Patents by Inventor Wayne Workman

Wayne Workman 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).

  • System and method for detecting and registering serrated bags
    Patent number: 8157141
    Abstract: A system for detecting and registering serrated bags includes a web including a plurality of bags connected in an end-to-end arrangement, each bag including a first and second side, a first and second longitudinal end, a transverse seal, a serration disposed transversely across the bag, and a tab integrally connected to the bag at a portion of but less than the entire extent of the tab; a device for projecting a stream of air on each bag as the web passes a predetermined location; and a first and a second pair of nip rolls, each disposed downstream of the device, and adapted to accommodate the web, and to drive at different speeds such that a lead bag is separated from the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg McDonald, Darren Mungo, Wayne Workman
  • System and method for detecting and registering serrated bags
    Publication number: 20080002920
    Abstract: A system for detecting and registering serrated bags includes a web including a plurality of bags connected in an end-to-end arrangement, each bag including a first and second side, a first and second longitudinal end, a transverse seal, a serration disposed transversely across the bag, and a tab integrally connected to the bag at a portion of but less than the entire extent of the tab; a device for projecting a stream of air on each bag as the web passes a predetermined location; and a first and a second pair of nip rolls, each disposed downstream of the device, and adapted to accommodate the web, and to drive at different speeds such that a lead bag is separated from the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Greg McDonald, Darren Mungo, Wayne Workman
  • System and method for resolving phase ambiguity of a transducer array to determine direction of arrival of received signals
    Publication number: 20070219742
    Abstract: System and method for resolving phase ambiguities of various transducer arrays, including non-coplanar interferometer antennas on an aircraft skin, in order to determine the direction of arrival of a signal received by the array and emitted by a source remote from the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Wayne Workman
  • Methods of arranging transducers and transducer arrays having reduced phase ambiguity for determining direction of arrival of received signals
    Publication number: 20060130555
    Abstract: Method of arranging transducers, including non-coplanar interferometer antennas on the outer surface of an aircraft, to minimize phase ambiguities when determining the direction of arrival of a signal received by an array of the transducers and emitted by a source remote from the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Wayne Workman
  • System and method for resolving phase ambiguity of a transducer array to determine direction of arrival of received signals
    Publication number: 20060081050
    Abstract: System and method for resolving phase ambiguities of various transducer arrays, including non-coplanar interferometer antennas on an aircraft skin, in order to determine the direction of arrival of a signal received by the array and emitted by a source remote from the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Wayne Workman