Patents by Inventor William Peter

William Peter 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: 20170313635
    Abstract: Improved methods of oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of short chain alkanes or ethylbenzene to the corresponding olefins, and improved methods of oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to ethylene and/or ethane, are disclosed. The disclosed methods use boron- or nitride-containing catalysts, and result in improved selectivity and/or byproduct profiles than methods using conventional ODH or OCM catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Ive Hermans, William Peter McDermott, Joseph Thomas Grant, Juan Maricio Venegas, Somphonh Peter Phivilay
  • Patent number: 9787872
    Abstract: Methods of printing a color image having more than one color comprise receiving multiple-bit image data comprising multiple-bit pixel values, deriving 1-bit image data comprising first and second sets of 1-bit image data, and printing from the 1-bit image data the color image. Methods of generating 1-bit image data for a color image having more than one color comprise receiving multiple-bit image data comprising multiple-bit pixel values, and electronically deriving a first set and a second set of 1-bit image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew William Peter Cave
  • Patent number: 9776891
    Abstract: A liquid filter article, including: a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and an adsorbent bed there between, the bed comprising: a first stage having a first adsorbent, the first adsorbent including an activated carbon honeycomb infused with a plurality of zero valent iron nanoparticles (“Fe-AC”); and a second stage having a second adsorbent, the second adsorbent being selected from iron oxide particles supported on activated carbon honeycomb (“FEOX-AC”), iron oxide particles supported on activated alumina honeycomb (“FeOX-AA”), or a combination thereof, wherein the first stage is in fluid communication with the second stage. Also disclosed is a method of using the liquid filter article to remediate heavy metals in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: William Peter Addiego, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Lingyan Wang
  • Patent number: 9751256
    Abstract: A joint molding apparatus for molding joints between composite panels comprising inflatable molding bladders connectable to a source of pressurized fluid. A bladder support structure supports the bladders in respective positions adjacent an intersection of panels where, when inflated, the bladders support a joint formed at the intersection of panels while an uncured portion of the joint is curing to hold the joint in a desired configuration at the panel intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Peter Zivich, Ashley J. Norris, Matthew Grant Swain
  • Patent number: 9703964
    Abstract: A communication channel between a first processor of a receiver and a second processor of a battery assembly is provided. The battery assembly requests a public key from the receiver. The receiver combines the public key with a private key stored in memory to form a first combined public key, applies a first hash function to the first combined public key, stores the resulting first hash value in memory and transmits the public key to the battery assembly. The battery assembly combines the public key with a corresponding private key to form a second combined public key, applies a corresponding hash function to the second combined public key and transmits the resulting second hash value to the receiver. The receiver compares the first hash value to the second hash value and enables operations of the receiver when the first hash value equals the second hash value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Radio Systems Corporation
    Inventors: William Peter Moore, Steven Roger Floyd
  • Patent number: 9696638
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus including a substrate table position measurement system and a projection system position measurement system to measure a position of the substrate table and the projection system, respectively. The substrate table position measurement system includes a substrate table reference element mounted on the substrate table and a first sensor head. The substrate table reference element extends in a measurement plane substantially parallel to the holding plane of a substrate on substrate table. The holding plane is arranged at one side of the measurement plane and the first sensor head is arranged at an opposite side of the measurement plane. The projection system position measurement system includes one or more projection system reference elements and a sensor assembly. The sensor head and the sensor assembly or the associated projection system measurement elements are mounted on a sensor frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Engelbertus Antonius Fransiscus Van Der Pasch, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Emiel Jozef Melanie Eussen, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, William Peter Van Drent, Frank Staals, Lukasz Jerzy Macht, Erik Willem Bogaart
  • Patent number: 9695788
    Abstract: Adding dome-shaped protuberances, or polydomes, to an engine system increases the structural integrity of the engine component to which they are added and allows noise radiated in the engine system to be reduced in certain regions of the frequency spectrum without incurring a significant increase in the mass of the engine part to which they are added, which may result in a longer solidification time during the mold injection process. The size and spatial arrangement of polydomes relative to one another can be further adjusted to reduce noise within the engine system and polydomes may be reinforced with ribs to increase the structural stiffness of plastic engine components. Because plastic engine components are created using an injection mold process during the manufacturing process, added surface features (e.g. polydomes and ribs) are continuous with the underlying planar surface to which they are added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Ali Moetakef, John G. Kilby, Edward William Peters, Jeff Richard Kosko, Abdul Sami Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 9661163
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and processor-readable media for remotely providing a device status alert. In an example embodiment, data indicative of the status of one or more devices can be subject to an HMM (Hidden Markov Model) and a dynamic programming algorithm to determine the latent state of the device (or devices). A status alert model can be trained based on such data and can be expanded with respect to a wide range of devices including utilizing semi-supervised learning. The alert status model can then be integrated into a device management application that provides a status alert regarding one or more of such devices based on the status alert model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Helen Haekyung Shin, William Peter Oatman
  • Patent number: 9651006
    Abstract: Systems are disclosed to restrain movement of engine components in the event of a collision. A system may comprise an upper intake manifold; a cam cover; a shear catch located between the upper intake manifold and the cam cover; an upper component of the shear catch is arranged on the upper intake manifold; a lower component of the shear catch is arranged on the cam cover; and the upper component and the lower component are arranged opposite each other such that they engage when the upper intake manifold is subjected to shear forces. Variations to the size, arrangement, and shape of a shear catch are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John G. Kilby, George Louis Reno, IV, Edward William Peters, Narendra Desai, Robert J. Forbes, Christopher Todd Snow
  • Patent number: 9610561
    Abstract: A method of making a filter article having a honeycomb substrate having adsorbent filled channels, including: sealing the first end of a porous, cellular honeycomb substrate; filling the channels of the cellular honeycomb substrate with a dry adsorbent source material; sealing the second end of the filled honeycomb to form a sealed honeycomb; contacting the sealed honeycomb and water for a time sufficient to convert the dry precursor material in-situ to a paste; removing the seals from the first and second ends; and heating the contacted honeycomb to convert the paste to an adsorbent. Also disclosed is a filter article having a honeycomb substrate having adsorbent filled channels and methods of using the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: William Peter Addiego, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Lingyan Wang
  • Publication number: 20170091763
    Abstract: The use of gestures on a user device to interact with and obtain functionality from remote communication hub devices is disclosed. A user device includes an accelerometer or other motion detection device and a wireless communications capability. The device is small enough to be placed conveniently about the person and communicates with a communication hub device to perform context-dependent actions. A user makes a gestural command to the device. The device interprets the gesture and undertakes activity. The gestural sensing device may be a motion switch, a multi-axis accelerometer, a video camera, a variable capacitance device, a magnetic field sensor, an electrical field sensor etc. When combined with business logic running on a remote computer system, the device can be used to implement a range of applications and services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Henry William Peter Beadle, Matthew Charles Denton
  • Publication number: 20170048418
    Abstract: Methods of printing a colour image having more than one colour comprise receiving multiple-bit image data comprising multiple-bit pixel values, deriving 1-bit image data comprising first and second sets of 1-bit image data, and printing from the 1-bit image data the colour image. Methods of generating 1-bit image data for a colour image having more than one colour comprise receiving multiple-bit image data comprising multiple-bit pixel values, and electronically deriving a first set and a second set of 1-bit image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew William Peter Cave
  • Publication number: 20170014876
    Abstract: An extractor system includes a negative pressure gas stream source, a negative pressure conduit, a housing, a positive pressure gas stream source, a positive pressure gas stream manifold, and an operator interface. The negative pressure conduit conveys the negative pressure gas stream from a work area. A first end of the negative pressure conduit is coupled to the negative pressure gas stream source, such that the negative pressure gas stream flows from the work area through a second end of the negative pressure conduit and toward the first end of the negative pressure conduit. The housing is disposed about the negative pressure conduit, near the second end of the negative pressure conduit comprising. The positive pressure gas stream source is coupled to the housing. The positive pressure gas stream manifold is located downstream of the positive pressure gas stream source. The positive pressure gas stream is directed through the positive pressure gas stream manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony Moon, Adam Joseph Frank, William Peter Maske
  • Publication number: 20170016640
    Abstract: An extractor system includes a negative pressure gas stream source, a negative pressure conduit, a positive pressure gas stream source, a plurality of positive pressure gas stream manifolds, and an operator interface. The negative pressure conduit is conveys the negative pressure gas stream from a work area. A first end of the negative pressure conduit is coupled to the negative pressure gas stream source, such that the negative pressure gas stream flows from the work area through a second end of the negative pressure conduit and toward the first end of the negative pressure conduit. The positive pressure gas stream manifolds are disposed about the negative pressure conduit at the second end of the negative pressure conduit, and fluidly coupled to the positive pressure gas stream source. The positive pressure gas stream is directed through the plurality of positive pressure gas stream manifolds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony Moon, Adam Joseph Frank, William Peter Maske
  • Patent number: 9547855
    Abstract: The use of gestures on a user device to interact with and obtain functionality from remote communication hub devices is disclosed. A user device includes an accelerometer or other motion detection device and a wireless communications capability. The device is small enough to be placed conveniently about the person and communicates with a communication hub device to perform context-dependent actions. A user makes a gestural command to the device. The device interprets the gesture and undertakes activity. The gestural sensing device may be a motion switch, a multi-axis accelerometer, a video camera, a variable capacitance device, a magnetic field sensor, an electrical field sensor etc. When combined with business logic running on a remote computer system, the device can be used to implement a range of applications and services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Maxwell Forest Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Henry William Peter Beadle, Matthew Charles Denton
  • Patent number: 9526133
    Abstract: The invention relates to LED replacement lamp suitable for operation with a high frequency fluorescent lamp ballast, comprising—a LED load (LS) comprising a series arrangement of LEDs, —a first lamp end circuit comprising—a first lamp pin (LP1) and a second lamp pin (LP2) for connection to a first lamp connection terminal comprised in the high frequency fluorescent lamp ballast, —a first rectifier (D1-D4; D1, D2) equipped with at least one input terminal coupled to the second lamp pin and with first and second output terminals coupled to respective ends of the LED load, the first rectifier comprising at least two diodes, one of which is shunted by a first capacitor (C1), —a second lamp end circuit comprising—a third lamp pin (LP3) and a fourth lamp pin (LP4) for connection to a second lamp connection terminal comprised in the high frequency fluorescent lamp ballast, —a second rectifier (D5-D8, D5, D6) equipped with at least one input terminal coupled to the fourth lamp pin and with first and second output ter
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Haimin Tao, William Peter Mechtildis Marie Jans
  • Patent number: 9516709
    Abstract: A driver circuit includes: a rectifier for exchanging a first current signal having a first frequency with an active fluorescent ballast, and for supplying a second current signal to a load which includes at least one light emitting diode; a switch circuit coupled to or forming part of the rectifier and configured to control an amount of power supplied to the load; and a controller configured to control the switch circuit. The switching frequency of the switch circuit is less than or equal to twice the first frequency. The controller is configured to synchronize the switching frequency of the switch circuit and the switching frequency of the active electronic ballast, which is equal to the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Haimin Tao, William Peter Mechtildis Marie Jans
  • Patent number: 9508031
    Abstract: Computer programs generating 1-bit image data from multiple-bit image data that, when printed, produces a color image constituted by dots. Printing apparatuses include a printer and a computer programmed with such a computer program. Methods for printing a color image derived from multiple-bit image data include converting the multiple-bit image data into 1-bit image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventor: Andrew William Peter Cave
  • Publication number: 20160303600
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a dispensing pump for dispensing material from a container comprising a chaplet comprising a rotating ring and a stationary ring, wherein the rotating ring is connected to an actuator and the stationary ring is connected to an actuator assembly; a rotating ring affixed to the actuator wherein the rotating ring comprises a cut-out arc having an angle between about 45 degrees to about 345 degrees, wherein the remaining portion of the rotating ring is an uncut portion; a stationary ring attached to the actuator assembly a key protruding from the stationary ring which fits along the cut-out arc of the rotating ring; wherein the actuator rotates with the rotating ring until the uncut portion of the rotating ring is stopped by the key wherein the actuator starts to unscrew from the rotating ring until the actuator is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Huberto Miel DALISAY, Kenneth Eugene LAMB, Robert Keith MORRISSEY, William Peter WURZELBACHER, Da Tian LIN
  • Patent number: 9457136
    Abstract: The inventions disclosed herein relate to systems for securing medical devices to a blood vessel of a patient, including securing a vessel deforming component to a blood vessel. Certain embodiments relate to wraps configured to be secured around a blood vessel, including wraps configured to hold a vessel deformer adjacent a blood vessel, and further including, for example, a pulsatile balloon adjacent the aorta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SUNSHINE HEART COMPANY PTY, LTD
    Inventors: Martin Cook, Tolga Tas, Khamporn Phanthanivong, Warrick Heald, Kenneth Lee, William Peters, Scott Miller