Patents by Inventor Robert A. Lawrence

Robert A. Lawrence 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).

  • TREATING BIOMASS TO PRODUCE MATERIALS USEFUL FOR BIOFUELS
    Publication number: 20160122837
    Abstract: Fermentable sugar useful for the production of biofuels can be produced from biomass by contacting the biomass with a solution containing at least one ?-hydroxysulfonic acid. The ?-hydroxysulfonic acid can be easily removed from the product and recycled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Richard WEIDER, Robert Lawrence BLACKBOURN
  • Treating biomass to produce materials useful for biofuels
    Patent number: 9290821
    Abstract: Fermentable sugar useful for the production of biofuels can be produced from biomass by contacting the biomass with a solution containing at least one ?-hydroxysulfonic acid. The ?-hydroxysulfonic acid can be easily removed from the product and recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Paul Richard Weider
  • PROCESS FOR TREATING BIOMASS TO PRODUCE MATERIALS USEFUL FOR BIOFUELS
    Publication number: 20160046567
    Abstract: Since biomass is always accompanied by caustic inorganic materials, we have found that the formation of the anion salt of ?-hydroxysulfonic acid represent the largest “loss” of the ?-hydroxysulfonic acid in the potential reversible acid pretreatment process. By titrating the ?-hydroxysulfonic acid salt with strong mineral acid and then reverting the alfa-hydroxysulfonic acid as its primary components, the acid components can be recovered substantially quantitatively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Lawrence BLACKBOURN, Paul Richard WEIDER, Dennis Shane BORISKI
  • Treating biomass to produce materials useful for biofuels
    Patent number: 9212401
    Abstract: Fermentable sugar useful for the production of biofuels can be produced from biomass by contacting the biomass with a solution containing at least one ?-hydroxysulfonic acid. The ?-hydroxysulfonic acid can be easily removed from the product and recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Paul Richard Weider, Robert Lawrence Blackbourn
  • METHODS FOR ASSESSING FLUID FLOW THROUGH A CONDUIT
    Publication number: 20150320357
    Abstract: A method for assessing fluid flow in a conduit includes sensing the fluid flow with a sensor and generating data from the sensor that relates to the sensed fluid flow. The data is output from the sensor and filtered so that it may be interpreted to characterize the fluid flow. The conduit may be a prosthesis such as stent, a stent-graft or a prosthetic vascular graft and the flow may be any body fluid such as blood, bile, or cerebrospinal fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: David John Kuraguntla, Samit Kumar Gupta, Robert Lawrence Rushenberg
  • SYSTEM FOR TEMPERATURE AND ACTUATION CONTROL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FLUID TEMPERATURES IN AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20150321767
    Abstract: A system for fluid temperature control and actuation control for an aircraft engine fueled by dual fuels. The system includes a first fuel system having a first fuel tank fluidly coupled to the engine, a second fuel system having a second fuel tank fluidly coupled to the engine, with the second fuel being different from the first fuel and having a different temperature than the first fuel, a fuel distribution unit (FDU) fluidly coupled to the first fuel tank of the first fuel system, and a fuel-to-fuel cooler (FFC) configured to transfer heat between the first fuel in the first fuel system and the second fuel in the second fuel system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Deepak Manohar KAMATH, Mehdi Milani BALADI, Sergei A. JEREBETS, Robert Lawrence MAYER, Scott Chandler MORTON, Alejandro Yatzail PEREZ VALADEZ
  • Reinforced flexible temperature sensor
    Patent number: 9172288
    Abstract: A stator winding temperature sensor including at least one sensing wire for connecting to a stator. The sensor also includes a body, including a core material comprising a polyimide substrate having an acrylic adhesive surrounding at least a portion of the sensing wire, and a laminate material over the core material. The body has a thickness adapted to protect the sensing wire. The sensor includes a lead wire for connecting to an external monitoring device. The sensing wire is electrically connected to the lead wire at a lead step portion of the sensor. The sensor further includes a tab extending from the lead wire and encompassing the lead step, the tab including a flexible zone where the tab is surrounded by a polyimide and an adhesive but is not surrounded by fiberglass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Measurement Specialities, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Lesmeister, Peter David Bernier, Mark Jeffery Swenson, Robert Lawrence Geiselman
  • JAW SUPPORT FOR POUCH FILLER
    Publication number: 20150290896
    Abstract: A jaw support and a sealing jaw for form, fill and seal machines are provided. In alternative embodiments, the form, fill and seal machines may include a fitment applicator station, a fitment applicator, a fitment heater assembly and a sealing jaw constructed and arranged to form a container and transfer and apply a fitment to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Lawrence Gynnild
  • ATTACHMENT FOR A HAND HELD APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20150265023
    Abstract: An attachment for a hand held appliance comprising a body having a wall, a fluid inlet at one end of the wall and a fluid outlet through the wall wherein the fluid outlet comprises at least one slot extending along the wall and wherein the at least one slot is formed by an overlap of a first end of the wall and a second end of the wall. The wall may be formed from at least two plates. A first one of the at least two plates may comprise the first end of the wall and a second one may comprise the second end of the wall. The first of the at least two plates may define a radially inner surface of the slot. The second one of the at least two plates may define a radially outer surface of the slot. The slot may be tangential to the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Alasdair Michael MACLAINE, Robert Lawrence TWEEDIE
  • DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150256589
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to data processing systems and methods for supporting data source integration, such as, for example, real-time web-site modification within a preserved security context by using a substitute an IP address of a desired resource to redirect a request for that resource to a proxy that can provide any such integration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Frank NEWBURN, Saana Pauliina LIIMATAINEN, Robert Lawrence MALLEY
  • Electromagnetic radiation decoupler
    Patent number: 9104952
    Abstract: An electromagnetic radiation decoupler for decoupling radiation in the wavelength range ?min to ?max. The decoupler has a first conductor layer in contact with a dielectric layer which comprises at least one area of absence and the thickness of the decoupler is less than ?min/4n, where n is the refractive index of the dielectric. The dielectric layer may be sandwiched between two conductor layers, one of which has the structure described above. The invention is also directed to methods of using and various articles comprising such a decoupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: OMNI-ID Cayman Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Lawrence, Paul Richard Clarke, James Robert Brown, William Norman Damerell
  • Jaw support for a pouch filler
    Patent number: 9102424
    Abstract: A jaw support and a sealing jaw for form, fill and seal machines are provided. In alternative embodiments, the form, fill and seal machines may include a fitment applicator station, a fitment applicator, a fitment heater assembly and a sealing jaw constructed and arranged to form a container and transfer and apply a fitment to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Robert Lawrence Gynnild
  • MULTI-TOUCH ATTRIBUTION MODEL FOR VALUING IMPRESSIONS AND OTHER ONLINE ACTIVITIES
    Publication number: 20150220974
    Abstract: To implement a multi-touch attribution model, a conversion event resulting from user activity is programmatically detected. A set of events that precede the conversion event is identified. Respective events of the set occur on respective websites. The conversion event is attributed to multiple websites of the respective websites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew David Curcio, Robert Lawrence Grzywinski, Benjamin Charles Linsay
  • Surface treating appliance
    Patent number: 9089247
    Abstract: A surface treating appliance including an electrical influence machine comprising a first non electrically conductive support structure spaced from a second non electrically conductive support structure, at least one of the support structures being arranged to move with respect to the other support structure, and at least two charge collecting points, and further comprising an air turbine for rotating at least one of the support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Robert Lawrence Tweedie
  • Injection mold having a simplified cooling system
    Patent number: 9089998
    Abstract: An injection mold assembly for a high output consumer product injection molding machine, the injection mold assembly having a simplified cooling system. The simplified cooling system has a cooling complexity factor of less than three, preferably less than two, more preferably less than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: iMFLUX, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Ralph Edwin Neufarth, John Boyet Stevens, Robert Lawrence Prosise, James Edward Poland, John Moncrief Layman, Danny David Lumpkin
  • Fitment indexer for a pouch filler
    Patent number: 9061782
    Abstract: A form, fill and seal machine includes a feed conveyor system (600), a fitment indexing module (650) and a fitment indexer (400) constructed and arranged to transfer a fitment to a fitment applicator station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Robert Lawrence Gynnild
  • EGR cooler
    Patent number: 9062634
    Abstract: An EGR cooler core has multiple tubes for conveying engine exhaust gas. Tube inlets are joined to a flat inlet header plate at tube/header plate joints in a flat zone of the inlet header plate. An endless groove in the inlet header plate circumscribes the joints while reducing a constant nominal thickness of the header plate in the flat zone along the groove without creating an opening through the header plate. This gives some compliance to the flat zone for mitigation of stresses induced by tube growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Internaitonal Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Shouhao Wu, Robert Lawrence Rowells
  • Pinned battery cell array for a hybrid electric vehicle
    Patent number: 9054401
    Abstract: An energy storage system comprising at least one energy storage module adapted to supply electrical energy to a hybrid vehicle. The energy storage module comprises an enclosure, at least one battery array located within the enclosure comprised of one or more battery cells held in place between side rails and secured by end plates and mounting pins. The end plates also include flanges which secure the end plates behind the pins. The pin arrangement provides more secure holding and helps prevent torque loosening during operation. The battery array also includes cell retainers between each cell to reduce thermal transfer between cells, and an insulation liner between the battery cells and the side rails to improve creepage and clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell B. Hopkins, Clyde H. Johnson, Robert A. Lawrence, Dean M. Ford, Steven T. Reyburn, Derek A. Delrymple, Bruce E. Miller
  • BATTERY ASSEMBLY INTERNAL CONNECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150155544
    Abstract: A battery assembly internal connection device for making an electrical connection within a battery assembly that includes a plurality of cells. The device is operable from a pre-stage position where no electrical connection is made to a final position where an electrical connection is made. The device includes a terminal configured to make electrical contact with a first electrode of a cell when the device is operated to the final position. The terminal may optionally include a sharp portion configured to cut through dielectric material covering the first electrode as the device is operated from the pre-stage position to the final position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: ROBERT C. BEER, MARK A. EBENHART, ROBERT A. LAWRENCE
  • MEDIA DRIVE RESTRAINT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CLOSED MEDIA TRAY
    Publication number: 20150145919
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device for a printer includes a movable tray for supporting a print media. The tray is movable between an open position in which media may be moved on to the tray and a closed position in which media is blocked from moving on to the tray. The device also includes a rotatable media drive component for moving print media on to the tray and a movable restraint operatively connected to the tray. The restraint is movable between: a first position, corresponding to the open position of the tray, in which the restraint does not restrain the media drive component; and a second position, corresponding to the closed position of the tray, in which the restraint restrains rotation of the media drive component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Mark G. Miranda, Keith Jariabka, Robert Lawrence Winburne