Patents by Inventor William Lewis
William Lewis 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: 12374529Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and apparatuses for the cleaning of HDP chambers, and more specifically, for remote plasma source (“RPS”) systems used for the generation and delivery of cleaning radicals to the interior of such chambers for the purposes of reacting with and removing materials deposited therein during the chambers' normal operation, wherein the plasma source and the power supply of the RPS system are decoupled from one another, the form factor of the plasma source is such that it may be mounted in immediate proximity to the target chamber, and wherein the plasma source uses variable capacitors in order to tune the RF signals it generates to the impedance of the conductive coil, such as may be due to changes in gas pressures inside of the system, so that the RF load in the coil may be balanced in near-real time.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Advanced Refurbishment Technologies LLCInventor: Christopher William Lewis
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Patent number: 12351654Abstract: High concentrations of recycle polymer are gasified in a partial oxidation gasifier to make a syngas useful to make a variety of chemicals and polymers, such as cellulose ester. Polymers such as cellulose esters can be made that are obtained from sustainable sources, recycle sources, and are biodegradable. Circularity in the manufacture of textiles and/or plastics made from the fibers of such cellulose esters can now be achieved. The process of making such a syngas from high concentrations of recycle polymer (e.g. textiles and/or plastics) includes campaigning for the production of syngas.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
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Patent number: 12338211Abstract: A recycle content ethylene is fed to a reactor to make propionaldehyde having recycle content. The recycle ethylene feedstock is derived directly or indirectly from the cracking of recycle content pyrolysis oil. The cracking of the pyrolysis oil can be conducted in a gas furnace or a split furnace.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Kenny Randolph Parker, William Lewis Trapp, Daryl Bitting, Michael Gary Polasek, Xianchun Wu
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Patent number: 12292806Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system are provided for testing drives in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array. The method includes: mirroring data from a selected drive to be tested in a RAID array to spare storage space in the RAID array; and, once the data is successfully mirrored, testing the selected drive to identify a preemptive failure of the selected drive. The RAID may be a traditional RAID (TRAID) array and the spare space may be a spare physical drive independent of array drive members. The RAID array may alternatively be a distributed RAID (DRAID) array and the spare space may be spare capacity spread through the array drive members.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel S. Critchley, Roderick Guy Charles Moore, Tim McCarthy, Jonathan William Lewis Short
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Patent number: 12270212Abstract: An Enhanced Lift Assist Device is described. The device allows a user to lift and manipulate large, heavy or bulky items by applying force to the item as opposed to traditional control methods such as buttons. This force based system provides ease of movement of the item, making it appear much lighter than it actually is. The Enhanced Lift Assist Device also includes an adjustable base that allows for change of orientation of the device that may include leveling or self-leveling functionality, allowing the device to be operated in non-traditional environments that require leveling or operational adjustments for proper functioning.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Construction Robotics, LLCInventors: Andrew Walter Beckmann, Scott Lawrence Peters, Glenn Dayton White, David Wesley Lombardo, Greg Brulo, Ji Hong Hao, Matthew Ian Gilbride, David Whitney Lyndaker, Charles Alfred Streb, IV, William Lewis Martz
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Patent number: 12236206Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first document, accessing a plurality of second documents, calculating a relevance score for each of the plurality of second documents indicating a degree of relevance of the second document to the first document using an encoder of a machine-learning model, selecting a subset of the second documents based on their corresponding relevance scores, generating a target document by using the machine-learning model to process the subset of second documents and their corresponding relevance scores, and updating parameters of the machine-learning model based on a comparison between the first document and the generated target document.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventors: Michael William Lewis, Marjan Ghazvini Nejad, Gargi Ghosh, Armen Aghajanyan, Sida Wang, Luke Zettlemoyer
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Publication number: 20250033203Abstract: A robotic system includes a robotic arm having an end effector to move a plurality of articles from a first location to a second location, a first sensor attached to the end effector, and a processor communicably coupled to the first sensor. The processor is provided to actuate the end effector to lift an article from the first location, receive a first input from the first sensor in response to the end effector lifting the article from the first location, calculate a mass of the article based at least on the first input, and control a speed and acceleration of movement of the robotic arm towards the second location, based on the calculated mass of the article. Methods of controlling the robotic system are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Patrick William Lewis, Arnab Paul
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Patent number: 12210604Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-modal user device authentication are disclosed. An example electronic device includes a first sensor, a microphone, a first camera, and a confidence analyzer to authenticate a subject as the authorized user in response to a user presence detection analyzer detecting a presence of the subject and one or more of (a) an audio data analyzer detecting a voice of an authorized user or (b) an image data analyzer detecting a feature of the authorized user. The example electronic device includes a processor to cause the electronic device to move from a first power state to a second power state in response to the confidence analyzer authenticating the user as the authorized user. The electronic device is to consume a greater amount of power in the second power state than the first power state.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Aleksander Magi, Barnes Cooper, Arvind Kumar, Julio Zamora Esquivel, Vivek Paranjape, William Lewis, Marko Bartscherer, Giuseppe Raffa
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Patent number: 12104121Abstract: A mixed ester composition having a recycle content value is obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make a recycle content mixed ester or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value applied to a mixed ester composition. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by a mixed ester manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste and/or pyrolysis of recycled waste and/or in thermal steam cracking of recycle content pyoil.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu
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Publication number: 20240318084Abstract: The present application discloses a recycle content cracked effluent composition having a certain compositional profile produced by cracking a cracker feed comprising a recycle content pyrolysis oil composition, and methods of producing the recycle content cracked effluent composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu
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Publication number: 20240273000Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system are provided for testing drives in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array. The method includes: mirroring data from a selected drive to be tested in a RAID array to spare storage space in the RAID array; and, once the data is successfully mirrored, testing the selected drive to identify a preemptive failure of the selected drive. The RAID may be a traditional RAID (TRAID) array and the spare space may be a spare physical drive independent of array drive members. The RAID array may alternatively be a distributed RAID (DRAID) array and the spare space may be spare capacity spread through the array drive members.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Daniel S. CRITCHLEY, Roderick Guy Charles Moore, Tim McCarthy, Jonathan William Lewis Short
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Publication number: 20240254399Abstract: A composition having a recycle content value is obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make a recycle content alpha olefin or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value applied to an alpha olefin composition. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by an alpha olefin manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste and/or pyrolysis of recycled waste and/or in thermal steam cracking of recycle content pyoil.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu
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Publication number: 20240239920Abstract: Densified textile aggregates are co-fed with a fuel into a partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock composition can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock composition stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of densified textile derived syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The densified textile derived syngas quality, composition, and throughput are suitable for produce a wide range of chemicals and polymers, including methanol, acetic acid, methyl acetate, acetic anhydride, and cellulose esters through a variety of reaction schemes in which at least a portion of the chemical or polymer originates with densified textile derived syngas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
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Patent number: 12031091Abstract: The present application discloses a recycle content cracked effluent composition having a certain compositional profile produced by cracking a cracker feed comprising a recycle content pyrolysis oil composition, and methods of producing the recycle content cracked effluent composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu
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Patent number: 11939547Abstract: Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock stream can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock stream stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The subsequent syngas produced from this material can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
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Patent number: 11939534Abstract: A composition having a recycle content value is obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make a recycle content alpha olefin or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value applied to an alpha olefin composition. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by an alpha olefin manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste and/or pyrolysis of recycled waste and/or in thermal steam cracking of recycle content pyoil.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu
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Patent number: 11939546Abstract: Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock stream can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock stream stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The subsequent syngas produced from this material can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
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Patent number: 11939406Abstract: Densified textile aggregates are co-fed with a fuel into a partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock composition can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock composition stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of densified textile derived syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The densified textile derived syngas quality, composition, and throughput are suitable for produce a wide range of chemicals and polymers, including methanol, acetic acid, methyl acetate, acetic anhydride, and cellulose esters through a variety of reaction schemes in which at least a portion of the chemical or polymer originates with densified textile derived syngas.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
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Publication number: 20240090471Abstract: A cat litter comprising an absorbent and at least one fluorescent compound, where the at least one fluorescent compound does not contain cat urine and wherein the at least one fluorescent compound attracts cats to eliminate in the litter. The cat litter comprising a solid particulate material coated with a cellulosic solution containing at least one fluorescent material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Boxiecat LLCInventors: Alvin Kershman, Jeff Shear, Doreen Linze, William Lewis
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Publication number: 20240084636Abstract: This disclosure relates to motorized hinge-lift system designed for integration and use with physical vapor deposition (PVD) chambers, enabling efficient and precise control of the chamber's lid assembly. PVD technology plays a critical role in thin film deposition processes for various industries, including semiconductor manufacturing, optical coatings, and advanced materials research. The proposed motorized hinge-lift systems contemplated and discussed herein significantly enhances the functionality and performance of PVD chambers by addressing key challenges associated with their operation. Among other related benefits, embodiments of such motorized hinge-lift system may provide for simple retrofitting of existent PVD chambers, and may allow seamless and reliable lid lifting and lid lowering operations, thereby minimizing the risk of operator injury or damage to sensitive substrates within the chamber or to the PVD chamber itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Advanced Refurbishment Technologies LOLC d/b/a ARTSemi LLCInventors: Christopher William Lewis, Timothy H. Ickes