Patents by Inventor Robert A. Stanley

Robert A. Stanley 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: 20100029537
    Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated benefit agents, compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents and processes for making and using compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents that do not require or require a reduced amount of scavenger materials. Such encapsulated benefit agents, compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents are processed such that no or lower levels of scavenger materials are required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Appleton Papers Inc. (a Delaware corporation)
    Inventors: Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Walter Franciscus Joanna Vanderveken, Sanford Theodore Kirksey, JR., John Charles DeBraal, Robert Stanley Bobnock, Adam Keith Druckrey, Gary Thomas Hart
  • Patent number: 7630177
    Abstract: In a tunnel magnetoresistive (TMR) device, free sublayers are separated by an intermediate spacer layer that serves to ensure a uniform circumferential magnetization in the free stack, counterbalancing orange-peel coupling by antiferromagnetic exchange coupling. Thus, a CPP MR device may have a seed stack, a pinned stack on the seed stack, and a tunnel barrier on the pinned stack. A free stack can be on the tunnel barrier, and the free stack can include structure for promoting uniform circumferential magnetization in the free stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Beach, David Eugene Heim, Vladimir Nikitin, David John Seagle
  • Publication number: 20090286021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal transfer image receiving sheet comprising a substrate sheet having a first surface and second surface; a non-separable transfer layer provided on at least a first surface of the substrate; optionally an intermediate layer is coated between the transfer layer and paper substrate. The non-separable transfer layer and optional intermediate layer are relatively permanently affixed to the substrate. The intermediate layer can comprise an oil absorptive pigment having an absorbance of at least 90 grams per square meter, and a binder composition comprising a water soluble carboxyalkyl starch or cellulose at from 0.1 to 25 percent by weight based on weight of the intermediate layer. The transfer layer comprises an oil absorptive pigment having an absorbance of at least 90 grams per square meter, and a binder composition comprising water soluble carboxyalkyl starch or carboxyalkyl cellulose at from 0.1 to 20 percent by weight based on weight of the transfer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Appleton Papers Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Stephen Kulibert, Robert Stanley Bobnock
  • Patent number: 7578659
    Abstract: A discharge muffler (20) in an HVAC&R system (100) includes a plurality of tubes (34, 38, 42) of predetermined length that are disposed at a predetermined spacing in substantially mutual axial alignment by a plate (30). The tubes (34, 38, 42) are secured adjacent to a compressor discharge (24) to minimize pressure reduction, improve flow characteristics and improve efficiency of the HVAC&R system (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: York International Corporation
    Inventors: William Joseph Fox, Robert Clarence Sleighter, Jr., Robert Stanley Miller, James Edwin Bender
  • Patent number: 7574791
    Abstract: A method for fabricating magnetic side shields for an MR sensor of a magnetic head. Following the deposition of MR sensor layers, a first DLC layer is deposited. Milling mask layers are then deposited, and outer portions of the milling mask layers are removed such that a remaining central portion of the milling mask layers is formed having straight sidewalls and no undercuts. Outer portions of the sensor layers are then removed such that a relatively thick remaining central portion of the milling mask resides above the remaining sensor layers. A thin electrical insulation layer is deposited, followed by the deposition of magnetic side shields. A second DLC layer is deposited and the remaining mask layers are then removed utilizing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) liftoff step. Thereafter, the first DLC layer and the second DLC layer are removed and a second magnetic shield layer is then fabricated thereabove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Satoru Araki, Robert Stanley Beach, Marie-Claire Cyrille, Wipul Pemsiri Jayasekara, Quang Le, Jui-Lung Li, David John Seagle, Howard Gordon Zolla
  • Publication number: 20090193352
    Abstract: A method of assisting a user in their search of the internet or other network. The user selects content from a set of search results at which time a graphical interface is presented to the user. By interacting with the presented interface the user relays their intent regarding the selected content, which is then appended to their current search allowing a new set of results to be returned. The user may repeat this process as many times as may be necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventor: Robert Stanley Bunn
  • Patent number: 7530158
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for fabricating a CPP read head for a magnetic disk drive having an electrical isolation layer. The method includes providing a first shield layer, depositing a sensor stack on the first shield layer, a CMP stop layer is deposited on the sensor stack, and a release layer is deposited a on the CMP stop layer. Photoresist material containing Si is deposited on the release layer, and the photoresist material is then patterned and then oxidized by Reactive Ion Etching to form a high temperature photomask. The electrical isolation layer is then deposited to surround the sensor stack using a high temperature deposition process. The read head is then continued as either an in-stack bias sensor with ‘draped shield’ variation, or a hard bias stabilization variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Satoru Araki, Robert Stanley Beach, Ying Hong, Thomas L. Leong, Timothy J. Minvielle, Howard Gordon Zolla
  • Publication number: 20090050488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrolytic cathode assemblies typically used in the refining or winning of metals and to methods of manufacturing and using same. The cathode assembly comprises an electrically conductive hanger bar and a deposition plate attached along an upper end to the hanger bar to define a joint. The cathode assembly further comprises a protective covering having lateral edges and surrounding the hanger bar and a portion of the upper end of the deposition plate so as to substantially enclose the joint and to leave end portions of the hanger bar exposed outside of the lateral edges of the protective covering. Each end of the protective covering includes a corrosion resistant material positioned to form a substantially continuous seal between the protective covering and the hanger bar, thereby to at least hinder fluid flow into the protective covering. Methods of manufacturing and using the electrolytic cathode assemblies are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: EPCM Services ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Jickling, Gordon Steven Iverson
  • Patent number: 7491152
    Abstract: A control system and method is provided for controlling engagement of a vehicle master clutch (16) in response to a throttle operating parameter. The method includes the steps of determining a throttle operating parameter value and setting an operating mode of the clutch based on the throttle operating parameter value. The method may include the steps of comparing the throttle operating parameter value to a threshold value and setting the operating mode of the clutch based on the comparison step. The control system includes a microprocessor for receiving signals corresponding to a throttle operating parameter value. The microprocessor sets an operating mode of the clutch based on the throttle operating parameter value or, optionally, the comparison of the throttle operating parameter value to a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Martin Fowler, Robert Stanley Wheeler, Jon A. Steeby, Anthony Stasik, Jeffrey P. Hawarden
  • Patent number: 7469466
    Abstract: A method of temporarily protecting an electrically sensitive component from damage due to electrostatic discharge is disclosed. The method includes the steps of defining a first shield that forms a first lead for both a component and a shunt; depositing a conductive material on the first shield to form the component and the shunt; defining an edge of the component and an edge of the shunt together in a single masking step; refilling with insulation adjacent the component and the shunt to their respective edges on the first shield; defining a second shield on both the component and the shunt that forms a second lead for both the component and the shunt to form a shunted assembly that electrically protects the component; lapping the shunted assembly; and removing a portion of the shunted assembly to remove the shunt and form an electrical open for an unshunted assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands BV
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Beach, David John Seagle, Jila Tabib
  • Publication number: 20080243010
    Abstract: A non-invasive blood pressure system comprises a blood pressure cuff having an identifier and an aperture such that the identifier can be read through the aperture when the cuff is in a desired configuration. Another comprises a processor in operative communication with the cuff and configured to initiate a blood pressure determination when the identifier can be read through the aperture, while a method provides such blood pressure cuffs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert Stanley Kulik
  • Patent number: 7421360
    Abstract: In one embodiment, and in response to an ordered sequence of events corresponding to execution of a plurality of tests on at least one device under test (DUT), 1) a plurality of data objects are created, the data objects including A) some data objects that correspond to logical groupings of test results implied by ones of the events, and B) a generic data object that corresponds to a user-defined one of the events; 2) ones of the data objects are related to others of the data objects in a hierarchical tree structure, with the generic data object being related to others of the data objects based on the position of the user-defined event in the ordered sequence of events; and 3) data corresponding to ones of the events is related to ones of the data objects in the hierarchical tree structure. A number of data formatters are provided access to the plurality of data objects and data associated with the hierarchical tree structure. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Verigy (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Kolman, Reid Hayhow
  • Publication number: 20080131575
    Abstract: A frozen confection having a total solids content of from 5 to 15% by weight of the frozen confection, an overrun of less than 20% and a Young's modulus of less than 150 MPa at ?18° C. is provided. A process for preparing such a frozen confection is also provided, the process comprising: preparing a dispersion comprising: 25% to 75% by weight of frozen particles having a mean size of from 1 to 10 mm and a mean aspect ratio of 1.5 or less; and 75% to 25% by weight of a mix; and subsequently cooling the dispersion to below ?10° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Ian William Burns, Robert Stanley Farr, Andrew Hoddle, Daniel Matthew Mayes
  • Patent number: 7378862
    Abstract: The present invention eliminates the indexing time of an SOC tester, or at least reduces it to the time delay for an electronic switch to toggle or a mechanical shift to occur between two banks of DUTs to be tested on a DUT load board mounted on a test head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Verigy (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert Stanley Kolman
  • Patent number: 7374639
    Abstract: A papermaking belt having a reinforcing structure and a pattern layer is disclosed. The reinforcing layer has a first layer of interwoven machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns. The machine direction and cross-machine direction yarns of the first layer are interwoven in a weave. The pattern layer extends outwardly from and into the first layer. The pattern layer provides a web contacting surface facing outwardly from the first layer. The pattern layer further has at least one region having an amorphous pattern of elongate two-dimensional geometrical shapes having a longitudinal axis having an angle relative to either of the machine direction or the cross-machine direction. The amorphous pattern of two-dimensional geometrical shapes has a statically controlled degree of randomness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Ampulski, Osman Polat
  • Patent number: 7311800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to embossed tissue-towel paper products comprising one or more plies of tissue paper wherein at least one of the plies of tissue paper comprises a plurality of embossments wherein the at least one embossed plies have a total embossed area less than or equal to about 15% and an average embossment height of at least about 650 ?m and E factor of between about 0.0150 to about 1.0000 inches4 per number of embossments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Russell, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi, Mark Edwin Forry, Ward William Ostendorf, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Jr., Robert Stanley Ampulski
  • Patent number: 7238343
    Abstract: Hair removal, especially from armpits damages skin, for example by irritating it, and this can be exacerbated by the application of antiperspirants to control body odour generation. In the present invention, the deleterious effects of hair removal, eg shaving, and antiperspirancy can be ameliorated by employing antiperspirant compositions containing a natural oil and glycerol to a combined concentration of from 1.5 to 15% by weight and in a weight ratio of from 4:1 to 1:4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Lee, Allan Watkinson
  • Patent number: 7168630
    Abstract: Methods and devices for repelling insects are disclosed. The methods and devices provide personal protection from insect bites and insect landings, particularly mosquito bites. The methods and devices employ insect repellents such as pyrethroids at low (parts per billion) levels. The methods and devices effectively minimize the number of mosquitoes landing on a subject properly using the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia Mary Ketcha, Pedro Antonio Rodriguez, Todd Laurence Underiner, Lowen Robert Morrison, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Robert Stanley Dirksing, David Burton Moore, Kendal William Kerr, James Douglas Still, Peter Blenkiron, Fernando Benvegnu, John Patrick Herlinger, Charles Winston Saunders, Andrew Wilson
  • Patent number: 7152809
    Abstract: Methods and devices for repelling insects are disclosed. The methods and devices provide personal protection from insect bites and insect landings, particularly mosquito bites. The methods and devices employ insect repellents such as pyrethroids at low (parts per billion) levels. The methods and devices effectively minimize the number of mosquitoes landing on a subject properly using the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia Mary Ketcha, Pedro Antonio Rodriguez, Todd Laurence Underiner, Lowen Robert Morrison, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Robert Stanley Dirksing, David Burton Moore, Kendal William Kerr, James Douglas Still, Peter Blenkiron, Fernando Benvegnu, John Patrick Herlinger, Charles Winston Saunders, Andrew Wilson
  • Patent number: 7122199
    Abstract: A method of bleaching a plurality of adjacent teeth is disclosed. The teeth having facial and lingual surfaces. The method includes applying a tooth bleaching delivery system to a plurality of adjacent teeth, wherein the tooth bleaching delivery system includes a strip of material and a tooth bleaching composition having a peroxide active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Albert Sagel, Robert Stanley Dirksing, Frederick James Rohman, Lisa Rae Glaser