Patents by Inventor Rebecca Smith
Rebecca 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).
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Publication number: 20240109564Abstract: A method is provided that can include activating at least two wireless communication channels in parallel, between a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. Each of the at least two wireless communication channels can operate at a different radio carrier frequency, and the first wireless transceiver may be part of a first vehicle. The method can also include transmitting, by the first wireless transceiver, common information in parallel on the at least two wireless communication channels to the second wireless transceiver and deactivating the at least two wireless communication channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Padam Dhoj Swar, Carl L. Haas, Danial Rice, Rebecca W. Dreasher, Adam Hausmann, Matthew Steven Vrba, Edward J. Kuchar, James Lucas, Andrew Ryan Staats, Jerrid D. Chapman, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Janmejay Tripathy, Stephen Craven, Tania Lindsley, Derek K. Woo, Ann K. Grimm, Scott Sollars, Phillip A. Burgart, James Allen Oswald, Shannon K. Struttmann, Stuart J. Barr, Keith Smith, Francois P. Pretorius, Craig K. Green, Kendrick Gawne, Irwin Morris, Joseph W. Gorman, Srivallidevi Muthusami, Mahesh Babu Natarajan, Jeremiah Dirnberger, Adam Franco
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Publication number: 20230107407Abstract: Provided is an electrolyte for use in a secondary zinc halide electrochemical cell comprising: from about 20 wt. % to about 70 wt. % of a zinc halide of formula ZnY2 or any combination of zinc halides of formula ZnY2, wherein Y is a halide selected from fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, or any combination thereof; from about 10 wt. % to about 79 wt. % of H2O; and from about 0.5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of one or more zinc additives. The one or more zinc additives comprises a first zinc additive, wherein the first zinc additive is a salt that is not a zinc halide and comprises an anion with a van der Waals volume of greater than about 65 ?3. Also provided is a secondary zinc halide battery comprising at least one electrochemical cell comprising at least one bipolar electrode and the zinc halide electrolyte. Also provided is a secondary zinc halide battery comprising a zinc metal reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Eos Energy Technology Holdings, LLCInventors: Rebecca Smith, Francis W. Richey, Lukas Fuchshofen
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Publication number: 20220320514Abstract: A bipolar electrode comprising a cathode substrate loaded with a halogen complexing agent that has a structure of formula Q+(RA)(RB)(RC)(RD)X?, is disclosed. The bipolar electrode also comprises a bipolar electrode plate having a cathode surface and an anode surface, wherein the cathode surface opposes the anode surface. The cathode surface at least partially contacts the cathode substrate. An electrochemical cell and a battery stack comprising the bipolar electrode, and a process for manufacturing the bipolar electrode are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: EOS Energy Storage LLCInventor: Rebecca Smith
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Publication number: 20200358826Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to assess compliance of a virtual computing environment. An example method disclosed herein to assess compliance of computing resources of a computing environment includes monitoring for an occurrence of a change in a computing resource in the computing environment, and in response to detecting the occurrence and without waiting for batch testing, assessing compliance of the computing resource with a compliance policy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Robert Helander, Rebecca Smith, Eric D. Nelson, James Sullivan, Gregory A. Frascadore
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Patent number: 10728284Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to assess compliance of a virtual computing environment. An example method disclosed herein to assess compliance of computing resources of a computing environment includes monitoring for an occurrence of a change in a computing resource in the computing environment, and in response to detecting the occurrence and without waiting for batch testing, assessing compliance of the computing resource with a compliance policy.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Robert Helander, Rebecca Smith, Eric D. Nelson, James Sullivan, Gregory A. Frascadore
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Publication number: 20200206083Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for delivering a therapeutic or other agent to a breastfeeding child are disclosed herein. A delivery system configured in accordance with the present technology can include, for example, a wearable device configured to be positioned on a breast during breastfeeding. The system can further include an agent source configured to house the agent and a fluid source configured to supply a supplemental fluid. The agent source and fluid source can be fluidly coupled to the wearable device via a connector. When the device is positioned on the breast and the child is breastfeeding, the supplemental fluid mixes with the agent and flows through the connector into the wearable device and into the mouth of the breastfeeding child.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Rebekah L. Scheuerle, Geoff Galgon, Stephen E. Gerrard, Rebecca A. Smith, Aspen D. Flynn
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Patent number: 10184062Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a binder and first and second core-shell polymer particles having aqueous neutralized acid cores, wherein the dry bulk density of the first core-shell polymer particles is in the range of 0.25 to 0.5 g/mL; and the dry bulk density of the second core-shell polymer particles is in the range of 0.30 to 0.90 g/mL. The composition of the present invention is useful as an undercoat layer for a thermosensitive recording material.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Brian R. Einsla, Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Lanfang Li, John A. Roper, III, Rebecca Smith, Jian Yang
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Patent number: 10131172Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally printable paper article with an elastomeric underlayer, which imparts improved printing performance.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Brian Einsla, Andrew Hejl, Lanfang Li, John A. Roper, III, Rebecca Smith, Jian Yang
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Patent number: 10022995Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally printable paper article with an elastomeric underlayer, which imparts improved printing performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Andrew Hejl, Lanfang Li, Rebecca Smith, Jian Yang
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Patent number: 9932487Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermosensitive recording material comprising paper, an undercoat layer disposed on the paper, and a thermosensitive recording layer disposed on the undercoat layer, wherein the undercoat layer comprises a binder and first and second hollow sphere polymer particles, wherein the first hollow sphere polymer particles have a diameter in the range of from 1.2 ?m to 1.8 ?m; the second hollow sphere polymer particles have a diameter in the range of from 0.25 ?m to 1.0 ?m; the number ratio of the second to the first hollow sphere polymer particles is in the range of from 1:1 to 20:1; the diameter of the second hollow sphere polymer particles is in the range of from 15 to 65% of the diameter of the first hollow sphere polymer particles; the dry bulk density of the first hollow sphere polymer particles is in the range of 0.25 to 0.5 g/mL; and the dry bulk density of the second hollow sphere polymer particles is in the range of 0.30 to 0.90 g/mL.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Brian R. Einsla, Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Lanfang Li, John A. Roper, III, Rebecca Smith, Jian Yang
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Publication number: 20170334229Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally printable paper article with an elastomeric underlayer, which imparts improved printing performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Brian Einsla, Andrew Hejl, Lanfang Li, John A. Roper, III, Rebecca Smith, Jian Yang
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Publication number: 20170313116Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally printable paper article with an elastomeric underlayer, which imparts improved printing performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Andrew Hejl, Lanfang Li, Rebecca Smith, Jian Yang
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Patent number: 9807116Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify priorities of compliance assessment results of a virtual computing environment. An example method disclosed herein to identify priorities for defects includes associating, with a processor, a first defect with an asset class and a repair action, the first defect indicative of a computing resource being out of compliance with a policy, determining, with the processor, a priority for the defect based on past repair actions performed to correct past defects corresponding to the same asset class, and displaying the defect in rank order with a plurality of other defects based on the priority.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Gregory A. Frascadore, Robert Helander, Eric D. Nelson, James Sullivan, Rebecca Smith
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Patent number: 9744014Abstract: Oral engagement assemblies and methods of using the oral engagement assemblies are provided. In a general aspect, the oral engagement assembly includes a mouthpiece having a handle and a support attached to the handle. A diagnostic receptacle is insertable into the mouth-piece to form the oral engagement assembly. One or more diagnostic sensors can be fixedly or releasably inserted into the diagnostic receptacle. Kits useful for making the oral engagement assemblies and using such oral engagement assemblies for diagnosing a condition or disease in the animal are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Rebecca Smith, Thomas J. Blair, J. William Nottingham
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Publication number: 20170158887Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermosensitive recording material comprising paper, an undercoat layer disposed on the paper, and a thermosensitive recording layer disposed on the undercoat layer, wherein the undercoat layer comprises a binder and first and second hollow sphere polymer particles, wherein the first hollow sphere polymer particles have a diameter in the range of from 1.2 ?m to 1.8 ?m; the second hollow sphere polymer particles have a diameter in the range of from 0.25 ?m to 1.0 ?m; the number ratio of the second to the first hollow sphere polymer particles is in the range of from 1:1 to 20:1; the diameter of the second hollow sphere polymer particles is in the range of from 15 to 65% of the diameter of the first hollow sphere polymer particles; the dry bulk density of the first hollow sphere polymer particles is in the range of 0.25 to 0.5 g/mL; and the dry bulk density of the second hollow sphere polymer particles is in the range of 0.30 to 0.90 g/mL.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Brian R. Einsla, Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Lanfang Li, John A. Roper, III, Rebecca Smith, Jian Yang
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Publication number: 20170158902Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a binder and first and second core-shell polymer particles having aqueous neutralized acid cores, wherein the first core-shell polymer particles have a diameter in the range of from 1.0 ?m to 1.8 ?m; the second core-shell polymer particles have a diameter in the range of from 0.25 ?m to 1.0 ?m; the number ratio of the second to the first core-shell polymer particles is in the range of from 1:1 to 20:1; the diameter of the second core-shell polymer particles is in the range of from 15 to 65% of the diameter of the first core-shell polymer particles; the dry bulk density of the first core-shell polymer particles is in the range of 0.25 to 0.5 g/mL; and the dry bulk density of the second core-shell polymer particles is in the range of 0.30 to 0.90 g/mL. The composition of the present invention is useful as an undercoat layer for a thermosensitive recording material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Brian R. Einsla, Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Lanfang Li, John A. Roper, III, Rebecca Smith, Jian Yang
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Patent number: 9392022Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to measure compliance of a virtual computing environment. An example method disclosed herein includes determining, with a processor, a maximum surprisal value of a policy to be enforced on a computing resource in a computing environment, the maximum surprisal value corresponding to a probability of the computing resource being in-compliance with the policy without testing the computing resource with respect to the policy, determining a current surprisal value of the computing resource with respect to the policy based on knowledge of at least one condition of policy being at least one of satisfied by or inapplicable to the computing resource, and determining a compliance score of the computing resource with respect to the policy based on the maximum surprisal value of the policy and the current surprisal value of the computing resource with respect to the policy.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Gregory A. Frascadore, Robert Helander, James Sullivan, Rebecca Smith
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Patent number: 9138339Abstract: An apparatus for gripping a tool shaft includes a tubular handle having an opening for receiving a tool shaft; an air bladder disposed within the tubular handle for selectively constricting the opening; and a valve in pneumatic communication with the air bladder for inflating the air bladder, thereby causing the air bladder to grip a tool shaft inserted therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Inventors: Laura Castrale, Rebecca Smith, Todd Volkman
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Publication number: 20140331276Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to measure compliance of a virtual computing environment. An example method disclosed herein includes determining, with a processor, a maximum surprisal value of a policy to be enforced on a computing resource in a computing environment, the maximum surprisal value corresponding to a probability of the computing resource being in-compliance with the policy without testing the computing resource with respect to the policy, determining a current surprisal value of the computing resource with respect to the policy based on knowledge of at least one condition of policy being at least one of satisfied by or inapplicable to the computing resource, and determining a compliance score of the computing resource with respect to the policy based on the maximum surprisal value of the policy and the current surprisal value of the computing resource with respect to the policy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Gregory A. Frascadore, Robert Helander, James Sullivan, Rebecca Smith
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Publication number: 20140331277Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify priorities of compliance assessment results of a virtual computing environment. An example method disclosed herein to identify priorities for defects includes associating, with a processor, a first defect with an asset class and a repair action, the first defect indicative of a computing resource being out of compliance with a policy, determining, with the processor, a priority for the defect based on past repair actions performed to correct past defects corresponding to the same asset class, and displaying the defect in rank order with a plurality of other defects based on the priority.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Gregory A. Frascadore, Robert Helander, Eric D. Nelson, James Sullivan, Rebecca Smith