Patents by Inventor Steven Ray

Steven 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).

  • Micronized placental tissue compositions and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 10105398
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions composed of micronized placental components and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compositions have numerous medical applications. Methods for making and using the micronized compositions are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MiMedx Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Brenda S. Morse, Somaly Sith, Randall Spencer, Steven Ray, John Daniel, Robert Tofe
  • Methods of Delivering a Health Care Active by Administering Personal Health Care Articles Comprising a Filmament
    Publication number: 20180289628
    Abstract: A method of delivering a health care active having the steps of administering to a mammal in need of a health benefit or a treatment for a health condition a personal health care article and consuming the article. The article contains one or more filaments that contain a backbone material, a health care active and optionally aesthetic agents, extensional aids, plasticizers, and crosslinking agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Trevor John Darcy, Steven Ray Gilbert, Gregory Charles Gordon, Rajeev Chhabra, William Maxwell Allen, JR.
  • Tiltrotor Aircraft having Rotatable Wing Extensions
    Publication number: 20180273169
    Abstract: A pylon assembly for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a fixed pylon having an outboard end. A rotor assembly is rotatably coupled to the fixed pylon and is operable to rotate between a a vertical takeoff and landing orientation and a forward flight orientation. The rotor assembly includes a proprotor operable to produce a slipstream. A wing extension is rotatably coupled to the outboard end of the fixed pylon. The wing extension is operable to rotate generally with the rotor assembly such that a minimal dimension of the wing extension remains in the slipstream of the proprotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ray Ivans, Nathan Gabriel Wu
  • BURNER TUBE INSERT
    Publication number: 20180231314
    Abstract: A furnace melt tower includes a burner block having an inner wall defining a burner port for receiving a burner nozzle and a burner tube insert received within the burner port between the inner wall and the burner nozzle to protect the burner port and ease cleaning and repair. The burner tube insert includes a cylindrical body having a first end and a second end and a flange extending radially outward from the first end of the burner tube insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Edward Devine, II, Steven Ray Pope, II
  • Method for making bismuth containing liquid pharmaceutical suspensions
    Patent number: 10034888
    Abstract: A method of producing a liquid pharmaceutical suspension by mixing magnesium aluminum silicate, gellan gum, bismuth subsalicylate, and methyl cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Ray Gilbert, Edward Paul Fitch, V, Derrick Ho, Daniel Jerome White, Jr., Adam Michael Tunis
  • Tiltrotor aircraft having rotatable wing extensions
    Patent number: 10011349
    Abstract: A pylon assembly for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a fixed pylon having an outboard end. A rotor assembly is rotatably coupled to the fixed pylon and is operable to rotate between a generally vertical orientation in a vertical takeoff and landing mode and a generally horizontal orientation in a forward flight mode. The rotor assembly includes a proprotor operable to produce a generally vertical slipstream in the vertical takeoff and landing mode and a generally horizontal slipstream in the forward flight mode. A wing extension is rotatably coupled to the outboard end of the fixed pylon. The wing extension is operable to rotate generally with the rotor assembly such that a minimal dimension of the wing extension remains in the slipstream of the proprotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ray Ivans, Nathan Gabriel Wu
  • ADJUSTABLE HEADER FOR SLIDING DOORS AND WINDOWS
    Publication number: 20180179804
    Abstract: An adjustable header having a first header piece and a second header piece, which are attachable to each other by a connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: GOLDBRECHT INC.
    Inventors: Marcel FONTIJN, Joshua Steven RAY
  • MODIFYING A SIMULATED CHARACTER BY DIRECT MANIPULATION
    Publication number: 20180151002
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying images of simulated video game characters. An example method includes: identifying, by a processor, a zoom level associated with a video game character image; identifying a location, within the video game character image, of a cursor associated with an input device; identifying, based on the location and the zoom level, a modifiable portion of the video game character image; and responsive to receiving an input from the input device, modifying the portion of the video game character image in at least two directions based on a direction of movement of the cursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Srikumar M.B. Nair, Steven Ray Rheinfrank, Glenn Shayn Song, Pawel Piotr Wrotek
  • Method for producing composite structures with a plurality of absorbent foam particulates
    Patent number: 9956586
    Abstract: Methods for producing composite structures with a plurality of absorbent foam particulates between substrates, wherein the method includes providing a carrier substrate. The carrier substrate may comprise a pre-determined pattern. The pre-determined pattern may comprise z-directional deflections. The methods may also comprise placing a plurality of absorbent foam particulates onto the carrier substrate, forming a loaded carrier substrate. The methods may further comprise providing a particulate settling means enabled to affect the loaded carrier substrate, affecting the loaded carrier substrate, forming a settled carrier substrate. The methods may further comprise associating a cover with the settled carrier substrate, forming a composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Aleksey Mikhailovich Pinyayev, Steven Ray Merrigan
  • Modifying a simulated character by direct manipulation
    Patent number: 9940757
    Abstract: A portion of a simulated element of a graphical simulation available for modification is identified in view of a cursor location associated with a user input device. The identified portion of the simulated element is selected for modification. The selected portion of the simulated element is then modified according to a direct manipulation of a display of the selected portion of the simulated element by a user using the user input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
    Inventors: Srikumar M. B. Nair, Steven Ray Rheinfrank, Glenn Shayn Song, Pawel Piotr Wrotek
  • Wing Extension Winglets for Tiltrotor Aircraft
    Publication number: 20180079493
    Abstract: A pylon assembly for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a rotor assembly operable to rotate between a generally vertical orientation, in a VTOL flight mode, and a generally horizontal orientation, in a forward flight mode, and having an intermediate orientation therebetween, in a conversion flight mode. The rotor assembly includes a proprotor operable to produce a slipstream. A wing extension, positioned outboard of the rotor assembly, has a minimal dimension and an outboard end. A winglet is coupled to the outboard end of the wing extension and has a minimal dimension. The wing extension and the winglet are operable to rotate generally with the rotor assembly such that the minimal dimensions of the wing extension and the winglet remain in the slipstream of the proprotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Bryant Anderson, Steven Ray Ivans, Jeremy Robert Chavez
  • Tiltrotor Articulated Wing Extension
    Publication number: 20180079487
    Abstract: An aircraft has a wing, a pylon carried by the wing, at least one of a rotor system component and a drive system component disposed within the pylon, and a wing extension carried by the at least one of a rotor system component and drive system component, wherein the wing extension is foldable relative to the pylon to selectively reduce an overall space occupied by the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ray Ivans, Brent Chadwick Ross
  • ROTATING PROPROTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20180079503
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes an engine disposed within a fuselage, a first gearbox coupled to the engine, a wing member having an upper wing skin and torque box formed by a first rib, a second rib, a first spar and second spar, a drive shaft coupled to the first gearbox and disposed within the wing member, a second gear box coupled to the drive shaft and disposed outboard from the second rib or inboard from the first rib, and a rotatable proprotor coupled to the second gear box. The rotatable proprotor includes a plurality of rotor blades, a rotor mast having a mast axis of rotation, and a proprotor gearbox coupled to the rotor mast. The proprotor gearbox is rotatable about a conversion axis, which intersects with the mast axis of rotation at a point within a central region of the torque box and above the upper wing skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Ray Ivans, Brent Chadwick Ross
  • Fuselage Mounted Engine with Wing Stow
    Publication number: 20180079484
    Abstract: An aircraft has a fuselage, an engine disposed within the fuselage, a rotatable wing disposed above the fuselage and selectively rotatable about a wing rotation axis, and a plurality of interconnect driveshafts disposed within the rotatable wing, and at least one drive system component that is connected between the engine and the interconnect driveshaft is disposed along the wing rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Chadwick Ross, Steven Ray Ivans
  • Modular Payload Systems for Aircraft
    Publication number: 20180079482
    Abstract: A modular payload system for an aircraft includes a modular bay recessed within the aircraft. The modular bay includes a modular bay interface. The modular payload system includes a plurality of payload modules each having a respective function and a payload interface adapted to connect to at least a portion of the modular bay interface. The plurality of payload modules are interchangeably insertable into the modular bay to enable the modular bay to support the functions of the plurality of payload modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ray Ivans, Brent Chadwick Ross
  • Tiltrotor Aircraft having Rotatable Wing Extensions
    Publication number: 20180057159
    Abstract: A pylon assembly for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a fixed pylon having an outboard end. A rotor assembly is rotatably coupled to the fixed pylon and is operable to rotate between a generally vertical orientation in a vertical takeoff and landing mode and a generally horizontal orientation in a forward flight mode. The rotor assembly includes a proprotor operable to produce a generally vertical slipstream in the vertical takeoff and landing mode and a generally horizontal slipstream in the forward flight mode. A wing extension is rotatably coupled to the outboard end of the fixed pylon. The wing extension is operable to rotate generally with the rotor assembly such that a minimal dimension of the wing extension remains in the slipstream of the proprotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ray Ivans, Nathan Gabriel Wu
  • Methods of Delivering a Health Care Active by Administering Personal Health Care Articles Comprising a Filmament
    Publication number: 20180015048
    Abstract: A method of delivering a health care active having the steps of administering to a mammal in need of a health benefit or a treatment for a health condition a personal health care article and consuming the article. The article contains one or more filaments that contain a backbone material, a health care active and optionally aesthetic agents, extensional aids, plasticizers, and crosslinking agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Trevor John Darcy, Steven Ray Gilbert, Gregory Charles Gordon, Rajeev Chhabra, William Maxwell Allen, JR.
  • PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170312190
    Abstract: A personal care composition is disclosed comprising abrasive particles. The personal care composition may take a variety of forms such as a leave-on composition or an emulsion and/or may comprise one or more actives or agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Denis Alfred Gonazales, Martin Ian James, Geert Andre Deeleersnyder, Steven Ray Merrigan, Thomas Allen Desmarais, Paul Robert Tanner, Binwu Tao
  • Harvesting tool
    Patent number: D805561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Ray Kastning, Chrisa Dawn MC-Dougall-Kastning
  • Wash fixture to hold circuit boards
    Patent number: D807415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: STONE MOUNTAIN TOOL
    Inventors: David Franklin Duke, Steven Ray Hughes, Anthony Wayne Patton