Patents by Inventor Patrick Sullivan

Patrick Sullivan 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).

  • CROSS-DOCK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160171441
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cross-dock management system comprises: a plurality of movable platforms configured to hold one or more pallets or parcels; at least one barcode or RFID tag positioned on each of said movable platforms, pallets, or parcels, wherein the barcode readers are configured to read the barcodes and RFID readers are configured to read the RFID tags. The data scanned by the barcode readers and RFID readers is stored in a local warehouse database and is used to determine an optimized placement and load for each movable platform in the warehouse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Gary Shannon LIVELY, Mark BRADLEY, Patrick SULLIVAN
  • Cross-dock management system, method and apparatus
    Patent number: 9367827
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cross-dock management system comprises: a plurality of movable platforms configured to hold one or more pallets or parcels; at least one barcode or RFID tag positioned on each of said movable platforms, pallets, or parcels, wherein the barcode readers are configured to read the barcodes and RFID readers are configured to read the RFID tags. The data scanned by the barcode readers and RFID readers is stored in a local warehouse database and is used to determine an optimized placement and load for each movable platform in the warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Innovative Logistics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Shannon Lively, Mark Bradley, Patrick Sullivan
  • Compliance structure for a distensible fuel tank
    Patent number: 9321347
    Abstract: A distensible fuel tank included in a vehicle is provided. The distensible fuel tank includes a housing and a compliance structure coupled to the housing, the compliance structure including a base element coupled to a side of a structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Cragel, Russell Randall Pearce, Patrick Sullivan
  • Targeted product distribution system and method
    Patent number: 9248966
    Abstract: A targeted product distribution system is described herein with respect to an exemplary management of product flow through a distribution center. Specifically, the system and method described herein is directed to the management and display of direct and easily-understood instructions, such that average individuals, as well as those with mental disabilities, will be able to contribute equally to the overall process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Vinayak Pandit, Brian Amend, Louie Chin, Jeffrey Elliott, Kathy Emery, Gaurav Hasija, Maureen Isidoro, Lionel Ng, Doug Peterson, Todd Steffen, Patrick Sullivan
  • Diamond Coated Electrodes for Electrochemical Processing and Applications Thereof
    Publication number: 20150376804
    Abstract: An electrode for an ozone generator or chlorine generator includes an electrically conductive substrate, a doped-Si layer disposed over the conductive substrate, and a boron-doped diamond (BDD) layer disposed over the doped-silicon layer. The doped-silicon layer defines a discrete architecture that maintains adhesion throughout a high temperature CVD boron-doped diamond process. Another electrode having a PVD nitrogen-doped diamond (ta-C:N) layer disposed over a conductive substrate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Vladimir GOROKHOVSKY, Patrick A. SULLIVAN, Klaus BRONDUM, Patrick Byron JONTE
  • Electronic cable lock system
    Patent number: 9206624
    Abstract: An electromechanical cable lock system comprising an electromechanical locking mechanism including a cable having at least one plug end receivable in the locking mechanism and a plurality of slidable locking plates engageable with the plug in said locking mechanism. At least one of the locking plates is capable of movement in a first direction different from the movement of a second of said locking plates in a second direction. The locking plates are driven by a motor-driven cam mechanism. The system includes a card reader or other credential verifying device and an electronic controller for activating the locking mechanism, The system also includes a barrel lock for over-riding the electronic controller. A plurality of features can detect and alarm in the event of tampering or unauthorized entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Wheeler, Brian A. Whipple, Michael A. Webb, Joshua T. Peabody, Matthew Lynn Petersen, Robert William Lewis, William Chungsum Chow, Scott Patrick Sullivan
  • TARGETED PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150329288
    Abstract: A targeted product distribution system is described herein with respect to an exemplary management of product flow through a distribution center. Specifically, the system and method described herein is directed to the management and display of direct and easily-understood instructions, such that average individuals, as well as those with mental disabilities, will be able to contribute equally to the overall process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Vinayak Pandit, Brian Amend, Louie Chin, Jeffrey Elliott, Kathy Emery, Gaurav Hasija, Maureen Isidoro, Lionel Ng, Doug Peterson, Todd Steffen, Patrick Sullivan
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMERGENCY SITUATION COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150317809
    Abstract: A system for enabling communications during an emergency situation is described. A system may be configured to generate graphical user interfaces including a map displaying a location and a status of the one or more users located at the scene of an emergency situation. The graphical user interfaces may be displayed on a user's portable computing device. The graphical user interfaces may be displayed at a computing device located at a dispatcher site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Sriram CHELLAPPAN, Srinivas THANDU, Patrick SULLIVAN, Levi MALOTT
  • MORCELLATOR SHIELD WITH DEPLOYABLE BAG
    Publication number: 20150297254
    Abstract: A morcellator shield and bag assembly including a shield having a cavity and a bag coupled to the shield. The bag is moveable between a contracted position, in which at least a portion of the bag is positioned within the cavity, and an expanded position. The bag has an opening that is in fluid communication with the cavity when the bag is in the expanded position. A method for using the assembly along with a morcellator to remove tissue from a body cavity. The method includes inserting at least a portion of the assembly into a body cavity, moving the bag to the expanded position, placing tissue in the bag, pulling the bag through an opening in a patient, inserting the morcellator into the assembly, and morcellating the tissue with the morcellator. The assembly is designed to contain the tissue being morcellated and prevent the morcellator from contacting the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: MARKET-TIERS INC. D/B/A BLUE ENDO
    Inventors: THEODORE J. SULLIVAN, Patrick Sullivan
  • Targeted product distribution system and method
    Patent number: 9092752
    Abstract: A targeted product distribution system is described herein with respect to an exemplary management of product flow through a distribution center. Specifically, the system and method described herein is directed to the management and display of direct and easily-understood instructions, such that average individuals, as well as those with mental disabilities, will be able to contribute equally to the overall process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Vinayak Pandit, Brian Amend, Louie Chin, Jeffrey Elliott, Kathy Emery, Gaurav Hasija, Maureen Isidoro, Lionel Ng, Doug Peterson, Todd Steffen, Patrick Sullivan
  • ALUMINUM ALLOYS, ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150122660
    Abstract: Decorative shape cast products and methods, systems, compositions and apparatus for producing the same are described. In one embodiment, the decorative shape cast products are produced from an Al—Ni or Al—Ni—Mn alloy, with a tailored microstructure to facilitate production of anodized decorative shape cast product having the appropriate finish and mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Jen C. Lin, James R. Fields, Albert L. Askin, Xinyan Yan, Ralph R. Sawtell, Shawn Patrick Sullivan, Janell Lyn Abbott
  • Aluminum alloys, aluminum alloy products and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 8950465
    Abstract: Decorative shape cast products and methods, systems, compositions and apparatus for producing the same are described. In one embodiment, the decorative shape cast products are produced from an Al—Ni or Al—Ni—Mn alloy, with a tailored microstructure to facilitate production of anodized decorative shape cast product having the appropriate finish and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Jen C. Lin, James R. Fields, Albert L. Askin, Xinyan Yan, Ralph R. Sawtell, Shawn Patrick Sullivan, Janell Lyn Abbott
  • Lattice structure for a distensible fuel tank
    Patent number: 8881855
    Abstract: A distensible fuel tank included in a vehicle is provided. The distensible fuel tank includes a housing having an exterior surface and a lattice structure coupled to the exterior surface, the lattice structure including a plurality of intersecting wall members, at least two of the plurality of wall members having an unequal thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Cragel, Russell Randall Pearce, Patrick Sullivan
  • Coated Article Having A Vivid Color
    Publication number: 20140315014
    Abstract: An article is coated with a coating having a vivid primary color. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises a nickel or polymer basecoat layer, and a first color layer comprised of oxygen-rich refractory metal oxycarbides, a second color layer comprising oxygen-rich refractory metal oxycarbides and a top layer of refractory metal oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: VAPOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas L. Peterson, Bryce R. Anton, Patrick Sullivan
  • Mobile electronic device accessory and method of providing the same
    Patent number: 8843177
    Abstract: Some embodiments include one or more mobile electronic device accessories. Other embodiments of related mobile electronic device accessories and methods of providing the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Belkin International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Mori, Patrick Sullivan, Mitchell Suckle
  • GENERATING A WORKOUT ROUTINE
    Publication number: 20140212857
    Abstract: One or more systems and/or techniques are provided for generating a workout routine. For example, a first input including a first tool available to a user and/or a second input including a modality may be received. A set of movements may be generated based upon the first tool and/or the modality. A workout routine may be generated based upon the set of movements. The workout routine can be generated based upon a selection of one or more movements from the set of movements. In an example, the one or more movements are randomly selected from the set of movements. The results of the workout routine may also be tracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Patrick Sullivan, Reid Sheppard
  • COMPLIANCE STRUCTURE FOR A DISTENSIBLE FUEL TANK
    Publication number: 20140131125
    Abstract: A distensible fuel tank included in a vehicle, comprising a housing and a compliance structure coupled to the housing, the compliance structure including a support element coupled to a first side of a structural element and a reinforcing element coupled to a second opposing side of the structural element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Cragel, Russell Randall Pearce, Patrick Sullivan
  • Method and apparatus for accurately measuring currents using on chip sense resistors
    Patent number: 8717051
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing process and temperature variations for on-chip sense resistors are disclosed. The system includes a circuit that can leverage a linear gm circuit in order to provide linear gains (positive gains and/or negative gains). The linearity of the circuit enables compensation for temperature and process variations across an entire range of current (positive to negative). A control signal is generated by using a linear gm amplifier and a replica resistor, which is substantially similar to the on chip resistor. The control signal is used to control the gain of a disparate linear gm amplifier within a compensation circuit, which provides an offset voltage to compensate for the variation in resistance of the on chip resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Sullivan
  • Lattice structure for a distensible fuel tank
    Patent number: 8657051
    Abstract: A distensible fuel tank included in a vehicle is provided. The distensible fuel tank includes a housing enclosing a lattice structure substantially spanning a portion of an interior defined by the housing, the lattice structure including a plurality of intersecting wall members, at least two of the wall members having an unequal thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Cragel, Russell Randall Pearce, Patrick Sullivan
  • Rear piece for a head-mounted display of a virtual-reality system or the like
    Patent number: D759655
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: OCULUS VR, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Patrick Sullivan, Yi-yaun Chen, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Michael Pickett