Patents by Inventor Robert Corn

Robert Corn 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: 20250108896
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rim driven thruster, comprising: a stator body; an annular rotor body that is positioned in the stator and that comprises radially inwardly projecting blades; at least one axial bearing adjacent to the rotor, wherein the at least one axial bearing is configured to transfer and/or contain axial tilt and/or axial forces acting on the rotor body; an electromagnetic actuator system that is configured to selectively impart a driving force to the rotor; and an electromagnetic radial bearing between the stator and the rotor. The invention further relates to a ship with one or more of such rim driven thrusters and a method for propelling a ship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Bauke Kalma, Niels Johannes Antonius Kuipers, Niek Kerver, Wouter Manenschijn, Jelmar Tsjalling Jan Rouwe, Robert Cornelis Pijpekamp
  • Patent number: 11679495
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planar multi-joint robot arm system. An example of such planar multi-joint robot arm system comprises a base platform having a longitudinal axis, a product manipulator having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base platform, a double crank-conrod mechanism consisting of a first crank-conrod link and a second crank-conrod link, wherein both the first and the second crank-conrod links having a crank end connected to the base platform and a conrod end connected to the product manipulator, and as well as a link element linking both crank-conrod joints of the first and the second crank-conrod links, a first driving unit arranged for rotating the crank end of the first crank-conrod link of the double crank-conrod mechanism, a multi-joint arm having first arm end connected to the base platform and a second arm end connected to the product manipulator as well as a second driving unit arranged for rotating the first arm end of the multi-joint arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: VDL ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Hans Alphonsius Maria Steijaert, Robert Cornelis Henricus Boereboom
  • Patent number: 11130110
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (100) for injecting and mixing a reactive fluid in a flow of a process fluid for the preparation of polyolefins, comprising: •an annular part (101) having an outer wall and an inner wall (102), wherein the annular part (101) is arranged for having a flow of the process fluid in a transport direction (F); •a support structure (103) connected to the inner wall (102) of the annular part (101); •an injector part (104) mounted on the support structure (103), wherein the injector part (104) is cylindrically shaped and wherein the cylindrical axis A-A? of the injector part is parallel with a central axis of the annular part and is in the central part of the annular part (101); wherein the injector part (104) comprises a nozzle (105) for injecting the reactive fluid, disposed at a downstream side of the injector part relative to the transport direction (F); •a supply channel (106) extending from the outer wall of the annular part (101) through the support structure (103) to the nozzl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Carolina De Los Angeles Toloza Porras, Diego Mauricio Castaneda Zuniga, Hua Bai, Robert Cornelis Van Bodegom, Mohsen Nikkhoo, Bas Eugene Hans Megens
  • Publication number: 20210170577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planar multi-joint robot arm system. An example of such planar multi-joint robot arm system comprises a base platform having a longitudinal axis, a product manipulator having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base platform, a double crank-conrod mechanism consisting of a first crank-conrod link and a second crank-conrod link, wherein both the first and the second crank-conrod links having a crank end connected to the base platform and a conrod end connected to the product manipulator, and as well as a link element linking both crank-conrod joints of the first and the second crank-conrod links, a first driving unit arranged for rotating the crank end of the first crank-conrod link of the double crank-conrod mechanism, a multi-joint arm having first arm end connected to the base platform and a second arm end connected to the product manipulator as well as a second driving unit arranged for rotating the first arm end of the multi-joint arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Hans Alphonsius Maria STEIJAERT, Robert Cornelis Henricus BOEREBOOM
  • Patent number: 10624017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a communication apparatus in a network comprising a plurality of communication nodes, upon reception of a message at the communication apparatus, the communication apparatus starting a retransmission delay being selected at random from a retransmission delay interval, said retransmission delay interval being dependent on at least one of a status of the communication apparatus and a property of the received message, the communication apparatus monitors retransmissions of said message by other communication nodes during said retransmission delay and the communication apparatus transmitting a retransmission of said message at the expiry of said retransmission delay if a statistic based on the retransmissions of said message by other communication nodes is below a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Xiangyu Wang, Armand Michel Marie Lelkens, Rick Van Haasen, Zhizhong Zhang, Peiliang Dong, Rong Fan, Peter Fitski, Emmanuel David Lucas Michael Frimout, Robert Cornelis Houtepen
  • Publication number: 20190336929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (100) for injecting and mixing a reactive fluid in a flow of a process fluid for the preparation of polyolefins, comprising: an annular part (101) having an outer wall and an inner wall (102), wherein the annular part (101) is arranged for having a flow of the process fluid in a transport direction (F); a support structure (103) connected to the inner wall (102) of the annular part (101); an injector part (104) mounted on the support structure (103), wherein the injector part (104) is cylindrically shaped and wherein the cylindrical axis A-A? of the injector part is parallel with a central axis of the annular part and is in the central part of the annular part (101); wherein the injector part (104) comprises a nozzle (105) for injecting the reactive fluid, disposed at a downstream side of the injector part relative to the transport direction (F); a supply channel (106) extending from the outer wall of the annular part (101) through the support structure (103) to the nozzle (1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Carolina De Los Angeles Toloza Porras, Diego Mauricio Castaneda Zuniga, Hua Bai, Robert Cornelis Van Bodegom, Mohsen Nikkhoo, Bas Eugene Hans Megens
  • Patent number: 10243802
    Abstract: The invention relates a wireless node and to a method for operating the wireless node, wherein the wireless node comprises a controller arranged for communicating wirelessly with at least one further wireless node so as to determine an ability of the wireless node and to create a network, wherein a characteristic of the network depends on the determined ability of the wireless node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bozena Erdmann, Teresa Zotti, Robert Cornelis Houtepen, Philip Anthony Jamieson
  • Publication number: 20190028953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a communication apparatus in a network comprising a plurality of communication nodes, upon reception of a message at the communication apparatus, the communication apparatus starting a retransmission delay being selected at random from a retransmission delay interval, said retransmission delay interval being dependent on at least one of a status of the communication apparatus and a property of the received message, the communication apparatus monitors retransmissions of said message by other communication nodes during said retransmission delay and the communication apparatus transmitting a retransmission of said message at the expiry of said retransmission delay if a statistic based on the retransmissions of said message by other communication nodes is below a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Philips Lighting Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Xiangyu WANG, Armand Michel Marie LELKENS, Rick VAN HAASEN, Zhizhong ZHANG, Peiliang DONG, Rong FAN, Peter FITSKI, Emmanuel David Lucas M. FRIMOUT, Robert Cornelis HOUTEPEN
  • Patent number: 10184600
    Abstract: A coupling for connecting pipe ends, comprising a hollow body with an entrance for each pipe end provided with a radial seat for a pipe end and a coupling nut for clamping the pipe end, whereby an electrically conductive bridge is provided, which at the location of the seats is provided with a clamping element that is elastically deformable in the radial direction with respect to the respective seat, and is provided with a contact section, which in a rest situation is at a distance from the axis of the seat that is smaller than an outside radius of the pipe end for which the seat concerned is intended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Jan Pieter Robert Corne, Bert Hendrik Hilda Meul
  • Patent number: 10029044
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a tennis elbow by percutaneous intervention, includes: a body having an actuating element, a fixing part arranged to fixably position the body, a positioning device connected to the body, including a positioning part moveable by the actuating element, a holder releasably connected to the positioning part, and including a top part for the releasable connection to the positioning part and a bottom part defining a support surface for supporting an elbow tendon region of a person to be treated, the support surface, the top and bottom parts being connected by one or more connecting members, the holder including a holder part with a number of penetration elements arranged thereon, wherein the top and bottom parts are spaced-apart at such a distance that, before penetration of the elbow tendon, the penetration tips of the penetration elements are covered by the bottom part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ITEC MEDICAL B.V.
    Inventor: Robert Cornelis Van Thiel
  • Patent number: 9961512
    Abstract: A method for operating devices in a ZigBee network comprising ZigBee Green Power (ZGP)-capable devices and non-ZGP-capable devices, both to be controlled by at least one ZGPD device, is disclosed. In one example, the ZGPD device transmits a ZGPD command frame, and, upon reception of the ZGPD command frame from the ZGPD device, a ZGP-capable device: translates the received ZGPD command to a regular ZigBee command compatible with non-ZGP-capable devices, forwards the translated command, and tunnels the ZGPD command using a ZGP tunneling mechanism, wherein the ZGP-capable devices controlled by the ZGPD device execute only the tunneled command, if the controlled application functionality is supported, and wherein the non-ZGP-capable devices controlled by the ZGPD device execute only the translated command, if the controlled application functionality is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Marinus Gerardus Maria Tolhuizen, Bozena Erdmann, Robert Cornelis Houtepen
  • Patent number: 9930877
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter
  • Patent number: 9929598
    Abstract: A power supplying device is provided for providing electrical power to a power receiving device, the power supplying device comprising two plates, two electrode structures being arranged to be coupled to an AC power source and at least one power transmitter. Each electrode structure is attached to one of said two plates. The power transmitter is situated in between the two plates and comprises an electrically conductive coil and at least two electrical contacts coupled to the electrically conductive coil. The plates and the power transmitter are arranged such that the power transmitter is movable in a direction parallel to the surfaces of the plates with the electrical contacts in contact with the respective two electrode structures for obtaining power from the AC power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Hente, Joseph Hendrik Anna Maria Jacobs, Elena Tiziana Ferrari, Ramon Rascal Van Gorkom, Petrus Johannes Bremer, Bertrand Johan Edward Hontele, Robert Cornelis Houtepen, Joris Jan Vrehen
  • Patent number: 9834784
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a 7-epizingiberene synthase, a chimeric gene comprising said nucleic acid molecule, vectors comprising the same, as well as isolated 7-epizingiberene synthase proteins themselves. In addition, transgenic plants and plant cells comprising a gene encoding a 7-epizingiberene synthase, optionally integrated in its genome, and methods for making such plants and cells, are provided. Especially Solanaceae plants and plant parts (seeds, fruit, leaves, etc.) with enhanced insect pest resistance are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Keygene N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Cornelis Schuurink, Michael Albertus Haring, Petronella Martina Bleeker
  • Publication number: 20170247713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to identification and isolation of zinc finger transcription factor in tomato that specifically expresses in glandular trichomes of Solanum lycopersicum cultivar Moneymaker and binds to the promoters of the genes encoding Terpene Synthase 5 (also known as Monoterpene Synthase1) and Terpene Synthase 11 (also known as Sesquiterpene Synthase 1). The invention provides the isolated, recombinant or synthetic polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO:2 and variants and fragments thereof. The invention also provides constructs, vectors, host cells and plants genetically modified to contain the polynucleotides of the invention. The methods for producing plants with altered levels of terpenes, including transformed and mutant plants, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Keygene N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Cornelis SCHUURINK, Michael Albertus HARING, Eleni SPYROPOULOU
  • Patent number: 9598473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to identification and isolation of zinc finger transcription factor in tomato that specifically expresses in glandular trichomes of Solanum lycopersicum cultivar Moneymaker and binds to the promoters of the genes encoding Terpene Synthase 5 (also known as Monoterpene Synthase 1) and Terpene Synthase 11 (also known as Sesquiterpene Synthase 1). The invention provides the isolated, recombinant or synthetic polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO:2 and variants and fragments thereof. The invention also provides constructs, vectors, host cells and plants genetically modified to contain the polynucleotides of the invention. The methods for producing plants with altered levels of terpenes, including transformed and mutant plants, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Keygene N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Cornelis Schuurink, Michael Albertus Haring, Eleni Spyropoulou
  • Publication number: 20170055512
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of California, The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter
  • Patent number: 9539778
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire and a process to retread a tire is provided. The retreaded tire has a carcass and a crown region, wherein the crown region comprises a belt reinforcement structure located between the carcass and a tread. The retreaded tire further comprises a cementless cushion layer located radially outward of said belt reinforcement structure, and one or more reinforcement plies located radially outward of the cementless cushion layer. The one or more reinforcement plies is formed from a substantially continuous strip of reinforced elastomer which is wound from one side of the crown to the other side in a substantially continuous manner. The reinforcement ply may be formed from spirally winding the strip about the carcass, or one or more reinforcement plies may be formed from winding the strip about the carcass in a zigzag pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Antony Harding, David Charles Wagner, Robert Cornelis van de Pas, Larry Lee Mershon
  • Patent number: 9468203
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth Haynes, Michael F. Potter
  • Patent number: RE48657
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter