Patents by Inventor Michael A. Johnson

Michael A. Johnson 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).

  • Patent number: 12253701
    Abstract: A film stack includes co-stretched first and second layers. The first layer is stained with iodine and has a glass transition temperature of at least 5° C. greater than a glass transition temperature of the second layer. The second layer has in-plane birefringence of less than 0.02 and a retardance of less than 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam D. Haag, Michael A. Johnson, Michelle L. Toy, Brianna N. Wheeler, David T. Yust
  • Publication number: 20250073940
    Abstract: A food processor assembly includes a receptacle for receiving food therein, a lid configured to selectively cover the receptacle and having a chute for conveying food into the receptacle, and a pusher assembly configured to push food through the chute and into the receptacle. The pusher assembly includes a pusher body and a spring that biases the pusher body relative to the lid to urge movement of the pusher body within the chute toward the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Gregory Book, Benjamin Booth Edinger, Zachary Davidson Graves, Michael A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240417245
    Abstract: A nanostructured article includes a substrate; a plurality of first nanostructures disposed on, and extending away from, the substrate; and a covalently crosslinked fluorinated polymeric layer disposed on the plurality of first nanostructures. The plurality of first nanostructures includes polyurethane. The polymeric layer at least partially fills spaces between the first nanostructures to an average minimum height above the substrate of at least 30 nm such that the polymeric layer has a nanostructured surface defined by, and facing away from, the plurality of first nanostructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: David S. Thompson, Chad M. Amb, Moses M. David, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Jonah Shaver, Joan M. Noyola, Hannah E. Walsh, Jon P. Nietfeld, John A. Wheatley, Joseph D. Rule, Ryan M. Braun, Michael A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240416413
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tool having one or more internal channels includes forming one or more channel cores by additive manufacturing, coating a metal onto the one or more channel cores to form a metal tube on each of the one or more channel cores, positioning the one or more metal tubes into a casting mold having a shape of a tool, and casting a molten metal into the casting mold to form the tool having the one or more internal channels corresponding to the one or more channel cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Johnson, Michael P. Matlack, Daniel J. Smolinsky
  • Patent number: 12103846
    Abstract: A nanostructured article includes a substrate; a plurality of first nanostructures disposed on, and extending away from, the substrate; and a covalently crosslinked fluorinated polymeric layer disposed on the plurality of first nanostructures. The plurality of first nanostructures includes polyurethane. The polymeric layer at least partially fills spaces between the first nanostructures to an average minimum height above the substrate of at least 30 nm such that the polymeric layer has a nanostructured surface defined by, and facing away from, the plurality of first nanostructures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: David S. Thompson, Chad M. Amb, Moses M. David, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Jonah Shaver, Joan M. Noyola, Hannah E. Walsh, Jon P. Nietfeld, John A. Wheatley, Joseph D. Rule, Ryan M. Braun, Michael A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240269380
    Abstract: A safety device for a drug delivery system includes a first member including a first arm having first and second ends and a length extending therebetween and a second member including a second arm having first and second ends and a length extending therebetween. The second end of the first member defines a first wall region. The first member further includes a first guard positioned at or near the second end thereof. The second member is rotatably coupled with the first member, and the second end thereof defines a second wall region and a needle guide member. The second member further includes a second guard positioned at or near the second end thereof. Upon rotatably positioning the second end of the first member near or adjacent to the second end of the second member, the first and second wall regions cooperate to define a container connector receptacle and the first and second guards cooperate to define a hand guard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Yeary, Michael A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240251951
    Abstract: A collapsible office chair and reconfigurable work desk can assume compact stowage configurations to minimize floor space occupied during periods of non-use. The chair includes a seat and leg assembly both coupled to a seat post. The seat is pivotable from a use configuration to a tilted or stowed configuration that occupies less floor space. The leg assembly includes a plurality of legs coupled to a lower portion of the seat post, with one or more of the legs typically being movable from a use configuration that provides a suitably wide base for the seat in its use configuration, to a compact stowed configuration that occupies less floor space but can still support the chair in a freestanding manner. Optionally, a seat back is attached to the seat and is also repositionable between use and stowed configurations, the latter occupying less floor space and less vertical height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Alexander, William Gregory Book, Michael A. Johnson, Benjamin Booth Edinger
  • Publication number: 20240184029
    Abstract: A film stack includes co-stretched first and second layers. The first layer is stained with iodine and has a glass transition temperature of at least 5° C. greater than a glass transition temperature of the second layer. The second layer has in-plane birefringence of less than 0.02 and a retardance of less than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Adam D. Haag, Michael A. Johnson, Michelle L. Toy, Brianna N. Wheeler, David T. Yust
  • Publication number: 20240091849
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tool having one or more internal channels includes forming one or more channel cores by additive manufacturing, coating a metal onto the one or more channel cores to form a metal tube on each of the one or more channel cores, positioning the one or more metal tubes into a casting mold having a shape of a tool, and casting a molten metal into the casting mold to form the tool having the one or more internal channels corresponding to the one or more channel cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Johnson, Michael P. Matlack, Daniel J. Smolinsky
  • Patent number: 11933998
    Abstract: A film stack includes an oriented first layer including polyvinyl alcohol disposed on an oriented second layer including naphthalene dicarboxylate containing copolyester resin. The oriented second layer has in-plane birefringence ?nxy<0.02.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam D. Haag, Michael A. Johnson, Michelle L. Toy, Brianna N. Wheeler, David T. Yust
  • Publication number: 20240082110
    Abstract: A drug reconstitution system includes a robotic arm movable between a plurality of positions, at least one bracket member operably coupled with the robotic arm, and at least one coaxial needle operably coupled with the robotic arm. The at least one bracket member includes a mounting region, a support surface, an upper surface, and a throughbore extending through the support surface and the upper surface. The at least one coaxial needle is movably disposed between the throughbore of the at least one bracket member. The at least one coaxial needle is adapted to pierce at least a portion of a vial and dispense a liquid into the vial during drug reconstitution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Russell Blake Umstead, Michael A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11812848
    Abstract: A furniture system includes an elongated chase having a body extending from a first end to a second end. The body has an upper surface and a lower surface. A first leg is coupled to the lower surface of the body and a second leg is coupled to the lower surface of the body and spaced apart from the first leg. Power cables are positioned within a cavity of the body, the power cables configured to connect to a building's power supply. A modular power unit is coupled to the lower surface of the body. The modular power unit includes a power outlet electrically coupled to the power cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventors: John Matthai, Joshua DeWys, Joel Ruiter, Michael Katje, Peter Keyzer, Michael A. Johnson, Taiyoh Afrik
  • Publication number: 20230158777
    Abstract: A display film includes a transparent glass layer having a thickness of 250 micrometers or less, or in a range from 25 to 100 micrometers. A transparent energy dissipation layer is fixed to the transparent glass layer. The transparent energy dissipation layer has a glass transition temperature of 27 degrees Celsius or less and a Tan Delta peak value of 0.5 or greater, or from 1 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph W. Woody, V, David Scott Thompson, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Ryan M. Braun, Michael A. Johnson, Steven D. Solomonson, John J. Stradinger, Lyudmila A. Pekurovsky, Joseph D. Rule, Peter D. Condo
  • Patent number: 11631829
    Abstract: A display film includes a transparent polymeric substrate layer and a transparent energy dissipation layer disposed on the transparent polymeric substrate layer. The transparent energy dissipation layer includes cross-linked polyurethane and a polyacrylate polymer. The transparent energy dissipation layer has a glass transition temperature of 27 degrees Celsius or less and a Tan Delta peak value of 0.5 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Karissa L. Eckert, David Scott Thompson, Ryan M. Braun, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Michael A. Johnson, Steven D. Solomonson, Richard J. Pokorny, John J. Stradinger, Kevin R. Schaffer, Joseph D. Rule, Peter D. Condo, Derek W. Patzman
  • Patent number: 11577492
    Abstract: A display film includes a transparent glass layer having a thickness of 250 micrometers or less, or in a range from 25 to 100 micrometers. A transparent energy dissipation layer is fixed to the transparent glass layer. The transparent energy dissipation layer has a glass transition temperature of 27 degrees Celsius or less, a Tan Delta peak value of 0.5 or greater, or from 1 to 2 and a Young's Modulus (E?) greater than 0.9 MPa over a temperature range of ?40 degrees Celsius to 70 degrees Celsius. In a preferred embodiment, the transparent energy dissipation layer comprises a cross-linked polyurethane layer or a cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joseph W. Woody, V, David Scott Thompson, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Ryan M. Braun, Michael A. Johnson, Steven D. Solomonson, John J. Stradinger, Lyudmila A. Pekurovsky, Joseph D. Rule, Peter D. Condo
  • Publication number: 20230034724
    Abstract: Film stacks comprise a quarter-wave retarder and a transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer disposed on a major surface of the quarter-wave retarder. The transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer has a glass transition temperature in a range from 11 to 27° C. and a Tan Delta peak value in a range from 0.5 to 2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Alex P. Pongratz, David T. Yust, Michael A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230025509
    Abstract: A film stack comprises an oriented first layer comprising polyvinyl alcohol disposed on an oriented second layer comprising naphthalene dicarboxylate containing copolyester resin. The oriented second layer has in-plane birefringence ?nxy<0.02.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Adam D. Haag, Michael A. Johnson, Michelle L. Toy, Brianna N. Wheeler, David T. Yust
  • Patent number: 11440302
    Abstract: A display film includes a transparent polymeric substrate layer having a 0.2% offset yield stress greater than 110 MPa and a transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer having a thickness of 100 micrometers or less disposed on the transparent polymeric substrate layer. The transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer has a glass transition temperature in a range from 11 to 27 degrees Celsius and a Tan Delta peak value in a range from 0.5 to 2.5. The display film has a haze value of 2% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Catherine A. Leatherdale, David Scott Thompson, Michael A. Johnson, John J. Stradinger, Evan L Breedlove, Steven D. Solomonson, Joseph D. Rule, Peter D. Condo
  • Publication number: 20220177303
    Abstract: A nanostructured article includes a substrate; a plurality of first nanostructures disposed on, and extending away from, the substrate; and a covalently crosslinked fluorinated polymeric layer disposed on the plurality of first nanostructures. The plurality of first nanostructures includes polyurethane. The polymeric layer at least partially fills spaces between the first nanostructures to an average minimum height above the substrate of at least 30 nm such that the polymeric layer has a nanostructured surface defined by, and facing away from, the plurality of first nanostructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: David S. Thompson, Chad M. Amb, Moses M. David, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Jonah Shaver, Joan M. Noyola, Hannah E. Walsh, Jon P. Nietfeld, John A. Wheatley, Joseph D. Rule, Ryan M. Braun, Michael A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11335551
    Abstract: The present method comprises providing a flexible web substrate (e.g., polymeric flexible web substrates) that forms at least part of a component of a device, coating so as to wet-out on and cover all or a substantial portion of a major surface on one side or both sides of the flexible web substrate with flowable polymeric material, while the flexible web substrate is moving in a down-web direction, and solidifying the polymeric material so as to form one cleaning layer on the major surface of one side or both sides of the flexible web substrate. The present invention can be utilized in a continuous in-line manufacturing process. In applications of the present invention where the flexible web substrate will not form a component of a device, the present invention broadly provides a method for cleaning particles from a flexible web of indefinite length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: William R. Dudley, William Blake Kolb, Michael A. Johnson, Stephen A. Johnson, Chris J. Tanley