Patents by Inventor Ralph Francis
Ralph Francis 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: 20240131271Abstract: A drive train for a wind-up injection device is described. The drive train includes a torsional energy storage adapted to be loaded or unloaded by a rotatable element, a rotatable user handle, a rotationally driveable expelling mechanism adapted to expel the liquid drug, and a clutch element coupled with the torsional energy storage via the rotatable element and including a ratchet for maintaining the rotatable element at one of a number of discrete angular positions against the torque of the torsional energy storage. The clutch element is adapted to transmit the torque from the user handle to the torsional energy storage, or alternatively from the torsional energy storage to the expelling mechanism. The ratchet is switchable from one position to an adjacent position by a torque transmitted from the user handle to the torsional energy storage. The drive train is adapted to dampen torque peaks visco-elastically and/or visco-frictionally.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke, Axel Teucher, Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Samuel Keir Steel
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Publication number: 20240117289Abstract: The present invention provides a system for the insertion of a pre-sterilized sensor probe into a sterile vessel. The system of the invention provides a reliable and straightforward way to insert one or more sterile probes into a sterile vessel. The present invention also provides a sterile vessel that includes one or more of the systems of the invention. The sterile vessel can be a flexible or semi-rigid bag or tubing of the type typically used for carrying out biochemical and/or biological processes and/or manipulating liquids and other products of such processes. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for aseptically inserting a probe into a sterile vessel where the method makes use of the system of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Vincent Francis Pizzi, Jeffrey Carter, Ralph Stankowski
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Patent number: 11931513Abstract: A patient interface for delivery of a supply of pressurised air or breathable gas to an entrance of a patient's airways comprising: a cushion member that includes a retaining structure and a seal-forming structure permanently connected to the retaining structure; a frame member attachable to the retaining structure; and a positioning and stabilising structure attachable to the frame member.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Rupert Christian Scheiner, William Laurence Hitchcock, Anthony Paul Barbara, Adam Francis Barlow, Craig David Edwards, Lachlan Richard Goldspink, Kirrily Michele Haskard, Murray William Lee, Frederick Arlet May, Gerard Michael Rummery, Shiva Kumar Shanmuga Sundara, Chia Ik Tan, Stewart Joseph Wagner, Alicia Kristianne Wells, Martin Forrester, Ralph Jourdan
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Patent number: 11918794Abstract: A button for a drug delivery device with a reduced operating loudness includes a plate-like button body forming a touch surface, wherein the plate-like button body is coupled by an axial supporting member to a noise-generating interface of the drug delivery device and movable into a longitudinal direction of the drug delivery device, wherein the plate-like button body includes a material composite with at least one first component consisting of a first material and at least one second component consisting of a second material different from the first material, wherein the at least one first component and the at least one second component are coupled via at least one coupling plane that is at least sectionwise slanted or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Further, the disclosure describes a button assembly for a drug delivery device which is shock resistant.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SanofiInventors: Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Matthew Meredith Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Sophie Sladen, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Denny Lustosa Horn, Stefan Blancke, Michael Jugl
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Patent number: 11780955Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keaveney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Publication number: 20200255586Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keaveney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Patent number: 10676563Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keavaney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Publication number: 20190144599Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keavaney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Publication number: 20180327540Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keavaney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Patent number: 10059795Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keavaney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Publication number: 20160195217Abstract: A method and apparatus for releasably attaching towels, window coverings, window treatments, clothing, rugs, bathroom fixtures and accessories, kitchen fixtures and accessories, closet fixtures and accessories, paper towels, toilet tissue, fabrics, and the like to a surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2015Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: MagnaJazz LLCInventors: Hazel Gerry Flynn-Parkison, Ralph Francis Parkison, II
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Patent number: 9279034Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keaveney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Publication number: 20150225502Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keaveney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Patent number: 9034958Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2004Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keaveney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Patent number: 8275544Abstract: A system and method for determining a position of a remote object comprising inertial sensors and three axis magnetic sensor, together with a target sighting device aligned with the observation platform to determine a target line of sight and a target range finder to determine a distance to the target along the line of sight. A GPS receiver may be included for determining an observation platform position and orientation, The three axis magnetic sensor provides both magnetic north and vertical attitude information for improved rapid initialization and operation in motion. Magnetic anomaly information is detected by comparing IMU and magnetic navigation information and by other methods. Target identification may be determined by a human operator and/or by computer. The system may be integrated with a weapon system to use weapon system sights. The system may be networked to provide target location and/or location error information to another identical unit or a command information system.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Miltec Missiles & SpaceInventors: Randy Louis Wells, Rusty Allen Anderson, Eugene E. Pinczewski, II, Robert Edward Oakley, Jr., Ralph Francis Gesin, Ruben Rojas
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Patent number: 7725972Abstract: A head for an electric toothbrush having first and second brush parts, one of which is rotary and the other is reciprocally moveable or static. Preferred forms have elastomeric oral hygiene parts, and electric toothbrush heads with novel āVā sectioned oral hygiene parts are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: GlaxoSmithKLine Consumer GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Tamas Berde, Christoph Geiberger, Ralph Francis Walker
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Publication number: 20080255312Abstract: A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2004Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Mark Andreas Mielke, Mathew Charles Mathew, William P. Keaveney, Richard John Czarnecki, William Ford Wilson, Mark John Lindsey, Ralph Francis Arcurio
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Publication number: 20060173508Abstract: A method for treating eating disorders comprising the steps of generating a neuro-electrical satiety signal that substantially corresponds to a neuro-electrical signal that is generated in a body and produces a satiety effect in the body, sensing food intake in a subject over at least a first period of time, and transmitting the neuro-electrical satiety signal to the subject if the food intake of the subject exceeds a predetermined threshold level during the first period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2006Publication date: August 3, 2006Inventors: Robert Stone, Ralph Francis
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Patent number: 6128508Abstract: In a communications system, a multi-band power amplifier is employed to increase the power level of a signal for transmission over one of multiple frequency bands. In addition, a multi-band low noise amplifier is employed to scale the signal level of a signal received from one of the multiple frequency bands. In accordance with the invention, each multi-band amplifier is designed such that the gain values afforded by the amplifier to the components of the communication signal within the multiple frequency bands are significantly higher than the gain values to the signal components outside those bands.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1996Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Mark Francisco, Ralph Francis Trambarulo
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Patent number: 5683917Abstract: The disclosed method of making a semiconductor device comprises a screening procedure that facilitates identification of devices having relatively low flicker noise. The devices are typically semiconductor diodes. The procedure utilizes our discovery of a correlation between the reverse bias current I.sub.r of a semiconductor device and the flicker noise power, and comprises measurement of the reverse bias current and comparison of the measured value with a predetermined comparison value I.sub.rc. Devices having I.sub.r .ltoreq.I.sub.rc are those that have relatively low flicker noise. The screening procedure is simple and quick, and can be readily performed in a manufacturing environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1996Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: Lucent TechnologiesInventors: Samuel Suresh Martin, Ralph Francis Trambarulo, Cuong Tran