Patents by Inventor Robert A. Wade

Robert A. Wade 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: 20120266947
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solar cell that comprises a planar semiconductor substrate with a front and a back; a multitude of holes that interconnect the front and the back; and current-collecting electrical contacts that are exclusively arranged on the back. The front comprises highly doped regions and lightly doped regions of a first type such that in each case the holes are situated in a highly doped region or adjoin such a region. According to a first aspect of the invention, the highly doped regions are arranged locally around the holes. According to a second aspect of the invention, the front comprises at least one region without holes, and the highly doped regions comprise one region or several regions that extends/extend to the at least one hole-free region. The invention furthermore relates to methods for manufacturing such solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Q-CELLS SE
    Inventors: Joerg Mueller, Robert Wade, Markus Hlusiak
  • Publication number: 20120247108
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a turbine combustor probe having a combustion dynamics monitoring probe configured to monitor combustion dynamics within a turbine combustor. The turbine combustor probe also has a gas sampling sleeve configured to collect a gas sample from an airflow path between a liner and a flow sleeve of the turbine combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bryan Wesley Romig, Jonathan Hale Kegley, Robert Wade Clifford, Derrick Walter Simons
  • Publication number: 20120153573
    Abstract: A fluid seal assembly (the assembly) of the present invention is disposed between an outer surface, i.e. engine block or any other part that requires application of the assembly and a rotatable member, such as, for example a shaft, wherein the assembly circumscribes the shaft and lubricated the shaft and the same rotates around the axis. The assembly includes a primary seal and a wear sleeve. The primary seal includes a casing and a seal element that contacts a sealing surface on the wear sleeve. The casing includes an outer diameter and an outer seal formed onto the outer diameter. The wear sleeve has a cylindrical portion defining an inner diameter and an inner seal formed into the inner diameter of the wear sleeve. The outer and inner seals of the present invention provide improved retention in metal bores during thermal expansion and eliminate spring back effect of the assembly after installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Alfred Robert Wade, John Randolph Tipps, Bret Thomas Dana
  • Patent number: 8186260
    Abstract: Embodiments of a translating adjacent-blast shield and method of protecting external slots of a missile from a high-temperature, high-pressure gas plume of a missile that is launched from an adjacent or nearby launcher tube of a launcher are disclosed herein. The translating adjacent-blast shield may be provided circumferentially around each of the missiles in a launcher and may cover at least portions of external slots of the missiles. The translating adjacent-blast shield may translate along the missile during launch to expose the external slots and may remain on the missile after launch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert Wade Martin, Philip Scott Rice
  • Publication number: 20120103175
    Abstract: Embodiments of a translating adjacent-blast shield and method of protecting external slots of a missile from a high-temperature, high-pressure gas plume of a missile that is launched from an adjacent or nearby launcher tube of a launcher are disclosed herein. The translating adjacent-blast shield may be provided circumferentially around each of the missiles in a launcher and may cover at least portions of external slots of the missiles. The translating adjacent-blast shield may translate along the missile during launch to expose the external slots and may remain on the missile after launch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert Wade Martin, Philip Scott Rice
  • Publication number: 20110276028
    Abstract: A method and a drug delivery system for transdermally administering parathyroid hormone (PTH) in a pulsatile fashion are provided, where the drug delivery system comprises an array of microprojections each comprising PTH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Corium International, Inc.
    Inventors: Parminder Singh, Danir Bairamov, Guohua Chen, Robert Wade Worsham
  • Publication number: 20110276027
    Abstract: An applicator for a microprojection array is described. In one embodiment, the applicator comprises an energy-storing element. Application of force causes the compressed energy-storing element to extend or transition from first and second configurations, releasing stored energy to deploy a holding member in the application which is configured to hold an array of microprojections. In another embodiment, the applicator comprises an energy storing element with two stable configurations, a first stable configuration and second stable configuration. Application of force causes the energy-storing element to transition from the higher energy first stable configuration to the lower energy second stable configuration, releasing the difference in energies of the two states to deploy a holding member in the application which is configured to hold an array of microprojections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Corium International, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph C. Trautman, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne, Anthony Le, Robert Wade Worsham, Parminder Singh
  • Publication number: 20110059262
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for coating a wood substrate, the coating composition curable by radiation having a wavelength of 320 nm to 450 nm and the coated product so-produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: Aaron A. Lockhart, Robert A. Wade, Michael J. Dvorchak, Clifford M. Bridges
  • Publication number: 20110006458
    Abstract: Methods for the manufacture of a microprojection array are provided. In the methods, a formulation is introduced into cavities of a microprojection array mold by means that achieve a uniform amount of formulation retained in each cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Corium International, Inc.
    Inventors: Appala Sagi, Joseph C. Trautman, Guohua Chen, Robert Wade Worsham, Parminder Singh
  • Patent number: 7851696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solar cell that comprises a planar semiconductor substrate with a front and a back; a multitude of holes that interconnect the front and the back; and current-collecting electrical contacts that are exclusively arranged on the back. The front comprises highly doped regions and lightly doped regions of a first type such that in each case the holes are situated in a highly doped region or adjoin such a region. According to a first aspect of the invention, the highly doped regions are arranged locally around the holes. According to a second aspect of the invention, the front comprises at least one region without holes, and the highly doped regions comprise one region or several regions that extends/extend to the at least one hole-free region. The invention furthermore relates to methods for manufacturing such solar cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Q-Cells SE
    Inventors: Joerg Mueller, Robert Wade, Markus Hlusiak
  • Publication number: 20100071758
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solar cell that comprises a planar semiconductor substrate with a front and a back; a multitude of holes that interconnect the front and the back; and current-collecting electrical contacts that are exclusively arranged on the back. The front comprises highly doped regions and lightly doped regions of a first type such that in each case the holes are situated in a highly doped region or adjoin such a region. According to a first aspect of the invention, the highly doped regions are arranged locally around the holes. According to a second aspect of the invention, the front comprises at least one region without holes, and the highly doped regions comprise one region or several regions that extends/extend to the at least one hole-free region. The invention furthermore relates to methods for manufacturing such solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Q-CELLS SE
    Inventors: Joerg MUELLER, Robert WADE, Markus HLUSIAK
  • Publication number: 20090211628
    Abstract: The invention concerns a solar cell (1) and a method for making same, said solar cell (1) comprising on its rear surface (3) both the emission contact (43) and the base contact (45), those two contacts (43, 45) being electrically isolated from each other by flanks (5) whereof the metal coating has been removed. The emitting zones (4) of the rear surface (3) of the cell are connected by channels to the transmitter (9) of the front face (8) of the cell. The emitting zones (4) of the rear surface (3) of the cell and the channels (7) consist of a laser. The metal coating of the side walls is removed by selective etching, said metal coating being removed only in the zone of the flanks (5) where the etching barrier layer (11) is insufficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Institut Fur Solarenergieforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Engelhart, Andreas Teppe, Rainer Grischke, Robert Wade
  • Publication number: 20090155330
    Abstract: A microprojection array is provided, comprising an approximately planar base and a plurality of microprojections, wherein the array comprises a vaccine and a polymeric material. The array may have multiple layers. The vaccine may be placed in only one layer. In another embodiment of the invention, a method of preventing a disease is provided, comprising insertion into the skin of a patient an array of microprojections comprising a layer which comprises a vaccine for that disease and a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Corium International, Inc.
    Inventors: Esi Ghartey-Tagoe, Janet Wendorf, Steve Williams, Parminder Singh, Robert Wade Worsham, Joseph C. Trautman, Danir Bayramov, Danny Lee Bowers, Andy Klemm, Steven Richard Klemm, Guohua Chen
  • Patent number: 7514263
    Abstract: A system is provided wherein a plug flow reactor is used to make combinatorial libraries of materials. Examples of plug flow reactors include stirred tube reactors, extruders, and static mixers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: James Michael Nelson, Robert Stephen Davidson, Jeffrey Jacob Cernohous, Michael John Annen, James Robert McNerney, Robert Wade Ferguson, Anthony Robert Maistrovich, James Alan Higgins
  • Publication number: 20080269685
    Abstract: In an aspect of the invention, an array of microprotrusions is formed by providing a mold with cavities corresponding to the negative of the microprotrusions, casting atop the mold a first solution comprising a biocompatible material and a solvent, removing the solvent, casting a second solution atop the first cast solution, removing the solvent from the second solution, and demolding the resulting array from the mold. The first solution preferably contains an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Parminder Singh, Robert Wade Worsham, Joseph C. Trautman, Danir Bayramov, Danny Lee Bowers, Andy Klemm, Steven Richard Klemm, Guohua Chen
  • Publication number: 20080242757
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition curable by radiation having a wavelength of 300 nm or more, a method of producing a coated substrate using such composition and the coated product so-produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Michael J. Dvorchak, Larry Galeza, Robert A. Wade, Clifford M. Bridges, Ramesh Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20080183144
    Abstract: A microneedle applicator is provided which has two roughly concentric portions which may be, for example, a solid disk and an annulus surrounding it. On the skin-facing side of the inner portion of the applicator a microneedle array is located. The outer portion of the applicator is placed against the skin, contacting it at a zone. The microneedle array is then pressed towards the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph C. Trautman, Robert Wade Worsham, Danir F. Bayramov, Danny Lee Bowers, Steven Richard Klemm, Parminder Singh
  • Patent number: 7361231
    Abstract: Workpieces are loaded into a cleaning chamber. The cleaning chamber is pressurized with a first dense-phase cleaning fluid, the temperature and pressure of the first dense-phase fluid being maintained at less than about 1500 psi using a temperature control device. The workpieces are soaked in the first dense-phase fluid for a predetermined time period. After soaking, the workpieces are further cleaned by applying a second, localized, high-pressure dense-phase fluid to the surface of the workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: EKC Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Fury, Robert Wade Sherrill
  • Patent number: 7005981
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the generic extraction and compression of surveillance information that facilitates high performance data fusion in distributed sensor systems. According to the method, multiple sensors (120[1] . . . 120[N]), distributed over a wide surveillance area (100), sense surveillance data of interest (310), optionally filter that sensed data (340), extract non-essential data (360) from the filtered data, compress in a manner specific to the extracted data (370) the extracted data for transmission and subsequently transmit (380) the compressed data to a “master” processing system (220) for integration/fusion with other transmitted compressed data streams originating from other sensors. Reductions in required data transmitted is on the order of 100:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Robert Wade
  • Publication number: 20050238815
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition curable by radiation having a wavelength of 300 nm or more, a method of producing a coated substrate using such composition and the coated product so-produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Dvorchak, Larry Galeza, Robert Wade, Clifford Bridges, Ramesh Subramanian