Patents by Inventor Ronald Christopher

Ronald Christopher 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: 11549040
    Abstract: Various shaped abrasive particles are disclosed. Each shaped abrasive particle includes a body having at least one major surface and a side surface extending from the major surface. The side surface can includes a toothed portion. The toothed portion can comprise a plurality of teeth. Each one of the teeth can have the same height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Todd M. Cotter, Francois Wagner, Rene G. Demers, Richard J. Klok, Alexandra Marazano, Adam D. Lior, James A. Salvatore, Sujatha K. Iyengar, David F. Louapre, Sidath S. Wijesooriya, Ronald Christopher Motta, Gary A. Guertin, Michael D. Kavanaugh, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Jun Jia, Frederic Josseaux, Ralph Bauer, Frank J. Csillag, Yang Zhong, James P. Stewart, Mark P. Dombrowski, Sandhya Jayaraman Rukmani, Amandine Martin, Stephen E. Fox, Nilanjan Sarangi, Dean S. Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11510485
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to oral care systems and devices. An oral care system includes a container defining an interior portion. The container includes a repository provided within the interior portion and configured to hold a fluid, and a barrier configured to maintain the fluid separate from the interior portion. The barrier is configured to be breached to expose the interior portion to the fluid. The system further includes a tube configured to slide in the interior portion of the container. The tube includes a distal end configured to breach the barrier when the tube is moved in a direction of the fluid in the repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Fowler, Ronald Christopher Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Daniel R. Ulreich, Jodi Marie Balbinot, Kristin Marie Sexton
  • Publication number: 20220365023
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein relates to a dry sensor for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a liquid beverage sample. Described herein is a novel dry sensor which is able to receive a liquid sample and adjust the pH of the liquid to be suitable for assaying an analyte of interest without the need to add reagents to the sample and/or to perform manually timed operations and able to detect a redox reaction in the presence of a liquid sample. The meter disclosed herein, when connected to the sensor disclosed herein is able to adjust the temperature of the liquid to be suitable for the assay, apply a series of potentials, measure the current at several times, measure the diffusion coefficient of the limiting electrochemical species, calculate the concentration of one or more analytes, and rapidly provide the user with the required information on the liquid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Stanley Zhen-Jin TEO, Peter Michael NEWMAN, Ronald Christopher CHATELIER, Luke Robert COSSINS, Alastair M. Hodges
  • Patent number: 11427740
    Abstract: Various shaped abrasive particles are disclosed. Each shaped abrasive particle includes a body having at least one major surface and a side surface extending from the major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Todd M. Cotter, Francois Wagner, Rene G. Demers, Richard J. Klok, Alexandra Marazano, Adam D. Lior, James A. Salvatore, Sujatha K. Iyengar, David F. Louapre, Sidath S. Wijesooriya, Ronald Christopher Motta, Gary A. Guertin, Michael D. Kavanaugh, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Jun Jia, Frederic Josseaux, Ralph Bauer, Frank J. Csillag, Yang Zhong, James P. Stewart, Mark P. Dombrowski, Sandhya Jayaraman Rukmani, Amandine Martin, Stephen E. Fox, Nilanjan Sarangi, Dean S. Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220263942
    Abstract: A call identification system for verifying telephone calls, the system including a processor in communication with a calling device and a user device. The processor transmits a whitelist to the user device. The whitelist comprises telephone numbers having a label. The processor receives an identification attribute associated a call to the user device. The call is delayed until the calling device receives an acknowledgment from the user device. The processor compares the calling telephone number with each telephone number and generates a notification in response to a match. The processor transmits the notification to the user device, causing the user device to change the label associated with the calling telephone number. The processor receives an acknowledgment from the user device of the label changing and transmits the acknowledgment to the calling device, causing the calling device to launch the call to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Fletcher Perry Hamilton, Krishna Kanth Korlepara, Muhammad Shaiq, Ronald Christopher Gomez
  • Patent number: 11401082
    Abstract: A cap assembly for a container and a method of assembly. The cap assembly includes a housing couplable to a container opening, the housing defining a housing opening communicating with the container opening; a cover operable to close the housing opening; and a retainer mechanism operable to releasably connect the cover to the housing, the retainer mechanism including a non-fusible member selectively contacting the cover and the housing, and a fusible member operable to hold the non-fusible member in contact with the cover and the housing in a retaining condition, the fusible member deforming at or above a threshold of the condition to allow the non-fusible member to move out of contact with one of the cover and the housing, in a release condition, to open the container opening to atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Power Packer North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher Hughes, James Allen Miller, Michael Patrick Reinsvold
  • Publication number: 20220225757
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to oral care systems and devices. An oral care system includes a container defining an interior portion. The container includes a repository provided within the interior portion and configured to hold a fluid, and a barrier configured to maintain the fluid separate from the interior portion. The barrier is configured to be breached to expose the interior portion to the fluid. The system further includes a tube configured to slide in the interior portion of the container. The tube includes a distal end configured to breach the barrier when the tube is moved in a direction of the fluid in the repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Fowler, Ronald Christopher Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Daniel R. Ulreich, Jodi Marie Balbinot, Kristin Marie Sexton
  • Patent number: 11370918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to relates to a method of producing an improved asphalt. This method includes providing an asphalt binder and providing a compound of formula (I): as described herein. The asphalt binder is mixed with the compound of formula (I) under conditions effective to produce an improved asphalt. Also disclosed are an asphalt product and a method of making asphalt material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher Williams, Joseph H. Podolsky, Nacu Hernandez, Eric W. Cochran, Austin Hohmann, Mohamed Elkashef
  • Publication number: 20220186032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt product that comprises an asphalt component and a plurality of pellets comprising a mixture of a ground tire rubber and an elastomeric polymer, where the density difference between the asphalt component and the plurality of pellets is less than 10%. The present invention further relates to a pellet comprising a ground tire rubber (“GTR”) and an elastomeric polymer mixed with the GTR, where the GTR has a density of less than 1.12 g/cm3. Also disclosed are methods of producing improved asphalt and paving a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Eric W. COCHRAN, Nacu HERNANDEZ, Ronald Christopher WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20220150351
    Abstract: A system and method of verifying a caller identification utilizing a server that communicates with a computing device capable of monitoring communication networks for specific communications from an enterprise voice network. The server can push a spoof prevention contact list to user devices. Additionally, the server can receive notifications from the computing device in response to user inputs that allow match analysis to occur with the information in the received notifications. When a match is found, the server can send a notification to a user device to modify a contact name in the spoof prevention list stored in the user device. After a specified time, the contact name can be altered back to the original state. As an example, the contact name in the spoof prevention list may start out as “unverified call,” and be changed temporarily to “verified call” upon receipt of the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Fletcher Perry Hamilton, Krishna Kanth Korlepara, Muhammad Shaiq, Ronald Christopher Gomez
  • Patent number: 11330098
    Abstract: A system and method of verifying a caller identification utilizing a server that communicates with a computing device capable of monitoring communication networks for specific communications from an enterprise voice network. The server can push a spoof prevention contact list to user devices. Additionally, the server can receive notifications from the computing device in response to user inputs that allow match analysis to occur with the information in the received notifications. When a match is found, the server can send a notification to a user device to modify a contact name in the spoof prevention list stored in the user device. After a specified time, the contact name can be altered back to the original state. As an example, the contact name in the spoof prevention list may start out as “unverified call,” and be changed temporarily to “verified call” upon receipt of the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sevis Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Fletcher Perry Hamilton, Krishna Kanth Korlepara, Muhammad Shaiq, Ronald Christopher Gomez
  • Patent number: 11321621
    Abstract: An automatic system and method for the performance of scientific inferencing including the determination of a null hypothesis significance testing on an interactive computer system, the method including the steps of: (a) providing for the input of an input description of a proposed hypothesis test, the input description including a number of relevant input parameters; (b) utilising the computational system for processing the input description into a null hypothesis significance test; (c) executing the null hypothesis significance test on the computational system; and (d) visually displaying the results of the execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Ronald Christopher Monson
  • Publication number: 20220112130
    Abstract: Provided herein are an emulsified asphalt product and an emulsified coating product. Both emulsified products contain one or more rejuvenators of formula (I) or formula (X). The emulsified asphalt product is useful for improving the performance of aged or brittle resinous binders in paving applications while the emulsified coating product is similarly useful in roofing applications. Also provided herein is a treated bituminous pavement where the performance grade varies with depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher WILLIAMS, Eric W. COCHRAN, Theodore HUISMAN, Ashley F. BUSS, Irvin PINTO, Nacu HERNANDEZ, Joseph PODOLSKY, Michael J. FORRESTER, Maxwell D. STAVER, Baker W. KUEHL, Austin D. HOHMANN
  • Patent number: 11291295
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to oral care systems and devices. An oral care system includes a container defining an interior portion. The container includes a repository provided within the interior portion and configured to hold a fluid, and a barrier configured to maintain the fluid separate from the interior portion. The barrier is configured to be breached to expose the interior portion to the fluid. The system further includes a tube configured to slide in the interior portion of the container. The tube includes a distal end configured to breach the barrier when the tube is moved in a direction of the fluid in the repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Fowler, Ronald Christopher Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Daniel R. Ulreich, Jodi Marie Balbinot, Kristin Marie Sexton
  • Patent number: 11242459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt product that comprises an asphalt component and a plurality of pellets comprising a mixture of a ground tire rubber and an elastomeric polymer, where the density difference between the asphalt component and the plurality of pellets is less than 10%. The present invention further relates to a pellet comprising a ground tire rubber (“GTR”) and an elastomeric polymer mixed with the GTR, where the GTR has a density of less than 1.12 g/cm3. Also disclosed are methods of producing improved asphalt and paving a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric W. Cochran, Nacu Hernandez, Ronald Christopher Williams
  • Publication number: 20220033305
    Abstract: The present application is directed to a composition that includes a polymer comprising two or more units of monomer A, with monomer A being a radically polymerizable plant oil, animal oil, synthetic triglyceride, or mixture thereof and an epoxidized vegetable oil, an epoxidized fatty acid, or an epoxidized fatty ester. The present application is also directed to further compositions, methods of producing a liquid cement composition, and methods of paving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Eric W. COCHRAN, Nacu HERNANDEZ, Austin HOHMANN, Ronald Christopher WILLIAMS, Michael FORRESTER, Baker KUEHL, Conglin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210359521
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for off-grid load stabilization. For instance, the method may include: receiving generator data from at least one generator and energy storage data from at least one energy store; determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, a moving average of a system load of the at least one generator; and determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, an instantaneous load value of the at least one generator. The method may further include: determining a first electronic storage dispatch (ESD) based on the moving average of the system load and the instantaneous load value of the at least one generator; and providing the first ESD to the at least one energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher GAYLES, Dachuan YU, Gregory J. SPECKHART
  • Publication number: 20210324124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a multiblock copolymer. This method comprises i) providing a block copolymer comprising at least one PA block and at least one PB block, where PA represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer A and PB represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer B, with monomers A and B being the same or different, where the block copolymer contains a chain transfer agent moiety (CTA); ii) providing a radically polymerizable monomer C; and iii) polymerizing the block copolymer with monomer C under conditions effective to achieve a number average degree of polymerization (Nn) for the multiblock copolymer of up to 100,000 without gelation. The present invention relates to a multiblock copolymer comprising at least one PA block, at least one PB block, and at least one PC block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Nacu HERNANDEZ, Eric W. COCHRAN, Ronald Christopher WILLIAMS, Austin HOHMANN
  • Patent number: 11072674
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a multiblock copolymer. This method comprises i) providing a block copolymer comprising at least one PA block and at least one PB block, where PA represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer A and PB represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer B, with monomers A and B being the same or different, where the block copolymer contains a chain transfer agent moiety (CTA); ii) providing a radically polymerizable monomer C; and iii) polymerizing the block copolymer with monomer C under conditions effective to achieve a number average degree of polymerization (Nn) for the multiblock copolymer of up to 100,000 without gelation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Nacu Hernandez, Eric W. Cochran, Ronald Christopher Williams, Austin Hohmann
  • Publication number: 20210130616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt product. The asphalt product includes an asphalt binder and a bio-oil blend comprising a mixture of a non-hydrogenated bio-oil and a partially hydrogenated bio-oil, where the bio-oil blend is mixed with the asphalt binder to form an asphalt product having a shear stiffness of 0.20 kPa to 11,000 kPa at a temperature ranging from 25° C. to 85° C. and/or a viscosity of 0.15 Pa·s to 1.50 Pa·s at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 165° C. The present invention further relates to methods of producing an asphalt product and methods of applying an asphalt product to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher Williams, Joseph Herbert Podolsky, Nacu Hernandez, Eric W. Cochran