Patents by Inventor Rodney Lawrence
Rodney Lawrence 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).
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Patent number: 7325870Abstract: A child restraint system includes a belt assembly for restraining a child occupant and a control unit for monitoring proper adjustment of the belt assembly. The belt assembly may include a belt harness affixed to the child restraint system or a vehicle belt seat. The child restraint system also includes a sensor for detecting the presence of the child occupant, a sensor for determining whether the belt assembly is properly adjusted, and a sensor for determining whether the vehicle is in motion. The control unit provides an alert signal if the child is present, the vehicle is in motion and the belt assembly is not properly adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rodney A. Lawrence, Kevin D. Kincaid, Duane D. Fortune, Stephen B. Porter, Stuart S. Sullivan, Edward J. Wallner
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Patent number: 7288009Abstract: A child seat adapted for use in a vehicle, the child seat comprising: a base portion; a carrier portion configured to be removably secured to the base portion; a restraint system component; a sensor for providing a signal indicative of a state of the restraint system component; an electronic control unit secured to either the carrier portion or the base portion, the electronic control unit being operably coupled to the restraint system component to receive the signal, the electronic control unit being capable of processing the signal to provide an output indicative of the state of the restraint system component; and an electrical connector for providing electrical connection between the sensor and the electronic control unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rodney A. Lawrence, Ronald B. Ketwitz, Jr., Jay L. Kelly, Steven D. Felix
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Patent number: 7224270Abstract: A child seat adapted for use in a vehicle, the child seat comprising: a shell portion; a harness for securing a child to the child seat, the harness comprising adjustable harness tether(s) secured to the shell portion at one end and having a latch plate at the other, the latch plate being configured to releasably engage a buckle of the harness; a tension sensor(s) for providing a signal indicative of a tension of the adjustable harness tether(s); and an electronic control unit secured to the shell portion, the electronic control unit being operably coupled to the tension sensor(s) to receive the signal, the electronic control unit being capable of processing the signal to compare the signal to a signal indicative of a predetermined range of acceptable tension, wherein the electronic control unit provides an output indicating whether the tension of the adjustable harness tether(s) is(are) within the predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James F. Patterson, Stuart S. Sullivan, Rodney A. Lawrence, Duane D. Fortune, Edward J. Wallner, Stephen B. Porter, William W. Fultz, Kevin D. Kincaid, Gary R. Grieb, Jeffry N. Zolkower
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Patent number: 7188898Abstract: The child restraint system comprises a harness that extends through one of a plurality of slots in the shell for restraining a child occupant within the child restraint system, and a control unit for determining whether the harness is properly adjusted based upon the size of the child. Belt location sensors are disposed at the slots to detect the presence of a harness belt. The child restraint system also includes temperature sensors responsive to body temperature of the child. The control unit processes the signals from the belt location sensors and the proximity sensors and issues an alert signal if the belt location is not the recommended belt location based upon the size of the child.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2005Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James F. Patterson, Stuart S. Sullivan, Rodney A. Lawrence, Duane D. Fortune, Edward J. Wallner, Stephen B. Porter, William W. Fultz, Kevin D. Kincaid
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Publication number: 20060057900Abstract: A child seat adapted for use in a vehicle, the child seat comprising: a base portion; a carrier portion configured to be removably secured to the base portion; a restraint system component; a sensor for providing a signal indicative of a state of the restraint system component; an electronic control unit secured to either the carrier portion or the base portion, the electronic control unit being operably coupled to the restraint system component to receive the signal, the electronic control unit being capable of processing the signal to provide an output indicative of the state of the restraint system component; and an electrical connector for providing electrical connection between the sensor and the electronic control unit, the electrical connector comprising: a first contact member secured to either the base portion or the carrier portion, the first contact member having a plurality of contact surfaces; and a second contact member secured to either the base portion or the carrier portion, the second contacType: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2005Publication date: March 16, 2006Inventors: Rodney Lawrence, Ronald Ketwitz, Jay Kelly, Steven Felix
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Publication number: 20060049677Abstract: A child restraint system that is adapted to be mounted within a vehicle is provided. The child restraint system includes a child seat configured to receive a child occupant. The child seat has a frame, at least first and second docking stations, and a child seat monitoring device. The first and second docking stations are disposed at first and second locations on the frame. Both of the first and second docking stations are configured to receive and hold the child seat monitoring device therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Rodney Lawrence, Kevin Kincaid
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Publication number: 20060049929Abstract: A child restraint system includes a belt assembly for restraining a child occupant and a control unit for monitoring proper adjustment of the belt assembly. The belt assembly may include a belt harness affixed to the child restraint system or a vehicle belt seat. The child restraint system also includes a sensor for detecting the presence of the child occupant, a sensor for determining whether the belt assembly is properly adjusted, and a sensor for determining whether the vehicle is in motion. The control unit provides an alert signal if the child is present, the vehicle is in motion and the belt assembly is not properly adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Rodney Lawrence, Kevin Kincaid, Duane Fortune, Stephen Porter, Stuart Sullivan, Edward Wallner
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Patent number: 6998086Abstract: An embossing method and apparatus (20) comprises a rotary embossing device (32) having a radial direction (28) and an outer peripheral surface (34). The embossing device (32) includes at least one embossing-component (48) which extends at least radially outward from the peripheral surface (34), and is configured to provide for a first embossing-pattern (38). The embossing device (32) also includes a rotary shaft member (46). A base embossing-segment (50) is operatively joined to the rotary shaft member (46) and configured to carry a first base-section (40) of the first embossing-component (48). In a particular aspect, a first, supplemental embossing-segment (52) is operatively joined and selectively positionable on the rotary shaft member (46), and is configured to carry a first supplemental-section (42) of the first embossing-component (48).Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Michael Lake, Shelley Rae Rasmussen, Jesse James Pasterski, Wen Tong Lay, Marcus David Weiher, Michael John Bott, Rodney Lawrence Abba
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Publication number: 20060006713Abstract: A child seat adapted for use in a vehicle, the child seat comprising: a shell portion; a harness for securing a child to the child seat, the harness comprising adjustable harness tether(s) secured to the shell portion at one end and having a latch plate at the other, the latch plate being configured to releasably engage a buckle of the harness; a tension sensor(s) for providing a signal indicative of a tension of the adjustable harness tether(s); and an electronic control unit secured to the shell portion, the electronic control unit being operably coupled to the tension sensor(s) to receive the signal, the electronic control unit being capable of processing the signal to compare the signal to a signal indicative of a predetermined range of acceptable tension, wherein the electronic control unit provides an output indicating whether the tension of the adjustable harness tether(s) is(are) within the predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventors: James Patterson, Stuart Sullivan, Rodney Lawrence, Duane Fortune, Edward Wallner, Stephen Porter, William Fultz, Kevin Kincaid, Gary Greib, Jeffry Zolkower
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Publication number: 20050280297Abstract: A child seat adapted for use in a vehicle, the child seat comprising: a shell portion configured for use with or without a base portion; at least one an adjustable tether secured to the shell portion at one end and having a clasping portion at the other; a tension sensor for providing a signal indicative of a tension of the adjustable tether; and an electronic control unit secured to the shell portion, the electronic control unit being operably coupled to the tension sensor to receive the signal, the electronic control unit being capable of processing the signal to compare the signal to a signal indicative of a predetermined range of acceptable tension, wherein the electronic control unit provides an output indicating whether the tension of the adjustable tether is within the predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Inventors: James Patterson, Stuart Sullivan, Rodney Lawrence, Duane Fortune, Edward Wallner, Stephen Porter, William Fultz, Kevin Kincaid
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Publication number: 20050275260Abstract: The child restraint system comprises a harness that extends through one of a plurality of slots in the shell for restraining a child occupant within the child restraint system, and a control unit for determining whether the harness is properly adjusted based upon the size of the child. Belt location sensors are disposed at the slots to detect the presence of a harness belt. The child restraint system also includes temperature sensors responsive to body temperature of the child. The control unit processes the signals from the belt location sensors and the proximity sensors and issues an alert signal if the belt location is not the recommended belt location based upon the size of the child.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: James Patterson, Stuart Sullivan, Rodney Lawrence, Duane Fortune, Edward Wallner, Stephen Porter, William Fultz, Kevin Kincaid
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Publication number: 20050275258Abstract: A child restraint system and a method for monitoring installation of the child restraint system are provided. The child restraint system includes a child seat configured to receive a child occupant. The child restraint system further includes a first sensor coupled to the child seat. The first sensor is configured to output a first signal indicative of positional angle of the child seat relative to a first axis. The child restraint system further includes a controller coupled to the child seat configured to receive the first signal and to calculate a first angle value based on the first signal. The controller is further configured to induce a first device disposed on the child seat to indicate when the first angle value is not within a predetermined angular range from the first axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: James Patterson, Stuart Sullivan, Rodney Lawrence, Duane Fortune, Edward Wallner, Stephen Porter, William Fultz, Kevin Kincaid
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Publication number: 20050275276Abstract: A child restraint system and a method for monitoring installation of the child restraint system are provided. The child restraint system includes a child seat configured to receive a child occupant. The child seat has at least a first seat belt guide member configured to engage a vehicle seat belt webbing for securing the child seat to a vehicle seat. The child restraint system further includes a first sensor coupled to the first seat belt guide member. The first sensor is configured to output a first signal indicative of an amount of tension being applied to the vehicle seat belt webbing. The child restraint system further includes a controller coupled to the child seat configured to receive the first signal and to compute a first tension value based on the first signal. The controller further is configured to induce a first device disposed on the child seat to indicate when the first tension value is less than a predetermined tension value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: James Patterson, Stuart Sullivan, Duane Fortune, William Fultz, Kevin Kincaid, Rodney Lawrence, Edward Wallner, Stephen Porter
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Patent number: 6759567Abstract: A personal care product that has a liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet, and an absorbent composite located between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent composite has an upper layer made of synthetic fiber with at most 20 weight percent pulp and the upper layer has a density between about 0.03 and 0.15 g/cc and a basis weight between about 20 to 75 gsm. The composite has a lower layer having from 80 to 95 weight percent pulp, at most 20 weight percent binder, and has a density greater than the upper layer and between 0.06 and 0.20 g/cc, and a basis weight between 120 and 200 gsm.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Charles Wilson Colman, Rodney Lawrence Abba, Jaime Braverman, John Thomas Cooper, Maureen Myrl Falls, Tiffany Marshalle Lee Hunter, Steven Rashad Inabinet, David Martin Jackson, Nancy Donaldson Kollin, Yen-Ling Lai, Sylvia Bandy Little, Robert John Makolin, David Joseph Nickel
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Patent number: 6608236Abstract: There is provided a distribution material for personal care products which is a fabric which wicks artificial menses according to a horizontal wicking test a distance of about 1 inch in less than about 1.5 minutes. Materials meeting this performance criteria generally have a pore size distribution with a high percentage (usually more than 50 percent) of pore diameters between about 80 and 400 microns and a density below about 0.15 g/cc. There is also provided a personal care product system having a distribution/retention layer and a pad shaping layer wherein each layer has a stain length ratio of 0.5 or less and the distribution/retention layer has a saturation profile of 4 or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 1998Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Scott Burnes, Rebecca Lyn Dilnik, Connie Lynn Hetzler, Thomas Patrick Jorgenson, Tamara Lee Mace, David Michael Matela, Jayne Bramstedt Nelson, Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Alexander Manfred Schmidt-Foerst, Heather Anne Sorebo, James Allyn Spiers, Laura Jane Walker, Rodney Lawrence Abba, Charles John Chappell, Valerie Victoria Finch, Ann Marie Giencke, Michael Brent Kottek, Allan James Krueger, Andrew Michael Lake, MeeWha Lee, Sarah Elizabeth Long-Radloff, Janice Gail Nielsen, Ann Margaret Vanevenhoven
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Publication number: 20030014028Abstract: There is provided a personal care product that has a liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet, and an absorbent composite located between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent composite has an upper layer made of synthetic fiber with at most 20 weight percent pulp and the upper layer has a density between about 0.03 and 0.15 g/cc and a basis weight between about 20 to 75 gsm. The composite has a lower layer having from 80 to 95 weight percent pulp, at most 20 weight percent binder, and has a density greater than the upper layer and between 0.06 and 0.20 g/cc, and a basis weight between 120 and 200 gsm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Charles Wilson Colman, Rodney Lawrence Abba, Jaime Braverman, John Thomas Cooper, Maureen Myrl Falls, Tiffany Marshalle Lee Hunter, Steven Rashad Inabinet, David Martin Jackson, Nancy Donaldson Kollin, Yen-Ling Lai, Sylvia Bandy Little, Robert John Makolin, David Joseph Nickel
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Patent number: 6303780Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of formula I: or stereoisomeric forms or mixtures, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase, and to pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising the same, methods of using the same for treating viral infection or as an assay standard or reagent, and intermediates and processes for making the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: DuPont Pharmaceuticals CompanyInventors: Joseph Marian Fortunak, Rodney Lawrence Parsons, Jr., Mona Patel
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Patent number: 6225317Abstract: The potent reverse transcriptase inhibitor (−)-6-Chloro-4-cyclopropylethynyl-4-trifluoromethyl-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinazolinone is produced in solvate and crystalline form. These forms are designated Forms 1 and 2, and are characterized by x-ray powder diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods are useful for the treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1999Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: DuPont Pharmaceuticals CompanyInventors: Shelley R. Rabel, Mona Patel, Rodney Lawrence Parsons, Jr.
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Patent number: 6140499Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of formula I: ##STR1## or stereoisomeric forms or mixtures, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase, and to pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising the same, methods of using the same for treating viral infection or as an assay standard or reagent, and intermediates and processes for making the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: DuPont Pharmaceutical CompanyInventors: Joseph Marian Fortunak, Rodney Lawrence Parsons, Jr.
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Patent number: 6028237Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel methods for the synthesis of cyclopropylacetylene which is a reagent in the asymmetric synthesis of (S)-6-chloro-4-cyclopropylethynyl-4-trifluoromethyl-1,4-dihydro-2H-3,1-ben zoxazin-2-one which is a useful human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reverse transcriptase inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1997Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: DuPont Pharmaceuticals CompanyInventor: Rodney Lawrence Parsons, Jr.