Silicon-containing Compounds For Lubricants
Patent No. 12291688
The present disclosure relates to lubricating compositions and methods of lubricating a spark-ignition engine effective to depress low-speed pre-ignition (LSPI) events and to maintain low foaming and/or aeration through selected silicon chemistries and treat rates.
Inventors: Sheng Jiang (Glen Allen, Va.); Ashutosh Gupta (Henrico, Va.); Kun Liu (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Heating Element And Heater Assemblies, Cartridges, And E-vapor Devices Including A Heating Element
Patent No. 12290104
In an example embodiment, a heater assembly for an electronic heating device includes a heating element and a support. The heating element includes a planar portion, a first lead, and a second lead. The planar portion includes a filament. The filament defines an air channel through the planar portion. The filament includes a plurality of curves. At least one of the curves has a tip thereon. At least one of the first lead portion, the second lead portion, or both the first lead portion and the second lead portion are generally coplanar with the planar portion of the heating element. The heating element is in contact with the support such that the tip of the at least one of the curves rests thereon.
Inventors: Arie Holtz (Jerusalem, Israel); Isaac Weigensberg (Tekoa, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
Procedural Animation Engine And Editor For Sample-based Design Of Stylized Walking Gaits For Bipedal Robots
Patent No. 12293445
A robot design and control system including a procedural animation engine and a graphical animation editor that enable animators to author stylized walking gaits achievable by physical robotic characters, including bipedal robots of varying design. The animation engine generates dynamically feasible reference trajectories for omnidirectional walking given a desired walking velocity that may be input from a joystick or an artificial intelligence (AI) planner. This allows a legged robot to walk along an arbitrary path while expressing a custom animation “style,” e.g., a happy walk, a sneaky walk, or other manner of walking. The stylized walking motion or gait is generalized by the animation engine from a small number of animation samples that are defined at key walking velocities and tracked using a whole-body controller. The set of samples that are used as input to define a walking style is authored by an animator using the animation editor.
Inventors: Michael Anthony Hopkins (Richmond); Kyle Michael Cesare (Boulder, Colo.); Georg Wiedebach (Glendale, Calif.); Jared Edward Bishop (Ventura, Calif.)
Assignee: Disney Enterprises (Burbank, Calif.)
May 6, 2025
Method Of Making Heater Assembly With At Least One Channel Defined Within First Housing
Patent No. 12290101
The method includes first defining at least one channel within a first housing of a heater assembly, the at least one channel extending from a first end to a second end of the first housing, second defining a cavity in the first end of the first housing, third defining a first reservoir in the second end of the first housing, the at least one channel being in fluid communication with the first reservoir, and fourth defining an opening within a first wall within the first housing, the opening causing the first reservoir and the cavity to be in communication with each other.
Inventors: Patrick Charles Silvestrini (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland); Guillaume Frederick (Les-Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
Corrosion-resistant Reservoir For An E-vaping Device And Method Of Manufacturing Thereof
Patent No. 12291650
Example embodiments relate to a method of protecting a surface of an e-vaping device portion from corrosion, the method including preparing a coating mixture configured to protect the surface from corrosion, and coating the surface with a protective coating based on the coating mixture, wherein the coating is performed via one of electrodeposition, dipping, spraying, and vapor deposition, and the coating mixture includes at least one of a silane and a resin.
Inventors: Georgios D. Karles (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Aerosol-generating Devices And Aerosol-generating Systems
Patent No. 12290629
An aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating device and at least two consumables. Each consumable includes an aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-generating device further includes a device housing comprising at least two receiving chambers, wherein each consumable is accommodated in a separate receiving chamber of the at least two receiving chambers. The aerosol-generating device further includes at least two mouthpieces, wherein each mouthpiece of the at least two mouthpieces is aligned with a separate consumable of the at least two consumables and wherein the aerosol-generating device is configured to isolate airflows through separate, respective mouthpieces of the at least two mouthpieces.
Inventor: tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
Sensor Apparatus
Patent No. 12292316
A sensor apparatus may include a channel structure configured to couple with an external element and a fluid conduit, such that the channel structure may receive a fluid, at least partially drawn through the external element from an ambient environment, and direct the fluid through the fluid conduit. A sensor may generate sensor data indicating a flow rate of the fluid through the fluid conduit based on monitoring a variation in a pressure at a location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and in relation to an ambient pressure of the ambient environment. The sensor apparatus may enable generation of improved topography information associated with flows of fluid drawn from the external element based on measuring a local pressure at the location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and determining the ambient pressure based on monitoring the local pressure over time.
Inventors: David B. Kane (Richmond); Yezdi B. Pithawalla (Richmond); Srinivasan Janardhan (Glen Allen, Va.); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Vaporizer Assembly For E-vaping Device
Patent No. 12290102
A vaporizer assembly for an e-vaping device includes a heater coil structure, a set of electrical lead structures coupled to opposite ends of the heater coil structure, and a non-conductive connector structure connected to each of the electrical lead structures, such that the electrical lead structures are coupled together independently of the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may contact a dispensing interface structure through the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may heat pre-vapor formulation drawn from a reservoir by the dispensing interface. The heater coil structure may define a surface, and the vaporizer assembly may apply a mechanical force to the dispensing interface structure, such that the heater coil structure is in compression with the dispensing interface structure and the heater coil structure surface is substantially flush with a surface of the dispensing interface structure. The heater coil structure may define a three-dimensional surface.
Inventor: Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
E-vaping Device Including E-vaping Case With Sliding Mechanism For Initiating Vapor Generation
Patent No. 12290111
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, Va.); Chris Simpson (Richmond); Terrance Theodore Bache (Richmond); David Schiff (Highland Park, N.J.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Genetic Locus Imparting A Low Anatabine Trait In Tobacco And Methods Of Using
Patent No. 12291715
Provided herein are genetic markers and a coding sequence associated with a low- or ultra-low anatabine trait in tobacco.
Inventors: Chengalrayan Kudithipudi (Midlothian, Va.); Alec J. Hayes (Chesterfield, Va.); Robert Frank Hart III (Chesterfield, Va.); Yanxin Shen (Glen Allen, Va.); Jesse Frederick (Richmond); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
Vessel Screen Retaining System And Method
Patent No. 12290094
Certain embodiments include a screen assembly of a vessel, where the screen assembly includes a plurality of fixed elements and a retainer, and the retainer includes a ring, a plurality of wedges disposed about the ring, and a plurality of keyholes at spaced locations about the ring. Each keyhole includes a bore and a slot extending from the bore into an adjacent wedge of the plurality of wedges, the slots have a width less than the bores, and the retainer may receive the fixed elements through the bores and may be rotated in a relation with the plurality of fixed elements to bring the plurality of fixed elements into simultaneous engagement with the wedges.
Inventors: Nathaniel Hull (Richmond); Adam Lisbeth (Richmond); William Sammier (Richmond); John Tilley (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Electronic Smoking Article
Patent No. 12290631
An electronic smoking article includes a reservoir including a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a spiral path insert including a channel having a spiral configuration along an outer periphery of the spiral path insert. A coating can be applied to the outer periphery of the spiral path insert.
Inventors: Srinivasan Janardhan (Glen Allen, Va.); Georgios D. Karles (Richmond); Yesdi B. Pithawalla (Midlothian, Va.); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook Va.); San Li (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)’
May 6, 2025
Fabrication Of Aerogels And Aerogel Composites By Ambient Pressure Sublimation Of Frozen Solvents
Patent No. 12291621
Drying polar solvents which do not form hydrogen bonds with a wet gel or aerogel, or eutectics or solvent mixtures with the drying solvents, are utilized in a solvent exchange with wet gels used in the formation of aerogels. Preferably the drying solvents are non-polar solvents. The drying solvent or solvent mixtures results in profoundly less shrinkage, thereby allowing for the production of aerogels of preferred materials properties.
Inventors: Massimo Bertino (Glen Allen, Va.); Tyler Selden (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
2-(5-aminopyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamides And Use Thereof In The Treatment Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Patent No. 12285418
Three compounds having a common molecular template of 2-(5-(N-acylamino)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide (Compounds I, II and I) are identified as potential anticancer therapeutic agents, and for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in particular. Compound I was specifically designed to target AML cells, inhibit growth, and induce cell death. Compound I demonstrated a dose-dependent effect on AML cell lines HL-60, Mv4-11, KG-1a, and K562.
Inventors: Roaa M. Alreemi (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Hind A. Alkhatabi (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Abdelsattar M. Omar (Jeddah, Saudia Arabia); Mohammed A. Baradwan (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Yosra A. Muhammad (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Peter Natesan Pushparaj (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Mohammad Basabrain (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Moustafa E. El-Araby (Richmond)
Assignee: University of Jeddah (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); King Abdulaziz University (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
April 29, 2025
Mounting Brace Assembly For A Pull Handle Assembly
Patent No. 12291895
The present invention includes a door having a first horizontal frame member with a rear wall, a front wall, and an interior cavity extending between the rear wall and the front wall, the front side having an aperture granting access to the interior cavity and to the rear wall of the first horizontal frame member. The door includes a first brace member secured to form a first side of the bracing assembly. The door includes a first vertical frame member securely engaged to the first horizontal frame member. Therein, the door includes a second brace member secured to the first side of the first vertical frame member and the first horizontal frame member to form a second side of the bracing assembly. The door includes a mounting assembly affixable within the bracing assembly. Whereupon, a pull assembly is affixable to the mounting assembly.
Inventors: Mark Allen Longest (Blackstone, Va.); Scott Childress (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: National Security and Door Corp. (Chesterfield, Va.)
May 6, 2025
Compositions And Methods For The Treatment Of Opioid Overdose
Patent No. 12290596
Drug products adapted for nasal delivery, comprising a pre-primed device filled with a pharmaceutical composition comprising nalmefene are provided. Methods of treating opioid overdose with the drug products are also provided.
Inventors: Phil Skolnick (Santa Monica, Calif.); Mark Ellison (Santa Monica, Calif.); Roger Crystal (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Assignee: Indivior (Chesterfield, Va.)
May 6, 2025
Refrigerator And Shelving System For A Refrigerator
Patent No. 12292231
A refrigerator shelving system includes a nest, a boss, and a shelf. The boss extends outward from the shelf. The boss is configured to engage the nest to maintain the shelf in a stowed position. The boss is configured to disengage the nest to transition the shelf to an operational position.
Inventors: Anant Karanjikar (St. Joseph, Mich.); Umakant Suresh Katu (Glen Allen, Va.); Kailash Shravan More (Pune, India); Sunil Patil (Belagavi, India); Vinay M. Patil (Pune, India)
Assignee: Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.)
May 6, 2025
Vaultless Tokenization
Patent No. 12287902
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for vaultless tokenization. Alphanumeric values may be determined based on numeric values generated from a hash of numeric user information shuffled through a plurality of randomly generated alphanumeric tables. The numeric user information and the alphanumeric values may be used to generate a table index. Shuffled numeric user information may be generated based on the table index and a plurality of randomly generated numeric tables, and transformed to alphanumeric user information (e.g., via format-preserving encryption, additive cipher, etc.). Each character of the alphanumeric user information may be shuffled through a different alphanumeric table of the plurality of alphanumeric tables identified for the character based on the table index. Moreover, an alphanumeric token may be generated based on the shuffled characters of the alphanumeric user information.
Inventors: Rohit Joshi (Glen Allen, Va.); Hao Cheng (Oakton, Va.); Michael James Caughey (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 29, 2025
Cleaning Solution, Dispenser Therefor And A Method Of Cleaning A Coffee Maker
Patent No. 12291697
cleaning solution is provided which can effectively clean and remove bacteria from a coffee maker. The cleaning solution can comprise from about 0.04 weight percent to about 0.06 weight percent hypochlorous acid, with the balance being electrolyzed oxygenated water, and wherein the cleaning solution has a pH of from about 6.1 to about 7.2. There is also provided a method of cleaning a coffee maker and dispenser therefore. The method comprises providing at least 16 fluid ounces of the cleaning solution into a reservoir of a substantially empty coffee maker, starting a brew cycle on the coffee maker, and then optionally flushing the coffee maker with water.
Inventor: Stewart Anton Thiel (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
May 6, 2025
Facemasks With Material Layers For Enhanced Bonding Process
Patent No. 12285061
A disposable facemask is provided having a filter body with an opening sized to cover the nose and mouth of a wearer. The filter body further includes an outer mask layer and an inner mask layer, and one or more intermediate layers disposed between the outer and inner mask layers. At least one of the intermediate layers is a nonwoven web layer including thermoplastic filaments formed from a random copolymer, or a random copolymer blended with a homopolymer.
Inventor: Ajay Y. Houde (Johns Creek, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
April 29, 2025
Parallel Secret Salt Generation And Authentication For Encrypted Communication
Patent No. 12289396
In a method of facilitating encrypted communications between a transmitting system having a unique identifier and a receiving system, a key generation system generates at least one encryption master key for use with the unique identifier and an encryption algorithm to produce a transmitting system-unique encryption key. The key generation system also generates a shared secret master key for use with the unique identifier and a second encryption algorithm to produce a shared secret value. The at least one encryption master key and the shared secret master key are then stored in an encryption information database. The key generation system transmits the at least one encryption master key and shared secret information to the transmitting system and transmits the at least one encryption master key, the shared secret master key and the unique identifier to the receiving data processing system.
Inventors: Kevin Osborn (Henrico, Va.); James Zarakas (Centreville, Va.); Mark C. Dupuis (McLean, Va.); Srinivasa Chigurupati (Long Grove, Ill.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 29, 2025
Systems And Methods For Remotely Storing Security Credentials In Cloud Computing Systems Featuring Partitioned Network Structures
Systems and methods generate requests for encrypted (e.g., secured) credentials and data using one of a plurality of API plugins that are selected based on an access protocol for a network partition at which requested data is determined to be stored. Through the use of the dynamically-selected API plugins, the systems and methods may provide the aforementioned functions while being compatible with the different access protocols that may be encountered when providing centralized management across a diverse spectrum of user accounts, networks, and/or cloud platforms.
Inventors: Jinlian Wang (Falls Church, Va.); Peter Zeller (McLean, Va.); Christopher Schultz (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 29, 2025
Silicon-containing Compounds For Lubricants
Patent No. 12291688
The present disclosure relates to lubricating compositions and methods of lubricating a spark-ignition engine effective to depress low-speed pre-ignition (LSPI) events and to maintain low foaming and/or aeration through selected silicon chemistries and treat rates.
Inventors: Sheng Jiang (Glen Allen, Va.); Ashutosh Gupta (Henrico, Va.); Kun Liu (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Heating Element And Heater Assemblies, Cartridges, And E-vapor Devices Including A Heating Element
Patent No. 12290104
In an example embodiment, a heater assembly for an electronic heating device includes a heating element and a support. The heating element includes a planar portion, a first lead, and a second lead. The planar portion includes a filament. The filament defines an air channel through the planar portion. The filament includes a plurality of curves. At least one of the curves has a tip thereon. At least one of the first lead portion, the second lead portion, or both the first lead portion and the second lead portion are generally coplanar with the planar portion of the heating element. The heating element is in contact with the support such that the tip of the at least one of the curves rests thereon.
Inventors: Arie Holtz (Jerusalem, Israel); Isaac Weigensberg (Tekoa, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
Procedural Animation Engine And Editor For Sample-based Design Of Stylized Walking Gaits For Bipedal Robots
Patent No. 12293445
A robot design and control system including a procedural animation engine and a graphical animation editor that enable animators to author stylized walking gaits achievable by physical robotic characters, including bipedal robots of varying design. The animation engine generates dynamically feasible reference trajectories for omnidirectional walking given a desired walking velocity that may be input from a joystick or an artificial intelligence (AI) planner. This allows a legged robot to walk along an arbitrary path while expressing a custom animation “style,” e.g., a happy walk, a sneaky walk, or other manner of walking. The stylized walking motion or gait is generalized by the animation engine from a small number of animation samples that are defined at key walking velocities and tracked using a whole-body controller. The set of samples that are used as input to define a walking style is authored by an animator using the animation editor.
Inventors: Michael Anthony Hopkins (Richmond); Kyle Michael Cesare (Boulder, Colo.); Georg Wiedebach (Glendale, Calif.); Jared Edward Bishop (Ventura, Calif.)
Assignee: Disney Enterprises (Burbank, Calif.)
May 6, 2025
Method Of Making Heater Assembly With At Least One Channel Defined Within First Housing
Patent No. 12290101
The method includes first defining at least one channel within a first housing of a heater assembly, the at least one channel extending from a first end to a second end of the first housing, second defining a cavity in the first end of the first housing, third defining a first reservoir in the second end of the first housing, the at least one channel being in fluid communication with the first reservoir, and fourth defining an opening within a first wall within the first housing, the opening causing the first reservoir and the cavity to be in communication with each other.
Inventors: Patrick Charles Silvestrini (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland); Guillaume Frederick (Les-Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
Corrosion-resistant Reservoir For An E-vaping Device And Method Of Manufacturing Thereof
Patent No. 12291650
Example embodiments relate to a method of protecting a surface of an e-vaping device portion from corrosion, the method including preparing a coating mixture configured to protect the surface from corrosion, and coating the surface with a protective coating based on the coating mixture, wherein the coating is performed via one of electrodeposition, dipping, spraying, and vapor deposition, and the coating mixture includes at least one of a silane and a resin.
Inventors: Georgios D. Karles (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Aerosol-generating Devices And Aerosol-generating Systems
Patent No. 12290629
An aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating device and at least two consumables. Each consumable includes an aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-generating device further includes a device housing comprising at least two receiving chambers, wherein each consumable is accommodated in a separate receiving chamber of the at least two receiving chambers. The aerosol-generating device further includes at least two mouthpieces, wherein each mouthpiece of the at least two mouthpieces is aligned with a separate consumable of the at least two consumables and wherein the aerosol-generating device is configured to isolate airflows through separate, respective mouthpieces of the at least two mouthpieces.
Inventor: tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
Sensor Apparatus
Patent No. 12292316
A sensor apparatus may include a channel structure configured to couple with an external element and a fluid conduit, such that the channel structure may receive a fluid, at least partially drawn through the external element from an ambient environment, and direct the fluid through the fluid conduit. A sensor may generate sensor data indicating a flow rate of the fluid through the fluid conduit based on monitoring a variation in a pressure at a location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and in relation to an ambient pressure of the ambient environment. The sensor apparatus may enable generation of improved topography information associated with flows of fluid drawn from the external element based on measuring a local pressure at the location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and determining the ambient pressure based on monitoring the local pressure over time.
Inventors: David B. Kane (Richmond); Yezdi B. Pithawalla (Richmond); Srinivasan Janardhan (Glen Allen, Va.); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Vaporizer Assembly For E-vaping Device
Patent No. 12290102
A vaporizer assembly for an e-vaping device includes a heater coil structure, a set of electrical lead structures coupled to opposite ends of the heater coil structure, and a non-conductive connector structure connected to each of the electrical lead structures, such that the electrical lead structures are coupled together independently of the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may contact a dispensing interface structure through the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may heat pre-vapor formulation drawn from a reservoir by the dispensing interface. The heater coil structure may define a surface, and the vaporizer assembly may apply a mechanical force to the dispensing interface structure, such that the heater coil structure is in compression with the dispensing interface structure and the heater coil structure surface is substantially flush with a surface of the dispensing interface structure. The heater coil structure may define a three-dimensional surface.
Inventor: Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
E-vaping Device Including E-vaping Case With Sliding Mechanism For Initiating Vapor Generation
Patent No. 12290111
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, Va.); Chris Simpson (Richmond); Terrance Theodore Bache (Richmond); David Schiff (Highland Park, N.J.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Genetic Locus Imparting A Low Anatabine Trait In Tobacco And Methods Of Using
Patent No. 12291715
Provided herein are genetic markers and a coding sequence associated with a low- or ultra-low anatabine trait in tobacco.
Inventors: Chengalrayan Kudithipudi (Midlothian, Va.); Alec J. Hayes (Chesterfield, Va.); Robert Frank Hart III (Chesterfield, Va.); Yanxin Shen (Glen Allen, Va.); Jesse Frederick (Richmond); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
May 6, 2025
Vessel Screen Retaining System And Method
Patent No. 12290094
Certain embodiments include a screen assembly of a vessel, where the screen assembly includes a plurality of fixed elements and a retainer, and the retainer includes a ring, a plurality of wedges disposed about the ring, and a plurality of keyholes at spaced locations about the ring. Each keyhole includes a bore and a slot extending from the bore into an adjacent wedge of the plurality of wedges, the slots have a width less than the bores, and the retainer may receive the fixed elements through the bores and may be rotated in a relation with the plurality of fixed elements to bring the plurality of fixed elements into simultaneous engagement with the wedges.
Inventors: Nathaniel Hull (Richmond); Adam Lisbeth (Richmond); William Sammier (Richmond); John Tilley (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
Electronic Smoking Article
Patent No. 12290631
An electronic smoking article includes a reservoir including a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a spiral path insert including a channel having a spiral configuration along an outer periphery of the spiral path insert. A coating can be applied to the outer periphery of the spiral path insert.
Inventors: Srinivasan Janardhan (Glen Allen, Va.); Georgios D. Karles (Richmond); Yesdi B. Pithawalla (Midlothian, Va.); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook Va.); San Li (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)’
May 6, 2025
Fabrication Of Aerogels And Aerogel Composites By Ambient Pressure Sublimation Of Frozen Solvents
Patent No. 12291621
Drying polar solvents which do not form hydrogen bonds with a wet gel or aerogel, or eutectics or solvent mixtures with the drying solvents, are utilized in a solvent exchange with wet gels used in the formation of aerogels. Preferably the drying solvents are non-polar solvents. The drying solvent or solvent mixtures results in profoundly less shrinkage, thereby allowing for the production of aerogels of preferred materials properties.
Inventors: Massimo Bertino (Glen Allen, Va.); Tyler Selden (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
May 6, 2025
2-(5-aminopyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamides And Use Thereof In The Treatment Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Patent No. 12285418
Three compounds having a common molecular template of 2-(5-(N-acylamino)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide (Compounds I, II and I) are identified as potential anticancer therapeutic agents, and for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in particular. Compound I was specifically designed to target AML cells, inhibit growth, and induce cell death. Compound I demonstrated a dose-dependent effect on AML cell lines HL-60, Mv4-11, KG-1a, and K562.
Inventors: Roaa M. Alreemi (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Hind A. Alkhatabi (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Abdelsattar M. Omar (Jeddah, Saudia Arabia); Mohammed A. Baradwan (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Yosra A. Muhammad (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Peter Natesan Pushparaj (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Mohammad Basabrain (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Moustafa E. El-Araby (Richmond)
Assignee: University of Jeddah (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); King Abdulaziz University (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
April 29, 2025
Mounting Brace Assembly For A Pull Handle Assembly
Patent No. 12291895
The present invention includes a door having a first horizontal frame member with a rear wall, a front wall, and an interior cavity extending between the rear wall and the front wall, the front side having an aperture granting access to the interior cavity and to the rear wall of the first horizontal frame member. The door includes a first brace member secured to form a first side of the bracing assembly. The door includes a first vertical frame member securely engaged to the first horizontal frame member. Therein, the door includes a second brace member secured to the first side of the first vertical frame member and the first horizontal frame member to form a second side of the bracing assembly. The door includes a mounting assembly affixable within the bracing assembly. Whereupon, a pull assembly is affixable to the mounting assembly.
Inventors: Mark Allen Longest (Blackstone, Va.); Scott Childress (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: National Security and Door Corp. (Chesterfield, Va.)
May 6, 2025
Compositions And Methods For The Treatment Of Opioid Overdose
Patent No. 12290596
Drug products adapted for nasal delivery, comprising a pre-primed device filled with a pharmaceutical composition comprising nalmefene are provided. Methods of treating opioid overdose with the drug products are also provided.
Inventors: Phil Skolnick (Santa Monica, Calif.); Mark Ellison (Santa Monica, Calif.); Roger Crystal (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Assignee: Indivior (Chesterfield, Va.)
May 6, 2025
Refrigerator And Shelving System For A Refrigerator
Patent No. 12292231
A refrigerator shelving system includes a nest, a boss, and a shelf. The boss extends outward from the shelf. The boss is configured to engage the nest to maintain the shelf in a stowed position. The boss is configured to disengage the nest to transition the shelf to an operational position.
Inventors: Anant Karanjikar (St. Joseph, Mich.); Umakant Suresh Katu (Glen Allen, Va.); Kailash Shravan More (Pune, India); Sunil Patil (Belagavi, India); Vinay M. Patil (Pune, India)
Assignee: Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.)
May 6, 2025
Vaultless Tokenization
Patent No. 12287902
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for vaultless tokenization. Alphanumeric values may be determined based on numeric values generated from a hash of numeric user information shuffled through a plurality of randomly generated alphanumeric tables. The numeric user information and the alphanumeric values may be used to generate a table index. Shuffled numeric user information may be generated based on the table index and a plurality of randomly generated numeric tables, and transformed to alphanumeric user information (e.g., via format-preserving encryption, additive cipher, etc.). Each character of the alphanumeric user information may be shuffled through a different alphanumeric table of the plurality of alphanumeric tables identified for the character based on the table index. Moreover, an alphanumeric token may be generated based on the shuffled characters of the alphanumeric user information.
Inventors: Rohit Joshi (Glen Allen, Va.); Hao Cheng (Oakton, Va.); Michael James Caughey (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 29, 2025
Cleaning Solution, Dispenser Therefor And A Method Of Cleaning A Coffee Maker
Patent No. 12291697
cleaning solution is provided which can effectively clean and remove bacteria from a coffee maker. The cleaning solution can comprise from about 0.04 weight percent to about 0.06 weight percent hypochlorous acid, with the balance being electrolyzed oxygenated water, and wherein the cleaning solution has a pH of from about 6.1 to about 7.2. There is also provided a method of cleaning a coffee maker and dispenser therefore. The method comprises providing at least 16 fluid ounces of the cleaning solution into a reservoir of a substantially empty coffee maker, starting a brew cycle on the coffee maker, and then optionally flushing the coffee maker with water.
Inventor: Stewart Anton Thiel (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
May 6, 2025
Facemasks With Material Layers For Enhanced Bonding Process
Patent No. 12285061
A disposable facemask is provided having a filter body with an opening sized to cover the nose and mouth of a wearer. The filter body further includes an outer mask layer and an inner mask layer, and one or more intermediate layers disposed between the outer and inner mask layers. At least one of the intermediate layers is a nonwoven web layer including thermoplastic filaments formed from a random copolymer, or a random copolymer blended with a homopolymer.
Inventor: Ajay Y. Houde (Johns Creek, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
April 29, 2025
Parallel Secret Salt Generation And Authentication For Encrypted Communication
Patent No. 12289396
In a method of facilitating encrypted communications between a transmitting system having a unique identifier and a receiving system, a key generation system generates at least one encryption master key for use with the unique identifier and an encryption algorithm to produce a transmitting system-unique encryption key. The key generation system also generates a shared secret master key for use with the unique identifier and a second encryption algorithm to produce a shared secret value. The at least one encryption master key and the shared secret master key are then stored in an encryption information database. The key generation system transmits the at least one encryption master key and shared secret information to the transmitting system and transmits the at least one encryption master key, the shared secret master key and the unique identifier to the receiving data processing system.
Inventors: Kevin Osborn (Henrico, Va.); James Zarakas (Centreville, Va.); Mark C. Dupuis (McLean, Va.); Srinivasa Chigurupati (Long Grove, Ill.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 29, 2025
Systems And Methods For Remotely Storing Security Credentials In Cloud Computing Systems Featuring Partitioned Network Structures
Systems and methods generate requests for encrypted (e.g., secured) credentials and data using one of a plurality of API plugins that are selected based on an access protocol for a network partition at which requested data is determined to be stored. Through the use of the dynamically-selected API plugins, the systems and methods may provide the aforementioned functions while being compatible with the different access protocols that may be encountered when providing centralized management across a diverse spectrum of user accounts, networks, and/or cloud platforms.
Inventors: Jinlian Wang (Falls Church, Va.); Peter Zeller (McLean, Va.); Christopher Schultz (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 29, 2025