Patents by Inventor William A. McCormick
William A. McCormick 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: 20240141593Abstract: Disclosed are multi-ply tissue products comprising a non-crosslinked binder that are durable and dispersible. The products generally have a Slosh time less than 2 minutes, such as less than about 60 seconds, such as less than about 45 seconds. Surprisingly, the foregoing Slosh times are achieved despite the tissue products having relatively high cross-machine direction (CD) wet tensile strength, such as greater than about 100 g/3?. Typically, increasing wet tensile strength, particularly wet CD tensile strength, negatively effects dispersability and increases Slosh time. Despite this trend, the present invention surprisingly provides a tissue product having a relatively high degree of wet strength and good dispersability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark William Sachs, Erin Ann McCormick, Devon Gaynelle Curley, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Nathan John Vogel, Christopher Steven LeCount
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Publication number: 20240131595Abstract: A processing machine (10) for building an object (11) from powder (12) includes a build platform (26A); a powder supply assembly (18) that deposits the powder (12) onto the build platform (26A) to form a powder layer (13); and an energy system (22) that directs an energy beam (22D) at a portion of the powder (12) on the build platform (26A) to form a portion of the object (11). The powder supply assembly (18) can include (i) a powder container (640A) that retains the powder (12); (ii) a supply outlet (639) positioned over the build platform (26A); and (ii) a flow control assembly (642) that selectively controls the flow of the powder (12) from the supply outlet (639).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Alton Hugh Phillips, Joseph P. Rossi, Johnathan Agustin Marquez, Yoon Jung Jeong, Lexian Guo, Patrick Shih Chang, Eric Peter Goodwin, Michael Birk Binnard, Brett William Herr, Matthew Parker-McCormick Bjork, Paul Derek Coon, Motofusa Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20240124090Abstract: A fork assembly including a steerer tube and a crown, wherein the steerer tube is fixedly aligned to the crown in a predefined orientation at a time of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS
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Patent number: 11960473Abstract: To provide a trusted, secure, and immutable record of transactions within a process plant, techniques are described for utilizing a distributed ledger in process control systems. The distributed ledger may be maintained by nodes which receive transactions broadcasted from field devices, controllers, operator workstations, or other devices operating within the process plant. The transactions may include process plant data, such as process parameter data, product parameter data, configuration data, user interaction data, maintenance data, commissioning data, plant network data, and product tracking data. The distributed ledgers may also be utilized to execute smart contracts to allow machines such as field devices to transact by themselves without human intervention. In this manner, recorded process parameter values and product parameter values may be retrieved to verify the quality of products.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Gary K. Law, William McCormick, Claudio Fayad
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Patent number: 11959227Abstract: The creped multi-ply tissue products are durable, smooth and have low levels of Slough. In certain instances, the creped multi-ply tissue products are produced using a creping composition comprising a non-crosslinked latex polymer. The creped multi-ply tissue products may have a geometric mean tensile (GMT) from about 700 to about 1,500 g/3?, a basis weight from about 45 to about 60 gsm and a Slough less than about 2.00 mg, such as from about 0.10 to about 2.00 mg. The inventive tissue products also have good durability, such as a Durability Index from about 10.0 to about 20.0, smooth surfaces, such as a TS750 value from about 15.0 to 40.0 and low stiffness, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Inventors: Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark William Sachs, Erin Ann McCormick, Devon Gaynelle Curley, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Nathan John Vogel, Christopher Steven LeCount
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Publication number: 20240116596Abstract: An air spring assembly is disclosed. The air spring assembly includes an upper fork tube having a base lug on one end, a lower fork tube having an opening to receive the upper fork tube in a first axial end, and a fork tube gas seal to form a gas seal between the upper fork tube and the lower fork tube. A partial cartridge tube within a portion of the upper fork tube, the partial cartridge tube including a partial cartridge tube gas seal between an outer diameter (OD) of the partial cartridge tube and an inner diameter (ID) of the upper fork tube. An annular volume formed between the ID of the upper fork tube, the OD of the partial cartridge tube, the partial cartridge tube gas seal, and the base lug of the upper fork tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK
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Patent number: 11147269Abstract: The present invention is for sanitizing compositions for sanitizing surfaces which may contact food. The composition may be provided in liquid form, and may include a quaternary amine, one or more surfactant, a fragrance, and water. At least 90% by weight of the fragrance comprises fragrance components that meet Class I qualifications of the Cramer classification system. All other components of the composition (e.g., the quaternary amine, the surfactants, water, and any optional components) meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a). Since the composition only includes components that meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a) (reflecting a presumption of low toxicity), and at least 90% of the fragrance itself (e.g., in the case of mixtures of fragrance components) meets the Cramer Class I qualifications, the composition is safe for application to surfaces that come in contact with food, where there is a heightened probability that traces of the composition will be ingested.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: THE CLOROX COMPANYInventors: Carrie Ripberger, Julie Timberman, William McCormick, III, Phoebe Leppla, Samuel Garber
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Patent number: 11147268Abstract: The present invention is for sanitizing compositions for sanitizing surfaces which may contact food. The composition may be provided in liquid form, and may include a quaternary amine, one or more surfactant, a fragrance, and water. At least 90% by weight of the fragrance comprises fragrance components that meet Class I qualifications of the Cramer classification system. All other components of the composition (e.g., the quaternary amine, the surfactants, water, and any optional components) meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a). Since the composition only includes components that meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a) (reflecting a presumption of low toxicity), and at least 90% of the fragrance itself (e.g., in the case of mixtures of fragrance components) meets the Cramer Class I qualifications, the composition is safe for application to surfaces that come in contact with food, where there is a heightened probability that traces of the composition will be ingested.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: THE CLOROX COMPANYInventors: Carrie Ripberger, Julie Timberman, William McCormick, III, Phoebe Leppla, Samuel Garber
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Publication number: 20200226123Abstract: To provide a trusted, secure, and immutable record of transactions within a process plant, techniques are described for utilizing a distributed ledger in process control systems. The distributed ledger may be maintained by nodes which receive transactions broadcasted from field devices, controllers, operator workstations, or other devices operating within the process plant. The transactions may include process plant data, such as process parameter data, product parameter data, configuration data, user interaction data, maintenance data, commissioning data, plant network data, and product tracking data. The distributed ledgers may also be utilized to execute smart contracts to allow machines such as field devices to transact by themselves without human intervention. In this manner, recorded process parameter values and product parameter values may be retrieved to verify the quality of products.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Gary K. Law, William McCormick, Claudio Fayad
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Publication number: 20200154704Abstract: The present invention is for sanitizing compositions for sanitizing surfaces which may contact food. The composition may be provided in liquid form, and may include a quaternary amine, one or more surfactant, a fragrance, and water. At least 90% by weight of the fragrance comprises fragrance components that meet Class I qualifications of the Cramer classification system. All other components of the composition (e.g., the quaternary amine, the surfactants, water, and any optional components) meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a). Since the composition only includes components that meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a) (reflecting a presumption of low toxicity), and at least 90% of the fragrance itself (e.g., in the case of mixtures of fragrance components) meets the Cramer Class I qualifications, the composition is safe for application to surfaces that come in contact with food, where there is a heightened probability that traces of the composition will be ingested.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Carrie Ripberger, Julie Timberman, William McCormick, III, Phoebe Leppla, Samuel Garber
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Patent number: 10404608Abstract: There is disclosed a network communication system that includes data sources and of switches. Each of the data sources and switches is interconnected by a packet-switched network, and is synchronized to a common clock. The system also includes a network controller that maintains records of network characteristics including a transmission delay for each of the data sources and switches, and a transmission delay for links in the packet-switched network. The network controller processes the network characteristics to generate, for each of a plurality of packets of a given type of traffic: a path from a particular data source, and through at least one particular switch, and a schedule of departure times at each of the particular data source and the at least one particular switch. The path and the schedule are optimized to meet jitter requirements for the given type of traffic.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Peter Ashwood-Smith, William McCormick, Tao Wan
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Patent number: 10298506Abstract: A data traffic scheduling method that includes selecting, using a network controller, plurality of flows that traverses a network node, generating an augmented graph based on a flow rate of the plurality of flows and link capacities of the network node, computing a flow schedule for the flow using the augmented graph to minimize delay or delay variance of the flows, and outputting the flow schedule. A data traffic scheduling method that includes obtaining, using a network controller, a network topology for a network, generating an augmented graph based on the network topology, converting the augmented graph to a mixed-integer linear program, scheduling a flow in the network using the mixed-integer linear program to minimize delay or delay variance of the flow, and outputting a flow schedule.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: William McCormick, Tao Wan, Yufei Wang
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Patent number: 9894000Abstract: The method for forwarding a data packet in a network generally has the steps of: forming at least two transit data packets including replicating at least payload data, sequence data and destination data of the data packet; and forwarding the at least two transit data packets along different network paths. The different network paths can lead to an egress node based on the destination data. At the egress node, the received data packets can be compared to stored data to determine whether the transit data packets having the same sequence data have both been received. The received data packets can then be transmitted to the data destination only when it is determined that they are the first one of the pair of transit data packets to be received.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventor: William McCormick
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Publication number: 20170164612Abstract: The present invention is for sanitizing compositions for sanitizing surfaces which may contact food. The composition may be provided in liquid form, and may include a quaternary amine, one or more surfactant, a fragrance, and water. At least 90% by weight of the fragrance comprises fragrance components that meet Class I qualifications of the Cramer classification system. All other components of the composition (e.g., the quaternary amine, the surfactants, water, and any optional components) meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a). Since the composition only includes components that meet the EPA guidelines under CFR 180.940(a) (reflecting a presumption of low toxicity), and at least 90% of the fragrance itself (e.g., in the case of mixtures of fragrance components) meets the Cramer Class I qualifications, the composition is safe for application to surfaces that come in contact with food, where there is a heightened probability that traces of the composition will be ingested.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: THE CLOROX COMPANYInventors: CARRIE RIPBERGER, JULIE TIMBERMAN, WILLIAM McCORMICK, III, PHOEBE LEPPLA, SAMUEL GARBER
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Patent number: 9506708Abstract: Tactical firearm systems and methods of manufacturing tactical firearm systems are discussed herein. In some embodiments, a tactical weapons platform can comprise a forend assembly adapted to house a portion of a barrel; a receiver assembly detachably coupled to the forend assembly and adapted to interface with a bolt action; and a butt stock assembly detachably coupled to the receiver assembly. In other embodiments, a modular stock assembly for a bolt action rifle can generally comprise a forend assembly, a receiver assembly, and a butt stock assembly. The forend assembly can have a body adapted to house a barrel in a free floating configuration, wherein the body surrounds at least a portion of the length of the barrel. The receiver assembly can be detachably coupled to the forend assembly and adapted to directly interface with a bolt action without bedding. The butt stock assembly can be detachably coupled the receiver assembly by a hinge.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Ashbury International Group, Inc.Inventors: Morris Peterson, Matthew Peterson, Charles Robert Overbey, Jr., Gary Vance, William McCormick
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Publication number: 20160226769Abstract: The method for forwarding a data packet in a network generally has the steps of: forming at least two transit data packets including replicating at least payload data, sequence data and destination data of the data packet; and forwarding the at least two transit data packets along different network paths. The different network paths can lead to an egress node based on the destination data. At the egress node, the received data packets can be compared to stored data to determine whether the transit data packets having the same sequence data have both been received. The received data packets can then be transmitted to the data destination only when it is determined that they are the first one of the pair of transit data packets to be received.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventor: William McCormick
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Publication number: 20160146560Abstract: Tactical firearm systems and methods of manufacturing tactical firearm systems are discussed herein. In some embodiments, a tactical weapons platform can comprise a forend assembly adapted to house a portion of a barrel; a receiver assembly detachably coupled to the forend assembly and adapted to interface with a bolt action; and a butt stock assembly detachably coupled to the receiver assembly. In other embodiments, a modular stock assembly for a bolt action rifle can generally comprise a forend assembly, a receiver assembly, and a butt stock assembly. The forend assembly can have a body adapted to house a barrel in a free floating configuration, wherein the body surrounds at least a portion of the length of the barrel. The receiver assembly can be detachably coupled to the forend assembly and adapted to directly interface with a bolt action without bedding. The butt stock assembly can be detachably coupled the receiver assembly by a hinge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Morris Peterson, Matthew Peterson, Charles Robert Overbey, Gary Vance, William McCormick
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Publication number: 20160127250Abstract: A data traffic scheduling method that includes selecting, using a network controller, plurality of flows that traverses a network node, generating an augmented graph based on a flow rate of the plurality of flows and link capacities of the network node, computing a flow schedule for the flow using the augmented graph to minimize delay or delay variance of the flows, and outputting the flow schedule. A data traffic scheduling method that includes obtaining, using a network controller, a network topology for a network, generating an augmented graph based on the network topology, converting the augmented graph to a mixed-integer linear program, scheduling a flow in the network using the mixed-integer linear program to minimize delay or delay variance of the flow, and outputting a flow schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: William McCormick, Tao Wan, Yufei Wang
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Publication number: 20160127246Abstract: There is disclosed a network communication system that includes data sources and of switches. Each of the data sources and switches is interconnected by a packet-switched network, and is synchronized to a common clock. The system also includes a network controller that maintains records of network characteristics including a transmission delay for each of the data sources and switches, and a transmission delay for links in the packet-switched network. The network controller processes the network characteristics to generate, for each of a plurality of packets of a given type of traffic: a path from a particular data source, and through at least one particular switch, and a schedule of departure times at each of the particular data source and the at least one particular switch. The path and the schedule are optimized to meet jitter requirements for the given type of traffic.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Peter ASHWOOD-SMITH, William MCCORMICK, Tao WAN
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Publication number: 20140223793Abstract: Tactical firearm systems and methods of manufacturing tactical firearm systems are discussed herein. In some embodiments, a tactical weapons platform can comprise a forend assembly adapted to house a portion of a barrel; a receiver assembly detachably coupled to the forend assembly and adapted to interface with a bolt action; and a butt stock assembly detachably coupled to the receiver assembly. In other embodiments, a modular stock assembly for a bolt action rifle can generally comprise a forend assembly, a receiver assembly, and a butt stock assembly. The forend assembly can have a body adapted to house a barrel in a free floating configuration, wherein the body surrounds at least a portion of the length of the barrel. The receiver assembly can be detachably coupled to the forend assembly and adapted to directly interface with a bolt action without bedding. The butt stock assembly can be detachably coupled the receiver assembly by a hinge.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Ashbury International Group, Inc.Inventors: Morris Peterson, Matthew Peterson, Charles Robert Overbey, JR., Gary Vance, William McCormick