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George J. Frank, Deerfield, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110319221THREE SPEED GEARBOX FROM SINGLE PLANETARY GEARSET - The present invention is a three forward speed gearbox with reverse from a single planetary gearset. The forward speed ratios include a low gear, one to one, and overdrive. The reverse gear ratio is identical with the low gear. Forward rotation of the output shaft in first gear is accomplished by reversing the direction of the input motor. This is easily achieved from a bi-directional prime mover such as a hydraulic motor or electric motor. Another advantage of using a bi-directional prime mover is that the bi-directional rotation of the input shaft provides forward, reverse and back drive to accumulate energy in an accumulator.12-29-2011
20120067446ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT AND COMPACT ACCUMULATOR - An accumulator assembly comprises an accumulator cylinder formed of a cylindrical, gas-impermeable shell and a cylindrical gas-impermeable sleeve disposed within and substantially concentric with the shell. An interstitial space is formed between the sleeve and the shell. A piston slidably is disposed within the sleeve, the piston separating an interior of the sleeve into a first chamber configured to contain a compressed gas, and a second chamber configured to contain a pressurized fluid. A pair of removable axial closures retained to the gas-impermeable sleeve at opposing ends and sealingly engaged with corresponding opposing ends of the gas-impermeable shell is configured to provide maximum resistance to the tensional stress of the sleeve.03-22-2012

Marcus Frank, Ann Arbor, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100279144Coated article with low-E coating having titanium oxide layer and/or nicr based layer(s) to improve color values and/or transmission, and method of making same - Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to a coated article including a low-E coating. In certain example embodiments, a titanium oxide inclusive bottom layer stack and/or a NiCr-based layer(s) are designed to improve b* coloration values and/or transmission of the coated article. These layer stack portions also are advantageous in that they permit a double-silver coated article to achieve (i) an LSG value (T11-04-2010
20120219821Coated article including low-emissivity coating, insulating glass unit including coated article, and/or methods of making the same - Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating, and methods of making the same. In certain cases, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes nickel and/or titanium (e.g., Ni08-30-2012
20120225224Barrier layers comprising Ni and/or Ti, coated articles including barrier layers, and methods of making the same - Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating, and methods of making the same. In certain cases, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes nickel and/or titanium (e.g., Ni09-06-2012
20120225304Barrier layers comprising NI-inclusive alloys and/or other metallic alloys, double barrier layers, coated articles including double barrier layers, and methods of making the same - Certain example embodiments relate to Ni-inclusive ternary alloy being provided as a barrier layer for protecting an IR reflecting layer comprising silver or the like. The provision of a barrier layer comprising nickel, chromium, and/or molybdenum and/or oxides thereof may improve corrosion resistance, as well as chemical and mechanical durability. In certain examples, more than one barrier layer may be used on at least one side of the layer comprising silver. In still further examples, a Ni09-06-2012
20120225316Functional layers comprising Ni-inclusive ternary alloys and methods of making the same - Certain example embodiments relate to Ni-inclusive ternary alloy being provided as a barrier layer for protecting an IR reflecting layer comprising silver or the like. The provision of a barrier layer comprising nickel, chromium, and/or molybdenum and/or oxides thereof may improve corrosion resistance, as well as chemical and mechanical durability. In certain examples, more than one barrier layer may be used on at least one side of the layer comprising silver. In still further examples, a Ni09-06-2012
20120225317Barrier layers comprising Ni-inclusive ternary alloys, coated articles including barrier layers, and methods of making the same - Certain example embodiments relate to Ni-inclusive ternary alloy being provided as a barrier layer for protecting an IR reflecting layer comprising silver or the like. The provision of a barrier layer comprising nickel, chromium, and/or molybdenum and/or oxides thereof may improve corrosion resistance, as well as chemical and mechanical durability. In certain examples, more than one barrier layer may be used on at least one side of the layer comprising silver. In still further examples, a Ni09-06-2012

Reed Frank, Pittsford, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080199341MOTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A motor and a method of operating the motor are described. The motor may have a female rotor shaft having mounted thereon a female compression rotor, a female power rotor, and a spur gear. The motor may also have a male rotor shaft having mounted thereon a male compression rotor, a male power rotor and a power rotor gear. A housing containing the foregoing may have a front housing plate, a compression rotor case, an isolator plate, a power rotor case, a rear housing plate, and a gear cover adjacent the rear housing plate. The various female and male rotors are engaged with one another within the housing.08-21-2008

Richard M. Frank, Beverly Hills, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090030586VALVETRAIN DRIVE STRETCH COMPENSATION FOR CAMSHAFT TO CRANKSHAFT CORRELATION - A method of correlating a rotational position of a crankshaft to a rotational position of a camshaft includes determining a stretch value of a timing connection, which drivingly couples the crankshaft and the camshaft, and calculating a crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value indicative of the rotational position of the crankshaft with respect to the rotational position of the camshaft. The crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value is compensated based on the stretch value to provide a compensated crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value and whether the rotational position of the crankshaft correlates to the rotational position of the camshaft is determined based on the compensated crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value.01-29-2009

Steve Frank, Dearborn, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130111728COMPONENT FASTENING LOCATION SYSTEM - A method of assembling a first component to a second component is described. The method includes placing the first component on a fixture having a locator pin, the pin being received in an opening in the first component. Sequentially, the second component is placed on the fixture with the pin being received in a slot in the second component. The slot may be configured to have one end wider than an opposite narrower end. A configuration such as this enables the pin to be received in the wider end of the slot. Consequently, sliding the second component all the way to the narrower end, clearing the pin, relative to the first component, reinforces the two components together.05-09-2013

Timothy Frank, Midland, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100219372BRINE PURIFICATION - Process and apparatus for reducing organic content of brine comprising subjecting a brine solution to at least two purification treatments selected from electrochemical treatment, chlorinolysis, or other chemical oxidation treatment, carbon adsorption, extraction, biological treatment and chrystallizing treatment; wherein the organic content of purified brine is sufficiently low to enable sense of the purified brine in an industrial process.09-02-2010

Timothy C. Frank, Midland, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090023902Method for the extraction of intracellular proteins from a fermentation broth - A method for extracting an intracellular peptide, protein or other polypeptide from a whole fermentation broth using a water miscible alcohol, or a water miscible or partially water miscible glycol ether.01-22-2009
20090321352LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION - A liquid-liquid extraction process that uses counterflowing liquid phases, especially in conjunction with a reciprocating plate extraction column, wherein one of the liquid phases has a lower density than the other and is at least partially saturated with a dispersible gas, requires less plate stack height or a smaller column diameter when plate-to-plate spacing is non-uniform rather than uniform and such non-uniform plate-to-plate spacing includes greater plate-to-plate spacing proximate to raffinate liquid discharge than proximate to feed of the lower density liquid phase.12-31-2009
20100099155RECOVERY OF VOLATILE PRODUCTS FROM FERMENTATION BROTH - Provided are apparatuses and processes for the removal and purification of fermentation prepared one or more volatile organic compounds. The apparatuses comprise a fermentor unit, a vacuum side stripper unit (04-22-2010
20110005914Selective dehydrohalogenation of tertiary halogenated hydrocarbons and removal of tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon impurities from a halogenated hydrocarbon product - A process for converting a tertiary halogenated hydrocarbons in a tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon-containing stream to a corresponding unhalogenated or less-halogenated unsaturated hydrocarbon product with the release of hydrogen halide involves contacting the tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon with a sorbent-type dehydrohalogenation catalyst in a reaction zone and optionally passing a stripping gas through the reaction zone to remove vapor phase reaction products from the reaction zone. A process for removing a tertiary chlorinated hydrocarbon impurity from 1,3-dichloro-1-propene involves contacting a mixture containing the 1,3-dichloro-1-propene and the tertiary chlorinated hydrocarbon impurity with a dehydrochlorination catalyst effective to catalyze a conversion of the tertiary chlorinated hydrocarbon impurity to a corresponding unchlorinated or less-chlorinated unsaturated hydrocarbon and hydrogen chloride and distilling the 1,3-dichloro-1-propene to produce a purified cis-1,3-dichloro-1-propene fraction and a purified trans-1,3-dichloro-1-propene fraction.01-13-2011
20110031102PURIFICATION OF HYDROFORMYLATED AND HYDROGENATED FATTY ALKYL ESTER COMPOSITIONS - Effect separation of a composition of matter that includes at least two seed or plant oil derivatives into at least one desired product stream using at least two separation operations, which are independently selected from among several potential separation operations, in conjunction with at least one recycle stream from a separation operation.02-10-2011

Patent applications by Timothy C. Frank, Midland, MI US

Timothy Charles Frank, Midland, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100331559SEPARATION OF NATURAL OIL-DERIVED ALDEHYDES OR HYDROXY METHYL ESTERS USING PROCESS CHROMATOGRAPHY - Use process chromatographic apparatus and process (for example, SMB chromatographic separation) to effect removal of at least a portion of components that contain neither a hydroxy moiety nor an aldehyde moiety from a feedstream that includes such components as well as components that contain one or more of a hydroxy moiety and an aldehyde moiety.12-30-2010
20120311884Apparatus and Methods for Separating Volatiles from Particulates - Apparatus and methods for separating volatiles from particulates are provided. The apparatus includes a separator having an internal volume and a fluid discharge outlet, a particulate discharge outlet, a particulate inlet, and a fluid inlet disposed on the separator and in fluid communication with the internal volume. The particulate inlet is disposed toward a first end of the separator and the fluid inlet is disposed toward a second end of the separator. The fluid inlet includes one or more openings disposed through a sidewall of the separator.12-13-2012