Patents by Inventor Sergio Hernandez

Sergio Hernandez 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: 12081106
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an electric motor that comprises a housing and a shaft disposed through the housing. The electric motor further comprises a rotor fitted on the shaft within the housing and a stator disposed within the housing and around the rotor. The electric motor further comprises a fan covering disposed on a first end of the housing and a first bearing cap disposed at the first end of the housing, wherein the first bearing cap is configured to house a first bearing, wherein the first bearing cap comprises a plurality of protrusions configured to operate as a heat sink for the electric motor. The electric motor further comprises a first fan disposed at an end of the shaft and within the fan covering, wherein the first fan is operable to generate a first airflow configured to flow over an external surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba International Corporation
    Inventor: Sergio Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20230369943
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an electric motor that comprises a housing and a shaft disposed through the housing. The electric motor further comprises a rotor fitted on the shaft within the housing and a stator disposed within the housing and around the rotor. The electric motor further comprises a fan covering disposed on a first end of the housing and a first bearing cap disposed at the first end of the housing, wherein the first bearing cap is configured to house a first bearing, wherein the first bearing cap comprises a plurality of protrusions configured to operate as a heat sink for the electric motor. The electric motor further comprises a first fan disposed at an end of the shaft and within the fan covering, wherein the first fan is operable to generate a first airflow configured to flow over an external surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Sergio Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11750066
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an electric motor that comprises a housing and a shaft disposed through the housing. The electric motor further comprises a rotor fitted on the shaft within the housing and a stator disposed within the housing and around the rotor. The electric motor further comprises a fan covering disposed on a first end of the housing and a first bearing cap disposed at the first end of the housing, wherein the first bearing cap is configured to house a first bearing, wherein the first bearing cap comprises a plurality of protrusions configured to operate as a heat sink for the electric motor. The electric motor further comprises a first fan disposed at an end of the shaft and within the fan covering, wherein the first fan is operable to generate a first airflow configured to flow over an external surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba International Corporation
    Inventor: Sergio Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20230045503
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an electric motor that comprises a housing and a shaft disposed through the housing. The electric motor further comprises a rotor fitted on the shaft within the housing and a stator disposed within the housing and around the rotor. The electric motor further comprises a fan covering disposed on a first end of the housing and a first bearing cap disposed at the first end of the housing, wherein the first bearing cap is configured to house a first bearing, wherein the first bearing cap comprises a plurality of protrusions configured to operate as a heat sink for the electric motor. The electric motor further comprises a first fan disposed at an end of the shaft and within the fan covering, wherein the first fan is operable to generate a first airflow configured to flow over an external surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Sergio Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11215232
    Abstract: The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide two advantageous features, which are especially beneficial in combination, but which can be advantageously and beneficially employed independently of one another: (1) firstly, a self-cooling motor bearing system; and (2) secondly, a self-lubricating motor bearing system. In the preferred embodiments, one or both of these two advantageous features are integrated inside an electric motor (e.g., within the electric motor's enclosure housing) in such a manner as to greatly enhance bearing operating conditions (e.g., maintaining adequate bearing lubrication and/or bearing operating temperature) without the use of external lubrication units and/or external cooling units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: James W. Gray, Chetan Channapatana, Sergio Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20200143333
    Abstract: A method includes establishing a session between a first client device and a host device to run an application on the first client device. The method includes receiving an indication to transfer the session from the first client device to a second client device. The method includes storing, in response to receiving the indication, state information of the application for the session. The method includes generating a pointer associated with the session. The method includes generating a scannable code including the pointer. The method includes scanning the displayed scannable code using an imaging element associated with the second client device. The method includes transferring, using the pointer, the session from the first client device to the second client device using the stored state information so that a second display associated with the second client device displays a most recently updated instance of the application from the first client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Ernesto Gonzalez, JR., Jeffrey Scott Tompkins, Stephen J. Gannon, Sergio Hernandez, Alan Saldivar
  • Publication number: 20180223909
    Abstract: The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide two advantageous features, which are especially beneficial in combination, but which can be advantageously and beneficially employed independently of one another: (1) firstly, a self-cooling motor bearing system; and (2) secondly, a self-lubricating motor bearing system. In the preferred embodiments, one or both of these two advantageous features are integrated inside an electric motor (e.g., within the electric motor's enclosure housing) in such a manner as to greatly enhance bearing operating conditions (e.g., maintaining adequate bearing lubrication and/or bearing operating temperature) without the use of external lubrication units and/or external cooling units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: James W. Gray, Chetan Channapatana, Sergio Hernandez
  • Patent number: 9969553
    Abstract: A hopper apparatus comprises a movable wall comprising opposing walls movably connected to a support assembly and oriented at acute angles relative to a central vertical axis of the support assembly, and movement control devices configured and positioned to move the opposing walls along the support assembly to control dimensions of a discharge outlet at least partially defined by converging ends of the opposing walls; a liner assembly comprising liner structures at least partially overlying inner surfaces of the opposing walls and configured to remain at least partially stationary relative to the opposing walls during movement of the opposing walls; and pressure sensors between the inner surfaces of opposing walls and portions of the liner structures thereover. A bulk solids processing system and a method of processing a bulk solid are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Lott Westover, John Chadron Benjamin Ryan, Austin Colter Matthews, Sergio Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20180044113
    Abstract: A hopper apparatus comprises a movable wall comprising opposing walls movably connected to a support assembly and oriented at acute angles relative to a central vertical axis of the support assembly, and movement control devices configured and positioned to move the opposing walls along the support assembly to control dimensions of a discharge outlet at least partially defined by converging ends of the opposing walls; a liner assembly comprising liner structures at least partially overlying inner surfaces of the opposing walls and configured to remain at least partially stationary relative to the opposing walls during movement of the opposing walls; and pressure sensors between the inner surfaces of opposing walls and portions of the liner structures thereover. A bulk solids processing system and a method of processing a bulk solid are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tyler Lott Westover, John Chadron Benjamin Ryan, Austin Colter Matthews, Sergio Hernandez
  • Patent number: 9863476
    Abstract: The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide two advantageous features, which are especially beneficial in combination, but which can be advantageously and beneficially employed independently of one another: (1) firstly, a self-cooling motor bearing system; and (2) secondly, a self-lubricating motor bearing system. In the preferred embodiments, one or both of these two advantageous features are integrated inside an electric motor (e.g., within the electric motor's enclosure housing) in such a manner as to greatly enhance bearing operating conditions (e.g., maintaining adequate bearing lubrication and/or bearing operating temperature) without the use of external lubrication units and/or external cooling units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James W. Gray, Chetan Channapatana, Sergio Hernandez
  • Patent number: 9469998
    Abstract: A lath for use in applying plaster to a substrate. The lath includes a plurality of crossing members forming a substantially planar lattice-like structure with a plurality of openings therein. The crossing members include a plurality of first elongate members extending in a first direction, a plurality of second elongate members that extend laterally and substantially transversely to the first elongate members, and a plurality of self-furring ridges also extending laterally and substantially transversely to the first elongate members and substantially parallel to and interspersed with the second elongate members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: PLASTIC COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Herman Guevara, Sergio Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20140271284
    Abstract: The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide two advantageous features, which are especially beneficial in combination, but which can be advantageously and beneficially employed independently of one another: (1) firstly, a self-cooling motor bearing system; and (2) secondly, a self-lubricating motor bearing system. In the preferred embodiments, one or both of these two advantageous features are integrated inside an electric motor (e.g., within the electric motor's enclosure housing) in such a manner as to greatly enhance bearing operating conditions (e.g., maintaining adequate bearing lubrication and/or bearing operating temperature) without the use of external lubrication units and/or external cooling units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James W. Gray, Chetan Channapatana, Sergio Hernandez
  • Patent number: 8690890
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus for correcting osseous development deficiencies at orbital level in persons includes a halo-like structure for fixing to a cranium, a union plate between the halo-like structure and the distractor, and the orbital distractor itself, which is supported by the halo-like structure and fixed to the orbit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventors: Maria Del Carmen Navas, Sergio Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20120078143
    Abstract: A vibrating pacifier comprising a housing, where the housing encompasses a vibrating mechanism, a set of wings extending from opposing sides of the housing, a nipple protruding from the housing, where the nipple is covered in a plurality of nubs on a blunt end of the nipple, and a handle attached to the housing, wherein the handle contains a battery compartment and a switch to activate the vibrating mechanism to enable the vibrating pacifier to oscillate thus providing comfort and relief to a baby while teething.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Sergio Hernandez, Laura Geimann
  • Publication number: 20100186182
    Abstract: Oral hygiene devices and methods of use thereof are herein disclosed. In one embodiment, an oral hygiene device is a toothbrush, floss and a flossing aid combination. A plurality of toothbrush bristles is located at a proximal end of the device while floss and the flossing aid are located at a distal end of the device. The device includes a handle wherein a distal portion of the handle accommodates a plurality of floss spools. A shearing blade proximate to at least one floss spool for shearing a piece of floss from the floss spool may also be included at the distal portion. The distal portion of the handle may also include a flossing aid which may hold a piece of floss and may be used independent of use with hands of an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Angela A. Avila, Sergio Hernandez
  • Patent number: 7515252
    Abstract: An optical fingerprint imaging system comprises an optically transparent platen and a protective film removably attached to the platen with an adhesive. The protective film protects the platen from scratches, pits, and other surface damage and is substantially chemically inert to petroleum-based substances which may come into contact when receiving a finger pressed to take a fingerprint image. The adhesive has a selected cohesive strength that allows the protective film and adhesive to be removed from the platen without leaving behind an adhesive residue. The protective film can be replaced periodically as part of maintenance of the platen to allow continued acquisition of accurate fingerprint images. A method for protecting a platen is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Cardinal Health 303, Inc.
    Inventor: Sergio Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20070153258
    Abstract: An optical fingerprint imaging system comprises an optically transparent platen and a protective film removably attached to the platen with an adhesive. The protective film protects the platen from scratches, pits, and other surface damage and is substantially chemically inert to petroleum-based substances which may come into contact when receiving a finger pressed to take a fingerprint image. The adhesive has a selected cohesive strength that allows the protective film and adhesive to be removed from the platen without leaving behind an adhesive residue. The protective film can be replaced periodically as part of maintenance of the platen to allow continued acquisition of accurate fingerprint images. A method for protecting a platen is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventor: Sergio Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20070050731
    Abstract: In order to facilitate the use of pull down menu functions by users who may experience difficulty in maintaining cursor position within such a menu while displayed, an option is provided to enable such a user to make a pull down menu “sticky”, in the sense that menu collapse is less sensitive or insensitive to cursor movement away from the bounds of the menu. That is, cursor movement away from the bounds of the pull down menu allows the menu to continue to be displayed, allowing time for the user to correctly position the cursor to access a desired function from the pull down menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Bennah, Sergio Hernandez, William Pagan
  • Publication number: 20060262105
    Abstract: A convenient and natural way to draw polyline shapes on a stylus-based computing device is described. A tool or other drawing function relies on a timing mechanism to identify the various vertices in a polyline shape. For example, the endpoint of each line may be detected responsive to the user stopping (or substantially stopping, such as by remaining within a predefined maximum movement threshold) movement of the tip of the stylus relative to the touch-sensitive surface. In addition, feedback is provided indicating that a line and/or its endpoint is about to commit to the polyline shape being drawn. Such feedback may be displayed shortly before the line and/or endpoint actually commits. Upon further delay without substantial movement of the stylus, the line and/or endpoint may then actually commit. A “snap” function is also provided that assists the user in fully closing the polyline shape, if desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Smith, Kamesh Dayakar, Sergio Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20050087549
    Abstract: A double metering dispenser for hygienic substances, consisting of a support for a pair of flexible or contractile metering receptacles in divergent projection assembled on respective arcuate support arms and housed in a lower ring provided with anchoring means which firmly fix it to the lower end of said arms, and which furthermore has closure means for the outlet opening of the receptacle and, on the upper end, is provided with adjustment means assembled on the inside of the hood cover and inside of the upper end of the support arm with the possibility of opening vertically for releasing the receptacle retained by said hood cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: DOCIAN, S.L.
    Inventor: Sergio Hernandez