Patents by Inventor Robert L. Wells

Robert L. Wells 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).

  • Patent number: 12147745
    Abstract: An apparatus for conducting an engineering analysis of a structural product is provided. The apparatus produces a computer-aided design (CAD) model of the structural product including component parts joined by fasteners and produces a finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) model of the structural product from the CAD model. The apparatus assigns one or more electrical properties to a mesh of elements representing the component parts and fasteners, and performs a finite-difference time-domain analysis on the FDTD model with the one or more electrical properties assigned, and with the FDTD model exposed to simulated lightning, to predict an impact of lightning on the fasteners and therefrom generate a corresponding prediction. The apparatus produces an output based on the corresponding prediction that indicates one or more levels of the impact of lightning on the fasteners and displays the output to facilitate design or manufacture of the structural product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Westin, Thaddeus L. Wells, Thomas Duffy Mitchum, Jr., Robert Thomas Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20240299575
    Abstract: Provided herein are conjugates comprising proteins that bind to a transferrin receptor and oligonucleotides that are capable of modulating the expression of a target gene or sequence, as well as methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Scarlett Barker, Mark S. Dennis, Sarah L. Devos, Anthony A. Estrada, Mihalis S. Kariolis, Cathal S. Mahon, Lizanne G. Nilewski, Joshua I. Park, Lu Shan, Mai B. Thayer, Raymond Ka Hang Tong, Hai L. Tran, Robert C. Wells, Joy Yu Zuchero
  • Patent number: 12076280
    Abstract: A cot can include a support frame that extends between a front end and a back end. A front leg and a back leg can be slidingly coupled to the support frame. A front actuator can be coupled to the front leg and slide the front leg to retract and extend the front leg. A back actuator can be coupled to the back leg and slide the back leg to retract and extend the front leg. One or more processors can execute machine readable instructions to receive signals from one or more sensors indicative of the front end of the cot and the front leg. The one or more processors can actuate the back actuator to extend the back leg to raise the back end of the cot, when the front end of the cot is supported by a surface and the front leg is retracted a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ferno-Washington, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas V. Valentino, Matthew Palastro, Zhen Y. Shen, Timothy R. Wells, Timothy Paul Schroeder, Joshua James Markham, Robert L. Potak
  • Patent number: 11014359
    Abstract: A system and apparatus includes a nozzle formed on a first surface of a substrate, and a fluid passage in the substrate and fluidically connected to the nozzle, the fluid passage being nonlinear along at least a portion of its length and having a cross section that varies along its length, wherein the fluid passage has a width near a second surface of the substrate that is different from a width near a bottom of the fluid passage. A system and apparatus includes a nozzle formed on a surface of a substrate, and a fluid passage defined in the substrate and fluidically connected to the nozzle, the fluid passage having a first portion that substantially lies on a first plane, a second portion that substantially lies on a second plane different from the first plane, and a connecting passage fluidically connecting the first portion to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: James Leslie Cole-Henry, Andrew Beech Johns, Robert L. Wells, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200094551
    Abstract: A system and apparatus includes a nozzle formed on a first surface of a substrate, and a fluid passage in the substrate and fluidically connected to the nozzle, the fluid passage being nonlinear along at least a portion of its length and having a cross section that varies along its length, wherein the fluid passage has a width near a second surface of the substrate that is different from a width near a bottom of the fluid passage. A system and apparatus includes a nozzle formed on a surface of a substrate, and a fluid passage defined in the substrate and fluidically connected to the nozzle, the fluid passage having a first portion that substantially lies on a first plane, a second portion that substantially lies on a second plane different from the first plane, and a connecting passage fluidically connecting the first portion to the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: James Leslie Cole-Henry, Andrew Beech Johns, Robert L. Wells, JR.
  • Patent number: 9670351
    Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polylefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sridhar K. Siddhamalli, Zhizhong Liu, Mark W. Simon, Charles S. Golub, Heidi Lennon, Wayne E. Garver, Mark F. Colton, Robert L. Wells, Michael J. Tzivanis, William Risen, Nathan Klettlinger
  • Patent number: 9511598
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an inkjet assembly having inkjet nozzles through each of which ink flows at a nominal flow rate as it is ejected from the nozzle onto a substrate. Ink is held under a nominal negative pressure associated with a characteristic of a meniscus of the ink in the nozzle when ejection of ink from the nozzle is not occurring. The apparatus includes recirculation flow paths, each flow path having a nozzle end at which it opens into one of the nozzles and another location spaced from the nozzle end that is to be subjected to a recirculation pressure lower than the nominal negative pressure so that ink is recirculated from the nozzle through the flow path at a recirculation flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L Wells, Jr., Bailey Smith, Marlene McDonald, William R. Letendre, Matthew Aubrey, John Kelly, Darrell Herrick, Robert A. Hasenbein
  • Publication number: 20160052292
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an inkjet assembly having inkjet nozzles through each of which ink flows at a nominal flow rate as it is ejected from the nozzle onto a substrate. Ink is held under a nominal negative pressure associated with a characteristic of a meniscus of the ink in the nozzle when ejection of ink from the nozzle is not occurring. The apparatus includes recirculation flow paths, each flow path having a nozzle end at which it opens into one of the nozzles and another location spaced from the nozzle end that is to be subjected to a recirculation pressure lower than the nominal negative pressure so that ink is recirculated from the nozzle through the flow path at a recirculation flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Robert L. Wells, JR., Bailey Smith, Marlene McDonald, William R. Letendre, Matthew Aubrey, John Kelly, Darrell Herrick, Robert A. Hasenbein
  • Publication number: 20150337126
    Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polylefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Sridhar K. Siddhamalli, Zhizhong Liu, Mark W. Simon, Charles S. Golub, Heidi Lennon, Wayne E. Garver, Mark F. Colton, Robert L. Wells, Gerald L. Stadt, Michael J. Tzivanis, William Risen, Nathan Klettlinger
  • Patent number: 9144993
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an inkjet assembly having inkjet nozzles through each of which ink flows at a nominal flow rate as it is ejected from the nozzle onto a substrate. Ink is held under a nominal negative pressure associated with a characteristic of a meniscus of the ink in the nozzle when ejection of ink from the nozzle is not occurring. The apparatus includes recirculation flow paths, each flow path having a nozzle end at which it opens into one of the nozzles and another location spaced from the nozzle end that is to be subjected to a recirculation pressure lower than the nominal negative pressure so that ink is recirculated from the nozzle through the flow path at a recirculation flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Wells, Jr., Bailey Smith, Marlene McDonald, William Letendre, Matthew Aubrey, John Kelly, Darrell Herrick, Robert Hasenbein
  • Patent number: 9022520
    Abstract: In general, in an aspect, an apparatus includes a body having a hollow ink refill chamber, a plate on a side of the body, the plate having a series of posts separating a series of hollow channels adjacent to the hollow ink refill chamber in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Brady, Robert L. Wells, Jr., John Kelly
  • Patent number: 8956706
    Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polyolefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Sridhar Krishnamurthi Siddhamalli, Zhizhong Liu, Mark W. Simon, Charles S. Golub, Heidi Sardinha, Wayne Edward Garver, Mark F. Colton, Robert L. Wells, Gerald L. Stadt, Michael J. Tzivanis, William Risen, Nathan Klettlinger
  • Publication number: 20140240415
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an inkjet assembly having inkjet nozzles through each of which ink flows at a nominal flow rate as it is ejected from the nozzle onto a substrate. Ink is held under a nominal negative pressure associated with a characteristic of a meniscus of the ink in the nozzle when ejection of ink from the nozzle is not occurring. The apparatus includes recirculation flow paths, each flow path having a nozzle end at which it opens into one of the nozzles and another location spaced from the nozzle end that is to be subjected to a recirculation pressure lower than the nominal negative pressure so that ink is recirculated from the nozzle through the flow path at a recirculation flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Wells, Bailey Smith, Marlene McDonald, William Letendre, Matthew Aubrey, John Kelly, Darrell Herrick, Robert Hasenbein
  • Patent number: 8752946
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an inkjet assembly having inkjet nozzles through each of which ink flows at a nominal flow rate as it is ejected from the nozzle onto a substrate. Ink is held under a nominal negative pressure associated with a characteristic of a meniscus of the ink in the nozzle when ejection of ink from the nozzle is not occurring. The apparatus includes recirculation flow paths, each flow path having a nozzle end at which it opens into one of the nozzles and another location spaced from the nozzle end that is to be subjected to a recirculation pressure lower than the nominal negative pressure so that ink is recirculated from the nozzle through the flow path at a recirculation flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Wells, Jr., Bailey Smith, Marlene McDonald, William R. Letendre, Matthew Aubrey, John Kelly, Darrell Herrick, Robert A. Hasenbein
  • Patent number: 8608287
    Abstract: A printhead including a body; an actuator attached to the body, and an enclosed space between the actuator and the body forms a chamber; an opening defined by the body for releasing pressure in the chamber; and a seal attached to the opening to seal the chamber while permitting pressure to be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Duby, Robert L. Wells, Todd Severance, Carl Tracy
  • Publication number: 20130228084
    Abstract: In general, in an aspect, an apparatus includes a body having a hollow ink refill chamber, a plate on a side of the body, the plate having a series of posts separating a series of hollow channels adjacent to the hollow ink refill chamber in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC.
    Inventors: David A. Brady, Robert L. Wells, JR., John Kelly
  • Publication number: 20130229473
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an inkjet assembly having inkjet nozzles through each of which ink flows at a nominal flow rate as it is ejected from the nozzle onto a substrate. Ink is held under a nominal negative pressure associated with a characteristic of a meniscus of the ink in the nozzle when ejection of ink from the nozzle is not occurring. The apparatus includes recirculation flow paths, each flow path having a nozzle end at which it opens into one of the nozzles and another location spaced from the nozzle end that is to be subjected to a recirculation pressure lower than the nominal negative pressure so that ink is recirculated from the nozzle through the flow path at a recirculation flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC.
    Inventors: Robert L. Wells, JR., Bailey Smith, Marlene McDonald, William R. Letendre, Matthew Aubrey, John Kelly, Darrell Herrick, Robert A. Hasenbein
  • Publication number: 20130155153
    Abstract: A printhead including a body; an actuator attached to the body, and an enclosed space between the actuator and the body forms a chamber; an opening defined by the body for releasing pressure in the chamber; and a seal attached to the opening to seal the chamber while permitting pressure to be released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Duby, Robert L. Wells, JR., Todd Severance, Carl Tracy
  • Publication number: 20130129994
    Abstract: Among other things, a pattern of dry particles of a pigment is provided on a transfer layer. The pattern of dry particles is transferred onto a surface of a ceramic substrate in preparation for firing of the dry particles to form a permanent pattern on the ceramic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. Wells, JR.
  • Patent number: 8403460
    Abstract: A printhead including a body; an actuator attached to the body, and an enclosed space between the actuator and the body forms a chamber; an opening defined by the body for releasing pressure in the chamber; and a seal attached to the opening to seal the chamber while permitting pressure to be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Duby, Robert L. Wells, Jr., Todd Severance, Carl Tracy