Patents by Inventor Nathan RICHARD
Nathan RICHARD 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).
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Patent number: 10597613Abstract: Stabilized use solutions of low phosphorus, alkali metal carbonate detergents employing enzymes for cleaning compositions are disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a composition for, and method of, removing soils, preventing redeposition of protein soils and reducing foam, using stabilized enzyme cleaning compositions, namely use solutions of the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Wendy Chan, Jennifer Stokes, Lyndal Jensen, Carter M. Silvernail, Terrence P. Everson, Graig Legatt, Nathan Richard Ortmann, Devon Beau Hammel
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Patent number: 10532927Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes, in order: a first layer that includes MAw; a second layer that includes MOyAz; and a third layer that includes MOx, where M includes a transition metal, A includes at least one of sulfur, selenium, and/or tellurium, w is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, x is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, y is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, and z is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the transition metal may include at least one of molybdenum and/or tungsten. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, A may be sulfur.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: John Augustus Turner, Jing Gu, Jeffery Andrew Aguiar, Suzanne Ferrere, Kenneth Xerxes Steirer, Yong Yan, Chuanxiao Xiao, James Luke Young, Mowafak Al-Jassim, Nathan Richard Neale
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Publication number: 20190241802Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a perovskite sheet that includes two outer layers, each including A?X?; and a first layer that includes BX2, where B is a first cation, A? is a second cation, X is a first anion, X? is a second anion, and the first BX2 layer is positioned between the two outer layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Nathan Richard Neale, Nicholas Charles Anderson, Matthew Peter Hautzinger, Taylor Sierra Bliss
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Patent number: 10316347Abstract: In situ optical analysis of bacterial endospores can be inhibited when the endospores are present within an optically active carrier medium. To help isolate the endospores from the carrier medium, in some examples, the carrier medium is passed through a hydrophobic material that captures the endospores via hydrophobic attraction. Subsequently, a germination fluid and lanthanide source, such as terbium, can be added to the bacterial endospores captured on the hydrophobic material to form a lanthanide-dipicolinic acid complex in the germination fluid. The germination fluid can then be optically analyzed by measuring the fluorometric response of the lanthanide-dipicolinic acid complex to determine a concentration of the bacterial endospores in the carrier medium.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Anthony Wayne Erickson, Elaine Patricia Black, Nathan Richard Ortmann, Rodney H. Banks
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Publication number: 20190173438Abstract: A first branch group circuit includes a first branch circuit receiving a first RF input signal and first control information; and a second branch circuit receiving the first input signal and second control information. Each of the first and second branch circuits includes a power amplifier. The second control information enables the second branch circuit to be switched on or off while the first branch circuit remains on. A second branch group circuit includes: a third branch circuit receiving a second RF input signal and third control information; and a fourth branch circuit receiving the second input signal and fourth control information. Each of the third and fourth branch circuits includes a power amplifier. The fourth control information enables the fourth branch circuit to be switched on or off while the third branch circuit remains on. A combiner combines output signals of the power amplifiers to produce an output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Aritra Banerjee, Rahmi Hezar, Lei Ding, Nathan Richard Schemm
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Patent number: 10250192Abstract: An outphasing amplifier includes a first class-E power amplifier having an output coupled to a first conductor and an input receiving a first RF drive signal. A first reactive element is coupled between the first conductor and a second conductor. A second reactive element is coupled between the second conductor and a third conductor. A second class-E power amplifier includes an output coupled to a fourth conductor and an input coupled to a second RF drive signal, a third reactive element coupled between the second and fourth conductors. Outputs of the first and second power amplifiers are combined by the first, second and third reactive elements to produce an output current in a load. An efficiency enhancement circuit is coupled between the first and fourth conductors to improve power efficiency at back-off power levels. Power enhancement circuits are coupled to the first and fourth conductors, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Aritra Banerjee, Joonhoi Hur, Baher Haroun, Nathan Richard Schemm, Rahmi Hezar, Lei Ding
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Publication number: 20190093053Abstract: Stabilized use solutions of low phosphorus, alkali metal carbonate detergents employing enzymes for cleaning compositions are disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a composition for, and method of, removing soils, preventing redeposition of protein soils and reducing foam, using stabilized enzyme cleaning compositions, namely use solutions of the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Wendy Chan, Jennifer Stokes, Lyndal Jensen, Carter M. Silvernail, Terrence P. Everson, Graig Legatt, Nathan Richard Ortmann, Devon Beau Hammel
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Publication number: 20190048562Abstract: A lock for a ground engaging tool may have a body portion having a first diameter. The lock may also have a neck portion, which may have a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. The neck portion may extend from the body portion along a rotational axis of the lock. The lock may also have a head portion, which may extend from the neck portion along the rotational axis. The head portion may have a surface facing the body portion, a top surface facing away from the body portion, first and second generally planar end surfaces extending from the bottom surface to the top surface, and first and second cam surfaces extending from the bottom surface to the top surface, and connecting the first and second end surfaces. A portion of the first cam surface adjacent the first generally planar end surface may have a first radius of curvature, and another portion of the first cam surface may have a second radius of curvature larger than the first radius of curvature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventors: Nathan Richard BJERKE, Thomas M. CONGDON, Edward Harry BETTS, JR.
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Patent number: 10196799Abstract: Disclosed are various exemplary embodiments of a ground engaging tool. The tool may have an engagement end. The tool may also have a mounting end opposite the engagement end along a longitudinal axis of the tool. The mounting end may have a first mounting leg. The mounting end may also have a second mounting leg, which may have a mounting surface facing the first mounting leg. The second mounting leg may define a cavity in the tool accessible only through an opening in the mounting surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Nathan Richard Bjerke, Thomas M. Congdon, Edward Harry Betts, Jr.
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Patent number: 10193508Abstract: A multi-level, multi-branch outphasing amplifier (20-1) includes a first branch group circuit (22-1) including a first branch circuit (11) receiving a first RF input signal (S1(t)) and first control information (S11_Ctrl=VDD) and a second branch circuit (12) receiving the first input signal and second control information (S12_Ctrl). Each of the first (11) and second (12) branch circuits includes a power amplifier. The second control information enables the second branch circuit to be switched on or off while the first branch circuit (12) remains on. A second branch group circuit (22-2) includes a third branch circuit (21) receiving a second RF input signal (S2(t)) and third control information (S21_Ctrl=VDD) and a fourth branch circuit (22) receiving the second input signal (S2(t)) and fourth control information (S22_Ctrl). Each of the third and fourth branch circuits includes a power amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Aritra Banerjee, Rahmi Hezar, Lei Ding, Nathan Richard Schemm
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Patent number: 10179892Abstract: Stabilized use solutions of low phosphorus, alkali metal carbonate detergents employing enzymes for cleaning compositions are disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a composition for, and method of, removing soils, preventing redeposition of protein soils and reducing foam, using stabilized enzyme cleaning compositions, namely use solutions of the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Wendy Chan, Jennifer Stokes, Lyndal Jensen, Carter M. Silvernail, Terrence P. Everson, Graig Legatt, Nathan Richard Ortmann, Devon Beau Hammel
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Publication number: 20180358968Abstract: A level shifter includes a signal generator that generates differential signals on a first output and a second output. A first capacitor is coupled between the first output and a first node and a second capacitor is coupled between the second output and a second node. A third capacitor is coupled between the first node and a first voltage potential, wherein the capacitance of the third capacitor is variable. A fourth capacitor is coupled between the second node and the first voltage potential, wherein the capacitance of the fourth capacitor is variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventor: Nathan Richard Schemm
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Patent number: 10097183Abstract: A level shifter includes a signal generator that generates differential signals on a first output and a second output. A first capacitor is coupled between the first output and a first node and a second capacitor is coupled between the second output and a second node. A third capacitor is coupled between the first node and a first voltage potential, wherein the capacitance of the third capacitor is variable. A fourth capacitor is coupled between the second node and the first voltage potential, wherein the capacitance of the fourth capacitor is variable.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Nathan Richard Schemm
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Publication number: 20180282668Abstract: Stabilized use solutions of low phosphorus, alkali metal carbonate detergents employing enzymes for cleaning compositions are disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a composition for, and method of, removing soils, preventing redeposition of protein soils and reducing foam, using stabilized enzyme cleaning compositions, namely use solutions of the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Wendy Chan, Jennifer Stokes, Lyndal Jensen, Carter M. Silvernail, TERRENCE P. EVERSON, Graig Legatt, Nathan Richard Ortmann, Devon Beau Hammel
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Publication number: 20180194623Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes, in order: a first layer that includes MAw; a second layer that includes MOyAz; and a third layer that includes MOx, where M includes a transition metal, A includes at least one of sulfur, selenium, and/or tellurium, w is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, x is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, y is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, and z is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the transition metal may include at least one of molybdenum and/or tungsten. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, A may be sulfur.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: John Augustus TURNER, Jing GU, Jeffery Andrew AGUIAR, Suzanne FERRERE, Kenneth Xerxes STEIRER, Yong YAN, Chuanxiao XIAO, James Luke YOUNG, Mowafak AL-JASSIM, Nathan Richard NEALE
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Patent number: 10011808Abstract: Stabilized use solutions of low phosphorus, alkali metal carbonate detergents employing enzymes for cleaning compositions are disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a composition for, and method of, removing soils, preventing redeposition of protein soils and reducing foam, using stabilized enzyme cleaning compositions, namely use solutions of the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Wendy Chan, Jennifer Stokes, Lyndal Jensen, Carter M. Silvernail, Terrence P. Everson, Graig Legatt, Nathan Richard Ortmann, Devon Beau Hammel
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Publication number: 20180006609Abstract: An outphasing amplifier includes a first class-E power amplifier having an output coupled to a first conductor and an input receiving a first RF drive signal. A first reactive element is coupled between the first conductor and a second conductor. A second reactive element is coupled between the second conductor and a third conductor. A second class-E power amplifier includes an output coupled to a fourth conductor and an input coupled to a second RF drive signal, a third reactive element coupled between the second and fourth conductors. Outputs of the first and second power amplifiers are combined by the first, second and third reactive elements to produce an output current in a load. An efficiency enhancement circuit is coupled between the first and fourth conductors to improve power efficiency at back-off power levels. Power enhancement circuits are coupled to the first and fourth conductors, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Aritra Banerjee, Joonhoi Hur, Baher Haroun, Nathan Richard Schemm, Rahmi Hezar, Lei Ding
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Patent number: 9806673Abstract: An outphasing amplifier includes a first class-E power amplifier (16-1) having an output coupled to a first conductor (31-1) and an input receiving a first RF drive signal (S1(t)). A first reactive element (CA-1) is coupled between the first conductor and a second conductor (30-1). A second reactive element (LA-1) is coupled between the second conductor and a third conductor (32-1). A second class-E power amplifier (17-1) includes an output coupled to a fourth conductor (31-2) and an input coupled to a second RF drive signal (S2(t)), a third reactive element (CA-3) coupled between the second and fourth conductors. Outputs of the first and second power amplifiers are combined by the first, second and third reactive elements to produce an output current in a load (R). An efficiency enhancement circuit (LEEC-1) is coupled between the first and fourth conductors to improve power efficiency at back-off power levels. Power enhancement circuits (20-1,2) are coupled to the first and fourth conductors, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENT INCORPORATEDInventors: Aritra Banerjee, Joonhoi Hur, Baher Haroun, Nathan Richard Schemm, Rahmi Hezar, Lei Ding
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Publication number: 20170288672Abstract: A level shifter includes a signal generator that generates differential signals on a first output and a second output. A first capacitor is coupled between the first output and a first node and a second capacitor is coupled between the second output and a second node. A third capacitor is coupled between the first node and a first voltage potential, wherein the capacitance of the third capacitor is variable. A fourth capacitor is coupled between the second node and the first voltage potential, wherein the capacitance of the fourth capacitor is variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventor: Nathan Richard Schemm
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Publication number: 20160268974Abstract: An outphasing amplifier includes a first class-E power amplifier (16-1) having an output coupled to a first conductor (31-1) and an input receiving a first RF drive signal (S1(t)). A first reactive element (CA-1) is coupled between the first conductor and a second conductor (30-1). A second reactive element (LA-1) is coupled between the second conductor and a third conductor (32-1). A second class-E power amplifier (17-1) includes an output coupled to a fourth conductor (31-2) and an input coupled to a second RF drive signal (S2(t)), a third reactive element (CA-3) coupled between the second and fourth conductors. Outputs of the first and second power amplifiers are combined by the first, second and third reactive elements to produce an output current in a load (R). An efficiency enhancement circuit (LEEC-1) is coupled between the first and fourth conductors to improve power efficiency at back-off power levels. Power enhancement circuits (20-1,2) are coupled to the first and fourth conductors, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Aritra Banerjee, Joonhoi Hur, Baher Haroun, Nathan Richard Schemm, Rahmi Hezar, Lei Ding