Patents by Inventor Owen Richard
Owen 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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Publication number: 20240105359Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a device is described, which includes a first retainer to connect to a first section of a cable and a second retainer to connect to a second section of the cable. The first retainer and second retainer are connected together with a breakaway mechanism. The breakaway mechanism separates when tension is applied between the first section of the cable and the second section of the cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Owen Richard, Jon Anderson
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Publication number: 20240083757Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is intrinsically hydrophobic without surface modification by a hydrophobizing agent, is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Also provided is a method of preparing an aerogel composition which is intrinsically hydrophobic without surface modification by a hydrophobizing agent, is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which has favorable combustion and self-heating properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, David J. Mihalcik, Kathryn Elizabeth Dekrafft, Wenting Dong
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Patent number: 11912579Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is intrinsically hydrophobic without surface modification by a hydrophobizing agent, is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Also provided is a method of preparing an aerogel composition which is intrinsically hydrophobic without surface modification by a hydrophobizing agent, is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which has favorable combustion and self-heating properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, David J Mihalcik, Kathryn Elizabeth DeKrafft, Wenting Dong
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Patent number: 11870084Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced aerogel material which can be used as insulation in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel material is highly durable, flexible, and has a thermal performance that exceeds the insulation materials currently used in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel insulation material can be as thin as 1 mm less, and can have a thickness variation as low as 2% or less. Also provided is a method for improving the performance of a thermal battery by incorporating a reinforced aerogel material into the thermal battery. Further provided is a casting method for producing thin fiber-reinforced aerogel materials.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Shannon Olga White, Wenting Dong, Wendell E. Rhine
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Publication number: 20230170556Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced aerogel material which can be used as insulation in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel material is highly durable, flexible, and has a thermal performance that exceeds the insulation materials currently used in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel insulation material can be as thin as 1 mm less, and can have a thickness variation as low as 2% or less. Also provided is a method for improving the performance of a thermal battery by incorporating a reinforced aerogel material into the thermal battery. Further provided is a casting method for producing thin fiber-reinforced aerogel materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Shannon Olga White, Wenting Dong, Wendell E. Rhine
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Patent number: 11658361Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced aerogel material which can be used as insulation in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel material is highly durable, flexible, and has a thermal performance that exceeds the insulation materials currently used in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel insulation material can be as thin as 1 mm less, and can have a thickness variation as low as 2% or less. Also provided is a method for improving the performance of a thermal battery by incorporating a reinforced aerogel material into the thermal battery. Further provided is a casting method for producing thin fiber-reinforced aerogel materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Shannon Olga White, Wenting Dong, Wendell E. Rhine
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Publication number: 20230085627Abstract: The current disclosure provides reinforced aerogel compositions that are durable and easy to handle, have favorable performance in aqueous environments, have favorable insulation properties, and have favorable, reaction to fire, combustion and flame-resistance properties. Also provided are methods of preparing or manufacturing such reinforced aerogel compositions. In certain embodiments, the composition has a silica-based aerogel framework, reinforced with an open-cell macroporous framework, and includes one or more fire-class additives, where the silica-based aerogel framework comprises at least one hydrophobic-bound silicon and the composition or each of its components has desired properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: David Mihalcik, Kathryn Elizabeth deKrafft, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Owen Richard Evans, George L. Gould, Wibke Lolsberg
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Patent number: 11588196Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced aerogel material which can be used as insulation in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel material is highly durable, flexible, and has a thermal performance that exceeds the insulation materials currently used in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel insulation material can be as thin as 1 mm less, and can have a thickness variation as low as 2% or less. Also provided is a method for improving the performance of a thermal battery by incorporating a reinforced aerogel material into the thermal battery. Further provided is a casting method for producing thin fiber-reinforced aerogel materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Shannon Olga White, Wenting Dong, Wendell E. Rhine
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Publication number: 20230020788Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal insulation board (IB) comprising at least two insulating layers (A) bonded together. At least one of the at least two insulating layers (A) comprises at least one aerogel composite material, wherein the aerogel composite material comprises at least one silica aerogel (a1), at least one polymer foam (a2) and at least one flame retardant (a3). The present invention also relates to a thermal insulation system (IS) comprising the thermal insulation board (IB). Further, it relates to a process for the production of the thermal insulation board (IB) and to the use of the thermal insulation board (IB) and of the thermal insulation system (IS) for the thermal insulation of buildings, parts and/or elements of buildings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Wibke LOELSBERG, Arne KLINKEBIEL, Eva GUENTHER, Christian SCHMIDT, David J. MIHALCIK, Kathryn Elizabeth DEKRAFFT, Nicholas ZAFIROPOULOS, Owen Richards EVANS, George L. GOULD
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Publication number: 20230017608Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced aerogel material which can be used as insulation in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel material is highly durable, flexible, and has a thermal performance that exceeds the insulation materials currently used in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel insulation material can be as thin as 1 mm less, and can have a thickness variation as low as 2% or less. Also provided is a method for improving the performance of a thermal battery by incorporating a reinforced aerogel material into the thermal battery. Further provided is a casting method for producing thin fiber-reinforced aerogel materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Shannon Olga White, Wenting Dong, Wendell E. Rhine
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Patent number: 11547977Abstract: The current disclosure provides reinforced aerogel compositions that are durable and easy to handle, have favorable performance in aqueous environments, have favorable insulation properties, and have favorable, reaction to fire, combustion and flame-resistance properties. Also provided are methods of preparing or manufacturing such reinforced aerogel compositions. In certain embodiments, the composition has a silica-based aerogel framework, reinforced with an open-cell macroporous framework, and includes one or more fire-class additives, where the silica-based aerogel framework comprises at least one hydrophobic-bound silicon and the composition or each of its components has desired properties.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: David J. Mihalcik, Kathryn Elizabeth deKrafft, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Owen Richard Evans, George L. Gould, Wibke Lölsberg
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Publication number: 20220350144Abstract: In an example implementation, a head-mounted display (HMD) device includes a display, a variable lens receptacle to receive an interchangeable lens, a sensor to retrieve lens information from the lens, and a controller to obtain images that are predistorted according to the lens information, wherein the controller is to display the predistorted images on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Nathan Nuber, Robert P. Martin, Joseph Nouri, Louis M. Gaiot, Owen Richard, Eric Bokides
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Publication number: 20220271375Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced aerogel material which can be used as insulation in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel material is highly durable, flexible, and has a thermal performance that exceeds the insulation materials currently used in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel insulation material can be as thin as 1 mm less, and can have a thickness variation as low as 2% or less. Also provided is a method for improving the performance of a thermal battery by incorporating a reinforced aerogel material into the thermal battery. Further provided is a casting method for producing thin fiber-reinforced aerogel materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Shannon Olga White, Wenting Dong, Wendell E. Rhine
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Patent number: 11385727Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an electronic input device is described. The electronic input device includes a scribing shaft disposed within a housing, the scribing shaft to translate along a longitudinal axis as a result of contact with a substrate. The electronic input device also includes an input sensor. The input sensor includes a plate secured within the housing. The plate elastically deforms responsive to the translation of the scribing shaft. A full-bridge strain gauge of the input sensor is disposed on a surface of the plate. The full-bridge strain gauge detects a deformation of the plate and outputs a corresponding signal, which corresponding signal varies dependent upon the amount of deformation of the plate. The input sensor also includes a failure protection device to limit the deformation of the plate to within a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Fred Charles Thomas, III, Jon Anderson, Owen Richard
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Patent number: 11380953Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced aerogel material which can be used as insulation in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel material is highly durable, flexible, and has a thermal performance that exceeds the insulation materials currently used in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel insulation material can be as thin as 1 mm less, and can have a thickness variation as low as 2% or less. Also provided is a method for improving the performance of a thermal battery by incorporating a reinforced aerogel material into the thermal battery. Further provided is a casting method for producing thin fiber-reinforced aerogel materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: ASPEN AEROGELS, INC.Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Shannon Olga White, Wenting Dong, Wendell E. Rhine
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Patent number: 11204856Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to performance testing of software code. In some embodiments, a method includes executing a software program, where the software program includes at least one target portion of code to be performance tested. The method further includes receiving a data stream, where the data stream includes a plurality of events, and where the at least one target portion of code processes the plurality of events based on an event rate. The method further includes monitoring for failures associated with the at least one target portion of code processing the plurality of events. The method further includes modifying the event rate if at least one failure is detected, where the event rate is modified until no failures are detected. The method further includes generating a performance report if no failures are detected during a target success time period.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Owen Richards, Michael S. Hume, Christopher Ian Collins, Bradley Joel Bergeron, Manisha Gupta
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Publication number: 20210309527Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is intrinsically hydrophobic without surface modification by a hydrophobizing agent, is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Also provided is a method of preparing an aerogel composition which is intrinsically hydrophobic without surface modification by a hydrophobizing agent, is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which has favorable combustion and self-heating properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, David J. Mihalcik, Kathryn Elizabeth DeKrafft, Wenting Dong
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Patent number: 11093054Abstract: In one example, an electronic input device is described. The electronic input device includes a cylindrical shaft including a tip. A sensor housing of the electronic input device is disposed within an external housing. The sensor housing is parallel with, and surrounds, the cylindrical shaft. The electronic input device also includes a radial sensor(s) disposed on an inside diameter of the sensor housing. The sensor(s) are to sense, directly from the tip, radial force inputs against the tip.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Owen Richard, Fred Charles Thomas, III
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Publication number: 20210200342Abstract: In one example, an electronic input device is described. The electronic input device includes a cylindrical shaft including a tip. A sensor housing of the electronic input device is disposed within an external housing. The sensor housing is parallel with, and surrounds, the cylindrical shaft. The electronic input device also includes a radial sensor(s) disposed on an inside diameter of the sensor housing. The sensor(s) are to sense, directly from the tip, radial force inputs against the tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2017Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Owen RICHARD, Fred Charles THOMAS, III
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Patent number: 10932550Abstract: In example implementations, a lanyard attachment is provided. The lanyard attachment includes a first body portion, a second body portion and a lanyard. The first body portion includes a first locking head and a first opening. The second body portion includes a second locking head and a second opening. The first body portion and the second body portion are positioned within an opening of an input device such that the first opening and the second opening are aligned exterior to the opening of the input device. The lanyard is coupled to the first body portion and the second body portion through the first opening and the second opening that are aligned.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jonathan D. Bassett, David Quijano, Owen Richard