Patents by Inventor Nicholas T. Gabriel
Nicholas T. Gabriel 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: 10653006Abstract: Electrical conductors are disclosed. More particularly, undulating electrical conductors are disclosed. Certain disclosed electrical conductors may be suitable to be disposed on flexible or stretchable substrates.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Nicholas T. Gabriel, Ronald D. Jesme, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Ravi Palaniswamy, Andrew P. Bonifas, Alejandro Aldrin A. Narag, II, Robert M. Jennings, Robin E. Gorrell
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Patent number: 10594164Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature an RF interface device. The RF interface device comprises an RF receiver, a wireless reader and an output component. The RF receiver is configured to receive power wirelessly. The wireless reader is configured to interrogate a wireless device. The wireless reader is further configured to provide power to the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Nicholas T. Gabriel, Andrew P. Bonifas, Brock A. Hable, Ronald D. Jesme, Nicholas G. Amell
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Publication number: 20200057930Abstract: Flexible, stretchable RFID tags are formed by a pocket that is formed from one or more substrates and layers of adhesive, and an electronic circuit that is located within this pocket. The RFID tags can include a stretchable substrate and an electronic circuit attached to the stretchable substrate by one or a finite number of discrete spaced apart attachment locations. When the pocket is formed by relatively thick adhesive layers adhering together one or more flexible substrates to form an internal cavity, the electronic circuit is located within this cavity and either is not adhered to any of the substrates of the cavity, and is free to move about within the cavity, or the electronic circuit can be attached to a substrate by a thin layer of adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Nicholas T. Gabriel, Ronald D. Jesme, Andrew P. Bonifas, Dylan T. Cosgrove, John P. Baetzold
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Patent number: 10509002Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature an RF hydration sensor in an assembly, comprises a substrate; an antenna disposed on the substrate; an RF circuit electrically coupled to the antenna; a thermal source electrically coupled to the RF circuit for changing a thermal condition of a target area; and a sensing element thermally coupled to the thermal source for sensing a temperature of the thermal source. The RF hydration sensor wirelessly receives a power from a remote transceiver and provides at least part of the power to the thermal source.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Ronald D. Jesme, Andrew P. Bonifas, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Anthony J. Nowicki
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Patent number: 10485473Abstract: A portable sensor for measuring a hydration level of an object in close physical proximity with the sensor includes a portable housing having a total volume of less than about 50 cm3. First circuitry disposed in the housing includes a thermal source, a controller electrically coupled to the thermal source, a temperature sensing element, and a processor coupled to the temperature sensing element. When the object is in close physical proximity with the sensor, the thermal source is energized by the controller with a signal having a known function of time. The object affects a time variation of a temperature of the thermal source, the temperature sensing element senses the affected time variation of the temperature of the thermal source, and the processor determines a hydration level of the object based on a characteristic of the affected time variation of the temperature of the thermal source.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andrew P. Bonifas, Ronald D. Jesme, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Erin A. McDowell
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Patent number: 10474940Abstract: Flexible, stretchable RFID tags are formed by a pocket that is formed from one or more substrates and layers of adhesive, and an electronic circuit that is located within this pocket. The RFID tags can include a stretchable substrate and an electronic circuit attached to the stretchable substrate by one or a finite number of discrete spaced apart attachment locations. When the pocket is formed by relatively thick adhesive layers adhering together one or more flexible substrates to form an internal cavity, the electronic circuit is located within this cavity and either is not adhered to any of the substrates of the cavity, and is free to move about within the cavity, or the electronic circuit can be attached to a substrate by a thin layer of adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Nicholas T. Gabriel, Ronald D. Jesme, Andrew P. Bonifas, Dylan T. Cosgrove, John P. Baetzold
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Publication number: 20190334230Abstract: A shielded antenna (100) includes a spiral antenna (110) and a shield (120) disposed on the spiral antenna. The spiral antenna comprises a plurality of substantially concentric loops. The shield comprises a plurality of electrically isolated electrically conductive segments forming a regular pattern, such that in a top plan view, at least one segment overlaps a portion of at least two loops, and at least one pair of adjacent conductive segments defines an electrically insulative gap therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Ronald D. Jesme, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Andrew P. Bonifas, Zohaib Hameed
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Publication number: 20190271599Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a mobile sensing system comprising a sensing device for measuring a thermal property of an object, comprising an RF circuit and an antenna electronically coupled to the RF circuit, a sensor electronically coupled to the RF circuit, and a thermal source thermally coupled to the sensor and electronically coupled to the RF circuit, a mobile device having a processor, an RF reader connected to or integrated with the mobile device, wherein the RF reader is configured to interrogate the sensing device; wherein the sensing device receives power when the RF reader interrogates the sensing device and provides at least a portion of the power to the thermal source.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Andrew P. Bonifas, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Ronald D. Jesme
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Patent number: 10346734Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) sensing device in an assembly is adapted to wirelessly communicate with a remote transceiver. The sensing device includes a substrate; an antenna disposed on the substrate; an electronic circuit disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the antenna; a heating element electrically coupled to the electronic circuit for heating a target area; and a sensing element thermally coupled to the heating element for sensing a temperature of the heating element. The RF sensing device is configured to wirelessly receive a power and provides the power to the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Ronald D. Jesme, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Andrew P. Bonifas
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Patent number: 10323990Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a mobile sensing system comprising a sensing device for measuring a thermal property of an object, comprising an RF circuit and an antenna electronically coupled to the RF circuit, a sensor electronically coupled to the RF circuit, and a thermal source thermally coupled to the sensor and electronically coupled to the RF circuit, a mobile device having a processor, an RF reader connected to or integrated with the mobile device, wherein the RF reader is configured to interrogate the sensing device; wherein the sensing device receives power when the RF reader interrogates the sensing device and provides at least a portion of the power to the thermal source.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andrew P. Bonifas, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Ronald D. Jesme
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Publication number: 20190142332Abstract: A portable sensor for measuring a hydration level of an object in close physical proximity with the sensor includes a portable housing having a total volume of less than about 50 cm3. First circuitry disposed in the housing includes a thermal source, a controller electrically coupled to the thermal source, a temperature sensing element, and a processor coupled to the temperature sensing element. When the object is in close physical proximity with the sensor, the thermal source is energized by the controller with a signal having a known function of time. The object affects a time variation of a temperature of the thermal source, the temperature sensing element senses the affected time variation of the temperature of the thermal source, and the processor determines a hydration level of the object based on a characteristic of the affected time variation of the temperature of the thermal source.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Andrew P. Bonifas, Ronald D. Jesme, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Erin A. McDowell
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Patent number: 10252940Abstract: A method of coating film in a roll. A film is wound into a roll with gaps between the layers of the film in the roll. A fluid is forced through the roll such that the fluid deposits a coating on at least one side of the film.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Robert R. Kieschke, Erin A. McDowell, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Eugene V. Johnson, Kelly S. Johnson
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Patent number: 10222535Abstract: The present disclosure describes a flat lightguide configured to be illuminated by one or more small light sources, such as light emitting diode (LED) light sources. The one or more small light sources inject light into an end of a stepped lightguide that includes light redirecting elements capable of changing the direction of the light to exit perpendicular to the stepped lightguide and enter an edge of a planar lightguide.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Tilo Remhof, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Andrew J. Ouderkirk
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Publication number: 20190037962Abstract: A shoe degradation sensor assembly includes a first sensor disposed in or proximate to a material layer of a shoe between a foot space and an outer surface of the shoe, and an electrical contact assembly operable to removably electrically connect the shoe degradation sensor assembly to a reader. The material layer changes in at least one physical property with degradation to the shoe, and the first sensor is configured to indicate the changing physical property of the material layer thereby indicating a degree of degradation to the shoe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Andrew P. BONIFAS, Brock A. HABLE, Nicholas T. GABRIEL, Ronald D. JESME, Nicholas G. AMELL, Kristy A. JOST
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Publication number: 20190026618Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) sensing device in an assembly is adapted to wirelessly communicate with a remote transceiver. The sensing device includes a substrate; an antenna disposed on the substrate; an electronic circuit disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the antenna; a heating element electrically coupled to the electronic circuit for heating a target area; and a sensing element thermally coupled to the heating element for sensing a temperature of the heating element. The RF sensing device is configured to wirelessly receive a power and provides the power to the heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Ronald D. Jesme, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Andrew P. Bonifas
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Patent number: 10152667Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag adapted to wirelessly communicate with a remote transceiver. The RFID tag includes a substrate; and first and second circuits disposed on the substrate and comprising respective first and second antennas magnetically coupled to one another. At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a RFID tag having a plurality of RF circuits, where each RF circuit is electronically coupled to a sensing element.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Nicholas T. Gabriel, Ronald D. Jesme, Andrew P. Bonifas
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Publication number: 20180351412Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature an RF interface device. The RF interface device comprises an RF receiver, a wireless reader and an output component. The RF receiver is configured to receive power wirelessly. The wireless reader is configured to interrogate a wireless device. The wireless reader is further configured to provide power to the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Nicholas T. Gabriel, Andrew P. Bonifas, Brock A. Hable, Ronald D. Jesme
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Publication number: 20180310658Abstract: A shoe (606) degradation sensor (1012, 608) assembly includes a first sensor (1002) disposed in or proximate to a material layer of a shoe (606) between a foot space and an outer surface of the shoe (606). The material layer changes in at least one physical property with degradation to the shoe (606), and the first sensor (1002) is configured to indicate the changing physical property of the material layer thereby indicating a degree of degradation to the shoe (606).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andrew P. Bonifas, Nicholas G. Amell, Ronald D. Jesme, Brock A. Hable, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Erik K. Iverson, Kristy A. Jost
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Patent number: 10102469Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) sensing device in an assembly is adapted to wirelessly communicate with a remote transceiver. The sensing device includes a substrate; an antenna disposed on the substrate; an electronic circuit disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the antenna; a heating element electrically coupled to the electronic circuit for heating a target area; and a sensing element thermally coupled to the heating element for sensing a temperature of the heating element. The RF sensing device is configured to wirelessly receive a power and provides the power to the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Ronald D. Jesme, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Andrew P. Bonifas
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Patent number: 10072333Abstract: A method of coating a plurality of sheets. A fluid is forced through gaps in the plurality of sheets. The fluid has a substantially plug flow profile and the fluid deposits a coating on at least one surface of the plurality of sheets in a self-limiting deposition process.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Max Powers, Bill H. Dodge, Timothy J. Nevitt, Daniel J. Schmidt, James R. Miller, Robert R. Kieschke, Erin A. McDowell, Kelly S. Johnson