Patents by Inventor William L. Brown
William L. Brown 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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Patent number: 11894152Abstract: A housing assembly configured to house a reactor is disclosed. The housing assembly includes a plurality of modular walls configured to surround the reactor and a passive temperature control system. The plurality of modular walls includes a first modular wall. The passive temperature control system is coupled to the first modular wall. The passive temperature control system is configured to transfer heat between the reactor and an area around the housing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Anthony G Trupiano, Adana L Stanish, Jonathan C. Durfee, William L Brown
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Publication number: 20220359095Abstract: A housing assembly configured to house a reactor is disclosed. The housing assembly includes a plurality of modular walls configured to surround the reactor and a passive temperature control system. The plurality of modular walls includes a first modular wall. The passive temperature control system is coupled to the first modular wall. The passive temperature control system is configured to transfer heat between the reactor and an area around the housing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Anthony G. TRUPIANO, Adana L. STANISH, Jonathan C. DURFEE, William L. BROWN
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Patent number: 11166456Abstract: A deposition aid is provided, comprising a low molecular weight, low viscosity polysiloxane, combined with a crop oil concentrate or esterified seed oil concentrate. Combinations including the modified silicone can improve spreading and/or adhesion to foliage. Adding about 5% to about 20% of the modified silicone can provide more than a proportional increase in spreading and/or adhesion.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.Inventors: William L. Brown, George A. Policello, Jeferson A. Naue
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Publication number: 20200107542Abstract: A deposition aid is provided, comprising a low molecular weight, low viscosity polysiloxane, combined with a crop oil concentrate or esterified seed oil concentrate. Combinations including the modified silicone can improve spreading and/or adhesion to foliage. Adding about 5% to about 20% of the modified silicone can provide more than a proportional increase in spreading and/or adhesion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: WILLIAM L. BROWN, GEORGE A. POLICELLO, JEFERSON A. NAUE
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Publication number: 20200043099Abstract: A rapid and high-fidelity health insurance coding system comprising a network and a database in communication with the network to store patient data and medical practitioner data is provided. A provider terminal is utilized by the medical practitioner to input a plurality of codes, each corresponding to a patient visit. A health insurance claim processing engine receives the codes and automatically generates a comprehensive and often complete health insurance claim form from at least one of the plurality of codes. The health insurance claim form is then transmitted via the network to an insurance payer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Vatsal Girish Thakkar, William L. Brown
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Patent number: 10236086Abstract: The present invention relates to passive cooling systems and methods for cooling a spent fuel pool in a nuclear power plant in the absence of onsite and offsite power, e.g., in a station blackout event. The systems include a gap formed along the periphery of the spent fuel pool, a heat sink, one or more thermal conductive members, a water supply system for delivering water to at least partially fill the gap and conduct heat generated from the spent fuel pool through the gap to at least one thermal conductive member for transporting heat to the heat sink, and a thermal switch mechanism for activating and deactivating the water supply system. In particular, the passive spent fuel pool cooling systems and methods of the invention are useful when the active spent fuel pool cooling system is unavailable or inoperable.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Jeffrey T. Dederer, William L. Brown, Frank Vereb
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Patent number: 9646726Abstract: The present invention relates to passive cooling systems and methods for cooling a spent fuel pool in a nuclear power plant in the absence of onsite and offsite power, e.g., in a station blackout event. The systems include a gap formed along the periphery of the spent fuel pool, a heat sink, one or more thermal conductive members, a water supply system for delivering water to at least partially fill the gap and conduct heat generated from the spent fuel pool through the gap to at least one thermal conductive member for transporting heat to the heat sink, and a thermal switch mechanism for activating and deactivating the water supply system. In particular, the passive spent fuel pool cooling systems and methods of the invention are useful when the active spent fuel pool cooling system is unavailable or inoperable.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Jeffrey T. Dederer, William L. Brown, Frank Vereb
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Publication number: 20170011813Abstract: The present invention relates to passive cooling systems and methods for cooling a spent fuel pool in a nuclear power plant in the absence of onsite and offsite power, e.g., in a station blackout event. The systems include a gap formed along the periphery of the spent fuel pool, a heat sink, one or more thermal conductive members, a water supply system for delivering water to at least partially fill the gap and conduct heat generated from the spent fuel pool through the gap to at least one thermal conductive member for transporting heat to the heat sink, and a thermal switch mechanism for activating and deactivating the water supply system. In particular, the passive spent fuel pool cooling systems and methods of the invention are useful when the active spent fuel pool cooling system is unavailable or inoperable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLCInventors: JEFFREY T. DEDERER, WILLIAM L. BROWN, FRANK VEREB
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Patent number: 9421475Abstract: An interactive toy for interacting with a user while a story is being read aloud from a book or played from a movie/video. The toy includes a speech recognition unit that receives and detects certain triggering phrases as they are read aloud or played from a companion literary work. The triggering phrase read aloud from the book or played in the movie/video may have independent significance or may only have significance when combined with other phrases read aloud from the book or played in the movie/video. In one embodiment, the toy is configured to detect only certain types of triggering prompts in certain states, such as, for example, triggering phrases or triggering terms. In this embodiment, and others, the toy is configured to switch between states such that it can at times respond to triggering terms and at other times respond to triggering phrases.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: HALLMARK CARDS INCORPORATEDInventors: Jennifer R. Garbos, Timothy G. Bodendistel, Peter B. Friedmann, Randy D. Smith, William L. Brown, Jr., Mary E. Gentry, Kevin W. Swanson, Robert E. Langley
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Patent number: 9177675Abstract: A passive containment air cooling system for a nuclear power plant that enhances air flow over a metal containment that houses the reactor system to improve heat transfer out of the containment. The heat transfer is improved by employing swirl vanes to mix the air as it rises over the walls of the containment due to natural circulation and a vortex engine proximate an exit along the cooling air path to increase the quantity of air drawn along the containment.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Frank T. Vereb, William L. Brown, Forrest T. Johnson
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Patent number: 9034960Abstract: A solid, water-soluble fast-dissolving antidrift composition includes a urea-based complex-forming component (i) complexed with an antidrift component (ii), the antidrift composition optionally further including an adjuvant component (iii).Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.Inventors: William L. Brown, George A. Policello
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Publication number: 20140219411Abstract: The present invention relates to passive cooling systems and methods for cooling a spent fuel pool in a nuclear power plant in the absence of onsite and offsite power, e.g., in a station blackout event. The systems include a gap formed along the periphery of the spent fuel pool, a heat sink, one or more thermal conductive members, a water supply system for delivering water to at least partially fill the gap and conduct heat generated from the spent fuel pool through the gap to at least one thermal conductive member for transporting heat to the heat sink, and a thermal switch mechanism for activating and deactivating the water supply system. In particular, the passive spent fuel pool cooling systems and methods of the invention are useful when the active spent fuel pool cooling system is unavailable or inoperable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLCInventors: JEFFREY T. DEDERER, WILLIAM L. BROWN, FRANK VEREB
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Publication number: 20140031467Abstract: A solid, water-soluble fast-dissolving antidrift composition includes a urea-based complex-forming component (i) complexed with an antidrift component (ii), the antidrift composition optionally further including an adjuvant component (iii).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.Inventors: William L. Brown, George A. Policello
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Publication number: 20130272475Abstract: A passive containment air cooling system for a nuclear power plant that enhances air flow over a metal containment that houses the reactor system to improve heat transfer out of the containment. The heat transfer is improved by employing swirl vanes to mix the air as it rises over the walls of the containment due to natural circulation and a vortex engine proximate an exit along the cooling air path to increase the quantity of air drawn along the containment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLCInventors: Frank T. Vereb, William L. Brown, Forrest T. Johnson
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Patent number: 8551533Abstract: An adjuvant composition is provided which comprises: (a) at least one water-soluble electrolyte; (b) at least one electrolyte-tolerant surfactant; (c) antifoam component which is at least one mixture selected from the group consisting of (1) at least one branched silicone resin (i), at least one silicone fluid (ii), at least one particulate metal oxide (iii) and, optionally, at least one catalyst (iv) for catalyzing the condensation of siloxy groups, (2) the equilibration reaction product of mixture (1), and (3) mixture (1) in which at least a portion of particulate metal oxide (iii) is pre-hydrophobized; (d) optionally, at least one additional bioinert material; and, (e) water.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.Inventors: William L Brown, Kalman Koczo, George A Policello
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Patent number: 8503883Abstract: Optical or electrical attenuation is provided at the infrared (IR) receiver of a first device, such as a remote control, together with a commensurate increase in output of the IR transmitter of an appliance, such as a set top box, to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of IR communications with respect to any background infrared radiation, such as radiation from a plasma display screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Scott Garner, Graham Williams, William L. Brown
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Patent number: 8436064Abstract: There is provided a predominantly open-cell polyurethane foam obtained from a predominantly open-cell polyurethane foam-forming reaction medium which comprises: a) at least one polyol; b) at least one polyisocyanate; c) at least one catalyst; d) water; e) a predominantly open-cell polyurethane foam-forming amount of at least one surfactant which is a balanced, substantially linear polyether-polysiloxane ABA? block copolymer; and, f) optionally, at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of other polymer and/or copolymer, chain extender, crosslinker, non-aqueous blowing agent, filler, reinforcement, pigment, tint, dye, colorant, flame retardant, antioxidant, antiozonant, UV stabilizer, anti-static agent, biocide and biostat.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.Inventors: William L. Brown, Paul L. Matlock, Louis Muller, Fabrice Ponthet
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Patent number: 8366450Abstract: Methods of previewing a representation of a costume are provided. The method includes removably affixing two or more cling elements to a smooth surface in a non-overlapping manner, the two or more cling elements being disposed concurrently on and directly contacting the smooth surface, and the two or more cling elements comprising a portion of the representation of the costume to allow one of the following: a first person to view a semblance of a costumed image comprising a reflection of the first person with the affixed two or more cling elements each positioned over the reflection of the first person, and a second person to view through the smooth surface a portion of the first person with the affixed two or more cling elements each positioned adjacent the portion of the first person viewed through the smooth surface. The method also includes displaying the smooth surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventor: William L. Brown, Jr.
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Publication number: 20120289402Abstract: An adjuvant composition is provided which comprises: (a) at least one water-soluble electrolyte; (b) at least one electrolyte-tolerant surfactant; (c) antifoam component which is at least one mixture selected from the group consisting of (1) at least one branched silicone resin (i), at least one silicone fluid (ii), at least one particulate metal oxide (iii) and, optionally, at least one catalyst (iv) for catalyzing the condensation of siloxy groups, (2) the equilibration reaction product of mixture (1), and (3) mixture (1) in which at least a portion of particulate metal oxide (iii) is pre-hydrophobized; (d) optionally, at least one additional bioinert material; and, (e) water.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.Inventors: William L. Brown, Kalman Koczo, George A. Policello
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Patent number: 8244136Abstract: A system and method for facilitating infrared (IR) communications from a first device, such as a set top box, to a second device, such as a remote control, in the presence of an IR noise generating device, such as a plasma television, by using at least one of the first device and the second device to actively reduce a level of IR noise being generated by the IR noise generating device during an IR transmission from the first device to the second device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Scott Garner, Graham Williams, William L. Brown