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Bruce C. Wier, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20090078324 | GAS-PANEL SYSTEM - The invention involves the introduction of a gas-flow restrictor and reservoir upstream of a mass flow controller (MFC) in a gas-panel stick. The restrictor and reservoir components function to smooth out pressure spikes in the gas line, thus preventing gas-flow irregularities that can occur in an MFC or pressure-insensitive MFC. The restrictor and reservoir components can be integrated into the MFC. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090114295 | GAS-PANEL ASSEMBLY - A gas-panel manifold for use in a gas-panel assembly is disclosed. A manifold in the assembly provides a plurality of support surfaces, each designed for supporting a gas-component thereon, and internal passageways disposed within the manifold body for connecting gas components, with such carried on the manifold, for gas flow through the manifold in a generally downstream direction. The adjacent support surfaces in the manifold are in different planes, representing different heights above the support. | 05-07-2009 |
Charles G. Wier, Atlanta, GA US
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| 20090034690 | CHATTERING LINE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is described that allows a system operator to remotely detect and diagnose a voice-enabled cable modem that has entered a chattering line state so that appropriate steps may be taken to avoid or rectify any of the problems that may result from this condition. Logic within the voice-enabled cable modem monitors for pulse dialing activity and/or excessive hook state and/or flash events that may be attributed to a faulty telephone and/or telephone line connected to the voice-enabled cable modem. Responsive to detecting such conditions, the logic within the voice-enabled cable modem reports a fault condition to an external management system via a cable data network. | 02-05-2009 |
Edwin N. Wier, Martinsville, IN US
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| 20100218694 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPOSING A DIGITAL POLYMER PLATE - An improved process for producing flexographic printing plates using a digital workflow is described. After creating an in-situ digital mask over the photopolymerizable layer, the photopolymerizable layer is exposed to actinic radiation through the mask layer in a reduced oxygen environment. After subsequent development, the resulting relief printing form is composed of flat topped dots with crisp edges and steep bevel angles that can be used to print directly on corrugated materials. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20150336370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPOSING A DIGITAL POLYMER PLATE - An improved process for producing flexographic printing plates using a digital workflow is described. After creating an in-situ digital mask over the photopolymerizable layer, the photopolymerizable layer is exposed to actinic radiation through the mask layer in a reduced oxygen environment. After subsequent development, the resulting relief printing form is composed of flat topped dots with crisp edges and steep bevel angles that can be used to print directly on corrugated materials. | 11-26-2015 |
Franz Wier, Göggingen DE
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| 20160075304 | BELT REEL - The invention relates to a belt reel ( | 03-17-2016 |
Franz Wier, Goeggingen DE
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| 20120234957 | Belt Retractor for Safety Belts - A belt retractor for safety belts of motor vehicles comprises a housing frame made of plastic for receiving a belt reel. The housing frame | 09-20-2012 |
Isabel Wier, Schwaebisch Gmuend DE
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| 20120234957 | Belt Retractor for Safety Belts - A belt retractor for safety belts of motor vehicles comprises a housing frame made of plastic for receiving a belt reel. The housing frame | 09-20-2012 |
Kevin Wier, Midland, MI US
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| 20090111701 | METHOD OF PREPARING A SUBSTRATE WITH A COMPOSITION INCLUDING AN ORGANOBORANE INITIATOR - A method of preparing a substrate with a composition comprising (i) an organoborane initiator and (ii) a radical curable component disposed thereon includes the step of depositing the composition onto the substrate wherein at least one of (i) the organoborane initiator and (ii) the radical curable component is deposited onto the substrate in the form of a gradient pattern. An article comprises the substrate and the gradient pattern formed on the substrate. The gradient pattern is formed from a developed composition comprising the reaction product of (i) the organoborane initiator and (ii) the radical curable component. By forming the gradient pattern on the substrate, combinatorial and high-throughput methods of generating and testing the developed composition are possible, which enable characterization of the developed composition for various physical and chemical properties. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20120237464 | HYDROPHILICALLY-MODIFIED SILICONE COMPOSITIONS - In various embodiments, provided are hydrophilically-modified silicone compositions comprising substantially spherical elastomeric microparticles, methods of making such compositions, and silicone pastes, personal care, and healthcare products comprising such silicone compositions. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130129996 | Method of Preparing a Substrate with a Composition Including an Organoborane Initiator - A method of preparing a substrate with a composition comprising (i) an organoborane initiator and (ii) a radical curable component disposed thereon includes the step of depositing the composition onto the substrate wherein at least one of (i) the organoborane initiator and (ii) the radical curable component is deposited onto the substrate in the form of a gradient pattern. An article comprises the substrate and the gradient pattern formed on the substrate. The gradient pattern is formed from a developed composition comprising the reaction product of (i) the organoborane initiator and (ii) the radical curable component. By forming the gradient pattern on the substrate, combinatorial and high-throughput methods of generating and testing the developed composition are possible, which enable characterization of the developed composition for various physical and chemical properties. | 05-23-2013 |
Manfred Wier, Munchen DE
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| 20100310964 | Sealing assembly for a fuel cell stack and method for manufacturing a fuel cell stack - In order to provide a sealing assembly for a fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of fuel cell units, which are arranged consecutively in a stacking direction, wherein each of the fuel cell units comprises a housing with at least one housing part made of a metallic material, which also has an adequate electrical insulation effect and an adequate mechanical strength at a high operating temperature of the fuel cell stack, it is proposed that the sealing assembly comprises at least one intermediate element made of a metallic material, wherein the intermediate element is soldered to a housing part of a first fuel cell unit at least one location by means of a metal solder and is secured to a housing part of a second fuel cell unit at least another location, wherein the intermediate element and/or the housing part of the first fuel cell unit is provided with a coating made of a ceramic material. | 12-09-2010 |
Manfred Wier, Munich DE
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| 20140147767 | Sealing assembly for a fuel cell stack and method for manufacturing a fuel cell stack - In order to provide a sealing assembly for a fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of fuel cell units, which are arranged consecutively in a stacking direction, wherein each of the fuel cell units comprises a housing with at least one housing part made of a metallic material, which also has an adequate electrical insulation effect and an adequate mechanical strength at a high operating temperature of the fuel cell stack, it is proposed that the sealing assembly comprises at least one intermediate element made of a metallic material, wherein the intermediate element is soldered to a housing part of a first fuel cell unit at at least one location by means of a metal solder and is secured to a housing part of a second fuel cell unit at at least another location, wherein the intermediate element and/or the housing part of the first fuel cell unit is provided with a coating made of a ceramic material. | 05-29-2014 |
Mary Wier, Schaumburg, IL US
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| 20150299584 | FLEXIBLE GASOLINE PROCESS USING MULTIPLE FEEDSTOCKS - A flexible process for gasoline refineries is described. The process can vary depending on the available feedstock and the desired products. At one time, the process can involve disproportionating pentanes to a product mixture including isobutane and isohexane. At other times, by switching the feedstock and operating conditions, the process can convert a mixture of C | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150299593 | COMBINED NAPHTHA REFINING AND BUTANE UPGRADING PROCESS - A process for refining naphtha and upgrading butanes is described. The process involves separating a hydrotreated heavy naphtha feed into a C | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160059227 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REGENERATING CATALYST PARTICLES - Apparatuses and methods are provided for regenerating catalyst particles. In one embodiment, a method for regenerating catalyst particles includes passing the catalyst particles through a halogenation zone and a drying zone. The method feeds drying gas to the drying zone and passes a first portion of the drying gas from the drying zone to the halogenation zone. The method includes removing a second portion of the drying gas from the drying zone and injecting a halogen gas into the second portion of the drying gas. Further, the method includes delivering the halogen gas and the second portion of the drying gas to the halogenation zone. In the method, substantially all of the drying gas fed to the drying zone enters the halogenation zone. | 03-03-2016 |
Mary J. Wier, Schaumburg, IL US
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| 20130225886 | PROCESS FOR INCREASING AROMATICS PRODUCTION - Processes for producing aromatics from a naphtha feedstream are provided. An exemplary process includes passing the feedstream to a fractionation unit, thereby generating a first stream including hydrocarbons having less than 8 carbon atoms and a second stream including hydrocarbons having at least 8 carbon atoms. The first stream is passed to a first reformer operated at a first set of reaction conditions to generate a first product stream. The first set of reaction conditions includes a first temperature and a first pressure. The second stream is passed to a second reformer operated at a second set of reaction conditions to generate a second product stream. The second set of reaction conditions includes a second temperature and a second pressure. The first pressure is lower than the second pressure. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20150290636 | PROCESSES FOR THE CONTINUOUS REGENERATION OF A CATALYST - A process for regenerating a catalyst used in a reaction zone. In a regeneration zone, the catalyst may be cooled before passing into a chloride rich zone. The regeneration zone may also receive a heated ambient oxygen in a catalyst heating zone. The regeneration zone may also receive recovered chloride from a chloride recovering zone which removes and recovers chloride from regeneration gas taken from the regeneration zone. Heated ambient oxygen may also be introduced into a chlorination zone. | 10-15-2015 |
Mary Jo Wier, Schaumburg, IL US
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| 20110147264 | SOLID CATALYST LIQUID PHASE HYDROPROCESSING USING MOVING BED REACTORS - Systems and processes for the hydroprocessing of a hydrocarbonaceous feed are provided that utilize a plurality of moving bed reactors. The reactors may be moving bed radial flow reactors. A hydrogen injection point can be provided prior to each reactor by providing a mixer that mixes hydrogen with a hydrocarbonaceous feed, or with the effluent stream from an upstream reactor, to produce a reactor feed stream. Catalyst can be provided from the reaction zone of one reactor to the reaction zone of a downstream reactor through catalyst transfer pipes, and can be regenerated after passing through the reaction zones of the reactors. The moving bed reactors can be stacked in one or more reactor stacks. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110152590 | SOLID CATALYST HYDROCARBON ALKYLATION USING STACKED MOVING BED RADIAL FLOW REACTORS - Systems and processes for the alkylation of a hydrocarbon are provided that utilize a plurality of moving bed radial flow reactors. An olefin injection point can be provided prior to each reactor by providing a mixer that mixes olefin with a hydrocarbon feed, or with the effluent stream from an upstream reactor, to produce a reactor feed stream. Catalyst can be provided from the reaction zone of one reactor to the reaction zone of a downstream reactor through catalyst transfer pipes, and can be regenerated after passing through the reaction zones of the reactors. The moving bed radial flow reactors can be stacked in one or more reactor stacks. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110152591 | SOLID CATALYST HYDROCARBON CONVERSION PROCESS USING STACKED MOVING BED REACTORS - Systems and processes for hydrocarbon conversion are provided that utilize a plurality of moving bed reactors. The reactors may be moving bed radial flow reactors. Optional mixers that mix a portion of a second hydrocarbon feed with the effluent stream from an upstream reactor, to produce reactor feed streams may be employed, and the reactor feed streams may be introduced at injection points prior to each reactor. Catalyst can be provided from the reaction zone of one reactor to the reaction zone of a downstream reactor through catalyst transfer pipes, and can be regenerated after passing through the reaction zones of the reactors. The moving bed reactors can be stacked in one or more reactor stacks. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120277508 | PROCESS FOR INCREASING AROMATICS PRODUCTION - A process for reforming a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The process involves splitting a naphtha feedstream to at least two feedstreams and passing each feedstream to separation reformers. The reformers are operated under different conditions to utilize the differences in the reaction properties of the different hydrocarbon components. The process utilizes a common catalyst, and common downstream processes for recovering the desired aromatic compounds generated. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130004377 | APPARATUS TO REDUCE CATALYST FLUIDIZATION IN REGENERATION UNITS - The invention reduces the potential for catalyst fluidization in a reduction vessel of a continuous catalyst regeneration system. The gas exit area from the catalyst reduction zone is increased by ventilating the cylindrical baffle of the upper reduction zone. This provides an increased exit cross-sectional area for the upper reduction gas to escape and reduce the overall exit velocity of the combined upper and lower reduction gases and reduces the potential for catalyst fluidization. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130005562 | PROCESS TO REDUCE CATALYST FLUIDIZATION IN REGENERATION UNITS - The invention involves a process that reduces the potential for catalyst fluidization in a reduction vessel of a continuous catalyst regeneration system. The gas exit area from the catalyst reduction zone is increased by ventilating the cylindrical baffle of the upper reduction zone. This provides an increased exit cross-sectional area for the upper reduction gas to escape and reduce the overall exit velocity of the combined upper and lower reduction gases and reduces the potential for catalyst fluidization. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130158319 | COUNTER-CURRENT CATALYST FLOW WITH SPLIT FEED AND TWO REACTOR TRAIN PROCESSING - A process is presented for the increasing the yields of aromatics from reforming a hydrocarbon feedstream. The process includes splitting a naphtha feedstream into a light hydrocarbon stream, and a heavier stream having a relatively rich concentration of naphthenes. The heavy stream is reformed to convert the naphthenes to aromatics and the resulting product stream is further reformed with the light hydrocarbon stream to increase the aromatics yields. The process includes passing a catalyst stream in a counter-current flow relative to the hydrocarbon process stream. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140357913 | NAPHTHA CRACKING - A process for increasing the yields of light olefins and the yields of aromatics from a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The process includes a first separation to direct the light components that are not reformable to a cracking unit, with the remainder passed to a second separation unit. The second separation unit extracts normal components from the hydrocarbon stream to pass to the cracking unit. The resulting hydrocarbon stream with reduced light ends and reduced normals is passed to a reforming unit. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140357914 | NAPHTHA CRACKING - A process for increasing the yields of light olefins and the yields of aromatics from a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The process includes a first separation to direct the light components that are not reformable to a cracking unit, with the remainder passed to a second separation unit. The second separation unit extracts normal components from the hydrocarbon stream to pass to the cracking unit. The resulting hydrocarbon stream with reduced light ends and reduced normals is passed to a reforming unit. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150045598 | FLEXIBLE PROCESS FOR ENHANCING STEAM CRACKER AND PLATFORMING FEEDSTOCKS - A process for increasing the yields of light olefins or shifting to increase the hydrocarbon components to gasoline blending pools from a hydrocarbon feedstock is presented. The process includes separating a naphtha feedstock to components to a first stream that are more readily processed in a cracking unit and to components in a second stream that are more readily processed in a reforming unit. The process includes the ability to convert components from the cracking stream to the reforming stream, and to convert components from the reforming stream to the cracking stream. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150202583 | APPARATUS TO REDUCE CATALYST FLUIDIZATION IN REGENERATION UNITS - The invention reduces the potential for catalyst fluidization in a reduction vessel of a continuous catalyst regeneration system. The gas exit area from the catalyst reduction zone is increased by ventilating the cylindrical baffle of the upper reduction zone. This provides an increased exit cross-sectional area for the upper reduction gas to escape and reduce the overall exit velocity of the combined upper and lower reduction gases and reduces the potential for catalyst fluidization. | 07-23-2015 |
Nathan C. Wier, St. Joseph, MI US
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| 20150300651 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR HOME APPLIANCES - The present disclosure includes a system for power management of a plurality of heating sources for an electric range. The system includes a cooktop element, an oven element, and a switch in electrical connection with the cooktop element. The switch is configured to supply a first voltage or a second voltage to the cooktop element from a voltage source. The system further includes a controller in communication with the oven element and configured to control the at least one switch. The controller is configured to control the switch in a first state and a second state. In the first state, the controller controls the switch to supply the first voltage to the cooktop element in response to an off-state of the oven element. In the second state, the controller controls the switch to supply the second voltage to the cooktop element in response to an on-state of the oven element. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160095469 | POWERED COOKING ACCESSORY FOR AN OVEN CAVITY - A powered cooking accessory for use in an oven includes a body receivable within an interior of the oven and a first electronic device received within a portion of the body. The accessory further includes a device coupling extending from the body and having a power coupling exposed thereon and electrically connected with the electronic device. The device coupling has an identification element encoded with information regarding at least one characteristic of the accessory and is coupleable with the oven to receive electrical power from the oven and to communicate the information encoded with the identification element to the oven. | 04-07-2016 |
Shelley Jeanne Wier, Eugene, OR US
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| 20100263582 | Harness that holds an appropriate size rock to be used as a backup anchor or stabilization tool - A backup anchor or primary anchor for use with various types and sizes of watercraft as well as a stabilization tool for use in numerous situations whenever and wherever stabilization is needed, comprised of a harness that holds an appropriate size rock or selected object for adequate weight to perform the desired operation. The harness is constructed with heavyweight polypropylene webbing, heavy duty stainless steel “D” rings and equipped with a stainless steel quick link for secure fastening. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100288806 | Sling you wear that carries Fishing rods securely to your body for hands free safety - A sling you wear that carries fishing rods securely to your body on the front or back, allowing hands free maneuvering for optimal safety and balance, for use with one or multiple fishing rods with equipment, of alike or different types, as well as the option of using for carrying or transporting a walking cane for those who rely on a walking cane to be mobile. The sling is constructed of medium to heavy weight polypropylene webbing, durable plastic square side release buckle, elastic strap, hook and loop fastener and may be customized with a few added accessories which would not interfere with the primary function. | 11-18-2010 |