Patents by Inventor Peter Roberts

Peter Roberts 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).

  • Method of manufacturing a reaction vessel
    Patent number: 8852537
    Abstract: A method of adapting an axial flow reaction vessel having opposed ports to an opposed axial flow reaction vessel includes installing a process fluid collection system within the body of the vessel in fluid communication with one or more of the ports; providing the vessel with a bed of particulate catalyst or sorbent containing a layer of inert particulate material around the process fluid collection system; and adapting the feed to the vessel through one or more of the ports such that a process fluid fed to the vessel is passed axially and in the opposite direction through the fixed bed of catalyst or sorbent and is collected by the process fluid collection system disposed centrally within the bed and in fluid communication with one or more of the ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Charles William Hooper, Michael Peter Roberts
  • PURPOSEFUL COMPUTING
    Publication number: 20140282586
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to facilitate user purpose in a computing architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced Elemental Technologies
    Inventors: Victor Henry Shear, Peter Robert Williams, Jaisook Rho, Timothy St. John Redmond, James Jay Horning
  • Purposeful computing
    Publication number: 20140280952
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to facilitate user purpose in a computing architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Victor Henry Shear, Peter Robert Williams, Jaisook Rho, Timothy St John Redmond, James Jay Horning
  • RETAINING DEVICE FOR AN EXTRUDER HOUSING
    Publication number: 20140242209
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extruder which has an extruder housing. The housing has at least two housing parts and is provided with a delivery channel in order to extrude a medium, at least one screw conveyor being located in said channel. The extruder housing is releasably retained on a frame by means of a first retaining device and a shaft section of the screw conveyor is releasably connected to a drive device. According to the invention the housing parts are fixed relative to one another by means of a second retaining device and the extruder housing is connected to the frame and secured against displacement in the longitudinal direction of the extruder housing by means of a third retaining device. When the first and third retaining device) are released, the housing parts can be removed as a unit from the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Thermo Electron (Kartsruhe) Gmbh
    Inventor: Peter Roberts
  • EXTRUDER
    Publication number: 20140234460
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extruder which has an extruder housing, in which a delivery channel for a medium to be extruded is formed. At least one screw conveyor is located in the delivery channel and a cooling device is provided for the extruder housing, said device having at least one cooling line in or on the extruder housing, through which line a cooling fluid flows. An electronic device for controlling and/or regulating the operating states of the extruder is accommodated in an electronics housing which can be cooled according to the invention by means of the cooling device for the extruder housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Roberts, Ralf Weber
  • EXTRUDER
    Publication number: 20140227383
    Abstract: An extruder which has an extruder housing, in which a screw conveyor is located. The extruder housing is located on a support structure that has a housing-type casing. The support structure and the casing are formed from an integral, sealed jacket, designed as a self-supporting shell with at least one access opening on the underside. The opening can be covered by at least one base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Peter Roberts
  • Apparatus And Methods For Monitoring And Analysing The Performance Of A Heating Or Cooling System
    Publication number: 20140222366
    Abstract: Apparatus for monitoring and analysing the performance of a heating and/or cooling system for a space within a building. The apparatus comprises a processing arrangement and an electronic memory, wherein the processing arrangement is configured to receive temperature signals representing temperature measurements from a temperature sensor within the space over a monitored period of time, to process the temperature signals so as to generate output data which attributes a proportion of the energy consumption of the heating and/or cooling system to a specified energy output, and to transmit the output data to the electronic memory for retrieval by a user. Corresponding monitoring and analysis methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: PASSIVSYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Colin Calder, Vivek Awasthi, Fraser Harding, Peter Roberts, Edwin Carter, Chloe Fotherby
  • MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE FOR FORMING INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20140209284
    Abstract: A method includes preparing a bonding surface of a heat dissipating member, applying flux to the bonding surface of the heat dissipating member, and removing excess flux from the bonding surface so that minimal flux is provided. The method also includes preparing a die surface of an electronic device package, applying flux to the die surface, and removing excess flux from the die surface so that minimal flux is provided. The method further includes positioning a preform solder component on the die surface, positioning the heat dissipating member over the die surface and the preform solder component such that the flux layer of the bonding surface is in contact with the preform solder component, and reflowing the solder component using a reflow oven. A heat spreader is also described for use in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: DY 4 Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Straznicky, Peter Robert Lawrence Kaiser, Steven Drennan, Marc-Jason Renaud, Georges Francis Marquis
  • Process for Forming Amorphous Atorvastatin
    Publication number: 20140155627
    Abstract: A process for forming amorphous atorvastatin comprising the steps of dissolving atorvastatin in a non-hydroxylic solvent and removing the solvent by freeze-drying, as well as processes of dissolving atorvastatin in a hydroxylic solvent with a solubilizing agent or an alkalizing agent or an antioxidant and removing the solvent by freeze-drying to afford amorphous atorvastatin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Antone John deBettencourt, III, Peter Robert Rose, Evgenyi Shalaev, George Joseph Quallich, Carl Bernard Ziegler
  • Manufacturing process and heat dissipating device for forming interface for electronic component
    Patent number: 8728872
    Abstract: A method includes preparing a bonding surface of a heat dissipating member, applying flux to the bonding surface of the heat dissipating member, and removing excess flux from the bonding surface so that minimal flux is provided. The method also includes preparing a die surface of an electronic device package, applying flux to the die surface, and removing excess flux from the die surface so that minimal flux is provided. The method further includes positioning a preform solder component on the die surface, positioning the heat dissipating member over the die surface and the preform solder component such that the flux layer of the bonding surface is in contact with the preform solder component, and reflowing the solder component using a reflow oven. A heat spreader is also described for use in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: DY 4 Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Straznicky, Peter Robert Lawrence Kaiser, Steven Drennan, Marc-Jason Renaud, Georges Francis Marquis
  • Communication network connection failure protection methods and systems
    Patent number: 8730814
    Abstract: Communication network connection failure protection methods and systems are disclosed. Control information is communicated in a communication network, and causes network elements of the communication network to establish connection monitoring for respective segments of the network connection. Connection monitoring information which is communicated on the segments allows failures such as loss of continuity to be detected and reported. Responsive to an indication of a failure on a segment, the segment on which the failure occurred is identified, and the network connection can be rerouted around that segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Peter Roberts, Carl Rajsic
  • GAS VENTING
    Publication number: 20140124076
    Abstract: An end fitting (300), flexible pipe (100), riser (203), and method of producing the same are disclosed. A method of venting gas from annuli (312, 319) of a flexible pipe is also disclosed. The end fitting includes a first vent flow fluid communication path (311) and a further vent flow fluid communication path (318). The end fitting is capable of enabling gas to be vented from a flexible pipe body with two annulus regions (312, 319).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: WELLSTREAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Roberts, Judimar Clevelario
  • LIGHT THERAPY METHODS
    Publication number: 20140121731
    Abstract: An extra-oral light therapy device comprises a support that registers against features of a patient's head. A light source is mounted to the support. The light source may comprise an array of light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). A controller controls the extra-oral light therapy device. The support may comprise a tray fitted to the patient's teeth or a head-set fitted to the patient's ears and the bridge of the patient's nose. An external light therapy device has a thin, molded substrate, at least one array of light emitters mounted onto the thin, molded substrate, an attaching means for removably attaching the device to an area of treatment, and a controller for controlling the external light therapy device. Methods for supporting light sources adjacent desired treatment locations and for treating jaw bone disorders and jaw osteonecrosis and biostimulating bone and soft tissue are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: BIOLUX RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventor: Peter Robert Brawn
  • Always-on virtual private network access
    Patent number: 8707406
    Abstract: An application processor is electrically and logically decoupled from a wireless data network module so that it may go to sleep independently. A security association may be established between the wireless data network module and a wireless data network. Then the application processor may be placed in a suspend state while maintaining the security association between the wireless data network module and the wireless data network. This allows email polling, for example, to occur without having to re-establish the security association by logging in again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sierra Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Peter Robert Tosey
  • Oral Dosage Forms of Methyl Hydrogen Fumarate and Prodrugs Thereof
    Publication number: 20140065211
    Abstract: Improved oral dosage forms of methyl hydrogen fumarate and prodrugs thereof are disclosed. Methods of treating diseases such as multiple sclerosis and psoriasis using such dosage forms are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: XenoPort, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Karaborni, Sarina Grace Harris Ma, Chen Mao, Ching Wah Chong, Peter Robert Prinz Freed, Mesut Ciper, Stefanie Krenzlin, David J. Wustrow, Peter A. Virsik
  • Antagonists of IL-6
    Patent number: 8632774
    Abstract: A binding domain polypeptide and fusion proteins thereof that recognize an IL6/IL6 receptor complex, as well as compositions and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Emergent Product Development Seattle, LLC
    Inventors: Lynda Misher, Alan Keith Lofquist, Peter Robert Baum, Peter Armstrong Thompson
  • Novel Forms of [R-(R*,R*)]-2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-Beta, Gamma-Dihydroxy-5-(1-Methylethyl)-3-Phenyl-4-[(Phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-Pyrrole-1-Heptanoic Acid Calcium Salt (2:1)
    Publication number: 20140018546
    Abstract: Novel forms of [R—(R*,R*)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-?,?-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid hemi calcium salt designated Form XX, Form XXI, Form XXII, Form XXIII, Form XXIV, Form XXV, Form XXVI, Form XXVII, Form XXVIII, Form XXIX, and Form XXX, characterized by their X-ray powder diffraction, solid-state NMR, and/or Raman spectroscopy are described, as well as methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical composition of the same, which are useful as agents for treating hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Francis Krzyzaniak, George Michael Laurence, Aeri Park, Kevin Quackenbush, Marie Louise Reynolds, Peter Robert Rose, Timothy Andrew Woods
  • Safety Line Traveller and Support
    Publication number: 20140008148
    Abstract: A traveller for a fall arrest system comprises a body having a passage therethrough, a slot narrower than the passage linking the passage to the exterior of the body, and a load member suitable to attach the traveller to fall safety equipment. The slot is formed between an inner gate extending outwardly relative to the passage and an outer gate extending inwardly relative to the passage, the inner gate and outer gate having respective opposed convex surfaces defining the slot between them. The traveller is arranged such that when the traveller is mounted on a support the inner gate and outer gate lie on a common radius of respective concentric circles about the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Latchways, PLC
    Inventors: Karl Jones, Peter Robert Flux
  • CARGO TANK COATING
    Publication number: 20130337203
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions that can be used as coatings for the inner lining of cargo tanks. The compositions comprise a mixture of epoxy resins, a curing agent, an accelerator or mixture of accelerator(s), and one or more filler(s) or pigment(s), wherein the mixture of epoxy resins comprises 60-80 wt. % of an RDGE epoxy resin and 20-40 wt. % of an epoxy novolac resin, wherein the wt. % is based upon the total weight of the mixture of epoxy resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL BV
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Jackson, Peter Robert Jones
  • Intelligent dimmer for managing a lighting load
    Patent number: 8604711
    Abstract: An intelligent dimmer (12) for managing a lighting load (172) coupled to an AC voltage source (174) is disclosed. In particular embodiments, the intelligent dimmer (12) may be incorporated into a system (10) and method (220-228) for managing lighting power density. In one embodiment of the intelligent dimmer (12), a control circuit (170) is coupled between the lighting load (172) and the AC voltage source (174). A threshold load current value is established for the lighting load (172). A line voltage sensor (178) reads the line voltage across the lighting load (172) and a load sensor (178) samples the load current being provided to the lighting load (172). The control circuit (170) compares the sampled load current to the threshold load current to determine the presence of a cutoff condition and, in response thereto, selectively adjusts the line voltage applied to the lighting load (172).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Gordon Wayne Pearlman, Peter Robert Rogers, Donald Louis Klusmann