Patents by Inventor William A. Herring
William A. Herring 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: 20220117205Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods for using porcine sex-sorted sperm cells for the efficient dissemination of desirable traits in multi-level swine production systems. The methods include using sex-sorted sperm cells for skewing offspring gender at the commercial farm level, producing porcine herds having improved growth performance traits, producing pathogen-resistant porcine herds, and disseminating desirable traits from a genetic nucleus to commercial farms using low dose artificial insemination techniques. The methods also provide a means for reducing costs at the production level by increasing the ratio of female offspring and improving animal welfare at all levels of production by reducing or eliminating male castration. In addition, the methods of the present technology may be employed to develop production flows for specialized pork products.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Matthew CULBERTSON, Daniel HAMILTON, Matthew EBERSOLE, William HERRING
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Publication number: 20190283483Abstract: A laminated core stock sheet for use in a composite laminate assembly configured for being separated into plural individual cards is provided. The laminated core stock sheet includes a core substrate layer and an intermediate filmic layer coupled to the core substrate layer. The intermediate filmic layer includes plural conductive bodies spaced apart from each other that provide at least one of a security feature, a decorative feature, or other functional feature of the individual cards. The core substrate layer and the intermediate filmic layer are configured to be coupled with another laminated core stock sheet that may or may not include the intermediate filmic layer to form the composite laminate assembly configured for being separated into the individual cards.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Daniel Mark Szumski, Matthew Robert Shields, William A. Herring
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Patent number: 10336125Abstract: A laminated core stock sheet for use in a composite laminate assembly configured for being separated into plural individual cards is provided. The laminated core stock sheet includes a core substrate layer and an intermediate filmic layer coupled to the core substrate layer. The intermediate filmic layer includes plural conductive bodies spaced apart from each other that provide at least one of a security feature, a decorative feature, or other functional feature of the individual cards. The core substrate layer and the intermediate filmic layer are configured to be coupled with another laminated core stock sheet that may or may not include the intermediate filmic layer to form the composite laminate assembly configured for being separated into the individual cards.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Daniel Mark Szumski, Matthew Robert Shields, William A. Herring
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Patent number: 10265745Abstract: A seamless, embossed or cast substrate is formed using a seamless sleeve having a seamless surface relief formed thereon and configured to slide over an cylindrical base in an embossing or casting assembly. The substrate is a flat web, foil, or film of, for example, paper, polyester, polypropylene, metal or other elongated flat material. The surface relief can be applied through interfering ablation, non-interfering ablation, ink jet printing, or other techniques wherein a seamless surface relief is formed onto the seamless sleeve. A method of making a seamless, embossed or cast substrate includes expanding a diameter of a seamless sleeve having a seamless surface relief formed thereon, sliding the expanded seamless sleeve onto a cylindrical base, allowing the diameter of the seamless sleeve to contract around the cylindrical base, and conveying a substrate through the embossing or casting assembly and embossing or casting the seamless surface relief into the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Louis M. Spoto, Dean J. Randazzo, Matthew J. Deschner, William A. Herring, Shannon K. Crawford-Taylor, Suwit Sangkaratana, Paul R. Jelonek, Alan J. Varacins
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Patent number: 10178778Abstract: A transferable film includes a carrier layer and an intermediate film portion. The carrier layer is configured to receive one or more additional layers and to be releasable from the one or more additional layers temporally proximate to an application of the transferable film to an object. The intermediate film portion includes a readable conductive image portion and is configured for application thereto of an adhesive layer. The intermediate film portion is configured to be interposed between the carrier layer and the adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer configured to adhere to the object for the application of the transferable film to the object.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: John H. Schneider, William A. Herring
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Patent number: 9996173Abstract: A front panel overlay having a plurality of layers and one or more logic circuits incorporated therein is disclosed. One of the plurality of layers may have a first electrical contact and another one of the plurality of layers may have a second electrical contact. The one or more logic circuits may be incorporated at least indirectly within the plurality of layers and may be activated when the first electrical contact completes an electrical circuit with the second electrical contact.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: John H. Schneider, William A. Herring, Daniel W. Johnston
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Patent number: 9527340Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a composite laminate assembly that includes decorative, functional, security, reflective, diffractive, holographic elements for liquid transfer onto the surface of a variety of base materials or work piece having a flat or complex three dimensional shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Daniel M. Szumski, William A. Herring, Suwit Sangkaratana
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Patent number: 9327484Abstract: A process of making an improved sheet/card laminate for packaging, signage, displays, transaction cards, ID cards and the like. The process comprises registering flat sheets to a film and then laminating the film or transferring coating(s) from the film to the individual, generally flat sheets via an adhesive. The film or coating(s) may include layered security, functional and/or decorative features.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: William A. Herring, Shannon K. Crawford-Taylor, Suwit (John) Sangkaratana
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Publication number: 20160059621Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a composite laminate assembly that includes decorative, functional, security, reflective, diffractive, holographic elements for liquid transfer onto the surface of a variety of base materials or work piece having a flat or complex three dimensional shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Daniel M. Szumski, William A. Herring, Suwit Sangkaratana
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Publication number: 20150125670Abstract: A laminated core stock sheet for use in a composite laminate assembly configured for being separated into plural individual cards is provided. The laminated core stock sheet includes a core substrate layer and an intermediate filmic layer coupled to the core substrate layer. The intermediate filmic layer includes plural conductive bodies spaced apart from each other that provide at least one of a security feature, a decorative feature, or other functional feature of the individual cards. The core substrate layer and the intermediate filmic layer are configured to be coupled with another laminated core stock sheet that may or may not include the intermediate filmic layer to form the composite laminate assembly configured for being separated into the individual cards.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Daniel Mark Szumski, Matthew Robert Shields, William A. Herring
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Publication number: 20150114062Abstract: A seamless, embossed or cast substrate is formed using a seamless sleeve having a seamless surface relief formed thereon and configured to slide over an cylindrical base in an embossing or casting assembly. The substrate is a flat web, foil, or film of, for example, paper, polyester, polypropylene, metal or other elongated flat material. The surface relief can be applied through interfering ablation, non-interfering ablation, ink jet printing, or other techniques wherein a seamless surface relief is formed onto the seamless sleeve. A method of making a seamless, embossed or cast substrate includes expanding a diameter of a seamless sleeve having a seamless surface relief formed thereon, sliding the expanded seamless sleeve onto a cylindrical base, allowing the diameter of the seamless sleeve to contract around the cylindrical base, and conveying a substrate through the embossing or casting assembly and embossing or casting the seamless surface relief into the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Louis M. Spoto, Dean J. Randazzo, Matthew J. Deschner, William A. Herring, Shannon K. Crawford-Taylor, Suwit Sangkaratana, Paul R. Jelonek, Alan J. Varacins
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Patent number: 9006082Abstract: A filmic circuit includes a circuit portion and a carrier layer. The circuit portion includes a logic circuit that includes, for example, plural logic gates configurable to receive an input and provide a corresponding logical output. The carrier layer is configured as a film. The circuit portion is affixed directly to the carrier layer or to an upper coat disposed adjacent to the carrier layer, and the carrier layer is configured to be releasable from the circuit portion after the filmic circuit assembly is affixed to a target. The circuit portion is configured to receive an adhesive layer configured to affix the filmic circuit assembly to the target.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: John H. Schneider, William A. Herring
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Publication number: 20140270884Abstract: A method providing for the replacement of the traditional back coat of thermal transfer ribbons or dye sublimation ribbons uses a plasma treatment to chemically modify the print head side surface of a PET substrate of the ribbons. The chemically modified surface of the PET substrate provides the necessary heat resistance and coefficient of friction to allow the thermal print head to function properly without burn-through of the PET carrier film and without sticking to the thermal print head. Accordingly, plasma treated thermal transfer ribbons or dye sublimation ribbons can be made without a back coat.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: James R. Landry, John H. Schneider, William A. Herring
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Publication number: 20140272440Abstract: A method providing for the replacement of the traditional release layer of transfer foils uses a plasma treatment to chemically modify the foil side surface of a PET substrate of the transfer foils. The chemically modified surface of the PET substrate provides the necessary low surface energy and release characteristics to allow for the controlled release of the foil from the PET carrier film. Accordingly, plasma treated transfer foils can be made without a release layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: William A. Herring, Suwit J. Sangkaratana, John H. Schneider
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Publication number: 20140263656Abstract: A transferable film includes a carrier layer and an intermediate portion. The carrier layer is configured to receive one or more additional layers and to be releasable from the one or more additional layers temporally proximate to an application of the transferable film to an object. The intermediate portion includes the one or more additional layers and a circuit. The one or more additional layers include a graphics layer. The intermediate portion is configured for application thereto of an adhesive layer, whereby the intermediate portion is configured to be interposed between the carrier layer and the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is configured to adhere to the object for the application of the transferable film to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INCInventors: John H. Schneider, WILLIAM A. HERRING, JOSEPH M. FISHER, DEBORAH ASHTON, MICHAEL B. COLELLA
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Publication number: 20140264462Abstract: A filmic circuit includes a circuit portion and a carrier layer. The circuit portion includes a logic circuit that includes, for example, plural logic gates configurable to receive an input and provide a corresponding logical output. The carrier layer is configured as a film. The circuit portion is affixed directly to the carrier layer or to an upper coat disposed adjacent to the carrier layer, and the carrier layer is configured to be releasable from the circuit portion after the filmic circuit assembly is affixed to a target. The circuit portion is configured to receive an adhesive layer configured to affix the filmic circuit assembly to the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INCInventors: JOHN H. SCHNEIDER, WILLIAM A. HERRING
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Publication number: 20140261961Abstract: A transferable film includes a carrier layer and an intermediate film portion. The carrier layer is configured to receive one or more additional layers and to be releasable from the one or more additional layers temporally proximate to an application of the transferable film to an object. The intermediate film portion includes a readable conductive image portion and is configured for application thereto of an adhesive layer. The intermediate film portion is configured to be interposed between the carrier layer and the adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer configured to adhere to the object for the application of the transferable film to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: John H. Schneider, William A. Herring
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Publication number: 20140225837Abstract: A front panel overlay having a plurality of layers and one or more logic circuits incorporated therein is disclosed. One of the plurality of layers may have a first electrical contact and another one of the plurality of layers may have a second electrical contact. The one or more logic circuits may be incorporated at least indirectly within the plurality of layers and may be activated when the first electrical contact completes an electrical circuit with the second electrical contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2013Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.Inventors: John H. Schneider, William A. Herring, Daniel W. Johnston
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Publication number: 20110195266Abstract: A seamless, embossed or cast substrate is formed using a seamless sleeve having a seamless surface relief formed thereon and configured to slide over an cylindrical base in an embossing or casting assembly. The substrate is a flat web, foil, or film of, for example, paper, polyester, polypropylene, metal or other elongated flat material. The surface relief can be applied through interfering ablation, non-interfering ablation, ink jet printing, or other techniques wherein a seamless surface relief is formed onto the seamless sleeve. A method of making a seamless, embossed or cast substrate includes expanding a diameter of a seamless sleeve having a seamless surface relief formed thereon, sliding the expanded seamless sleeve onto a cylindrical base, allowing the diameter of the seamless sleeve to contract around the cylindrical base, and conveying a substrate through the embossing or casting assembly and embossing or casting the seamless surface relief into the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: Illinois Tool WorksInventors: Louis M. Spoto, Dean J. Randazzo, Matthew J. Deschner, William A. Herring, Shannon K. Crawford-Taylor, Suwit Sangkaratana, Paul R. Jelonek, Alan J. Varacins
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Publication number: 20090314424Abstract: A process of making an improved sheet/card laminate for packaging, signage, displays, transaction cards, ID cards and the like. The process comprises registering flat sheets to a film and then laminating the film or transferring coating(s) from the film to the individual, generally flat sheets via an adhesive. The film or coating(s) may include layered security, functional and/or decorative features.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: William A. Herring, Shannon K. Crawford-Taylor, Suwit(John) Sangkaratana