Patents by Inventor Robert Irving

Robert Irving 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: 20170090458
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of components is provided. The monitoring system includes a plurality of client systems. The plurality of client systems is configured to generate a plurality of component status reports. The plurality of component status reports is associated with the plurality of components. The monitoring system also includes a component wear monitoring (CWM) computer device configured to receive the plurality of component status reports from the plurality of client systems, generate component status information based on a plurality of component status reports, aggregate the component status information to identify a plurality of images associated with a first component, and compare the plurality of images associated with the first component. The plurality of images represents the first component at different points in time. The CWM computer device is also configured to determine a state of the first component based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ser Nam Lim, David Scott Diwinsky, Russell Robert Irving
  • Patent number: 9251582
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for enhanced automated visual inspection of a physical asset includes a visual inspection device capable of generating images of the physical asset and a computing device including a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor. The computing device includes a storage device coupled to the memory device and coupled to the processor. The storage device includes at least one historic image of the physical asset and at least one engineering model substantially representing the physical asset. The computing device is configured to receive, from a present image source, at least one present image of the physical asset captured by the visual inspection device. The computing device is configured to identify at least one matching historic image corresponding to the at least one present image. The computing device is configured to identify at least one matching engineering model corresponding to the at least one present image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ser Nam Lim, Vinod Padmanabhan Kumar, Russell Robert Irving, John Brandon Laflen, Li Guan, Shubao Liu, Xingwei Yang
  • Patent number: 9173444
    Abstract: A device (100) for determining an appropriately sized medical undergarment for a wearer includes a housing (101) and a wheel (102). A first body mass index factor alignment indicator (108) can be aligned with a first body mass index factor, such as weight of a wearer, thereby revealing color coded symbols (109) aligned with a plurality of second body mass factor alignment indicators (110). A user selects the appropriate size by determining which color is aligned with a second body mass factor alignment indicator of the wearer. An optional second side (205) of the device (100) can be used to determine an appropriate type of medical undergarment based upon urinary output, wearer mobility, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Amin Setoodeh, Robert Irving
  • Patent number: 9033042
    Abstract: Systems and methods used in treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Some embodiments also generally relate to barriers and/or methods to seal barriers. A method used to treat a subsurface formation may include heating a portion of a formation adjacent to a plurality of wellbores to raise a temperature of the formation adjacent to the wellbores above a mobilization temperature of bitumen and below a pyrolysis temperature of hydrocarbons in the formation; and allowing the bitumen to move outwards from the wellbores towards a portion of the formation comprising water cooler than the mobilization temperature of the bitumen so that the bitumen solidifies in the formation to form a barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karanikas, Gary Lee Beer, Marian Marino, Robert Irving McNeil, III, Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Roes, Robert Charles Ryan, Richard Pollard
  • Publication number: 20140185912
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for enhanced automated visual inspection of a physical asset includes a visual inspection device capable of generating images of the physical asset and a computing device including a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor. The computing device includes a storage device coupled to the memory device and coupled to the processor. The storage device includes at least one historic image of the physical asset and at least one engineering model substantially representing the physical asset. The computing device is configured to receive, from a present image source, at least one present image of the physical asset captured by the visual inspection device. The computing device is configured to identify at least one matching historic image corresponding to the at least one present image. The computing device is configured to identify at least one matching engineering model corresponding to the at least one present image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ser Nam Lim, Vinod Padmanabhan Kumar, Russell Robert Irving, John Brandon Laflen, Li Guan, Shubao Liu, Xingwei Yang
  • Publication number: 20140158129
    Abstract: A therapeutic vaporizer inhalation bag attachment system with an integrated valve is disclosed. The attachment system includes a body having a lumen extending between the two openings of the body, a bag coupling, and a valve positioned within the lumen. A method of using the inhalation bag attachment system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Clovershield, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Irving Pratt, JR., Joshua Smith Young
  • Patent number: 8603297
    Abstract: A dispersible wet wipe constructed of at two layers is disclosed. A triggerable binder composition binds said web substrate together. The wet wipe also includes a wetting composition including at least 0.3 percent of an insolubilizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Jun Zhang, Kroy Donald Johnson, Nathan John Vogel, Robert Irving Gusky, David James Sealy Powling
  • Publication number: 20130174842
    Abstract: A therapeutic vaporizer is disclosed having two or more housing portions configured to form an inner cavity. The housing portions are movable between an open and closed position, such that at least a portion of the inner cavity is enclosed when the housing portions are in the closed position. The vaporizer includes at least one accessory-receiving element configured to receive at least one accessory within the inner cavity when the housing portions are in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Clovershield, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Smith Young, Robert Irving Pratt
  • Patent number: 8327932
    Abstract: A method of recovering energy from a subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation includes introducing an oxidizing fluid in a wellbore positioned in at least a first portion of the formation. At least a portion of the first portion of the formation has been subjected to an in situ heat treatment process. The portion includes a treatment area having elevated levels of coke substantially adjacent the wellbore. The pressure in the wellbore is increased by introducing the oxidizing fluid under pressure such that the oxidizing fluid substantially permeates a majority of the treatment area and initiates a combustion process. Heat from the combustion process is allowed to transfer to fluids in the treatment area. Pressure decreases in the wellbore such that heated fluids from the portion of the formation are conveyed into the wellbore. The heated fluids are transferred to a heat exchanger configured to collect thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karanikas, Robert Irving McNeil, III, Richard Pollard
  • Publication number: 20120297560
    Abstract: A dispersible wet wipe constructed of at two layers is disclosed. A triggerable binder composition binds said web substrate together. The wet wipe also includes a wetting composition including at least 0.3 percent of an insolubilizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Jun Zhang, Kroy Donald Johnson, Nathan John Vogel, Robert Irving Gusky, David James Sealy Powling
  • Patent number: 8257553
    Abstract: A dispersible wet wipe constructed of at two layers is disclosed. The first outer layer of the wipe substrate may have a density of between about 0.5 and 2.0 grams per cubic centimeter. The second outer layer may have a density of between about 0.05 and 0.15 grams per cubic centimeter. A triggerable binder composition binds said web substrate together. The wet wipe also includes a wetting composition including at least 0.3 percent of an insolubilizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Jun Zhang, Kroy Donald Johnson, Nathan John Vogel, Robert Irving Gusky, David James Sealy Powling
  • Publication number: 20120160436
    Abstract: A dispersible wet wipe constructed of at two layers is disclosed. The first outer layer of the wipe substrate may have a density of between about 0.5 and 2.0 grams per cubic centimeter. The second outer layer may have a density of between about 0.05 and 0.15 grams per cubic centimeter. A triggerable binder composition binds said web substrate together. The wet wipe also includes a wetting composition including at least 0.3 percent of an insolubilizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Jun Zhang, Kroy Donald Johnson, Nathan John Vogel, Robert Irving Gusky, David James Sealy Powling
  • Publication number: 20110247814
    Abstract: Systems and methods used in treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Some embodiments also generally relate to barriers and/or methods to seal barriers. A method used to treat a subsurface formation may include heating a portion of a formation adjacent to a plurality of wellbores to raise a temperature of the formation adjacent to the wellbores above a mobilization temperature of bitumen and below a pyrolysis temperature of hydrocarbons in the formation; and allowing the bitumen to move outwards from the wellbores towards a portion of the formation comprising water cooler than the mobilization temperature of the bitumen so that the bitumen solidifies in the formation to form a barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: John Michael Karanikas, Gary Lee Beer, Marian Marino, Robert Irving McNeil, III, Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Roes, Robert Charles Ryan, Richard Pollard
  • Publication number: 20100258265
    Abstract: A method of recovering energy from a subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation includes introducing an oxidizing fluid in a wellbore positioned in at least a first portion of the formation. At least a portion of the first portion of the formation has been subjected to an in situ heat treatment process. The portion includes a treatment area having elevated levels of coke substantially adjacent the wellbore. The pressure in the wellbore is increased by introducing the oxidizing fluid under pressure such that the oxidizing fluid substantially permeates a majority of the treatment area and initiates a combustion process. Heat from the combustion process is allowed to transfer to fluids in the treatment area. Pressure decreases in the wellbore such that heated fluids from the portion of the formation are conveyed into the wellbore. The heated fluids are transferred to a heat exchanger configured to collect thermal energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: John Michael Karanikas, Robert Irving McNeil, III, Richard Pollard
  • Patent number: 7585797
    Abstract: A dispersible nonwoven web having at least three layers including a first outer layer, a middle layer, and a second outer layer. The first and the second outer layers including a plurality of short fibers, a triggerable binder, and at least one of the first or second outer layers including a plurality of long fibers. The middle layer including a plurality of short fibers, a triggerable binder, and optionally a plurality of long fibers. The dispersible nonwoven web having a weight percent of the long fibers in at least one of the first or the second outer layers that is greater than a weight percent of the long fibers in the middle layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan John Vogel, Dana Lynn Ramshak, Kevin Christopher Possell, Robert Irving Gusky
  • Publication number: 20090068372
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a wax seal to an article such as a wine bottle including a bottom tank formed of at least one upstanding wall and a bottom wall and having an open top end, the bottom tank being fitted with electrical heating means; an upper tank formed of at least one upstanding wall and having an open top end and a closed bottom wall, the upper tank being fitted with electrical heating means, the upper tank being connected at its closed bottom wall with the open top end of said bottom tank, a screen adjustably located inside the upper tank, a pump located in the bottom tank and extending into the upper tank for conveying molten wax from the bottom tank to the upper tank and an overflow opening in the upper tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventor: Robert Irving
  • Publication number: 20080268205
    Abstract: A dispersible nonwoven web having at least three layers including a first outer layer, a middle layer, and a second outer layer. The first and the second outer layers including a plurality of short fibers, a triggerable binder, and at least one of the first or second outer layers including a plurality of long fibers. The middle layer including a plurality of short fibers, a triggerable binder, and optionally a plurality of long fibers. The dispersible nonwoven web having a weight percent of the long fibers in at least one of the first or the second outer layers that is greater than a weight percent of the long fibers in the middle layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Nathan John Vogel, Dana Lynn Ramshak, Kevin Christopher Possell, Robert Irving Gusky
  • Patent number: D752807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: 1READY, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Smith Young, Robert Irving Pratt, Jr.
  • Patent number: D779072
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: 1READY, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Irving Pratt, Jr., Joshua Smith Young
  • Patent number: D799691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: 1READY, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Irving Pratt, Jr., Joshua Smith Young