Patents by Inventor Shawn Douglas
Shawn Douglas 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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Publication number: 20240110657Abstract: Techniques for implementing and/or operating a pipe handling system that includes an inboard bore plug assembly and an outboard bore plug assembly, which facilitate plugging a pipe bore in a flexible pipe. The inboard bore plug assembly includes a first inflatable plug having a first inflatable bladder that defines a first fluid cavity and a first inflation port opening and a first inflation fluid port secured within the first inflation port opening. The outboard bore plug assembly includes a second inflatable plug having a second inflatable bladder that defines a second fluid cavity, a second inflation port opening, and a bore port opening, a second inflation fluid port secured within the second inflation port opening, and a bore fluid port secured in the bore port opening to enable the pipe bore in the flexible pipe to be pressurized to an elevated fluid pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Christopher David Barnstable, Shawn Thomas Berry, Alejandro Estrella, John Paul Leger, Matthew Douglas Lusk, Alexander Lee Winn
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Publication number: 20230191528Abstract: A method of manufacturing metal matrix composite (MMC) parts, including the steps of applying a metallic sheath around a bundle of MMC laminates, heating the bundle of MMC laminates in the metallic sheath at a curing or fusing temperature to consolidate the bundle of MMC laminates into a single cured or fused part, and then cooling the cured or fused part. The bundle of MMC laminates may be formed by removing surface contamination from the dry reinforcement fibers, creating a plurality of individual MMC laminates by plating dry reinforcement fibers with electroless nickel, and/or electrodeposited nickel or cobalt, and stacking each of the plurality of individual MMC laminates into a bundle. Autocatalytic and/or electroplating may be used as the primary means to incorporate fiber reinforcement into the metal matrix composite by covering and bonding fiber reinforcement into MMC laminates/plies and/or 3-D woven parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.Inventors: Rahbar Nasserrafi, Kerrick Robert Dando, Gerald Eugene Hicks, JR., Theodore Joseph Eilert, Shawn Douglas Vierthaler
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Patent number: 11157888Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure enable a computing system to enhance one or more financial transactions. The computing system identifies a cardholder account used to enter into a financial transaction, identifies a merchant and/or a primary product associated with the financial transaction, analyzes cardholder data associated with the cardholder account and account data associated with the merchant and/or the primary product to determine a secondary product, generate presentation data for presenting product information associated with the secondary product, and receive selection data associated with the secondary product such that the financial transaction is enhanced with the secondary product. Aspects of the disclosure provide for enhancing the financial transaction with a secondary product tailored to the cardholder, provided or promoted by the merchant, and/or useable with the primary product in a constructive, complementary, and/or effective manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Shawn Douglas Hilleary, Benjamin M. Berger, Jean-Pierre Gerard, Vincent Morelli, Melinda I. Rolfs, Qian Wang
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Publication number: 20200143350Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure enable a computing system to enhance one or more financial transactions. The computing system identifies a cardholder account used to enter into a financial transaction, identifies a merchant and/or a primary product associated with the financial transaction, analyzes cardholder data associated with the cardholder account and account data associated with the merchant and/or the primary product to determine a secondary product, generate presentation data for presenting product information associated with the secondary product, and receive selection data associated with the secondary product such that the financial transaction is enhanced with the secondary product. Aspects of the disclosure provide for enhancing the financial transaction with a secondary product tailored to the cardholder, provided or promoted by the merchant, and/or useable with the primary product in a constructive, complementary, and/or effective manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Shawn Douglas Hilleary, Benjamin M. Berger, Jean-Pierre Gerard, Vincent Morelli, Melinda I. Rolfs, Qian Wang
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Patent number: 10496971Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure enable a computing system to enhance one or more financial transactions. The computing system identifies a cardholder account used to enter into a financial transaction, identifies a merchant and/or a primary product associated with the financial transaction, analyzes cardholder data associated with the cardholder account and account data associated with the merchant and/or the primary product to determine a secondary product, generate presentation data for presenting product information associated with the secondary product, and receive selection data associated with the secondary product such that the financial transaction is enhanced with the secondary product. Aspects of the disclosure provide for enhancing the financial transaction with a secondary product tailored to the cardholder, provided or promoted by the merchant, and/or useable with the primary product in a constructive, complementary, and/or effective manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Mastercard International IncorporatedInventors: Shawn Douglas Hilleary, Benjamin M. Berger, Jean-Pierre Gerard, Vincent Morelli, Melinda I. Rolfs, Qian Wang
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Publication number: 20180082272Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure enable a computing system to enhance one or more financial transactions. The computing system identifies a cardholder account used to enter into a financial transaction, identifies a merchant and/or a primary product associated with the financial transaction, analyzes cardholder data associated with the cardholder account and account data associated with the merchant and/or the primary product to determine a secondary product, generate presentation data for presenting product information associated with the secondary product, and receive selection data associated with the secondary product such that the financial transaction is enhanced with the secondary product. Aspects of the disclosure provide for enhancing the financial transaction with a secondary product tailored to the cardholder, provided or promoted by the merchant, and/or useable with the primary product in a constructive, complementary, and/or effective manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Shawn Douglas Hilleary, Benjamin M. Berger, Jean-Pierre Gerard, Vincent Morelli, Melinda I. Rolfs, Qian Wang
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Patent number: 9765341Abstract: Provided herein are DNA origami devices useful in the targeted delivery of biologically active entities to specific cell populations.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Ido Bachelet, Shawn Douglas, George Church
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Patent number: 8561786Abstract: A screw conveyor to move media includes a first feed screw having a first end portion, a second feed screw having a second end portion, and a support hanger assembly to support the first feed screw and the second feed screw. The support hanger assembly includes a hanger bracket having a vertical support member and an inner hub secured to and extending perpendicularly from the vertical support member, a shaft portion disposed within the inner hub, an inner sleeve configured to be disposed between the shaft portion and the inner hub, at least one outer hub coupled to the shaft portion, and an outer sleeve configured to be disposed between the inner hub and the at least one outer hub. The first feed screw and the second feed screw are coupled to the at least one outer hub. The inner sleeve and/or the outer sleeve may be fabricated from low coefficient of friction material.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Wheelabrator Group, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Cecil Farrell, Shawn Douglas McBride
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Publication number: 20130224859Abstract: Provided herein are DNA origami devices useful in the targeted delivery of biologically active entities to specific cell populations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGEInventors: Ido Bachelet, Shawn Douglas, George Church
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Patent number: 8403128Abstract: A screw conveyor to move media includes a first feed screw having a first end portion, a second feed screw having a second end portion, and a support hanger assembly to support the first feed screw and the second feed screw. The support hanger assembly includes a hanger bracket having a vertical support member and an inner hub secured to and extending perpendicularly from the vertical support member, a shaft portion disposed within the inner hub, an inner sleeve configured to be disposed between the shaft portion and the inner hub, at least one outer hub coupled to the shaft portion, and an outer sleeve configured to be disposed between the inner hub and the at least one outer hub. The first feed screw and the second feed screw are coupled to the at least one outer hub. The inner sleeve and/or the outer sleeve may be fabricated from low coefficient of friction material.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Wheelabrator Group, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Cecil Farrell, Shawn Douglas McBride
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Publication number: 20120261236Abstract: A screw conveyor to move media includes a first feed screw having a first end portion, a second feed screw having a second end portion, and a support hanger assembly to support the first feed screw and the second feed screw. The support hanger assembly includes a hanger bracket having a vertical support member and an inner hub secured to and extending perpendicularly from the vertical support member, a shaft portion disposed within the inner hub, an inner sleeve configured to be disposed between the shaft portion and the inner hub, at least one outer hub coupled to the shaft portion, and an outer sleeve configured to be disposed between the inner hub and the at least one outer hub. The first feed screw and the second feed screw are coupled to the at least one outer hub. The inner sleeve and/or the outer sleeve may be fabricated from low coefficient of friction material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: WHEELABRATOR GROUP, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Cecil Farrell, Shawn Douglas McBride
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Patent number: 6253601Abstract: A system and method for indicating when the oil of an engine needs to be changed. The system includes measuring engine parameters such as engine temperature, fueling rate, engine speed, and engine load. At timed intervals, soot generation, viscosity increase, and total base number (TBN) depletion are estimated through a calculation for that time interval. The estimated values from the calculations are accumulated in separate loops. Once the accumulation of soot generation, oil viscosity increase, or TBN depletion reaches a predetermined magnitude for that respective oil property, then an indication or signal is provided to indicate to the engine operator that the oil needs changing. The system is supplemented with real time sensors such as an oil level sensor, a soot sensor, and a viscosity sensor which provide a back up for the calculation of estimates and also prevent catastrophic engine conditions from not being detected through electronic calculation of estimates.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1998Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Cummins Engine Company, Inc.Inventors: Jerry C. Wang, Shawn Douglas Whitacre, Matthew L. Schneider, Dean Harlan Dringenburg