Patents by Inventor Michael A. Bridges

Michael A. Bridges 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: 20170076070
    Abstract: The present method provides for conversion of handwritten to data that is accurate and fast, yet with improved security. The method provides handwritten data split into two or more components and, thus, provided, out of context, for conversion into printed data, and for the secured transmittal of printed data for assembly into context for transmission to the client. The present disclosure also provides for storage of the unassembled data for future use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: David Michael BRIDGES, Michael Alexander SULESKI
  • Publication number: 20160289131
    Abstract: The present application relates to systems and methods for processing organic material. The methods may include extraction of biochemical nutrients from organic material, such as food scraps. The method can include comminuting the organic material to form a slurry from components comprising liquid and organic material; combining the slurry with microorganisms, such as a yeast, under aerobic conditions to form a mixture of the slurry and yeast; aerating the mixture; and forming a biomass and a nutrient-rich broth, in which the biochemical nutrients are stabilized and anabolized. The systems may, in some embodiments, be configured to perform the methods of processing organic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Larry LeSueur, Jose Lugo, Ken Deering, Victor V. Tryon, Michael Bridges, Lee Wilkerson, Trevor Lewis
  • Patent number: 9403732
    Abstract: The present application relates to systems and methods for processing organic material. The methods may include extraction of biochemical nutrients from organic material, such as food scraps. The method can include comminuting the organic material to form a slurry from components comprising liquid and organic material; combining the slurry with microorganisms, such as a yeast, under aerobic conditions to form a mixture of the slurry and yeast; aerating the mixture; and forming a biomass and a nutrient-rich broth, in which the biochemical nutrients are stabilized and anabolized. The systems may, in some embodiments, be configured to perform the methods of processing organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: WISERG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Larry LeSueur, Jose Lugo, Ken Deering, Victor V. Tryon, Michael Bridges, Lee Wilkerson, Trevor Lewis
  • Patent number: 9181138
    Abstract: The present application relates to systems and methods for processing organic material. The methods may include extraction of biochemical nutrients from organic material, such as food scraps. The method can include comminuting the organic material to form a slurry from components comprising liquid and organic material; combining the slurry with microorganisms, such as a yeast, under aerobic conditions to form a mixture of the slurry and yeast; aerating the mixture; and forming a biomass and a nutrient-rich broth, in which the biochemical nutrients are stabilized and anabolized. The systems may, in some embodiments, be configured to perform the methods of processing organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: WISErg Corporation
    Inventors: Larry LeSueur, Jose Lugo, Ken Deering, Victor V. Tryon, Michael Bridges, Lee Wilkerson, Trevor Lewis
  • Publication number: 20140279577
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the management of waste and information related to waste processing. A waste processing unit is configured to receive and at least partially process waste, such as organic based food waste. As part of the collection process, the waste processing unit can include a user interface and input devices that receive or generate waste processing information associated with the deposit of the waste in the waste processing unit. The waste processing information can be processed locally by the waste processing unit. Additionally, the collected or processed waste processing information can be transmitted to a waste processing unit information service for further data collection and analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: WISErg Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Deering, Scot Fordyce, Larry LeSueur, Jose Lugo, Victor V. Tryon, Michael Bridges, Lee Wilkerson, Trevor Lewis
  • Publication number: 20140260464
    Abstract: The present application relates to systems and methods for processing organic material. The methods may include extraction of biochemical nutrients from organic material, such as food scraps. The method can include comminuting the organic material to form a slurry from components comprising liquid and organic material; combining the slurry with microorganisms, such as a yeast, under aerobic conditions to form a mixture of the slurry and yeast; aerating the mixture; and forming a biomass and a nutrient-rich broth, in which the biochemical nutrients are stabilized and anabolized. The systems may, in some embodiments, be configured to perform the methods of processing organic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: WISErg Corporation
    Inventors: Larry LeSueur, Jose Lugo, Ken Deering, Victor V. Tryon, Michael Bridges, Lee Wilkerson, Trevor Lewis
  • Publication number: 20140273178
    Abstract: The present application relates to systems and methods for processing organic material. The methods may include extraction of biochemical nutrients from organic material, such as food scraps. The method can include comminuting the organic material to form a slurry from components comprising liquid and organic material; combining the slurry with microorganisms, such as a yeast, under aerobic conditions to form a mixture of the slurry and yeast; aerating the mixture; and forming a biomass and a nutrient-rich broth, in which the biochemical nutrients are stabilized and anabolized. The systems may, in some embodiments, be configured to perform the methods of processing organic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: WISErg Corporation
    Inventors: Larry LeSueur, Jose Lugo, Ken Deering, Victor V. Tryon, Michael Bridges, Lee Wilkerson, Trevor Lewis
  • Patent number: 8689762
    Abstract: A process for remanufacturing a cylinder head that includes a worn or damaged rocker arm stand adapted to receive a rocker shaft to which at least one rocker arm is mounted, the steps including machining a channel in a surface of the worn or damaged rocker arm stand, securing an insert into the channel, and machining the insert to form a remanufactured inner facing surface. The remanufactured cylinder head includes at least one rocker arm stand that has a machined channel with a remanufactured insert secured therein, the rocker shaft being disposed adjacent the inner facing surface, not the rocker arm stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bach, Curtis Graham, Trent Simpson, Michael Bridges
  • Patent number: 8607759
    Abstract: A process for remanufacturing a cylinder head that includes a worn or damaged rocker arm stand adapted to receive a rocker shaft to which at least one rocker arm is mounted, the steps including machining a channel in a surface of the worn or damaged rocker arm stand, securing an insert into the channel, and machining the insert to form a remanufactured inner facing surface. The remanufactured cylinder head includes at least one rocker arm stand that has a machined channel with a remanufactured insert secured therein, the rocker shaft being disposed adjacent the inner facing surface, not the rocker arm stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bach, Curtis Graham, Trent Simpson, Michael Bridges
  • Patent number: 8563587
    Abstract: Therapeutic and prophylactic treatments of aquatic species and aquatic diseases through the controlled introduction of a heterocyclic N-halamine into an aquatic habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: HaloSource, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Bridges, Christine M. Palczewski, James R. Scott, Jeremy Suess, Everett J. Nichols
  • Publication number: 20120217197
    Abstract: End-of-life apparatus for use in water purification cartridges are disclosed. The apparatus includes a water-disintegrable tablet configured to disintegrate a predetermined amount after contacting a predetermined volume of water flow. The tablet prevents the stoppage of water until the tablet has been contacted by the predetermined amount of water. The various end-of-life apparatus use different means to stop the water flow when the tablet has disintegrated a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: HALOSOURCE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Bridges, Alexander Lapidus, Marcus Alan Latham, James R. Scott, Everett J. Nichols, Jeffrey F. Williams, Patricia Bottari
  • Patent number: 8251038
    Abstract: An insert for use in a remanufactured cylinder head rocker arm stand, the insert comprising an inner facing surface having a radius within a range of 35 to 45 mm and a length within a range of 70 to 103 mm, and an outer facing surface adapted for disposal against a channel in the rocker arm stand, the rocker arm shaft being disposed adjacent the inner facing surface in use, but not adjacent the rocker arm stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bach, Curtis Graham, Trent Simpson, Michael Bridges
  • Publication number: 20120017862
    Abstract: An insert for use in a remanufactured cylinder head rocker arm stand, the insert comprising an inner facing surface having a radius within a range of 35 to 45 mm and a length within a range of 70 to 103 mm, and an outer facing surface adapted for disposal against a channel in the rocker arm stand, the rocker arm shaft being disposed adjacent the inner facing surface in use, but not adjacent the rocker arm stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Bach, Curtis Graham, Trent Simpson, Michael Bridges
  • Publication number: 20120017861
    Abstract: A process for remanufacturing a cylinder head that includes a worn or damaged rocker arm stand adapted to receive a rocker shaft to which at least one rocker arm is mounted, the steps including machining a channel in a surface of the worn or damaged rocker arm stand, securing an insert into the channel, and machining the insert to form a remanufactured inner facing surface. The remanufactured cylinder head includes at least one rocker arm stand that has a machined channel with a remanufactured insert secured therein, the rocker shaft being disposed adjacent the inner facing surface, not the rocker arm stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Bach, Curtis Graham, Trent Simpson, Michael Bridges
  • Patent number: 7805330
    Abstract: A system for cross-selling products and/or services across an enterprise comprising an enterprise-level decision engine and a plurality of line-of-business decision engines; wherein characteristics derived by the enterprise-level decision engine are used by the line-of business-level decision engines to generate cross-sell offer decisions; enterprise-level business rules and line-of-business-level business rules are managed independently of one another; a publish-subscribe message framework allows data to be published at an enterprise level and subscribed to by the line-of-business decision engines according to business rules established at the line-of-business level; the line-of-business decision engines generate cross-sell offer decisions; and the enterprise-level decision engine stores data to and retrieves data from an operational and an analytics data repository. A method of using the system described above to generate cross-sell offer decisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Zoot Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Johnson, Warren White Bauder, Gretchen Andes Bauder, LeRoy Ira Verwolf, Mark Steven Douma, Robert M. Calhoun, Jr., Scott Michael Bridges, William James Porter, Nanette Marianne DeVault, Ryan Joseph DeGraw, Timothy H. Stevens, Bradley Louis Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20090239907
    Abstract: Therapeutic and prophylactic treatments of aquatic species and aquatic diseases through the controlled introduction of a heterocyclic N-halamine into an aquatic habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: HALOSOURCE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Bridges, Christine M. Palczewski, James R. Scott, Jeremy Suess, Everett J. Nichols
  • Patent number: D647594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: HaloSource Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bridges, Ricky Wai Kit Chan
  • Patent number: D650885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: HaloSource, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Bridges, Ricky Wai Kit Chan, Kai Halsinger, David R. Knaub, Marcus Alan Latham, Mehdi Mojtabavi, Eric Park
  • Patent number: D650886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: HaloSource, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Bridges, Ricky Wai Kit Chan, Kai Halsinger, David R. Knaub, Marcus Alan Latham, Mehdi Mojtabavi, Eric Park
  • Patent number: D663592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: HaloSource, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Bridges, Marcus Alan Latham