Patents by Inventor Michael Barnhart

Michael Barnhart 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: 20240155779
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display and a support frame. The flexible display includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion there between. The support frame includes a first display support supporting the first portion, a second display support supporting the second portion, and a third display support supporting the third portion. The third display support is connected to the first display support and the second display support. The first display support and the second display support are rotatably connected between a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in a closed position and a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in an open position. The third display support includes a panel movable according to the rotation of the first display support and the second display support, such that the panel contacts the third portion of the flexible display in an open position of the flexible display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Sjang Josine Van DIJK, Volker Barnhart VERSCHOOR, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan HAMERS, Michael Johannes Ana Maria WALTERS, Rik KRUIDHOF
  • Publication number: 20220346383
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated Pseudomonas koreensis strains useful for enhancing crop yield, as well as inoculant compositions comprising one or more of the isolated strains, seeds that have been treated with one or more of the isolated strains, and methods of using the isolated strains to enhance root growth, nutrient uptake, chlorophyll content, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: David Michael Barnhart, William Nathan Cude, Kate Brandon Sutton, Timothy Liburn, Jonathan Pham, Gregory Stephen Maloney, Jeffrey Layman
  • Patent number: 11260887
    Abstract: A railway vehicle parking brake that can provide the appropriate tension to the braking system using a motor, a brake chain drum interconnected to the motor to take up or release a brake chain, a load arm deflects in response to tension in the brake chain, and a switch that is closed by the load arm when it deflects. A movable sheave interconnects the brake chain and the load arm and is positioned between the brake chain drum and a fixed sheave over which the brake chain is looped. A control method considers the position of the first switch to determine whether to the motor off when applying the brakes and the amount of current being drawn by the motor to determine whether to the motor off because of a system failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NEW YORK AIR BRAKE, LLC
    Inventors: Derick Call, Carl Banks, Nicholas Van Derzee, Steven Michael Barnhart, James Lewis Vendlinski
  • Publication number: 20190382037
    Abstract: A railway vehicle parking brake that can provide the appropriate tension to the braking system using a motor, a brake chain drum interconnected to the motor to take up or release a brake chain, a load arm deflects in response to tension in the brake chain, and a switch that is closed by the load arm when it deflects. A movable sheave interconnects the brake chain and the load arm and is positioned between the brake chain drum and a fixed sheave over which the brake chain is looped. A control method considers the position of the first switch to determine whether to the motor off when applying the brakes and the amount of current being drawn by the motor to determine whether to the motor off because of a system failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: NEW YORK AIR BRAKE, LLC
    Inventors: Derick Call, Carl Banks, Nicholas Van Derzee, Steven Michael Barnhart, James Lewis Vendlinski
  • Patent number: 10501098
    Abstract: A railway vehicle parking brake that can provide the appropriate tension to the braking system using a motor, a brake chain drum interconnected to the motor to take up or release a brake chain, a load arm deflects in response to tension in the brake chain, and a switch that is closed by the load arm when it deflects. A movable sheave interconnects the brake chain and the load arm and is positioned between the brake chain drum and a fixed sheave over which the brake chain is looped. A control method considers the position of the first switch to determine whether to the motor off when applying the brakes and the amount of current being drawn by the motor to determine whether to the motor off because of a system failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: NEW YORK AIR BRAKE, LLC
    Inventors: Derick Call, Carl Banks, Nicholas Van Derzee, Steven Michael Barnhart, James Lewis Vendlinski
  • Publication number: 20190023291
    Abstract: A railway vehicle parking brake that can provide the appropriate tension to the braking system using a motor, a brake chain drum interconnected to the motor to take up or release a brake chain, a load arm deflects in response to tension in the brake chain, and a switch that is closed by the load arm when it deflects. A movable sheave interconnects the brake chain and the load arm and is positioned between the brake chain drum and a fixed sheave over which the brake chain is looped. A control method considers the position of the first switch to determine whether to the motor off when applying the brakes and the amount of current being drawn by the motor to determine whether to the motor off because of a system failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: NEW YORK AIR BRAKE, LLC
    Inventors: Derick Call, Carl Banks, Nicholas Van Derzee, Steven Michael Barnhart, James Lewis Vendlinski
  • Patent number: 9976935
    Abstract: An assembly to simulate side impacts to a vehicle includes a rocker, a translatable sled, and one or more displacement members. The rocker is secured to a wall. A b-pillar extends from the rocker and a roof rail is secured to the b-pillar and the wall. The translatable sled is arranged with the wall to impact the b-pillar. The one or more displacement members are secured to the wall and spaced from the rocker to simulate a stiffness of a full vehicle frame during impact between the sled and the b-pillar. A first rocker end constraint may secure a first end of the rocker to the wall. A second rocker end constraint may secure a second end of the rocker to the wall. The constraints may be arranged with the rocker such that the ends of the rocker may pivot relative to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jamel E. Belwafa, Michael Barnhart, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Stephen Philip Panoff, Saied Nusier
  • Publication number: 20170350791
    Abstract: An assembly to simulate side impacts to a vehicle includes a rocker, a translatable sled, and one or more displacement members. The rocker is secured to a wall. A b-pillar extends from the rocker and a roof rail is secured to the b-pillar and the wall. The translatable sled is arranged with the wall to impact the b-pillar. The one or more displacement members are secured to the wall and spaced from the rocker to simulate a stiffness of a full vehicle frame during impact between the sled and the b-pillar. A first rocker end constraint may secure a first end of the rocker to the wall. A second rocker end constraint may secure a second end of the rocker to the wall. The constraints may be arranged with the rocker such that the ends of the rocker may pivot relative to the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jamel E. Belwafa, Michael Barnhart, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Stephen Philip Panoff, Saied Nusier
  • Patent number: 9816898
    Abstract: A testing fixture for a vehicle includes a tube and a piston slideably disposed in the tube. A seat belt D-ring is mounted t the piston. An actuator is supported on the tube in communication with the piston through the tube for moving the piston relative to the tube to an extended position in a designated time interval during a simulated vehicle rollover. The piston defines teeth, and a ratchet is supported on the tube and engages the teeth of the piston for preventing movement of the piston relative to the tube toward the retracted position during or after the simulated vehicle rollover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jamel E. Belwafa, Michael Barnhart, Robert William McCoy
  • Patent number: 9683916
    Abstract: A system includes a platform for receiving a test device programmed to output a data signal. A shaft is spaced from the platform. A plurality of impact objects are disposed on the shaft and are configured to strike the platform. A motor is coupled to the shaft and configured to rotate the shaft. A processor is programmed to identify an anomaly in the data signal as a result of the plurality of impact objects striking the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Stephen Philip Panoff, Michael Barnhart, Michael Foster, Roy Joseph Scott
  • Patent number: 9566929
    Abstract: An instrument panel includes a frame, an intermediate airbag supported by the frame in an uninflated position, and a first airbag supported by the frame. The first airbag is disposed in a first direction from the intermediate airbag. The first and intermediate airbags are inflatable to an inflated position. The intermediate airbag includes an extension extending in the first direction in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jamel E. Belwafa, Michael Barnhart, Frankie Carney, Edward Joseph Abramoski, Saied Nusier
  • Publication number: 20160363509
    Abstract: A system includes a platform for receiving a test device programmed to output a data signal. A shaft is spaced from the platform. A plurality of impact objects are disposed on the shaft and are configured to strike the platform. A motor is coupled to the shaft and configured to rotate the shaft. A processor is programmed to identify an anomaly in the data signal as a result of the plurality of impact objects striking the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Stephen Philip Panoff, Michael Barnhart, Michael Foster, Roy Joseph Scott
  • Publication number: 20160316793
    Abstract: A free flowing nutritional powder includes a primary component originating or derived from fruits, vegetables, grasses, herbs, algae, and combinations thereof, along with an intimate mixture of 2 additional components including: 0.1-5.0% of lecithin and 0.1-5.0% of introduced hydrocolloid material. The dried material has powder has a mass weighted particle size within the range of 10-600 microns, said free flowing powder has a water activity of less than 0.50wa, and said powder contains at least 85 wt. % of a fruit, vegetable, grass, herbal or algal component as the primary component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Michael BARNHART
  • Publication number: 20160223433
    Abstract: A testing fixture for a vehicle includes a tube and a piston slideably disposed in the tube. A seat belt D-ring is mounted t the piston. An actuator is supported on the tube in communication with the piston through the tube for moving the piston relative to the tube to an extended position in a designated time interval during a simulated vehicle rollover. The piston defines teeth, and a ratchet is supported on the tube and engages the teeth of the piston for preventing movement of the piston relative to the tube toward the retracted position during or after the simulated vehicle rollover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jamel E. Belwafa, Michael Barnhart, Robert William McCoy
  • Publication number: 20150071701
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to an insert and a method for attaching the insert to a structure. In example embodiments the structure may be comprised of a composite material, a metal, and a ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Amool Raina, Teeyana S. Wullenschneider, Ryan Michael Barnhart, Kyle K. Wetzel, Chris Yang
  • Publication number: 20150023799
    Abstract: Disclosed is an engineered structure which includes pultrusions usable for resisting a bending load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Kyle K. Wetzel, Ryan Michael Barnhart, Teeyana S. Wullenschneider, Alexander R. Tran, Ken T. Lee
  • Publication number: 20140322025
    Abstract: Disclosed is a structure that may include a first flange, a second flange, and a web connecting the first flange to the second flange. In example embodiments, the web may include at least one end with at least two angled members attaching to one of the first flange and the second flange and another end connecting to the other of the first flange and the second flange. Disclosed also is a wind turbine blade that includes the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Wetzel Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Barnhart, Kyle K. Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20140124259
    Abstract: A junction box assembly includes a junction box, a support plate for supporting conduit extending from a side wall of the junction box and a support bracket extending for supporting conduit extending from an upper wall of the junction box. The support plate is mounted to the upper wall of the junction box or can be the upper wall and includes a flange portion extending beyond a perimeter of the junction box. The flange portion defines an aperture for attaching a conduit clamp thereto in substantial alignment with the conduit entry ports formed in the side wall. The support bracket is mounted adjacent to the conduit entry port formed in the upper wall of the junction box and includes an extension portion extending the support bracket distally from junction box and a mounting portion for attaching a conduit clamp thereto to support conduit extending from the upper wall of the junction box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Bill Dean, Tracy Amos, Walter Rampey, Michael Barnhart
  • Patent number: 8581045
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a mutant Agrobacterium tumefaciens that is functionally deleted for the atu1060 gene that codes for the cyclic di-GMP synthase Atu1060, as well as methods for its use in transforming plants with desired transgenes. Such bacteria are more virulent than currently used strains of A. tumefaciens, and thus can be used to transform a wider variety of plants, such as plants that are traditionally recalcitrant to such transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Stephen K. Farrand, David Michael Barnhart
  • Publication number: 20110126324
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a mutant Agrobacterium tumefaciens that is functionally deleted for the atu1060 gene that codes for the cyclic di-GMP synthase Atu1060, as well as methods for its use in transforming plants with desired transgenes. Such bacteria are more virulent than currently used strains of A. tumefaciens, and thus can be used to transform a wider variety of plants, such as plants that are traditionally recalcitrant to such transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen K. Farrand, David Michael Barnhart