Patents by Inventor Richard A. Martin

Richard A. Martin 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).

  • CHROMATIN IMMUNOCAPTURE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20200239934
    Abstract: This application provides fluidic devices, such as microfluidic devices, which can be used for the creation and/or manipulation of droplets in droplet-based microfluidic systems, as well as systems and methods for using the same. The microfluidic devices can be used to generate droplets, extract or inject volume to droplets, and/or split droplets. Also provided are methods for generating nucleosomes, and isolated DNA from nucleosomes (or from non-nucleosomes), for example using the disclosed devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Ryan Bailey, Joshua Tice, Tamas Ordog, Jeong Heon Lee, Richard Martin Graybill, Yi Xu, Steven Doonan
  • CABLE SUPPORT BRACKET
    Publication number: 20200244054
    Abstract: A cable bracket includes a base, first and second plates extending from a first side of the base, and an arm extending diagonally from an upper end connected to the first plate at a position away from the base. The arm extends to a lower end positioned toward the base intermediate the first plate and the second plate, and the lower end of the arm is not secured to the base. The arm is of made of a semi-rigid material such that the arm can be deflected from a neutral position by a user in order to insert a cable between the arm and the second plate. A dual-sided bracket may be formed by including one or more plates and arms on both sides of the base. A dovetail connection may allow multiple cable brackets to be coupled in series. Two brackets may also be coupled utilizing an intermediate slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Martin Brandvold
  • Devices and methods for analyzing spatter generating events
    Patent number: 10722968
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a spatter generating event during a welding application. The method includes capturing data that corresponds to a welding current of the welding application. The method also includes detecting parameters associated with a short circuit from the captured data. The method includes analyzing the detected parameters to monitor the spatter generating event during the welding application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Richard Martin Hutchison, Todd Earl Holverson, James Lee Uecker
  • Advanced seals with reduced corner leakage
    Patent number: 10690059
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a plurality of combustors and a turbine with a sealing arrangement between aft frames of the combustors and a first stage nozzle of the turbine. The sealing arrangement includes first and second circumferential outer seals with a radial side seal therebetween, the outer seals include circumferential extensions with an installation clearance, and the side seal includes a leaf that obstructs the installation clearance. The sealing arrangement also includes a notch on the side seal that forms a sliding joint with extensions of the first and second outer seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jesse Ellis Barton, Richard Martin DiCintio, Elizabeth Angelyn Monaghan
  • SYNCHRONIZED ROTATING ARC WELDING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200156172
    Abstract: A welding method includes feeding a welding electrode axially from a welding torch, moving the welding electrode radially in a desired pattern with respect to a central axis of the welding torch by a motion control assembly within the welding torch, transmitting from control circuitry a signal corresponding to a position of the welding electrode relative to a weld joint or weld pool, advancing the welding torch or a workpiece to establish a weld, and transferring material from the welding electrode to a first location in an area of the weld pool. The welding electrode moves radially while feeding the welding electrode from the welding torch, the material from the welding electrode is transferred to the first location during a first cycle of the desired pattern, and the first location is controlled based at least in part on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Hsu, Richard Martin Hutchison, Kevin Michael Scott, Kevin Pagano, James Lee Uecker
  • Pleural manometry catheter
    Patent number: 10646629
    Abstract: A pleural manometry catheter comprises two tubes and a pressure transducer. The first tube provides a first flow path from the pleural cavity to the pressure transducer. The second tube provides a second flow path from the pleural cavity such that fluid can be drained from the pleural cavity. The pressure transducer comprises a processor for processing, continuously, the real-time fluctuations in the pressure of the second flow path and therefore the pleural cavity as fluid is aspirated from it via the first tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Rocket Medical PLC
    Inventors: Edwin Richard Roe, Richard Martin Varey
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING ARC CONSISTENCY IN PULSED GAS METAL ARC WELDING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200139470
    Abstract: A welding system or an enterprise using welding systems can communicate with cloud-based resources for the provision of services and products to facilitate the welding operations. The communications may be via wired or wireless media, and may be direct, or through other components, such as enterprise networks, peripheral devices, and so forth. The cloud-based resources may provide for storage of data, particularly welding data, processing of data, welding protocols, specifications and processes, financial transactions for the purchase, licensing or use of welding-related products and services, welding training, and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Martin Hutchison
  • Clock adjustment for voltage droop
    Patent number: 10642336
    Abstract: A processor adjusts frequencies of one or more clock signals in response to a voltage droop at the processor. The processor generates at least one clock signal by generating a plurality of base clock signals, each of the base clock signals having a common frequency but a different phase. The processor also generates a plurality of enable signals, wherein each enable signal governs whether a corresponding one of the base clock signals is used to generate the clock signal. The enable signals therefore determine the frequency of the clock signal. In response to detecting a voltage droop, the processor adjusts the enable signals used to generate the clock signal, thereby reducing the frequency of the clock signal droop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Kommrusch, Amitabh Mehra, Richard Martin Born, Bobby D. Young
  • Methods and compositions for treating Raynaud's disease
    Patent number: 10632086
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and compositions for treating Raynaud's disease and Raynaud's phenomenon are provided. Topical administration of a semisolid composition comprising a prostaglandin E1 compound provides the desired relief of the Raynaud's disease or Raynaud's phenomenon without the possible complications of systemic administration. The semisolid composition can be administered as needed, or in a regimen of several doses per day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NEXMED HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Frank, Richard Martin, Bassam B. Damaj
  • MK2 INHIBITORS, SYNTHESIS THEREOF, AND INTERMEDIATES THERETO
    Publication number: 20200102326
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of preparing a MK2 inhibitor, and intermediates related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Gregg Brian Feigelson, Maryll E. Geherty, Richard Martin Heid, JR., Mohit Kothare, Hon-Wah Man, Alexander L. Ruchelman, John F. Traverse, Kelvin Hin-Yeong Yong, Chengmin Zhang
  • Helmet-integrated weld travel speed sensing system and method
    Patent number: 10596650
    Abstract: A welding system includes a first sensor associated with a welding helmet and configured to sense a parameter indicative of a position of a welding torch relative to the welding helmet. The travel speed sensing system also includes a processing system communicatively coupled to the first sensor and configured to determine a position of the welding torch relative to a workpiece based on the sensed first parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Andrew Pfeifer, William Todd Watson, Richard Martin Hutchison, William Joshua Becker
  • Chromatin immunocapture devices and methods of use
    Patent number: 10597698
    Abstract: This application provides fluidic devices, such as microfluidic devices, which can be used for the creation and/or manipulation of droplets in droplet-based microfluidic systems, as well as systems and methods for using the same. The microfluidic devices can be used to generate droplets, extract or inject volume to droplets, and/or split droplets. Also provided are methods for generating nucleosomes, and isolated DNA from nucleosomes (or from non-nucleosomes), for example using the disclosed devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Ryan Bailey, Joshua Tice, Tamas Ordog, Jeong Heon Lee, Richard Martin Graybill, Yi Xu, Steven Doonan
  • Asynchronous buffer with pointer offsets
    Patent number: 10592442
    Abstract: A processor applies offset values to read and write pointers to a first-in-first-out buffer (FIFO) for data being transferred between clock domains. The pointer offsets are based on a frequency ratio between the clock domains, and reduce latency while ensuring that data is not read by the receiving clock domain from an entry of the FIFO until after the data has been written to the entry, thereby reducing data transfer errors. The processor resets the pointer offset values in response to a change in clock frequency at one or both of the clock domains, allowing the processor to continue to accurately transfer data in response to clock frequency changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Martin Born, David M. Dahle, Steven Kommrusch
  • Combustion dynamics mitigation system
    Patent number: 10584610
    Abstract: A combustion liner assembly includes a combustion liner having an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion and a resonator disposed proximate to the upstream end portion of the combustion liner. The resonator includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced inlet apertures disposed along a radially outer surface of the resonator, an air chamber defined within the resonator and a plurality of outlet apertures disposed along a radially inner surface of the resonator. The plurality of inlet apertures provide for fluid flow into the air chamber and the plurality of outlet apertures provide for fluid flow out of the air chamber and into a radial flow passage defined within the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Seth Reynolds Hoffman, Lucas John Stoia, Sven Georg Bethke, Richard Martin DiCintio, Jeffrey Scott LeBegue, Jayaprakash Natarajan
  • THERAPEUTIC MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20200054784
    Abstract: A bioactive glass composition for use in treating bone cancer includes 0.5-10 mol % gallium oxide or 1.0-20 mol % gallium nitrate/halide; 25 to 75 mol % silicon dioxide; 10 to 30 mol % calcium oxide and/or strontium oxide; up to 30 mol % sodium oxide; and up to 15 mol % phosphorous pentoxide. It may further comprise magnesium and/or potassium oxide. The bioactive glass composition may be positioned within a patient's bone post-surgery to promote apatite formation and to release gallium ions having a toxic effect on any remaining cancerous cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: ASTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Richard MARTIN
  • Mobile Device with Edge Activation
    Publication number: 20200050272
    Abstract: A mobile device with edge activation is provided. The mobile device comprises: a housing; a data capture component; an actuator disposed on a side of the housing and configured to activate the data capture component when actuated; a display, disposed within the housing; a touch screen disposed on the display; a tactile indicator at the housing between the actuator and the touch screen; and, an activation area of the touch screen, adjacent the tactile indicator, the activation area configured to initiate a digital location for activating the data capture component when touch input is received at the activation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: JaeHo CHOI, Travis BALDWIN, Mu-Kai SHEN, Richard MARTIN
  • Fuel nozzle assembly with micro-channel cooling
    Patent number: 10544941
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle assembly includes a forward plate and an aft plate which is axially spaced from the forward plate. The aft plate includes a first side surface and a second side surface. A cooling air plenum is defined within the bundled tube fuel nozzle assembly and is at least partially defined by the aft plate. A plurality of tubes extends through the forward plate, the cooling air plenum and the aft plate. A micro-cooling channel is disposed along the second side surface of the aft plate and is in fluid communication with the cooling air plenum and is in fluid communication with an exhaust aperture. A cover plate is connected to the aft plate and covers the micro-cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lucas John Stoia, Richard Martin DiCintio, Timothy James Purcell, Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam
  • Synchronized rotating arc welding method and system
    Patent number: 10543551
    Abstract: A welding method includes feeding a welding electrode axially from a welding torch, moving the welding electrode radially in a desired pattern with respect to a central axis of the welding torch by a motion control assembly within the welding torch, transmitting from control circuitry a signal corresponding to a position of the welding electrode relative to a weld joint or weld pool, advancing the welding torch or a workpiece to establish a weld, and transferring material from the welding electrode to a first location in an area of the weld pool. The welding electrode moves radially while feeding the welding electrode from the welding torch, the material from the welding electrode is transferred to the first location during a first cycle of the desired pattern, and the first location is controlled based at least in part on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Hsu, Richard Martin Hutchison, Kevin Michael Scott, Kevin Pagano, James Lee Uecker
  • REDUCED ENERGY WELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190388992
    Abstract: A welding regime may implements cyclic short circuits under a closed loop voltage control approach. Upon clearing or imminent clearing of the short circuit, a current recess is implemented. The current recess reduces the current that would otherwise be applied to the weld, resulting in multiple benefits. The recess may be implemented by suspending voltage command signals. Following the current recess, normal control is resumed with the then-current voltage command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Donald Mehn, Caleb Haven, Richard Martin Hutchison, James Lee Uecker
  • Rotating playground climber
    Patent number: D886224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Martin