Patents by Inventor Ronald Ray

Ronald Ray 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).

  • Publication number: 20230285012
    Abstract: A closure system for delivering a sealant to an arteriotomy. A distal section of the closure system can include overlapping inner and outer sleeves that can expand with expansion of the sealant. A proximal section of the closure system can include a handle portion and a sheath adapter extending from the handle portion. The handle portion can comprise one or more actuators that when depressed or engaged can assist in deployment of the sealant in the arteriotomy and can further include tamping of the sealant and/or retraction of an expandable member. The sheath adapter can removably engage a side port or an irrigation line of a standard procedural sheath. When the sheath adapter is secured to the procedural sheath, movement of the closure system can also move the procedural sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Hundertmark, Kevin To, Curt Guyer, Rick Repp, Martin Schnitzer, Sravanthi Avuthu
  • Patent number: 11712051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to feed compositions that can modify the feeding behavior of animals. Supplements can be added to no or low roughage rations that improve the performance of animals. In particular, the addition of calcium chloride to a low or no roughage ration can increase the number of feedings but decrease the amount of feeding per meal. This can result in promoting enhances feed conversion and better cost of feed to weight gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Purina Animal Nutrition LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Scott, James Christopher Forcherio
  • Publication number: 20230100820
    Abstract: Disclosed are an iron-aluminum alloy and its preparation method. The iron-aluminum alloy comprises, by weight, 50% to 80% of iron and the balance of aluminum. The method comprises: adding metal aluminum or molten aluminum to a container, wherein the temperature of the molten aluminum is between 700° C. and 800° C.; adding a metal iron raw material to the molten aluminum, closing a furnace cover, measuring the pressure, and introducing argon to ensure that the interior of a magnetic induction furnace is in a positive-pressure state, and stirring the mixture with a graphite stirring head; powering on and heating so that the metal aluminum or the molten aluminum is heated to 1000° C. or above and molten, and holding the temperature between 1000° C. and 1500° C.; and after alloying is completed, cooling to about 1000 t, opening the furnace cover, and taking the iron-aluminum alloy out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SUNXING LIGHT ALLOYS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuemin CHEN, Ronald Ray DUCKWORTH, Yueming YU, Qingchao WANG, Zhi ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20230094357
    Abstract: Disclosed are a silicon-aluminum alloy and its preparation method. The method comprises: adding aluminum metal or molten aluminum into a container, wherein the temperature of the molten aluminum is between 700° C. and 800° C.; adding a semi-metallic silicon raw material to the molten aluminum, closing a furnace cover, carrying out vacuumization, and introducing argon, to ensure that the interior of a magnetic induction furnace is in a positive-pressure state, and stirring the aluminum metal or molten aluminum with a graphite stirring head; powering on and heating so that the aluminum metal or molten aluminum is heated to 1000° C. or above and molten, and holding the temperature between 1000° C. and 1500° C.; and after alloying is completed, cooling the molten aluminum to 1000° C. or below, opening the furnace cover, pouring the silicon-aluminum alloy into a corresponding mold, and cooling for molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SUNXING LIGHT ALLOYS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuemin CHEN, Ronald Ray DUCKWORTH, Yueming YU, Qingchao WANG, Zhi ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20230070873
    Abstract: A closure system for delivering a sealant to an arteriotomy. A distal section of the closure system can include overlapping inner and outer sleeves that can expand with expansion of the sealant. A proximal section of the closure system can include a handle portion and a sheath adapter extending from the handle portion. The handle portion can comprise one or more actuators that when depressed or engaged can assist in deployment of the sealant in the arteriotomy and can further include tamping of the sealant and/or retraction of an expandable member. The sheath adapter can removably engage a side port or an irrigation line of a standard procedural sheath. When the sheath adapter is secured to the procedural sheath, movement of the closure system can also move the procedural sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ronald Ray HUNDERTMARK, Kevin To, Curt Guyer, Rick Repp, Martin Schnitzer, Sravanthi Avuthu
  • Publication number: 20230043273
    Abstract: Disclosed are a manganese-aluminum alloy and its preparation method. The manganese-aluminum alloy comprises, by weight, 5% to 90% of manganese and the balance of aluminum. The method comprises: adding metal aluminum or molten aluminum to a container, the temperature of the molten aluminum being between 700° C. and 800° C.; adding a metal manganese raw material to the molten aluminum, closing a furnace cover, measuring the pressure, and introducing argon to ensure that the interior of a magnetic induction furnace is in a positive-pressure state, and stirring the mixture with a graphite stirring head; powering on and heating the metal aluminum or the molten aluminum to 1000° C. or above, melting, and holding the temperature between 1000° C. and 1500° C.; and after alloying is completed, cooling to 850° C. or below, opening the furnace cover, and taking a manganese-aluminum alloy out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SUNXING LIGHT ALLOYS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuemin CHEN, Ronald Ray DUCKWORTH, Yueming YU, Qingchao WANG
  • Publication number: 20220375455
    Abstract: A method of identifying reading passages for reading progress can include receiving a set of error-indicated phonemes, wherein the set of error-indicated phonemes correspond to pronunciation errors identified in a recorded audio file from an individual reading an assigned passage aloud; determining corresponding error-indicated phonetic rules for each error-indicated phoneme of the set of error-indicated phonemes using a mapping of phonemes to phonetic rules; identifying at least one content passage from a set of content passages that satisfies a condition with respect to the error-indicated phonetic rules; and providing the at least one content passage for a new assignment for the individual to read aloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Tholfsen, Paul Ronald Ray, Kevin Chad Larson
  • Publication number: 20220183325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to feed compositions that can modify the feeding behavior of animals. Supplements can be added to no or low roughage rations that improve the performance of animals. In particular, the addition of calcium chloride to a low or no roughage ration can increase the number of feedings but decrease the amount of feeding per meal. This can result in promoting enhances feed conversion and better cost of feed to weight gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Purina Animal Nutrition LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Scott, James Christopher Forcherio
  • Publication number: 20220129430
    Abstract: In some examples, a computer system may receive a plurality of chunks of data of a data object. The system may compress the plurality of chunks of data to obtain a plurality of compressed chunks, and may determine whether the plurality of compressed chunks together are less than a threshold size. Based on determining that the plurality of compressed chunks together are less than the threshold size, the system may add, to respective entries in a map data structure, respective sizes of the plurality of compressed chunks. In addition, the system may compact the map data structure by combining values in at least two of the respective entries, and may store the plurality of compressed chunks and the compacted map data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Ronald Ray TRIMBLE
  • Patent number: 11312976
    Abstract: A method for recovering one or more water immiscible compounds comprising acidifying and disrupting the microbial biomass; heating the acidified, disrupted microbial biomass to form a heated, acidified disrupted microbial biomass; and contacting the heated, acidified, disrupted microbial biomass with a disulfonated surfactant in an amount sufficient to release at least 30% of the one or more water immiscible compounds from the microbial biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: AMYRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Henry, Joshua Steven Leng
  • Patent number: 11311030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to feed compositions that can modify the feeding behavior of animals. Supplements can be added to no or low roughage rations that improve the performance of animals. In particular, the addition of calcium chloride to a low or no roughage ration can increase the number of feedings but decrease the amount of feeding per meal. This can result in promoting enhances feed conversion and better cost of feed to weight gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Purina Animal Nutrition LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Scott, James Christopher Forcherio
  • Publication number: 20210230641
    Abstract: A method for recovering one or more water immiscible compounds comprising acidifying and disrupting the microbial biomass; heating the acidified, disrupted microbial biomass to form a heated, acidified disrupted microbial biomass; and contacting the heated, acidified, disrupted microbial biomass with a disulfonated surfactant in an amount sufficient to release at least 30% of the one or more water immiscible compounds from the microbial biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald Ray HENRY, Joshua Steven LENG
  • Patent number: 10885286
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that may be carried out by a reader device or other computing device includes identifying boundaries of words and sentences of displayed content and receiving a language selection of a language for translating a selected unit of text in the displayed content; translating the unit of text to the selected language; retrieving from a picture dictionary, a pictogram associated with a tag applied to the word or at least one word from the sentence of the selected unit of text; generating pronunciation files for both an original language of the unit of text and the selected language; and displaying, in context with the displayed content, the unit of text in the original language and the selected language, the pictogram, and icons for requesting to play the pronunciation files. The selected unit of text can be a word or a sentence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Ronald Ray, Michael Tholfsen, Guillaume Simonnet
  • Publication number: 20200143773
    Abstract: A mobile device accesses an image generated with an image sensor of the mobile device. The mobile device detects text content in the image (using Optical Character Recognition). The mobile device accesses a reading preference of a user of the mobile device and formats the text content according to the reading preference. The mobile device then generates and displays the formatted text content in a display of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Tholfsen, Ryan Waller, Paul Ronald Ray
  • Publication number: 20200054313
    Abstract: A closure system for delivering a sealant to an arteriotomy. A distal section of the closure system can include overlapping inner and outer sleeves that can expand with expansion of the sealant. A proximal section of the closure system can include a handle portion and a sheath adapter extending from the handle portion. The handle portion can comprise one or more actuators that when depressed or engaged can assist in deployment of the sealant in the arteriotomy and can further include tamping of the sealant and/or retraction of an expandable member. The sheath adapter can removably engage a side port or an irrigation line of a standard procedural sheath. When the sheath adapter is secured to the procedural sheath, movement of the closure system can also move the procedural sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Hundertmark, Kevin To, Curt Guyer, Rick Repp, Martin Schnitzer, Sravanthi Avuthu
  • Patent number: D863885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Good Sportsman Marketing, LLC
    Inventor: Ronald Ray Woller
  • Patent number: D865166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ACCESS CLOSURE, INC.
    Inventors: Sravanthi Avuthu, Martin Schnitzer, Ronald Ray Hundertmark
  • Patent number: D887241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Good Sportsman Marketing LLC
    Inventor: Ronald Ray Woller
  • Patent number: D937752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Good Sportsman Marketing, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Woller, John Arnold Woller, Jr.
  • Patent number: D943467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: RJ DESIGNS, LLC
    Inventor: Ronald Ray Woller