Patents by Inventor Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson 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: 11940593
    Abstract: A display article is described herein that includes: a substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface; and the primary surface having defined thereon a diffractive surface region. The diffractive surface region comprises a plurality of structural features that comprises a plurality of different heights in a multimodal distribution. Further, the substrate exhibits a sparkle of less than 4%, as measured by pixel power deviation (PPD140) at an incident angle of 0° from normal, a distinctness of image (DOI) of less than 80% at an incident angle of 20° from normal, and a transmittance haze of less than 20% from an incident angle of 0° from normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jiangwei Feng, Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Cameron Robert Nelson, Wageesha Senaratne, William Allen Wood
  • Publication number: 20240084909
    Abstract: A flush-mount valve and vent assemblies including the same are described. A flush-mount valve may include a valve mount and a valve barrier which are coupled to the underside of a structure forming part of a liquid-impermeable container. The flush-mount valve is arranged to control the flow of fluid(s) across a fluid passage in the structure and is mounted to the structure so as to remain fully within the interior of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jennifer Michaeli, Robert Walling, Alden Nelson
  • Publication number: 20240087031
    Abstract: A computer-based method is provided for enrolling an eligible retirement plan or other eligible entity into a collective investment trust (CIT). The method includes receiving an electronic enrollment request for a plan, the enrollment request comprising enrollment data, wherein the enrollment data includes a plan identifier and an advisor identifier. An electronic eligibility request is transmitted to a DOL Form 5500 system, the electronic eligibility request including the plan identifier. The method includes receiving a response from the DOL Form 5500 system confirming a eligible status of the plan. An electronic list of available funds is retrieved based on the advisor identifier, and a selection of one or more funds is received. The method includes automatically generating a participation agreement for the plan and transmitting an electronic signature envelope to receive an electronically-signed copy of the participation agreement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas RANDALL, Robert Nelson BARNETT, III
  • Patent number: 11927751
    Abstract: The present application discloses a system and device for displaying content. The system includes two optical units. The two optical units are part of the system that is wearable. Each of the two optical units comprises a front lit display. The system includes an adjustable mounting. The adjustable mounting enables a user to adjust a mounting position of the two optical units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sindarin, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Eli Nelson Chelf, John Aaron Boiles, Nicholas Cory Johnson, Kevin Robert McKinney, Steven David Oliver, Tun Yuen Yeung, Keith Alsberg, Jeremiah O'Leary
  • Patent number: 11927823
    Abstract: An optical cable assembly comprising: (a) a plurality of fibers; (b) a connector; (c) at least a first flat ribbonized portion comprising at least a first portion of the plurality of fibers, the first flat ribbonized portion being terminated to the connector; and (d) at least a first non-flat portion comprising at least a second portion of the plurality of fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Dwight David Zitsch, Robert Nelson Fair, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240071098
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller configured to: analyze image data within an area; determine an object is present in the area based on the image data; determine if the object is a potential hazard based on the image data; and in response to determining the object is a potential hazard, emitting a projection beam onto a surface of the area to illuminate the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Wolfe, Neal Wiggerman, Robert Mark Zerhusen, Nicholas Mann, Christopher Nelson, Angela Williams
  • Patent number: 11912619
    Abstract: A textured glass article includes: a body comprising an aluminosilicate glass comprising greater than or equal to 16 wt % Al2O3, the body having at least a first surface; and a plurality of polyhedral surface features extending from the first surface, each of the plurality of polyhedral surface features comprising a base on the first surface, a plurality of facets extending from the first surface, and a surface feature size at the base greater than or equal to 10 ?m and less than or equal to 350 ?m, wherein the plurality of facets of each polyhedral surface feature converge toward one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xinyu Cao, Christine Cecala, Ling Chen, Wanghui Chen, Yuhui Jin, Cameron Robert Nelson, Jayantha Senawiratne, David Lee Weidman
  • Patent number: 11896376
    Abstract: Systems and methods to determine if an individual is impaired. The system includes a display and a stimulus on the display. The system include a controller that is programmed to move the stimulus about the display and one or more sensors that track eye movements and pupil size of a user due to movement of the stimulus or light conditions. The system includes a processor programmed to analyze the eye movements and pupil data size. The method includes using a testing apparatus and collecting data from the testing apparatus. The method includes storing the collected data. The method includes processing the data with an automated impairment decision engine to determine whether a test subject is impaired. The method may include using machine learning models or statistical analysis to determine whether a test subject is impaired. The automated impairment decision engine may be trained using machine learning and/or statistical analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Gaize
    Inventors: Kenneth Hunter Fichtler, Robert Nelson Lass
  • Publication number: 20230382060
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for induction fusing of thermoplastic composite materials using a film of pressurized air to provide active cooling as well as consolidation pressure. The invention may be employed to weld multiple pre-consolidated thermoplastic composite laminates or to form a single laminate from individual plies of thermoplastic composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: W. Robert Nelson, Audra Morgan
  • Publication number: 20230382020
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for consolidating a thermoplastic composite component in situ within a thermoplastic composite deposition cell by means of heat and pressure. Heat may be applied to the thermoplastic composite component by means of an induction coil. Pressure may be applied to the thermoplastic composite component by means of a pressure applicator. An independent means may be provided for reacting at least a portion of the force directed to the pressure applicator. Consolidation may be performed in parallel with deposition within the same work cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: W. Robert Nelson, Audra Morgan
  • Publication number: 20230382063
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoplastic composite broadgood and a means of depositing a thermoplastic composite broadgood onto a mold. The broadgood may comprise of a plurality of separate, parallel strips of thermoplastic prepreg attached together by a plurality of delamination arresting elements. The broadgood may be deposited onto a mold by means of an apparatus comprising a plurality of flexible metal straps, each strap being configured to be heated. The straps may temporarily adhere to the broadgood when heated, thereby allowing the broadgood to be moved by means of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: W. Robert Nelson, Audra Morgan
  • Publication number: 20230278876
    Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Bryan Christopher GilroySmith, Jacques Gagne, Robert Nelson, Christopher Gregory Malone
  • Publication number: 20230233120
    Abstract: Systems and methods to determine if an individual is impaired. The system includes a display and a stimulus on the display. The system include a controller that is programmed to move the stimulus about the display and one or more sensors that track eye movements and pupil size of a user due to movement of the stimulus or light conditions. The system includes a processor programmed to analyze the eye movements and pupil data size. The method includes using a testing apparatus and collecting data from the testing apparatus. The method includes storing the collected data. The method includes processing the data with an automated impairment decision engine to determine whether a test subject is impaired. The method may include using machine learning models or statistical analysis to determine whether a test subject is impaired. The automated impairment decision engine may be trained using machine learning and/or statistical analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Gaize
    Inventors: Kenneth Hunter Fichtler, Robert Nelson Lass
  • Publication number: 20230219526
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus, method and system for use with a vehicle having passive keyless entry and start (PKES) system including a vehicle unit and a key fob storage unit. The vehicle unit is to be installed with the vehicle having a first transceiver, a first relay transceiver an authentication unit, a first controller for controlling said first relay transceiver allowing said transmission if said user is authenticated. The key fob storage unit comprises at least one housing for securely holding at least one key fob associated with said PKES systems of said vehicles, a second, said second wireless relay w wherein said first relay transceiver and said second relay transceiver allows said PKES system and said key fob to communicate from a distance larger than a range of said PKES system signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jack WISNIA, James SPEERS, Robert NELSON
  • Patent number: 11685658
    Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Christopher GilroySmith, Jacques Gagne, Robert Nelson, Christopher Gregory Malone
  • Publication number: 20230132429
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling device, and in particular a multifunctional hair styling device having components which can carry out a number of different (and distinct) styling operations. The invention provides a hair styling device having a body portion and a handle portion, the body portion having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller between the air inlet and the air outlet and an electric motor to rotate the impeller, the handle portion having a pair of heating panels. The handle portion is separable from the body portion and can be used alone as a hair straighter, or the device can be used as a hair dryer with the handle portion attached to the body portion. The body portion can optionally include a hair curling chamber adapted for hair curling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Alfredo DEBENEDICTIS, Janusz Lucien HOLLAND, Mark Christopher HUGHES, Martin Malcolm HARRIS, James Robert NELSON, Suraj SOREN
  • Patent number: 11599370
    Abstract: Devices, to be controlled by an application program (app) running on mobile computers of the users, are sold to the users through a variety of suppliers. The users are provided with a single generic app for controlling the devices. The app is then provided branding and advertising information about one supplier associated with the sale or service of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Nelson
  • Publication number: 20230043228
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus, method and system for use with a vehicle having passive keyless entry and start (PKES) system including a vehicle unit and a key fob storage unit. The vehicle unit is to be installed with the vehicle having a first transceiver, a first relay transceiver an authentication unit, a first controller for controlling said first relay transceiver allowing said transmission if said user is authenticated. The key fob storage unit comprises at least one housing for securely holding at least one key fob associated with said PKES systems of said vehicles, a second, said second wireless relay w wherein said first relay transceiver and said second relay transceiver allows said PKES system and said key fob to communicate from a distance larger than a range of said PKES system signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jack WISNIA, James SPEERS, Robert NELSON
  • Patent number: 11524242
    Abstract: A system and method for providing customized instances of a game within a virtual space. The system may be configured to obtain values associated with one or more users of the virtual space. The game, which is playable within the virtual space, may initially comprise predefined features and initially undefined features. The customizations may define the initially undefined features to provide custom-defined features. As such, when played, the game may include the predefined features and the custom-defined features. Customizations defining the initially undefined features to provide custom-defined features for a given instance of the game may be determined based on the values associated with a given user. The system may be configured to provide the given instance of the game to the given user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Nelson, Robert Lowe
  • Publication number: 20220322802
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling device, and in particular to a hair straightener. The hair styling device (10; 210) has a first arm (12; 212) and a second arm (14; 214), the first and second arms being moveable relative to one another between a closed or operative condition and an open or inoperative condition. The first member (12; 212) has a first heating panel (16; 116; 216) and the second member (14; 214) has a second heating panel (18; 118; 218). The heating panels (16, 18; 116, 118; 216, 218) are corrugated to increase the length of the path the hair must take between the heating panels. The first and second heating panels are spaced apart in the operative condition so as not to press or clamp the hair therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Alfredo DEBENEDICTIS, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes, Martin Malcolm Harris, James Robert Nelson