Method of generating increased applications for enrollment at educational institutions
Patent 8,549,053
A method of increasing the number of applications for enrollment at an educational institution including the profiling of an educational institution’s candidate database and inquiry pool against its particular enrollment objectives and personalized communication with selected candidates. The method also provides candidates who are interested in an educational institution with an opportunity and selected incentives to electronically access, complete and submit partial or complete applications for admission. The method also provides for personalized follow-up communications with selected candidates and for the monitoring, compilation and reporting of applications received using the method.
Inventors: William A. Royall Jr. (Richmond); Edward B. Freeman III (Richmond); Elizabeth W. Clark (Richmond)
Assignee: Royall & Company (Richmond)
October 1, 2013
Portable corrugated plastic shelter
Patent 8,544,216
A portable shelter made from two corrugated plastic sheets. Each sheet has score lines that define a floor panel, two wall panels, and two roof panels. The two sheets are overlapped, and the panels are bent along the score lines to form the walls and roof. Each panel is secured to the adjacent panel with tabs and seam members to form standing seams that are secured by fasteners. An opening in the roof provides ventilation, while a cap over the opening blocks precipitation from entering. The entire structure is secured in place with stakes that are inserted through the floor into the ground. Solar panels can be affixed to the shelter to provide electrical power.
Inventors: David Hazlett (Midlothian)
October 1, 2013
Rack with staging shelf
Patent D690,973
Claims the ornamental design for a rack with staging shelf.
Inventors: Noel G. Stewart (Cumming, Ga.); Caleb S. Loftin (Richmond); Getachew Kassa (West Orange, N.J.)
Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta); MeadWestvaco Corp. (Richmond)
October 8, 2013
Product dispensing system with flexing container
Patent 8,550,261
A product dispensing system including a dispenser having an upper support deck that defines a deck opening and a lower support deck that defines a product display area, a container positioned on the upper support deck, the container including first and second walls that define an internal volume, wherein the first wall defines an opening having a longitudinal length that is aligned with the deck opening, and wherein the second wall includes a lower portion proximate the container opening, and a plurality of products initially housed in the internal volume, wherein the dispenser is spaced from the lower portion of the second wall such that the lower portion bows outward and increases the longitudinal length when a product engages the lower portion as it exits the container through the container opening.
Inventors: Caleb S. Loftin (Richmond); William J. Bogdziewicz (Richmond); Aaron L. Bates (Moseley); John Gelardi (Midlothian)
Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corp. (Richmond)
October 8, 2013
Waste recycling systems, processes, and methods
Patent 8,550,252
The present invention refers to a system, process, and method of collecting, handling and processing paperboard based fast food service items for the production of pulp suitable for reuse into paper or paperboard and the contemporaneous recovery of the waterproofing film for the production of energy.
Inventors: David Borowski (Green Bay, Wisc.); William Huddleston (San Diego); Benjamin Thorp (Richmond)
October 8, 2013
Reclosable one time security trap seal blister package
Patent 8,550,250
A package is disclosed comprising a reclosable blister attached to a paperboard card.
Inventors: Michael P. Wade (Chesterfield)
Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corp. (Richmond)
October 8, 2013
Automated cleansing sprayer
Patent 8,550,378
An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of a shower enclosure with a liquid cleanser dispenses the cleanser using a pumping system and rotatable spray head. The sprayer has a showerhead mountable housing with an adjustable hanger. There is a portion of the housing for supporting a bottle of cleanser in an inverted fashion. The bottle is vented through a piercing post. A single motor both drives the pump and rotates the spray head.
Inventors: Amber N. Mazooji (Cambridge, Mass.); Terry M. Kovara (Racine, Wisc.); Peter M. Neumann (Racine); Michael W. Allen (Glen Allen); Stephen D. Beverley (Midlothian); Paul M. Blankenship (Glen Allen); Mark K. Romandy (Midlothian)
Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. (Racine)
October 8, 2013
Nanospinning of polymer fibers from sheared solutions
Patent 8,551,378
Nanofibers are fabricated by introducing a polymer solution into a dispersion medium and shearing the dispersion medium. Droplets of the polymer solution are spun into elongated fibers that are insoluble in the dispersion medium.
Inventors: Orlin D. Velev (Cary, N.C.); Stoyan Smoukov (Chicago); Manuel Marquez (Midlothian)
Assignee: North Carolina State University (Raleigh)
October 8, 2013
Bone plate having combination locking and compression screw holes
Patent 8,551,095
A bone plate including a combination locking and compression screw hole having a top opening and a bottom opening, the top opening being generally circular and including a widthwise dimension and a lengthwise dimension normal to the widthwise dimension, where an interior wall of the bone plate extends between the top opening and the bottom opening, where at least a portion of the interior wall proximate the top opening is threaded, and where at least one of the widthwise dimension and the lengthwise dimension is decreased between the top opening to the bottom opening, while the other of the widthwise dimension and the lengthwise dimension does not substantially decrease between the top opening and the bottom opening. The instant disclosure also includes a method of forming a bone plate comprising: (a) fabricating a bone plate to include a first through hole, where at least one of a width and a length of the hole changes along a depth of the hole; (b) plunge milling an interior surface of the bone plate demarcating the first through hole to remove at least a portion of the bone plate to increase at least one of the width and the length of the through hole; and (c) threading at least a portion of the first through hole.
Inventors: Daniel Duane Fritzinger (Warsaw, Ind.); Paul G. Kiritsis (Midlothian)
Assignee: Bionet Manufacturing, LLC (Warsaw, Ind.)
October 8, 2013
Embedded capacitor and method of fabricating the same
Patent 8,551,856
Methods are provided for forming a capacitor. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing an insulator material layer over a substrate, etching at least one via in the insulator material layer and depositing a contact material fill in the at least one via to form a first set of contacts. The method further comprises etching the insulator material layer adjacent at least one contact of the first set of contacts to form at least one void, depositing a dielectric material layer over the at least one void and over the first set of contacts and depositing a contact material fill in the at least void to form a second set of contacts.
Inventors: Michael Rennie (Mechanicsville); Thomas J. Knight (Silver Spring, Md.)
Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Va.)
October 8, 2013
Devices, systems and methods for medicament delivery
Patent 8,544,645
An apparatus includes a container defining an internal region configured to contain multiple medicament delivery devices, such as, for example, pen injectors, auto-injectors, inhalers or the like. The container includes an electronic circuit system configured to output a first electronic output associated with a first medicament delivery device contained within the internal region when the first medicament delivery device is removed from the internal region of the container. The electronic circuit system is further configured to output a second electronic output associated with a second medicament delivery device contained within the internal region when the second medicament delivery device is removed from the internal region of the container. The second electronic output is different than the first electronic output. At least one of the first electronic output or the second electronic output is associated with a use instruction.
Inventors: Eric Shawn Edwards (Midlothian); Evan Thomas Edwards (Fredericksburg); Mark J. Licata (Doswell); T. Spencer Williamson (Richmond)
Assignee: Intelliject, Inc. (Richmond)
October 1, 2013
Chemically-modified mixed fuels, methods of production and uses thereof
Patent 8,545,580
A chemically-modified mixed fuel includes methane gas from at least two methane-production sources and can be utilized in any process that incorporates a Kellogg Primary Reformer. A method for producing the chemically-modified mixed fuel described herein includes providing a first methane-containing gas from a first methane-production source, providing a second methane-containing gas from a second methane-production source and blending the first methane-containing gas with the second methane-containing gas at a suitable pressure to form a chemically-modified mixed fuel. In some cases, at least one additional methane-containing gas can be provided from at least one additional methane-production source and blended with the chemically-modified fuel.
Inventors: Keith A. Togna (Chester); Craig T. Euen (Chester); Steven W. Weeks (Chesterfield); Mohammed I. Loya (Richmond); Matthew C. Warren (Richmond); Richard H. Kendrick (Chesterfield)
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, N.J.)
October 1, 2013
Lightweight internal combustion/electric hybrid power source for vehicles
Patent 8,544,575
A compact and lightweight hybrid vehicle power source employs an integrated engine hybrid electric boost power design that operates on a single battery bank for all electrical functions. An integrated flywheel, cooling fan and a single hybrid electric motor drive, engine starter, electromagnetic regenerative braking device and battery charging alternator are combined. The flywheel alternator/starter/hybrid-drive configuration generates electrical power for battery recharging and parasitic loads, rotates the engine for starting, provides boost power for faster vehicle accelerations, provides regenerative braking for faster decelerations, provides inertia for smooth engine operation, and provides pressurized air for forced convection cooling.
Inventors: Robert P. Scaringe (Rockledge, Fla); David Sykes (Midlothian); Gregory S. Cole (Melbourne, Fla.); Robert J. Scaringe (Rockledge, Fla.)
Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation (Rockledge, Fla.)
October 1, 2013
Method of generating increased applications for enrollment at educational institutions
Patent 8,549,053
A method of increasing the number of applications for enrollment at an educational institution including the profiling of an educational institution’s candidate database and inquiry pool against its particular enrollment objectives and personalized communication with selected candidates. The method also provides candidates who are interested in an educational institution with an opportunity and selected incentives to electronically access, complete and submit partial or complete applications for admission. The method also provides for personalized follow-up communications with selected candidates and for the monitoring, compilation and reporting of applications received using the method.
Inventors: William A. Royall Jr. (Richmond); Edward B. Freeman III (Richmond); Elizabeth W. Clark (Richmond)
Assignee: Royall & Company (Richmond)
October 1, 2013
Portable corrugated plastic shelter
Patent 8,544,216
A portable shelter made from two corrugated plastic sheets. Each sheet has score lines that define a floor panel, two wall panels, and two roof panels. The two sheets are overlapped, and the panels are bent along the score lines to form the walls and roof. Each panel is secured to the adjacent panel with tabs and seam members to form standing seams that are secured by fasteners. An opening in the roof provides ventilation, while a cap over the opening blocks precipitation from entering. The entire structure is secured in place with stakes that are inserted through the floor into the ground. Solar panels can be affixed to the shelter to provide electrical power.
Inventors: David Hazlett (Midlothian)
October 1, 2013
Rack with staging shelf
Patent D690,973
Claims the ornamental design for a rack with staging shelf.
Inventors: Noel G. Stewart (Cumming, Ga.); Caleb S. Loftin (Richmond); Getachew Kassa (West Orange, N.J.)
Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta); MeadWestvaco Corp. (Richmond)
October 8, 2013
Product dispensing system with flexing container
Patent 8,550,261
A product dispensing system including a dispenser having an upper support deck that defines a deck opening and a lower support deck that defines a product display area, a container positioned on the upper support deck, the container including first and second walls that define an internal volume, wherein the first wall defines an opening having a longitudinal length that is aligned with the deck opening, and wherein the second wall includes a lower portion proximate the container opening, and a plurality of products initially housed in the internal volume, wherein the dispenser is spaced from the lower portion of the second wall such that the lower portion bows outward and increases the longitudinal length when a product engages the lower portion as it exits the container through the container opening.
Inventors: Caleb S. Loftin (Richmond); William J. Bogdziewicz (Richmond); Aaron L. Bates (Moseley); John Gelardi (Midlothian)
Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corp. (Richmond)
October 8, 2013
Waste recycling systems, processes, and methods
Patent 8,550,252
The present invention refers to a system, process, and method of collecting, handling and processing paperboard based fast food service items for the production of pulp suitable for reuse into paper or paperboard and the contemporaneous recovery of the waterproofing film for the production of energy.
Inventors: David Borowski (Green Bay, Wisc.); William Huddleston (San Diego); Benjamin Thorp (Richmond)
October 8, 2013
Reclosable one time security trap seal blister package
Patent 8,550,250
A package is disclosed comprising a reclosable blister attached to a paperboard card.
Inventors: Michael P. Wade (Chesterfield)
Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corp. (Richmond)
October 8, 2013
Automated cleansing sprayer
Patent 8,550,378
An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of a shower enclosure with a liquid cleanser dispenses the cleanser using a pumping system and rotatable spray head. The sprayer has a showerhead mountable housing with an adjustable hanger. There is a portion of the housing for supporting a bottle of cleanser in an inverted fashion. The bottle is vented through a piercing post. A single motor both drives the pump and rotates the spray head.
Inventors: Amber N. Mazooji (Cambridge, Mass.); Terry M. Kovara (Racine, Wisc.); Peter M. Neumann (Racine); Michael W. Allen (Glen Allen); Stephen D. Beverley (Midlothian); Paul M. Blankenship (Glen Allen); Mark K. Romandy (Midlothian)
Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. (Racine)
October 8, 2013
Nanospinning of polymer fibers from sheared solutions
Patent 8,551,378
Nanofibers are fabricated by introducing a polymer solution into a dispersion medium and shearing the dispersion medium. Droplets of the polymer solution are spun into elongated fibers that are insoluble in the dispersion medium.
Inventors: Orlin D. Velev (Cary, N.C.); Stoyan Smoukov (Chicago); Manuel Marquez (Midlothian)
Assignee: North Carolina State University (Raleigh)
October 8, 2013
Bone plate having combination locking and compression screw holes
Patent 8,551,095
A bone plate including a combination locking and compression screw hole having a top opening and a bottom opening, the top opening being generally circular and including a widthwise dimension and a lengthwise dimension normal to the widthwise dimension, where an interior wall of the bone plate extends between the top opening and the bottom opening, where at least a portion of the interior wall proximate the top opening is threaded, and where at least one of the widthwise dimension and the lengthwise dimension is decreased between the top opening to the bottom opening, while the other of the widthwise dimension and the lengthwise dimension does not substantially decrease between the top opening and the bottom opening. The instant disclosure also includes a method of forming a bone plate comprising: (a) fabricating a bone plate to include a first through hole, where at least one of a width and a length of the hole changes along a depth of the hole; (b) plunge milling an interior surface of the bone plate demarcating the first through hole to remove at least a portion of the bone plate to increase at least one of the width and the length of the through hole; and (c) threading at least a portion of the first through hole.
Inventors: Daniel Duane Fritzinger (Warsaw, Ind.); Paul G. Kiritsis (Midlothian)
Assignee: Bionet Manufacturing, LLC (Warsaw, Ind.)
October 8, 2013
Embedded capacitor and method of fabricating the same
Patent 8,551,856
Methods are provided for forming a capacitor. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing an insulator material layer over a substrate, etching at least one via in the insulator material layer and depositing a contact material fill in the at least one via to form a first set of contacts. The method further comprises etching the insulator material layer adjacent at least one contact of the first set of contacts to form at least one void, depositing a dielectric material layer over the at least one void and over the first set of contacts and depositing a contact material fill in the at least void to form a second set of contacts.
Inventors: Michael Rennie (Mechanicsville); Thomas J. Knight (Silver Spring, Md.)
Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Va.)
October 8, 2013
Devices, systems and methods for medicament delivery
Patent 8,544,645
An apparatus includes a container defining an internal region configured to contain multiple medicament delivery devices, such as, for example, pen injectors, auto-injectors, inhalers or the like. The container includes an electronic circuit system configured to output a first electronic output associated with a first medicament delivery device contained within the internal region when the first medicament delivery device is removed from the internal region of the container. The electronic circuit system is further configured to output a second electronic output associated with a second medicament delivery device contained within the internal region when the second medicament delivery device is removed from the internal region of the container. The second electronic output is different than the first electronic output. At least one of the first electronic output or the second electronic output is associated with a use instruction.
Inventors: Eric Shawn Edwards (Midlothian); Evan Thomas Edwards (Fredericksburg); Mark J. Licata (Doswell); T. Spencer Williamson (Richmond)
Assignee: Intelliject, Inc. (Richmond)
October 1, 2013
Chemically-modified mixed fuels, methods of production and uses thereof
Patent 8,545,580
A chemically-modified mixed fuel includes methane gas from at least two methane-production sources and can be utilized in any process that incorporates a Kellogg Primary Reformer. A method for producing the chemically-modified mixed fuel described herein includes providing a first methane-containing gas from a first methane-production source, providing a second methane-containing gas from a second methane-production source and blending the first methane-containing gas with the second methane-containing gas at a suitable pressure to form a chemically-modified mixed fuel. In some cases, at least one additional methane-containing gas can be provided from at least one additional methane-production source and blended with the chemically-modified fuel.
Inventors: Keith A. Togna (Chester); Craig T. Euen (Chester); Steven W. Weeks (Chesterfield); Mohammed I. Loya (Richmond); Matthew C. Warren (Richmond); Richard H. Kendrick (Chesterfield)
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, N.J.)
October 1, 2013
Lightweight internal combustion/electric hybrid power source for vehicles
Patent 8,544,575
A compact and lightweight hybrid vehicle power source employs an integrated engine hybrid electric boost power design that operates on a single battery bank for all electrical functions. An integrated flywheel, cooling fan and a single hybrid electric motor drive, engine starter, electromagnetic regenerative braking device and battery charging alternator are combined. The flywheel alternator/starter/hybrid-drive configuration generates electrical power for battery recharging and parasitic loads, rotates the engine for starting, provides boost power for faster vehicle accelerations, provides regenerative braking for faster decelerations, provides inertia for smooth engine operation, and provides pressurized air for forced convection cooling.
Inventors: Robert P. Scaringe (Rockledge, Fla); David Sykes (Midlothian); Gregory S. Cole (Melbourne, Fla.); Robert J. Scaringe (Rockledge, Fla.)
Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation (Rockledge, Fla.)
October 1, 2013