Patents by Inventor Tim Beard
Tim Beard 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: 20230121484Abstract: An unwanted matter removal device includes a removal tank 10, a pair of electrodes 31A and 31B disposed in the removal tank 10, a flow path 40 composed of the pair of electrodes 31A and 31B, a Fenton's reagent introduction portion that introduces a Fenton's reagent into the flow path, a liquid introduction portion that introduces a liquid containing an unwanted matter that should be removed into the flow path and a liquid discharge portion that discharges the liquid from the flow path, and the pair of electrodes 31A and 31B are composed of comb-like electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Seiichiro TABATA, Jan Jasper VAN DEN BERG, Tim BEARD
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Publication number: 20230084981Abstract: Provided is a particle capturing system and a particle capturing system capable of capturing even small particles to be captured in a gas phase. The particle capturing system according to the present technology includes: an acoustic aggregation device that aggregates particles to be captured in a gas phase by applying sound waves to the particles to be captured; and an aggregate capturing device that charges particle aggregates obtained by aggregating the particles to be captured in the gas phase and captures the particle aggregates with an electrostatic force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Seiichiro TABATA, Jan Jasper VAN DEN BERG, Tim BEARD
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Publication number: 20230072495Abstract: Provided is a filter cleaning device capable of cleaning a filter while suppressing the shortening of the life of the filter. The present technology provides a filter cleaning device that determines a contaminated region from a plurality of regions of a filter that captures particles or molecules, and supplies energy for reducing a contamination level to some of the plurality of regions determined as the contaminated region. According to the present technology, it is possible to provide a filter cleaning device capable of cleaning a filter while suppressing the shortening of the life of the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Seiichiro TABATA, Tim BEARD, Jan Jasper VAN DEN BERG
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Publication number: 20200137608Abstract: There are described methods and systems for identifying an operative state of a device using sensor signatures and for identifying such sensor signatures. The methods may comprise determining, from a received plurality of sensor signals and received device operation information, a sensor signature comprising values of a combination of different measurable characteristics that are indicative of an operative state of a device; and associating the determined sensor signature with attributes of a training space. Such sensor signatures may be used to identify the operative state of a device or appliance in a monitoring space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Christopher John Wright, Matthew LAWRENSON, Tim Beard
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Patent number: 9950749Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel having a reinforcement that includes a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin, and a substrate coupled to the reinforcement comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin. The plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are segregated such that the carbon fibers and the glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeff Webb, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim Beard
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Patent number: 9688005Abstract: A method of forming a vehicular instrument panel includes the steps: melting a first composite comprising carbon fibers and nylon resin; melting a second composite comprising glass fibers and nylon resin; injecting the melted composites into an instrument panel mold such that the carbon and glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the mold; and cooling the melted composites to form an instrument panel. The method may also include the step: forming a boundary region between the first and second melted composites in the mold such that the carbon and glass fibers in the mold are substantially mixed within the boundary region.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Jeff Webb, Bernard Gerard Marchetti, Tim Beard
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Patent number: 9682729Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel having a reinforcement that includes a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin, a substrate coupled to the reinforcement comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin, and a steering column bracket defined from the substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin. The bracket engages a steering column such that the substrate and bracket support the steering column. The plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate can be segregated such that the carbon fibers and the glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeff Webb, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim Beard, Bernard Gerard Marchetti
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Patent number: 9682731Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel, including a substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin, the substrate defines an airbag canister. The plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers are segregated such that the chopped carbon fibers are substantially concentrated within a driver-side portion of the substrate and the airbag canister, and the chopped glass fibers are substantially concentrated within a passenger-side portion of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Jeff Webb, Tim Beard, Bernard Gerard Marchetti
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Publication number: 20160059905Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel having a reinforcement that includes a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin, and a substrate coupled to the reinforcement comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin. The plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are segregated such that the carbon fibers and the glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Jeff Webb, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim Beard
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Publication number: 20160001819Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel having a reinforcement that includes a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin, a substrate coupled to the reinforcement comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin, and a steering column bracket defined from the substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin. The bracket engages a steering column such that the substrate and bracket support the steering column. The plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate can be segregated such that the carbon fibers and the glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Jeff Webb, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim Beard, Bernard Gerard Marchetti
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Publication number: 20160001823Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel, including a substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin, the substrate defines an airbag canister. The plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers are segregated such that the chopped carbon fibers are substantially concentrated within a driver-side portion of the substrate and the airbag canister, and the chopped glass fibers are substantially concentrated within a passenger-side portion of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Jeff Webb, Tim Beard, Bernard Gerard Marchetti
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Patent number: 9193394Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel, including a substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin, the substrate defines an airbag canister. The plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers are segregated such that the chopped carbon fibers are substantially concentrated within a driver-side portion of the substrate and the airbag canister, and the chopped glass fibers are substantially concentrated within a passenger-side portion of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Jeff Webb, Tim Beard, Bernard Gerard Marchetti
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Patent number: 9186993Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel having a reinforcement that includes a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin, and a substrate coupled to the reinforcement comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin. The plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are segregated such that the carbon fibers and the glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeff Webb, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim Beard
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Publication number: 20150321703Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel, including a substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin, the substrate defines an airbag canister. The plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers are segregated such that the chopped carbon fibers are substantially concentrated within a driver-side portion of the substrate and the airbag canister, and the chopped glass fibers are substantially concentrated within a passenger-side portion of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Jeff Webb, Tim Beard, Bernard Gerard Marchetti
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Publication number: 20150321398Abstract: A method of forming a vehicular instrument panel includes the steps: melting a first composite comprising carbon fibers and nylon resin; melting a second composite comprising glass fibers and nylon resin; injecting the melted composites into an instrument panel mold such that the carbon and glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the mold; and cooling the melted composites to form an instrument panel. The method may also include the step: forming a boundary region between the first and second melted composites in the mold such that the carbon and glass fibers in the mold are substantially mixed within the boundary region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Jeff Webb, Bernard Gerard Marchetti, Tim Beard
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Publication number: 20150321560Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel having a reinforcement that includes a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin, and a substrate coupled to the reinforcement comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin. The plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are segregated such that the carbon fibers and the glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeff Webb, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim Beard
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Publication number: 20150321561Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel having a reinforcement that includes a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin, a substrate coupled to the reinforcement comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin, and a steering column bracket defined from the substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin. The bracket engages a steering column such that the substrate and bracket support the steering column. The plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate can be segregated such that the carbon fibers and the glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Jeff Webb, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim Beard, Bernard Gerard Marchetti
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Patent number: 9174537Abstract: A vehicular instrument panel having a reinforcement that includes a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin, a substrate coupled to the reinforcement comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin, and a steering column bracket defined from the substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a nylon resin. The bracket engages a steering column such that the substrate and bracket support the steering column. The plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate can be segregated such that the carbon fibers and the glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeff Webb, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Tim Beard, Bernard Gerard Marchetti