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).

  • Publication number: 20220220389
    Abstract: The present application discloses a recycle content (C2-3)alkene product (r-(C2-3)alkene) having a certain compositional profile a obtained from cracking recycle content pyrolysis oil composition and processes for obtaining the recycle content (C2-3)alkene product having a certain compositional profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu
  • Publication number: 20220213397
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Patent number: 11371788
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a body. The body includes a plurality of heat transfer pathways, and a flushing manifold formed with the body of the heat exchanger. The flushing manifold includes a plurality of nozzles oriented so as to spray a flushing fluid onto, into, or both onto and into one or more of the plurality of heat transfer pathways. A method of flushing particulates from a heat exchanger including supplying a flushing fluid through a flushing manifold formed with a body of a heat exchanger, and spraying the flushing fluid onto, into, or both onto and into one or more heat transfer pathways using one or more nozzles in fluid communication with the flushing manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Johns, William Lewis Schneider, Eliezer Manuel Alcantara-Marte, Dylan Thomas Gerding
  • Patent number: 11370983
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Publication number: 20220177790
    Abstract: 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 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 syngas quality, composition, and throughput are suitable for produce a wide range of chemicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Publication number: 20220169931
    Abstract: Torrefied textiles can be gasified to produce a syngas suitable for making chemicals. Gasifying torrefied textile can generate a consistent quality of syngas and a hydrogen/carbon monoxide ratio closer to that of coal relative to gasifying textiles. A variety of chemical compounds, reactants, polymers, fibers, and textiles can now be made utilizing syngas made by gasifying torrefied textiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Publication number: 20220169933
    Abstract: 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. A syngas composition can be made by charging an oxidant and a feedstock composition comprising recycle plastics and a solid fossil fuel to a gasification zone within a gasifier; gasifying the feedstock composition together with the oxidant in said gasification zone to produce said syngas composition; and discharging at least a portion of said syngas composition from said gasifier; wherein the recycled plastics are added to a feed point comprising a solid fossil fuel belt feeding a grinder after the solid fossil fuel is loaded on the belt, a solid fossil fuel belt feeding a grinder before the solid fossil fuel is loaded onto the belt, or a solid fossil fuel slurry storage tank containing a slurry of said solid fossil fuel ground to a size as the size fed to the gasification zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Publication number: 20220162344
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Publication number: 20220135893
    Abstract: 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 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 syngas quality, composition, and throughput are suitable for produce a wide range of chemicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Patent number: 11312914
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Publication number: 20220119987
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Patent number: 11286436
    Abstract: 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. A syngas composition can be made by charging an oxidant and a feedstock composition comprising recycle plastics and a solid fossil fuel to a gasification zone within a gasifier; gasifying the feedstock composition together with the oxidant in said gasification zone to produce said syngas composition; and discharging at least a portion of said syngas composition from said gasifier; wherein the recycled plastics are added to a feed point comprising a solid fossil fuel belt feeding a grinder after the solid fossil fuel is loaded on the belt, a solid fossil fuel belt feeding a grinder before the solid fossil fuel is loaded onto the belt, or a solid fossil fuel slurry storage tank containing a slurry of said solid fossil fuel ground to a size as the size fed to the gasification zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Patent number: 11281457
    Abstract: A system, such as a system of a computing resource service provider, detects changes to a pipeline template package that encodes information associated with application code and infrastructure that may be utilized as part of deploying the application code in stages of a pipeline. An infrastructure template that is usable to provision an execution environment may be generated for a corresponding stage of the development, and may be utilized as part of a process for provisioning an execution environment which may, for example, run tests to verify the quality of the application code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Walter Blue Jodoin, Maxwell Bartholomew Hall, Martin Robert Frank, James William Lewis
  • Publication number: 20220048543
    Abstract: Transit Cleaning Unit is able to clean the walls, overhead, insulators third rail covers and flooring of the subway systems in a minimum amount of time. It provides an effective means of providing a clean environment for the benefit of the customers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Richard William Lewis, II
  • Patent number: 11230301
    Abstract: Transit Cleaning Unit is able to clean the walls, overhead, insulators third rail covers and flooring of the subway systems in a minimum amount of time. It provides an effective means of providing a clean environment for the benefit of the customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Richard William Lewis, II
  • Publication number: 20210222994
    Abstract: A firearm grip assembly includes a firearm adapter having functionality for engaging the receiver of a firearm. An elongated handgrip body having an opening along the top end slidingly receives the bottom end of the adapter. The latching mechanism is positioned within the adapter and includes a resilient member having a pair of buttons extending outward therefrom. The buttons are positioned through a first set of openings located on the adapter body and are selectively positioned within a second pair of openings on the handgrip body when the adapter is positioned within the handgrip body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: William Lewis Murphy, II, Robert Vail Harvey
  • Publication number: 20210222403
    Abstract: A coupler guard configured to protect an aux coupler assembly from side impacts in the rough use environment of a loader. The coupler guard comprises an encasement and a side plate. The loader comprises the aux coupler assembly and a hinge extension. The encasement wraps around a top portion and interior side of the aux coupler assembly. The side plate attaches to a portion of the encasement and protect an exterior side portion of the aux coupler assembly. A screw assemblies selectively attaches the encasement to the side plate. A ring attaches to a portion of the side plate. The ring selectively wraps around a portion of the hinge extension of the loader. A ring screw assembly selectively holds the ring and the rest of the coupler guard to the hinge extension. An edge trim selectively sits on top of a portion of a first arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: William Lewis
  • Patent number: 11036575
    Abstract: A method to detect hardware and software errors in an embedded system is disclosed. The method includes: detecting or measuring, by a plurality of sensors, an operating state of the embedded system; operating a plurality of replicated computation engines in group synchrony, wherein the plurality of replicated computation engines are replicated instances of a single computation engine and wherein the plurality of replicated computation engines are grouped into one or more groups such that, for each group, each member of the group starts in a same processing logic state and processes same events in the same order; intercepting output of the plurality of sensors and transmitting the output to each replicated computation engine of a group in a defined order; and actuating selected computation engines of the plurality of replicated computation engines and arbitrating between outputs of the selected computation engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Christopher William Lewis Hobbs, Kerry Wayne Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210139620
    Abstract: A recycle content polystyrene and method of making a recycle content polystyrene wherein the recycle content is derived directly or indirectly from the cracking of recycle content pyrolysis oil and/or gas. The cracking of the pyrolysis oil can be conducted in a gas furnace or a split furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu
  • Patent number: D945022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NORTHEAST ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: David William Lewis