Patents by Inventor Rob Davies

Rob Davies 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: 20240279480
    Abstract: A method to produce carbonblack includes, in a carbonblack reactor having combustion zone and a reaction zone and a feedstock injection zone therebetween, converting a portion of at least one hydrocarbon feedstock to carbon black in the presence of combustion gases generated by burning a fuel in an oxidation gas mixture containing low amounts of nitrogen to form a product stream in which carbon black is carried by hot gases. The carbon black is separated from the hot gas, which is then processed to produce a flue gas high in carbon dioxide and low in nitrogen at least a portion of which is redirected to at least one of the combustion zone, the reaction zone, and the feedstock injection zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Daxiang Wang, Wei-Ming Chi, David S. Crocker, Martin C. Green, David M. Matheu, Rob Davies
  • Patent number: 10738454
    Abstract: A wall-hung toilet including a bowl, a water inlet chamber receiving water, a rim channel, a shroud surrounding at least a portion of the bowl, a rear mount, and a pocket. The rim channel is provided above the bowl and is fluidly connected to the water inlet chamber to receive the water. The rim channel includes an opening that introduces water into a rear portion of the bowl at an angle relative to vertical. The rear mount includes a mounting hole that is configured to connect the toilet to a wall via a fastener engaging the wall and the mounting hole. The pocket is formed in a side of the toilet and extends through the shroud to provide access to an interior side of the mounting hole from the side of the toilet, such that the fastener can be accessed through the pocket from the side of the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Thomas Spankowski, Michael Bates, Rob Davis, Carl Barlett, John Zutz, Thomas C. Jorsch
  • Publication number: 20170337213
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device comprising a processing resource and a machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the processing resource to regenerate metadata. The machine-readable storage medium comprises instructions to detect a damaged meta file in a hierarchical distribution of metadata of a deduplication storage system, instructions to parse meta files in the hierarchical distribution of metadata and instructions to regenerate the damaged meta file based on the parsing of the meta files, wherein the damaged meta file is located in a higher hierarchy with respect to the parsed meta files in the hierarchical distribution of metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: John Michael Butt, Michael Rob Davis, Andrew James Todd
  • Publication number: 20140259351
    Abstract: A wall-hung toilet including a bowl, a water inlet chamber receiving water, a rim channel, a shroud surrounding at least a portion of the bowl, a rear mount, and a pocket. The rim channel is provided above the bowl and is fluidly connected to the water inlet chamber to receive the water. The rim channel includes an opening that introduces water into a rear portion of the bowl at an angle relative to vertical. The rear mount includes a mounting hole that is configured to connect the toilet to a wall via a fastener engaging the wall and the mounting hole. The pocket is formed in a side of the toilet and extends through the shroud to provide access to an interior side of the mounting hole from the side of the toilet, such that the fastener can be accessed through the pocket from the side of the toilet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Spankowski, Michael Bates, Rob Davis, Carl Barlett, John Zutz, Thomas C. Jorsch
  • Publication number: 20100220697
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for performing multi-mode conversations for mobile terminals, comprising the steps of: 1)detecting whether there is Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) available nearby; 2)accessing a network device for correlative location information of another mobile terminal which it intends to communicate with when there is a WLAN available; 3)establishing communication with said another mobile terminal by using said correlative location information via said WLAN after receiving said correlative location information of said another mobile terminal sent back by said network device; and 4)accessing said network device to request updating correlative location information of said mobile terminal when said correlative location information of said mobile terminal changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Bo Liu, Xiaohui Jin, Xiaoling Shao, Rob Davies, Yonggang Du