Patents by Inventor Ronald Lee

Ronald Lee 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).

  • Hybrid diffusion-brazing process and hybrid diffusion-brazed article
    Patent number: 9849533
    Abstract: A hybrid diffusion-brazing process and hybrid diffusion-brazed article are disclosed. The hybrid diffusion-brazing process includes providing a component having a temperature-tolerant region and a temperature-sensitive region, brazing a braze material to the temperature-tolerant region during a localized brazing cycle, then heating the component in a furnace during a diffusion cycle. The brazing and the heating diffusion-braze the braze material to the component, and the localized brazing cycle is performed independent of the diffusion cycle in the hybrid diffusion-brazing process. The hybrid diffusion-brazed article includes a component, and a braze material diffusion-brazed to the component with a filler material. The filler material has a melting temperature that is above a tolerance temperature of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Liangde Xie, Ronald Lee Souther, Mark Lawrence Hunt, Steven Charles Woods
  • High-speed RFID tag assembly using impulse heating
    Patent number: 9846833
    Abstract: RFID inlays or straps may be assembled using impulse heating of metal precursors. Metal precursors are applied to and/or included in contacts on an RFID IC and/or terminals on a substrate. During assembly of the tag, the IC is disposed onto the substrate such that the IC contacts physically contact either the substrate terminals or metal precursors that in turn physically contact the substrate terminals. Impulse heating is then used to rapidly apply heat to the metal precursors, processing them into metallic structures that electrically couple the IC contacts to the substrate terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: IMPINJ, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Koepp, Harley Heinrich, Christopher J. Diorio
  • Conduit for improved fluid flow and heat transfer
    Patent number: 9845902
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides conduits with modified interior surfaces that increase the surface area of the interior surface of the conduit to provide the conduit with improved thermal energy exchange with the wall of the conduit. The modified interior surfaces can also be configured to reduce friction flow on the fluid passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: INNERGEO LLC
    Inventor: Ronald Lee Loveday
  • ORAL LIQUID SUSPENSIONS
    Publication number: 20170348419
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel oral formulation for the administration of either celecoxib or allopurinol which provides a useful shelf life and is easy to re-suspend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NuBioPharma, LLC
    Inventors: Inderjit Kumar Dev, Ajay Kumar Ajmani, Ronald Lee Morris, JR.
  • Method and apparatus for MoCA network with protected set-up
    Patent number: 9819698
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for securing a network, for admitting new nodes into an existing network, and/or for securely forming a new network. As a non-limiting example, an existing node may be triggered by a user, in response to which the existing node communicates with a network coordinator node. Thereafter, if a new node attempts to enter the network, and also for example has been triggered by a user, the network coordinator may determine, based at least in part on parameters within the new node and the network coordinator, whether the new node can enter the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: MAXLINEAR, INC.
    Inventors: Yoav Hebron, Na Chen, Zong Liang Wu, Ronald Lee
  • Method and apparatus for determining MoCA beacon transmit power
    Patent number: 9813999
    Abstract: Systems and methods for efficiently establishing beacon transmission power, for example in networks in which beacon transmission responsibility can be passed between nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for establishing beacon transmission power in a node that has received beacon transmission responsibility in a network, for example by hand-off, failover, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: MAXLINEAR, INC.
    Inventors: Yoav Hebron, Na Chen, Ronald Lee
  • Methods and devices for heating or cooling viscous materials
    Patent number: 9803932
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and devices for heating or cooling viscous materials such as meat emulsions useful for producing food and other products. The devices include a heat exchanger comprising a first plate, a second plate attached to the first plate, and a first spacer and a second spacer arranged between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, the first spacer, and the second spacer define at least one temperature controlled passage for a product to pass through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NESTEC SA
    Inventors: Kevin J. Cully, Andrew Joseph Brinkmann, Ronald Lee Nash, William D. Short, Trent C. Lorraine, Jerry J. Hankins
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CHANNEL ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20170311336
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method for dynamic channel allocation in an LMR system includes using one or more preference indicators to dynamically determine a channel allocation priority to be used for channel allocation when channel allocation requests are received. The preference indicators may include a channel failure indicator (e.g. a channel health indicator based on repeater failures), a channel priority indicator, a radio frequency interference indicator, a high reflected power indicator, an excessive current drain indicator, a loss of backbone communications indicator, and a channel usage indicator. If more than one preference indicator is used, the channel priority ranking may be determined using any of a variety of weightings and prioritizations of the various preference indicators to dynamically generate the channel allocation priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: E.F. Johnson Company
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Bane, Brian J. Austin
  • System and method for repairing blades
    Patent number: 9797253
    Abstract: A system and method for repairing a blade are provided. The system includes an induction heating coil configured for heating a platform and slash face of the blade. The induction heating coil extends under the platform and is adjacent to the slash face to provide substantially uniform localized heating to both the platform and slash face of the blade. The induction heating coil is configured so that the platform is visible during a repair or welding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric Robert Burlee, Ronald Lee Souther
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MoCA NETWORK WITH PROTECTED SET-UP
    Publication number: 20170272227
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for securing a network, for admitting new nodes into an existing network, and/or for securely forming a new network. As a non-limiting example, an existing node may be triggered by a user, in response to which the existing node communicates with a network coordinator node. Thereafter, if a new node attempts to enter the network, and also for example has been triggered by a user, the network coordinator may determine, based at least in part on parameters within the new node and the network coordinator, whether the new node can enter the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yoav Hebron, Na Chen, Zong Liang Wu, Ronald Lee
  • ISOINDOLINONE INHIBITORS OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE
    Publication number: 20170260175
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of PI3K, particularly of PI3K?. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Alex Aronov, Jon H. Come, Robert J. Davies, Albert Charles Pierce, Philip N. Collier, Ronald Lee Grey, Hardwin O'Dowd, James A. Henderson, Elaine B. Krueger, Anne-Laure Grillot, Arnaud Le Tiran, Yusheng Liao, David Messersmith, Jian Wang, Jingrong Cao, Upul Keerthi Bandarage, Suganthini S. Nanthakumar
  • System and method for dynamic channel allocaton
    Patent number: 9763260
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method for dynamic channel allocation in an LMR system includes using one or more preference indicators to dynamically determine a channel allocation priority to be used for channel allocation when channel allocation requests are received. The preference indicators may include a channel failure indicator (e.g. a channel health indicator based on repeater failures), a channel priority indicator, a radio frequency interference indicator, a high reflected power indicator, an excessive current drain indicator, a loss of backbone communications indicator, and a channel usage indicator. If more than one preference indicator is used, the channel priority ranking may be determined using any of a variety of weightings and prioritizations of the various preference indicators to dynamically generate the channel allocation priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: E.F. Johnson Company
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Bane, Brian J. Austin
  • Compressed air foam system with simplified user interface
    Patent number: 9744388
    Abstract: A one-touch Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) is provided that allows for a simplified user interface and simplified user operation. The user interface allows the CAFS to activate upon a single press of a single button. An electronic controller checks that several CAFS device parameters show that the CAFS is capable of operating. The controller gathers the device parameter data from a diagnostic system present in the CAFS that gives data pertaining to whether water is flowing, whether foam concentrate is present in the system, whether foam is flowing, and whether the temperature of an air compressor is within a safe range for operation. If the above device parameters are found to be in condition for safe operation of the CAFS, the controller will start and maintain operation until either one of the above falls out of tolerance or the user initiates a shut down of the CAFS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Spartan Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Ewers, Bradley Lyle Busch, Bradley Alan Ewers
  • Process for conversion of biomass in multi-zone reactor
    Patent number: 9738833
    Abstract: A two-stage reactor is disclosed for the conversion of solid particulate biomass material. The reactor is designed to maximize conversion of the solid biomass material, while limiting excess cracking of primary reaction products. The two-stage reactor comprises a first stage rector, in which solid biomass material is thermally pyrolyzed to primary reaction products. The primary reaction products are catalytically converted in a second stage reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Inaeris Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Brady, Ronald Lee Cordle, Peter Loezos, Dennis Stamires
  • System and method for dynamic channel allocaton
    Patent number: 9730236
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method for dynamic channel allocation in an LMR system includes using one or more preference indicators to dynamically determine a channel allocation priority to be used for channel allocation when channel allocation requests are received. The preference indicators may include a channel failure indicator (e.g. a channel health indicator based on repeater failures), a channel priority indicator, a radio frequency interference indicator, a high reflected power indicator, an excessive current drain indicator, a loss of backbone communications indicator, and a channel usage indicator. If more than one preference indicator is used, the channel priority ranking may be determined using any of a variety of weightings and prioritizations of the various preference indicators to dynamically generate the channel allocation priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: E.F. Johnson Company
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Bane, Brian J. Austin
  • COMPRESSED AIR FOAM SYSTEM WITH SIMPLIFIED USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20170216639
    Abstract: A one-touch Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) is provided that allows for a simplified user interface and simplified user operation. The user interface allows the CAFS to activate upon a single press of a single button. An electronic controller checks that several CAFS device parameters show that the CAFS is capable of operating. The controller gathers the device parameter data from a diagnostic system present in the CAFS that gives data pertaining to whether water is flowing, whether foam concentrate is present in the system, whether foam is flowing, and whether the temperature of an air compressor is within a safe range for operation. If the above device parameters are found to be in condition for safe operation of the CAFS, the controller will start and maintain operation until either one of the above falls out of tolerance or the user initiates a shut down of the CAFS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Spartan Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Ewers, Bradley Lyle Busch, Bradley Alan Ewers
  • System and method for extracting energy
    Patent number: 9708885
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficiently extracting geothermal energy from a subterranean thermal reservoir through a wellbore where the heat exchange fluid is introduced at a slower velocity than the velocity at which the fluid is extracted. The method and apparatus further comprises a region void of cement between the outer wall of a casing and the inner wall of the wellbore, such that thermally conductive material can be injected therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: INNERGEO LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Loveday, J. Paul Mueller, Jr.
  • Trenching shovel
    Patent number: 9689137
    Abstract: The trenching shovel is narrow at its digging end so that a lot less dirt is required to be removed. The trenching shovel has a three sided blade and the shovel point has a concave, sharp edge which partially wraps around a root to permit cutting of the root without the blade slipping off. The three sides are also angled slightly outward to help prevent dirt from sticking to the channel of the shovel and to compact the side edges of the trench to prevent collapse of the sidewalls into the formed trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Ronald Lee Matson
  • Isoindolinone inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
    Patent number: 9676759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of PI3K, particularly of PI3K?. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Alex Aronov, Jon H. Come, Robert J. Davies, Albert Charles Pierce, Philip N. Collier, Ronald Lee Grey, Hardwin O'Dowd, James A. Henderson, Elaine B. Krueger, Anne-Laure Grillot, Arnaud Le Tiran, Yusheng Liao, David Messersmith, Jian Wang, Jingrong Cao, Upul Keerthi Bandarage, Suganthini S. Nanthakumar
  • Curved picture frame moulding
    Patent number: D789098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventor: Ronald Lee Cisler, II