Business Notes: 5/27

A 23-bed inpatient psychiatric care hospital is under construction at 4040 King Rd. in Sylvania Township.

The Blade/Amy E. Voigt
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A 23-bed inpatient psychiatric care hospital is under construction at 4040 King Rd. in Sylvania Township.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Walls are going up at a new single-story, 23-bed inpatient psychiatric care hospital at 4040 King Rd. just north of Sylvania Avenue in Sylvania Township. The facility, to be owned by Assurance Health of Indiana, will be the first of its kind in the township and is designed for patients 65 and older who will have an average stay of 14 days and will arrive from assisted living or long-term care facilities. Lewandowski Engineers of Toledo is working with Assurance Health on the $5 million facility, which will be Assurance Health’s second in Ohio.

ACHIEVEMENTS

■ La-Z-Boy Inc., a Monroe-based furniture manufacturer and retailer, has appointed Melinda Whittington as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective June 21. She replaces Louis “Mike” Riccio, who is retiring.

■ Traditions Sauces, which makes Brickyard Sloppy Joe Sauce, has received the CIFT Excellence Award, recognizing the food company’s achievements by the Toledo-based Center for Innovative Food Technology.

■ AccuShred LLC, a Toledo data destruction company, was given the Better Business Bureau’s 2018 Torch Award for Ethics.

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CONVENTIONS

Listings include organizations, headquarters, and number of attendees expected as estimated by Destination Toledo:

■ Friday-Sunday — Fast Pitch Classic Softball — PreSeason Classic, various properties/​local area fields, 800, regional.

TRANSITION

■ Stop-N-Stor at 1055 E. Alexis Rd., Toledo has become a U-Haul dealer.

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PATENTS

The following U.S. Patents were granted to inventors in Lucas, Fulton, Wood, Lenawee, and Monroe counties and published in the Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office during March, 2018. For more information call the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Business Technology Department at 419-259-5209. 

#9,914,359: Vehicle control system. Assigned to: International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y. Derek R. Brewer; Bowling Green; Kerry M. Langford, Rochester, Minn., and Robert D. Wilhelm, Cheyenne.

#9,914,415: Connectionless communication with interior vehicle components. Assigned to: Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, Mich. Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, Mich.; James Stewart Rankin II, Novi, Mich.; Stephen Ronald Tokish, Sylvania; Jeffrey A. Wallace, Walled Lake, Mich., and Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, Mich.

#9,914,418: In-vehicle control location. Assigned to: Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, Mich. Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, Mich.; Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, Mich.; James Stewart Rankin II, Novi, Mich.; Stephen Ronald Tokish, Sylvania, and Gary Steven Strumolo, Canton, Mich.

#9,914,659: Process and apparatus for coloring glass containers. Assigned to: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg. David Kisela, Sylvania, and Michael J. Lonsway, Toledo.

#9,914,725: Methods of synthesizing a difluorolactam analog. Assigned to: Cayman Chemical Co., Ann Arbor. Stephen Douglas Barrett, Hartland, Mich.; Joseph Michael Colombo and Bradlee David Germain, Ann Arbor; Andriy Kornilov, Ypsilanti, Mich.; James Bernard Kramer, Sylvania, and Adam Uzieblo, Farmington Hills, Mich.

#9,919,340: Method for making a component for use in an electric machine. Assigned to: Regal Beloit America Inc., Beloit, Wis. Jason Jon Kreidler, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.; Wesley Kenneth Anderson, Cedarburg, Wis.; Norman Carl Golm Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind.; Michael A. Logsdon, Wausau, Wis; Lester Benjamin Manz, Paulding, Ohio, and John Sheldon Wagley, Winona Lake, Ind.

#9,919,824: Device for sealing packages. Assigned to: Skyiife Co. Inc., Rossford. Terry C. Potter, Lambertville; Andrew E. Potter, Matthew J. Medlin, and Iain A. McNeil, Sylvania, and Jeffrey J. Potter, Toledo.

#9,919,840: Container with a medal. Assigned to: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg. Roger P. Smith and Douglas Laib, Perrysburg; Jessica R. Bryant, Toledo, and Susan L. Smith, Rossford.

#9,919,972: Pressed and self-sintered polymer derived SiC materials, applications and devices. Assigned to: Melior Innovations Inc., Houston. Mark S. Land, Houston; Ashish P. Diwanji, Albany, Ohio; Andrew R. Hopkins, Sylvania; Walter J. Sherwood, Glenville, N.Y.; Douglas M. Dukes; Troy, N.Y.; Glenn Sandgren, Ambler, Pa., and Brian L. Benac, Hadley, N.Y.

#9,920,566: Encapsulated glass frame assemblies and associated methods for forming same. Assigned to: AGC Automotive Americas R&D Inc., Ypsilanti, Mich.. Daniel Bennett, Tecumseh, Mich.; David W. Lahnala, Adrian, and and Joel Jerrim, White Lake, Mich.

#9,923,115: Particle detector and method of making the same. Assigned to: Lithium Innovations Co. LLC, Toledo. Ford B. Cauffiel and Alvin D. Compaan, Holland, Ohio; Victor V. Plotnikov, Ambalanath Shan; Anthony J. Matthews, and Robert D. Fisher; Toledo, and Song Cheng, Flat Rock, Mich.

#9,925,480: End-cap retention device. Assigned to: Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland. Kenneth M. Luther; Toledo, and Michael R. Sexsmith, Hudson, Fla.

# 9,925,649: Tool head cover. Not Assigned. Timothy Wyckhouse and Kimberly Wyckhouse; Monclova.