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).

  • 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
  • Methods of delivering a health care active by administering personal health care articles comprising a filmament
    Patent number: 9801830
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Trevor John Darcy, Steven Ray Gilbert, Gregory Charles Gordon, Rajeev Chhabra, William Maxwell Allen, Jr.
  • HIGH INTERNAL PHASE EMULSION FOAM HAVING CELLULOSE NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170267827
    Abstract: A High Internal Phase Emulsion (HIPE) foam having cellulose nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Stuart J. Rowan, Donald L. Feke, Vahid Karimkhani, Ica MANAS-ZLOCZOWER, Boran Zhao, Wade Monroe Hubbard, JR., Maxwell Joseph Wingert, Steven Ray Merrigan
  • Placental Tissue Grafts Produced By Chemical Dehydration/Freeze-Drying And Methods For Making And Using The Same
    Publication number: 20170246348
    Abstract: Described herein are placental tissue grafts produced by chemical dehydration followed by freeze-drying the placental tissue to produce the tissue graft. The tissue grafts retain their biological properties preferably at the same level as the placental tissues before they are processed. The placental tissue grafts have numerous medical applications. Methods for making the tissue graft compositions are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: MiMedx Group, Inc.
    Inventors: John Daniel, Randall Spencer, Steven Ray
  • AUTOMATED MACHINE FOR SLITTING AND WEDGE CUTTING WHOLE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
    Publication number: 20170197325
    Abstract: An automated food processing machine receives a whole fruit or vegetable and presses it through a blade set to form slices or wedges. The machine includes a controller coupled to various components including linear motion actuators, a user interface, and sensors. One motion actuator coupled to a slitting blade. Another motion actuator is coupled to a ram. In response to an input the controller activates the motion actuators in a sequence including (1) linear motion of the slitting blade to form a slit in the whole fruit or vegetable and (2) linear motion of the ram to press the whole fruit or vegetable through a blade set to form the slices or wedges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SupraCut Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Barrie Alan Mann, Kevin Gerald Szakacs, Leonard Fraitag, Steven Ray Card
  • FORMULATION FOR INCREASING ENERGY
    Publication number: 20170189447
    Abstract: A composition is disclosed that includes formulation A, wherein formulation A comprises pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), coenzyme Q (CoQ10), niacinamide and riboflavin in a combined amount sufficient to increase mitochondrial mass in a cell. In some embodiments, the composition also includes formulation B, wherein formulation B comprises a magnesium chelate, iron, a copper salt, a manganese salt, a molybdenum salt, a zinc salt, and organic selenium. The disclosed compositions are of use for increasing mitochondrial biogenesis in a cell of a subject, increasing the activity level or exercise capacity of a subject, and/or increasing alertness and/or cognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: NIS Clinical Research
    Inventor: Steven Ray Morris
  • Placental tissue grafts produced by chemical dehydration/freeze-drying and methods for making and using the same
    Patent number: 9687588
    Abstract: Described herein are placental tissue grafts produced by chemical dehydration followed by freeze-drying the placental tissue to produce the tissue graft. The tissue grafts retain their biological properties preferably at the same level as the placental tissues before they are processed. The placental tissue grafts have numerous medical applications. Methods for making the tissue graft compositions are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: MiMedx Group, Inc.
    Inventors: John Daniel, Randall Spencer, Steven Ray
  • Personal care compositions comprising shaped abrasive particles
    Patent number: 9675531
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Denis Alfred Gonzales, Martin Ian James, Geert Andre Deleersnyder, Steven Ray Merrigan, Thomas Allen Desmarais, Paul Robert Tanner, Binwu Tao
  • Reductant dosing system having staggered injectors
    Patent number: 9664082
    Abstract: A mixer is disclosed for use in a reductant dosing system. The mixer may have an impingement floor located within an intended fluid injection path and generally parallel with a flow direction through the mixer. The mixer may also have a first side wall connected along a lengthwise edge of the impingement floor, a second side wall connected along an opposing lengthwise edge of the impingement floor, and a plurality of shelves extending between the first and second side walls. The plurality of shelves each may include a plurality of vanes that promote mixing of an injected fluid. One or more of the plurality of shelves may extend different distances upstream opposite the flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Yi, Jay Venkataraghavan, Arvind Jujare, Steven Ray Lewis, Muheng Zhang
  • Method and fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander
    Patent number: 9656364
    Abstract: A hand sander and sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander includes a table having a top with a sander storage station and an application station thereon. The storage station has a holder capable of holding a hand sander having a sander pad on the top of the table. The application station has at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table that are capable of passing through two corresponding datum holes in the sanding disc. The at least two datum pegs having datum surfaces configured to be received in datum notches in an outer diameter of the sander pad. The datum pegs are capable of aligning the sander pad with the sanding disc when the sander pad is pressed against an attaching side of the sanding disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tool Technologies by Van Dyke, LLC, Starcke Abrasives USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheryl Ann Ryan, Anthony Mudd, Steven Ray Van Dyke, Jerry Douglas Horn
  • Automated machine for slitting and wedge cutting whole fruits and vegetables
    Patent number: 9636834
    Abstract: An automated food processing machine receives a whole fruit or vegetable and presses it through a blade set to form slices or wedges. The machine includes a controller coupled to various components including linear motion actuators, a user interface, and sensors. One motion actuator coupled to a slitting blade. Another motion actuator is coupled to a ram. In response to an input the controller activates the motion actuators in a sequence including (1) linear motion of the slitting blade to form a slit in the whole fruit or vegetable and (2) linear motion of the ram to press the whole fruit or vegetable through a blade set to form the slices or wedges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Supracut System International, Inc.
    Inventors: Barrie Alan Mann, Kevin Gerald Szakacs, Leonard Fraitag, Steven Ray Card
  • Method for the production of high internal phase emulsion foams
    Patent number: 9574058
    Abstract: A method for producing a High Internal Phase Emulsion foam is provided that comprises forming a first High Internal Phase Emulsion from an oil phase comprising monomer, crosslinking agent, emulsifier; and an aqueous phase. The High Internal Phase Emulsion is pumped into a water bath. The High Internal Phase Emulsion cures in the bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Reza Foudazi, Cody Bezik, Donald L. Feke, Ica Manas-Zloczower, Steven Ray Merrigan, Stuart J. Rowan
  • SYSTEM FOR CATCHING AND PUMPING PRODUCED WATER AND OIL
    Publication number: 20170037708
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a fluid collection system comprising a catch pan, pump, self-contained tank, and means to attach the components together and transport the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Ray Balencia, Fredric Lee Balencia, Robert Russel Parker
  • Method For Making Bismuth Containing Liquid Pharmaceutical Suspensions
    Publication number: 20170027964
    Abstract: A method of producing a liquid pharmaceutical suspension by mixing magnesium aluminum silicate, gellan gum, bismuth subsalicylate, and methyl cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Ray Gilbert, Edward Paul Fitch, V, Derrick Ho, Daniel Jerome White, JR., Adam Michael Tunis
  • Method for making bismuth containing liquid pharmaceutical suspensions
    Patent number: 9486436
    Abstract: A method of producing a liquid pharmaceutical suspension by mixing magnesium aluminum silicate, gellan gum, bismuth subsalicylate, and methyl cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Ray Gilbert, Edward Paul Fitch, V, Derrick Ho, Daniel Jerome White, Jr., Adam Michael Tunis
  • Method and Apparatus for Weir Adjustment
    Publication number: 20160288017
    Abstract: Adjustable weir apparatus (101) with a wellhead separator system (6) fed by petrochemical source (1) with oil box (24) and water box (23) along with outlets for oil (25) and water (18). An adjustment assembly (12) may pass through a stuffing box (7), into a wellhead separator system (6), by way of a linkage assembly (13) connecting the adjustment assembly (12) to the adjustable weir assembly (5). The adjustable weir assembly (FIG. 5) may include an o-ring (34), a tube pin (15), an adjustable tube (22), and a nipple adapter (35) to allow adjustment while still maintaining an environment sufficiently proof against leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Steven Ray Hall
  • Variable Radius Inspection Using Sweeping Linear Array
    Publication number: 20160274066
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for enabling ultrasonic inspection of a changing, insufficiently defined or unknown shape (e.g., a variable radius or a noncircular radius caused by the use of soft tooling) at a rate that meets production requirements. The apparatus comprises a linear ultrasonic array (i.e., sensor) incorporated in a toppler, which in turn is slidably supported by an oscillating sensor mechanism carried by a traveling trailer vehicle. As a result of this arrangement, the sensor can undergo a back-and-forth sweeping motion coupled with motion along the spar radius. The sensor is further able to displace radially relative to a sweep pivot axis and rotate (hereinafter “topple”) about a topple pivot axis. In this manner, the orientation of the sensor can adjust to the contour of the inspected surface as the sensor scans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William P. Motzer, James C. Kennedy, Steven Ray Walton, James J. Troy
  • Method for Ultrasonic Inspection of Irregular and Variable Shapes
    Publication number: 20160258905
    Abstract: System and method for enabling ultrasonic inspection of a variable and irregular shape. The system comprises one or more ultrasonic pulser/receivers, one or more ultrasonic transducer arrays, a shoe or jig to hold and position the array(s), data acquisition software to drive the array(s), and data analysis software to select a respective best return signal for each pixel to be displayed. This system starts with information about the general orientation of the array relative to the part and a general predicted part shape. More specific orientation of the transmitted ultrasound beams relative to the part surface is done electronically by phasing the elements in the array(s) to cover the expected (i.e., predicted) surface as well as the full range of part surface variability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael C. Hutchinson, James C. Kennedy, Barry A. Fetzer, Michael Joseph Duncan, Navpreet S. Grewal, Steven Ray Walton, Hien T. Bui
  • Railway code generation and signaling system and method
    Patent number: 9391820
    Abstract: A first unit configured to generate and transmit a code of positive and negative DC pulses through a first rail of a railway. A second unit spaced from the first unit and configured to sense the code, which includes a leading code word, having a positive or negative timing pulse followed after a first data interval by a positive or negative data pulse, followed by a modifying code word. The modifying code word consists of a second positive or negative timing pulse followed after a second data interval by a second positive or negative data pulse. The second timing pulse starts after one code cycle from the start of the leading code word timing pulse. The second timing pulse and the second data pulse duplicate the timing pulse and the data pulse of the same polarity, but invert the timing pulse and the data pulse of opposite polarities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: James Michael Kiss, Steven Ray Murphy
  • STATIC MIXER
    Publication number: 20160175787
    Abstract: A static mixer created using an additive process is disclosed. The static mixer is enabled to homogenously blend two fluids flowing in a pipe. The static mixer exhibits zero contact angle in relation to the two fluids being mixed within the pipe. The static mixer exhibits a first contact angle with the first fluid and a second contact angle with the second fluid. The first contact angle is either between 0 and 30 or greater than 85. The second contact angle is either between 0 and 30, or greater than 85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Ray Merrigan, Aleksey Pinyayev, Billy Ray Dawson, Julie McWilliams