Systems and computer-implemented processes for model-based underwriting
Patent No. 10,762,560
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining one or more credit lines based on statistical approximations of credit line optimization models. By approximating the results of the optimization model, the disclosed embodiments may provide real-time account level credit line determinations based on fewer criteria than used in the optimization models. Other aspects of the disclosed embodiments are described herein.
Inventors: Antonello Loddo (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), Lu Su (Great Falls, Virginia), Leonard Roseman (Richmond), Ram Narayan (Arlington, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Colored multilayered composite fabrics
Patent No. 10,760,878
Multilayer composite materials having a camouflaged appearance. More particularly, camouflaged tactical vest covers having slots for the webless attachment of accessories. An easily colored outer fabric is provided with a colored camouflage pattern and backed with a non-colored high tenacity fabric for enhanced durability. A colored intermediate adhesive is employed to maintain a camouflaged visual appearance without the added complexity of dying the high tenacity fibers of the backing material.
Inventors: Lori L. Wagner (Richmond), Brian Duane Arvidson (Chester, Virginia), Gregory A. Davis (Midlothian, Virginia), Henry Gerard Ardiff (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Assignee: Honeywell International (Morris Plains, New Jersey)
Sep. 1, 2020
Portable gym structure
Patent No. 10,758,803
A portable gym structure that is light weight and allows variable arrangement is disclosed. The portable gym structure is comprised of climbing walls and feet anchors for stability. The portable gym structure has variable configurations for different ages and abilities. The portable gym structure includes climbing walls that can be used for a slide or can be interchanged to be a climbing wall with variable climbing pieces.
Inventors: Marvin Brent Morse (Richmond)
Assignee: N/A
Sep. 1, 2020
Electronic smoking article
Patent No. 10,757,970
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a tubular filter segment downstream of the heater. The tubular filter segment is operable to selectively filter aerosol particles and vapors from the aerosol.
Inventors: San Li (Midlothian, Virginia), Georgios D. Karles (Richmond), Richard Jupe (Richmond), Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Virginia), Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 1, 2020
Method of directed fouling of a substance onto a selected surface
Patent No. 10,760,213
Provided is a method for directed fouling of a substance onto a selected surface. Also provided is an apparatus suitable for directed fouling of a substance onto a selected surface.
Inventors: Raymond P. Baker (Hatboro, Pennsylvania), David John Biondo (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Daniel Clay Floyd (Chesterfield, Virginia), Jay Fingeret Miller (Downingtown, Pennsylvania), Charles Sebastian Sanderson (Wayne, Pennsylvania)
Assignee: Renmatix (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania)
Sep. 1, 2020
Temperature control voting system
Patent No. 10,761,499
A temperature voting system which receives votes indicating the temperature preferences of a plurality of occupants within a given HVAC zone, and adjusts a set-point temperature of a corresponding HVAC system accordingly. The votes may be received via a mobile device, an employee workstation, or from one or more biomedical devices. Each occupant may manually enter and submit a vote for their preferred set-point temperature, or a software application may be configured to automatically cast a vote for the corresponding occupant according to user-configurable preferences or current metabolic state. The received votes may be weighted according to a status of the voter, and aggregated to determine an appropriate set-point temperature. In some embodiments, near-field communication devices, GPS location technology, or other technology may be used to automatically detect the presence of an occupant within a HVAC zone and cast the occupant’s vote for a corresponding HVAC zone.
Inventors: John Henneberger (Glen Allen, Virginia), Michael Scelzi (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Portable Comfort Corp. (Glenn Allen, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Heat sealable coating with filler
Patent No. 10,760,218
A coating for paperboard includes polyethylene outer layers and a polyethylene inner layer with calcium carbonate filler. In addition to the lower cost, benefits include a surprising better heat sealing behavior compared with a coating of polyethylene alone.
Inventors: Chitai C. Yang (Mechanicsville, Virginia), Rahul Bhardwaj (Glen Allen, Virginia), Chester E. Alkiewicz (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Georgia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Formed films and apparatus for manufacturing the same
Patent No. 10,758,431
A formed film includes a first surface generally located in a first plane, a second surface generally located in a second plane parallel to and spaced from the first plane, and a third surface generally located in a third plane parallel to and spaced from the first plane and the second plane, in between the first plane and the second plane. A porous structure extends between the second surface and the third surface. A plurality of raised areas have sidewalls that extend between the first surface and the third surface, and top portions that define the first surface. The plurality of sidewalls, the porous structure, and the first plane define a plurality of gathering volumes.
Inventors: Antonietta Splendiani (Glen Allen, Virginia), Brian C. Loomis (Terre Haute, Indiana), John Richard Renner (Marshall, Illinois), Todd R. Skochdopole (Moseley, Virginia)
Assignee: Tredegar Film Products (Chesterfiel, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
System and method for transaction learning
Patent No. 10,762,512
A system and method a method for providing for providing personalized transaction learning and tagging. The method may include tagging transactions associated with one or more financial accounts belonging to an account holder, whether the account holder be the primary, secondary, or a related account holder, such as a spouse, parent, guardian, and the like. The method may include linking all accounts belong to and/or associated with an account holder and receiving transaction data from each linked account, including, for example, transaction date, transaction time, transaction amount, merchant name, merchant location, merchant identifier, account number used in transaction, SKU-level transaction information, and/or other purchase identifiers (e.g., merchant-provided product/service name, account holder-provided product/service name, and the like). Once the system receives the transaction data, the system may query the account holder for input regarding the transaction data. The input may include tagging the transaction as belonging to a particular spending category and/or affirming or denying that the transaction belongs to a particular category. The system may receive and create categories based on account holder data, demographic data, credit data, and account holder profile data.
Inventors: Moshe Benjamin (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Deposition methodology for superconductor interconnects
Patent No. 10,763,419
A method of forming a superconductor interconnect structure is disclosed. The method includes forming a dielectric layer overlying a substrate, forming an interconnect opening in the dielectric layer, and moving the substrate to a deposition chamber. The method further includes depositing a superconducting metal in the interconnect opening, by performing a series of superconducting deposition and cooling processes to maintain a chamber temperature at or below a predetermined temperature until the superconducting metal has a desired thickness, to form a superconducting element in the superconductor interconnect structure.
Inventors: Christopher F. Kirby (Gambrills, Maryland), Vivien M. Luu (Linthicum, Maryland), Michael Rennie (Ashland, Virginia), Sean R. McLaughlin (Severn, Maryland)
Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Methods and systems for inline parts average testing and latent reliability defect detection
Patent No. 10,761,128
Methods and systems for inline parts average testing and latent reliability defect recognition or detection are disclosed. An inline parts average testing method may include: performing inline inspection and metrology on a plurality of wafers at a plurality of critical steps during wafer fabrication; aggregating inspection results obtained from inline inspection and metrology utilizing one or more processors to obtain a plurality of aggregated inspection results for the plurality of wafers; identifying one or more statistical outliers among the plurality of wafers at least partially based on the plurality of aggregated inspection results obtained for the plurality of wafers; and disqualifying the one or more statistical outliers from entering a supply chain for a downstream manufacturing process, or segregating the one or more statistical outliers for further evaluation, testing or repurposing.
Inventors: David W. Price (Austin, Texas), Robert J. Rathert (Mechanicsville, Virginia), Robert Cappel (Milpitas, California), Kara L. Sherman (Milpitas, California), Douglas G. Sutherland (Milpitas, California)
Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corp. (Milpitas, California)
Sep. 1, 2020
Plunger wave making apparatus
Patent No. 10,760,290
A plunger wave making apparatus for creating a surface wave in a body of water. The waves are generated by a plurality of side by side individual plungers oscillating up and down, placed along different shapes such as a linear straight line, square, polygon, triangle and hexagon shapes. Plunger Wave Makers oscillating at individual different times in a non-sequence manner and oscillating in sequence one plunger at a time in a delayed actuation. The plungers have the ability to produce swells in different directions. The plunger wave making apparatus is made of an internal steel structure with EPS Geo Foam secured to the outside of the steel internal structure with end caps. Ballast Water is placed inside the inner steel structure of the plungers to offset upward buoyancy forces. The wave making plungers are placed on a back wall angled between 30-90 degrees.
Inventors: Walter Judson Bennett (Mechanicsville, Virginia)
Assignee: N/A
Sep. 1, 2020
Systems and methods for intra-operative image analysis
Patent No. 10,758,198
A system and method for analyzing images to optimize orthopaedic functionality at a site within a patient, including obtaining at least a first, reference image of the site, or a corresponding contralateral site, the first image including at least a first anatomical region or a corresponding anatomical region. At least a second, intra-operative results image of the site is obtained. At least one stationary base with at least two base points is selected to serve as a reference for both images during analysis including at least one of scaling, calculations, and image comparisons.
Inventors: Noah D. Wollowick (Stamford, Connecticut), Andrew J. Cooper (Largo, Florida), Xiu Jiang (Rego Park, New York), Cameron Albert (Powhatan, Virginia)
Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products (Raynham, Massachusetts)
Sep. 1, 2020
Automated teller machine (ATM) device with sealed slot
Patent No. 10,769,895
A device may include a first slot on a front portion of the device, and a security bar in an interior of the device. The security bar may comprise a second slot. The device may be configured to rotate the security bar to align the first slot and the second slot. Alignment of the first slot and the second slot may facilitate a transfer between the interior of the device and an exterior of the device.
Inventors: Steve Faletti (Brooklyn, New York), David Kelly Wurmfeld (Fairfax, Virginia), LIsa Whitsitt (Millbrae, California), Janak Dadhaniya (San Francisco, California), Robert Smith (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
Maximizing of energy delivery system compatibility with voltage optimization
Patent No. 10,768,655
A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for controlling an electric power system, including implementation of a voltage control and conservation (VCC) system used to optimally control the independent voltage and capacitor banks using a linear optimization methodology to minimize the losses in the EEDCS and the EUS. An energy validation process system (EVP) is provided which is used to document the savings of the VCC and an EPP is used to optimize improvements to the EEDCS for continuously improving the energy losses in the EEDS. The EVP system measures the improvement in the EEDS a result of operating the VCC system in the “ON” state determining the level of energy conservation achieved by the VCC system. In addition the VCC system monitors pattern recognition events and compares them to the report-by-exception data to detect HVL events. If one is detected the VCC optimizes the capacity of the EEDS to respond to the HVL events by centering the piecewise linear solution maximizing the ability of the EDDS to absorb the HVL event.
Inventors: Phillip W. Powell (Chesterfield, Virginia), Stephen J. Tyler (Henrico, Virginia), Melissa A. Peskin (Richmond)
Assignee: Dominion Energy (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
E-vaping device including e-vaping case with sliding mechanism for initiating vapor generation
Patent No. 10,765,148
An e-vaping case includes a housing, a guide structure, a cartridge receiving portion connected to the guide structure, and an electronics system in the housing. The cartridge receiving portion is configured to be moved along the guide structure between a first surface and a second surface of the housing. The electronics system includes a power supply that is configured to initiate a transfer of power to an electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the first surface of the housing to at least a first position of the housing. The electronics system is configured to interrupt the transfer of power to the electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the second surface of the housing. An electronic vaping device may include a cartridge detachably coupled to the cartridge receiving portion.
Inventors: Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Virginia), Chris Simpson (Richmond), Terrance Theodore Bache (Richmond), David Schiff (Highland Park, New Jersey)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Methods and machines for pouching smokeless tobacco and tobacco substitute products
Patent No. 10,765,142
A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 30 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.
Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Virginia), Shannon Maxwell Black (Richmond), Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Virginia), William J. Burke (Nashville, Tennessee), Christopher Joseph DiNovi (Ruther Glen, Virginia), David Phillips (Richmond), Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond), Robert Smith (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Tobacco compositions
Patent No. 10,765,140
The invention features tobacco compositions and methods of their use and manufacture. Compositions of the invention may be based on a variety of technologies. Technologies include films, tabs, shaped parts, gels, consumable units, insoluble matrices, and hollow shapes. In addition to tobacco, compositions may also contain flavors, colors, and other additives as described herein. Compositions may also be orally disintegrable. Exemplary compositions and methods of their manufacture are described herein.
Inventors: James A. Strickland (Richmond), Frank S. Atchley (Midlothian, Virginia), James M. Rossman (Richmond), Armand J. Desmarais (Richmond), Scott A. Williams (Richmond), Tod J. Miller (Richmond), Cherne W. Johnson (Richmond), Vernie A. Due (Richmond)
Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Discharge air straightener
Patent No. 10,765,231
A temperature controlled case includes a number of shelves, an air-curtain, and a number of air-straighteners. The number of shelves individually support a displayed product. The number of shelves are mounted to the temperature controlled case. The air-curtain originates at an air-curtain discharge and terminates an air-curtain return. The number of air-straighteners is equal to the number of shelves. The number of air straighteners individually include a flow guide and are individually coupled to one of the number of shelves. The flow guides are located at locations within the air-curtain. The flow guides are configured to control the air-curtain. The flow guides individually include a luminaire comprising a number of LEDs coupled to a number of PCBs. The luminaires are configured to illuminate a number of illumination targets. The number of illumination targets correspond to at least one of the displayed products.
Inventors: Lawrence William Eget (Powhatan, Virginia), T. Dean Swofford (Midlothian, Virginia), Roy Bates (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Georgia)
Sep. 8, 2020
Smoking article with reduced tobacco
Patent No. 10,765,143
An exemplary smoking article including a smoking rod filled with a combination including tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material. The tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material can be arranged such that the constituent material particles are generally distributed throughout the smoking rod, the tobacco filler material at least partially surrounds the cellulose filler material along a length of the smoking rod, and/or the cellulose filler material particles have a higher concentration along a central axis of the smoking rod than the tobacco filler material particles.
Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Virginia), Shaoyong Yu (Glen Allen, Virginia), Bernard S. Appleton (Chesterfield, Virginia), Weiling Li (Moseley, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Activating an emergency mode associated with a user device
Patent No. 10,771,949
A device may detect an indication to activate an emergency mode associated with the user device. The emergency mode may be associated with gathering data related to an emergency. The device may determine a manner in which to configure a set of components or a set of actions to perform. The set of components may be associated with gathering the data. The device may activate the emergency mode. The emergency mode may be activated by at least one of: configuring the set of components, or performing the set of actions. The device may gather the data utilizing the set of components. The device may dynamically: store the data utilizing one or more memory resources of the user device after gathering the data, or provide the data to another device. The device may determine to terminate the emergency mode.
Inventors: Rajesh Yanamandra (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
Systems and methods for email-based card activation
Patent No. 10,771,254
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between a contactless card, a client device, and one or more servers are provided. The contactless card may include one or more processors and memory, which may include one or more applets. The client device may include one or more processors and memory. The client device may be in data communication with the contactless card. One or more servers may be in data communication with the client device. A first set of information may be transmitted from the contactless card to the client device. The first set of information may include one or more links to activate the contactless card via a designated email program. Upon validation of the first set of information by the one or more servers, the contactless card may be activated.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Maryland), Melissa Heng (Glen Allen, Virginia), Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Maryland), James Ashfield (Midlothian, Virginia), Colin Hart (Arlington, Virginia), Rajko Ilincic (Annandale, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
System and method for dynamic generation of URL by smart card
Patent No. 10,769,299
Embodiments of a smart card and systems and methods for secure data access using a smart card are described. The smart card may be formed a substrate and may include a microprocessor, a memory containing an applet, a counter, and a unique identifier. The smart card may dynamically generate a unique uniform resource location (URL) and transmit the URL to via a contactless communication interface to securely facilitate data access from other devices.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Maryland), Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Maryland), Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Virginia), Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
E-vaping cartridge
Patent No. 10,765,151
The cartridge includes a housing body, a hollow inner body extending longitudinally within the housing body and a reservoir configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir is tubular and at least a portion of the reservoir is disposed between the housing body and the hollow inner body. A distal end of the reservoir defines a vent hole. A wick is in fluid communication with the reservoir and a heater is configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation in the wick.
Inventors: Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Paper comprising aramid pulp and a friction paper made therefrom
Patent No. 10,767,316
A paper comprises from 60 to 99 weight percent of a aramid fibrous pulp and from 1 to 40 weight percent of a polyvinylpyrrolidone coating on the fiber surface, the coating being neither chemically nor electrostatically bound to the fibers. A friction paper composite comprising the paper and a resin coating is also described.
Inventors: Mehdi Afshari (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilmington, Delaware)
Sep. 8, 2020
Bibenzoate copolyesters and methods to produce them
Patent No. 10,767,005
Bibenzoate copolyesters are based on (4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid-co-3,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid) as the diacid component, and on an alicyclic diol compound such as 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol as a portion of the diol component. Copolyesters are based on 4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid, and/or 3,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid as the diacid component and may include a multifunctional acid. Copolymers may optionally base an essentially amorphous morphology, high glass transition temperature, high elongation at break, and/or high melting temperature. A method to make the copolymers controls the characteristics of the copolyester selected from one or a combination of amorphous morphology or degree of crystallinity, Tg, Tm, tensile modulus, flexural modulus, elongation at break, and so on, by selecting the proportions of the 4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid or ester producing equivalent thereof, 3,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid or ester producing equivalent thereof, and/or the proportion of the 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol in the diol component.
Inventors: Ryan J. Mondschein (Blacksburg, Virginia), Haoyu Liu (Midlothian, Virginia), Ting Chen (Friendswood, Texas), Timothy E. Long (Blacksburg, Virginia), S. Richard Turner (Blacksburg, Virginia)
Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents (Baytown, Texas) & Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (Blacksburg, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
Reseal label for box in a box re-sealable pack
Patent No. 10,766,681
A container of consumer goods includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Midlothian, Virginia), James S. Bigelow (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Thermoformable multilayer films and blister packs produced therefrom
Patent No. 10,766,679
A multi-layer film structure for use in forming blister packaging. The multi-layer structure includes a first polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first polymeric layer comprising a metalized polyethylene teraphthalate, a second polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the second polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the first polymeric layer, the second polymeric layer comprising a cyclic olefin or a homopolymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene, and a third polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the third polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the second polymeric layer, the third polymeric layer comprising polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride. A method of making a multi-layer film structure and a packaging structure are also provided.
Inventors: Stephen J. Bellamah (Midlothian, Virginia), Ed Carmines (Midlothian, Virginia), Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Method for combating impulsive interference/noise in multicarrier underwater acoustic communications
Patent No. 10,771,176
A communication system includes a repetitive orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (“ROFDM”) transmitter communicating with an ROFDM receiver. The ROFDM transmitter includes an ROFDM modulator, which includes a K-point Fast Fourier Transform receiving a block of time-domain data symbols and generating an initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol. The initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol is based on a block of frequency-domain data symbols corresponding to the block of time-domain data symbols. The initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol includes an ending part. The ROFDM modulator includes an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol repeater generating a repetitive orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol by repeatedly reproducing the initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol. The modulator includes a cyclic prefix adder prepending a cyclic prefix to the repetitive orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol to generate a baseband transmitted signal. The cyclic prefix includes the ending part of the initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol. The ROFDM receiver includes an ROFDM demodulator.
Inventors: Zhiqiang Liu (Henrico, Virginia)
Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, D.C.)
Sep. 8, 2020
Systems and computer-implemented processes for model-based underwriting
Patent No. 10,762,560
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining one or more credit lines based on statistical approximations of credit line optimization models. By approximating the results of the optimization model, the disclosed embodiments may provide real-time account level credit line determinations based on fewer criteria than used in the optimization models. Other aspects of the disclosed embodiments are described herein.
Inventors: Antonello Loddo (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), Lu Su (Great Falls, Virginia), Leonard Roseman (Richmond), Ram Narayan (Arlington, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Colored multilayered composite fabrics
Patent No. 10,760,878
Multilayer composite materials having a camouflaged appearance. More particularly, camouflaged tactical vest covers having slots for the webless attachment of accessories. An easily colored outer fabric is provided with a colored camouflage pattern and backed with a non-colored high tenacity fabric for enhanced durability. A colored intermediate adhesive is employed to maintain a camouflaged visual appearance without the added complexity of dying the high tenacity fibers of the backing material.
Inventors: Lori L. Wagner (Richmond), Brian Duane Arvidson (Chester, Virginia), Gregory A. Davis (Midlothian, Virginia), Henry Gerard Ardiff (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Assignee: Honeywell International (Morris Plains, New Jersey)
Sep. 1, 2020
Portable gym structure
Patent No. 10,758,803
A portable gym structure that is light weight and allows variable arrangement is disclosed. The portable gym structure is comprised of climbing walls and feet anchors for stability. The portable gym structure has variable configurations for different ages and abilities. The portable gym structure includes climbing walls that can be used for a slide or can be interchanged to be a climbing wall with variable climbing pieces.
Inventors: Marvin Brent Morse (Richmond)
Assignee: N/A
Sep. 1, 2020
Electronic smoking article
Patent No. 10,757,970
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a tubular filter segment downstream of the heater. The tubular filter segment is operable to selectively filter aerosol particles and vapors from the aerosol.
Inventors: San Li (Midlothian, Virginia), Georgios D. Karles (Richmond), Richard Jupe (Richmond), Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Virginia), Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 1, 2020
Method of directed fouling of a substance onto a selected surface
Patent No. 10,760,213
Provided is a method for directed fouling of a substance onto a selected surface. Also provided is an apparatus suitable for directed fouling of a substance onto a selected surface.
Inventors: Raymond P. Baker (Hatboro, Pennsylvania), David John Biondo (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Daniel Clay Floyd (Chesterfield, Virginia), Jay Fingeret Miller (Downingtown, Pennsylvania), Charles Sebastian Sanderson (Wayne, Pennsylvania)
Assignee: Renmatix (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania)
Sep. 1, 2020
Temperature control voting system
Patent No. 10,761,499
A temperature voting system which receives votes indicating the temperature preferences of a plurality of occupants within a given HVAC zone, and adjusts a set-point temperature of a corresponding HVAC system accordingly. The votes may be received via a mobile device, an employee workstation, or from one or more biomedical devices. Each occupant may manually enter and submit a vote for their preferred set-point temperature, or a software application may be configured to automatically cast a vote for the corresponding occupant according to user-configurable preferences or current metabolic state. The received votes may be weighted according to a status of the voter, and aggregated to determine an appropriate set-point temperature. In some embodiments, near-field communication devices, GPS location technology, or other technology may be used to automatically detect the presence of an occupant within a HVAC zone and cast the occupant’s vote for a corresponding HVAC zone.
Inventors: John Henneberger (Glen Allen, Virginia), Michael Scelzi (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Portable Comfort Corp. (Glenn Allen, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Heat sealable coating with filler
Patent No. 10,760,218
A coating for paperboard includes polyethylene outer layers and a polyethylene inner layer with calcium carbonate filler. In addition to the lower cost, benefits include a surprising better heat sealing behavior compared with a coating of polyethylene alone.
Inventors: Chitai C. Yang (Mechanicsville, Virginia), Rahul Bhardwaj (Glen Allen, Virginia), Chester E. Alkiewicz (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Georgia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Formed films and apparatus for manufacturing the same
Patent No. 10,758,431
A formed film includes a first surface generally located in a first plane, a second surface generally located in a second plane parallel to and spaced from the first plane, and a third surface generally located in a third plane parallel to and spaced from the first plane and the second plane, in between the first plane and the second plane. A porous structure extends between the second surface and the third surface. A plurality of raised areas have sidewalls that extend between the first surface and the third surface, and top portions that define the first surface. The plurality of sidewalls, the porous structure, and the first plane define a plurality of gathering volumes.
Inventors: Antonietta Splendiani (Glen Allen, Virginia), Brian C. Loomis (Terre Haute, Indiana), John Richard Renner (Marshall, Illinois), Todd R. Skochdopole (Moseley, Virginia)
Assignee: Tredegar Film Products (Chesterfiel, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
System and method for transaction learning
Patent No. 10,762,512
A system and method a method for providing for providing personalized transaction learning and tagging. The method may include tagging transactions associated with one or more financial accounts belonging to an account holder, whether the account holder be the primary, secondary, or a related account holder, such as a spouse, parent, guardian, and the like. The method may include linking all accounts belong to and/or associated with an account holder and receiving transaction data from each linked account, including, for example, transaction date, transaction time, transaction amount, merchant name, merchant location, merchant identifier, account number used in transaction, SKU-level transaction information, and/or other purchase identifiers (e.g., merchant-provided product/service name, account holder-provided product/service name, and the like). Once the system receives the transaction data, the system may query the account holder for input regarding the transaction data. The input may include tagging the transaction as belonging to a particular spending category and/or affirming or denying that the transaction belongs to a particular category. The system may receive and create categories based on account holder data, demographic data, credit data, and account holder profile data.
Inventors: Moshe Benjamin (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Deposition methodology for superconductor interconnects
Patent No. 10,763,419
A method of forming a superconductor interconnect structure is disclosed. The method includes forming a dielectric layer overlying a substrate, forming an interconnect opening in the dielectric layer, and moving the substrate to a deposition chamber. The method further includes depositing a superconducting metal in the interconnect opening, by performing a series of superconducting deposition and cooling processes to maintain a chamber temperature at or below a predetermined temperature until the superconducting metal has a desired thickness, to form a superconducting element in the superconductor interconnect structure.
Inventors: Christopher F. Kirby (Gambrills, Maryland), Vivien M. Luu (Linthicum, Maryland), Michael Rennie (Ashland, Virginia), Sean R. McLaughlin (Severn, Maryland)
Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Virginia)
Sep. 1, 2020
Methods and systems for inline parts average testing and latent reliability defect detection
Patent No. 10,761,128
Methods and systems for inline parts average testing and latent reliability defect recognition or detection are disclosed. An inline parts average testing method may include: performing inline inspection and metrology on a plurality of wafers at a plurality of critical steps during wafer fabrication; aggregating inspection results obtained from inline inspection and metrology utilizing one or more processors to obtain a plurality of aggregated inspection results for the plurality of wafers; identifying one or more statistical outliers among the plurality of wafers at least partially based on the plurality of aggregated inspection results obtained for the plurality of wafers; and disqualifying the one or more statistical outliers from entering a supply chain for a downstream manufacturing process, or segregating the one or more statistical outliers for further evaluation, testing or repurposing.
Inventors: David W. Price (Austin, Texas), Robert J. Rathert (Mechanicsville, Virginia), Robert Cappel (Milpitas, California), Kara L. Sherman (Milpitas, California), Douglas G. Sutherland (Milpitas, California)
Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corp. (Milpitas, California)
Sep. 1, 2020
Plunger wave making apparatus
Patent No. 10,760,290
A plunger wave making apparatus for creating a surface wave in a body of water. The waves are generated by a plurality of side by side individual plungers oscillating up and down, placed along different shapes such as a linear straight line, square, polygon, triangle and hexagon shapes. Plunger Wave Makers oscillating at individual different times in a non-sequence manner and oscillating in sequence one plunger at a time in a delayed actuation. The plungers have the ability to produce swells in different directions. The plunger wave making apparatus is made of an internal steel structure with EPS Geo Foam secured to the outside of the steel internal structure with end caps. Ballast Water is placed inside the inner steel structure of the plungers to offset upward buoyancy forces. The wave making plungers are placed on a back wall angled between 30-90 degrees.
Inventors: Walter Judson Bennett (Mechanicsville, Virginia)
Assignee: N/A
Sep. 1, 2020
Systems and methods for intra-operative image analysis
Patent No. 10,758,198
A system and method for analyzing images to optimize orthopaedic functionality at a site within a patient, including obtaining at least a first, reference image of the site, or a corresponding contralateral site, the first image including at least a first anatomical region or a corresponding anatomical region. At least a second, intra-operative results image of the site is obtained. At least one stationary base with at least two base points is selected to serve as a reference for both images during analysis including at least one of scaling, calculations, and image comparisons.
Inventors: Noah D. Wollowick (Stamford, Connecticut), Andrew J. Cooper (Largo, Florida), Xiu Jiang (Rego Park, New York), Cameron Albert (Powhatan, Virginia)
Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products (Raynham, Massachusetts)
Sep. 1, 2020
Automated teller machine (ATM) device with sealed slot
Patent No. 10,769,895
A device may include a first slot on a front portion of the device, and a security bar in an interior of the device. The security bar may comprise a second slot. The device may be configured to rotate the security bar to align the first slot and the second slot. Alignment of the first slot and the second slot may facilitate a transfer between the interior of the device and an exterior of the device.
Inventors: Steve Faletti (Brooklyn, New York), David Kelly Wurmfeld (Fairfax, Virginia), LIsa Whitsitt (Millbrae, California), Janak Dadhaniya (San Francisco, California), Robert Smith (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
Maximizing of energy delivery system compatibility with voltage optimization
Patent No. 10,768,655
A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for controlling an electric power system, including implementation of a voltage control and conservation (VCC) system used to optimally control the independent voltage and capacitor banks using a linear optimization methodology to minimize the losses in the EEDCS and the EUS. An energy validation process system (EVP) is provided which is used to document the savings of the VCC and an EPP is used to optimize improvements to the EEDCS for continuously improving the energy losses in the EEDS. The EVP system measures the improvement in the EEDS a result of operating the VCC system in the “ON” state determining the level of energy conservation achieved by the VCC system. In addition the VCC system monitors pattern recognition events and compares them to the report-by-exception data to detect HVL events. If one is detected the VCC optimizes the capacity of the EEDS to respond to the HVL events by centering the piecewise linear solution maximizing the ability of the EDDS to absorb the HVL event.
Inventors: Phillip W. Powell (Chesterfield, Virginia), Stephen J. Tyler (Henrico, Virginia), Melissa A. Peskin (Richmond)
Assignee: Dominion Energy (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
E-vaping device including e-vaping case with sliding mechanism for initiating vapor generation
Patent No. 10,765,148
An e-vaping case includes a housing, a guide structure, a cartridge receiving portion connected to the guide structure, and an electronics system in the housing. The cartridge receiving portion is configured to be moved along the guide structure between a first surface and a second surface of the housing. The electronics system includes a power supply that is configured to initiate a transfer of power to an electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the first surface of the housing to at least a first position of the housing. The electronics system is configured to interrupt the transfer of power to the electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the second surface of the housing. An electronic vaping device may include a cartridge detachably coupled to the cartridge receiving portion.
Inventors: Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Virginia), Chris Simpson (Richmond), Terrance Theodore Bache (Richmond), David Schiff (Highland Park, New Jersey)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Methods and machines for pouching smokeless tobacco and tobacco substitute products
Patent No. 10,765,142
A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 30 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.
Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Virginia), Shannon Maxwell Black (Richmond), Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Virginia), William J. Burke (Nashville, Tennessee), Christopher Joseph DiNovi (Ruther Glen, Virginia), David Phillips (Richmond), Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond), Robert Smith (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Tobacco compositions
Patent No. 10,765,140
The invention features tobacco compositions and methods of their use and manufacture. Compositions of the invention may be based on a variety of technologies. Technologies include films, tabs, shaped parts, gels, consumable units, insoluble matrices, and hollow shapes. In addition to tobacco, compositions may also contain flavors, colors, and other additives as described herein. Compositions may also be orally disintegrable. Exemplary compositions and methods of their manufacture are described herein.
Inventors: James A. Strickland (Richmond), Frank S. Atchley (Midlothian, Virginia), James M. Rossman (Richmond), Armand J. Desmarais (Richmond), Scott A. Williams (Richmond), Tod J. Miller (Richmond), Cherne W. Johnson (Richmond), Vernie A. Due (Richmond)
Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Discharge air straightener
Patent No. 10,765,231
A temperature controlled case includes a number of shelves, an air-curtain, and a number of air-straighteners. The number of shelves individually support a displayed product. The number of shelves are mounted to the temperature controlled case. The air-curtain originates at an air-curtain discharge and terminates an air-curtain return. The number of air-straighteners is equal to the number of shelves. The number of air straighteners individually include a flow guide and are individually coupled to one of the number of shelves. The flow guides are located at locations within the air-curtain. The flow guides are configured to control the air-curtain. The flow guides individually include a luminaire comprising a number of LEDs coupled to a number of PCBs. The luminaires are configured to illuminate a number of illumination targets. The number of illumination targets correspond to at least one of the displayed products.
Inventors: Lawrence William Eget (Powhatan, Virginia), T. Dean Swofford (Midlothian, Virginia), Roy Bates (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Georgia)
Sep. 8, 2020
Smoking article with reduced tobacco
Patent No. 10,765,143
An exemplary smoking article including a smoking rod filled with a combination including tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material. The tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material can be arranged such that the constituent material particles are generally distributed throughout the smoking rod, the tobacco filler material at least partially surrounds the cellulose filler material along a length of the smoking rod, and/or the cellulose filler material particles have a higher concentration along a central axis of the smoking rod than the tobacco filler material particles.
Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Virginia), Shaoyong Yu (Glen Allen, Virginia), Bernard S. Appleton (Chesterfield, Virginia), Weiling Li (Moseley, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Activating an emergency mode associated with a user device
Patent No. 10,771,949
A device may detect an indication to activate an emergency mode associated with the user device. The emergency mode may be associated with gathering data related to an emergency. The device may determine a manner in which to configure a set of components or a set of actions to perform. The set of components may be associated with gathering the data. The device may activate the emergency mode. The emergency mode may be activated by at least one of: configuring the set of components, or performing the set of actions. The device may gather the data utilizing the set of components. The device may dynamically: store the data utilizing one or more memory resources of the user device after gathering the data, or provide the data to another device. The device may determine to terminate the emergency mode.
Inventors: Rajesh Yanamandra (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
Systems and methods for email-based card activation
Patent No. 10,771,254
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between a contactless card, a client device, and one or more servers are provided. The contactless card may include one or more processors and memory, which may include one or more applets. The client device may include one or more processors and memory. The client device may be in data communication with the contactless card. One or more servers may be in data communication with the client device. A first set of information may be transmitted from the contactless card to the client device. The first set of information may include one or more links to activate the contactless card via a designated email program. Upon validation of the first set of information by the one or more servers, the contactless card may be activated.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Maryland), Melissa Heng (Glen Allen, Virginia), Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Maryland), James Ashfield (Midlothian, Virginia), Colin Hart (Arlington, Virginia), Rajko Ilincic (Annandale, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
System and method for dynamic generation of URL by smart card
Patent No. 10,769,299
Embodiments of a smart card and systems and methods for secure data access using a smart card are described. The smart card may be formed a substrate and may include a microprocessor, a memory containing an applet, a counter, and a unique identifier. The smart card may dynamically generate a unique uniform resource location (URL) and transmit the URL to via a contactless communication interface to securely facilitate data access from other devices.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Maryland), Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Maryland), Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Virginia), Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
E-vaping cartridge
Patent No. 10,765,151
The cartridge includes a housing body, a hollow inner body extending longitudinally within the housing body and a reservoir configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir is tubular and at least a portion of the reservoir is disposed between the housing body and the hollow inner body. A distal end of the reservoir defines a vent hole. A wick is in fluid communication with the reservoir and a heater is configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation in the wick.
Inventors: Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Paper comprising aramid pulp and a friction paper made therefrom
Patent No. 10,767,316
A paper comprises from 60 to 99 weight percent of a aramid fibrous pulp and from 1 to 40 weight percent of a polyvinylpyrrolidone coating on the fiber surface, the coating being neither chemically nor electrostatically bound to the fibers. A friction paper composite comprising the paper and a resin coating is also described.
Inventors: Mehdi Afshari (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilmington, Delaware)
Sep. 8, 2020
Bibenzoate copolyesters and methods to produce them
Patent No. 10,767,005
Bibenzoate copolyesters are based on (4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid-co-3,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid) as the diacid component, and on an alicyclic diol compound such as 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol as a portion of the diol component. Copolyesters are based on 4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid, and/or 3,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid as the diacid component and may include a multifunctional acid. Copolymers may optionally base an essentially amorphous morphology, high glass transition temperature, high elongation at break, and/or high melting temperature. A method to make the copolymers controls the characteristics of the copolyester selected from one or a combination of amorphous morphology or degree of crystallinity, Tg, Tm, tensile modulus, flexural modulus, elongation at break, and so on, by selecting the proportions of the 4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid or ester producing equivalent thereof, 3,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid or ester producing equivalent thereof, and/or the proportion of the 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol in the diol component.
Inventors: Ryan J. Mondschein (Blacksburg, Virginia), Haoyu Liu (Midlothian, Virginia), Ting Chen (Friendswood, Texas), Timothy E. Long (Blacksburg, Virginia), S. Richard Turner (Blacksburg, Virginia)
Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents (Baytown, Texas) & Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (Blacksburg, Virginia)
Sep. 8, 2020
Reseal label for box in a box re-sealable pack
Patent No. 10,766,681
A container of consumer goods includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Midlothian, Virginia), James S. Bigelow (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Thermoformable multilayer films and blister packs produced therefrom
Patent No. 10,766,679
A multi-layer film structure for use in forming blister packaging. The multi-layer structure includes a first polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first polymeric layer comprising a metalized polyethylene teraphthalate, a second polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the second polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the first polymeric layer, the second polymeric layer comprising a cyclic olefin or a homopolymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene, and a third polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the third polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the second polymeric layer, the third polymeric layer comprising polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride. A method of making a multi-layer film structure and a packaging structure are also provided.
Inventors: Stephen J. Bellamah (Midlothian, Virginia), Ed Carmines (Midlothian, Virginia), Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Sep. 8, 2020
Method for combating impulsive interference/noise in multicarrier underwater acoustic communications
Patent No. 10,771,176
A communication system includes a repetitive orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (“ROFDM”) transmitter communicating with an ROFDM receiver. The ROFDM transmitter includes an ROFDM modulator, which includes a K-point Fast Fourier Transform receiving a block of time-domain data symbols and generating an initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol. The initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol is based on a block of frequency-domain data symbols corresponding to the block of time-domain data symbols. The initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol includes an ending part. The ROFDM modulator includes an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol repeater generating a repetitive orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol by repeatedly reproducing the initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol. The modulator includes a cyclic prefix adder prepending a cyclic prefix to the repetitive orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol to generate a baseband transmitted signal. The cyclic prefix includes the ending part of the initial orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing symbol. The ROFDM receiver includes an ROFDM demodulator.
Inventors: Zhiqiang Liu (Henrico, Virginia)
Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, D.C.)
Sep. 8, 2020