Patents by Inventor Michael Weir

Michael Weir 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: 11938902
    Abstract: A sliding vehicle center console is provided. The center console may include an elongated rack, including an elongated rack, defining a plurality of teeth, a carrier member coupled to the rack, and a gearbox assembly including a pinion configured to rotate in a first or a second direction to translate the carrier member and the elongated rack from a first position to a second position. The sliding vehicle center console may also include a controller configured to change the rotation of the pinion from one of the first or second directions to the other directions, responsive to a comparison of a sensor value to a threshold condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Ulf Hartmann, James Elsarelli, Michael Kidd, Andrew Lakerdas, Raymond Weir, Sarah Miller, Robert Neundorf
  • Patent number: 9937104
    Abstract: The present invention provides dental bonding agents and dental bonding systems comprising the dental bonding agents. The dental bonding agents of the invention are characterized by having antibacterial properties, and in some aspects of the invention, remineralizing properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Huakun Xu, Michael Weir
  • Publication number: 20170112723
    Abstract: The present invention provides dental bonding agents and dental bonding systems comprising the dental bonding agents. The dental bonding agents of the invention are characterized by having antibacterial properties, and in some aspects of the invention, remineralizing properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Huakun XU, Michael WEIR
  • Patent number: 9554971
    Abstract: The present invention provides dental bonding agents and dental bonding systems comprising the dental bonding agents. The dental bonding agents of the invention are characterized by having antibacterial properties, and in some aspects of the invention, remineralizing properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Huakun Xu, Michael Weir
  • Publication number: 20160058675
    Abstract: The present invention provides dental bonding agents and dental bonding systems comprising the dental bonding agents. The dental bonding agents of the invention are characterized by having antibacterial properties, and in some aspects of the invention, remineralizing properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Huakun XU, Michael WEIR
  • Publication number: 20150299345
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibacterial monomers, antibacterial resins comprising a resin and the monomers, and dental composites comprising the antibacterial resins and a filler, and methods of making the same. The dental composite can optionally contain amorphous calcium phosphate nanoparticles. The dental composites display strongly antibacterial properties, increased calcium and phosphate ion release, and improved mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Huakun XU, Michael WEIR
  • Patent number: 9087041
    Abstract: This Invention provides a system-level framework for an enterprise-level test environment. The environment provides test development, automation, and execution processes for product validation and verification, and allows the interoperability of test cases, data, equipment information, and results across various enterprise platforms. The system, with its processes and methods, provides various mechanisms for managing test configurations, developing test plans, managing test data, and developing test reports from one or more test-stations and/or from one or more test equipment(s) for one or more Device(s) Under Test (DUT). These mechanisms include, but are not limited to, functions such as data management and sharing, test library reusability, test station management, test configuration management, test execution, test report development, and data mapping/plotting. The system can be customized to support scalable enterprise requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Weir
  • Publication number: 20140332374
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a semiconductor surface by nitridation and deposition of a ruthenium alloy. Also disclosed are semiconductors treated with these methods, their incorporation into photoelectrochemical cells, and their use in photoelectrochemical water splitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Todd DEUTSCH, John TURNER, Jennifer LEISCH, Heli WANG, Adam WELCH, Avery LINDEMAN, Kevin O'NEILL, Andrew PINKARD, Arrelaine DAMERON, Clemens HESKE, Kyle GEORGE, Lothar WEINHARDT, Michael WEIR
  • Publication number: 20140032637
    Abstract: This Invention provides a system-level framework for an enterprise-level test environment. The environment provides test development, automation, and execution processes for product validation and verification, and allows the interoperability of test cases, data, equipment information, and results across various enterprise platforms. The system, with its processes and methods, provides various mechanisms for managing test configurations, developing test plans, managing test data, and developing test reports from one or more test-stations and/or from one or more test equipment(s) for one or more Device(s) Under Test (DUT). These mechanisms include, but are not limited to, functions such as data management and sharing, test library reusability, test station management, test configuration management, test execution, test report development, and data mapping/plotting. The system can be customized to support scalable enterprise requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Weir
  • Publication number: 20130039990
    Abstract: The invention provides injectable, stem cell-containing calcium phosphate bone pastes for bone tissue engineering and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Huakun Xu, Michael Weir
  • Publication number: 20120203249
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to an anchor and an insertion tool. The anchor may be sized for near cortex anchor fixation or for fixation into the intramedullary canal of a bone. Embodiments also describe a cortical anchor and insertion tool assembly including an anchor having a tool receptor, a leading face, a central face, a rear face, and a suture spool to receive suture that is situated away from a center of a longitudinal axis of the anchor; and an insertion tool having a rod member having a distal end. A tip of the rod member may include a pivot structure capable of actively pivoting the anchor at the tool receptor. In some embodiments, the anchor may be guided into a hole in a bone by the insertion tool and pivoted at the tool receptor to fully or partially cover the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Allegheny-Singer Research Institute
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Schmidt, David Michael Weir, II
  • Publication number: 20080000469
    Abstract: A liquid is evaporated by the sun, raised to as vapor and condensed by passing through a reservoir that condenses the liquid by heat transfer. The liquid is stored in a tank just below this reservoir of water. These tanks are connected to a turbine. Turbine is fed by condensed liquid, and the liquid is evaporated again. The system is closed and the liquid has an intermediate boiling point between ambient temperature in the sun and ambient temperature in the condensing reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventor: Michael Weir
  • Publication number: 20060159717
    Abstract: Living cellular material is encapsulated or placed in a protective material (cell protector) which is biocompatible, biodegradable and has a three-dimensional form. The three dimensional form is incorporated into a matrix that maybe implanted in vivo, ultimately degrade and thereby by replaced by living cell generated material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: ADA Foundation
    Inventors: Huakun Xu, Michael Weir
  • Publication number: 20050136931
    Abstract: A method and system for management of radio frequency coverage over a wide geographic area. A database is created specifying a geographic location for each of a large number of possible communication locations within a wide geographic area. Selected physical parameters are then associated with each communication location including: addresses; site plans; structural drawings; and, actual measured signal strength for multiple entities authorized to transmit at selected frequencies within that geographic area. Thereafter, communication locations may be automatically accessed by specifying either a physical location or by accessing those locations where measured signal strengths fall below a selected level. Once accessed, all stored physical parameters associated with a selected communication location may be displayed, including: photographs of the location, site plans, structural drawings and readiness data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Glenn Bigler, John Kelly, David O'Toole, Michael Weir, Michael Ramke, Jed Fawaz, David Parsons
  • Patent number: D815854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Weir
  • Patent number: D858138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Weir