Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Bell

Thomas W. Bell 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: 8657975
    Abstract: A method of attaching an object to a tire includes providing a tire and providing a mechanical two-piece fastening system having a first portion and a second portion. The method further includes attaching a first portion of a mechanical two-piece fastening system to the tire and positioning an object to be attached to the tire on one of the first portion and the second portion of the mechanical two-piece fastening system. The method also includes attaching the second portion of the mechanical two-piece fastening system to the first portion of the mechanical two-piece fastening system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bell
  • Publication number: 20120074336
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (1) are disclosed: Cb is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having an atom within the cyclic structure selected from C, N, Si, and Cr and singly bound to A. A is CR, COR, CSR, CNR2, CCN, CCONR2, CNO2, CNNAr, CX?, or N. Cr is a chromophore having a substantially planar cyclic structure. The compounds function as nanometer-scale rotary molecular motors powered and controlled by light energy. The design of the molecular motor devices is flexible so that the rotary direction, drive light wavelength, and other physical characteristics can be varied. The compounds can be chemically functionalized to allow it to be integrated into or attached to a variety of structures. The device can be used in applications where mechanical power, positional control, and information encoding are to be generated at the size scale of individual molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, ON BEHALF OF THE
    Inventors: Thomas W. BELL, Joseph I. Cline, Christine R. Cremo, Stephen L. Gillett, John H. Frederick
  • Patent number: 7964722
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (1) are disclosed. Cb is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having an atom within the cyclic structure selected from C, N, Si, and Cr and singly bound to A. A is CR, COR, CSR, CNR2, CCN, CCONR2, CNO2, CNNAr, CX1, or N. Cr is a chromophore having a substantially planar cyclic structure. The compounds function as nanometer-scale rotary molecular motors powered and controlled by light energy. The design of the molecular motor devices is flexible so that the rotary direction, drive light wavelength, and other physical characteristics can be varied. The compounds can be chemically functionalized to allow it to be integrated into or attached to a variety of structures. The device can be used in applications where mechanical power, positional control, and information encoding are to be generated at the size scale of individual molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno
    Inventors: Thomas W. Bell, Joseph I. Cline, Christine R. Cremo, Stephen L. Gillett, John H. Frederick
  • Publication number: 20110113630
    Abstract: A method of attaching an object to a tire includes providing a tire and providing a mechanical two-piece fastening system having a first portion and a second portion. The method further includes attaching a first portion of a mechanical two-piece fastening system to the tire and positioning an object to be attached to the tire on one of the first portion and the second portion of the mechanical two-piece fastening system. The method also includes attaching the second portion of the mechanical two-piece fastening system to the first portion of the mechanical two-piece fastening system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bell
  • Publication number: 20110077394
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (1) are disclosed. Cb is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having an atom within the cyclic structure selected from C, N, Si, and Cr and singly bound to A. A is CR, COR, CSR, CNR2, CCN, CCONR2, CNO2, CNNAr, CX?, or N. Cr is a chromophore having a substantially planar cyclic structure. The compounds function as nanometer-scale rotary molecular motors powered and controlled by light energy. The design of the molecular motor devices is flexible so that the rotary direction, drive light wavelength, and other physical characteristics can be varied. The compounds can be chemically functionalized to allow it to be integrated into or attached to a variety of structures. The device can be used in applications where mechanical power, positional control, and information encoding are to be generated at the size scale of individual molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas W. Bell, Joseph I. Cline, Christine R. Cremo, Stephen L. Gillett, John H. Frederick
  • Patent number: 7900666
    Abstract: A tire and a method of securing an object thereto includes a two-piece fastening system having a first portion which is applied to an innerliner of a green tire prior to the green tire being cured and a second portion which includes an object, such as a radio frequency identification chip, attached thereto. The first portion of the two-piece fastening system is attached to the innerliner of the tire with an adhesive or by curing. The green tire is then cured and the second portion of the two-piece fastening system with the object attached thereto is then attached to the first portion of the two-piece fastening system. In an alternative embodiment, the object may be sandwiched between the first and second portions of the fastening system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bell
  • Patent number: 7772521
    Abstract: A system and associated method of marking a molded vehicle tire with laser engraved information to provide both human visible and machine readable data concerning the tire. Information contained in a barcode on the tire is read at a first station and supplied to a control unit. The physical location of human visible information previously molded into the tire is read from the tire at a second station and supplied to the control unit which uses this information to position a laser located at a third station for engaging additional human visible information pertaining to the manufacture of the tire adjacent the existing visible information to satisfy the Department of Transportation (DOT) tire marking requirements. The additional information also can be laser engraved into the tire in a machine readable encoded format, such as 2D symbols, for subsequent control and verification throughout the life of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Inventors: Donald L. Smith, Jr., Daniel C. Orendorf, Stefan A. Parks, Thomas W. Bell, Joseph J. Peters, Ira L. Wood, Jason J. Para
  • Publication number: 20100108222
    Abstract: A tire and a method of securing an object thereto includes a two-piece fastening system having a first portion which is applied to an innerliner of a green tire prior to the green tire being cured and a second portion which includes an object, such as a radio frequency identification chip, attached thereto. The first portion of the two-piece fastening system is attached to the innerliner of the tire with an adhesive or by curing. The green tire is then cured and the second portion of the two-piece fastening system with the object attached thereto is then attached to the first portion of the two-piece fastening system. In an alternative embodiment, the object may be sandwiched between the first and second portions of the fastening system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bell
  • Patent number: 7658809
    Abstract: A tire and a method of securing an object thereto includes a two-piece fastening system having a first portion which is applied to an innerliner of a green tire prior to the green tire being cured and a second portion which includes an object, such as a radio frequency identification chip, attached thereto. The first portion of the two-piece fastening system is attached to the innerliner of the tire with an adhesive or by curing. The green tire is then cured and the second portion of the two-piece fastening system with the object attached thereto is then attached to the first portion of the two-piece fastening system. In an alternative embodiment, the object may be sandwiched between the first and second portions of the fastening system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bell
  • Patent number: 7435362
    Abstract: The invention relates to redox-switchable material comprising a redox-active moiety adsorbed, bonded or both, to a semiconductor material. Among the preferred redox-active moieties disclosed herein are ferrocenes, acridines, and quinones though any such moiety may be employed. The redox-switchable material of this invention may be used to selectively remove one or more selected solutes from an aqueous solution wherein adsorption/complexation of the solute is influenced by the oxidation state of the redox-active moiety. In an alternative embodiment, inclusion moieties that are covalently bound to the redox-active moiety are employed to achieve selective complexation of the desired solute. Other possible applications of the disclosed materials are photoerasable writing media, electrochromic or photochromic materials, catalysis, and solar energy storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Navada
    Inventors: Masahiro Muraoka, Stephen L. Gillett, Thomas W. Bell
  • Patent number: 7108761
    Abstract: A tire and a method of securing an object thereto includes a two-piece fastening system having a first portion which is applied to an innerliner of a green tire prior to the green tire being cured and a second portion which includes an object, such as a radio frequency identification chip, attached thereto. The first portion of the two-piece fastening system is attached to the innerliner of the tire with an adhesive or by curing. The green tire is then cured and the second portion of the two-piece fastening system with the object attached thereto is then attached to the first portion of the two-piece fastening system. In an alternative embodiment, the object may be sandwiched between the first and second portions of the fastening system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bell
  • Patent number: 7033541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and more particularly to compounds which are useful for the determination of bicarbonate and the delivery of bicarbonate to a non-aqueous solution. The invention further relates to an optical sensor for the determination of bicarbonate in a liquid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas W. Bell, Jinhua Chen, Alisher B. Khasanov
  • Publication number: 20040191917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and more particularly to compounds which are useful for the determination of bicarbonate and the delivery of bicarbonate to a non-aqueous solution. The invention further relates to an optical sensor for the determination of bicarbonate in a liquid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. Bell, Jinhua Chen, Alisher B. Khasanov
  • Patent number: 6720188
    Abstract: Methods and kits for determine arginine compounds are discussed. The methods and kits of the invention can be used for the diagnosis of arginine compound associated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignees: FAL Diagnostics
    Inventors: Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Thomas W. Bell, Alisher B. Khasanov
  • Publication number: 20030155054
    Abstract: A tire and a method of securing an object thereto includes a two-piece fastening system having a first portion which is applied to an innerliner of a green tire prior to the green tire being cured and a second portion which includes an object, such as a radio frequency identification chip, attached thereto. The first portion of the two-piece fastening system is attached to the innerliner of the tire with an adhesive or by curing. The green tire is then cured and the second portion of the two-piece fastening system with the object attached thereto is then attached to the first portion of the two-piece fastening system. In an alternative embodiment, the object may be sandwiched between the first and second portions of the fastening system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bell
  • Patent number: 6566086
    Abstract: Methods for the detection of creatine compound levels in body fluid samples are discussed. Portable kits capable of determining creatine levels using non-invasive and visually detectable methods are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: FAL Diagnostics
    Inventors: Fahad Mohammed Saleh Al Athel, Thomas W. Bell, Alisher B. Khasanov, Rima Kaddurah-Daouk
  • Patent number: 6525200
    Abstract: Multicyclic aromatic compounds useful as complexing agents having the general formula: Methods of complexing and quantitating a component in a sample such as urea or guanidine are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Corporation
    Inventors: Alisher B. Khasanov, Thomas W. Bell
  • Publication number: 20020081626
    Abstract: Methods and kits for determine arginine compounds are discussed. The methods and kits of the invention can be used for the diagnosis of arginine compound associated disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Thomas W. Bell, Alisher B. Khasanov
  • Publication number: 20020019423
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting viruses in which a virus is contacted with an antiviral amount of a compound of formula I. Activity is shown against HIV and other viruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bell
  • Patent number: 6342492
    Abstract: The invention relates to a family of new synthetic triamine compounds which can be used in antiviral pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bell