Patents by Inventor Robert Neal

Robert Neal 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: 12227641
    Abstract: A blown film of soil biodegradable aliphatic polyesters produced primarily from diacid and diol monomers. The diacid monomers may be of any type including succinic acid, adipic acid, and hexanedioic acid. The diol monomer may be of any type including ethylene glycol, propanediol, butanediol, and hexanediol. Commercial aliphatic polyesters produced from diacid and diol monomers include polybutylene succinate (PBS), polybutylene adipate succinate (PBAS), and polybutylene adipate (PBA). Comonomers may also be added. Such comonomers include chemicals with a single carboxylic acid, hydroxy, or amine moiety, which act as chain terminators, chemicals with three or more carboxylic acid, epoxy, and/or hydroxy moieties which, act as branching agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Green IP, LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin T. Okamoto, Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson
  • Patent number: 12179709
    Abstract: A long gun carrier rests on a vehicle seat, and a slated top of the long gun carrier slopes generally downward and forward. One or more gun-holding channels formed in slanted top, each configured to hold a long gun pointed generally forward and downward, toward the vehicle floor. The long guns may be secured in the gun-holding channels by strap assemblies. Long guns are conveniently placed into and extracted from the long gun carrier, held securely during transportation, and pointed in a safe direction during transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NIVEL PARTS & MANUFACTURING CO., LLC
    Inventors: Robert Neal Page, Charles Dunn Kim, Jihoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12114911
    Abstract: A medical system for ablating a tissue site by electroporation with real-time pulse monitoring during an electroporation treatment procedure is provided. The treatment control module monitors applied pulses and detect an abnormal condition that indicates either an ineffective electroporation of the tissue or an imminent excessive current such as a spark event that may exceed the capacity of the pulse generator. Rather than terminating the procedure entirety, the treatment control module temporarily pauses the procedure to allow the user to adjust the pulse parameters so as to complete the procedure without starting the procedure over again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Neal, II
  • Publication number: 20240324152
    Abstract: We describe a power converter cooling arrangement in which a base has a top plate of a thermally conductive material, and a bottom plate and side walls define a chamber. An inlet and outlet are in fluid communication with the chamber, and the chamber is flooded with a cooling fluid that flows between the inlet and outlet. A PCB of a power converter is mounted to, and thermally coupled with, the top plate, where the PCB receives a plurality of power modules (that are used in the power conversion). The base comprises a plurality of fluid channels for flowing cooling fluid therethrough. Each of the fluid channels is arranged to coincide with a location of one or more components mounted to the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Simon David Hart, Tim Woolmer, Michael David Pantrey, Rajesh Kudikala, Daniel Rendell, Paul Donald Spendley, Timothy James Leopold Farmer, Adam Robert Neal, Antony John Webster
  • Publication number: 20240281750
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided. The computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by way of a scanning device coupled to a computing system, an identifier of a container, where the container is associated with a transportation number. The computer-implemented method also includes obtaining, by way of the scanning device, a weight based on that of the container as determined by a scale. The computer-implemented method additionally includes printing, by a printing device coupled to the computing system, a placard encoding the identifier, the transportation number, and the weight. The computer-implemented method further includes storing, in a database associated with the computing system, an entry associating the identifier, the transportation number, and the weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Traci Trego Dugan, Brent Davis Kostella, Robert Neal Keller
  • Publication number: 20240233586
    Abstract: Temporary biodegradable outdoor display objects including marker flags, yard signs, boundary tapes, and grass depth gauges. The objects are all formed from a bioplastic material comprising a biodegradable aliphatic polyester produced from diacids selected from the group consisting of adipic acid and succinic acid, and combinations thereof and diol monomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propanediol, butanediol, and hexanediol, and an effective amount of melt strength enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, Kelvin T. Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20240173063
    Abstract: A medical system for ablating a tissue site with real-time monitoring during an electroporation treatment procedure. A pulse generator generates a pre-treatment (PT) test signal prior to the treatment procedure and intra-treatment (IT) test signals during the treatment procedure. A treatment control module determines impedance values from the PT test signal and IT test signals and determines a progress of electroporation and an end point of treatment in real-time based on the determined impedance values while the treatment progresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Neal, II, Rafael V. Davalos
  • Publication number: 20240099201
    Abstract: A biodegradable plant container has side tear strips extending from its top opening to its bottom. The tear strips are hinged near the bottom and fan out to establish a diameter for a planting hole. The inside surface of the tear strips as root slicers that tease the roots of a root ball in the plant container when the tear strips are pulled outward and fanned out. The fanned out tear strips establish the diameter for the planting hole. The plant container also has a depth index to establish the proper planting depth. Once the tear strips have been opened and fanned out, the biodegradable plant container is planted directly in the soil where it will degrade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, Kelvin T. Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20240075884
    Abstract: A long gun carrier rests on a vehicle seat, and a slated top of the long gun carrier slopes generally downward and forward. One or more gun-holding channels formed in slanted top, each configured to hold a long gun pointed generally forward and downward, toward the vehicle floor. The long guns may be secured in the gun-holding channels by strap assemblies. Long guns are conveniently placed into and extracted from the long gun carrier, held securely during transportation, and pointed in a safe direction during transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Neal Page, Charles Dunn Kim, Jihoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20240050258
    Abstract: A knit sock orthotic is provided in which a pattern of padding is knit into the sock to create an interface between the foot and the shoe or weight-bearing surface to correct an abnormal biomechanical condition of the foot, or to relieve pressure on focal areas of structural overload of the foot, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Neal Mohr
  • Patent number: 11890046
    Abstract: A medical system for ablating a tissue site with real-time monitoring during an electroporation treatment procedure. A pulse generator generates a pre-treatment (PT) test signal prior to the treatment procedure and intra-treatment (IT) test signals during the treatment procedure. A treatment control module determines impedance values from the PT test signal and IT test signals and determines a progress of electroporation and an end point of treatment in real-time based on the determined impedance values while the treatment progresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., AngioDynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Neal, II, Rafael V. Davalos
  • Patent number: 11822810
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network switch for an information handling system includes: a central processing unit (CPU); and a fan module removably coupled to the network switch, the fan module including: a housing having a front end and a back end; a plurality of fans disposed within the housing proximate to the back end; a memory interface disposed within the housing proximate to the front end, the memory interface communicably coupled to the CPU; a memory device disposed within the housing proximate to the memory interface, the memory device storing information associated with the networking operations and communicably coupled to the memory interface, the memory device removably coupled to the fan module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Beard, Colin John Montgomery, Shree Ramakrishna Rathinasamy, Padmanabhan Narayanan
  • Patent number: 11814014
    Abstract: A long gun carrier rests on a vehicle seat, and is secured to the seat by a seat belt. A slated top of the long gun carrier slopes generally downward and forward. One or more gun-holding channels formed in slanted top, each configured to hold a long gun pointed generally forward and downward, toward the vehicle floor. The long guns may be secured in the gun-holding channels by strap assemblies. Long guns are conveniently placed into and extracted from the long gun carrier, held securely during transportation, and pointed in a safe direction during transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIVEL PARTS & MANUFACTURING CO., LLC
    Inventors: Robert Neal Page, Charles Dunn Kim, Jihoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20230348170
    Abstract: This invention relates to a bag, such as t-shirt, merchandise, dry cleaning, vegetable, grocery, carry and food bags, and more particularly relates to a bag that can be converted into another use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson, Kelvin T. Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20230331908
    Abstract: A biodegradable string trimmer line that is formed from a biodegradable aliphatic polyester produced primarily from diacid and diol monomers. The string trimmer line is produced by an extrusion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Green IP, LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin T. OKAMOTO, Robert Neal Alfred HAWKINSON
  • Publication number: 20230158961
    Abstract: A long gun carrier rests on a vehicle seat, and is secured to the seat by a seat belt. A slated top of the long gun carrier slopes generally downward and forward. One or more gun-holding channels formed in slanted top, each configured to hold a long gun pointed generally forward and downward, toward the vehicle floor. The long guns may be secured in the gun-holding channels by strap assemblies. Long guns are conveniently placed into and extracted from the long gun carrier, held securely during transportation, and pointed in a safe direction during transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Neal Page, Charles Dunn Kim, Jihoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20230151206
    Abstract: A blown film of soil biodegradable aliphatic polyesters produced primarily from diacid and diol monomers. The diacid monomers may be of any type including succinic acid, adipic acid, and hexanedioic acid. The diol monomer may be of any type including ethylene glycol, propanediol, butanediol, and hexanediol. Commercial aliphatic polyesters produced from diacid and diol monomers include polybutylene succinate (PBS), polybutylene adipate succinate (PBAS), and polybutylene adipate (PBA). Comonomers may also be added. Such comonomers include chemicals with a single carboxylic acid, hydroxy, or amine moiety, which act as chain terminators, chemicals with three or more carboxylic acid, epoxy, and/or hydroxy moieties which, act as branching agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kelvin T. Okamoto, Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson
  • Publication number: 20230126639
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network switch for an information handling system includes: a central processing unit (CPU); and a fan module removably coupled to the network switch, the fan module including: a housing having a front end and a back end; a plurality of fans disposed within the housing proximate to the back end; a memory interface disposed within the housing proximate to the front end, the memory interface communicably coupled to the CPU; a memory device disposed within the housing proximate to the memory interface, the memory device storing information associated with the networking operations and communicably coupled to the memory interface, the memory device removably coupled to the fan module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Neal Beard, Colin John Montgomery, Shree Ramakrishna Rathinasamy, Padmanabhan Narayanan
  • Patent number: 11613460
    Abstract: MEMS-based sensors can experience undesirable signal frequencies caused by vibrations, shocks, and accelerations, among other phenomena. A microisolation system can isolate individual MEMS-based sensors from undesirable signal frequencies and shocks. An embodiment of a system for microisolation of a MEMS-based sensor can include an isolation platform connected to one or more folded springs. Another embodiment of a system for microisolation can include an isolation platform and/or a frame connected to a mesh damping mechanism. In at least one embodiment, a mesh damping mechanism can be a microfibrous metal mesh damper. In one or more embodiments, a system for microisolation can include an isolation platform connected to one or more L-shaped springs, and a thickness of the one or more L-shaped springs can be less than a thickness of the isolation platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: EngeniusMicro, LLC, Auburn University
    Inventors: Brian A. English, Carl Rudd, Michael S. Kranz, Robert Neal Dean, Jr., Mark Lee Adams, Brent Douglas Bottenfield, Arthur Gernt Bond, III
  • Patent number: 11608436
    Abstract: A blown film of soil biodegradable aliphatic polyesters produced primarily from diacid and diol monomers. The diacid monomers may be of any type including succinic acid, adipic acid, and hexanedioic acid. The diol monomer may be of any type including ethylene glycol, propanediol, butanediol, and hexanediol. Commercial aliphatic polyesters produced from diacid and diol monomers include polybutylene succinate (PBS), polybutylene adipate succinate (PBAS), and polybutylene adipate (PBA). Comonomers may also be added. Such comonomers include chemicals with a single carboxylic acid, hydroxy, or amine moiety, which act as chain terminators, chemicals with three or more carboxylic acid, epoxy, and/or hydroxy moieties which, act as branching agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Green IP, LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin T. Okamoto, Robert Neal Alfred Hawkinson