Patents by Inventor Richard Johns

Richard Johns 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: 20180000752
    Abstract: A multi-particle dosage form that can deliver phenylephrine in controlled pulsed doses. The dosage form can contain an immediate release form that can contain phenylephrine or a salt thereof and a plurality of delayed release particles with a coating that can contain phenylephrine or salt thereof and a pH sensitive coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Richard John Dansereau, Daren K. Anness, David L. Ramsey, Guhan Balan
  • Publication number: 20180007136
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example embodiment is directed to a method for communicating engine data to a ground system. The method includes receiving a request to store first data in a first memory location in one or more memory devices. The method includes receiving the first data, wherein the first data is associated with identification of an engine, and wherein the first data includes parameterized data. The method includes storing the first data in the first memory location. The method includes receiving a request to store second data in a second memory location in the one or more memory devices, wherein the second memory location is reserved for data to be transmitted to the ground system. The method includes receiving the second data. The method includes storing the second data in the second memory location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Clay Scholten, Richard John Reiffer, JR., Matthew William Wiseman, Kevin Michael James Furlong-Petsch
  • Publication number: 20180004536
    Abstract: One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a wireless communication unit configured to be located in a nacelle associated with an engine of an aerial vehicle. The wireless communication unit includes a random access memory. The wireless communication unit includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to perform a first data validity check on a first location for a primary index. The one or more processors are configured to perform a second data validity check on a second location for a secondary index. When the first data validity check fails and the second data validity check fails, the one or more processors are configured to reboot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Clay Scholten, Richard John Reiffer, JR., Joshua Levi Green, Christopher Earle Mizell
  • Publication number: 20180004691
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for communicating engine data. The method includes receiving data. The method includes separating the data into categories. For one or more categories, the method includes creating a file including the separated data. For one or more categories, the method includes naming the file, at least in part, based on the category and based on a file naming convention. The method includes prioritizing the created files. The method includes transmitting an identification file comprising identification information for a wireless communication unit and the file naming convention. The method includes transmitting the created files based on the priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Clay Scholten, Richard John Reiffer, JR., Lambros Lambrou, Robert Alan Meneghini, JR.
  • Patent number: 9855227
    Abstract: An oral dosage form to deliver diphenhydramine through the sublingual or buccal mucosa. The oral dosage form can contain diphenhydramine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a permeability enhancer, and a buffering agent. The buffering agent can achieve a pH of about 7.0 to about 8.0. The diphenhydramine can completely dissolve within about 2 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard John Dansereau, Brian Laster, Erin Swigart, Ashraf Traboulsi
  • Publication number: 20170367249
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of turf (11) comprising grass (12) growing in a matrix (15, 16) comprising removing matrix (15, 16) including any thatch and other infestation by blading (18) moving through the matrix (15, 16) to a predetermined depth (d). The method may be used to treat turf (11) reinforced with artificial grass (13). Equipment for carrying out the treatment comprises a bladed rotor (17) rotating about a horizontal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Richard John Campey, Simon Jonathan Gumbrill
  • Patent number: 9845690
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for sealing flow path components, such as turbomachine airfoils, with a front-leaded seal. A seal channel is defined between a portion of the suction side surface of a first flow path component and a portion of the pressure side of a second flow path component. A seal is retained within the seal channel formed by the pressure side portion and the suction side portion and the seal channel defines a forward opening through which the seal is inserted during installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew Paul Giametta, James Tyson Balkcum, III, David Richard Johns, Stephen Paul Wassynger
  • Patent number: 9845765
    Abstract: A power cylinder system for a reciprocating engine includes a steel piston configured to move within a cylinder of the reciprocating engine. The system also includes a groove extending circumferentially about the piston beneath a top land of the piston and configured to support a ring having an inner circumferential face. One or more channels are formed in the top land and are configured to facilitate transfer of combustion gases to a space between a portion of the groove and the inner circumferential face of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard John Donahue, Daniel David Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20170350263
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for sealing flow path components, such as turbomachine airfoils, with a front-leaded seal. A seal channel is defined between a portion of the suction side surface of a first flow path component and a portion of the pressure side of a second flow path component. A seal is retained within the seal channel formed by the pressure side portion and the suction side portion and the seal channel defines a forward opening through which the seal is inserted during installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Paul Giametta, James Tyson Balkcum, III, David Richard Johns, Stephen Paul Wassynger
  • Patent number: 9820422
    Abstract: A cylindrical turf treatment rotor (10) adapted to be driven in rotation about a horizontal axis (10a), and provided with wear-resistant teeth (13) extending along one or more helical tracks (14a-14d) on the rotor, the teeth being individually attacked to the rotor so as to be capable of individual removal for replacement or refurbishing or for reconfiguring the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Richard Campey Limited
    Inventors: Richard John Campey, Simon Jonathan Gumbrill, Johannes Hendricus Wilhelmus Herman De Kort
  • Patent number: 9820809
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument is provided for the treatment of tissue, the instrument (3) including a shaft (14) and a tip portion including at least one electrode (16), located at the distal end of the shaft. A fluid impermeable sheath (25) covers at least a proportion of the shaft and extends to the tip portion where it terminates in a distal end portion (26). A metallic shroud (29) is provided, comprising an annular ring portion (30) and a rearwardly extending cylindrical portion (31). The ring portion (30) is connected to the tip portion, and the cylindrical portion (31) overlies the distal end portion (26) of the sheath (25) so as to prevent ingress of fluids at the distal end portion of the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: GYRUS MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard John Hoodless, Richard John Keogh
  • Patent number: 9817113
    Abstract: A method for use in verifying a location of an item aboard a vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving, by a transceiver device located in the vehicle, at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) signal. Each RFID signal is associated with an RFID tag of an item aboard the vehicle. The method additionally includes processing the at least one RFID signal and transmitting, by the transceiver device, the at least one RFID signal to a passenger compartment of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard John Loftis, Andrew Lewis Armatorio
  • Patent number: 9819418
    Abstract: Security is increased in quantum communication (QC) systems lacking a true single-photon laser source by encoding a transmitted optical signal with two or more decoy-states. A variable attenuator or amplitude modulator randomly imposes average photon values onto the optical signal based on data input and the predetermined decoy-states. By measuring and comparing photon distributions for a received QC signal, a single-photon transmittance is estimated. Fiber birefringence is compensated by applying polarization modulation. A transmitter can be configured to transmit in conjugate polarization bases whose states of polarization (SOPs) can be represented as equidistant points on a great circle on the Poincaré sphere so that the received SOPs are mapped to equidistant points on a great circle and routed to corresponding detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jane E. Nordholt, Charles Glen Peterson, Raymond Thorson Newell, Richard John Hughes
  • Publication number: 20170323065
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining text from text-based messages sent between a patient and a therapist providing psychological therapy; determining at least one feature of the text; and determining a characteristic of the patient and/or the therapist using the at least one feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: IESO Digital Health Limited
    Inventors: Guy James Proctor Beauchamp, Ann Gail Hayes, Christine Howes, Rosemarie McCabe, Barnaby Adam Perks, Matthew Richard John Purver, Sarah Elisabeth Bateup
  • Patent number: 9810070
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade includes a mounting portion that partially defines a cooling circuit within the turbine rotor blade and an airfoil portion that extends radially outward from the mounting portion. The airfoil portion further defines the cooling circuit. The turbine rotor blade further includes a platform portion that is disposed radially between the mounting portion and the airfoil. The platform portion includes a bottom wall, a top wall, a forward wall, an aft wall and a pair of opposing side walls. A cooling plenum that at least partially defines the cooling circuit is defined within the platform portion. The cooling plenum is at least partially defined between the forward wall, the aft wall and between the pair of opposing side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Richard Johns, Mark Andrew Jones
  • Publication number: 20170311558
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and system for operation of a timber-working device configured to perform at least one operation having an associated hazard zone. At least one signal from at least one orientation sensor associated with the timber-working head may indicate whether a predetermined location is within the hazard zone based on the orientation of the timber-working head. Operation of the timber-working head can be controlled based on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Brett James Kaye, Clinton Charles Marriage, Michael Francis James, Richard John Lawler
  • Patent number: 9803473
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data from a downhole tool to a surface location includes measuring a property in a wellbore using a downhole tool in the wellbore. A casing is positioned within the wellbore, and the downhole tool is positioned below at least a portion of the casing. A digital frame is generated using the downhole tool. The digital frame includes information corresponding to the property. The digital frame is encoded to superpose the information on a carrier signal. The carrier signal is converted to a voltage differential that is generated across an insulation layer in the downhole tool. The voltage differential causes a current to flow through a subterranean formation and into the casing above the downhole tool. A magnetic flux generated by the current flowing through the casing is detected using a sensor that is positioned at least partially within or at least partially around the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jacques Orban, Richard John Harmer
  • Patent number: 9795571
    Abstract: A multi-particle dosage form that can deliver phenylephrine in controlled pulsed doses. The dosage form can contain an immediate release form that can contain phenylephrine or a salt thereof and a plurality of delayed release particles with a coating that can contain phenylephrine or salt thereof and a pH sensitive coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard John Dansereau, Daren K. Anness, David L. Ramsey, Guhan Balan
  • Patent number: 9799599
    Abstract: There are disclosed impedance matching networks and technique for impedance matching to microwave power transistors. Distributed capacitor inductor networks are used so as to provide a high degree of control and accuracy, especially in terms of inductance values, in comparison to existing lumped capacitor arrangements. The use of bond wires is reduced, with inductance being provided primarily by microstrip transmission lines on the capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Diamond Microwave Devices Limited
    Inventors: Richard John Lang, Richard Paul Hilton, Jonathan David Stanley Gill
  • Patent number: 9783751
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the conversion of hydrogen and one or more oxides of carbon to hydrocarbons, which process comprises: contacting hydrogen and one or more oxides of carbon with a catalyst in a reaction zone; removing from the reaction zone an outlet stream comprising unreacted hydrogen, unreacted one or more oxides of carbon and one or more hydrocarbons and feeding the outlet stream to a separation zone in which the outlet stream is divided into at least three fractions, in which; a first fraction predominantly comprises unreacted hydrogen, unreacted one or more oxides of carbon and hydrocarbons having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a second fraction predominantly comprises hydrocarbons having 5 to 9 carbon atoms, at least a portion of which hydrocarbons having from 5 to 9 carbon atoms are olefinic; and a third fraction predominantly comprises hydrocarbons having 10 or more carbon atoms; characterized in that at least a portion of the second fraction is recycled to the reaction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: IGTL TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventor: Richard John Hyman