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Andrew Donald Metz, Rocky Mount, VA US
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20140366880 | Adjustable non-rebreathing nasal cannula - The current embodiment shows a portable, adjustable, oxygen delivery system. This embodiment delivers up to one-hundred percent oxygen while simultaneously conserving oxygen during the user's exhalation phase. The current embodiment contains an air-entrainment system (FIG. | 12-18-2014 |
Bernhard M. Metz, Milwaukee, WI US
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20150050527 | DUAL STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH LITHIUM ION AND LEAD ACID BATTERY CELLS - A battery system may include a plurality of battery cell assemblies electrically coupled in series. A first battery cell assembly of the plurality of battery cell assemblies includes a first lithium ion battery cell and a first lead acid battery cell electrically coupled in parallel with the first lithium ion battery cell such that the first lead acid battery cell is configured to resist overcharging and overdischarging of the first lithium ion battery cell. | 02-19-2015 |
20150107093 | AQUEOUS CATHODE SLURRY - A method of making a positive electrode includes forming a slurry of particles using an electrode formulation, a diluent, and oxalic acid, coating the slurry on a collector and drying the coating on the collector to form the positive electrode. The electrode formulation includes an electrode active material, a conductive carbon source, an organic polymeric binder, and a water soluble polymer. The diluent consists essentially of water. | 04-23-2015 |
20150188207 | MICRO-HYBRID BATTERY MODULE FOR A VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to micro-hybrid battery modules that include at least one battery cell having a titanate-based oxide anode active material with spinel structure and a high voltage spinel (LiMn | 07-02-2015 |
20150221977 | ELECTROLYTES FOR LOW IMPEDANCE, WIDE OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MODULE - A lithium ion battery cell includes a housing, a cathode disposed within the housing, wherein the cathode comprises a cathode active material, an anode disposed within the housing, wherein the anode comprises an anode active material, and an electrolyte disposed within the housing and in contact with the cathode and anode. The electrolyte consists essentially of a solvent mixture, a lithium salt in a concentration ranging from approximately 1.0 molar (M) to approximately 1.6 M, and an additive mixture. The solvent mixture includes a cyclic carbonate, an non-cyclic carbonate, and a linear ester. The additive mixture consists essentially of lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) in an amount ranging from approximately 0.5 wt % to approximately 2.0 wt % based on the weight of the electrolyte, and vinylene carbonate (VC) in an amount ranging from approximately 0.5 wt % to approximately 2.0 wt % based on the weight of the electrolyte. | 08-06-2015 |
Blake A. Metz, Waterloo, IA US
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20150267815 | SEAL INSTALLATION GUIDE SLEEVE - A seal installation guide sleeve for installing a radial lip seal onto a shaft. The radial lip seal includes a flexible sealing lip. The guide sleeve includes a cylindrical lip engaging surface, and includes an annular flange portion extending from the cylindrical lip engaging surface. The guide sleeve also includes a plurality of tabs extending from the annular flange portion. The guide sleeve is pre-installed in the radial lip seal such that the flexible sealing lip engages the cylindrical lip engaging surface, thereby protecting the flexible sealing lip from damage as the radial lip seal is installed onto the shaft. | 09-24-2015 |
Bradley N. Metz, Bryan, TX US
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20110021622 | Stabilized Synthetic Brood Pheromone and Race-Specific Ratios of Components for Manipulating the Behavior and Physiology of Honey Bees - This invention relates to a 10-component stabilized synthetic honey bee brood pheromone and methods of stabilizing said pheromone by adding one or more antioxidants, thereby enabling the production and sustained use of commercial products based on that pheromone. The 11-component stabilized pheromone composition formed by adding the antioxidant tertiary-butyl hydroquinone to a synthetic blend of ethyl linoleate, ethyl linolenate, ethyl oleate, ethyl palmitate, ethyl stearate, methyl linoleate, methyl linolenate, methyl oleate, methyl palmitate and methyl stearate can be used in generic or race-specific ratios to manipulate the behavior and improve the performance of worker honey bees, resulting in overall increased vigor of the hive. | 01-27-2011 |
Brendan G. Metz, Crystal Lake, IL US
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20150292455 | Filter Assembly for Separating Water From Fuel - A filter assembly is configured to prevent water from infiltrating a fuel tank and/or engine. The filter assembly may include a housing having a fuel inlet line and a fuel outlet line. The housing defines an internal chamber in fluid communication with the fuel inlet line and the fuel outlet line. Fuel passes into the internal chamber through the fuel inlet, and filtered fuel passes out of the internal chamber to the fuel tank and/or the engine through the fuel outlet line. A filtering frame may be secured within the internal chamber, and may include a coalescing frame portion that is configured to allow water to coalesce thereon and sink toward a bottom of the internal chamber, and a hydrophobic frame portion that is configured to repel the water from a valve coupled to the fuel outlet line. A flow restrictor is configured to float on the water toward the valve. The flow restrictor sealingly engages the valve to prevent fluid from flowing through the valve when a surface level of the water is proximate to the valve. | 10-15-2015 |
Brendan George Metz, Plainfield, IL US
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20140076811 | DIALYSIS DEVICE - A dialysis device, and a method of dialyzing a sample, are provided. The dialysis device includes a body having a first and a second major side, a first and a second retaining ring disposed on the first and second major sides, and a first and second dialysis membrane disposed, and held between the first and second major sides and the first and second retaining rings. The dialysis device is configured to receive a sample to enable dialysis of the sample across the membranes. | 03-20-2014 |
Bryan Scott Metz, Eastvale, CA US
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20130180204 | AIR REGISTER SEAL - A seal for covering or blocking airflow through a gap between a boot can and an access opening formed in a dry wall of a vent is disclosed. The seal may define inner and outer perimeter wherein the inner perimeter is disposable inside of a front edge of the boot can. The outer perimeter of the seal is disposable outside of an inner perimeter of an access opening formed in the drywall for the boot can. The seal may be compressible and have a thickness so that when an air register is mounted to the wall, floor or ceiling, the seal is pressed against (1) a backside of a border of the air register and (2) the front edge of the boot can and exterior surface of the wall, floor or ceiling to prevent flow of air between a room to be heated/cooled and an attic behind the boot can. Particulate matter in the attic is not disturbed when forced air is flowing through the system. Also, particulate matter from the attic is not blown into the room when the HVAC system is turned off. Also, airborne dust and particulate matter in the conditioned room does not flow into the attic or between the air register and the wall, ceiling or floor. The seal prevents black ghosting marks adjacent to the air register. | 07-18-2013 |
Chris Metz, Danville, CA US
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20140280325 | SUSPENDING AND RESUMING CONTINUOUS QUERIES OVER DATA STREAMS - In an embodiment, a method comprises processing an input data stream as the data stream is streamed and producing a derived stream therefrom; storing the input data stream in an input archive; suspending processing of the input data stream; subsequent to suspending processing, resuming processing of the input data stream, wherein resuming comprises: storing newly received data in the input data stream in a buffer, as the input data stream is streamed; determining a first timestamp; determining a second timestamp; searching the input archive to find a data item that matches the first timestamp of the last processed data item; processing data in the input archive having timestamps that are greater than the first timestamp until arriving at data with a third timestamp that is greater than the second timestamp; processing the input data stream from the buffer; continuing processing the input data stream as the input stream is streamed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280338 | DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ANALYTICS - In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving, at an analytics engine, from a separate analytics application, an analytics query for data that is potentially available in data streams of networked computing devices; sending, to a distributed network analytics controller, sub-queries based on the analytics query; determining distributed network analytics agents capable of executing each of the sub-queries; sending instructions to the agents to initiate the sub-queries for the data at specified locations; initiating execution of the sub-queries on data streams that are locally available at one of the networked computing devices at which the agents are running; forming summarized data streams and zero or more raw data streams at the networked computing devices having the analytics agents; sending the summarized data streams and the zero or more raw data streams to the analytics engine; wherein the method is performed by computing device(s). | 09-18-2014 |
Christopher Metz, Danville, CA US
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20090185573 | PSUEDOWIRE TERMINATION DIRECTLY ON A ROUTER - A method, apparatus and computer program product for routing data within a packet-switched network using a PW wherein the PW is terminated directly on the layer-3 routing device such that certain services and applications can be utilized is presented. The method, apparatus and computer program product receives an encapsulated layer-2 Protocol Data Unit (PDU) from a pseudowire emulating a service. The encapsulation is removed from the encapsulated layer-2 PDU and a layer-2 circuit associated with the pseudowire is terminated. The circuit is treated as an interface and the PDU is forwarded based on upper layer protocol information within the PDU. | 07-23-2009 |
20090213726 | LOSS-FREE PACKET NETWORKS - In one embodiment, a method can include: receiving a packet in a device; classifying the received packet as a first packet type or a second packet type; when the packet is the first packet type, forwarding the packet to a next hop; and when the packet is the second packet type: performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding on the packet to generate repair data, modifying the packet by adding a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) header to indicate that the packet is to be forwarded on an FEC-protected label switched path (LSP), generating an additional MPLS packet carrying the repair data, and forwarding the modified packet and the additional packet to a next hop. | 08-27-2009 |
20140365634 | Programmable Network Analytics Processing via an Inspect/Apply-Action Applied to Physical and Virtual Entities - Techniques are provided to programming network analytics processing in virtual and physical network devices, useful for software-defined networking (SDN). A controller, e.g., a so-called SDN controller, is configured to identify a control-plane or data-plane flow originating, terminating or transiting a physical or virtual network element. The controller generates one or more network analytics processing actions to be performed by the physical or virtual network element based on inspection of traffic by the physical or virtual network element. The controller forms or generates an inspect/apply-action message containing information identifying the control-plane or data-plane flow for inspection and the one or more network analytics processing actions to be performed. The inspect/apply-action message is sent to the physical or virtual network element. | 12-11-2014 |
Christopher Y. Metz, Danville, CA US
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20090196298 | Transportation of IEEE 802.1ah Frames over Multiprotocol Label Switching Pseudowires for Virtual Private LAN Services - Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-storage media, mechanisms, and means for transportation of IEEE 802.1 | 08-06-2009 |
20120002672 | Service Node Using Services Applied by an Application Node - Packets are encapsulated and sent from a service node to an application node for applying one or more Layer-4 to Layer-7 services to the packets, with service-applied packets being returned to the service node. An identification of a virtual private network (VPN) may be carried within a request packet, encapsulating a particular packet, sent by a service node to an application node for applying a service to the particular packet; with the corresponding response packet sent to the service node including an identification of the VPN for use by the service node node in forwarding the services-applied packet. | 01-05-2012 |
20130265894 | NETWORK AVAILABILITY ANALYTICS - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device, route convergence measurements and traffic demand measurements from a plurality of routers, and computing network availability based on the measurements at the network device. The route convergence measurements are associated with route computations at the routers and the traffic demand measurements include portions of a demand matrix associated with the routers. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein. | 10-10-2013 |
Cody Metz, Cedar Rapids, IA US
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20150306030 | Method of Liquefying Solid Form of Medication - A method of liquefying solid form of medication into a liquefied medication solution is implemented by a medication liquefaction system and a removable medicine container. The solid form medication, which is difficult to swallow by itself, and a desired amount of drinkable fluid base product are added into the removable medicine container before the removable medicine container is hermetically attached with the medication liquefaction system. Then a carbon dioxide (CO | 10-29-2015 |
Dan Metz, Highland, MI US
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20090025922 | COOLER BYPASS ASSEMBLY - A cooler bypass apparatus housing has a first fluid passageway connecting a first inlet and a first outlet port, and a second fluid passageway connecting a second inlet port and outlet port. A transverse passageway extends between the first and second fluid passageway. A first valve is disposed in the transverse passageway for one-way fluid flow from the first to the second passageway. A second valve and a thermal actuator coupled to the second valve are disposed in the second passageway. The thermal actuator moves the second valve to fluid flow blocking or fluid flow allowing positions dependent upon fluid temperature. | 01-29-2009 |
Dana Metz, Gilbert, AZ US
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20100064656 | ENGINES AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - Engines and methods for operating the engines are provided. The engine includes a means for limiting overspeed in flow communication with a turbine section flowpath, wherein the means for limiting overspeed is adapted to block a first portion of an airflow received along a first direction vector from flowing into an exhaust section flowpath and to redirect a second portion of the airflow received along the first direction vector or a portion of the blocked first portion of the airflow to flow along another direction vector that is closer to parallel with a longitudinal axis than the first direction vector. | 03-18-2010 |
Dana S. Metz, Gilbert, AZ US
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20150162582 | BATTERY COMPARTMENT VENTILATION SYSTEM - In some examples, gases are vented out of a battery compartment through an exit port defined by an antenna housing. For example, a vent line may be disposed between the battery compartment and the exit port, defining a passageway through which gases in the battery compartment can exit the battery compartment. In some examples, the battery compartment is located in an aircraft and the antenna housing is at least partially disposed an exterior of the aircraft. | 06-11-2015 |
Daniel A. Metz, Wayside, NJ US
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20090269721 | Footprints for dental cavity filling with composite material - Instead of carving, contouring and shaping a tooth and its occlusal surfaces to give a patient a comfortable, non-grinding bite, an impression mold is first used to exactly reproduce the anatomy of the tooth before any cavity preparation is initiated, on the one hand, or to recreate the anatomy of a fractured or chipped tooth to be rebuilt, on the other hand. | 10-29-2009 |
David Metz, Duncansville, PA US
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20120180366 | AIMING DEVICE FOR A BOMB DISARMING DISRUPTOR - A system for indicating a point of impact of a projectile fired from a barrel of a gun including a dynamic aiming device mounted to the barrel having a camera and a range finder configured to be pointed at a target. The system also includes a display device coupled to the camera for displaying an image of the target, and processing circuitry for superimposing a crosshair image on the displayed image of the target. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a distance from the dynamic aiming device to the target using the range finder and to adjust a position of the crosshair image. The position of the crosshair image is adjusted relative to the distance for indicating the point of impact of the projectile fired from the barrel. | 07-19-2012 |
Dennis Metz, Oakland, NE US
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20130205963 | System and Method of Removing Beads from Tires - A system and method for removes steel beads from large diameter tires by making a series of overlapping punched cuts in a circumferential pattern in the sidewall of the tire around the beads. The punching mechanism is hydraulically operated and remains stationary while a powered roller advances the tire after each successive punching motion until the beads have completely severed from both sidewalls of the OTR tire. The machine is capable of either simultaneously or individually removing both rubber-encased inner beads from the tire. | 08-15-2013 |
Eduardus Metz, Belmont, MA US
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20110319144 | POWER MANAGEMENT PROFILE - The present invention provides a method and system suitable for managing the power consumption of a mobile communication device by way of a user-selectable profile. In response to receiving a power management-initiating signal the mobile communication device performs at least one of the following: Receipt of incoming communication is deferred while other functionality of the mobile communication device is retained; outgoing communication is grouped into a single transmission; and a subsequent transmission is deferred if the transmission requires power exceeding a predetermined threshold. | 12-29-2011 |
Erik C. Metz, Chalfont, PA US
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20130154791 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING REMOTE CONTROL SIGNALS - A translator for converting remote control instructions from a first wireless medium to a second wireless medium includes a base unit having a base unit housing. A receiver disposed within the base unit housing is operable to receive a remote control instruction via the first wireless medium. A communication module including a communication module housing includes a transmitter operable to transmit the remote control instruction via the second wireless medium. The communication module is coupled to and detachable from the base unit. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157509 | APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING REMOTE CONTROL SIGNALS - A dongle for converting remote control instructions from a first wireless medium to a second wireless medium includes a base unit having a base unit housing. A receiver disposed within the base unit housing is operable to receive a remote control instruction via the first wireless medium. A communication module including a communication module housing includes a transmitter operable to transmit the remote control instruction via the second wireless medium. The communication module is coupled to and pivotable with respect to the base unit. | 06-20-2013 |
20140282682 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND IMPLEMENTING BLACKOUT IN IPTV NETWORKS - A media content broadcast blackout control method, comprising receiving a retune message requesting a blackout of a primary media content broadcast in specific regions, generating a playlist for each region comprising a content key wrapped in a region-specific media key, wherein the content key in the playlists for regions that are not subject to the blackout is configured to access the primary media content broadcast, and the content key in the playlists for regions that are subject to the blackout is configured to access an alternate media content broadcast, providing the playlists to client devices within each region, providing the primary media content broadcast to client devices whose region-specific media key unwraps the content key for the primary media content broadcast, and providing the alternate media content broadcast to client devices whose region-specific media key unwraps the content key for the alternate primary media content broadcast. | 09-18-2014 |
Fred Charles Metz, Seattle, WA US
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20110090933 | Electric Glass Hot Shop System - An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass. | 04-21-2011 |
20150021311 | ELECTRIC GLORY HOLE HEATING ELEMENT BAFFLE - An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass. | 01-22-2015 |
20150024858 | ELECTRIC GLORY HOLE VIDEO CAMERA ASSEMBLY - An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass. | 01-22-2015 |
20150030048 | ELECTRIC GLORY HOLE INSULATION PACKAGE - An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass. | 01-29-2015 |
20150034624 | ELECTRIC GLORY HOLE DOOR ASSEMBLY - An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036712 | ELECTRIC GLORY HOLE FURNACE ASSEMBLY - An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass. | 02-05-2015 |
Gary A. Metz, Jacksonville, FL US
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20080235956 | HINGED CUTTING TOOL CONFIGURED FOR SEVERING ELONGATED FOLIAGE PROTRUDING THROUGH AN OPENING IN A SCREEN - A hinged foliage cutter adapted for use against a surface of a screen enclosure includes a cutting head with a substantially flat top side to maintain contact with the screen during use. A handle is hingedly attached to a distal end of the cutting head. A cutting blade and comb assembly are attached to a proximal end of the cutting head. The comb assembly includes a plurality of comb teeth abutting the cutting blade and extending beyond the tip of the cutting blade by a determined length. The distal end of the handle is configured for releasable attachment to an extension pole to facilitate reaching the interior side of a screen roof of a screen enclosure. As the cutting head is moved along the surface of the screen, protruding foliage within the path of movement is directed by the comb into the cutting blade, which severs the foliage. | 10-02-2008 |
James Metz, Columbus, OH US
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20120028205 | DENTAL ORTHOTIC - A dental orthotic covering a plurality of teeth is provided for improving various obstructive syndromes of the human upper airway. The orthotic may be relatively thickened on the lingual side of the orthotic, compared to the facial or occlusal side; and in particular may relatively thickened in the more posterior aspects of the lingual side of the orthotic as compared to the more anterior aspects of the lingual side of the orthotic. The orthotic may be formed of one piece or two, and may be purely mandibular, or may be coupled to a maxillary orthotic. A method of progressive fitting of the orthotic for optimization of a patient's blood oxygen level is described. | 02-02-2012 |
20130074848 | ANTI-OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DENTAL ORTHOTIC - An anti-obstructive airway dental orthotic is described. The orthotic includes a maxillary retainer and a mandibular retainer releasably attaching to a plurality of teeth of a wearer. The retainers are attached by at least one strut, either variable in length or of a plurality of lengths, which exert a forward force on the lower jaw, tending to advance the mandible relative to the maxilla. This advancement of the lower jaw promotes a less obstructed airway in the wearer, while fenestrations in the retainers may allow for greater comfort and tongue movement. | 03-28-2013 |
20140349243 | DENTAL ORTHOTIC STRUT HAVING MULTIPLE AXES OF MOVEMENT - A dental orthotic strut having at least one multi-axis rotable joint connecting the strut to either a maxillary and/or mandibular retainer attached to the teeth. Jaw advancement may be accomplished by periodically replacing the strut with a new strut having a slightly longer minimum length, thereby advancing the resting position of the closed jaw. The rotable joint or joints allow greater freedom of movement and comfort when the jaw is opened in a non-sagittal plane. A plurality of strut pairs having a same length, but with progressively longer sets of strut pairs is generally supplied, so that left and right struts can be progressively replaced with longer struts over time. | 11-27-2014 |
Janice Renae Metz, Eastvale, CA US
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20130180204 | AIR REGISTER SEAL - A seal for covering or blocking airflow through a gap between a boot can and an access opening formed in a dry wall of a vent is disclosed. The seal may define inner and outer perimeter wherein the inner perimeter is disposable inside of a front edge of the boot can. The outer perimeter of the seal is disposable outside of an inner perimeter of an access opening formed in the drywall for the boot can. The seal may be compressible and have a thickness so that when an air register is mounted to the wall, floor or ceiling, the seal is pressed against (1) a backside of a border of the air register and (2) the front edge of the boot can and exterior surface of the wall, floor or ceiling to prevent flow of air between a room to be heated/cooled and an attic behind the boot can. Particulate matter in the attic is not disturbed when forced air is flowing through the system. Also, particulate matter from the attic is not blown into the room when the HVAC system is turned off. Also, airborne dust and particulate matter in the conditioned room does not flow into the attic or between the air register and the wall, ceiling or floor. The seal prevents black ghosting marks adjacent to the air register. | 07-18-2013 |
Jeremy Metz, Indianapolis, IN US
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20090012558 | FISTULA GRAFTS HAVING A DEFLECTABLE GRAFT BODY PORTION - This invention provides, in certain aspects, unique devices and methods for treating fistulae. In one embodiment, an inventive device includes an elongate graft body having a proximal end and a distal end. The graft body is configurable to a first condition and a second condition, the second condition including the distal end deflected laterally relative to its position in the first condition of the body. The device also includes a tether, which is connected to the graft body, and is configured to traverse proximally along the body. The tether is manipulable to convert the graft body from the first condition to the second condition. Such a device may also include one or more additional tethers connected to the graft body. For instance, a second tether can be configured to extend distally from the distal end of the graft body, and may be effective in pulling the graft body along a fistula tract. | 01-08-2009 |
Jeremy Metz, Whitestown, IN US
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20150209049 | OCCLUSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - One aspect of the present invention provides a device for occluding a body cavity. In one embodiment, the occlusion device includes include a hub extending from an upstream end to a downstream end and along a central axis. A number of struts are attached to the upstream end and extend upstream from the hub. An expandable balloon is attached to the downstream end and extending downstream from the hub. Another aspect of the present invention provides a method for occluding fluid flow within in a body cavity including placing an occlusion device within the body cavity. | 07-30-2015 |
Jeremy Metz, Lafayette, IN US
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20140188250 | MODIFIABLE MEDICAL GRAFTS AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUSES - Described are medical graft materials and devices which can be usefully modified with liquid additives such as cell suspensions, bioactive agents, or combinations of these. Also described are methods for making and using these medical graft materials and devices. | 07-03-2014 |
Jim Metz, Chicago, IL US
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20090320547 | Hot Stamping Die Apparatus - A hot forming die that includes a first die and a second die. The first die has a first die structure that is formed of a tool steel. The first die structure has a first die surface and a plurality of first cooling apertures. The first die surface has a complex shape. The first cooling apertures are spaced apart from the die surface by a first predetermined distance. The second die has a second die surface. The first and second die surfaces cooperate to form a die cavity. Related methods for forming a hot forming die and for hot forming a workpiece are also provided. | 12-31-2009 |
20120247171 | Hot Stamping Die Apparatus - A hot forming die that includes a first die and a second die. The first die has a first die structure that is formed of a tool steel. The first die structure has a first die surface and a plurality of first cooling apertures. The first die surface has a complex shape. The first cooling apertures are spaced apart from the die surface by a first predetermined distance. The second die has a second die surface. The first and second die surfaces cooperate to form a die cavity. Related methods for forming a hot forming die and for hot forming a workpiece are also provided. | 10-04-2012 |
Kevin Michael Metz, Middleton, WI US
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20120107582 | Metal-coated vertically aligned carbon nanofibers - The present invention provides electrodes comprised of metal-coated vertically aligned carbon nanofibers. Arrays of vertically aligned carbon nanofibers provide highly accessible, high density templates having large electrochemically active surface areas that may be modified to further increase the surface area of the nanofibers. The methods of the present invention involve functionalizing the surface of the nanofibers and coating the functionalized surface with metal using electroless deposition. The resulting metal-coated nanofibers form highly stable and highly reproducible electrodes having very high surface areas. The electrodes of the present invention are expected to be useful in a variety of applications, including high-density energy storage, i.e., supercapacitors and fuel cells. | 05-03-2012 |
Mark N. Metz, Weston, FL US
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20140368643 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND TRACKING EMERGENCY EVENTS WITHIN A DEFINED AREA - The present invention provides a system, methods, and apparatus to provide surveillance, security, alerting, and tracking functionality. The security system comprises the necessary hardware and software to provide surveillance of a pre-determined area, using a central processing facility located off site to allow for an independent monitoring, information gathering, and decision making component. Such information is collected and the data can be converted into a tactical map. The tactical map includes useful information which can be supplied to responders in an easy to view and understand format. | 12-18-2014 |
Markus Metz, Waltham, MA US
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20140255381 | GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITORS - The invention relates to inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) useful for the treatment metabolic diseases, such as lysosomal storage diseases, either alone or in combination with enzyme replacement therapy, and for the treatment of cancer. | 09-11-2014 |
20140371460 | GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITORS - The invention relates to inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) useful for the treatment metabolic diseases, such as lysosomal storage diseases, either alone or in combination with enzyme replacement therapy, and for the treatment of cancer. | 12-18-2014 |
20150210681 | GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITORS - The invention relates to inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) useful for the treatment of metabolic diseases, such as lysosomal storage diseases, either alone or in combination with enzyme replacement therapy, cystic disease and for the treatment of cancer. | 07-30-2015 |
Markus Metz, Brookline, MA US
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20150158847 | TROPOMYOSIN-RELATED KINASE (TRK) INHIBITORS - Tropomyosin-related kinase inhibitors (Trk inhibitors) are small molecule compounds useful in the treatment of disease. Trk inhibitors can be used as pharmaceutical agents and in pharmaceutical compositions. Trk inhibitors are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoimmune disease, defects of bone metabolism and/or cancer, and are particularly useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), pain, and pain associated with OA. Trk inhibitors are also useful for inhibiting tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA), tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB), tropomyosin-related kinase C (TrkC), and/or c-FMS (the cellular receptor for colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1)). | 06-11-2015 |
20150191466 | TROPOMYOSIN-RELATED KINASE (TRK) INHIBITORS - Tropomyosin-related kinase inhibitors (Trk inhibitors) are small molecule compounds useful in the treatment of disease. Trk inhibitors can be used as pharmaceutical agents and in pharmaceutical compositions. Trk inhibitors are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoimmune disease, defects of bone metabolism and/or cancer, and are particularly useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), pain, and pain associated with OA. Trk inhibitors are also useful for inhibiting tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA), tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB), tropomyosin-related kinase C (TrkC), and/or c-FMS (the cellular receptor for colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1)). | 07-09-2015 |
20150274725 | TROPOMYOSIN-RELATED KINASE (TRK) INHIBITORS - Tropomyosin-related kinase inhibitors (Trk inhibitors) are small molecule compounds useful in the treatment of disease. Trk inhibitors can be used as pharmaceutical agents and in pharmaceutical compositions. Trk inhibitors are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoimmune disease, defects of bone metabolism and/or cancer, and are particularly useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), pain, and pain associated with OA. Trk inhibitors are also useful for inhibiting tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA), tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB), tropomyosin-related kinase C (TrkC), and/or c-FMS (the cellular receptor for colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1)). | 10-01-2015 |
Matthias Metz, Palo Alto, CA US
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20080265712 | Energy Harvesting Device Manufactured by Print Forming Processes - Embodiments of making an energy harvesting device are described. In one embodiment, a case and integrated piezoelectric cantilever to harvest vibration energy from an environment being sensed is produced via a print forming method injection molding method. The cantilever device consists of a piezoelectric material member, and a proof mass of high density material coupled to the piezoelectric member. The print forming method is used to build up the base and walls of the device as well as the neutral layers of the piezoelectric member. Metal layers are printed to form the electrode layers of the piezoelectric member and the electrical contact portions of the device. Passive components can also be formed as part of the layers of the device. The entire assembly can be encapsulated in plastic. | 10-30-2008 |
20090065928 | Anti-stiction technique for electromechanical systems and electromechanical device employing same - A mechanical structure is disposed in a chamber, at least a portion of which is defined by the encapsulation structure. A first method provides a channel cap having at least one preform portion disposed over or in at least a portion of an anti-stiction channel to seal the anti-stiction channel, at least in part. A second method provides a channel cap having at least one portion disposed over or in at least a portion of an anti-stiction channel to seal the anti-stiction channel, at least in part. The at least one portion is fabricated apart from the electromechanical device and thereafter affixed to the electromechanical device. A third method provides a channel cap having at least one portion disposed over or in at least a portion of the anti-stiction channel to seal an anti-stiction channel, at least in part. The at least one portion may comprise a wire ball, a stud, metal foil or a solder preform. A device includes a substrate, an encapsulation structure and a mechanical structure. An anti-stiction layer is disposed on at least a portion of the mechanical structure. An anti-stiction channel is formed in at least one of the substrate and the encapsulation structure. A cap has at least one preform portion disposed over or in at least a portion of the anti-stiction channel to seal the anti-stiction channel, at least in part. | 03-12-2009 |
20090278214 | Microelectromechanical Systems Encapsulation Process - An encapsulated MEMS process including a high-temperature anti-stiction coating that is stable under processing steps at temperatures over 450 C is described. The coating is applied after device release but before sealing vents in the encapsulation layer. Alternatively, an anti-stiction coating may be applied to released devices directly before encapsulation. | 11-12-2009 |
20100263447 | TRI-AXIS ACCELEROMETER HAVING A SINGLE PROOF MASS AND FULLY DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT SIGNALS - A tri-axis accelerometer includes a proof mass, at least four anchor points arranged in at least two opposite pairs, a first pair of anchor points being arranged opposite one another along a first axis, a second pair of anchor points being arranged opposite one another along a second axis, the first axis and the second axis being perpendicular to one another, and at least four spring units to connect the proof mass to the at least four anchor points, the spring units each including a pair of identical springs, each spring including a sensing unit. | 10-21-2010 |
Michael Metz, Simi Valley, CA US
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20090088265 | GOLF SWING INSTRUCTION AIDE - A golf swing instruction aide adopted for attachment to the shaft of a golf club to measure or control the amount of wrist cock of the golfer during the golf swing. The aide includes first and second arcuate members one of which is adopted to be affixed to the shaft of a golf club and the other of which is movable to the first arcuate member and includes indicia to show the amount of relative movement and further includes apparatus to restrict relative movement to a desired amount. | 04-02-2009 |
Michael Sidney Metz, Phoenix, AZ US
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20140195412 | INCREASED EFFICIENCY FOR UNDERWRITING LOANS - Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for increased efficiency for underwriting are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, collected data obtained from dynamic sections in a web portal is processed, thereby instantaneously underwriting at least one of an available multiplicity of financial products via a decision engine without necessitating the forwarding of the collected data to an external underwriting system. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages. | 07-10-2014 |
Nathan Metz, Ada, OH US
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20150107319 | ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS OF ORGANIC WASTE INCLUDING SPECIFIED RISK MATERIALS AND EFFLUENT DISPOSAL BY MIXING WITH MANURE SLURRY - A method for sterilization of pathogenic waste includes steps of introducing animal tissues, carcasses or parts, pathogenic waste, or by-products of slaughter or processing into an unpressurized vessel, adding NaOH and KOH in a ratio of about 2.2 to 2.3:1, adding water sufficient to create a 1.5 to 1.6 Molar solution, such that the tissue to water ratio is about 1:1.5, heating the vessel indirectly to near but below the boiling point of the solution, holding the temperature for about 16-20 hours, while continuously agitating the contents of the vessel, displacing the solution volume in the reaction vessel about every 2-3 minutes. Optimally, the tissue is introduced into the vessel first, then dry NaOH and KOH, and finally water. The end product is a homogenous, aqueous solution that is sterile, pathogen-free and suitable for land application or mixing directly into manure retention vessels, prior to land application of the mixture. | 04-23-2015 |
Peter C. Metz, Macungie, PA US
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20120230626 | Optical Modulator Utilizing Unary Encoding And Auxiliary Modulator Section For Load Balancing - An optical modulator is configured to include multiple modulating sections formed along each arm and create a unary-encoded optical output signal by driving the number of sections required to represent the data value being transmitted (e.g., three sections driven to represent the data value “3”, four sections driven to represent the data value “4”). An auxiliary modulating section, isolated from the optical signal path, is included for creating a path for current flow in situations where only an odd number of modulating sections are required to represent the data. The activation of the auxiliary modulation section minimizes the current imbalance that would otherwise be present along a common node of the arrangement. | 09-13-2012 |
Peter James Metz, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20090063182 | Method and apparatus for reconnecting individuals via a visual signal - The present invention provides a system for reconnecting individuals via a visual signal. The visual signal is used by a certain individual to indicate to another individual of interest to correspond with them at a certain pre-determined destination such as a business location or on-line via a computer network, such as the Internet or a destination website. Sending a visual signal to another individual indicates that a certain individual is interested in corresponding with the other individual for dating, friendship, or other social or professional networking. | 03-05-2009 |
Randall S. Metz, Fenton, MO US
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20090184566 | Axle for Mounting a Wheel for Rotation on a Wood Hobby Vehicle - An axle used to mount a wheel for rotation on the body of a wood hobby vehicle is provided with three axially separate cylindrical lands that engage with and support the wheel for rotation, and four axially spaced cylindrical grooves that are interspersed among the lands and reduce the friction between the wheel and the axle as well as provide areas for lubrication between the wheel and the axle. | 07-23-2009 |
Reinhard Metz, Wheaton, IL US
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20080285622 | Detachable Tag-Based Temperature Sensor For Use In Heating Of Food And Cookware - A detachable, magnetic tagging mechanism, and a system and method for using it, for conveying information related to control over the sensing of parameters, such as the heating of cookware or other food containers, to a reader communicating with, e.g., heating controls of a heater. The tagging mechanism may be removably attached to the cookware or other food container, is heat-resistant, and its shape can be changed to accommodate the heating of different sizes and shapes of cookware or other items. The tagging mechanism, system and method of the invention may be employed with different types of heaters, such as but not limited to magnetic induction heaters, and may communicate with readers using RFID or other technology and other communication modes and media. | 11-20-2008 |
20090095736 | FOOD WARMING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An apparatus, system and method for warming food by controlled heating of heat retention objects such as cookware items or pellets located on a trivet positioned on a countertop, using heating control units, such as induction heating units, remotely located beneath the countertop. The preferred trivet insulates the countertop against damages, and also includes circuitry enabling the indication or display of its proper positioning on the countertop, and also indicating whether the heating unit is heating the heat retention object. | 04-16-2009 |
20100284383 | INTERNET-ORIENTATED AD-HOC NETWORK - A hierarchical directional internet-oriented ad-hoc network, defined by a software infrastructure, is composed of fixed gateway nodes and a plurality of wireless nodes, which may be fixed or mobile, and which may act as subscribers, routers, or both. The infrastructure hierarchy is defined by the hop count of each node (distance of that node to a fixed gateway node). The software infrastructure includes two tables associated with each node in the network: the upstream routing table which provides shortest routes to fixed gateway nodes through upstream neighbors, and the downstream routing table which provides shortest routes to subscribers through downstream neighbors. These two tables are used by routing algorithms. A peer table can also be used for alternate routes. The maintenance of the aforementioned tables is performed by autonomous algorithms operating locally on each node by receiving and processing signals from their neighbors. | 11-11-2010 |
20110089162 | Induction-Based Heating Appliances Employing Long Wave Magnetic Communication - Apparatus, methods and systems are provided for measuring and controlling the temperature of a heatable object used to warm or cook food, using transmitters and receivers communicating between each other and/or with heaters, such as induction or direct heaters, using long-wave length magnetic communication (LWMC). | 04-21-2011 |
20120294990 | INDUCTION-BASED FOOD HOLDING/WARMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for holding and warming food held in pans or trays having a low relative magnetic permeability, such as 300-series stainless steel, using induction heating. | 11-22-2012 |
20130119049 | IR TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR INDUCTION HEATING OF FOOD ITEMS - A system and method for measuring the temperature of cookware to be induction-heated, using an infrared temperature sensor. An induction heater countertop may include a viewing window between the infrared temperature sensor and the cookware. Various algorithms may be applied to the sensed temperature, to adjust it to account for the presence of the viewing window, as well as variations in the cookware material. | 05-16-2013 |
20140305931 | INDUCTION-BASED FOOD HOLDING/WARMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for holding and warming food held in pans or trays having a low relative magnetic permeability, such as 300-series stainless steel, using induction heating. | 10-16-2014 |
20140339220 | Induction-Based Food Holding/Warming System and Method With Height Adjustment Mechanism - A device, system and method for induction heating food service pans having differing depths, while maintaining the pans sufficiently closely adjacent an enclosure containing the induction heating power source. | 11-20-2014 |
Richard Metz, Pennington, NJ US
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20090158451 | Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-2 - The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-2 (IDO2) and methods of use thereof are provided. | 06-18-2009 |
20120090044 | Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-2 - The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-2 (IDO2) and methods of use thereof are provided. | 04-12-2012 |
20130227719 | Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-2 - The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-2 (IDO2) and methods of use thereof are provided. | 08-29-2013 |
Richard A. Metz, Lawrenceville, NJ US
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20080256668 | Non-Transgenic Herbicide Resistant Plants - The present invention relates to the production of a non-transgenic plant resistant or tolerant to a herbicide of the phosphoniorethylglycine family, e.g., glyphosate. The present invention also relates to the use of a recombinagenic oligonucleobase to make a desired mutation in the chromosomal or episomal sequences of a plant in the gene encoding for 5-enol pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). The mutated protein, which substantially maintains the catalytic activity of the wild-type protein, allows for increased resistance or tolerance of the plant to a herbicide of the phophonomethylglycine family, and allows for the substantially normal growth or development of the plant, its organs, tissues or cells as compared to the wild-type plant irrespective of the presence or absence of the herbicide. The present invention also relates to a non-transgenic plant cell in which the EPSPS gene has been mutated, a non-transgenic plant regenerated therefrom, as well as a plant resulting from a cross using a regenerated non-transgenic plant having a mutated EPSPS gene. | 10-16-2008 |
Robert Metz, Cypress, TX US
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20140314467 | 5 Degrees of Freedom Alignment-Correcting Preloaded Bearing Connection System - Exemplary embodiments provide a rotary misalignment-compensation bushing connection system that may be used in large-scale operations where several components are mounted in alignment on a single pin. For example, the misalignment-compensation system may be used in preloaded connection of a male lug rotatably mounted between a first lug and a second lug, on heavy equipment, for example, oil field exploration and production equipment. The misalignment-compensation system includes tapered cone bushings and surrounding counter-tapered cup bushings that expand in diameter and align the connection system as it is torqued together assembling the components to the pin. | 10-23-2014 |
Robert J. Metz, Anderson, IN US
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20100116150 | CONTROLLED DYNAMIC RADIANT FRYING OVEN - A controlled dynamic radiant (CDR) oven uses a dynamic heating method to reproduce food material changes that occur during the frying process without immersing the food in oil. The CDR oven includes a conveyance system for moving food along a radiant frying path having various heating zones. The conveyance system includes individual food portion carriers. Radiant emitters, for example IR emitters, are located behind a spatter screen in each heating zone and to each side of the radiant frying path. Different heating zones utilize different radiant emissions to achieve various heat fluxes and heat profiles, for example, mimicking that of an oil immersion frying heat profile. The radiant frying path can be optionally oriented along a substantially vertical axis to minimize the oven footprint. The CDR oven also can be combined with refrigeration/freezer unit and a payment and dispensing system for vending of food product. | 05-13-2010 |
Roger S. Metz, Sandy Hook, CT US
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20120311088 | Image Archiving And Communications System - A system for facilitating the communication of images includes a central computer and at least one remote computer in communication with the central computer via a communication link. Computer executable instructions executing on the at least one remote computer automatically and without user input determine whether an image is available for download from the central computer, and if an image is available for download from the central computer, automatically and without user input download the image in the background. Additional computer executable instructions executing on the at least one remote computer, after the download of the image is completed, generate and cause to be displayed a notification that the image is ready for display. Further computer executable instructions executing on the at least one remote computer, in response to a request to display the downloaded image, cause the image to be displayed. | 12-06-2012 |
Rudy Hunter Metz, Durham, NC US
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20080270143 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Encoded Audio Data - To locate an encoded audio frame boundary and begin decoding audio at a point corresponding to that frame boundary, an audio decoder generates a matching pattern containing a syncword and additional bits related to a header of an encoded audio frame, detects an audio frame boundary by searching a data stream of encoded audio frame for instances of the matching pattern, and begins decoding audio frames at a point in the data stream corresponding to the detected frame boundary. | 10-30-2008 |
Scott Metz, New Berlin, WI US
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20140067669 | Methods and Systems for Managing Communication Streams - Methods and systems for managing communication streams from multiple sources while utilizing a single short code employ a processor coupled to memory and other computer hardware and software components for establishing at least one conversation session with an outbound message to a recipient and defining a lifespan of the outbound message of the at least one conversation session. At least one reply to a response from the recipient to the outbound message of the at least one conversation session is delivered during the lifespan of the outbound message of the at least one conversation session. | 03-06-2014 |
Shane W. Metz, Dike, IA US
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20090114891 | Nail Pulling Device - A nail removing device comprises a handle portion connecting a claw portion distally disposed therein and a shank attachment shaft disposed on an opposite side of the claw portion. The shank attachment shaft fits in a standard pneumatic tool such as an air chisel or hammer is angled to provide vibratory and impact action to the claw portion. In use the claw portion is placed next to the nail to be removed and the air tool is activated. Pressure is applied generally parallel to the surface of the material holding the nail and the combination of the action of the air tool and the leverage provided by rotating the handle portion allows the user to easily and quickly remove the nail from the material with minimal effort. Other embodiments include hydraulic or mechanical impact source in place of a pneumatic one. | 05-07-2009 |
Shawn C. Metz, Louisville, OH US
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20090188072 | Vacuum hose storage system - A vacuum hose storage system includes a housing which is mounted in a storage area of a dwelling or vehicle and connected to a vacuum source. A length of flexible, expandable cleaning hose is mounted in a looped fashion about a plurality of spaced rollers rotatably mounted within the housing. A handle is attached to one end of the hose and is seated in a cradle formed in the housing when the hose is in a fully retracted position within the housing. The cradle is mounted in the housing and receives the open end of the hose when not in use and enables other vacuum tubes in the structure to be operational without shutting off the vacuum to the stored hose. An ON/OFF switch is located in the cradle for controlling the vacuum source and is actuated when the handle is placed in or removed from the cradle. The hose has an internal helical spring which biases the hose toward a retracted position about the spaced rollers within the housing. | 07-30-2009 |
20090188073 | VACUUM HOSE STORAGE SYSTEM - A vacuum hose storage system includes a housing which is mounted in a storage area of a dwelling or vehicle and connected to a vacuum source. A length of flexible, expandable cleaning hose is mounted in a looped fashion about a plurality of spaced rollers rotatably mounted within the housing. A handle is attached to one end of the hose and is seated in a cradle formed in the housing when the hose is in a fully retracted position within the housing. The cradle is mounted in the housing and receives the open end of the hose when not in use and enables other vacuum tubes in the structure to be operational without shutting off the vacuum to the stored hose. An ON/OFF switch is located in the cradle for controlling the vacuum source and is actuated when the handle is placed in or removed from the cradle. The hose has an internal helical spring which biases the hose toward a retracted position about the spaced rollers within the housing. In an alternate embodiment, the hose is slidably extendable from within a rigid serpentine tubing mounting within the housing. | 07-30-2009 |
20150190023 | VACUUM TUBE LOCKING COLLAR - A central vacuum cleaning system includes a locking collar mounted at various locations in a structure or RV and connected to the inlet end of a vacuum conduit. A section of hose is slidably mounted within the conduit and extends therefrom for cleaning an adjacent area. A pair of O-rings within the collar frictionally retains a handle mounted on the end of the hose in a stored position when the hose is in a retracted position and provides an air seal between the handle and vacuum supply conduit. A locking mechanism mounted on the collar automatically locks the hose in a selected extended position when manually pulled from the collar by a locking finger engaging an adjacent section of the hose. An electric switch on the collar enables a user to actuate the vacuum supply source. A mounting bracket enables the collar to be mounted at various locations in the structure and a ring formed on the collar enables the collar to be rotated to a desired position on the mounting bracket. | 07-09-2015 |
Stephen Metz, Kenmore, WA US
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20100152578 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD CONTAINING ULTRASOUND DOCKING PORT - An ultrasound medical imaging system and non-ultrasound medical imaging system are combined and communicate via a suitable docking port, which is supported by the non-ultrasound medical imaging system and configured to receive the ultrasound medical imaging system. The systems can communicate directly, indirectly, and/or wirelessly. Each can also be configured for cross-imaging in the other modality, displaying medical imagery from the other modality on respective and/or combined displays, and/or control by a user interface of the other and/or a common user interface. Registry between patient imagery is possible, and improved workflow is provided. | 06-17-2010 |
20100152583 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD CONTAINING ULTRASOUND DOCKING PORT - An ultrasound medical imaging system and non-ultrasound medical imaging system are combined and communicate via a suitable docking port, which is supported by the non-ultrasound medical imaging system and configured to receive the ultrasound medical imaging system. The systems can communicate directly, indirectly, and/or wirelessly. Each can also be configured for cross-imaging in the other modality, displaying medical imagery from the other modality on respective and/or combined displays, and/or control by a user interface of the other and/or a common user interface. Registry between patient imagery is possible, and improved workflow is provided. | 06-17-2010 |
20100288948 | CONFIGURABLE MULTI RESOLUTION FLAT PANEL DETECTOR - A configurable flat panel multi resolution X-ray detector is disclosed herewith. The detector comprises: a detector array having a plurality of rows and columns of detector elements; scan electronics designed to activate the detector array for reading data from the detector array and readout electronics associated with the scan electronics to read the data from the detector elements. At least one of the detector array, scan electronics and readout electronics is configured to achieve multi resolution. | 11-18-2010 |
Stephen B. Metz, Danbury, CT US
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20100229675 | UNITARY CRANK SPINDLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A bicycle is provided having a unitary steering tube-crown member and a unitary crank arm-spindle member. A multistage aluminum 3D forging process is used to form the unitary members. This may allow the fabrication of components with substantially hollow interior areas to reduce weight, reduce part count while maintaining high strength and ductility. The multistage 3D forging process provided also allows the combination of multiple components into a single unitary part. | 09-16-2010 |
20100230926 | UNITARY CROWN FORK ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A bicycle is provided having a unitary steering tube-crown member and a unitary crank arm-spindle member. A multistage aluminum 3D forging process is used to form the unitary members. This may allow the fabrication of components with substantially hollow interior areas to reduce weight, reduce part count while maintaining high strength and ductility. The multistage 3D forging process provided also allows the combination of multiple components into a single unitary part. | 09-16-2010 |
20130192416 | CRANK SPINDLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A crank assembly for a bicycle is provided. The crank assembly includes an integrally formed unitary body. The body includes an arm first portion and an arm second portion extending on an angle from one end of the arm first portion. An enclosed cavity is disposed between the arm first portion and the arm second portion. The cavity has a first width at a first end in the arm first portion and a second width at an end of the arm second portion, the cavity and the arm first portion defining a first wall thickness in a first direction, the cavity and the arm second portion defining a second wall thickness in a second direction. The first wall thickness and the second wall thickness are substantially equal. A boss portion extends from an end of the arm second portion opposite the first arm portion. | 08-01-2013 |
Stephen Gregory Metz, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20100198614 | MEDICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS - A medical communication system for use in connection with providing medical care to patients at a health care facility. The system includes a central server, a database accessible by the server, and a plurality of mobile stations each carried by a health care practitioner for use within the facility. Each of the mobile stations are accessible within the health care facility by the server via wireless communication. The database provides storage of task information associated with patients receiving medical care at the facility, wherein the task information comprises information associated with a task, including identification of the task, task status, task priority, task assignment or any combination of these. Task information can be shared and updated on each of the mobile devices of the practitioner associated with the patient. | 08-05-2010 |
Stephen W. Metz, Greenfield, WI US
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20100082506 | Active Electronic Medical Record Based Support System Using Learning Machines - A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving image data from an imaging system and organizing the image data into multiple objects of interest. The method may also include identifying source-invariant features of the multiple objects of interest and classifying the multiple objects of interest via a learning algorithm into categories based, at least in part, on the identified source-invariant features. Further, the method may include outputting a report based at least in part on data derived from the classification of one or more of the multiple objects of interest. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed. | 04-01-2010 |
Sterling Metz, Cumming, GA US
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20140337170 | Increasing Reliability of Information Available to Parties in Market Transactions - Aspects and examples are disclosed for facilitating and signaling market transactions between providers of products or services and clients that consume or otherwise use the products and services. In one example, a processing device of a server system receives, via a data network, data from a computing system describing attributes of a client that uses the computing system. The processing device can verify at least some of the received data to generate a client profile for the client. Based on verifying the data in the client profile, the processing device can notify one or more providers of a product or service that the client is interested in the product or service. Notifications to providers of the product or service can maintain the anonymity of the client. Notifications to the providers can also identify a client type, the client's propensity to purchase or access certain products or services, etc. | 11-13-2014 |
Steve Metz, San Francisco, CA US
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20110213679 | MULTI-QUANTITY FIXED PRICE REFERRAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Multi-quantity fixed price referral systems and methods are described. A “multi-quantity fixed price” listing is a listing published by an online publication system where a seller is selling a number of identical items for a fixed price for each of the items. The methods may include selecting a category from a catalogue hierarchy used by an online publication system. The selected category may be one of a plurality of categories assigned to listings each describing an item for sale. The listings within the selected category are filtered to select a set of filtered listings. A decay formula may be applied to each filtered listing of the set of filtered listings. One or more of the filtered listings are selected based on a ranking of the filtered listings. A graphical user interface to display the selected filtered listings to the user is provided. | 09-01-2011 |
Steven Metz, San Francisco, CA US
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20110254625 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN CLASS D AMPLIFIERS - A circuit for reducing noise in Class D amplifiers has a power stage voltage control means ( | 10-20-2011 |
Thomas O. Metz, Kennewick, WA US
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20090117578 | Method for identifying type I diabetes mellitus in humans - A method and system for classifying subject populations utilizing predictive and diagnostic biomarkers for type I diabetes mellitus. The method including determining the levels of a variety of markers within the serum or plasma of a target organism and correlating this level to general populations as a screen for predisposition or progressive monitoring of disease presence or predisposition. | 05-07-2009 |
20090286324 | SERUM MARKERS FOR TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS - A method for identifying persons with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus utilizing selected biomarkers described hereafter either alone or in combination. The present invention allows for broad based, reliable, screening of large population bases and provides other advantages, including the formulation of effective strategies for characterizing, archiving, and contrasting data from multiple sample types under varying conditions. | 11-19-2009 |
20130045887 | PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN BIOMARKERS FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS - A method for identifying persons with increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes mellitus, or having type I diabetes mellitus, utilizing selected biomarkers described herein either alone or in combination. The present disclosure allows for broad based, reliable, screening of large population bases. Also provided are arrays and kits that can be used to perform such methods. | 02-21-2013 |
20140274792 | PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN BIOMARKERS FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS - A method for identifying persons with increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes mellitus, or having type I diabetes mellitus, utilizing selected biomarkers described herein either alone or in combination. The present disclosure allows for broad based, reliable, screening of large population bases. Also provided are arrays and kits that can be used to perform such methods. | 09-18-2014 |
Thomas R. Metz, Tracy, CA US
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20140356585 | THREE-DIMENSIONALLY PATTERNED ENERGY ABSORPTIVE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A three-dimensionally patterned energy absorptive material and fabrication method having multiple layers of patterned filaments extrusion-formed from a curable pre-cursor material and stacked and cured in a three-dimensionally patterned architecture so that the energy absorptive material produced thereby has an engineered bulk property associated with the three-dimensionally patterned architecture | 12-04-2014 |
Timothy W. Metz, Bellingham, WA US
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20110223372 | Non-Planar Composite Structural Panel - An improved non-planar composite structural panel and method of fabrication are provided. Embodiments of the non-planar composite panel comprise: a first sheet including a first outer surface and a first inner surface; a second sheet spaced apart from the first sheet and including a second outer surface and a second inner surface; a stiffening core element disposed between the first and second sheets and defining a plurality of cells; a rigid foam reinforcing material disposed in the cells; and a mirrored third sheet adhered to the first outer surface of the first concave sheet. | 09-15-2011 |
Tony Metz, Harrison, OH US
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20100220948 | BEARING DAMPER WITH SPRING SEAL - A bearing damper includes: (a) an annular sleeve having spaced-apart grooves formed in a radially-facing surface therein; (b) an annular bearing race received in the sleeve; and (c) a resilient seal ring disposed in each of the grooves, wherein the seal rings cooperate with the sleeve and a radially-facing surface of the bearing race to define a closed annular gap, and further wherein the seal rings are sized so as to urge the bearing race towards a coaxial position relative to the sleeve. | 09-02-2010 |
Wendy L. Metz, Dublin, OH US
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20150023876 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND KITS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CD206 EXPRESSING CELL-RELATED DISORDERS - A method of diagnosing a CD206 expressing cell-related disorder by administering a pharmaceutical composition to a subject, the composition including a carrier molecule having a detectable moiety attached thereto. The carrier molecule has a dextran backbone, and at least one receptor substrate conjugated, directly or indirectly, to the dextran backbone, wherein the receptor substrate is chosen so as to specifically bind to CD206. A method of treating a CD206 expressing cell-related disorder is also provided, as well as an ex vivo method and kit for quantitating the number of cells expressing CD206 in a bodily fluid. | 01-22-2015 |
Werner Adam Metz, Chandler, AZ US
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20140253688 | Time of Flight Sensor Binning - A time-of-flight sensor device generates and analyzes a high-resolution depth map frame from a high-resolution image to determine a mode of operation for the time-of-flight sensor and an illuminator and to control the time-of-flight sensor and illuminator according to the mode of operation. A binned depth map frame can be created from a binned image from the time-of-flight sensor and combined with the high-resolution depth map frame to create a compensated depth map frame. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253758 | Method and Apparatus for a Time-of-Flight Sensor with Charge Storage - A time-of-flight sensor device includes analog memory to store one or more sets of charges associated with a time-of-flight image frame captured by a time-of-flight pixel array. So configured, the time-of-flight sensor device greatly reduces or eliminates the need for digital memory otherwise required to store image data prior to processing. | 09-11-2014 |
William A. Metz, Bridgewater, NJ US
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20080200496 | SUBSTITUTED 1H-PYRROLO[3,2-b, 3,2-c, and 2,3-c]PYRIDINE-2-CARBOXAMIDES AND RELATED ANALOGS AS INHIBITORS OF CASEIN KINASE Ie - The present invention discloses and claims compounds of formula (I) | 08-21-2008 |
Zachary I. Metz, Magnolia, TX US
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20150146934 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A SURFACE FOR GAS AND OIL FLOW - A system for monitoring for gas and oil flow venting from a surface using time intervals, size and velocity, and using a processor with a data storage containing a bubble flow classification chart and bubble flow categories. The data storage receives at least one: video feed, drilling parameter data feed, seismic profile data feed, logging while drilling data feed, measurement while drilling data feed, sonar data feed, and hydrographic data feed to verify a determined bubble flow category and bubble flow classification as a baseline bubble flow classification and provides an alarm when a bubble flow emergency is ascertained due to a change in bubble flow classification without an anticipated change or changes outside predefined acceptable limits within the video feed, drilling parameter data feed, seismic profile data feed, logging while drilling data feed, sonar data feed, hydrographic data feed, or measurement while drilling data feed. | 05-28-2015 |