Patents by Inventor Michael Devine

Michael Devine 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: 20240000633
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising a first belt and a second belt, comprising one or more frangible pathways. A fastener component may be positioned on the inner wearer facing surface of the first belt and/or second belt, and an accessibility opening in the first belt and/or the second belt may be positioned adjacent the fastener component and the inner edge of the first belt and/or the second belt. Positioning fastener components on the inner wearing facing surface of the first belt and/or the second belt helps to conceal the fastener component from the wearer while wearing the diaper pant. Positioning the accessibility opening adjacent the fastener component may help a caregiver successfully determine the location of and access such hidden disposal fastener components. An absorbent article may also comprise opening facilitation features to help a user to successfully determine the location and/or function of the fastener component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Keith Richard WILLHAUS, Jeffry ROSIAK, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Kumardipti CHATTERJEE, Michael Devin LONG, Nicholas Alexander TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20240000630
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a first belt and a second belt with one or more frangible pathways. A frangible pathway may extend between a proximal terminus on an inner edge of a belt and a distal terminus on an outer edge of the belt. A grip region comprising an accessibility opening may be positioned between the inner and outer edges of the belt. The frangible pathway may comprise a first tear zone and a second tear zone extending from the accessibility opening to the distal terminus and to the proximal terminus. Such frangible pathway configurations provide a feature that allows a belt of a diaper pant to be relatively easily torn along the frangible pathway when removing the diaper pant from a wearer. The frangible pathway may be configured to allow a caregiver to initiate and/or completely tear the first belt with one hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Keith Richard WILLHAUS, Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Jeffry ROSIAK, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Kumardipti CHATTERJEE, Michael Devin LONG, Nicholas Alexander TAYLOR, Sally Lin KILBACAK, Andrew David SCHOLES
  • Publication number: 20240000632
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles including a first belt and a second belt, the first belt and/or the second belt comprising one or more frangible pathways. The frangible pathway may comprise a first tear zone extending from an accessibility opening to a distal terminus, and a second tear zone extending from the accessibility opening to a proximal terminus. The diaper pant may also be configured such that a first tear line propagating along the first tear zone and a second tear line propagating along the second tear zone may reach the distal terminus and the proximal terminus, respectively, at the same time or about the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Keith Richard WILLHAUS, Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Jeffry ROSIAK, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Michael Devin LONG, Nicholas Alexander TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 11844674
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for manufacturing absorbent articles, wherein discrete zones of protrusions may be formed on a substrate. In some configurations, the protrusions may be formed as hooks. When forming the discrete zones of protrusions, localized speed variances may be imparted to the advancing substrate to ensure the adequate time to form the protrusions is provided. As such, protrusions may be formed on portions of the substrate that have been temporarily stopped or slowed to relatively slow speeds. The substrates with zones of protrusions may then be incorporated into products, such as assembled absorbent articles, so as to place the protrusions in desired positions on the absorbent articles. As such, the methods and apparatuses herein allow for the use of hook forming techniques on substrates in article manufacturing processes that provide flexibility in such configurations without sacrificing desired manufacturing speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Devin Long, Uwe Schneider
  • Patent number: 11811210
    Abstract: A modular floor box assembly that includes a floor box having a plurality of fittings having passageways for power and data transmission cables. A power deck configured for placement within the interior region of the floor box can include a female deck receptor that is electrically coupled to one or more terminals that are configured for a hardwired connection with at least one of the power transmission cables. The floor box can include an aperture within the interior region adjacent to the power deck that is sized to accommodate passage of data transmission cables, and which is in fluid communication with the passageways. The assembly further includes a removable power puck having a male receptacle configured for plugging into the female deck receptor. The power puck can further include one or more electrical receptacles for electrical coupling to power plugs of external devices, and at least one data opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Michael D. Martin, Michael Devin O'Neil, Phillip Taylor
  • Publication number: 20230352922
    Abstract: An installation device can include a body having a substrate, a first coating, and a second coating. The first coating can include a tinted coating. The second coating can include a clear coat sealant. The first coating and the second coating coat at least part of the substrate, the first coating located between the substrate and the second coating. Further, each of the first coating and the second coating can include a polyceramic compound. The installation device can further include a third coating and a fourth coating. The third coating can be a primer coating and the fourth coating can be a hydrographic film. The body can further include a recessed segment located on the first side, at least one opening extending through the body, and a cover plate to cover, at least in part, the at least one opening and the recessed segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Devin O'Neil
  • Publication number: 20230240902
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for assembling disposable pant diapers having contoured elastic belts. During the assembly process, opposing end regions of chassis are connected with the elastic belts in the form of first and second continuous elastic laminates. The chassis are then folded to place the elastic laminates into a facing relationship. The inner longitudinal edges of one or both the elastic laminates are then cut to define a contoured shape. Discrete pieces of trim material may be removed from one or both the elastic laminates, and the first and second continuous elastic laminates are cut in the cross direction to form discrete pant diapers. In some configurations, a single knife both removes the trim material and cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction. And in some configurations, a first knife removes the trim material and a second knife cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Uwe SCHNEIDER, Michael Devin LONG
  • Patent number: 11662867
    Abstract: Some touch screens can be formed with rows and columns of touch electrodes. In some examples, during a first time period, a first set of row electrodes are driven while a second set of row electrodes are sensed. In some examples, during a second time period, the first set of row electrodes are sensed while the second set of row electrodes are driven. In some examples, during a third time period, a first set of column electrodes are driven while a second set of column electrodes are sensed. In some examples, during a fourth time period, the first set of column electrodes are sensed while the second set of column electrodes are driven. In some examples, a touch image can be generated based on the data sensed from the first, second, third, and fourth time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph H. Krah, Jesse Michael Devine, Xiaoqi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230158699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface used to create lines of weakness for rolled products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Schwamberger, Gustav André Mellin, Michael Devin Long
  • Publication number: 20230157899
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for manufacturing absorbent articles, wherein discrete zones of protrusions may be formed on a substrate. In some configurations, the protrusions may be formed as hooks. When forming the discrete zones of protrusions, localized speed variances may be imparted to the advancing substrate to ensure the adequate time to form the protrusions is provided. As such, protrusions may be formed on portions of the substrate that have been temporarily stopped or slowed to relatively slow speeds. The substrates with zones of protrusions may then be incorporated into products, such as assembled absorbent articles, so as to place the protrusions in desired positions on the absorbent articles. As such, the methods and apparatuses herein allow for the use of hook forming techniques on substrates in article manufacturing processes that provide flexibility in such configurations without sacrificing desired manufacturing speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Devin Long, Uwe Schneider
  • Patent number: 11648155
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for assembling disposable pant diapers having contoured elastic belts. During the assembly process, opposing end regions of chassis are connected with the elastic belts in the form of first and second continuous elastic laminates. The chassis are then folded to place the elastic laminates into a facing relationship. The inner longitudinal edges of one or both the elastic laminates are then cut to define a contoured shape. Discrete pieces of trim material may be removed from one or both the elastic laminates, and the first and second continuous elastic laminates are cut in the cross direction to form discrete pant diapers. In some configurations, a single knife both removes the trim material and cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction. And in some configurations, a first knife removes the trim material and a second knife cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Michael Devin Long
  • Publication number: 20230092725
    Abstract: Patterned fibrous substrates having a plurality of individual fibers, a first region, and a second region are provided. The patterned fibrous substrates have a plurality of individual fibers of the first region having a first diameter and a plurality of individual fibers of the second region have a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is less than the second diameter. The individual fibers of the first region and the individual fibers of the second region are substantially free of bonds, other than primary bonds. The first region has a first C.I.E. L* score, and the second region has a second C.I.E. L* score, according to the Color Test Method. The first C.I.E. L* score is different than the second C.I.E. L* score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne ARORA, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Nathan Ray WHITLEY, James Terry KNAPMEYER, Michael Devin LONG
  • Publication number: 20230090274
    Abstract: Patterned fibrous substrates having a plurality of individual fibers, a first region, and a second region are provided. The plurality of individual fibers comprise a functional surface additive. A plurality of individual fibers of the first region have a first diameter, and a plurality of individual fibers of the second region have a second diameter. The first diameter is less than the second diameter. The first region has a first C.I.E. L* score, and the second region has a second C.I.E. L* score. The first C.I.E. L* score is different than the second C.I.E. L* score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne ARORA, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Nathan Ray WHITELY, James Terry KNAPMEYER, Michael Devin LONG
  • Publication number: 20230086160
    Abstract: Patterned fibrous substrates having a plurality of individual fibers, a first region, and a second region are provided. The first region is visually discernable from the second region. The first region has a first region fluid permeability score (PS1), and the second region has a second region fluid permeability score (PS2). The first region fluid permeability score (PS1) is different than the second region fluid permeability score (PS2). The first region fluid permeability score (PS1) and the second region fluid permeability score (PS2) are both greater than 5 Darcy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne ARORA, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Nathan Ray WHITELY, James Terry KNAPMEYER, Michael Devin LONG
  • Patent number: 11576822
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for manufacturing absorbent articles, wherein discrete zones of protrusions may be formed on a substrate. In some configurations, the protrusions may be formed as hooks. When forming the discrete zones of protrusions, localized speed variances may be imparted to the advancing substrate to ensure the adequate time to form the protrusions is provided. As such, protrusions may be formed on portions of the substrate that have been temporarily stopped or slowed to relatively slow speeds. The substrates with zones of protrusions may then be incorporated into products, such as assembled absorbent articles, so as to place the protrusions in desired positions on the absorbent articles. As such, the methods and apparatuses herein allow for the use of hook forming techniques on substrates in article manufacturing processes that provide flexibility in such configurations without sacrificing desired manufacturing speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Devin Long, Uwe Schneider
  • Publication number: 20220409446
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first and the second waist regions, and a chassis having a topsheet, backsheet, absorbent core, and chassis periphery. The chassis periphery has a varying width, WV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kumardipti CHATTERJEE, Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Michael Devin LONG
  • Publication number: 20220387232
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to absorbent articles with waist panels including frangible bonds, wherein a waist panel may be connected with a chassis and positioned in a front or back waist region. A first region of the waist panel is bonded with the chassis and extends laterally adjacent an outboard lateral edge of the waist panel, and at least a portion of an inboard lateral edge of the waist panel is unattached to the chassis so as to form a pocket during use. The waist panel is also releasably bonded with the chassis with a frangible bond positioned on the inboard lateral edge of the waist panel and/or longitudinally between the inboard lateral edge of the waist panel and the first region. The frangible bond may be an adhesive and/or mechanical bond and may be configured to break during production or during normal use of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Michael Devin LONG, Jason Edward NAYLOR, John Andrew STRASEMEIER
  • Patent number: 11458046
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first and the second waist regions, and a chassis having a topsheet, backsheet, absorbent core, and chassis periphery. The chassis periphery has a varying width, Wv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kumardipti Chatterjee, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Michael Devin Long
  • Patent number: 11298269
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses configured to bond elastic laminates together between a rotating drum and anvil. The drum includes a fluid nozzle and a press member. As such, a first elastic laminate and a second elastics laminate may be advanced in a machine direction onto the rotating drum. A fluid is heated to a temperature sufficient to partially melt substrate layers of the first and second elastic laminates. As the drum rotates, the press member shifts radially outward from the drum wherein a length, L, of the pattern surface extends in the cross direction across a plurality of elastic strands of first and/or second elastic laminates. And the partially melted portion of the substrate layers of the first and second elastic laminates and the plurality of elastic strands are then bonded together by being compressed between the pattern surface and the anvil roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Devin Long, Kazuya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220106713
    Abstract: Methods and systems for mechanically forming one or more surface protrusions integrally from a garment material, the one or more surface protrusions extending outwardly from a garment surface of the garment material, include placing at least one selected area of the garment surface against a first surface of a forming die having a plurality of openings which have a configuration and orientation corresponding with the configuration and orientation of the one or more surface protrusions of the garment material. The garment surface may be softened by application of a source of energy, wherein the source of energy comprises at least two sonotrodes mounted in a rotary drum. At least some of the softened garment surface is positioned into at least one opening of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Michael Devin Long, Justin B. Owens, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Jason Edward Naylor, Jeffry Rosiak