Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Carlson

Timothy J. Carlson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240085028
    Abstract: A cooking appliance comprises an outer frame surface defining a cooktop and the cooktop defines an outlet port. An inner frame surface defines a heating cavity disposed below the cooktop and within the outer frame surface. The inner frame surface defines an inlet port and a chimney extends between a first end connected to the inlet port and a second end connected to the outlet port for directing steam from the heating cavity outside of the cooking appliance. A nozzle apparatus is connected around the outlet port and includes an inner wall defining at least one aperture. The at least one aperture is oriented at an acute angle relative to the cooktop. The nozzle apparatus includes at least one post for connection to the cooktop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lisa E. Blumenthal, Davide Bottalico, Trevor T. Carlson, Nicholas E. Crow, Kevin Dolezan, Ankur Garg, Hemlata P. Khanvilkar, Nicholas J. Kormanik, Ajit Maruti Patil, Timothy Patrick VanAntwerp, Dustin M. Walter, Akhil Haribhau Wankhede
  • Patent number: 11766820
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Friendship Products LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
  • Publication number: 20220193977
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
  • Patent number: 11292180
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Friendship Products LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
  • Publication number: 20190344492
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Friendship Products LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
  • Patent number: 10414084
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Friendship Products LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
  • Publication number: 20160229107
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: B. Everett HENDRICKSON, Timothy J. CARLSON, A. Irene HENDRICKSON, Craig SEVERN, Ottmar BRANDAU, Michael FREDERICK
  • Patent number: 9346585
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Friendship Products LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
  • Patent number: 9290300
    Abstract: The invention includes a scalable, modular interlocking container with a multi-purpose use. Vertical and horizontal interconnectivity are achieved through interlocking mechanisms. An exemplary first use is for transporting and/or storing liquids or solids that can be poured. An exemplary second use is for a sturdy, low cost, easily assembled building block material of a standardized nature. Each modular unit slide-locks with other units to form strong wall and building structures that can be filled with natural earth, sand or other such materials, thereby forming a sturdy structure without the use of mortar, and can adapt to uneven base surfaces typically found in natural terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Friendship Products LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson
  • Patent number: 8831412
    Abstract: A housing for transporting a generally cylindrical canister configured to store at least one of a pressurized gas and a pressurized liquid. The housing includes a first housing section and a second housing section that is movable with respect to the first housing section from a first operating condition to a second operating condition. A heat transfer element is coupled to at least one of the first and the second housing sections to define at least a portion of a boundary of a generally cylindrical volume. The canister is generally fixed from movement with respect to the first and the second housing sections when the second housing section is in the first operating condition, and the canister is movable with respect to the first and the second housing sections and configured to be removed from the generally cylindrical volume when the second housing section is in the second operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Zachary T. Ouradnik, Timothy J. Carlson, Roy J. Ingold, Brian Merklein, Eric J. Boticki, Jeroen Valensa, Michael P. Devine, Gregg D. Olson
  • Publication number: 20130213927
    Abstract: The invention includes a scalable, modular interlocking container with a multi-purpose use. Vertical and horizontal interconnectivity are achieved through interlocking mechanisms. An exemplary first use is for transporting and/or storing liquids or solids that can be poured. An exemplary second use is for a sturdy, low cost, easily assembled building block material of a standardized nature. Each modular unit slide-locks with other units to form strong wall and building structures that can be filled with natural earth, sand or other such materials, thereby forming a sturdy structure without the use of mortar, and can adapt to uneven base surfaces typically found in natural terrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Friendship Products LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson
  • Publication number: 20130213846
    Abstract: The invention includes a scalable, modular interlocking container with a multi-purpose use. Vertical and horizontal interconnectivity are achieved through interlocking mechanisms. An exemplary first use is for transporting and/or storing liquids or solids that can be poured. An exemplary second use is for a sturdy, low cost, easily assembled building block material of a standardized nature. Each modular unit slide-locks with other units to form strong wall and building structures that can be filled with natural earth, sand or other such materials, thereby forming a sturdy structure without the use of mortar, and can adapt to uneven base surfaces typically found in natural terrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Friendship Products LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson
  • Publication number: 20120201524
    Abstract: A housing for transporting a generally cylindrical canister configured to store at least one of a pressurized gas and a pressurized liquid. The housing includes a first housing section and a second housing section that is movable with respect to the first housing section from a first operating condition to a second operating condition. A heat transfer element is coupled to at least one of the first and the second housing sections to define at least a portion of a boundary of a generally cylindrical volume. The canister is generally fixed from movement with respect to the first and the second housing sections when the second housing section is in the first operating condition, and the canister is movable with respect to the first and the second housing sections and configured to be removed from the generally cylindrical volume when the second housing section is in the second operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Zachary T. Ouradnik, Timothy J. Carlson, Roy J. Ingold, Brian Merklein, Eric J. Boticki, Jeroen Valensa, Michael P. Devine, Gregg D. Olson
  • Publication number: 20120118848
    Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson
  • Publication number: 20030054430
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for modeling substrate molecules so that the various pathway reaction rates, and thus their overall reaction rates and metabolic properties, can be predicted. The current invention provides various systems and methods for stoichiometrically measuring the pathway reaction rates, both directly and indirectly. By repeating this for a class or several classes of substrate molecules, a general model of pathway reaction rates can be developed by correlating observed pathway reaction rates to the actual structural descriptors of the molecules, in particular, features around the reactive sites. The model can then be used to predict and design substrates according to desired metabolic characteristics. The systems and methods are particularly applicable to metabolism of substrate molecules by the cytochrome P450 enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Camitro Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Korzekwa, Jeffrey P. Jones, Timothy J. Carlson, Jan L. Wahlstrom, Marc J. Evanchik
  • Patent number: 5348651
    Abstract: Device to simulate operation and placement of a reverse osmosis membrane element in a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU). The device simulates the drop in hydrostatic pressure occurring when a liquid (usually water) is forced across a membrane which separates different concentrations of solutes in the same solvent system. When substituted into a typical ROWPU for an actual reverse osmosis (RO) element, the drop in hydrostatic pressure is effected by an aperture or series of apertures which allow passage of liquid directly from the intake liquid piping to the purified effluent piping. The hydrostatic pressure of the waste effluent is similar to the pressure present in the waste effluent when an actual RO element is operating in a ROWPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Aqua-Chem, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Carlson, Richard D. Geiger, Gerald A. Karls, Bruce A. Meysembourg
  • Patent number: D794466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: FRIENDSHIP PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson
  • Patent number: D794467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: FRIENDSHIP PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau
  • Patent number: D806553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FRIENDSHIP PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson