Carton and carton blank
Patent No. 9,604,768
A carton (90) for packaging articles comprising a first plurality of walls (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) including a top wall (20), base wall (16), first side wall (14) and second side wall (18) forming a first tubular structure, each end of the first tubular structure being at least partially closed by one or more end closure panels (32a, 34a, 36a, 38a, 32b, 34b, 36b, 38b), wherein the carton comprises an end pull device (E) for withdrawing the carton from a display apparatus wherein the end pull device comprises a first recess struck from an end of the first side wall panel whereby facilitating access to an edge of the one or more end closure panels at the adjacent end of the first tubular structure.
Inventors: Brandon L. Ramsuer (Henrico, Va.), Nathaniel B. Ball (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Norcross, Ga.)
March 28, 2017
Treatment using dantrolene
Patent No. 9,603,840
Provided are low-volume, safe for injection formulations of dantrolene yielding significant advantages over the currently approved and marketed dantrolene for malignant hyperthermia (MH) threatening anesthetic crisis. Once dantrolene can be made immediately available to patients triggered of MH, the anesthesiologist will be able to focus exclusively on the management of the patient’s physiologic status in this complex and evolving crisis, not on the laborious and time consuming reconstitution process of the rescue agent. The low volume, safe for injection formulations of dantrolene have significant advantages over currently used approaches to the prevention and treatment of pumphead, and other neurological, cognitive and motor dysfunction incident to iatrogenically or trauma induced situations of altered blood flow, including those incurred during surgical procedures involving CPB or related procedures, as well as those incurred during non-normothermic episodes caused iatrogenically or by disease.
Inventors: David Anderson (Ashland, Va.), Benjamin G. Cameransi Jr. (Georgetown, S.C.), Vincent M. Conklin (Richmond)
Assignee: Lyotropic Therapeutics Inc. (Ashland, Va.)
March 28, 2017
Contact surface adapter and components for artificial prosthesis installation clamp
Patent No. 9,603,721
In the use of devices and methods for measuring applied pressure on an article, such as a patella construct during a surgical procedure, differently sized and configured clamp bushing adapters can be interchangeably employed with, and removably secured to, a clamp stem to adapt to the relative sizes of objects being clamped. Embodiments of an installation cap can also be provided to assist with proper setup and operation by, for example, removably covering spike elements associated with a working surface of embodiments of the device.
Inventors: John Stuart Boyer (Henrico, Va.), Bruce Reed Anderson (Richmond)
Assignee: Boyer Anderson (Henrico, Va.)
March 28, 2017
Immobilized diluents for smoking articles
Patent No. 9,603,385
Immobilized diluents in a smoking article are provided, wherein diluents can be immobilized through absorption and/or adsorption of the diluents into immobilizing materials, such as sorbents like silica gels. By immobilizing diluents, the diluents can be available for vaporization, while still being protected from migration and/or loss of the diluents in a smoking article.
Inventors: Shuzhong Zhuang (Richmond), Georgios D. Karles (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
March 28, 2017
Bent capillary tube aerosol generator
Patent No. 9,604,016
An apparatus for generating aerosol comprises a capillary tube comprising at least one bend, fluid inlets, and an outlet along the bend. The capillary tube is heated to a temperature sufficient to volatilize fluid in the capillary tube, such that the volatilized fluid discharges from the outlet to form an aerosol.
Inventors: Shane Price (Weaver, Ala.), Evgeni Sychev (Oxford, Ala.), Marc D. Belcastro (Glen Allen, Va.), Jeffrey A. Swepston (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
March 28, 2017
Carton with carrying handle and blank therefor
Patent No. 9,604,767
A carton includes a top panel, a first side panel and a slot handle. The slot handle includes a line of separation extending across the top panel at a location spaced from the longitudinal center of the top panel. The slot handle includes a lifting edge spaced from the line of separation and disposed on one side of the line of separation. The slot handle further includes a first stress relief mechanism provided in the first side panel. The first stress relief mechanism includes a frangible line having a linear stem section that is acutely angled relative to a notional line normal to the hinged connection between the top panel and the first side panel. The stem section is angled away from the lifting edge and terminating in an arcuate stop at a location spaced below the hinged connection on the one side of the line of separation.
Inventors: Brandon L. Ramsuer (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC (Norcross, GA)
March 28, 2017
Self-similar and fractal design for stretchable electronics
Patent No. 9,613,911
The present invention provides electronic circuits, devices and device components including one or more stretchable components, such as stretchable electrical interconnects, electrodes and/or semiconductor components. Stretchability of some of the present systems is achieved via a materials level integration of stretchable metallic or semiconducting structures with soft, elastomeric materials in a configuration allowing for elastic deformations to occur in a repeatable and well-defined way. The stretchable device geometries and hard-soft materials integration approaches of the invention provide a combination of advance electronic function and compliant mechanics supporting a broad range of device applications including sensing, actuation, power storage and communications.
Inventors: John A. Rogers (Champaign, Ill.), Jonathan Fan (Columbus, Ohio), Woon-Hong Yeo (Richmond), Yewang Su (Evanston, Ill.), Yonggang Huang (Glencoe, Ill.), Yihui Zhang (Evanston, Ill.)
Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.) & Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
April 4, 2017
Methods and systems for movement of an automatic cleaning device using video signal
Patent No. 9,609,991
A method of cleaning an area using an automatic cleaning device may include receiving, from a video camera, information associated with an edge located on a surface, determining, by an automatic cleaning device, a position of the automatic cleaning device on the surface relative to the edge and using the received information to move the automatic cleaning device from the determined position along a path so that the automatic cleaning device cleans the surface along the path. The path may be substantially parallel to the edge, and the edge may be located a distance from a reference point on the automatic cleaning device during movement of the automatic cleaning device.
Inventors: Henry L. Hillman Jr. (Vancouver, Wash.), David M. Knuth Jr. (East Dubuque, Ill.), Daniel M. Daly (Brownsburg, Ind.), Vinton Coffman (Pittsburgh, Penn.), Ralph McCann (Richmond), Stephen D. Herr (Richmond), Kevin L. Thomas (Richmond)
Assignee: Diversey Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.)
April 4, 2017
Two can pack sleeve and method
Patent No. 9,611,064
A method of packaging two cylindrical cans having the same height and diameter includes partially erecting a sleeve from a blank so as to have a single opening at the bottom of the sleeve; arranging the two cylindrical cans side-by-side in the partially erected sleeve such that a side of each cylindrical can extends beyond an outer periphery of the sleeve; securing the cans in the sleeve by folding a cross-panel over the opening at a location between the two cans such that the opening is divided into two smaller openings sized to prevent the cans from passing therethrough; and wherein a measured distance from the cross-panel to a side panel of the sleeve in the two smaller openings is less than a diameter of one of the cylindrical cans.
Inventors: Stephen J. Bellamah (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 4, 2017
Electret nanofibrous web as air filtration media
Patent No. 9,610,588
The present invention is directed toward an improved air filtration medium comprising a single layer polymeric nanofibrous web comprising a single source randomly intermingled fiber network with electrostatic charge up to -20 kV, a filtration efficiency range from about 70% to about 99.99%, and an air resistance less than about 2.5 mm wg for 0.3 diameter micron particles. The air filtration medium is made from a centrifugal melt spinning process.
Inventors: Tao Huang (Downingtown, Penn.), Hyun Sung Lim (Midlothian, Va.), Wai-Shing Yung (Chadds Ford, Penn.)
Assignee: E I Du Pont De Nemours and Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
April 4, 2017
Power supply system for a vehicle climate control unit
Patent No. 9,610,824
A truck includes an alternator having a direct current electrical power output. The truck also includes a combined inverter and charger unit having an alternating current electrical power output, a house battery and a starting battery. The combined inverter and charger unit is configured to charge the house battery and the starting battery. The truck further includes a day cab forming an interior space and a climate control unit for conditioning the interior space of the day cab. The climate control unit is adapted to be powered by an alternating current electrical source. The climate control unit is powered by the alternator through the combined inverter and charger unit when an engine of the truck engine is running, and is powered by the house battery or the starting through the combined inverter and charger unit when the engine is not running.
Inventors: Kendall E. Allen (Bumpass, Va.), Louis Seigel (Williamsburg, Va.), James C. Elliott (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Dometic Corp. (Elkhart, Ind.)
April 4, 2017
Carton and carton blank
Patent No. 9,604,768
A carton (90) for packaging articles comprising a first plurality of walls (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) including a top wall (20), base wall (16), first side wall (14) and second side wall (18) forming a first tubular structure, each end of the first tubular structure being at least partially closed by one or more end closure panels (32a, 34a, 36a, 38a, 32b, 34b, 36b, 38b), wherein the carton comprises an end pull device (E) for withdrawing the carton from a display apparatus wherein the end pull device comprises a first recess struck from an end of the first side wall panel whereby facilitating access to an edge of the one or more end closure panels at the adjacent end of the first tubular structure.
Inventors: Brandon L. Ramsuer (Henrico, Va.), Nathaniel B. Ball (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Norcross, Ga.)
March 28, 2017
Treatment using dantrolene
Patent No. 9,603,840
Provided are low-volume, safe for injection formulations of dantrolene yielding significant advantages over the currently approved and marketed dantrolene for malignant hyperthermia (MH) threatening anesthetic crisis. Once dantrolene can be made immediately available to patients triggered of MH, the anesthesiologist will be able to focus exclusively on the management of the patient’s physiologic status in this complex and evolving crisis, not on the laborious and time consuming reconstitution process of the rescue agent. The low volume, safe for injection formulations of dantrolene have significant advantages over currently used approaches to the prevention and treatment of pumphead, and other neurological, cognitive and motor dysfunction incident to iatrogenically or trauma induced situations of altered blood flow, including those incurred during surgical procedures involving CPB or related procedures, as well as those incurred during non-normothermic episodes caused iatrogenically or by disease.
Inventors: David Anderson (Ashland, Va.), Benjamin G. Cameransi Jr. (Georgetown, S.C.), Vincent M. Conklin (Richmond)
Assignee: Lyotropic Therapeutics Inc. (Ashland, Va.)
March 28, 2017
Contact surface adapter and components for artificial prosthesis installation clamp
Patent No. 9,603,721
In the use of devices and methods for measuring applied pressure on an article, such as a patella construct during a surgical procedure, differently sized and configured clamp bushing adapters can be interchangeably employed with, and removably secured to, a clamp stem to adapt to the relative sizes of objects being clamped. Embodiments of an installation cap can also be provided to assist with proper setup and operation by, for example, removably covering spike elements associated with a working surface of embodiments of the device.
Inventors: John Stuart Boyer (Henrico, Va.), Bruce Reed Anderson (Richmond)
Assignee: Boyer Anderson (Henrico, Va.)
March 28, 2017
Immobilized diluents for smoking articles
Patent No. 9,603,385
Immobilized diluents in a smoking article are provided, wherein diluents can be immobilized through absorption and/or adsorption of the diluents into immobilizing materials, such as sorbents like silica gels. By immobilizing diluents, the diluents can be available for vaporization, while still being protected from migration and/or loss of the diluents in a smoking article.
Inventors: Shuzhong Zhuang (Richmond), Georgios D. Karles (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
March 28, 2017
Bent capillary tube aerosol generator
Patent No. 9,604,016
An apparatus for generating aerosol comprises a capillary tube comprising at least one bend, fluid inlets, and an outlet along the bend. The capillary tube is heated to a temperature sufficient to volatilize fluid in the capillary tube, such that the volatilized fluid discharges from the outlet to form an aerosol.
Inventors: Shane Price (Weaver, Ala.), Evgeni Sychev (Oxford, Ala.), Marc D. Belcastro (Glen Allen, Va.), Jeffrey A. Swepston (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
March 28, 2017
Carton with carrying handle and blank therefor
Patent No. 9,604,767
A carton includes a top panel, a first side panel and a slot handle. The slot handle includes a line of separation extending across the top panel at a location spaced from the longitudinal center of the top panel. The slot handle includes a lifting edge spaced from the line of separation and disposed on one side of the line of separation. The slot handle further includes a first stress relief mechanism provided in the first side panel. The first stress relief mechanism includes a frangible line having a linear stem section that is acutely angled relative to a notional line normal to the hinged connection between the top panel and the first side panel. The stem section is angled away from the lifting edge and terminating in an arcuate stop at a location spaced below the hinged connection on the one side of the line of separation.
Inventors: Brandon L. Ramsuer (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC (Norcross, GA)
March 28, 2017
Self-similar and fractal design for stretchable electronics
Patent No. 9,613,911
The present invention provides electronic circuits, devices and device components including one or more stretchable components, such as stretchable electrical interconnects, electrodes and/or semiconductor components. Stretchability of some of the present systems is achieved via a materials level integration of stretchable metallic or semiconducting structures with soft, elastomeric materials in a configuration allowing for elastic deformations to occur in a repeatable and well-defined way. The stretchable device geometries and hard-soft materials integration approaches of the invention provide a combination of advance electronic function and compliant mechanics supporting a broad range of device applications including sensing, actuation, power storage and communications.
Inventors: John A. Rogers (Champaign, Ill.), Jonathan Fan (Columbus, Ohio), Woon-Hong Yeo (Richmond), Yewang Su (Evanston, Ill.), Yonggang Huang (Glencoe, Ill.), Yihui Zhang (Evanston, Ill.)
Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.) & Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
April 4, 2017
Methods and systems for movement of an automatic cleaning device using video signal
Patent No. 9,609,991
A method of cleaning an area using an automatic cleaning device may include receiving, from a video camera, information associated with an edge located on a surface, determining, by an automatic cleaning device, a position of the automatic cleaning device on the surface relative to the edge and using the received information to move the automatic cleaning device from the determined position along a path so that the automatic cleaning device cleans the surface along the path. The path may be substantially parallel to the edge, and the edge may be located a distance from a reference point on the automatic cleaning device during movement of the automatic cleaning device.
Inventors: Henry L. Hillman Jr. (Vancouver, Wash.), David M. Knuth Jr. (East Dubuque, Ill.), Daniel M. Daly (Brownsburg, Ind.), Vinton Coffman (Pittsburgh, Penn.), Ralph McCann (Richmond), Stephen D. Herr (Richmond), Kevin L. Thomas (Richmond)
Assignee: Diversey Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.)
April 4, 2017
Two can pack sleeve and method
Patent No. 9,611,064
A method of packaging two cylindrical cans having the same height and diameter includes partially erecting a sleeve from a blank so as to have a single opening at the bottom of the sleeve; arranging the two cylindrical cans side-by-side in the partially erected sleeve such that a side of each cylindrical can extends beyond an outer periphery of the sleeve; securing the cans in the sleeve by folding a cross-panel over the opening at a location between the two cans such that the opening is divided into two smaller openings sized to prevent the cans from passing therethrough; and wherein a measured distance from the cross-panel to a side panel of the sleeve in the two smaller openings is less than a diameter of one of the cylindrical cans.
Inventors: Stephen J. Bellamah (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 4, 2017
Electret nanofibrous web as air filtration media
Patent No. 9,610,588
The present invention is directed toward an improved air filtration medium comprising a single layer polymeric nanofibrous web comprising a single source randomly intermingled fiber network with electrostatic charge up to -20 kV, a filtration efficiency range from about 70% to about 99.99%, and an air resistance less than about 2.5 mm wg for 0.3 diameter micron particles. The air filtration medium is made from a centrifugal melt spinning process.
Inventors: Tao Huang (Downingtown, Penn.), Hyun Sung Lim (Midlothian, Va.), Wai-Shing Yung (Chadds Ford, Penn.)
Assignee: E I Du Pont De Nemours and Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
April 4, 2017
Power supply system for a vehicle climate control unit
Patent No. 9,610,824
A truck includes an alternator having a direct current electrical power output. The truck also includes a combined inverter and charger unit having an alternating current electrical power output, a house battery and a starting battery. The combined inverter and charger unit is configured to charge the house battery and the starting battery. The truck further includes a day cab forming an interior space and a climate control unit for conditioning the interior space of the day cab. The climate control unit is adapted to be powered by an alternating current electrical source. The climate control unit is powered by the alternator through the combined inverter and charger unit when an engine of the truck engine is running, and is powered by the house battery or the starting through the combined inverter and charger unit when the engine is not running.
Inventors: Kendall E. Allen (Bumpass, Va.), Louis Seigel (Williamsburg, Va.), James C. Elliott (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Dometic Corp. (Elkhart, Ind.)
April 4, 2017