Patents by Inventor Lawrence D. (Jake) Clapper

Lawrence D. (Jake) Clapper 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).

  • BATTERIES INCLUDING A FLAT PLATE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20170263971
    Abstract: A battery having flat, stacked, anode and cathode layers. The battery can be adapted to fit within an implantable medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Phelan, Tom G. Victor, Benjamin J. Haasl, Lawrence D. Swanson, Richard J. Kavanagh, A. Gordon Baar, Reilly M. Dillon
  • Variable gain control in roll compensating seat
    Patent number: 9758073
    Abstract: Systems and methods for actively isolating a payload from a disturbance. In one example, a seat system for a vehicle includes a seat, a support structure including an actuator configured to move the seat about a pivot axis at a command angle, a sensor positioned to detect vehicle movement, and a controller configured to determine a vehicle roll angle based on an input from the sensor, generate a variable gain based at least on a vehicle roll acceleration determined from the input, wherein the variable gain modulates a gain of a band-pass filter having a fixed bandwidth, generate a command signal based at least on the vehicle roll angle, the controller configured to adjust a magnitude of the command signal relative to an amplitude of the input and apply the band-pass filter, and provide a force command to the actuator to move the seat at a desired command angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lawrence D. Knox
  • Vehicle Plant Active Suspension Control Based on Vehicle Position
    Publication number: 20170253155
    Abstract: A system and method that establishes a confidence in a vehicle position determined by a vehicle position determination system and uses the established confidence to change a behavior of an active suspension system of a plant in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Knox, Antonio Sangermano, II
  • WAX WARMING CONTAINER WITH INTEGRATED HANDLE
    Publication number: 20170247146
    Abstract: A container for warming wax, including a bottom portion configured to support the wax warming container on a surface, the bottom portion including at least one spacer and at least one air channel, a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the bottom portion, the sidewall portion including at least one spacer and at least one air channel, and an upper portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion, the upper portion including at least one spacer, at least one air channel, a rim, and at least one handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Gaynor, James L. DiMarco
  • Adhesive patch for use with reusable medical devices
    Publication number: 20170238872
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in securing a reusable medical device to an exterior surface of a patient's body includes a cushion, a first adhesive member, and a second adhesive member. The cushion includes a bottom side, a top side opposite the bottom side, and an opening adapted to receive at least a portion of the reusable medical device therein. The first adhesive member includes an upper adhesive surface and lower adhesive surface opposite the upper adhesive surface. The second adhesive member is interposed between the cushion and the first adhesive member, and includes a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface opposite the first adhesive surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas M. Donnay, Lawrence D. Swanson, Adam Fischbach
  • Vapor Based Site-Isolated Processing Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20170233868
    Abstract: Embodiments provided herein describe systems and method for processing substrates. A substrate is provided. A showerhead is positioned above the substrate. The showerhead includes a plurality of injection ports, at least one isolation channel, and at least one exhaust port on a bottom surface thereof. The at least one isolation channel separates the plurality of injection ports into two or more sections. The at least one exhaust port is positioned within the at least one isolation channel. The plurality of injection ports are not in fluid communication with the at least one exhaust port within the showerhead. At least one processing fluid is caused to be delivered from the plurality of injection ports onto the substrate. At least some of the at least one processing fluid is caused to be removed from the substrate through the at least one exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Intermolecular, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardo Donoso, Karl Littau, Lawrence D. Bartholomew
  • Use of lanthanide oxides to reduce sintering of catalysts
    Patent number: 9731273
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lanthanide oxide coated catalyst, and methods for its use, that includes a supported catalyst comprising a support material, a catalytic material, and a lanthanide oxide, wherein the lanthanide oxide is attached to at least a portion of the surface of the supported catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Lawrence D'Souza, Vinu Viswanath
  • Seat System for a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20170203673
    Abstract: A seat system for a vehicle includes a seat having a seat bottom on which a person can sit. An intermediate support structure is secured to the seat and the vehicle which allows the seat to rotate relative to the vehicle. An actuator can interact with the seat to cause the seat to rotate relative to the vehicle. The combined motion of the vehicle relative to the earth and the seat relative to the vehicle results in motion of the seat moving about a virtual pivot point. A user control is provided for adjustment of the location of the virtual pivot point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Preston Parker, Lawrence D. Knox, Travis Lee Hein, Steven N. Brown, Brian A. Selden
  • Provisioning automotive SIM cards without removal from vehicle
    Patent number: 9699587
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for re-provisioning a telematics unit of a telematics-equipped vehicle for wireless services. The re-provisioning process includes: connecting a computing device to an on-board diagnostics interface of the telematics-equipped vehicle; accessing a subscriber identification card of the telematics unit via the on-board diagnostics interface; requesting subscription information from a subscriber credentials server via a network connection; receiving the subscription information; and reprogramming the subscriber identification card of the telematics unit for wireless services based on the received subscription information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Cepuran, Steven Swanson, David George
  • I. D. collet
    Patent number: 9687913
    Abstract: An I.D. collet has a housing with a hollow bore and an undercut portion; a taper screw slidable into and out of the hollow bore of the housing and having a conical head; a spindle having a hollow bore in alignment with the hollow bore of the housing for receiving the conical head of the taper screw into and out of the hollow bore of the spindle such that the conical head enlarges the diameter of the spindle; and a draw nut assembly threadably connected to the taper screw and having tangs abutting the undercut portion of the housing when the spindle reaches a preset location in the hollow bore of the spindle to prevent further enlargement of the spindle when the tangs come into contact with the undercut portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Smith, Lorraine D. Smith
  • Soil moisture-based planter downforce control
    Patent number: 9675004
    Abstract: A seeding machine includes a main frame, and a row unit coupled to the main frame. The row unit has a row unit frame, a gauge wheel coupled to the row unit frame, and a furrow opener coupled to the row unit frame, the furrow opener having a stationary or rotating surface that contacts and moves soil. The row unit also includes a furrow closer, the furrow closer having a stationary or rotating surface that contacts and presses soil. The seeding machine also includes a downforce adjustment system for adjusting an amount of downforce applied to the row unit, the downforce adjustment system including a moisture sensor, a controller configured to receive a signal from the moisture sensor, and an actuator configured to change the amount of downforce applied to the row unit based on the signal received by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Donald K. Landphair, Michael E. Frasier, James Z. Liu, Jason D. Walter, Lawrence D. Green
  • Systems for Providing Illumination in Optical Metrology
    Publication number: 20170146399
    Abstract: A system for providing illumination to a measurement head for optical metrology is configured to combine illumination beams from a plurality of illumination sources to deliver illumination at one or more selected wavelengths to the measurement head. The intensity and/or spatial coherence of illumination delivered to the measurement head is controlled. Illumination at one or more selected wavelengths is delivered from a broadband illumination source configured for providing illumination at a continuous range of wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory R. Brady, Andrei V. Shchegrov, Lawrence D. Rotter, Derrick A. Shaughnessy, Anatoly Shchemelinin, Ilya Bezel, Muzammil A. Arain, Anatoly A. Vasiliev, James Andrew Allen, Oleg Shulepov, Andrew V. Hill, Ohad Bachar, Moshe Markowitz, Yaron Ish-Shalom, Ilan Sela, Amnon Manassen, Alexander Svizher, Maxim Khokhlov, Avi Abramov, Oleg Tsibulevsky, Daniel Kandel, Mark Ghinovker
  • CONTROLLING ACTIVE ISOLATION PLATFORM IN A MOVING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170129373
    Abstract: Systems and methods for actively isolating a payload from a disturbance. In one example, a seat system for a vehicle includes a seat, a support structure that allows the seat to move about an axis of a pivot, a first sensor positioned to detect movement of the vehicle, a second sensor positioned to detect lateral acceleration of the pivot, an actuator configured to move the seat, and a controller configured to receive a first signal from the first sensor and a second signal from the second sensor, generate a command signal based at least on the first and the second signal to instruct the actuator to position the seat at a desired command angle, wherein the controller is configured to correct the command signal for lateral accelerations caused by steering the vehicle, and provide a force command to the actuator to move the seat at the desired command angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Knox, Travis Lee Hein
  • VARIABLE GAIN CONTROL IN ROLL COMPENSATING SEAT
    Publication number: 20170129371
    Abstract: Systems and methods for actively isolating a payload from a disturbance. In one example, a seat system for a vehicle includes a seat, a support structure including an actuator configured to move the seat about a pivot axis at a command angle, a sensor positioned to detect vehicle movement, and a controller configured to determine a vehicle roll angle based on an input from the sensor, generate a variable gain based at least on a vehicle roll acceleration determined from the input, wherein the variable gain modulates a gain of a band-pass filter having a fixed bandwidth, generate a command signal based at least on the vehicle roll angle, the controller configured to adjust a magnitude of the command signal relative to an amplitude of the input and apply the band-pass filter, and provide a force command to the actuator to move the seat at a desired command angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Lawrence D. Knox
  • LEAN-IN CORNERING PLATFORM FOR A MOVING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170129372
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving ride quality of an active payload support system. In one example, a seat system for a vehicle includes a seat, a support structure including an actuator configured to rotate the seat about an axis of a pivot, a first sensor positioned to detect movement of the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive a first input from the first sensor, determine a cornering lateral acceleration of the vehicle in a direction perpendicular to an axis parallel to a direction of travel of the vehicle around a turn, the cornering lateral acceleration determined based at least on the first input, generate a command signal based at least on the cornering lateral acceleration to instruct an actuator to rotate the seat about the axis of the pivot in a direction of the turn, and provide a force command to the actuator to move the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Travis Lee Hein, Lawrence D. Knox
  • USE OF OLIVINE CATALYSTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REFORMING OF METHANE
    Publication number: 20170120227
    Abstract: Disclosed are metal oxide catalysts, and methods for their use, that includes a bulk metal oxide catalyst composed of at least two metals and nesosilicate. The catalyst is capable of catalyzing the carbon dioxide reforming of methane to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Lawrence D'Souza, Vinu Viswanath, Ugo Ravon, Aghaddin Mamedov
  • Information retrieval for service point channels
    Patent number: 9635441
    Abstract: Information in a data store may be efficiently accessed by querying the data store for batches of information. In one example, configuration data associated with service point channels of processing trees may be retrieved from the data store with a single query to the data store. Readings for the processing trees may also be retrieved from the data store with a single query to the data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Itron, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence D Heller
  • Method and system for detecting integrity of a control loop of a physical system
    Patent number: 9625902
    Abstract: In a control loop, a command signal is applied to physical components to cause movement of the physical components. The position of the physical components is detected and used to generate subsequent command signals. In an implementation, an integrity detection system causes an excitation signal to be injected onto the command signal to cause movement of the physical components at an excitation frequency. This movement is detected in the physical system control loop and isolated by the integrity detection system. If the integrity detection system fails to detect energy in the excitation frequency band, a failure of at least one component of the control system is inferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence D. Knox
  • Batteries including a flat plate design
    Patent number: 9620806
    Abstract: A battery having flat, stacked, anode and cathode layers. The battery can be adapted to fit within an implantable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Phelan, Tom G. Victor, Benjamin J. Haasl, Lawrence D. Swanson, Richard J. Kavanagh, A. Gordon Barr, Reilly M. Dillon
  • Alkaline earth metal/metal oxide supported catalysts
    Patent number: 9616414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrocarbon gas reforming supported catalyst, and methods for its use, that includes a catalytic material capable of catalyzing the production of a gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a hydrocarbon gas, and a support material comprising an alkaline earth metal/metal oxide compound having a structure of D-E, wherein D is a M1 or M1M2, M1 and M2 each individually being an alkaline earth metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, and Sr, E is a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of Al2O4, SiO2, ZrO2, TiO2, and CeO2, wherein the catalytic material is attached to the support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Lawrence D'Souza, Vinu Viswanath