Patents by Inventor Todd Marshall Wetherill
Todd Marshall Wetherill 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: 20230242854Abstract: A cell culture system is provided that includes a bioreactor vessel having an interior void defining a cell culture space, an inlet fluidly connected to a first end of the cell culture space, and an outlet fluidly connected to a second end of the cell culture space; and at least one cell growth element disposed in the cell culture space. The cell growth element includes a cell culture substrate surrounding a support element extending in a direction from the first end to the second end of the cell culture space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventor: Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Publication number: 20220411738Abstract: A cell culture system is provided that includes a cell culture vessel having an interior cavity to house a cell culture substrate in a cell culture space, and at least one port for at least one of fluid inlet to the interior cavity and fluid outlet from the interior cavity. The system further includes a piston having a distal end disposed in the cell culture vessel above the cell culture space, the distal end of the piston being sealed with an airtight seal within the interior cavity. The system also includes a driver coupled to the piston to move the piston so as to increase and decrease a distance between the distal end and the cell culture space. The driver can pressurize the interior cavity via actuation of the piston to harvest cells from the cell culture space through the at least one port.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Vasiliy Nikolaevich Goral, Kathleen Anne Krebs, William Joseph Lacey, Mackenzie Anna Maloney, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Patent number: 10488600Abstract: Methods of securing an optical fiber within an optical fiber connector include applying heat to a front-end section of a ferrule through a heating sleeve. The heating sleeve at least partially surrounds the front-end section of the ferrule and heats a bonding agent that resides within the ferrule a securing temperature. The optical fiber is inserted into the optical fiber connector and through the bonding agent. The optical fiber is secured in the ferrule axial bore by the bonding agent when the bonding agent reaches the securing temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: William Edward Lock, Phillip R. MacCormack, Cameron John Tovey, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Patent number: 9914200Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magazine apparatus may include a plurality of dividing straps positioned substantially parallel with one another and a plurality of support straps positioned substantially parallel with one another. The plurality of support straps may intersect with the plurality of dividing straps to form a plurality of ware receiving channels. An upper end and a lower end of each ware receiving channel may be at least partially open. The magazine apparatus may also include a plurality of ware seats. Each ware seat may extend at least partially across a corresponding ware receiving channel proximate a lower end of the corresponding ware receiving channel. Each ware seat may provide a seat for glassware positioned in the corresponding ware receiving channel. A plurality of ware spacers may be positioned below and spaced apart from a corresponding ware seat and extending at least partially across the corresponding ware receiving channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventor: Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Publication number: 20180059335Abstract: Methods of securing an optical fiber within an optical fiber connector include applying heat to a front-end section of a ferrule through a heating sleeve. The heating sleeve at least partially surrounds the front-end section of the ferrule and heats a bonding agent that resides within the ferrule a securing temperature. The optical fiber is inserted into the optical fiber connector and through the bonding agent. The optical fiber is secured in the ferrule axial bore by the bonding agent when the bonding agent reaches the securing temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: William Edward Lock, Phillip R. MacCormack, Cameron John Tovey, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Patent number: 9293268Abstract: A method for fabricating an EDLC includes (a) coating a porous activated carbon material onto current collector sheets to form carbon-based electrodes, (b) drying the carbon-based electrodes, (c) winding or stacking carbon-based electrodes interleaved with separator sheets to fabricate a jelly roll or prismatic electrode assembly, (d) inserting the electrode assembly into a package and forming electrical connections between the electrode assembly and package terminals, (e) filling the package with a liquid electrolyte, and (f) sealing the package. Steps (a)-(f) are performed in an atmosphere having a low moisture content. The atmosphere may be vacuum or purged with dry gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: John Paul Krug, Kamjula Pattabhirami Reddy, James Scott Sutherland, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Publication number: 20160039587Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magazine apparatus may include a plurality of dividing straps positioned substantially parallel with one another and a plurality of support straps positioned substantially parallel with one another. The plurality of support straps may intersect with the plurality of dividing straps to form a plurality of ware receiving channels. An upper end and a lower end of each ware receiving channel may be at least partially open. The magazine apparatus may also include a plurality of ware seats. Each ware seat may extend at least partially across a corresponding ware receiving channel proximate a lower end of the corresponding ware receiving channel. Each ware seat may provide a seat for glassware positioned in the corresponding ware receiving channel. A plurality of ware spacers may be positioned below and spaced apart from a corresponding ware seat and extending at least partially across the corresponding ware receiving channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Patent number: 9136063Abstract: A container of an electrochemical double-layer capacitor includes a housing, a cap portion adapted to be coupled the housing, an orifice passing through one of the housing or the cap portion, and a vent assembly in fluid communication with the container and secured within the orifice. The housing and the cap portion define an interior envelope of the container, and at least a portion of the vent assembly is located inside the interior envelope of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Publication number: 20150143680Abstract: A method for fabricating an EDLC includes (a) coating a porous activated carbon material onto current collector sheets to form carbon-based electrodes, (b) drying the carbon-based electrodes, (c) winding or stacking carbon-based electrodes interleaved with separator sheets to fabricate a jelly roll or prismatic electrode assembly, (d) inserting the electrode assembly into a package and forming electrical connections between the electrode assembly and package terminals, (e) filling the package with a liquid electrolyte, and (f) sealing the package. Steps (a)-(f) are performed in an atmosphere having a low moisture content. The atmosphere may be vacuum or purged with dry gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: John Paul Krug, Kamjula Pattabhirami Reddy, James Scott Sutherland, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Patent number: 8982535Abstract: A package for an electrochemical double layer capacitor includes a housing defining an interior volume, the housing having an end wall, side walls, and an end cap configured to sealably engage with the side walls to enclose the interior volume, wherein the interior volume has a height (hcan) and a diameter (dcan) such that an aspect ratio defined as hcan/dcan is for an electrochemical double layer capacitor having a specific capacitance of at least 100 F. An electrode set adapted to be incorporated into the package can have an aspect ratio in a range of 3.1 to 15 and a specific capacitance of at least 100 F.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Mark J Soulliere, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Patent number: 8960014Abstract: Methods of validating edge strength of a glass sheet are provided. The glass sheet includes a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, a thickness defined between the first surface and the second surface, and at least one edge including an edge surface. The first surface and the second surface intersect the edge surface of the at least one edge. The methods include a step (I) of noncontactually thermally loading the glass sheet to subject at least a portion of the at least one edge to a tensile stress. The methods also include a step (II) of determining whether the at least one edge has an edge strength below a predetermined level by detecting whether a resulting strength imperfection has originated in the glass sheet due to the noncontactual thermal loading of step (I).Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Robert Wendell Sharps, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Patent number: 8878746Abstract: A multi-screen electronic device includes a first electronic device having a first electronic device screen and a second electronic device having a second electronic device screen. The first and second electronic device screens are stacked and on different planes when the multi-screen electronic device is in a compact form. The first and second electronic device screens are unstacked and on the same plane when the multi-screen electronic device is in an expanded form. A translation mechanism is coupled to the first and second electronic devices. The translation mechanism is configured to guide a motion of at least one of the first and second electronic devices along a nonlinear path such that a travel along the nonlinear path in a forward direction transforms the multi-screen electronic device from the compact form to the expanded form and a travel along the nonlinear path in a reverse direction transforms the multi-screen electronic device from the expanded form to the compact form.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: William Edward Lock, Donnell Thaddeus Walton, Kevin Lee Wasson, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Patent number: 8820171Abstract: A container of an electrochemical double-layer capacitor for holding electrodes and electrolyte includes a housing having a cavity and a cap portion coupled to the housing forming a fluid-tight reservoir with the cavity. The container also includes a plurality of terminals incorporated into one or more of the housing or the cap portion, where the plurality of terminals adapted to be electrically coupled to the electrodes, and a pressure-compliant membrane incorporated into one of the housing or the cap portion. A pressure monitoring system that monitors the pressure inside the container includes a displacement measuring device adapted to measure a deflection of the pressure-compliant membrane.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Robert Wendell Sharps, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Publication number: 20140083198Abstract: Methods of validating edge strength of a glass sheet are provided. The glass sheet comprises a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, a thickness defined between the first surface and the second surface, and at least one edge comprising an edge surface. The first surface and the second surface intersect the edge surface of the at least one edge. The methods comprise a step (I) of noncontactually thermally loading the glass sheet to subject at least a portion of the at least one edge to a tensile stress. The methods also comprise a step (II) of determining whether the at least one edge has an edge strength below a predetermined level by detecting whether a resulting strength imperfection has originated in the glass sheet due to the noncontactual thermal loading of step (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Robert Wendell Sharps, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Patent number: 8488301Abstract: A terminal plate for an ultracapacitor package is formed from a single sheet of conductive material and comprising a plurality of bent tabs extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to a first main surface of the terminal plate. The terminal plate is configured to provide direct metallurgical contact between external terminals of the ultracapacitor package and the respective terminals of an electrode set that is incorporated into the package.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Todd Marshall Wetherill, Kamjula Pattabhirami Reddy
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Publication number: 20130120907Abstract: A package for an electrochemical double layer capacitor comprises a housing defining an interior volume, the housing having an end wall, side walls, and an end cap configured to sealably engage with the side walls to enclose the interior volume, wherein the interior volume has a height (hcan) and a diameter (dcan) such that an aspect ratio defined as hcan/dcan is in a range of 3.1 to 15. An electrode set adapted to be incorporated into the package can have an aspect ratio in a range of 3.1 to 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Inventors: Mark J Soulliere, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Publication number: 20130120906Abstract: A package for an electrochemical double layer capacitor comprises a housing defining an interior volume, the housing having an end wall, side walls, and an end cap configured to sealably engage with the side walls to enclose the interior volume, wherein the interior volume has a height (hcan) and a diameter (dcan) such that an aspect ratio defined as hcan/dcan is in a range of 3.1 to 15. An electrode set adapted to be incorporated into the package can have an aspect ratio in a range of 3.1 to 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Inventors: Mark J. Soulliere, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Publication number: 20130083451Abstract: A container of an electrochemical double-layer capacitor includes a housing, a cap portion adapted to be coupled the housing, an orifice passing through one of the housing or the cap portion, and a vent assembly in fluid communication with the container and secured within the orifice. The housing and the cap portion define an interior envelope of the container, and at least a portion of the vent assembly is located inside the interior envelope of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventor: Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Publication number: 20130069603Abstract: A container of an electrochemical double-layer capacitor for holding electrodes and electrolyte includes a housing having a cavity and a cap portion coupled to the housing forming a fluid-tight reservoir with the cavity. The container also includes a plurality of terminals incorporated into one or more of the housing or the cap portion, where the plurality of terminals adapted to be electrically coupled to the electrodes, and a pressure-compliant membrane incorporated into one of the housing or the cap portion. A pressure monitoring system that monitors the pressure inside the container includes a displacement measuring device adapted to measure a deflection of the pressure-compliant membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Robert Wendell Sharps, Todd Marshall Wetherill
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Publication number: 20120218680Abstract: A terminal plate for an ultracapacitor package is formed from a single sheet of conductive material and comprising a plurality of bent tabs extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to a first main surface of the terminal plate. The terminal plate is configured to provide direct metallurgical contact between external terminals of the ultracapacitor package and the respective terminals of an electrode set that is incorporated into the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Todd Marshall Wetherill, Kamjula Pattabhirami Reddy