Patents by Inventor R. Smith

R. Smith 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).

  • Publication number: 20220356770
    Abstract: Some embodiments may include a coil tubing injector, which may include: a cylinder-rod assembly including at least one cylinder rod operably coupled to a first load beam and a second load beam, the at least one cylinder rod to change a separation distance between the first load beam and the second load beam; opposing grippers; and at least one additional beam, at least one link, a set of gears, or control valves to maintain a parallel orientation of the load beams relative to each other during operation of the at least one cylinder rod, the at least one additional beam, the at least one link, or the set of gears operably coupled to at least one of the load beams or the control valves coupled to hydraulic piping to hydraulically operate the cylinder-rod assemblies independently. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Entro Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Harlan B. SMITH, Shawn R. SMITH
  • Publication number: 20220347383
    Abstract: A priming system including a resilient chamber having flexible walls and a first check valve in a first fluid pathway between the resilient chamber and a fluid reservoir such that a fluid flows through the first check valve only in a direction from the fluid reservoir toward the resilient chamber and the fluid returns to the fluid reservoir through a second fluid pathway between the resilient chamber and the fluid reservoir upon compression of the walls of the resilient chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan YEH, Jake R. SMITH, Soon Y. PARK, Tammy NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20220335215
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to perform selective deep parsing of natural language content. A targeted deep parse natural language processing system is configured to recognize one or more triggers that specify elements within natural language content that indicate a portion of natural language content that is to be targeted with a deep parse operation. A portion of natural language content is received and a pre-deep parse scan operation is performed on the natural language content based on the one or more triggers to identify one or more sub-portions of the natural language content that contain at least one of the one or more triggers. A deep parse is performed on only the one or more sub-portions of the portion of natural language content that contain at least one of the one or more triggers, while other sub-portions of the portion of natural language content are not deep parsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert C. Sizemore, David B. Werts, Sterling R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20220331714
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for trapping particles disposed in a fluid. The apparatus may comprise one or more cavities disposed axially along a length of a tubular housing, one or more connecting components disposed at opposing ends of the housing, and may optionally comprise a check valve system. Alternate embodiments are provided for forming each of the one or more cavities, which may comprise a combination of a cavity frame and cavity surface. The method may comprise flowing a fluid into a first end of a particle trap apparatus at a rate of fluid flow, directing the fluid flow at least partially through one or more cavity sub-assemblies disposed in the particle trap apparatus, collecting the particulate matter in one or more of the cavity sub-assemblies when the rate of fluid flow may slow or become suspended, and clearing collected particles from the one or more cavity sub-assemblies upon restoration of fluid flow in a primary direction of travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: PetroQuip Energy Services, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Joe Coon, Roddie R. Smith, John Lee Emerson, Josh Hornsby
  • Patent number: 11475392
    Abstract: A system and method for linking data objects and physical objects of various kinds to an identified user is described. The system provides to the identified user information relating to the delivery status of mail pieces directed to or sent by the user, and the user then tracks and traces the mail pieces. The system further provides to the identified user information relating to continued sessions through which the user provides to a postal service system information relating to mailing labels and postage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Escher Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joshua R. Smith, Paul Michael Yarin, Michael J. Murphy, Andrew Victor Sutherland, II, Eric Metois
  • Patent number: 11465348
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support, and a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support. The print head may include a supply of continuous reinforcement, an outlet configured to discharge the continuous reinforcement, and a tensioning module disposed between the supply and outlet. The tensioning module may be configured to generate a signal indicative of a tension in the continuous reinforcement. The system may also include a processor programmed to selectively cause the supply to dispense the continuous reinforcement based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Continuous Composites Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor David Budge, Brock Adam Jahner, Jeremiah R. Smith, Nathan Andrew Stranberg, Andrew Michael Stulc, Samuel VanDenBerg, Stephen Tyler Wilson, Andrew John Overby
  • Publication number: 20220313182
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress positioned on the frame. The mattress has an electronic component positioned within an interior of the mattress. An inductive power transmitter is coupled to the frame. An inductive power receiver is positioned within the interior of the mattress and electrically coupled to the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Frank E. Sauser, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Kathryn R. Smith, Jnanesha Ramegowda, Jason B. Grace, Douglas E. Borgman, Nolan D. Wanner, Steven D. Baker, Douglas A. Seim
  • Publication number: 20220305601
    Abstract: A method for evacuating a volume below a substrate in a substrate processing system includes arranging the substrate on a lift mechanism of a substrate support to define the volume below the substrate between the substrate and an upper surface of the substrate support. An evacuation step is initiated to evacuate the volume below the substrate. The evacuation step includes pumping down the volume below the substrate at least one of through and around the lift mechanism. The lift mechanism is lowered during the evacuation step to position the substrate on the upper surface of the substrate support and the evacuation step is terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ramesh CHANDRASEKHARAN, Michael Philip ROBERTS, Paul KONKOLA, Michael G.R. SMITH, Brian Joseph WILLAMS, Ravi KUMAR, Pulkit AGARWAL, Adrien LAVOIB
  • Patent number: 11453640
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which may be utilized to inhibit transcription by RNA Polymerase II (Pol II), and in particular to disrupt the Super Elongation Complex (SEC). The compounds may be utilized in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases and disorders associated with the biological activity of SEC, and in particular, diseases and disorders that are associated with high levels of expression of genes whose expression is SEC-dependent and that promote, support, or otherwise are required for the disease or disorder such as cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Ali Shilatifard, Kaiwei Liang, Edwin R. Smith, Gary E. Schiltz, Rama K. Mishra, Kristen Stoltz
  • Patent number: 11453133
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are described for a locking folding knife having a handle lock and a safety switch arranged around and rotatable around a pivot axis of the knife. In an engaged position the switch overlaps at least a portion of the handle lock and prevents it from moving into an unlocked position. A spring, such as a wire form spring, can be arranged within a pocket of the switch, and when the switch is moved between engaged and disengaged positions the spring can be compressed generating a rotational bias on the switch urging the switch toward either the engaged or disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Michael T. Mayberry, Danny R. Smith, Jr., Thomas Ward, Timothy Eric Roberts, Timothy James Galyean
  • Patent number: 11447381
    Abstract: The present invention is a bottle opener device that can be connected to an end of a handle such as a sporting equipment handle. The bottle opener device includes a sleeve having a hollow tubular shape with an open end and a closed end. The sleeve has a length and a width configured to enclose around the end of the handle. A bottle opener element is connected to the closed end of the sleeve with an opener cutout for enabling the removal of a bottle cap from a bottle. The bottle opener device also includes a magnetic element that holds on to the bottle cap against the bottle opener element after removal. A closing mechanism is integrated along a length of the sleeve which opens and closes and allows the bottle opener sleeve to be placed around the handle and tightly secure it in place by closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Kori R. Smith
  • Patent number: 11449675
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to perform selective deep parsing of natural language content. A targeted deep parse natural language processing system is configured to recognize one or more triggers that specify elements within natural language content that indicate a portion of natural language content that is to be targeted with a deep parse operation. A portion of natural language content is received and a pre-deep parse scan operation is performed on the natural language content based on the one or more triggers to identify one or more sub-portions of the natural language content that contain at least one of the one or more triggers. A deep parse is performed on only the one or more sub-portions of the portion of natural language content that contain at least one of the one or more triggers, while other sub-portions of the portion of natural language content are not deep parsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert C. Sizemore, David B. Werts, Sterling R. Smith
  • Patent number: 11448430
    Abstract: An embodiment of the instant disclosure comprises a reversible heat pump and water heating system for conditioning a space and heating water. The system comprises a refrigerant circuit that includes a compressor, a source heat exchanger, a space heat exchanger, and an expansion device. A 4-way reversing valve alternates between heating and cooling modes of operation. The system includes a heat exchanger for heating water in the water heating loop, and a 3-way valve that either actuates the refrigerant flow through the water heater heat exchanger or bypasses at least a portion of the refrigerant flow around the water heater heat exchanger. The heat pump system is operable in at least five modes—space heating only, space cooling only, water heating only, and either space heating or space cooling combined with water heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Climate Master, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Taras, Michael S. Privett, Jeremy R. Smith
  • Patent number: 11431191
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing power. A system comprising a generator, an inverter, and a battery can be used to provide power. The system can also comprise a transfer switch. The system can provide power to another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Constellation Energy Generation, LLC
    Inventors: David D. Heilman, Justin R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20220268502
    Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a refrigerated cavity, a first compression system, and a second compression system. The refrigeration system further includes a controller configured to operate the refrigeration system in a first mode in which the first compression system and the second compression system operate to cool the refrigerated cavity. The refrigeration system is further configured to selectively operate the refrigeration system in a second mode in which a refrigerant discharged from the second compressor is routed through the first evaporator to defrost the first evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Kellen R. SMITH
  • Publication number: 20220271511
    Abstract: Circuit breakers with a housing with a line side and a load side and an electronically controlled lock-out lock member coupled to the housing configured to electronically controllably travel between a first position and a second position. In the second position, the lock member is in a lock-out position and prevents the handle from moving to an ON position associated with electrical current conduction and in the first position the lock member is translated to a position that allows the handle to move to the ON position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: James I. Wise, Andrew R. Smith, Todd Shaak, Brianna Groden, David Raymond Rohn, Robert William Mueller
  • Publication number: 20220267133
    Abstract: The present invention is a bottle opener device that can be connected to an end of a handle such as a sporting equipment handle. The bottle opener device includes a sleeve having a hollow tubular shape with an open end and a closed end. The sleeve has a length and a width configured to enclose around the end of the handle. A bottle opener element is connected to the closed end of the sleeve with an opener cutout for enabling the removal of a bottle cap from a bottle. The bottle opener device also includes a magnetic element that holds on to the bottle cap against the bottle opener element after removal. A closing mechanism is integrated along a length of the sleeve which opens and closes and allows the bottle opener sleeve to be placed around the handle and tightly secure it in place by closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Kori R. Smith
  • Patent number: 11423223
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to implement a cognitive dictionary builder. The mechanism configures the cognitive dictionary builder with a set of selection criteria comprising a set of rules. The mechanism performs natural language processing on an input document in a corpus of information to analyze a context for each term or phrase in the input document and applies the set of rules to each term or phrase in the input document with respect to its context. The mechanism adds a term or phrase to at least one corresponding dictionary data structure based on a result of applying the set of rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kristin E. McNeil, Robert C. Sizemore, David B. Werts, Sterling R. Smith, David G. Herbeck
  • Patent number: 11419981
    Abstract: A priming system including a resilient chamber having flexible walls and a first check valve in a first fluid pathway between the resilient chamber and a fluid reservoir such that a fluid flows through the first check valve only in a direction from the fluid reservoir toward the resilient chamber and the fluid returns to the fluid reservoir through a second fluid pathway between the resilient chamber and the fluid reservoir upon compression of the walls of the resilient chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Yeh, Jake R. Smith, Soon Y. Park, Tammy Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20220258557
    Abstract: A suspension system includes a top mount, a bottom mount, a rigid housing, an air spring, and a linear actuator. The air spring transfers force of a first load path between the top mount and the bottom mount. The air spring includes a pressurized cavity containing pressurized gas that transfers the force of the first load path. The linear actuator transfers force of a second load path between the top mount and the bottom mount in parallel to the first load path. The rigid housing defines at least part of the pressurized cavity and transfers the force of the second load path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Hall, Jacob L. Dawson, Paul J. Keas, Troy A. Carter, Roland R. Smith