Patents by Inventor Michelle Phillips

Michelle Phillips 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).

  • POLYURETHANE MDI FOAM FORMING COMPOSITION INCLUDING EPOXIDIZED SOYBEAN OIL, POLYURETHANE FOAM MADE FROM THE COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF MAKING POLYURETHANE FOAM
    Publication number: 20240141092
    Abstract: A composition for forming a polyurethane foam is provided using polyol having a total unsaturation less than 0.04 meq/g, methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), and epoxidized soybean oil. The epoxidized soybean oil may comprise greater than about 5% by weight of the composition. A method for forming polyurethane foam using the aforementioned composition is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi-Fan HSU, Matthew PHILLIPS, Mike WALKOWSKI, Paul FIELDING, Don HANBY, Wu Pan ZAGORSKI, Michelle A. PERENY
  • Cultural distance prediction system for media asset
    Patent number: 11917245
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for cultural distance prediction operations of a media asset, such as determining events in a media asset, determining geographical region corresponding to the culture of origin and the culture of destination, accessing weight values of cultural attribute categories respectively associated with the geographical regions of the culture of origin and the culture of destination, generating cultural distance score of events, and causing display of the cultural distance score on a user interface of a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SPHEREX, INC.
    Inventors: Teresa Ann Phillips, Pranav Anand Joshi, Kira Michelle McStay
  • Loose item management systems and methods for amusement park rides
    Patent number: 10460539
    Abstract: A system includes a portable locker including a container that may receive and store items and a first lock coupled to the container and that may lock the container to block access to the stored items. The first lock includes a detector that may receive a wireless signal, and receiving the wireless signal causes the first lock to lock or unlock. The system also includes a restraint coupled to the container and includes a second lock. The second lock may secure the portable locker to a rider of an amusement park ride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Amanda K. Zielkowski, Michelle Phillips, John Ugrin, Alexandria Catania, Steven C. Blum, Matthew Preston Jones
  • LOOSE ITEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES
    Publication number: 20180061157
    Abstract: A system includes a portable locker including a container that may receive and store items and a first lock coupled to the container and that may lock the container to block access to the stored items. The first lock includes a detector that may receive a wireless signal, and receiving the wireless signal causes the first lock to lock or unlock. The system also includes a restraint coupled to the container and includes a second lock. The second lock may secure the portable locker to a rider of an amusement park ride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Amanda K. Zielkowski, Michelle Phillips, John Ugrin, Alexandria Catania, Steven C. Blum, Matthew Preston Jones