Socket and wrench gauge
Patent No. 9,372,060
A socket and wrench gauge provides for the portable and precise measurement of the dimension of a bolt or nut across the flats thereof, in order to determine the precise size of the socket or wrench required for use therewith. The socket and wrench gauge consists of two parallel jaws with gripping points, with the first jaw and gripping point extending laterally from an elongated slide scale and the opposite jaw and gripping point extending laterally from an elongated body receiver and raceway through which the slide scale operates. The scale consists of two linear rows of dimensional numbers thereon, with each of the numbers corresponding to a distance between the two jaws and gripping points. The numbers are placed longitudinally along the face of the scale for simplicity and greater legibility. The body receiver and raceway channel includes two coinciding reference marks placed laterally thereacross, which in combination with the longitudinal array of dimensional numbers, results in a singular dimensional number being exactly aligned with a corresponding reference mark for any measurement. The scale numbers correspond with the standardized size of sockets and wrenches used in industry, and the socket and wrench gauge may include inch, fractional inch and metric measurements longitudinally on the face side. The socket and wrench gauge may be formed of various rigid plastics or machined using soft or hard metals as desired. The socket and wrench gauge may be made sufficiently small so as to fit within a modern shirt or pant pocket, in order to be readily available to the user at all times.
Inventors: Ronald Howard (Richmond)
Assignee: N/A
June 21, 2016
Tire containing noise reducing fibrous layers
Patent No. 9,370,970
A pneumatic tire comprises an overlay wherein the overlay is positioned above the belt plies but beneath the tread, and at least one overlay end is folded and extends inwards toward the center line of the tire.
Inventors: Mark Allan Lamontia (Landenberg, Penn.), Derya Gulsen Onbilger (Midlothian, Va.), Brian R. France (N. Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
June 20, 2016
Tobacco inbred plants ALBEX1F and ALBEX1MS
Patent No. 9,370,160
The present invention provides tobacco inbred plants ALBEX1F and ALBEX1MS. The present invention also provides parts of such plants and products made from those parts. The present invention also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrids.
Inventors: Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.), Mark T. Nielsen (Nicholasville, Ky.), Yanxin Shen (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond)
June 21, 2016
Method of incorporating additives to shaped porous monocomponent biopolymer fibers during fiber orienting step
Patent No. 9,370,482
Biopolymers, and natural and bio additives are process-sensitive materials, prefer minimized steps and mild parameters. With all of prior achievements in making products from biopolymers, biopolymers have less than 1% of total polymers global usage after over a century of growth. A process is disclosed to make fibers from biopolymers and to incorporate the fibers with additives during the fiber forming steps via minimized steps and mild parameters.
Inventors: Harrison Yu (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 21, 2016
Sandwich making appliance and method of making a sandwich with the same
Patent No. 9,370,275
A small cooking appliance comprises a bottom housing, a top housing, and a ring assembly. The bottom housing has a top surface that forms a bottom cooking surface. The top housing has a bottom surface that forms a top cooking surface. The top housing is movably attached to the bottom housing and moveable between a closed position and an open position. The ring assembly is positioned between the top and bottom cooking surfaces when the top housing is in its closed position. The ring assembly comprises a top ring, a bottom ring, and a center cooking plate. The center cooking plate is adapted to be removably inserted between the top ring and the bottom ring such that a space defined by the ring assembly is divided into top and bottom cooking cavities when the center cooking plate is inserted between the top ring and the bottom ring.
Inventors: David L. Jackson (Mechanicsville, Va.), Michael Garman (Moseley, Va.), Abraham S. Longmire (Ashland, Va.), George Stamper (Quinton, Va.), Michael M. Pierce (Henrico, Va.), Derek A. McCullough (Henrico, Va.), Mark C. Steiner (Midlothian, Va.), Claire Ashley (New York, N.Y.)
Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.)
June 21, 2016
Virtual machine dependency
Patent No. 9,372,710
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for describing virtual machine dependencies. In particular, data objects, such as virtual hard drives, associated with virtual machines may be identified and/or examined to identify data structures, such as configuration files, comprising configuration data. The configuration data may be analyzed to determine dependency relationships between virtual machines to describe virtual machine dependencies. Identifying virtual machine dependencies, among other things, allows virtual machines that are no longer used to be repurposed, deleted, reset, etc. with little to no adverse effect on other virtual machines.
Inventors: Deepak Kenchammana-Hosekote (Mountain View, Calif.), Eric Paul Forgette (Mechanicsville, Va.), Shravan Gaonkar (Sunnyvale, Calif.)
Assignee: NetApp Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.)
June 21, 2016
Flourescent in-situ detection of lipid particle apolipoproteins within primary electrophoretic matrix
Patent No. 9,372,197
The present invention relates to, among other things, a gel electrophoresis system for detecting the level of specific Apolipoproteins and/or lipoprotein particles present in intact lipid particles in a biological sample. The system includes a gel substrate to receive a biological sample, at least two lipoprotein-binding complexes. Each complex includes an antibody that binds a lipoprotein particle or a portion thereof, which is bound to a signal producing molecule capable of producing or causing production of a detectable signal. The system also includes a device for detecting the detectable signal. The present invention also relates to methods of assessing the level of specific Apolipoproteins and/or lipoprotein particles present in a biological sample, determining whether a subject is at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, and monitoring the risk for developing cardiovascular disease.
Inventors: Philip Guadagno (Vashon Island, Wash.), Erin Grace Bellin (Sandston, Va.)
Assignee: True Health Diagnostics LLC (Frisco, Texas)
June 21, 2016
Assign photographers on an event invite and automate requesting, uploading, and sharing of photos and videos for an event
Patent No. 9,373,104
Methods, program products and systems to assign photographers on an event invite and automate requesting, uploading and sharing of the event’s photos/videos are described here. The solution would allow to assign photographers for an event using the event’s invite itself, indirectly triggering the auto-creation of a new photo/video album and allowing the photographer invitees to upload their photos/videos for the event, either real-time or manually at a later time. Thereafter, once an event is complete, the event’s photo/video album would be either automatically or manually shared with the event’s guests depending upon the preferences set by the event’s owner.
Inventors: Ankit Dilip Kothari (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 21, 2016
Magneto-elastic non-volatile multiferroic logic and memory with ultralow energy dissipation
Patent No. 9,379,162
Memory cells, non-volatile logic gates, and combinations thereof have magneto-tunneling junctions (MTJs) which are switched using potential differences across a piezoelectric layer in elastic contact with a magnetostrictive nanomagnet of an MTJ. One or more pairs of electrodes are arranged about the MTJ for supplying voltage across the piezoelectric layer for switching. A permanent magnetic field may be employed to change the positions of the stable magnetic orientations of the magnetostrictive nanomagnet. Exemplary memory cells and universal non-volatile logic gates show dramatically improved performance characteristics, particularly with respect to energy dissipation and error-resilience, over existing methods and architectures for switching MTJs such as spin transfer torque (STT) techniques.
Inventors: Supriyo Bandyopadhyay (Glen Allen, Va.), Jayasimha Atulasimha (Glen Allen, Va.), Ayan Kumar Biswas (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
June 28, 2016
Blister packaging
Patent No. 9,376,246
A blister package including an outer sleeve and a blister receptacle, the blister package having retention panel supporting mechanisms proximate an end of the blister receptacle to support the blister package in the outer sleeve when the blister package is almost completely withdrawn from the outer sleeve and may include one or more locking mechanisms to prevent unwanted opening of the blister package or disengagement of the blister package from the outer sleeve.
Inventors: Marty Jones (Glen Allen, Va.), Ryan A. Bailey (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Dispensing Systems Inc. (Norcross, Ga.)
June 28, 2016
System and method for providing contactless payment with a near field communications attachment
Patent No. 9,378,496
A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include an attachment with a near field communication antenna, a secure element, a plug capable of connecting the attachment to an audio jack on a mobile device. Further, a system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving a payment initiation instruction from a customer, using a near field communication antenna, sending payment information to a point of sale device, using one or more computer processors, encoding data related to the payment as audio data, and transmitting the data related to the payment through an audio jack.
Inventors: Thomas S. Poole (Chantilly, Va.), Paul Young Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.)
June 28, 2016
System and method for providing contactless payment with a near field communications attachment
Patent No. 9,378,495
A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include an attachment with a near field communication antenna, a secure element, a plug capable of connecting the attachment to an audio jack on a mobile device. Further, a system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving a payment initiation instruction from a customer, using a near field communication antenna, sending payment information to a point of sale device, using one or more computer processors, encoding data related to the payment as audio data, and transmitting the data related to the payment through an audio jack.
Inventors: Thomas S. Poole (Chantilly, Va.), Paul Young Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.)
June 28, 2016
Polyvalent chimeric OspC vaccinogen and diagnostic antigen
Patent No. 9,376,472
A chimeric polyvalent recombinant protein for use as a vaccine and diagnostic for Lyme disease is provided. The chimeric protein comprises epitopes of the loop 5 region and/or the alpha helix 5 region of outer surface protein C (OspC) types. The OspC types may be associated with mammalian Borrelia infections.
Inventors: Richard T. Marconi (Midlothian, Va.), Christopher Earnhart (Williamsburg, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
June 28, 2016
Particulate superabsorbent polymer composition having improved stability
Patent No. 9,375,507
The present invention relates to a particulate superabsorbent polymer composition comprising a polymer comprising a neutralized aluminum salt solution applied to the surface of a particulate superabsorbent polymer; wherein an aqueous solution of the neutralized aluminum salt has a pH value from about 5.5 to about 8 and the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition has a mean particle size distribution of from 300 to 400 .mu.m, an original Free Swell Gel Bed Permeability (FSGBP) of about 20.times.10.sup.-8 cm.sup.2 to about 200.times.10.sup.-8 cm.sup.2; and subsequent to subjecting the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition to the Processing Test, the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition has a permeability stability index of from about 0.60 to about 0.99 and having particles having a particle diameter of larger than 600 .mu.m in an amount of less than about 15 wt % of the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition and as specified by standard sieve classification.
Inventors: Gonglu Tian (Henrico, Va.), Matthew Thomas Ondisco (Greensboro, N.C.), David L. Bergman (Greensboro, N.C.), Bernfried Messner (Summerfield, N.C.), Scott J. Smith (Dusseldorf, Germany), Mark Joy (Reidsville, N.C.)
Assignee: Evonik Corp. (Parsippany, N.J.)
June 28, 2016
Socket and wrench gauge
Patent No. 9,372,060
A socket and wrench gauge provides for the portable and precise measurement of the dimension of a bolt or nut across the flats thereof, in order to determine the precise size of the socket or wrench required for use therewith. The socket and wrench gauge consists of two parallel jaws with gripping points, with the first jaw and gripping point extending laterally from an elongated slide scale and the opposite jaw and gripping point extending laterally from an elongated body receiver and raceway through which the slide scale operates. The scale consists of two linear rows of dimensional numbers thereon, with each of the numbers corresponding to a distance between the two jaws and gripping points. The numbers are placed longitudinally along the face of the scale for simplicity and greater legibility. The body receiver and raceway channel includes two coinciding reference marks placed laterally thereacross, which in combination with the longitudinal array of dimensional numbers, results in a singular dimensional number being exactly aligned with a corresponding reference mark for any measurement. The scale numbers correspond with the standardized size of sockets and wrenches used in industry, and the socket and wrench gauge may include inch, fractional inch and metric measurements longitudinally on the face side. The socket and wrench gauge may be formed of various rigid plastics or machined using soft or hard metals as desired. The socket and wrench gauge may be made sufficiently small so as to fit within a modern shirt or pant pocket, in order to be readily available to the user at all times.
Inventors: Ronald Howard (Richmond)
Assignee: N/A
June 21, 2016
Tire containing noise reducing fibrous layers
Patent No. 9,370,970
A pneumatic tire comprises an overlay wherein the overlay is positioned above the belt plies but beneath the tread, and at least one overlay end is folded and extends inwards toward the center line of the tire.
Inventors: Mark Allan Lamontia (Landenberg, Penn.), Derya Gulsen Onbilger (Midlothian, Va.), Brian R. France (N. Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
June 20, 2016
Tobacco inbred plants ALBEX1F and ALBEX1MS
Patent No. 9,370,160
The present invention provides tobacco inbred plants ALBEX1F and ALBEX1MS. The present invention also provides parts of such plants and products made from those parts. The present invention also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrids.
Inventors: Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.), Mark T. Nielsen (Nicholasville, Ky.), Yanxin Shen (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond)
June 21, 2016
Method of incorporating additives to shaped porous monocomponent biopolymer fibers during fiber orienting step
Patent No. 9,370,482
Biopolymers, and natural and bio additives are process-sensitive materials, prefer minimized steps and mild parameters. With all of prior achievements in making products from biopolymers, biopolymers have less than 1% of total polymers global usage after over a century of growth. A process is disclosed to make fibers from biopolymers and to incorporate the fibers with additives during the fiber forming steps via minimized steps and mild parameters.
Inventors: Harrison Yu (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 21, 2016
Sandwich making appliance and method of making a sandwich with the same
Patent No. 9,370,275
A small cooking appliance comprises a bottom housing, a top housing, and a ring assembly. The bottom housing has a top surface that forms a bottom cooking surface. The top housing has a bottom surface that forms a top cooking surface. The top housing is movably attached to the bottom housing and moveable between a closed position and an open position. The ring assembly is positioned between the top and bottom cooking surfaces when the top housing is in its closed position. The ring assembly comprises a top ring, a bottom ring, and a center cooking plate. The center cooking plate is adapted to be removably inserted between the top ring and the bottom ring such that a space defined by the ring assembly is divided into top and bottom cooking cavities when the center cooking plate is inserted between the top ring and the bottom ring.
Inventors: David L. Jackson (Mechanicsville, Va.), Michael Garman (Moseley, Va.), Abraham S. Longmire (Ashland, Va.), George Stamper (Quinton, Va.), Michael M. Pierce (Henrico, Va.), Derek A. McCullough (Henrico, Va.), Mark C. Steiner (Midlothian, Va.), Claire Ashley (New York, N.Y.)
Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.)
June 21, 2016
Virtual machine dependency
Patent No. 9,372,710
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for describing virtual machine dependencies. In particular, data objects, such as virtual hard drives, associated with virtual machines may be identified and/or examined to identify data structures, such as configuration files, comprising configuration data. The configuration data may be analyzed to determine dependency relationships between virtual machines to describe virtual machine dependencies. Identifying virtual machine dependencies, among other things, allows virtual machines that are no longer used to be repurposed, deleted, reset, etc. with little to no adverse effect on other virtual machines.
Inventors: Deepak Kenchammana-Hosekote (Mountain View, Calif.), Eric Paul Forgette (Mechanicsville, Va.), Shravan Gaonkar (Sunnyvale, Calif.)
Assignee: NetApp Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.)
June 21, 2016
Flourescent in-situ detection of lipid particle apolipoproteins within primary electrophoretic matrix
Patent No. 9,372,197
The present invention relates to, among other things, a gel electrophoresis system for detecting the level of specific Apolipoproteins and/or lipoprotein particles present in intact lipid particles in a biological sample. The system includes a gel substrate to receive a biological sample, at least two lipoprotein-binding complexes. Each complex includes an antibody that binds a lipoprotein particle or a portion thereof, which is bound to a signal producing molecule capable of producing or causing production of a detectable signal. The system also includes a device for detecting the detectable signal. The present invention also relates to methods of assessing the level of specific Apolipoproteins and/or lipoprotein particles present in a biological sample, determining whether a subject is at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, and monitoring the risk for developing cardiovascular disease.
Inventors: Philip Guadagno (Vashon Island, Wash.), Erin Grace Bellin (Sandston, Va.)
Assignee: True Health Diagnostics LLC (Frisco, Texas)
June 21, 2016
Assign photographers on an event invite and automate requesting, uploading, and sharing of photos and videos for an event
Patent No. 9,373,104
Methods, program products and systems to assign photographers on an event invite and automate requesting, uploading and sharing of the event’s photos/videos are described here. The solution would allow to assign photographers for an event using the event’s invite itself, indirectly triggering the auto-creation of a new photo/video album and allowing the photographer invitees to upload their photos/videos for the event, either real-time or manually at a later time. Thereafter, once an event is complete, the event’s photo/video album would be either automatically or manually shared with the event’s guests depending upon the preferences set by the event’s owner.
Inventors: Ankit Dilip Kothari (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 21, 2016
Magneto-elastic non-volatile multiferroic logic and memory with ultralow energy dissipation
Patent No. 9,379,162
Memory cells, non-volatile logic gates, and combinations thereof have magneto-tunneling junctions (MTJs) which are switched using potential differences across a piezoelectric layer in elastic contact with a magnetostrictive nanomagnet of an MTJ. One or more pairs of electrodes are arranged about the MTJ for supplying voltage across the piezoelectric layer for switching. A permanent magnetic field may be employed to change the positions of the stable magnetic orientations of the magnetostrictive nanomagnet. Exemplary memory cells and universal non-volatile logic gates show dramatically improved performance characteristics, particularly with respect to energy dissipation and error-resilience, over existing methods and architectures for switching MTJs such as spin transfer torque (STT) techniques.
Inventors: Supriyo Bandyopadhyay (Glen Allen, Va.), Jayasimha Atulasimha (Glen Allen, Va.), Ayan Kumar Biswas (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
June 28, 2016
Blister packaging
Patent No. 9,376,246
A blister package including an outer sleeve and a blister receptacle, the blister package having retention panel supporting mechanisms proximate an end of the blister receptacle to support the blister package in the outer sleeve when the blister package is almost completely withdrawn from the outer sleeve and may include one or more locking mechanisms to prevent unwanted opening of the blister package or disengagement of the blister package from the outer sleeve.
Inventors: Marty Jones (Glen Allen, Va.), Ryan A. Bailey (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Dispensing Systems Inc. (Norcross, Ga.)
June 28, 2016
System and method for providing contactless payment with a near field communications attachment
Patent No. 9,378,496
A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include an attachment with a near field communication antenna, a secure element, a plug capable of connecting the attachment to an audio jack on a mobile device. Further, a system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving a payment initiation instruction from a customer, using a near field communication antenna, sending payment information to a point of sale device, using one or more computer processors, encoding data related to the payment as audio data, and transmitting the data related to the payment through an audio jack.
Inventors: Thomas S. Poole (Chantilly, Va.), Paul Young Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.)
June 28, 2016
System and method for providing contactless payment with a near field communications attachment
Patent No. 9,378,495
A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include an attachment with a near field communication antenna, a secure element, a plug capable of connecting the attachment to an audio jack on a mobile device. Further, a system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving a payment initiation instruction from a customer, using a near field communication antenna, sending payment information to a point of sale device, using one or more computer processors, encoding data related to the payment as audio data, and transmitting the data related to the payment through an audio jack.
Inventors: Thomas S. Poole (Chantilly, Va.), Paul Young Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.)
June 28, 2016
Polyvalent chimeric OspC vaccinogen and diagnostic antigen
Patent No. 9,376,472
A chimeric polyvalent recombinant protein for use as a vaccine and diagnostic for Lyme disease is provided. The chimeric protein comprises epitopes of the loop 5 region and/or the alpha helix 5 region of outer surface protein C (OspC) types. The OspC types may be associated with mammalian Borrelia infections.
Inventors: Richard T. Marconi (Midlothian, Va.), Christopher Earnhart (Williamsburg, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
June 28, 2016
Particulate superabsorbent polymer composition having improved stability
Patent No. 9,375,507
The present invention relates to a particulate superabsorbent polymer composition comprising a polymer comprising a neutralized aluminum salt solution applied to the surface of a particulate superabsorbent polymer; wherein an aqueous solution of the neutralized aluminum salt has a pH value from about 5.5 to about 8 and the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition has a mean particle size distribution of from 300 to 400 .mu.m, an original Free Swell Gel Bed Permeability (FSGBP) of about 20.times.10.sup.-8 cm.sup.2 to about 200.times.10.sup.-8 cm.sup.2; and subsequent to subjecting the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition to the Processing Test, the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition has a permeability stability index of from about 0.60 to about 0.99 and having particles having a particle diameter of larger than 600 .mu.m in an amount of less than about 15 wt % of the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition and as specified by standard sieve classification.
Inventors: Gonglu Tian (Henrico, Va.), Matthew Thomas Ondisco (Greensboro, N.C.), David L. Bergman (Greensboro, N.C.), Bernfried Messner (Summerfield, N.C.), Scott J. Smith (Dusseldorf, Germany), Mark Joy (Reidsville, N.C.)
Assignee: Evonik Corp. (Parsippany, N.J.)
June 28, 2016