular material originating from a donor tissue site, followed by transplanting the cellular material from the donor tissue site to a recipient tissue site. One or more locations of the transplanted cellular material at the recipient site may be identified by locating a distribution of the marker at the recipient tissue site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Kathleen L. DERRICK, Diwi L. ALLEN, Kristine M. KIESWETTER, Deepak V. KILPADI, Sandra GARCIA-OSBORNE
  • Publication number: 20190264376
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance that has a shroud having an access opening, a lid for opening and closing the access opening, and a hinge mounted to the shroud. The hinge can have a housing that defines a channel and is received by an aperture in the shroud. The hinge can also have a bracket with a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened within the channel and the bracket can be received in the aperture in the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: RYAN L. ALLEN, ANDRIA BAUMAN, JAMES J. COLLENE, JAMES ODDO, ERIC OSLER, NICK SIR LOUIS, PHILIP R. THOMPSON, IGOR VIVEIROS
  • Patent number: 10397396
    Abstract: A method and system for disabling functions of a movement detection enabled device is provided. The method includes monitoring a movement detection signal of the movement detection enabled device in a vehicle and determining that the vehicle is currently in motion. An electronic tag in the vehicle is detected and instructions associated with the movement detection enabled device are retrieved. It is determined that the movement detection enabled device is located within a specified proximity to a driver location of the vehicle and that a user of the device is a driver of the vehicle. In response, specified functions of the movement detection enabled device are disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Douglas D. Williams
  • Patent number: 10389465
    Abstract: A boundary of a wireless network is monitored for incoming wireless signals that may interfere with an ability of a first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network. For an incoming wireless signal determined to interfere with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network, a directional opposing outgoing wireless signal is emitted to counteract the incoming wireless signal and to stop the incoming wireless signal from further interfering with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Lambert S. Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss
  • Patent number: 10376444
    Abstract: A method includes micro-machining a cavity within a substrate, filling the cavity with a medication, forming a sealing layer over the cavity, micro-machining a cantilevered beam from a layer of material, the cantilevered beam comprising a tip for puncturing the sealing layer, and attaching the cantilevered beam to the substrate such that moving the cantilevered beam toward the substrate enables the tip to puncture the sealing layer. A computer program product corresponding to the method is also disclosed. An apparatus includes a substrate having a cavity micro-machined therein, a sealing layer formed over the cavity, a medication disposed within the cavity, a cantilevered beam micro-machined from a layer of material, the cantilevered beam comprising a tip for puncturing the sealing layer, and the cantilevered beam attached to the substrate and disposed to enable the tip to puncture the sealing layer when the cantilevered beam is moved towards the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190240073
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a dressing for disrupting debris in a tissue site may comprise a manifold having a first face and a second face. The dressing may also include a plurality of surface features formed from a compressible material. The plurality of surface features may define channels on at least the first face of the manifold. The channels may receive tissue in response to the application of negative pressure. In another example embodiment, a system for softening tissue at a tissue site may include a contact layer. The contact layer may include at least two concentric edges and at least one frangible strut mechanically coupling the concentric edges. The concentric edges and the frangible strut may define through-holes in the contact layer. The through-holes in the contact layer may have an open area in a range of about 0.25 square centimeters to about 15 square centimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Diwi L. ALLEN, Christopher Allen CARROLL, Marisa SCHMIDT, Prathamesh KHARKAR
  • Publication number: 20190245205
    Abstract: A positive electrode material having a nominal stoichiometry Li1+y/2Co1?x?y?z?dSizFexMyM?d(PO4)1+y/2 where M is a trivalent cation selected from at least one of Cr, Ti, Al, Mn, Ni, V, Sc, La and/or Ga, M? is a divalent cation selected from at least one of Mn, Ni, Zn, Sr, Cu, Ca and/or Mg, y is within a range of 0<y?0.10 and x is within a range of 0?x?0.2. The use of double compositional modification to LiCoPO4 increases the discharge capacity from ˜100 mAh/g to about 130 mAh/g while retaining the discharge capacity retention of the singly Fe-substituted LiCoPO4. Additional compositional modification to include Si increases the cycle life and greatly improved the coulombic efficiency to between 97-100% at a C/3 cycle rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Jan L. Allen, Joshua L. Allen, Samuel A. Delp, III, Jeffrey B. Wolfenstine, T. Richard Jow
  • Publication number: 20190234003
    Abstract: A vertical axis laundry treating appliance having a non-encapsulated lid comprising a single panel of glass that is able to pass the UL 746C ball drop test. Non-encapsulated glass lids according to embodiments of the disclosure simplify part and assembly complexity compared to encapsulated glass lids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: RYAN L. ALLEN, PAUL E. BROWNIE, KIRK M. DUNSBERGEN, BENJAMIN D. LOWELL, NICHOLAS SCHOOLEY
  • Patent number: 10368194
    Abstract: Locating misplaced mobile computing devices through transmission of location information. Mobile computing devices periodically request information from surrounding mobile computing devices to more accurately identify the location where a mobile computing device was misplaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10342627
    Abstract: A drape for use in cranial surgical procedures including a sterile sheet and a plurality of fluid-collection pouches surrounding a cranial region fenestration. The drape further includes a thoracic region fenestration for concurrent or directly subsequent thoracic surgical procedures. Advantageously, the drape allows for a superior aseptic surgical field and superior drainage facilitated by a multi-pouch configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Debbie S Esquivel, Fred L Allen, Kimberly M Haines, Angelique M Trichak
  • Patent number: 10333495
    Abstract: A programmable RF attenuator having a first connection node and a second connection node is disclosed. The programmable RF attenuator provides RF attenuation between the first connection node and the second connection node based on at least a first attenuation control signal. The programmable RF attenuator includes a first RF attenuator circuit and a first reactance compensation circuit, such that the first RF attenuator circuit includes a first shunt transistor element and a first shunt resistive element, which is coupled to the first shunt transistor element. The first shunt transistor element receives the first attenuation control signal. The first reactance compensation circuit is coupled to the first RF attenuator circuit and at least partially compensates for reactive characteristics of the programmable RF attenuator that affect an attenuation flatness of the programmable RF attenuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald L. Allen
  • Patent number: 10309157
    Abstract: A cutting element for use in a drilling bit and/or a milling bit having a cutter body made of a substrate having an upper surface, and a superabrasive layer overlying the upper surface of the substrate. The cutting element further includes a sleeve extending around a portion of a side surface of the superabrasive layer and a side surface of the substrate, wherein the sleeve exerts a radially compressive force on the superabrasive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: Baker Hughes Incorporated, Element Six (Production) (PTY) LTD., Element Six Limited
    Inventors: Anthony A. DiGiovanni, Nicholas J. Lyons, Matthew S. Hale, Konstantin E. Morozov, John H. Liversage, Danny E. Scott, L. Allen Sinor
  • Patent number: 10287724
    Abstract: A vertical axis laundry treating appliance having a non-encapsulated lid comprising a single panel of glass that is able to pass the UL 746C ball drop test. Non-encapsulated glass lids according to embodiments of the disclosure simplify part and assembly complexity compared to encapsulated glass lids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan L. Allen, Paul E. Brownie, Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Benjamin D. Lowell, Nicholas Schooley
  • Patent number: 10271916
    Abstract: A medical drape has a tool-less removal feature and includes a drape material, a drape cut, an adhesive tape strip, and a scoreline. The drape material has a top side, a back side, and at least one exterior edge. The drape cut has a starting point at the exterior edge and extends completely through the thickness of the drape material. The adhesive tape strip is positioned along the length of the drape cut to overlap at least a portion of the drape material on both sides of the drape cut to initially secure the two adjoining cut edges to each other. The scoreline extends along the length of the adhesive tape strip and only partially through the thickness of the adhesive tape strip to permit easy tearing of the adhesive tape strip for separation of the two adjoining cut edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred L. Allen
  • Patent number: 10255352
    Abstract: Described is a system for early detection of events via social media mining. The system receives, as input, social media blog posts comprising textual data. The system processes the social media blog posts through a cascade of filters. The cascade of filters comprises an event term detection filter, a location term detection filter following the event term detection filter, and a future date detection filter following the location term detection filter. A plurality of candidate social media blog posts describing an event of interest on a future date is output to a user for further analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Jiejun Xu, Tsai-Ching Lu, Ryan F. Compton, David L. Allen
  • Patent number: D859910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Lawrence L. Allen