Patents by Inventor Robert L. Hill

Robert L. Hill 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: 20230356976
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a stairlift overspeed safety system are disclosed. The overspeed safety system may include a centripetal cam assembly, a trigger assembly, and a jammer assembly. The centripetal cam assembly may include a spring-loaded plate and a plurality of centripetal cams connected to the spring-loaded plate, configured to move to an extended position when the rail speed exceeds the speed threshold. The trigger assembly may include a trigger plate configured to be pushed by at least one of the centripetal cams when moved to the extended position. Pushing the trigger plate may cause a switch to open to shut off power to the motorized stairlift. The jammer assembly may include a jammer configured to wedge between teeth of a rack and pinion of the motorized stairlift to initiate a deceleration to stop movement of the motorized stairlift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Pratt, IV, Derek J. Nash, Mark L. Hill, Mark Steven Jackson
  • Publication number: 20230351925
    Abstract: An adhesive label is provided. The adhesive label includes an adhesive patch that covers at least 50% but less than 85% of a backside surface of the adhesive label and that is at least partially horizontally and vertically centered on the backside surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Pamela Sue Hill, Stephen Cameron Van Winkle, Austin Daniel Anderson, Tom Edward Zagaya, Robert L. Shinkle, II
  • Patent number: 11771401
    Abstract: A system includes a treatment probe, a first tracking sensor configured to track a location of the treatment probe, an ultrasound imager, a second tracking sensor configured to track a location of the ultrasound imager, and a tracking system. The ultrasound imager generates real-time ultrasound images. The tracking system receives location information from the first and second tracking sensors, tracks the location of the treatment probe and the location of the ultrasound imager, and displays the real-time ultrasound images and a representation of the treatment probe in one or more pre-stored images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Morgan L. Hill, Eric W. Larson, Casey M. Ladtkow, Nikhil P. Mankar, Arlen J. Reschke, Jeetendra Bharadwaj, Robert J. Behnke, II, William J. Dickhans
  • Publication number: 20230235553
    Abstract: Panel systems and related methods of controlling sound transmission are discussed. For example, the panel system may include a sound control component, which may include a foam composite of a polymer and an inorganic filler. The panel system may further include an attachment mechanism, e.g., including at least one fastener, at least one bracket, and/or at least one rail or rail system. The attachment mechanism may be configured to secure the sound control component between a first wall and a second wall, such that the panel system controls sound transmission between the first and second walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: WESTLAKE ROYAL BUILDING PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Hamed LAKROUT, Russell L. HILL, Robert F. RATHBONE
  • Publication number: 20230221782
    Abstract: A mobile phone may include an enclosure defining an internal volume, the enclosure including a front cover formed from a transparent material and defining a front exterior surface, a rear cover formed from a glass material and defining a rear exterior surface, and a housing component defining a side exterior surface. The mobile phone may include a circuit board assembly within the internal volume. The circuit board assembly may include a circuit board, a circuit component coupled to an exterior surface of the circuit board, and a cowling coupled to the circuit board and covering the circuit component, the cowling having a thickness less than about 0.5 mm and including a base structure formed from an aluminum alloy having a thickness less than about 0.4 mm and a thermally conductive structure positioned over the base structure and configured to dissipate heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: David A. Hurrell, Gregory N. Stephens, Isabel Yang, John J. Baker, Sherry Lee, Matthew D. Hill, Obinna Onyemepu, Douglas G. Fournier, Benjamin J. Pope, Michael W. Firka, Griffin L. Schmitt, Arun R. Varma, Robert Hrabchak
  • Publication number: 20230202936
    Abstract: Composite materials that include a structural support are described, wherein the structural support defines a plurality of cavities at least partially filled with a polymeric foam. The polymeric foam may have a density less than 5 pcf and/or the composite material may have a compressive strength of at least 60 psi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: WESTLAKE ROYAL BUILDING PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Edward F. CASSIDY, Russell L. HILL, Robert W. SHUGDINIS, Xi ZHANG, Ying ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11663930
    Abstract: An adhesive label is provided. The adhesive label includes an adhesive patch that covers at least 50% but less than 85% of a backside surface of the adhesive label and that is at least partially horizontally and vertically centered on the backside surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Iconex LLC
    Inventors: Pamela Sue Hill, Stephen Cameron Van Winkle, Austin Daniel Anderson, Tom Edward Zagaya, Robert L. Shinkle, II
  • Publication number: 20230147774
    Abstract: In accordance with this disclosure, a process for producing egg products is provided. The process comprises: (a) providing a raw egg mixture, wherein the raw egg mixture includes a plurality of egg components; (b) mixing the raw egg mixture; (c) lowering the temperature of the raw egg mixture to a level sufficient to cause the raw egg mixture to have a semi-solid state; and (d) after step (c), while maintaining the temperature of the raw egg mixture at a level sufficient to cause the raw egg mixture to have a semi-solid state, continuously forming the semi-solid raw egg mixture into a plurality of shaped and portioned semi-solid raw egg products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Zachary T. Young, Robert L. Hill, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230017559
    Abstract: An automatic injector dispenses a predetermined dose of medicament without a user having to manually force the needle into an injection site. The automatic injector includes a needle cover having a locked retracted position with respect to the injector housing prior to a medicament dispensing operation. The needle cover is operative to engage an injection site prior to a medicament dispensing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Mylan Specialty L.P.
    Inventors: Matthew Egerton Young, Sophie Rebecca Raven, Christopher John Hurlstone, Craig Malcolm Rochford, Colin James Mathews, John G. Wilmot, Robert L. Hill
  • Patent number: 11471614
    Abstract: An automatic injector dispenses a predetermined dose of medicament without a user having to manually force the needle into an injection site. The automatic injector includes a needle cover having a locked retracted position with respect to the injector housing prior to a medicament dispensing operation. The needle cover is operative to engage an injection site prior to a medicament dispensing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mylan Specialty L.P.
    Inventors: Matthew Egerton Young, Sophie Rebecca Raven, Christopher John Hurlstone, Craig Malcolm Rochford, Colin James Mathews, John G. Wilmot, Robert L. Hill
  • Publication number: 20220240502
    Abstract: Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Robert L. HILL, James E. KING, Joseph J. DeMARK, Anton ARNOLDY, Mike P. TOLLEY, Donald E. WILLIAMS, III, Joseph E. EGER, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11350627
    Abstract: Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE
    Inventors: Robert L. Hill, James E. King, Joseph J. DeMark, Anton Arnoldy, Mike P. Tolley, Donald E. Williams, III, Joseph E. Eger, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11083193
    Abstract: Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Hill, James E. King, Joseph J. DeMark, Anton Arnoldy, Mike P. Tolley, Donald E. Williams, III, Joseph E. Eger
  • Publication number: 20210060255
    Abstract: An auto-injector apparatus includes a flexible container containing a liquid medicant, a needle communicated with a container, a housing with a container being received in the housing, pump disposed in the housing and positioned to engage the flexible container and expel the medicant from the container through the needle upon relative movement between the pump and the container, and a main drive spring operably associated with the needle to extend the needle from a first needle position wherein the needle completely received in the housing to a second needle position wherein the needle protrudes from the using. The pump may be a roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Colin J. Mathews, Chris J. Hurlstone, Ben G. Turner, Oliver T. Harvey, Dominic C. Reber, John G. Wilmot, Clarence M. Mesa, Robert L. Hill, James R. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20200315166
    Abstract: Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Robert L. HILL, James E. KING, Joseph J. DeMARK, Anton ARNOLDY, Mike P. TOLLEY, Donald E. WILLIAMS, III, Joseph E. EGER, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200254182
    Abstract: An auto-injector apparatus includes a flexible container containing a liquid medicant, a needle communicated with a container, a housing with a container being received in the housing, a pump disposed in the housing and positioned to engage the flexible container and expel the medicant from the container through the needle upon relative movement between the pump and the container, and a main drive spring operably as ted with the needle to extend the needle fro a first needle position wherein the needle is completely received in the housing to a second needle position wherein the needle protrudes from the housing. The pump may be a roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Colin J. Mathews, Chris J. Hurlstone, Ben G. Turner, Oliver T. Harvey, Dominic C. Reber, John G. Wilmot, Clarence M. Mesa, Robert L. Hill, James R. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20200069884
    Abstract: An automatic injection device including a housing, a chamber with a first compartment and a second compartment, and a seal structure between the compartments. The seal structure is initially in a sealing condition that seals the first compartment from the second compartment, where the seal includes a plug and an outer sealing member. The plug is slidably movable within the outer sealing member to convert the seal structure from the sealing condition to a mixing condition by opening a path between the first compartment and the second compartment. The automatic injection device also includes a needle assembly and an activation assembly. Activation of the activation assembly causes (1) pressurization of the first compartment, (2) the seal structure to convert from the sealing condition to the mixing condition, and (3) the first and second medicament components to be mixed and forced through the needle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Griffiths, Robert L. Hill
  • Publication number: 20190381255
    Abstract: An automatic injector dispenses a predetermined dose of medicament without a user having to manually force the needle into an injection site. The automatic injector includes a needle cover having a locked retracted position with respect to the injector housing prior to a medicament dispensing operation. The needle cover is operative to engage an injection site prior to a medicament dispensing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Egerton Young, Sophie Rebecca Raven, Christopher John Hurlstone, Craig Malcolm Rochford, Colin James Mathews, John G. Wilmot, Robert L. Hill
  • Publication number: 20190255254
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly apparatus for an auto-injector includes a flexible container containing a liquid medicant. A needle hub is connected to the flexible container. A needle is attached to the needle hub and extends proximally from the needle hub. A frame is connected to the needle hub and includes a frame proximal end extending proximally beyond a proximal end of the needle. The needle hub and the needle are displaceable relative to the frame in a proximal direction to insert the needle into a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: John G. Wilmot, Clarence M. Mesa, Robert L. Hill, James R. Stewart, Colin J. Mathews, Christopher J. Hurlstone, Ben G. Turner, Christian Dunning
  • Publication number: 20180256824
    Abstract: An automatic injection device including a housing, a chamber with a first compartment and a second compartment, and a seal structure between the compartments. The seal structure is initially in a sealing condition that seals the first compartment from the second compartment, where the seal includes a plug and an outer sealing member. The plug is slidably movable within the outer sealing member to convert the seal structure from the sealing condition to a mixing condition by opening a path between the first compartment and the second compartment. The automatic injection device also includes a needle assembly and an activation assembly. Activation of the activation assembly causes (1) pressurization of the first compartment, (2) the seal structure to convert from the sealing condition to the mixing condition, and (3) the first and second medicament components to be mixed and forced through the needle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Griffiths, Robert L. Hill