Patents by Inventor Richard Austin

Richard Austin 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).

  • Patent number: 9572249
    Abstract: A programmable circuit includes an array of printed groups of microscopic transistors or diodes. The devices are pre-formed and printed as an ink and cured. The devices in each group are connected in parallel so that each group acts as a single device. In one embodiment, about 10 devices are contained in each group so the redundancy makes each group very reliable. Each group has at least one electrical lead that terminates in a patch area on the substrate. An interconnection conductor pattern interconnects at least some of the leads of the groups in the patch area to create logic circuits for a customized application of the generic circuit. The groups may also be interconnected to be logic gates, and the gate leads terminate in the patch area. The interconnection conductor pattern then interconnects the gates for form complex logic circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide Inc.
    Inventors: William Johnstone Ray, Richard Austin Blanchard, Mark David Lowenthal, Bradley Steven Oraw
  • Publication number: 20160347505
    Abstract: The apparatus disclosed is providing a receptacle container attachment for a tool such as but not limited to wrenches; inserted type; socket type; drills and taps also electrical cords, drill motors, saws and ammunition that offers both organization and waterproof protection. MISCELLANEOUS WATERPROOF BUCKET RING is particularly adapted to be a waterproof toolbox and a visually indicated tool organizer that is convenient and easy to use, and designed for easily and conveniently organizing and protecting such as but not limited to an artisan's tools while working or ammunition while hunting, specifically in wet weather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: RICHARD AUSTIN MCLENDON
  • Patent number: 9441424
    Abstract: A connector (10) for securing an elongate member such as an umbilical (12) a female receiving member such as an I-tube (14), has an elongate bend stiffening portion (25) and a securing portion (26) connected to the bend stiffening portion and continuous passage (36) extends through the bend stiffening portion and the securing portion. The securing portion has one or more securing members (e.g. steel balls (40)) displaceable radially outwardly into engagement with the inner face of the tube, thereby securing the connector to the I-tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: TRELLEBORG CRP LIMITED, FIRST SUBSEA LIMITED
    Inventor: Richard Austin Beesley
  • Publication number: 20160218373
    Abstract: A plurality of batteries is printed on a flexible substrate, where each battery may output the same voltage, such as about 1.5 volts. Batteries in a first subset are connectable in parallel by controllable switches to control the maximum current that can be delivered to a load. Batteries in a second subset are also connectable in parallel by additional controllable switches to control the maximum current that can be delivered to the load. Another group of switches can either connect the two subsets of batteries in series, to generate 3 volts, or connect the subsets in parallel to increase the maximum current. Additional subsets of batteries and their associated switches may be further connected to increase the voltage and current. The power supply may be standardized and configured by the user for a particular load, such as a sensor for a medical skin patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Austin Blanchard, William Johnstone Ray, Mark David Lowenthal, Thomas Frederick Soules, Vera Lockett
  • Patent number: 9275978
    Abstract: A layer of microscopic, 3-terminal transistors is printed over a first conductor layer so that bottom electrodes of the transistors electrically contact the first conductor layer. A first dielectric layer overlies the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer over the first dielectric layer contacts intermediate electrodes on the transistors between the bottom electrodes and top electrodes. A second dielectric layer overlies the second conductor layer, and a third conductor layer over the second dielectric layer contacts the top electrodes. The devices are thus electrically connected in parallel by a combination of the first conductor layer, the second conductor layer, and the third conductor layer. Separate groups of the devices may be interconnected to form more complex circuits. The resulting circuit may be a very thin flex-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Austin Blanchard, Bradley S. Oraw
  • Publication number: 20160020248
    Abstract: An LED module is disclosed containing an integrated driver transistor (e.g, a MOSFET) in series with an LED. In one embodiment, LED layers are grown over a substrate. The transistor regions are formed over the same substrate. After the LED layers, such as GaN layers, are grown to form the LED portion, a central area of the LED is etched away to expose a semiconductor surface in which the transistor regions are formed. A conductor connects the transistor in series with the LED. Another node of the transistor is electrically coupled to an electrode on the bottom surface of the substrate. In one embodiment, an anode of the LED is connected to one terminal of the module, one current carrying node of the transistor is connected to a second terminal of the module, and the control terminal of the transistor is connected to a third terminal of the module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Austin Blanchard, Bradley Steven Oraw
  • Patent number: 9181380
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cross-linkable functionalized isocyanate composition comprising (1) a functionalized isocyanate product being the reaction product of (i) an isocyanate component having at least two isocyanate groups and (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated component having at least one functional group that is reactive with an isocyanate group of the isocyanate component and at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the isocyanate component and the ethylenically unsaturated component are selected so that the functionalized isocyanate product has at least three ethylenically unsaturated groups, (2) a monomer component comprising a cross-linking monomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups, and (3) a reinforcing component. Embodiments of the invention being resins that have been cross-linked and cured demonstrate high heat deflection temperature and excellent tensile and flexural properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventor: Richard Austin Panther
  • Patent number: 9177992
    Abstract: An LED module is disclosed containing an integrated driver transistor (e.g, a MOSFET) in series with an LED. In one embodiment, LED layers are grown over a substrate. The transistor regions are formed over the same substrate. After the LED layers, such as GaN layers, are grown to form the LED portion, a central area of the LED is etched away to expose a semiconductor surface in which the transistor regions are formed. A conductor connects the transistor in series with the LED. Another node of the transistor is electrically coupled to an electrode on the bottom surface of the substrate. In one embodiment, an anode of the LED is connected to one terminal of the module, one current carrying node of the transistor is connected to a second terminal of the module, and the control terminal of the transistor is connected to a third terminal of the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Austin Blanchard, Bradley Steven Oraw
  • Publication number: 20150303177
    Abstract: A layer of microscopic, 3-terminal transistors is printed over a first conductor layer so that bottom electrodes of the transistors electrically contact the first conductor layer. A first dielectric layer overlies the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer over the first dielectric layer contacts intermediate electrodes on the transistors between the bottom electrodes and top electrodes. A second dielectric layer overlies the second conductor layer, and a third conductor layer over the second dielectric layer contacts the top electrodes. The devices are thus electrically connected in parallel by a combination of the first conductor layer, the second conductor layer, and the third conductor layer. Separate groups of the devices may be interconnected to form more complex circuits. The resulting circuit may be a very thin flex-circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Austin Blanchard, Bradley S. Oraw
  • Publication number: 20150279227
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring content presented by a computing device to a user. Obtaining information density templates based on the presented content, and obtaining input response data related to inputs received by the computing device from the user. Determining scores for one or more psychometric traits based on the input response data and the information density templates, and storing the scores for the one or more psychometric traits in a psychometric profile of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHOTRUST USA, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Austin Huber
  • Patent number: 9099568
    Abstract: A layer of microscopic, 3-terminal transistors is printed over a first conductor layer so that bottom electrodes of the transistors electrically contact the first conductor layer. A first dielectric layer overlies the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer over the first dielectric layer contacts intermediate electrodes on the transistors between the bottom electrodes and top electrodes. A second dielectric layer overlies the second conductor layer, and a third conductor layer over the second dielectric layer contacts the top electrodes. The devices are thus electrically connected in parallel by a combination of the first conductor layer, the second conductor layer, and the third conductor layer. Separate groups of the devices may be interconnected to form more complex circuits. The resulting circuit may be a very thin flex-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Austin Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20140268591
    Abstract: A programmable circuit includes an array of printed groups of microscopic transistors or diodes. The devices are pre-formed and printed as an ink and cured. The devices in each group are connected in parallel so that each group acts as a single device. In one embodiment, about 10 devices are contained in each group so the redundancy makes each group very reliable. Each group has at least one electrical lead that terminates in a patch area on the substrate. An interconnection conductor pattern interconnects at least some of the leads of the groups in the patch area to create logic circuits for a customized application of the generic circuit. The groups may also be interconnected to be logic gates, and the gate leads terminate in the patch area. The interconnection conductor pattern then interconnects the gates for form complex logic circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide Inc.
    Inventors: William Johnstone Ray, Richard Austin Blanchard, Mark David Lowenthal, Bradley Steven Oraw
  • Publication number: 20140264460
    Abstract: A layer of microscopic, 3-terminal transistors is printed over a first conductor layer so that bottom electrodes of the transistors electrically contact the first conductor layer. A first dielectric layer overlies the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer over the first dielectric layer contacts intermediate electrodes on the transistors between the bottom electrodes and top electrodes. A second dielectric layer overlies the second conductor layer, and a third conductor layer over the second dielectric layer contacts the top electrodes. The devices are thus electrically connected in parallel by a combination of the first conductor layer, the second conductor layer, and the third conductor layer. Separate groups of the devices may be interconnected to form more complex circuits. The resulting circuit may be a very thin flex-circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Austin Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20140191249
    Abstract: An LED module is disclosed containing an integrated driver transistor (e.g, a MOSFET) in series with an LED. In one embodiment, LED layers are grown over a substrate. The transistor regions are formed over the same substrate. After the LED layers, such as GaN layers, are grown to form the LED portion, a central area of the LED is etched away to expose a semiconductor surface in which the transistor regions are formed. A conductor connects the transistor in series with the LED. Another node of the transistor is electrically coupled to an electrode on the bottom surface of the substrate. In one embodiment, an anode of the LED is connected to one terminal of the module, one current carrying node of the transistor is connected to a second terminal of the module, and the control terminal of the transistor is connected to a third terminal of the module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Austin Blanchard, Bradley Steven Oraw
  • Publication number: 20140163104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to uses of and methods of treatment with cystathionine. In one embodiment, cystathionine reduces the development of toxin-induced liver and/or kidney disease induced by homocystinuria and/or acute nephropathy. In one embodiment, a cystathionine synthesis inhibitor is administered to increase tumor cell apoptosis and/or increase the efficacy of chemo therapeutic treatment. More particularly, cystathionine can protect cells against toxin-induced cellular apoptosis and/or cystathionine synthesis inhibitors can increase neuroblastoma cell kill rates during chemotherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth Maclean, Richard Austin
  • Patent number: 8742912
    Abstract: A self-powered tire pressure sensor device. The sensor device includes a power circuit, an air pressure measurement sensor, a signal circuit and a wireless transmission circuit. The power circuit converts mechanical acceleration experienced by the device into electrical potential using an electromechanical transducer. Mechanical acceleration due to collisions between the mobile sensor device and the wall of the tire while the tire is in motion cause the transducer to emit a small electrical charge. An electrical potential storage element in the power circuit accumulates and stores the charge as electrical potential. Alternatively the power circuit receives and converts electromagnetic energy into electrical potential. The electrical potential powers an air pressure measurement sensor within the tire. A signal circuit and wireless transmission circuit transmit the measurement to a chassis-mounted receiver, which makes the tire pressure measurement available to systems remote from the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Austin Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20110262755
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with gelcoats comprising unsaturated urethane resins containing both acrylate and allyl ether functional groups, which in embodiments provide a desirable combination of a back up time of less than one hour and a longer interval between back up time and tack-free time. In particular, the present invention provides a polymerisable reaction product of: (1) an isocyanate component having two or more isocyanate groups; and (2) ethylenically unsaturated components comprising: (i) an acrylate component having at least one functional group that is reactive with an isocyanate group and at least one acrylate group; and (ii) an allyl component having at least one functional group that is reactive with an isocyanate group and at least one allyl group, wherein the reaction product is in the presence of a reactive diluent monomer suitable for reaction therewith to form a thermoset gel coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SCOTT BADER COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Richard Austin Panther
  • Publication number: 20110172359
    Abstract: A crosslinkable moulding composition comprises: (1) a functionalised isocyanate product having at least six ethylenically unsaturated groups which is the reaction product of (i) an isocyanate component having an isocyanate functionality of two or more, and (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated component having at least one functional group that is reactive with an isocyanate group of the isocyanate component and at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups; and (2) a monomer component comprising a cross-linking monomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups, wherein at least one of an ethylenically unsaturated component (ii) and/or a monomer component (2) are selected to have at least three ethylenically unsaturated groups. The moulding compositions are especially suitable for reinforcement and thermal curing. Example crosslinked resins derived from such moulding compositions are shown to be capable of achieving high heat deflection temperatures, often in excess of 260° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SCOTT BADER COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Richard Austin Panther
  • Patent number: 7825492
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an isolated vertical power device includes forming, in a back surface of a first conductivity type substrate, back isolation wall trenches that surround a conduction region of the device. In a front surface of the substrate, front isolation wall trenches are formed around the conduction region. Thereafter, a film containing a second type dopant is deposited in the front and back isolation wall trenches. In the conduction region on the back surface, conduction region trenches are formed inside the perimeter of the isolation wall trenches. A first type dopant is deposited in the conduction region trenches. The dopants are diffused from the conduction region trenches and isolation wall trenches to form a first conductivity type conduction region structure and a second conductivity type isolation wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Austin Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20100164705
    Abstract: A self-powered tire pressure sensor device. The sensor device includes a power circuit, an air pressure measurement sensor, a signal circuit and a wireless transmission circuit. The power circuit converts mechanical acceleration experienced by the device into electrical potential using an electromechanical transducer. Mechanical acceleration due to collisions between the mobile sensor device and the wall of the tire while the tire is in motion cause the transducer to emit a small electrical charge. An electrical potential storage element in the power circuit accumulates and stores the charge as electrical potential. Alternatively the power circuit receives and converts electromagnetic energy into electrical potential. The electrical potential powers an air pressure measurement sensor within the tire. A signal circuit and wireless transmission circuit transmit the measurement to a chassis-mounted receiver, which makes the tire pressure measurement available to systems remote from the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Austin Blanchard