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).
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Patent number: 9523003Abstract: An asphalt binder includes asphalt and an asphalt binder modifier, which includes bio-oil. The asphalt binder can include a carboxyl additive. The asphalt can optionally include polymer-modified asphalt. An asphalt material includes mineral aggregate, an asphalt material binder including asphalt, and an asphalt binder modifier including bio-oil. A method for making the asphalt binder is disclosed. The asphalt material includes asphalt pavement and roofing shingles. The asphalt binder can be emulsified with water and a surfactant for use as a weatherproofing sealant or as an adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Christopher Williams, Robert C. Brown, Sheng Tang
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Patent number: 9387838Abstract: A vehicle braking apparatus, system and method is provided including electromagnetic signals emitted from an electromagnetic loop positioned on or under a roadway, wherein the signals emitted from the electromagnetic loop correspond to the status of a traffic control zone. The braking apparatus receives signals emitted by the loop and interprets the signals to facilitate remotely directed operation of a brake. A manual actuator is also configured to operate the brake and override remote braking directives.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: KRAYON SYSTEMS INC.Inventor: Ronald Christopher Reisner
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Patent number: 9374349Abstract: Methods and credential systems for use in controlling access to a computer system are disclosed. One example method includes receiving a request for a temporary single-factor credential associated with a user account, modifying the user account to allow single-factor authentication to permit access to the computer system, issuing the temporary single-factor credential, wherein the password includes a lifetime, disabling the temporary single-factor credential, when the lifetime ends, such that access to the computer system via the temporary single-factor credential is terminated, and modifying the user account associated to require multi-factor authentication for access to the computer system.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Douglas Dwyer Corlett, Jeffrey Lee Weber, Todd Andrew Larson, Ronald Christopher Hagerman, Adam D. Jones, Frank Huynh
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Publication number: 20160040012Abstract: A bio-oil formulation, useful as an asphalt binder substitute in pavement and roofing shingles, includes bio-oil and a polymer additive. The bio-oil binder can include an asphalt additive. The bio-oil binder can be emulsified with water and a surfactant for use as a weatherproofing sealant or as an adhesive. A method for making the bio-oil binder is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Ronald Christopher WILLIAMS, Mohamed Abdel Raouf MOHAMED METWALLY, Robert C. BROWN
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Publication number: 20160003565Abstract: A gas buffer plenum positioned at the end of the barrel of an automatic firearm. A barrel side end cap connects the system to the barrel. A plenum tube holds one or more chamber walls and retains gas pressure within the enclosure. A target side end cap creates the final pressure chamber enclosure and is attached to the plenum tube to lock the system together. This gas buffer plenum allows a bullet to leave the barrel of the firearm before the bolt of the firearm starts to open. As the gas buffer plenum is filled with the exploding gas behind the bullet, the gas chambers build and maintain pressure that is then forced back through a hole in the plenum. The gas is forced down a gas tube or into a piston system. Depending on the configuration of the firearm, either the gas force, or the piston, strikes the bolt and cycles the firearm. The system may also be used to retrofit a gas operated firearm that uses a traditional gas block design.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Klint McLean KINGSBURY, Clayton Warren REINARZ, Ronald Christopher SNIDER
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Patent number: 9200161Abstract: A bio-oil formulation, useful as an asphalt binder substitute in pavement and roofing shingles, includes bio-oil and a polymer additive. The bio-oil binder can include an asphalt additive. The bio-oil binder can be emulsified with water and a surfactant for use as a weatherproofing sealant or as an adhesive. A method for making the bio-oil binder is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Christopher Williams, Mohamed Abdel Raouf Mohamed Metwally, Robert C. Brown
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Patent number: 8974658Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a method for electrochemically monitoring the mobility of particles in a fluid in response to an external field, the method may include monitoring an electrical characteristic of the fluid in an electrochemical cell, the fluid comprising particles that can be moved under the influence of an externally applied field; observing changes in the electrical characteristic caused by particle movement induced by the external field; and inferring a change in the physical state of the fluid from a change in the magnitude of the electrical characteristic observed.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Universal Biosensors Pty LtdInventors: Peter Michael Newman, Ronald Christopher Chatelier
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Publication number: 20140343192Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic block copolymer comprising at least one PA block and at least one PB block. The PA block represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer A, and the PB block represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer B. Monomer A is a vinyl, acrylic, diolefin, nitrile, dinitrile, acrylonitrile monomer, a monomer with reactive functionality, or a crosslinking monomer. Monomer B is a radically polymerizable triglyceride or mixtures thereof, typically in the form of a plant or animal oil. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a thermoplastic block copolymer or novel thermoplastic statistical copolymers by polymerizing a radically polymerizable monomer with a radically polymerizable triglyceride or mixtures thereof via reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization (RAFT), in the presence of an free radical initiator and a chain transfer agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Eric W. COCHRAN, Ronald Christopher WILLIAMS, Nacu HERNANDEZ, Andrew CASCIONE
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Patent number: 8840126Abstract: A structurally efficient vehicle suspension system capable of being isolated from the main vehicle structure by being housed within a vehicle's wheel thereby reducing risks of injury during a crash and permitting advantageous redesign of suspension geometry. In the primary embodiment of this invention, the essentially longitudinal links providing wheel travel are outboard of the steering. The upper and/or lower suspension links may be arranged so as to form either a solid triangular-like structure or a “wishbone” form having two separate arms. In addition, the spring/damper unit of the suspension can be configured in a number of different embodiments variously using telescopic dampers, coil springs, rotary dampers, rubber springs, air springs, torsion bars, bell cranks linked to pushrods or pullrods and leaf springs. The spring/damper unit may also be housed in an appropriately enlarged kingpin axis carrier.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Edison2 LLCInventors: Ronald Christopher Mathis, Bradley W Jaeger
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Publication number: 20140215967Abstract: An aid for paper currency that is used in bundling pre-strapped currency comprising a rectangular base with two perpendicular parallel ends, wherein a receiving space is formed between the base and perpendicular ends to insert strapped currency enabled for bundling using rubber bands. With the aid, the receiving space formed is able to hold strapped currency in the center of the bills due to its resilient formation. A bundle of currency is formed, so that the straps of currency can be brought together, then the aid can be slipped away from the bundle-of currency formed and used again.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventors: Ronald Christopher Zurek, Lona Susan Horelle
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Publication number: 20140200291Abstract: An asphalt binder includes asphalt and an asphalt binder modifier, which includes bio-oil. The asphalt binder can include a carboxyl additive. The asphalt can optionally include polymer-modified asphalt. An asphalt material includes mineral aggregate, an asphalt material binder including asphalt, and an asphalt binder modifier including bio-oil. A method for making the asphalt binder is disclosed. The asphalt material includes asphalt pavement and roofing shingles. The asphalt binder can be emulsified with water and a surfactant for use as a weatherproofing sealant or as an adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Christopher WILLIAMS, Robert C. BROWN, Sheng TANG
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Patent number: 8696806Abstract: An asphalt binder includes asphalt and an asphalt binder modifier, which includes bio-oil. The asphalt binder can include a carboxyl additive. The asphalt can optionally include polymer-modified asphalt. An asphalt material includes mineral aggregate, an asphalt material binder including asphalt, and an asphalt binder modifier including bio-oil. A method for making the asphalt binder is disclosed. The asphalt material includes asphalt pavement and roofing shingles. The asphalt binder can be emulsified with water and a surfactant for use as a weatherproofing sealant or as an adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Christopher Williams, Robert C. Brown, Sheng Tang
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Patent number: 8585155Abstract: A wheel structure for use in an engine-powered vehicle having an inner rim, an outer rim, an inner, partially truncated, cone-shaped element, a hub and a closing portion. The outer rim is sealingly attached to the inner rim, while the inner cone-shaped element is oriented with an opening at its truncated vertex end closer to the inner rim than its base and is then attached around the perimeter of its base to the perimeter of the outer rim. A closing portion with an opening at its center is provided which is attached at its perimeter to the perimeter of the inner cone-shaped element. The hub is connected on one side to the truncated vertex end of the inner cone and on the other side to the opening at the center of the closing portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Edison2 LLCInventors: Oliver Christoph Ferdinand Kuttner, Ronald Christopher Mathis
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Publication number: 20120235465Abstract: A wheel structure for use in an engine-powered vehicle having an inner rim, an outer rim, an inner, partially truncated, cone-shaped element, a hub and a closing portion. The outer rim is sealingly attached to the inner rim, while the inner cone-shaped element is oriented with an opening at its truncated vertex end closer to the inner rim than its base and is then attached around the perimeter of its base to the perimeter of the outer rim. A closing portion with an opening at its center is provided which is attached at its perimeter to the perimeter of the inner cone-shaped element. The hub is connected on one side to the truncated vertex end of the inner cone and on the other side to the opening at the center of the closing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Oliver Christoph Ferdinand Kuttner, Ronald Christopher Mathis
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Publication number: 20120217712Abstract: An axle and wheel system for enhancing the safety of occupants of a vehicle. An axle structure is provided which is engineered to be crushable upon impact. The axle is structurally attached to the chassis of the vehicle and extends beyond the chassis on both sides thereof. Each axle end is attached to a wheel suspension. The portion of the axle extending beyond the chassis is covered by an aerodynamic ally shaped, crushable fairing and each wheel is covered by an aerodynamically shaped, crushable pod.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2011Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Oliver Christoph Ferdinand Kuttner, Ronald Christopher Mathis
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Publication number: 20120175857Abstract: A structurally efficient vehicle suspension system capable of being isolated from the main vehicle structure by being housed within a vehicle's wheel thereby reducing risks of injury during a crash and permitting advantageous redesign of suspension geometry. In the primary embodiment of this invention, the essentially longitudinal links providing wheel travel are outboard of the steering. The upper and/or lower suspension links may be arranged so as to form either a solid triangular-like structure or a “wishbone” form having two separate arms. In addition, the spring/damper unit of the suspension can be configured in a number of different embodiments variously using telescopic dampers, coil springs, rotary dampers, rubber springs, air springs, torsion bars, bell cranks linked to pushrods or pullrods and leaf springs. The spring/damper unit may also be housed in an appropriately enlarged kingpin axis carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Ronald Christopher Mathis, Bradley W. Jaeger
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Patent number: 8182765Abstract: A microfluidic device for transferring liquid from a first chamber to a second chamber is provided. The device has a first chamber; a second chamber; and a barrier between the first chamber and the second chamber, the barrier having least one opening fluidly connecting the first chamber to the second chamber, the at least one opening being sized such that a retention force, such as surface tension, keeps the liquid in the first chamber. The fluid is transferred from the first chamber to the second chamber when an initiation input such as fluid pressure is introduced to the liquid that is sufficient to overcome the retention force. The device may be a sensor strip.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Universal Biosensors Pty LtdInventors: Alastair Mcindoe Hodges, Ronald Christopher Chatelier, Garry Chambers
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Patent number: 8152184Abstract: A structurally efficient vehicle suspension system capable of being isolated from the main vehicle structure by being housed within a vehicle's wheel thereby reducing risks of injury during a crash and permitting advantageous redesign of suspension geometry. By rotating the suspension link pivot axes approximately 90 degrees when compared with the positioning of traditionally known wishbone suspension systems, the upper and lower suspension links for each vehicle wheel are relocated to run essentially parallel to the axis of travel of the vehicle. Consequently, for each wheel the virtual longitudinal link length runs parallel with the axis of travel of the vehicle indicated by the arrow and virtual swing axle length runs perpendicularly to virtual longitudinal link length. However, the upper link pivot axis and the lower link pivot axis now run parallel to virtual swing axle and their convergence point defines its length.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Edison2 LLCInventors: Oliver Christoph Ferdinand Kuttner, Ronald Christopher Mathis
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Publication number: 20110294927Abstract: A bio-oil formulation, useful as an asphalt binder substitute in pavement and roofing shingles, includes bio-oil and a polymer additive. The bio-oil binder can include an asphalt additive. The bio-oil binder can be emulsified with water and a surfactant for use as a weatherproofing sealant or as an adhesive. A method for making the bio-oil binder is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Ronald Christopher WILLIAMS, Mohamed Abdel Raouf MOHAMED METWALLY, Robert C. BROWN
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Publication number: 20110260422Abstract: A structurally efficient vehicle suspension system capable of being isolated from the main vehicle structure by being housed within a vehicle's wheel thereby reducing risks of injury during a crash and permitting advantageous redesign of suspension geometry. By rotating the suspension link pivot axes approximately 90 degrees in a counterclockwise direction when compared with the positioning of traditionally known wishbone suspension systems, the upper and lower suspension links for each vehicle wheel are relocated to run essentially parallel to the axis of travel of that wheel. Consequently, for each wheel the virtual longitudinal link length runs parallel with the axis of travel of the wheel indicated by the arrow and virtual swing axle length runs perpendicularly to virtual longitudinal link length. However, the upper link pivot axis and the lower link pivot axis now run parallel to virtual swing axle and their convergence point defines its length.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Oliver Christoph Ferdinand Kuttner, Ronald Christopher Mathis