Patents by Inventor Nels R. Peterson
Nels R. Peterson 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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Publication number: 20160150602Abstract: A microwave heating element includes a microwave antenna configured to absorb power from a microwave field in a microwave oven, a housing having a first end coupled to the microwave antenna and a second end configured to be inserted into an item to be heated, and a transmission line positioned within the housing, the transmission line having an end coupled to the microwave antenna. The transmission line is configured to spatially distribute the power absorbed from the microwave field into the item to be heated at a location between the first end and the second end of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: ELWHA LLCInventors: Maxime J.J. Bilet, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood, Christopher C. Young
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Publication number: 20160131308Abstract: A thermal ballasting method includes providing a train having LNG, routing the train to scheduled stops along a train route, forming a ballast cryogen by condensing an atmospheric gas within the train, producing a latent heat, evaporating the LNG by transferring the latent heat to the LNG, forming a natural gas, fueling the train by consuming the natural gas, and delivering the ballast cryogen to an LNG storage site positioned along the train route.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: Elwha LLCInventors: Roderick A. Hyde, William Gates, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
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Publication number: 20160084577Abstract: Portage storage containers including controlled evaporative cooling systems are described herein. In some embodiments, a portable container including an integral controlled evaporative cooling system includes: a storage region, an evaporative region adjacent to the storage region, a desiccant region adjacent to the outside of the container, and an insulation region positioned between the evaporative region and the desiccant region. A vapor conduit with an attached vapor control unit has a first end within the evaporative region and a second end within the desiccant region. In some embodiments, the controlled evaporative cooling systems are positioned in a radial configuration within the portable container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Fong Li Chou, Philip A. Eckhoff, Lawrence Morgan Fowler, Shieng Liu, Peter K. Maier-Laxhuber, Nels R. Peterson, Ralf W. Schmidt, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Reiner M. Wörz, David J. Yager
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Patent number: 9273880Abstract: A heating device includes a heating chamber, a heating element for heating air in the heating chamber, and a condensing counter-flow heat exchanger including a first flow path that receives outgoing air from the heating chamber and a second flow path for providing incoming air to the heating chamber. The first flow path and the second flow path are configured in a counter-flow heat exchange relationship such that the outgoing air flows in a direction opposite the incoming air and the latent heat of evaporated water in the outgoing air is transferred to the incoming air thereby condensing liquid water from the outgoing air.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Maxime Jean Jerome Bilet, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood, Christopher Charles Young
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Patent number: 9261236Abstract: An LNG storage and delivery method for a transportation system includes routing a first train to scheduled stops along a first train route, routing the first train to an LNG fuel source positioned on the first train route, transferring LNG from the LNG fuel source to the first train, and transporting LNG from the LNG fuel source to an LNG storage site positioned along a second train route using the first train.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: William Gates, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Patent number: 9237985Abstract: Multi-compartment pharmaceutical vials are described. In some embodiments, a multi-compartment pharmaceutical vial includes: a multi-compartment pharmaceutical storage region including a bottom wall, at least one outer wall and at least one interior wall, the bottom wall, the at least one outer wall and the at least one interior wall forming a plurality of pharmaceutical storage compartments, each pharmaceutical storage compartment including an aperture positioned opposite to the bottom wall of the pharmaceutical storage region; and an access region attached to the pharmaceutical storage region, the access region including a plurality of conduits, each with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each conduit is connected to one aperture in a pharmaceutical storage compartment, and the second end of each conduit circumscribes an aperture positioned opposite to the bottom wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: TOKITAE LLCInventors: Philip A. Eckhoff, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Orin Levine, Nels R. Peterson, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
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Publication number: 20150374161Abstract: An oven includes a support structure configured to support a food item having multiple cooking sites, a steam nozzle configured to direct a jet of dry steam onto the food item, and a control system configured to determine a targeted subset of the cooking sites in response to a cooking requirement of the food item and configured to dynamically control movement of the support structure or the steam nozzle to direct the jet of dry steam onto the targeted subset of cooking sites in response to the cooking requirement of the food item.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Elwha LLCInventors: Maxime Jean Jerome Bilet, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Nels R. Peterson, Robert C. Petroski, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood, Christopher Charles Young
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Publication number: 20150359708Abstract: In some embodiments, an affixed group of pharmaceutical vials with frangible connectors includes: a plurality of pharmaceutical vials arranged as a group of pharmaceutical vials, each of the plurality of pharmaceutical vials shaped and positioned to minimize a total volume of the group of pharmaceutical vials, each of the pharmaceutical vials including at least one external side with a surface configured to reversibly mate with a corresponding external side and a surface of an adjacent pharmaceutical vial; and a plurality of frangible connectors, wherein at least one frangible connector is affixed to the surface of at least two of the plurality of pharmaceutical vials within the group of pharmaceutical vials, and at least one frangible connector is affixed to each of the plurality of pharmaceutical vials.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: John Boomgard, Fong-Li Chou, Philip A. Eckhoff, Fridrik Larusson, Shieng Liu, Krishnan Natarajan, Nels R. Peterson, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
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Patent number: 9205969Abstract: A substantially thermally sealed storage container includes an outer assembly, including one or more sections of ultra efficient insulation material substantially defining at least one thermally sealed storage region, and an inner assembly, including at least one heat sink unit within the at least one thermally sealed storage region, and at least one stored material dispenser unit, wherein the at least one stored material dispenser unit includes one or more interlocks.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: TOKITAE LLCInventors: Geoffrey F. Deane, Lawrence Morgan Fowler, William Gates, Zihong Guo, Roderick A. Hyde, Edward K. Y. Jung, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nathan Pegram, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Patent number: 9170053Abstract: In some embodiments, a portable cooling unit for use with a storage container includes: a desiccant unit including at least one exterior wall defining an interior desiccant region, wherein the interior desiccant region is sealed from gas transfer between the interior desiccant region and a region external to the cooling unit; an evaporative cooling unit including at least one exterior wall defining an interior evaporative region, wherein the interior evaporative region is sealed from gas transfer between the interior evaporative region and the region external to the cooling unit; a vapor conduit including a first and a second end, the vapor conduit attached to the desiccant unit at the first end, the vapor conduit attached to the evaporative cooling unit at the second end, the vapor conduit forming a passageway between the interior desiccant region and the interior evaporative region; and a vapor control unit attached to the vapor conduit.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Tokitae LLCInventors: Philip A. Eckhoff, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Patent number: 9149058Abstract: A method of cooking a food item includes supporting a food item having multiple cooking sites, providing a jet of dry steam from a steam nozzle, determining a targeted subset of the cooking sites, and dynamically moving the food item or the steam nozzle so that the jet of dry steam is directed onto the targeted subset of the cooking sites.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Maxime Jean Jerome Bilet, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Nels R. Peterson, Robert C. Petroski, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood, Christopher Charles Young
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Patent number: 9140476Abstract: In some embodiments, a substantially thermally sealed storage container includes an outer assembly and an evaporative cooling assembly integral to the container. In some embodiments, the outer assembly includes one or more sections of ultra efficient insulation material substantially defining at least one thermally-controlled storage region, and a single access conduit to the at least one thermally-controlled storage region. In some embodiments, the evaporative cooling assembly integral to the container includes: an evaporative cooling unit affixed to a surface of the at least one thermally-controlled storage region; a desiccant unit affixed to an external surface of the container; a vapor conduit, the vapor conduit including a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the evaporative cooling unit, the second end attached to the desiccant unit; and a vapor control unit attached to the vapor conduit.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Tokitae LLCInventors: Philip A. Eckhoff, William Gates, Roderick A. Hyde, Edward K. Y. Jung, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Patent number: 9139351Abstract: Substantially thermally sealed containers including flexible connectors joining an aperture in the exterior of the container to an aperture in a substantially thermally sealed storage region within the container are described. The flexible connectors include a duct forming an elongated thermal pathway between the exterior of the container and the substantially thermally sealed storage region within the container. The flexible connectors include compression units mated to each end of the duct and a plurality of compression strands connected between the compression units.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: TOKITAE LLCInventors: Fong-Li Chou, Geoffrey F. Deane, William Gates, Zihong Guo, Roderick A. Hyde, Edward K. Y. Jung, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Publication number: 20150233617Abstract: In some embodiments, a refrigeration device includes: walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container configured to hold phase change material internal to a refrigeration device; at least one active refrigeration unit including a set of evaporator coils positioned within an interior of the liquid-impermeable container; walls substantially forming a storage region; and a heat transfer system including a first group of vapor-impermeable structures with a hollow interior connected to form a condenser in thermal contact with the walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container, a second group of vapor-impermeable structures with a hollow interior connected to form an evaporator in thermal contact with the walls substantially forming a storage region, and a connector with a hollow interior affixed to both the condenser and the evaporator, the connector forming a liquid and vapor flow path between the hollow interior of the condenser and the hollow interior of the evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Fong-Li Chou, Philip A. Eckhoff, Lawrence Morgan Fowler, William Gates, Jennifer Ezu Hu, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Fridrik Larusson, Shieng Liu, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Brian L. Pal, Nels R. Peterson, David Keith Piech, Maurizio Vecchione, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood, David J. Yager
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Patent number: 9098738Abstract: A system for contamination monitoring includes a tracking component, a material identification component, a procedural component, and a notification component. The tracking component tracks an individual and one or more objects in a work area using a three-dimensional tracking system. The material identification component identifies a material of the one or more objects based on a captured image. The procedural component determines that an object of the one or more objects is contaminated based on tracked locations of the one or more objects and the individual. The notification component provides a notification of the contamination.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: ELWHA LLCInventors: Maxime Jean Jerome Bilet, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood, Christopher Charles Young
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Publication number: 20150208961Abstract: Appurtenances to wound dressings can include: a substrate configured to attach to a wound dressing; a fluid-activated voltaic cell attached to the substrate; a transmission unit attached to a surface of the substrate, the transmission unit including circuitry and at least one antenna, the transmission unit configured to transmit a signal in response to current generated by the fluid-activated voltaic cell; and a projection operably attached to the fluid-activated voltaic cell, the projection of a size and shape to extend into an interior region of the wound dressing and configured to sample a fluid within the interior region of the wound dressing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Paul Duesterhoft, Nicholas Dykstra, Daniel Hawkins, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Mark K. Kuiper, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nels R. Peterson, Elizabeth L. Schubert, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
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Publication number: 20150211950Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for calculating a push pressure for a pharmaceutical vial with a syringe, the method including accepting data regarding at least one parameter of the pharmaceutical vial, at least one parameter of a vial cap with a seal, at least one parameter of the syringe, and a single dose volume of a liquid pharmaceutical; calculating a volume of headspace over the liquid pharmaceutical with a computing device; calculating an ejection pressure based on the single dose volume of the liquid pharmaceutical and the volume of headspace; calculating a motive pressure based on a static force and a cross-sectional area of the syringe; defining the push pressure as the greater of the ejection pressure or the motive pressure; and reporting the push pressure to a user. The method further includes calculating a molar amount of inert gas needed in the pharmaceutical vial to generate the calculated push pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Philip A. Eckhoff, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Nels R. Peterson, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y. H. Wood
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Publication number: 20150143818Abstract: In some embodiments, a temperature-controlled container for use within a refrigeration device includes: one or more sections of insulation material substantially defining one or more walls of a temperature-controlled container, the temperature-controlled container including an internal region; a thermally-insulated partition dividing the internal region to form a storage region and a phase change material region internal to the container, the thermally-insulated partition including a conduit between the storage region and the phase change material region; a thermal control device within the conduit; an aperture within a section of the insulation material substantially defining the container, the aperture between the phase change material region internal to the container and an external surface of the container; and a unidirectional thermal conductor positioned within the aperture, the unidirectional thermal conductor configured to transmit heat in a direction from the phase change material region to the exterType: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Philip A. Eckhoff, Lawrence Morgan Fowler, William Gates, Jennifer Ezu Hu, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Maurizio Vecchione, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
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Publication number: 20150143831Abstract: In some embodiments, a refrigeration device includes: walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container configured to hold phase change material internal to the refrigeration device; at least one active refrigeration unit including a set of evaporator coils positioned at least partially within the liquid-impermeable container; a unidirectional thermal conductor with a condensing end and an evaporative end, the condensing end positioned within the liquid-impermeable container; a first aperture in the liquid-impermeable container, the first aperture of a size, shape and position to permit the set of evaporator coils to traverse the aperture; a second aperture in the liquid-impermeable container, the second aperture including an internal surface of a size, shape and position to mate with an external surface of the unidirectional thermal conductor; and one or more walls substantially forming a storage region in thermal contact with the evaporative end of the unidirectional thermal conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Fong-Li Chou, Philip A. Eckhoff, Lawrence Morgan Fowler, William Gates, Jennifer Ezu Hu, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Fridrik Larusson, Shieng Liu, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Maurizio Vecchione, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
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Patent number: 9024751Abstract: Appurtenances to wound dressings can include: a substrate configured to attach to a wound dressing; a fluid-activated voltaic cell attached to the substrate; a transmission unit attached to a surface of the substrate, the transmission unit including circuitry and at least one antenna, the transmission unit configured to transmit a signal in response to current generated by the fluid-activated voltaic cell; and a projection operably attached to the fluid-activated voltaic cell, the projection of a size and shape to extend into an interior region of the wound dressing and configured to sample a fluid within the interior region of the wound dressing.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Paul Duesterhoft, Nicholas Dykstra, Daniel Hawkins, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Mark K. Kuiper, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nels R. Peterson, Elizabeth L. Schubert, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.