Patents by Inventor Robert A. Andrews

Robert A. Andrews 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: 11954669
    Abstract: Authentication method and systems using RFID-enabled payment cards are disclosed herein where a server receives a request corresponding to authorization of a payment associated with a payment card from an electronic terminal. The server identifies an electronic device of a user associated with the payment card. The server then transmits an instruction to the electronic device to cause an RFID reader of the electronic device to determine whether an RFID tag corresponding to the payment card is located within a predetermined proximity to the electronic device. When the payment card is located within the predetermined proximity, the server executes a first authentication protocol. Moreover, when the payment card is not located within the predetermined proximity, the server executes a second authentication protocol, wherein the second authentication protocol is more restrictive than the first authentication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Bryan J. Osterkamp, Kelly Q. Baker, David M. Jones, Jr., Ryan Thomas Russell, Robert Andrew Massie, Jon D. McEachron
  • Publication number: 20240108115
    Abstract: A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet and an attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet. A curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment is configured such that airflow exiting the air outlet generates a first force to attract hair toward the curved surface, and a second force to push hair away from the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Patent number: 11946269
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a modular design and build architecture, comprising: one or more integrated system module (ISMs) that are configured to be shipped and assembled on-site to construct an operational infrastructure for one or more application environments, wherein each of the ISMs comprises two or more different functional components that are integrated onto and/or supported by a common structural floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nautilus TRUE, LLC
    Inventors: Gabe Andrews, Chase Abercrombie Ott, Robert C. Pfleging, Patrick J. Quirk
  • Patent number: 11946876
    Abstract: Improved inspection techniques are described herein for checking for the presence of and identifying surface defects on a honeycomb body. The improved inspection utilizes measurement of travel of an outer surface of the honeycomb body to collect images of the outer surface. The images are combined into a composite image showing the outer surface of the honeycomb body. The composite image is analyzed to identify surface defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Joshua Andrew Barnes, Russell Wayne Madara, Robert Joseph O'Loughlin, Jr., Christie James Suber, Eric Daniel Treacy, Paul Edward Washburn, Michael Yen-Ting Wu, Xiaotian Zou
  • Publication number: 20240099441
    Abstract: A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet and an attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet. A curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment is configured such that airflow exiting the air outlet generates a first force to attract hair toward the curved surface, and a second force to push hair away from the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Publication number: 20240102241
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to the use of black liquors from kraft pulp mills as a source of catalysts for the thermochemical conversion of organic matter feedstocks to bio oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Canfor Pulp Ltd., Licella Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: William Neil Rowlands, Leonard James Humphreys, Robert William Clayton Thew, James Allan Spankie, Victor Charles Uloth, Pawl Andrew Watson, Martin William Pudlas
  • Patent number: 11938051
    Abstract: Cervical collars, components thereof, and methods of using them overcome issues with conventional cervical collars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DJO, LLC
    Inventors: Alexis Doty, Tara VandenBerg, Robert Bejarano, Kevin Patrick Larmer, J. Andrew Moulds, Jeffrey M. Mullally, Paul J. Klock
  • Patent number: 11941578
    Abstract: Methods and systems using unqiue item identifiers and a wireless device to (a) authenticate authorization to take possession of an item and (b) specifying and/or tracking service processing of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Laundry Chute, LLC
    Inventors: James Andrew Janis, David Dwane Conklin, Robert Alan Young
  • Patent number: 11943869
    Abstract: An improved circuit board core material, and method of making the circuit board core material, is provided wherein the circuit board core material is particularly suitable for use in a circuit board. The circuit board core material comprises a laminate. The laminate comprises a prepreg layer with a first clad layer on the prepreg layer wherein the prepreg layer comprises a pocket. An electronic component is in the pocket wherein the electronic component comprises a first external termination and a second external termination. The first external termination is laminated to, and in electrical contact with, the first clad layer and said second external termination is in electrical contact with a conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KEMET Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Summey, Peter A. Blais, Robert Andrew Ramsbottom, Jeffrey Poltorak, Courtney Elliott
  • Publication number: 20240090966
    Abstract: A surgical draping system includes an under-draping, an over-draping, and a connecting draping connected by the under-draping and the over-draping. The surgical draping system is used to establish and maintain a surgical corridor to a surgical site or sites on a patient supported by a surgical table. The surgical draping system can accommodate rotation of the patient on the surgical table, such that the sterile surgical corridor is maintained even during such rotation. The sterile surgical corridor extends through an aperture formed in the over-draping, through an enclosed passageway formed through the connecting draping, and through an aperture formed in the under-draping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Beale, Robert Andrew Fields, Richard Hynes, Matthew Morrison
  • Publication number: 20240096562
    Abstract: Provided herein is an improved capacitor. The capacitor comprises a capacitor body comprising an anode, a dielectric on the anode and a cathode on the dielectric. At least two anode wires are in electrical contact with the anode and extending from the capacitor body. At least one anode node, or an anode node remnant, wherein each anode wire of the anode wires is in electrical contact with at least one anode node or anode remnant. An encapsulant encases the capacitor body. At least a portion of the anode node, or anode node remnant, is in electrical connection with an external termination. A cathode external termination is in electrical contact with the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon K. Summey, Jeffrey Poltorak, Robert Andrew Ramsbottom, Kevin A. Agosto
  • Patent number: 11931041
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, includes an occlusive device comprising a mesh having a low-profile state for intravascular delivery to the aneurysm and a deployed state, the mesh comprising a first end portion, a second end portion, and a length extending between the first and second end portions, and a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, and a width extending between the first and second lateral edges. The mesh may have a predetermined shape in the deployed state in which (a) the mesh is curved along its width, (b) the mesh is curved along its length, and (c) the mesh has an undulating contour across at least a portion of one or both of its length or its width. The mesh is configured to be positioned within the aneurysm in the deployed state such that the mesh extends over the neck of the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Gregory Hamel, Patrick Quinn, Arturo Rosqueta, Stephen Sosnowski, Christopher Andrews, Hieu Dang, Dinh Nguyen, Robert Pecor, Minh Q. Dinh, Ahramahzd Tatavoosian
  • Patent number: 11932438
    Abstract: A rotatable bag rack to support a plurality of bag types. The bag rack includes a stand and a rack. The rack is pivotally mounted to the stand so as to be rotatable about a pivot axis relative to the stand between a first position to hold a first bag type and a second position to hold a second bag type. The rack includes a pair of spaced apart arms to hold the first bag type that, in the first position, extends forward relative to the pivot axis. The rack, in the second position, extends downward relative to the pivot axis. The rack also includes a hanger fixed relative to the arms to hold a second bag type that, in the first position, extends backward relative to the pivot axis. The rack, in the second position, extends upward relative to the pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Myers, Kevin Gierl
  • Patent number: 11932497
    Abstract: A method of inverting workpieces in a mass production process includes: advancing an end effector in electronic synchronization with advancement of a carrier to synchronize arrival of the carrier at a stop position with arrival of the end effector at an unloading position, in which the end effector is in alignment with a workpiece held by the carrier for engaging the workpiece; while the end effector is in engagement with the workpiece, retracting the end effector away from the carrier to unload the workpiece from the carrier and advancing the end effector back toward the carrier to load the workpiece back into the carrier; and rotating the end effector relative to the carrier to invert the workpiece in electronic synchronization with the retracting and advancing of the end effector for loading the workpiece back into the carrier when inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ATS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Nicholson, Philip David Munroe, James Mark McLean, Robert James MacGregor, David Andrew Tait, Gustavo Barea, Roger Craig Hogan
  • Publication number: 20240081506
    Abstract: A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet and an attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet. A curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment is configured such that airflow exiting the air outlet generates a first force to attract hair toward the curved surface, and a second force to push hair away from the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Publication number: 20240081510
    Abstract: A personal care product is provided including an applicator head with a flat treatment sheet. The personal care product also includes a cover configured to surround the applicator head and to cover the treatment sheet. The cover includes a base with a planar outer surface. The cover also includes an outer rim around a perimeter of the planar outer surface and an inner rim configured to engage a portion of the applicator head. The planar outer surface of the base defines a plane. The personal care product includes a center of gravity with a projection in the plane, where the length of the one or more tabs along the plane exceeds a length between the projection and the inner rim along the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Duncan McEwen, Robert Andrew Keamey, Mark Peterson
  • Publication number: 20240083048
    Abstract: A personal care product is provided including an applicator head with a flat treatment sheet. The personal care product also includes a cover configured to surround the applicator head and to cover the treatment sheet. The cover includes a base with a planar outer surface. The cover also includes an outer rim around a perimeter of the planar outer surface and an inner rim configured to engage a portion of the applicator head. The planar outer surface of the base defines a plane. The personal care product includes a center of gravity with a projection in the plane, where the length of the one or more tabs along the plane exceeds a length between the projection and the inner rim along the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Duncan McEwen, Robert Andrew Kearney, Mark Peterson
  • Publication number: 20240083049
    Abstract: A personal care product is provided including an applicator head with a flat treatment sheet. The personal care product also includes a cover configured to surround the applicator head and to cover the treatment sheet. The cover includes a base with a planar outer surface. The cover also includes an outer rim around a perimeter of the planar outer surface and an inner rim configured to engage a portion of the applicator head. The planar outer surface of the base defines a plane. The personal care product includes a center of gravity with a projection in the plane, where the length of the one or more tabs along the plane exceeds a length between the projection and the inner rim along the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Duncan McEwen, Robert Andrew Kearney, Mark Peterson
  • Publication number: 20240081505
    Abstract: An attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet for emitting the airflow. The attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet, and a flat surface adjacent to and extending rearwardly from the air outlet. A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet. The haircare appliance has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet, and a flat surface adjacent to and extending rearwardly from the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Patent number: 11928976
    Abstract: A system having components coupled to an aircraft in operation processes sensor-derived data, performs a localization cross-checking procedure, and dynamically generates updated analyses of the position and orientation of the aircraft. Based on the updated analyses, the system can generate instructions for flight control of the aircraft and can update flight control instructions as new data is received and processed. The system functions to reduce the “worst-case” bounds on a localization estimate for the aircraft to a low enough level that is appropriate for completing a flight operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Reliable Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Sherback, Robert W. Rose, Matthew T. Nehrenz, John P. Couluris