Patents by Inventor Ronald Frederick
Ronald Frederick 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: 7398787Abstract: A non-intrusive device for automatically dosing at least one liquid laundry care composition to an automatic laundry washing machine. The device employs a Venturi tube mechanism or a pump to dose the laundry detergent care composition. The dosing is controlled by a machine-generic algorithm capable of determining the actual cycle at any duration of wash for various cycle designs from various washing machines, without the input of precise cycle design; and dose the correct products correctly and is capable of distinguishing between major water addition and a water pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Sudhakar Puvvada, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Diane Wolf, Gary Hsu
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Publication number: 20080077705Abstract: Packets received at a network appliance are classified according to packet classification rules based on flow state information maintained by the network appliance and evaluated for each packet as it is received at the appliance on the basis of OSI Level 2-Level 4 (L2-L4) information retrieved from the packet. The received packets are acted upon according to outcomes of the classification; and the flow state information is updated according to actions taken on the received packets. The updated flow state information is then made available to modules performing additional processing of one or more of the packets at OSI Layer 7 (L7).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Inventors: Qing Li, Yusheng Huang, Gary Tomic, Ronald Frederick
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Publication number: 20070277455Abstract: Trim panels for vinyl double-hung window with raised screen track that provide the traditional look of a wood window. The trim panels are adjacent and abut the raised screen track, thereby eliminating the typical “valley” between the screen track and the trim panels of conventional vinyl windows.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2006Publication date: December 6, 2007Inventors: Sean T. Flanigan, Ronald Frederick Edger
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Patent number: 7181934Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for dispensing a unit dose water-soluble pouch containing a laundry additive during the spin cycle of a washing machine process having a spinning wash drum. The device is attached to the vertical center post of a washing machine and holds a water-soluble pouch above the high water level. During the spin cycle, the spinning center post will create sufficient centrifugal force so that the water-soluble pouch is released from the device. The water-soluble pouch will then fall into the laundry where the water-soluble pouch will dissolve when rinse water fills the machine thereby releasing the laundry additive to treat the washed articles.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Daniel Joseph Fox, Edward John Giblin, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Gary Hsu, Mohammad Hosseini-Nejad
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Patent number: 7018970Abstract: According to the inventive method of making gels, the main mixture comprising most of the ingredients with the exception of a fatty alcohol is mixed, using at least one in-line mixer, with the gelling post-mix comprising the fatty alcohol. The preferred process includes the mixing of the main mixture and the gelling post-mix just prior to either filling or storing the composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Charles Ebert, Agnes Boudou, Ronald Frederick Vogel, John David Hines
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Patent number: 6972278Abstract: A shear-thinning lamellar gel detergent composition containing suspended particles, employing a non-neutralized fatty acid as a structuring agent, in a specific amount, depending on the total surfactant level. The weight % ratio of non-neutralized fatty acid to the total surfactant within a specific range, defined by the Gelling Index equation, results in gels with the desired properties. The inventive product offers an advantage of laundry pre-treater and a detergent in a single product and also provides a visual cue of suspended particles.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun Peng Zhu, John David Hines, Ronald Frederick Vogel
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Patent number: 6968750Abstract: A probe for use in sampling rods from a mass flow of parallel rods moving perpendicular to their axes, the probe including an elongate body of generally wedge shaped cross section which has first and second main faces diverging away from a narrow edge to a wider base and which is for mounting parallel to such rods to extend across and laterally beyond such mass flow with the narrow edge facing upstream; an elongate passage extending within the body longitudinally thereof for accommodating a rod from such mass flow; a first elongate opening in the first face through which a rod from such mass flow can fall laterally into the passage for longitudinal transport along the passage away from such mass flow; and a second elongate opening through which a rod can drop laterally from the passage out of the body after such longitudinal transport.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2001Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Molins, plcInventor: Ronald Frederick Wilson
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Patent number: 6914530Abstract: A method for detecting the ingress of liquid into an empty elongate hollow structure such as a support for an offshore platform which is at least in part submerged in a liquid. Sound is introduced into the structure by a sound generating device mounted within the hollow structure, the device comprising sound generating means and liquid detection means. When the liquid detection means detect an ingress of liquid into the structure, the sound generating means generate a sound in response to this detection. The generated sound propagates through the structure and sound is detected, and detection of the sound giving an indication of liquid ingress into the structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2001Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Inventor: Ronald Frederick Geary
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Patent number: 6849587Abstract: Liquid and/or gel laundry detergent compositions which snap back at the end of dispensing, thus eliminating or minimizing the dripping from the container. Employing a non-neutralized fatty acid to the total surfactant weight % ratio within a specific range, defined by the Snap Index equation, results in liquids and/or gels with the desired snap-back property.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert
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Publication number: 20040267581Abstract: A system, process and computer program product that incorporates critical determining factors and outputs a model for an efficient and cost-effective migration. The disclosed system accepts as input critical data as defined in an RFI, RFP, and application inventories, applies weighting factors, and produces a high-level plan for an efficient and cost-effective migration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Uma M. Krishnamurthy, Pushpa Neelakantan, Radhika R. Gannamani, David Peterson, Ronald Frederick
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Publication number: 20040232032Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for dispensing a unit dose water-soluble pouch containing a laundry additive during the spin cycle of a washing machine process having a spinning wash drum. The device is attached to the vertical center post of a washing machine and holds a water-soluble pouch above the high water level. During the spin cycle, the spinning center post will create sufficient centrifugal force so that the water-soluble pouch is released from the device. The water-soluble pouch will then fall into the laundry where the water-soluble pouch will dissolve when rinse water fills the machine thereby releasing the laundry additive to treat the washed articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Daniel Joseph Fox, Edward John Giblin, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Gary Hsu, Mohammad Hosseini-Nejad
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Patent number: 6815409Abstract: Gel detergent compositions which pile-up on a surface, upon dispensing, to minimize the spreading of the gel to a substantially larger area. The gels that can pile up are less messy to use and provide better stain removal, since more detergent is concentrated on the desired area of fabric (e.g., the spot). The composition comprises from about 10% to about 35% of a surfactant, from about 0.1 to about 5% of a non-neutralized fatty acid; from about 50 to about 85% of water; with the total of anionic surfactants selected from soap, linear alkyl benzene sulfonic acid, primary and secondary alkyl sulfates being more than 50% of total surfactant level.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert, Kwang H Lee
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Patent number: 6794348Abstract: A sher-thinnig lamellar gel detergent composition, employing non-neutralized fatty acid in a specific amount, depending on the total surfactant level. The weight % ratio of non-neutralized fatty acid to the total surfactant within a specific range, defined by the Gelling Index equation, results in gels with the desired properties. The inventive product offers an advantage of laundry pre-treater and a detergent in a single product.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert, Mohammad Hosseini-Nejad
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Patent number: 6794347Abstract: According to the inventive method of making gels, the main mixture comprising most of the ingredients with the exception of a non-neutralized fatty acid or sulphonic acid, and/or other anionic surfactant acids is mixed, using at least one in-line static mixer, with the gelling post-mix comprising the non-neutralized fatty acid or sulphonic acid, or other anionic surfactant acids. The preferred process includes the mixing of the main mixture and the gelling post-mix just prior to either filling or storing the composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Charles Ebert, Agnes Boudou, Ronald Frederick Vogel
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Patent number: 6772335Abstract: In a network, a media coordination system provides secure multimedia communication channels in a collaborative network environment. The media coordination system provides automatic encryption, dynamic interconnection of streams of data, and user interface elements that provide users with control over the ultimate destination of their audio and video data. The infrastructure of the system includes a plurality of client workstations that are connected to a central server using point-to-point network connections. The central server maintains a persistent virtual world of network places with objects located therein. Streams of audio and video data are coordinated between client workstations operating in the persistent virtual world by a key manager object using channels, transmitters, and receivers. The client workstations multicast their audio and video data over the network to defined recipients after receiving a multicast address and an encryption key for a specific multicast channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2001Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Pavel Curtis, Michael D. Dixon, Ronald A. Frederick, David A. Nichols
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Patent number: 6733608Abstract: A method for processing high bulk tissue webs is disclosed for forming a wet web, drying the web, winding the dried web to form a plurality of parent rolls, unwinding the parent rolls by transmitting torque through the roll center and/or ends, moving the partially unwound roll to effect splicing with a subsequent parent roll, and rewinding the thus united web. In particular embodiments, the torque transmitting means comprise side clamping mechanisms that engage only the end surfaces of the parent rolls. In other embodiments, an automated off-line method for splicing tissue webs from different parent rolls utilizes a finishing unit that substantially continuously impacts each web during unwinding to splice the webs together.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1998Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: James Leo Baggot, Michael Earl Daniels, Ronald Frederick Gropp, David Robert Gruber, Paul Kerner Pauling, James Monroe Perkins, James B. Ba Dour, Jr., Larry E. Birnbaum, Rudolph S. Fortuna
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Patent number: 6716308Abstract: A method of compressively modifying, such as by calendering, an uncreped throughdried tissue sheet is disclosed. The dried tissue sheet, initially supported by the throughdrying fabric, is removed from the throughdrying fabric and compressively modified. Thereafter, the compressively modified sheet is recombined with a papermaking fabric and carried to a reel section while supported by the fabric. The sheet is always, or substantially always, supported by a fabric or a roll surface to minimize opportunities for sheet breaks or otherwise adversely affecting sheet properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2000Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: James Leo Baggot, Tony Deadman, Ronald Frederick Gropp, Frank Stephen Hada, Robert James Seymour
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Publication number: 20040058840Abstract: Gel detergent compositions which pile-up on a surface, upon dispensing, to minimize the spreading of the gel to a substantially larger area. The gels that can pile up are less messy to use and provide better stain removal, since more detergent is concentrated on the desired area of fabric (e.g., the spot). The composition comprises from about 10% to about 35% of a surfactant, from about 0.1 to about 5% of a non-neutralized fatty acid; from about 50 to about 85% of water; with the total of anionic surfactants selected from soap, linear alkyl benzene sulfonic acid, primary and secondary alkyl sulfates being more than 50% of total surfactant level.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert, Kwang H. Lee
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Publication number: 20040058837Abstract: According to the inventive method of making gels, the main mixture comprising most of the ingredients with the exception of a non-neutralized fatty acid or sulphonic acid, and/or other anionic surfactant acids is mixed, using at least one in-line static mixer, with the gelling post-mix comprising the non-neutralized fatty acid or sulphonic acid, or other anionic surfactant acids. The preferred process includes the mixing of the main mixture and the gelling post-mix just prior to either filling or storing the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Charles Ebert, Agnes Boudou, Ronald Frederick Vogel
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Publication number: 20040058834Abstract: Liquid and/or gel laundry detergent compositions which snap back at the end of dispensing, thus eliminating or minimizing the dripping from the container. Employing a non-neutralized fatty acid to the total surfactant weight % ratio within a specific range, defined by the Snap Index equation, results in liquids and/or gels with the desired snap-back property.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Agnes Boudou, Charles Ebert