Patents by Inventor Rick Daniels
Rick Daniels 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: 20230366368Abstract: A filter oil composition and a method for removing airborne molecular contaminants from air are provided. The composition includes a first portion comprising paraffinic oil by volume of the composition, a second portion comprising polyalphaolefin by volume of the composition, and a third portion comprising red dye by volume of the composition. Applying the filter oil composition to a cotton air filter material causes tackiness throughout the air filter material, thereby enhancing filtration of air passing through the filter. The composition generally is substantially non-reactive, has excellent oxidation stability, possesses good thermal stability, and retains a suitable viscosity at a normal operating temperature of an automobile engine. In an embodiment, the composition comprises 96.74% paraffinic oil by volume, 3.20% polyalphaolefin by volume, and 0.06% red dye by volume. The viscosity of the composition at 100 degrees-C ranges between substantially 7.2 and 7.6 centistokes (cSTs).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: K&N Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall, Rick Daniels
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Patent number: 11724325Abstract: The disclosure relates to a brazing method for joining substrates, in particular where one of the substrates is difficult to wet with molten braze material. The method includes formation of a porous metal layer on a first substrate to assist wetting of the first substrate with a molten braze metal, which in turn permits joining of the first substrate with a second substrate via a braze metal later in an assembled brazed joint. Ceramic substrates can be particularly difficult to wet with molten braze metals, and the disclosed method can be used to join a ceramic substrate to another substrate. The brazed joint can be incorporated into a solid-oxide fuel cell, for example as a stack component thereof, in particular when the first substrate is a ceramic substrate and the joined substrate is a metallic substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignees: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jason Dale Nicholas, Quan Zhou, Thomas Rector Bieler, Rick Daniel Kerr
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Publication number: 20220372939Abstract: A filter oil composition and a method for removing airborne molecular contaminants from air are provided. The composition includes a first portion comprising paraffinic oil by volume of the composition, a second portion comprising polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume of the composition, and a third portion comprising red dye by volume of the composition. Applying the filter oil composition to a cotton air filter material causes tackiness throughout the air filter material, thereby enhancing filtration of air passing through the filter. The composition generally is substantially non-reactive, has an excellent oxidation stability, possesses good thermal stability, and retains a suitable viscosity at a normal operating temperatures of an automobile engine. In an embodiment, the composition comprises 96.74% paraffinic oil by volume, 3.20% polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume, and 0.06% red dye by volume. A viscosity of the composition at 100 degrees-C ranges between substantially 7.2 and 7.6 centistokes (cSTs).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: K&N Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall, Rick Daniels
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Patent number: 11401895Abstract: A filter oil composition and a method for removing airborne molecular contaminants from air are provided. The composition includes a first portion comprising paraffinic oil by volume of the composition, a second portion comprising polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume of the composition, and a third portion comprising red dye by volume of the composition. Applying the filter oil composition to a cotton air filter material causes tackiness throughout the air filter material, thereby enhancing filtration of air passing through the filter. The composition generally is substantially non-reactive, has an excellent oxidation stability, possesses good thermal stability, and retains a suitable viscosity at a normal operating temperatures of an automobile engine. In an embodiment, the composition comprises 96.74% paraffinic oil by volume, 3.20% polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume, and 0.06% red dye by volume. A viscosity of the composition at 100 degrees-C ranges between substantially 7.2 and 7.6 centistokes (cSTs).Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall, Rick Daniels
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Publication number: 20220055133Abstract: The disclosure relates to a brazing method for joining substrates, in particular where one of the substrates is difficult to wet with molten braze material. The method includes formation of a porous metal layer on a first substrate to assist wetting of the first substrate with a molten braze metal, which in turn permits joining of the first substrate with a second substrate via a braze metal later in an assembled brazed joint. Ceramic substrates can be particularly difficult to wet with molten braze metals, and the disclosed method can be used to join a ceramic substrate to another substrate. The brazed joint can be incorporated into a solid-oxide fuel cell, for example as a stack component thereof, in particular when the first substrate is a ceramic substrate and the joined substrate is a metallic substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Jason Dale Nicholas, Quan Zhou, Thomas Rector Bieler, Rick Daniel Kerr
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Patent number: 11167363Abstract: The disclosure relates to a brazing method for joining substrates, in particular where one of the substrates is difficult to wet with molten braze material. The method includes formation of a porous metal layer on a first substrate to assist wetting of the first substrate with a molten braze metal, which in turn permits joining of the first substrate with a second substrate via a braze metal later in an assembled brazed joint. Ceramic substrates can be particularly difficult to wet with molten braze metals, and the disclosed method can be used to join a ceramic substrate to another substrate. The brazed joint can be incorporated into a solid-oxide fuel cell, for example as a stack component thereof, in particular when the first substrate is a ceramic substrate and the joined substrate is a metallic substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignees: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jason Dale Nicholas, Quan Zhou, Thomas Rector Bieler, Rick Daniel Kerr
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Publication number: 20190203675Abstract: A filter oil composition and a method for removing airborne molecular contaminants from air are provided. The composition includes a first portion comprising paraffinic oil by volume of the composition, a second portion comprising polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume of the composition, and a third portion comprising red dye by volume of the composition. Applying the filter oil composition to a cotton air filter material causes tackiness throughout the air filter material, thereby enhancing filtration of air passing through the filter. The composition generally is substantially non-reactive, has an excellent oxidation stability, possesses good thermal stability, and retains a suitable viscosity at a normal operating temperatures of an automobile engine. In an embodiment, the composition comprises 96.74% paraffinic oil by volume, 3.20% polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume, and 0.06% red dye by volume. A viscosity of the composition at 100 degrees-C ranges between substantially 7.2 and 7.6 centistokes (cSTs).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: K&N Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall, Rick Daniels
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Patent number: 10294897Abstract: A filter oil composition and a method for removing airborne molecular contaminants from air are provided. The composition includes a first portion comprising paraffinic oil by volume of the composition, a second portion comprising polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume of the composition, and a third portion comprising red dye by volume of the composition. Applying the filter oil composition to a cotton air filter material causes tackiness throughout the air filter material, thereby enhancing filtration of air passing through the filter. The composition generally is substantially non-reactive, has an excellent oxidation stability, possesses good thermal stability, and retains a suitable viscosity at a normal operating temperatures of an automobile engine. In an embodiment, the composition comprises 96.74% paraffinic oil by volume, 3.20% polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume, and 0.06% red dye by volume. A viscosity of the composition at 100 degrees-C. ranges between substantially 7.2 and 7.6 centistokes (cSTs).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall, Rick Daniels
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Publication number: 20180326524Abstract: The disclosure relates to a brazing method for joining substrates, in particular where one of the substrates is difficult to wet with molten braze material. The method includes formation of a porous metal layer on a first substrate to assist wetting of the first substrate with a molten braze metal, which in turn permits joining of the first substrate with a second substrate via a braze metal later in an assembled brazed joint. Ceramic substrates can be particularly difficult to wet with molten braze metals, and the disclosed method can be used to join a ceramic substrate to another substrate. The brazed joint can be incorporated into a solid-oxide fuel cell, for example as a stack component thereof, in particular when the first substrate is a ceramic substrate and the joined substrate is a metallic substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Jason Dale Nicholas, Quan Zhou, Thomas Rector Bieler, Rick Daniel Kerr
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Patent number: 10099404Abstract: A method of casting a penis using a kit is provided. The present invention includes a cylinder with a first end cap and a second end cap. An opening may be cut through the sidewall of the cylinder. An opening may also be cut through the first end cap. The user may insert their penis through the opening of the first end cap. A liquid molding material may be poured into the opening through the sidewall so that a substantial portion of the cylinder is filled. The liquid molding material hardens over a first period of time forming a solid mold. The penis may be removed from the solid mold. A liquid casting material is poured into the solid mold and hardens over a second period of time forming a casted penis.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Inventors: Rick Daniels, Edmund Albert McDowell
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Publication number: 20160136850Abstract: A method of casting a penis using a kit is provided. The present invention includes a cylinder with a first end cap and a second end cap. An opening may be cut through the sidewall of the cylinder. An opening may also be cut through the first end cap. The user may insert their penis through the opening of the first end cap. A liquid molding material may be poured into the opening through the sidewall so that a substantial portion of the cylinder is filled. The liquid molding material hardens over a first period of time forming a solid mold. The penis may be removed from the solid mold. A liquid casting material is poured into the solid mold and hardens over a second period of time forming a casted penis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Rick Daniels, Edmund Albert McDowell
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Publication number: 20150314227Abstract: A filter oil composition and a method for removing airborne molecular contaminants from air are provided. The composition includes a first portion comprising paraffinic oil by volume of the composition, a second portion comprising polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume of the composition, and a third portion comprising red dye by volume of the composition. Applying the filter oil composition to a cotton air filter material causes tackiness throughout the air filter material, thereby enhancing filtration of air passing through the filter. The composition generally is substantially non-reactive, has an excellent oxidation stability, possesses good thermal stability, and retains a suitable viscosity at a normal operating temperatures of an automobile engine. In an embodiment, the composition comprises 96.74% paraffinic oil by volume, 3.20% polyalphaolefin (PAO) by volume, and 0.06% red dye by volume. A viscosity of the composition at 100 degrees-C ranges between substantially 7.2 and 7.6 centistokes (cSTs).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: K&N Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall, Rick Daniels
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Publication number: 20120082920Abstract: A method of making a planar solid oxide fuel cell is described involving: (1) sintering at least an electrolyte layer; (2) juxtaposing one of a sintered anode or cathode layer with a metal substrate, with a bonding agent therebetween; and (3) applying heat to bond the juxtaposed anode or cathode layer to the metal substrate; where the anode and cathode layers are each sintered, together or independently, simultaneously with sintering the electrolyte layer, simultaneously with applying heat to bond the ceramic fuel cell element to the metal substrate, or in one or more separate sintering steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Subhasish Mukerjee, Karl J. Haltiner, JR., Rick Daniel Kerr, Wayne Surdoval
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Patent number: 7145282Abstract: An actuator includes a piezoelectric stack within a housing that applies a compressive load to the stack. The housing may include a cylindrical tube closed at one end and may seal the stack against fluid pressure. The housing may be shorter than the length of the piezoelectric stack and may include resilient means for inducing elastic strain in the stack. The resilient means may include one or more slots extending around the circumference of the housing and/or a corrugated region of the housing to form a tension spring at a lower end of the housing. The tension spring may then serve to draw the stack into compression. The stack may include a plurality of layers of piezoelectric or piezoceramic material interspersed with a plurality of layers of electrically conductive material and connecting means for connecting the layers to a source of electrical power.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Charles Dale Oakley, Rick Daniel Kerr, Giulio Angel Ricci-Ottati, Russell Harmon Bosch, Hermann Breitbach, Manfred Kolkman
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Patent number: 6880392Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining an approximation to a measure of the volatility of fuel on-board a vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The method includes the steps of measuring at least one characteristic of the fuel corresponding to a temperature of the fuel, a volume of the fuel, and a concentration of oxygenates within the fuel; determining an approximation of the a measure of the volatility of the sample volume of fuel using a linear function based on the at least one measured characteristic of the fuel corresponding to temperature, volume, and concentration of oxygenates of the fuel. Preferably, at least one temperature measurement is associated with a predetermined volume of the sample as the sample is evaluated. The method can include determining whether a fuel contains ethanol, and if not, whether the fuel is a winter blend of fuel or a summer blend of fuel.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Han-Sheng Lee, David K. Lambert, Charles Robert Harrington, Rick Daniel Kerr
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Publication number: 20030213293Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining an approximation to a measure of the volatility of fuel on-board a vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The method includes the steps of measuring at least one characteristic of the fuel corresponding to a temperature of the fuel, a volume of the fuel, and a concentration of oxygenates within the fuel; determining an approximation of the a measure of the volatility of the sample volume of fuel using a linear function based on the at least one measured characteristic of the fuel corresponding to temperature, volume, and concentration of oxygenates of the fuel. Preferably, at least one temperature measurement is associated with a predetermined volume of the sample as the sample is evaluated. The method can include determining whether a fuel contains ethanol, and if not, whether the fuel is a winter blend of fuel or a summer blend of fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Inventors: Han-Sheng Lee, David K. Lambert, Charles Robert Harrington, Rick Daniel Kerr
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Patent number: D1016700Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: PACCAR IncInventors: Louis Daniel Heilaneh, Victor Garcia, Rick David Barr, Troy Robin McCuller, Jason Leeth