Patents by Inventor Michael Varga

Michael Varga 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: 20180344934
    Abstract: A medicament injection device comprising a main body arranged to receive a medicament cartridge; a needle carrier carrying a needle, wherein the needle carrier is axially movable with respect to the main body; and a rotatable cap at a distal end of the device, wherein the cap is removably coupled to the needle carrier, a releasable arrangement between the main body and the cap comprising a guide element and a slotted link, wherein the slotted link is arranged to cause the guide element to follow a predefined path at least partly in an axial direction during rotational movement of the cap, thereby causing the needle carrier to move axially towards a proximal end of the device as the cap is rotated up to a predefined point, wherein the main body comprises a medicament cartridge holder comprising the guide element depending therefrom for engagement with the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Marc Schader, Michael Helmer, Peter Nober, Michael Varga
  • Publication number: 20180326155
    Abstract: A medicament injection device comprising: a main body configured to receive a medicament cartridge sealed with a penetrable barrier, a needle holder holding a needle, a needle sleeve arranged around at least a portion of the needle holder and needle, and arranged to be axially movable with respect to the main body; and a retainer coupled to the needle holder and to the needle sleeve and axially movable with respect to the main body along the main axis of the device; wherein the retainer is coupled to the needle holder so that, upon displacement of the needle sleeve and the retainer by a predefined distance towards a proximal end of the main body, the needle holder and needle are displaced axially towards the proximal end of the main body and decouple from the retainer; and wherein the needle sleeve is configured to disengage from the needle holder upon axial displacement of the needle sleeve in the proximal direction beyond the predefined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Marc Schader, Michael Helmer, Sebastian Braun, Michael Varga
  • Patent number: 9999552
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for sensing distortions in patterns of reflected light to create profiles representing surface topographies of absorbent structures during the manufacture of absorbent articles. Inspection systems may include sensors arranged adjacent an advancing absorbent structure on a converting line. In turn, a controller may monitor and affect various operations on the converting line. The inspection systems herein may also include a radiation source that illuminates a surface of an absorbent structure with a predetermined pattern of light extending in the cross direction CD. The sensor senses distortions in patterns of light reflected from the illuminated surface of the absorbent structure and triangulates changes in elevation of the illuminated surface of the absorbent structure relative to the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Varga, Walter Pieter Hendrik Laurentius Van der Klugt, Rene Gaber
  • Publication number: 20180071151
    Abstract: A web having compositions applied thereto is disclosed. The web has a plurality of discontinuities. The composition(s) are associated with the discontinuities and can improve fluid acquisition, rewet and/or fluid masking properties of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Misael Omar Aviles, Martin Ian James, Steven Michael Varga, John Lee Hammons, Rodrigo Rosati
  • Patent number: 9844804
    Abstract: A carrier holds an extreme ultraviolet light source collector mirror. The carrier includes a front panel having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, and defining a through opening that has an edge having a plurality of scallops; a back panel having an inner surface that faces the front panel and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; and a plurality of posts that are configured to connect the back panel to the front panel and to sandwich a flat rim around the circular boundary of the collector mirror between the inner surface of one of the panels and flanges of the posts. The scallops are positioned around a circumference of the edge and being separated by arcs, where the arcs define a circle that has a diameter that is less than a diameter of the circular boundary of the reflective surface of the collector mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Silvia De Dea, Michael Varga, Alexander I. Ershov, Robert L. Morse
  • Patent number: 9750646
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for monitoring substrates advancing along a converting apparatus in a machine direction. The apparatus may include an analyzer connected with a line scan camera through a communication network. The analyzer may be configured as a field programmable gate array, an application specific integrated circuit, or a graphical processing unit. In addition, the line scan camera may include a linear array of pixel data and define a linear field of view, wherein the line scan camera is arranged such that the linear field of view extends in the machine direction. The apparatus may further include an illumination source that illuminates the linear field of view. In operation, the substrate is advanced in the machine direction such that a portion of the substrate advances through the linear field of view. In turn, the apparatus may be configured to perform various monitoring and/or control functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Varga, Bradley Edward Walsh
  • Publication number: 20170225449
    Abstract: A method of printing composition(s) on a web is disclosed. The method includes the steps of advancing the web and printing a plurality of composition sites on the web. The method further includes the step of forming one or more discontinuities in the web. The discontinuities correspond to the printed composition sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Misael Omar Aviles, Martin James, Stephen Michael Varga, Hui Yang, Arman Ashraf, Eric Daniel Ricciardi
  • Publication number: 20170227462
    Abstract: The methods herein utilize polarized light for detecting through holes in substrates. A light source directs light through a first polarization filter having a first polarization axis, wherein polarized light travels from the first polarization filter and toward a substrate. The orientation of the polarized light is changed while traveling through substrate material, and is scattered. However, polarized light traveling through a hole in the substrate remains unscattered. A second polarization filter receives unscattered light and scattered light traveling away from the substrate. The second polarization filter includes a second polarization axis angularly offset from and not parallel with the first polarization axis. As such, the second polarization filter blocks the advancement of unscattered light while the scattered light is not blocked by the second polarization filter. The hole is detected based on an absence of unscattered light surrounded by light traveling from the second polarization filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Michael Varga
  • Publication number: 20170128274
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for detecting registration features. The apparatuses and methods may utilize sensors in combination with cylindrical optics that blurs the image sampling area in the cross direction, while maintaining focus in the machine direction. The blurring may create an averaging or blending effect of the hue values across the sampled area. The sensors may include red, green, blue (RGB) analog outputs that can characterize sensed registration features by a unique sequence that can be compared with a reference sequence. In turn, the substrate speed and/or tension can be adjusted base on the comparison to control the relative placement of advancing substrates and discrete components in converting lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Varga, Taylor Javier Morris
  • Publication number: 20150374557
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for monitoring substrates advancing along a converting apparatus in a machine direction. The apparatus may include an analyzer connected with a line scan camera through a communication network. The analyzer may be configured as a field programmable gate array, an application specific integrated circuit, or a graphical processing unit. In addition, the line scan camera may include a linear array of pixel data and define a linear field of view, wherein the line scan camera is arranged such that the linear field of view extends in the machine direction. The apparatus may further include an illumination source that illuminates the linear field of view. In operation, the substrate is advanced in the machine direction such that a portion of the substrate advances through the linear field of view. In turn, the apparatus may be configured to perform various monitoring and/or control functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Varga, Bradley Edward Walsh
  • Publication number: 20150346813
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for hands free operating of a head mounted device. An example method includes reading sensor data from sensors associated with a head mounted device worn by a user. The method allows recognizing, based on the sensor data, a gesture generated by a movement of a head of the user. In response to the recognition, an operation associated with the recognized gesture and a mode of the head mounted device of the head mounted device is performed. The gesture can include a rotation, a pitch, and a roll. The operation includes zooming an image on a screen of the head mounted device, panning the image, scrolling a series of images on the screen, and switching modes of the device. A speed of execution of the operation is proportional to a ratio determined from an angle of the head movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Vargas, Oliver Aalami
  • Publication number: 20150290047
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses sensing emitted light caused by fluorescence of adhesive to determine characteristics of absorbent structures during the manufacture of absorbent articles. Some absorbent articles may have absorbent structures that include an absorbent core disposed between a topsheet and a backsheet. And one or more of the absorbent structure components may be assembled with adhesive that fluoresces when excited by ultraviolet light. Aspects of the present methods relate to an inspection system that may be configured to interact with, monitor, and/or control a converting line. The inspection system may include a radiation source that illuminates a surface of an absorbent structure with ultraviolet light. A sensor may be adapted to receive light caused by fluorescence of the adhesive while being irradiated with the ultraviolet light. In turn, the inspection system may determine characteristics of the absorbent structure based on the detected emitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Richard Royce, Rene Gaber, Charles Jeffrey Spaulding, Louis J. Cedrone, Jeffrey Michael Kent, Stephen Michael Varga, Michael Dennis Kembel
  • Publication number: 20150273542
    Abstract: A carrier holds an extreme ultraviolet light source collector mirror. The carrier includes a front panel having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, and defining a through opening that has an edge having a plurality of scallops; a back panel having an inner surface that faces the front panel and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; and a plurality of posts that are configured to connect the back panel to the front panel and to sandwich a flat rim around the circular boundary of the collector mirror between the inner surface of one of the panels and flanges of the posts. The scallops are positioned around a circumference of the edge and being separated by arcs, where the arcs define a circle that has a diameter that is less than a diameter of the circular boundary of the reflective surface of the collector mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Silvia De Dea, Michael Varga, Alexander I. Ershov, Robert L. Morse
  • Publication number: 20150245954
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for sensing distortions in patterns of reflected light to create profiles representing surface topographies of absorbent structures during the manufacture of absorbent articles. Inspection systems may include sensors arranged adjacent an advancing absorbent structure on a converting line. In turn, a controller may monitor and affect various operations on the converting line. The inspection systems herein may also include a radiation source that illuminates a surface of an absorbent structure with a predetermined pattern of light extending in the cross direction CD. The sensor senses distortions in patterns of light reflected from the illuminated surface of the absorbent structure and triangulates changes in elevation of the illuminated surface of the absorbent structure relative to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Varga, Walter Pieter Hendrik Laurentius Van der Klugt, Rene Gaber
  • Patent number: 9073098
    Abstract: A collector mirror of an extreme ultraviolet light source is cleaned by removing the collector mirror from a chamber of the extreme ultraviolet light source; mounting the collector mirror to a carrier; inserting the carrier with the collector mirror into a cleaning tank; applying a cleaning agent to a reflective surface of the collector mirror by spraying the cleaning agent through a plurality of nozzles directed toward the collector mirror reflective surface until the collector mirror reflective surface is clean; rinsing the applied cleaning agent from the collector mirror reflective surface; and drying the collector mirror reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Silvia De Dea, Michael Varga, Alexander I. Ershov, Robert L. Morse
  • Patent number: 8943662
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method removes gold plating on an electronic component. The method includes forming a gold and solder mixture on the electronic component via a first incrementally controlled heating procedure; incrementally cooling the electronic component via a first cooling procedure; wicking part or all of the gold and solder mixture from the electronic component to a metallic screen via a second incrementally controlled heating procedure; and incrementally cooling the electronic component via a second cooling procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Hafeli, Eli Holzman, Aaron J. Stein, Michael Vargas
  • Publication number: 20150028177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a jack stand and safety support comprising: four sides that substantially form a pyramid; two of said four sides being opposite each other including cut outs and handles; a top including a three tiers basin that includes an optional drainage channel extending across all tiers and drainage holes and glow in the dark lengthwise strips along the corners of said jack stand and support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Vargas
  • Patent number: 8618487
    Abstract: A system for imaging a distribution of an absorbent material within an absorbent article. The system includes a radiation source and a detector positioned such that the absorbent article is situated between the radiation source and the detector. The absorbent article includes an absorbent material having a spatial distribution within the absorbent article. Infrared radiation within a particular wavelength range (e.g., 3 ?m to 3.2 ?m) is more likely to be absorbed by the absorbent material than by other materials within the absorbent article. The radiation source is configured to generate infrared radiation incident on the absorbent article. The detector is configured to detect a quantity of the infrared radiation within the particular wavelength range that was transmitted through the absorbent article. The radiation source is further configured to generate data indicative of the spatial distribution of the absorbent material based on the detected quantity of the infrared radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Varga, Michael Dennis Kembel
  • Publication number: 20130306110
    Abstract: A collector mirror of an extreme ultraviolet light source is cleaned by removing the collector mirror from a chamber of the extreme ultraviolet light source; mounting the collector mirror to a carrier; inserting the carrier with the collector mirror into a cleaning tank; applying a cleaning agent to a reflective surface of the collector mirror by spraying the cleaning agent through a plurality of nozzles directed toward the collector mirror reflective surface until the collector mirror reflective surface is clean; rinsing the applied cleaning agent from the collector mirror reflective surface; and drying the collector mirror reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: CYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Silvia De Dea, Michael Varga, Alexander I. Ershov, Robert L. Morse
  • Patent number: 8413320
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method removes gold plating on an electronic component. The method includes forming a gold and solder mixture on the electronic component via a first incrementally controlled heating procedure; incrementally cooling the electronic component via a first cooling procedure; wicking part or all of the gold and solder mixture from the electronic component to a metallic screen via a second incrementally controlled heating procedure; and incrementally cooling the electronic component via a second cooling procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Hafeli, Eli Holzman, Aaron J. Stein, Michael Vargas