Patents by Inventor Thomas Gerard
Thomas Gerard 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: 20240149329Abstract: A method for forming and installing a retaining ring comprises: feeding a wire in a linear path into a forming die having a circular bore; forming, using the forming die, the wire into a formed ring having a ring shape; transferring the formed ring from the forming die to a transfer puck; and installing the formed ring, as a retaining ring, in a tube of a product assembly. The formed ring is maintained in a constrained state between forming in the forming die and installation in the product assembly. A system for forming and installing a retaining ring into a product assembly includes a forming die configured to form a wire into a formed ring having a ring shape; and a transfer puck to transfer the formed ring from the forming die. The formed ring is maintained in a constrained state from forming through installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Frank Gerard PIRRELLO, Steven Edward PYLE, Michael James CHISOM, Tania TANNAHILL, John Lee FORSYTH, Thomas L. FUGATE, JR.
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Patent number: 11976082Abstract: This invention relates to a novel continuous process for making alkyl 7-amino-5-methyl-[1,2,5]-oxadiazolo¬[3,4-b]pyridine-carboxylate, wherein R is C1-3-alkyl. The process of the invention present invention overcomes disadvantages of processes of the prior art by avoiding the highly energetic intermediates, using readily available and inexpensive starting materials and reagents, and avoiding the isolation of intermediates. The process according to the invention is suitable for use on industrial scale.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHInventors: Bernd Werner, Tobias Alt, Andrew T. Brusoe, Frederic Gerard Buono, Michael Klumb, Bjoern Stahl, Thomas G. Tampone
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Patent number: 11947269Abstract: A method including: obtaining a detected representation of radiation redirected by each of a plurality of structures from a substrate additionally having a device pattern thereon, wherein each structure has an intentional different physical configuration of the respective structure than the respective nominal physical configuration of the respective structure, wherein each structure has geometric symmetry at the respective nominal physical configuration, wherein the intentional different physical configuration of the structure causes an asymmetric optical characteristic distribution and wherein a patterning process parameter measures change in the physical configuration; and determining a value, based on the detected representations and based on the intentional different physical configurations, to setup, monitor or correct a measurement recipe for determining the patterning process parameter.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Anagnostis Tsiatmas, Paul Christiaan Hinnen, Elliott Gerard McNamara, Thomas Theeuwes, Maria Isabel De La Fuente Valentin, Mir Homayoun Shahrjerdy, Arie Jeffrey Den Boef, Shu-jin Wang
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Publication number: 20230407574Abstract: Soft, durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly high yield hesperaloe pulp fibers are disclosed. The tissue products preferably comprise at least about 5 percent, by weight of the product, high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber and have relatively modest tensile strengths, such as a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than about 1,000 g/3?, and improved durability and cross-machine direction (CD) properties, such as a CD Stretch greater than about 10 percent. Additionally, at the foregoing tensile strengths the products are not overly stiff. For example, the tissue products may have a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Richard Louis Underhill, David John Paulson, Felicia Marie Sauer, Thomas Gerard Shannon
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Publication number: 20230363576Abstract: A device for heating and frothing milk which has a steam generator and a jet pump is provided. The jet pump has a steam inlet through which pressurized steam is injectable into the jet pump, a first suction inlet and a second suction inlet. The first suction inlet is configured to connect to a milk reservoir. An air inlet is connectable or connected to the second suction inlet of the jet pump for drawing air into the jet pump. A bypass valve is connected to the second suction inlet of the jet pump and has a bypass inlet. The bypass valve is switchable between a first position in which the second suction inlet of the jet pump is shut off from the steam generator, and a second position in which the second suction inlet is in fluid communication with the bypass inlet of the bypass valve for suction of steam.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A.Inventors: Gabriele MOLINARO, Gabriele Luciano PICONE, Jelmer Jeroen KUIPER, Thomas Gerard VERLOOP
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Publication number: 20230327795Abstract: A network element is disclosed herein. The network element comprises an add transceiver to generate a first optical signal having one or more optical channel; a line port optically coupled to an optical fiber link; an optical signal inspector operable to sample an optical power of one or more spectral slice of the one or more optical channel; a WSS operable to attenuate the one or more spectral slice of the first optical signal; a processor; and a memory storing instructions that cause the processor to: determine a sample power profile based on the optical power of the one or more spectral slices; generate an attenuation profile based on the sample power profile and a target power profile; and apply the attenuation profile to cause the WSS to shape the one or more spectral slices of the first optical signal into the second optical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Jonathan M. Buset, Lan Liu, Nisar Ahmed, Thomas Gerard, Francisco Javier Vaquero Caballero
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Publication number: 20230327762Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for configuring a spectral loading pattern for a transmission line segment in an optical network, the method comprising obtaining at least one loading policy, activating at least one of the at least one loading policy, receiving a plurality of requested operations, obtaining one or more static datapoint and one or more dynamic datapoint associated with the transmission line segment, obtaining loading parameters and one or more loading algorithm from the at least one activated loading policy, generating a loading response according to the one or more loading algorithm, and changing a spectral loading pattern of the transmission line segment based on the loading response. The requested operations may identify operations to be executed in either of a current cycle or one or more subsequent cycle. The loading response may identify a subset of the operations to be executed in the current cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Jonathan M. Buset, Stephane St. Laurent, Daniel Fonseca, Nisar Ahmed, Sanjeev Ramachandran, Ashok Kunjidhapatham, Thomas Gerard
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Patent number: 11773539Abstract: Soft, durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly high yield hesperaloe pulp fibers are disclosed. The tissue products preferably comprise at least about 5 percent, by weight of the product, high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber and have relatively modest tensile strengths, such as a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than about 1,000 g/3?, and improved durability and cross-machine direction (CD) properties, such as a CD Stretch greater than about 10 percent. Additionally, at the foregoing tensile strengths the products are not overly stiff. For example the tissue products may have a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Richard Louis Underhill, David John Paulson, Felicia Marie Sauer, Thomas Gerard Shannon
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Patent number: 11746473Abstract: The present invention provides mufti-layered tissue webs, and tissue product comprising the same, comprising long, high-coarseness wood pulp fibers selectively deposited in one or more outer layers of the multi-layered web. Surprisingly disposing long, high-coarseness wood pulp fibers in one or more outer layers, even in relatively modest amounts, may improve certain product properties, such as durability, without negatively affecting softness. In certain instances, both the softness and durability may be improved by selectively incorporating long, high-coarseness wood pulp fibers in one or more of the outer layers.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Gerard Shannon, Stephen Michael Lindsay, Brent Merrik Thompson, Richard Louis Underhill
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Publication number: 20230269020Abstract: A multiplexer module and method are herein disclosed. The multiplexer module comprises a WSS configured to receive a plurality of first optical signals, selectively multiplex the first optical signals into a second optical signal, and output the second optical signal; an OPM operable to determine a power of one or more slice within a sample optical signal, the sample optical signal being selected from a group consisting of a particular optical signal of the first optical signals and a portion of the second optical signal including the particular optical signal; a processor; and a memory storing instructions that cause the processor to: validate the particular optical signal using the power of one or more slice within the sample optical signal; and if the particular optical signal is valid, cause the WSS to open a particular passband so as to multiplex the particular optical signal into the second optical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Jonathan Michael Buset, Nisar Ahmed, Francisco Javier Vaquero Caballero, Thomas Gerard, Stephane St-Laurent
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Publication number: 20230122650Abstract: Soft, durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly high yield hesperaloe pulp fibers are disclosed. The tissue products preferably comprise at least about 5 percent, by weight of the product, high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber and have relatively modest tensile strengths, such as a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than about 1,000 g/3?, and improved durability and cross-machine direction (CD) properties, such as a CD Stretch greater than about 10 percent. Additionally, at the foregoing tensile strengths the products are not overly stiff. For example the tissue products may have a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Richard Louis Underhill, David John Paulson, Felicia Marie Sauer, Thomas Gerard Shannon
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Patent number: 11566379Abstract: Soft, durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly high yield hesperaloe pulp fibers are disclosed. The tissue products preferably comprise at least about 5 percent, by weight of the product, high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber and have relatively modest tensile strengths, such as a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than about 1,000 g/3?, and improved durability and cross-machine direction (CD) properties, such as a CD Stretch greater than about 10 percent. Additionally, at the foregoing tensile strengths the products are not overly stiff. For example the tissue products may have a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Richard Louis Underhill, David John Paulson, Felicia Marie Sauer, Thomas Gerard Shannon
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Publication number: 20220290378Abstract: The present invention provides mufti-layered tissue webs, and tissue product comprising the same, comprising long, high-coarseness wood pulp fibers selectively deposited in one or more outer layers of the multi-layered web. Surprisingly disposing long, high-coarseness wood pulp fibers in one or more outer layers, even in relatively modest amounts, may improve certain product properties, such as durability, without negatively affecting softness. In certain instances, both the softness and durability may be improved by selectively incorporating long, high-coarseness wood pulp fibers in one or more of the outer layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Thomas Gerard Shannon, Stephen Michael Lindsay, Brent Merrik Thompson, Richard Louis Underhill
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Patent number: 11441486Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductor body revolving around a main axis (A) for a spark plug of a turbine engine, the semiconductor body comprising a baseplate and an upper portion extending from the baseplate along the main axis, the baseplate comprising a bottom surface substantially defined in a plane perpendicular to the main axis and a first conical surface intended to cooperate by form-fitting at least partially with a contact surface of an outer electrode of the spark plug. According to the invention, the upper portion comprises an interface located opposite the bottom surface along the main axis (A) and featuring a profile that is at least partially corrugated.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Thomas Gérard Daniel Riviere, Guillaume Thierry Richen, David Gino Stifanic
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Publication number: 20220274272Abstract: An electric hair-cutting device that has a housing. Further, the electric hair-cutting device has a hair-cutting module coupled to a first end of the housing, the hair-cutting module comprising blades and configured for cutting hair. Also, the electric hair-cutting device has a plurality of pinholes on a top of the housing and adjacent the hair-cutting module for delivering air to the hair-cutting module to cool the hair-cutting blades and a cooling module contained in the housing, the cooling module that has a fan and receives air through a plurality of pinholes on a bottom end of the housing and delivers the air to the plurality of pinholes adjacent the hair-cutting module thereby cooling the hair-cutting module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Duett, LLCInventors: Tyler Albert Anthony, Thomas Gerard White, Wade Patterson, Patrick Stapler, Daniel Lipszyc
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Patent number: 11384484Abstract: The present invention provides multi-layered tissue webs, and tissue product comprising the same, comprising long, high-coarseness wood pulp fibers selectively deposited in one or more outer layers of the multi-layered web. Surprisingly disposing long, high-coarseness wood pulp fibers in one or more outer layers, even in relatively modest amounts, may improve certain product properties, such as durability, without negatively affecting softness. In certain instances, both the softness and durability may be improved by selectively incorporating long, high-coarseness wood pulp fibers in one or more of the outer layers.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Thomas Gerard Shannon, Stephen Michael Lindsay, Brent Merrik Thompson, Richard Louis Underhill
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Patent number: 11367082Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for providing information relating to suspicious financial activities to investigative agencies are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a digital access token from a financial institution; cause an application programming interface to be displayed on a computing device corresponding to the financial institution in response to receipt of the digital access token; receive case information from the financial institution create a case corresponding to the access token and the case information; determine one or more relevant investigative agencies for receiving a report based on the case information; retrieve a data model corresponding to each relevant investigative agency; and file a Suspicious Activity Report based on the case information in each of the one or more relevant jurisdictions in correspondence with the access token.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: HUMMINGBIRD REGTECH INC.Inventors: Joseph Loree Robinson, Jesse Lee Reiss, Ryan Thomas Gerard, Matthew Van Buskirk
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Patent number: 11358098Abstract: A method for ship ballasting includes receiving, at a carbon negative energy storage system, input comprising calcium oxide and water and reacting, within a reaction chamber of the carbon negative energy storage system, the calcium oxide and water to release energy and generate calcium hydroxide. The method includes directing, by the carbon negative energy storage system, the released energy to a requesting end user and providing, by the carbon negative energy storage system, the calcium hydroxide to a marine vessel ballasting system. The method includes releasing a mixture of the calcium hydroxide and ballast water from the marine vessel ballasting system into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO2.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: William Raymond Regan, Thomas Peter Hunt, Thomas Gerard Schuhmann, Jr., Benjamin Lundquist Saenz, Joel Fraser Atwater, James Daniel Haley, Kevin Forsythe Smith, Charles Nordstrom
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Patent number: 11261568Abstract: The disclosure provides a wet-pressed tissue product comprising Agave fiber and having improved sheet bulk and good cross-machine tensile, toughness and durability properties. Cross-machine properties are significant because tissue products often fail in the cross-machine direction because it is often the weaker of the two product orientations (cross and machine directions). Accordingly, in certain embodiments the present disclosure provides a three-layered single-ply wet-pressed tissue product comprising high-yield Agave fibers from the leaves of Agave tequilana, Eucalyptus Hardwood Kraft (EHWK) fibers and Northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK), wherein the high-yield Agave fibers comprise at least about 5.0 percent by weight of the tissue product, the product having a CD tensile greater than about 450 g/3? and sheet bulk greater than about 7.0 cc/g.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Richard Louis Underhill, Thomas Gerard Shannon, John Matthew Reiser
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Patent number: 11247765Abstract: A method for energy generation includes receiving, at a carbon negative energy generation system, input including calcium oxide and water and reacting, within a reaction chamber of the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium oxide and water to release energy and generate calcium hydroxide. The method further includes directing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation and dispensing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO2.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: William Raymond Regan, Thomas Peter Hunt, Thomas Gerard Schuhmann, Jr., Benjamin Lundquist Saenz, Joel Fraser Atwater, James Daniel Haley, Kevin Forsythe Smith, Charles Nordstrom