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Brooke Ellen Achenbach, Clive, IA US
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20100229980 | MODULAR SYSTEM FOR INTRODUCING A STREAM OF PROCESSED GRAIN INTO AN ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITY, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A modular system is provided to introduce a grain containing a commercial enzyme into an ethanol production facility. The modular system comprises a plurality of portable storage units configured to receive a raw grain material. Each storage unit is adapted for transportation between ethanol production facilities. A portable processing unit is in communication with each of the storage units for receiving the grain material therefrom. The processing unit is configured to mix a grain containing a commercial enzyme with a commodity grain so that the enzyme is in effective amounts to sufficiently carry out downstream enzymatic applications. The processing unit is further configured to meter the processed grain material at appropriate admix levels to an ethanol production facility. The processing unit is adapted for transportation between ethanol production facilities. Associated apparatuses and methods are also provided. | 09-16-2010 |
20100233772 | MODULAR SYSTEM FOR INTRODUCING A STREAM OF PROCESSED GRAIN INTO AN ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITY, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A modular system is provided to introduce a grain containing a commercial enzyme into an ethanol production facility. The modular system comprises a plurality of portable storage units configured to receive a raw grain material. Each storage unit is adapted for transportation between ethanol production facilities. A portable processing unit is in communication with each of the storage units for receiving the grain material therefrom. The processing unit is configured to mix a grain containing a commercial enzyme with a commodity grain so that the enzyme is in effective amounts to sufficiently carry out downstream enzymatic applications. The processing unit is further configured to meter the processed grain material at appropriate admix levels to an ethanol production facility. The processing unit is adapted for transportation between ethanol production facilities. Associated apparatuses and methods are also provided. | 09-16-2010 |
Gabriel Achenbach, Spokane, WA US
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20140045550 | Utility Node Communication Device Adaptable to a Cellular Device - Techniques and devices for communicating with a utility node device through a utility node communication device and utilizing resources of a cellular device are described herein. The utility node communication device may connect to and/or release the cellular device (e.g., cellular telephone) providing an enclosure for the cellular device. The utility node communication device may communicate with the utility node device (e.g., a smart utility meter) and utilize a cellular radio of the cellular device to communicate with a head end device of a utility. The utility node communication device may also utilize a processor, memory, display, or operating system of the cellular device. | 02-13-2014 |
Garret Achenbach, Rochester Hills, MI US
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20140313337 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH FASTENERLESS LENS ATTACHMENT - A vehicle vision system includes a camera module including an image sensor array, a lens holder and a lens. The camera module is configured to mount at a receiving structure at an interior surface of a vehicle windshield of a vehicle. When the camera module is mounted at the receiving structure of the interior surface of the vehicle windshield, the image sensor array views forward of the vehicle and through the vehicle windshield. The image sensor array is established at a circuit element. The lens holder includes a lens holding portion and an attaching portion, with the lens holding portion accommodating the lens and the attaching portion configured to attach at the circuit element. The attaching portion of the lens holder includes a plurality of pins configured to be received at least partially through apertures of the circuit element so as to be soldered at the circuit element. | 10-23-2014 |
20150015713 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH LIGHT BAFFLING SYSTEM - A vehicle vision system includes a bracket, a stray light shield and a camera module. The bracket is configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield. The light shield includes a base portion and side walls that extend upward from the base portion so as to establish a pocket. The camera module includes a camera having an image sensor array and a lens, and the camera module is configured to mount at the bracket. The stray light shield, when the camera module is mounted at the bracket attached at the windshield, shields the image sensor array from light emanating from within the cabin of the vehicle. At least the base portion of the stray light shield comprises light traps structurally established thereat and configured to reduce incidence of extraneous light at the image sensor array. | 01-15-2015 |
Garret F. Achenbach, Rochester Hills, MI US
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20150327398 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH FORWARD VIEWING CAMERA - A vehicle vision system includes a camera module configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a windshield of a vehicle equipped with the vision system. The camera module includes a housing and an imager assembly. The imager assembly includes a structure and an imager and a lens. The imager is disposed at an imager circuit board of the imager assembly. A thermal element is configured to attach at the structure of the imager assembly and includes a support element and a thermal pad disposed at least partially along the support element. With the thermal element attached at the structure of the imager assembly, a first portion of the thermal pad is engaged with the imager circuit board, and wherein, with the imager assembly disposed at the housing of the camera module, a second portion of the thermal pad is engaged with the housing. | 11-12-2015 |
Garrett Achenbach, Rochester Hills, MI US
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20140160284 | VEHICULAR CAMERA SYSTEM - A vehicular camera system includes an imager assembly that can include an imager disposed on an imager circuit board and a lens positioned to direct light to the imager. A main circuit board is operatively connected to the imager circuit board. The main circuit board can include at least one processor for processing images captured by the imager. The main circuit board has an opening, and at least a portion of the imager assembly extends through the opening. | 06-12-2014 |
Jonathan Achenbach, New York, NY US
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20090276017 | Thermal therapy temperature sensor calibration method - A thermal therapy of body tissue with electromagnetic energy is controlled by feedback from one or more temperature sensors placed in the vicinity of the tissue to be treated. The temperature sensors are calibrated by comparing stabilized temperature values of the one or more temperature sensors against a normal range of body temperature and adjusting sensed temperature to a value within a normal body temperature range if the actual temperature value of a stabilized temperature sensor is less than the normal body temperature range. The temperature adjustment to the temperature sensor is maintained throughout the thermal therapy which reduces the risk of thermal damage to healthy tissue located near the tissue to be treated. | 11-05-2009 |
20100262137 | COOLED ANTENNA FOR DEVICE INSERTABLE INTO A BODY - A device for treating tissue, via a cooled antenna, within a body is described. | 10-14-2010 |
20110066145 | RF cosmetic rejuvenation device and procedure - An electrode especially useful for RF skin tightening procedures is characterized by an active front that is conical in part with the conical surface having a cone angle that is shallower than the corresponding angle in known electrodes. Preferably, the electrode of the invention has a conical section whose surface forms an angle greater than 60 degrees with the longitudinal axis of the electrode, and the outside diameter of the conical section is greater than 50% of the overall outside diameter of the electrode. | 03-17-2011 |
Jonathan Achenbach, Kay, TX US
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20130006239 | ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An electrosurgical device can have a housing and an electrode defining an energizable surface at least partially positioned externally of the housing. Such a device can have a first circuit and a second circuit. The housing can define a handpiece. The first circuit can be configured to selectively direct energy to a power element. The power element can be configured to selectively electrically couple to the electrode. The second circuit can have a selectively operable handpiece accessory. The handpiece can also have a device configured to direct suitable energy from the first circuit to the second circuit to power the second circuit. In some embodiments, the second circuit can be configured to selectively interrupt the first circuit. For example, the second circuit can interrupt the first circuit when a cumulative duration of operation of the second circuit exceeds an upper threshold duration. Methods of operating such handpieces are also disclosed. | 01-03-2013 |
Jonathan Achenbach, New York City, NY US
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20100312233 | Radio-frequency treatment of skin tissue with shock-free handpiece - RF energy for skin conditioning with a non-ablative electrode is applied with a handpiece incorporating means to prevent electrical shock to the patient when the energized electrode surface makes or breaks contact with the skin. In a preferred embodiment, switch means are incorporated in the handpiece and configured such that the active electrode surface is not energized until it is in actual contact with the patient's skin, and remains energized only while the active electrode surface remains in contact with the patient's skin, so that no voltage is present on the electrode, when an air gap whose dielectric breakdown can cause an electrical shock to the patient arises, immediately before or immediately after skin contact during a skin conditioning procedure. In another preferred embodiment, the electrode to skin impedance change as the electrode touches the skin is used to activate a switch that transfers RF to the electrode. | 12-09-2010 |
Laurie Achenbach, Carbondale, IL US
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20080249295 | Metabolic Primers for the Detection of Perchlorate-Reducing Bacteria and Methods of Use Thereof - The present invention is directed to metabolic primers for the detection of perchlorate-reducing bacteria and methods and compositions for use of the same in environmental bioremediation. | 10-09-2008 |
20090068650 | Metabolic Primers for the Detection of (Per) Chlorate-Reducing Bacteria and Methods of Use Thereof - The present invention is directed to metabolic primers for the detection of (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria and methods and compositions for use of the same in environmental bioremediation. | 03-12-2009 |
Michael Achenbach, Austin, TX US
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20140181482 | STORE-TO-LOAD FORWARDING - An arithmetic unit performs store-to-load forwarding based on predicted dependencies between store instructions and load instructions. In some embodiments, the arithmetic unit maintains a table of store instructions that are awaiting movement to a load/store unit of the instruction pipeline. In response to receiving a load instruction that is predicted to be dependent on a store instruction stored at the table, the arithmetic unit causes the data associated with the store instruction to be placed into the physical register targeted by the load instruction. In some embodiments, the arithmetic unit performs the forwarding by mapping the physical register targeted by the load instruction to the physical register where the data associated with the store instruction is located. | 06-26-2014 |
20140380023 | DEPENDENCE-BASED REPLAY SUPPRESSION - A method includes selecting for execution in a processor a load instruction having at least one dependent instruction. Responsive to selecting the load instruction, the at least one dependent instruction is selectively awakened based on a status of a store instruction associated with the load instruction to indicate that the at least one dependent instruction is eligible for execution. A processor includes an instruction pipeline having an execution unit to execute instructions, a scheduler, and a controller. The scheduler selects for execution in the execution unit a load instruction having at least one dependent instruction. The controller, responsive to the scheduler selecting the load instruction, selectively awakens the at least one dependent instruction based on a status of a store instruction associated with the load instruction to indicate that the at least one dependent instruction is eligible for execution by the execution unit. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380024 | DEPENDENT INSTRUCTION SUPPRESSION - A method includes suppressing execution of at least one dependent instruction of a load instruction by a processor using stored dependency information responsive to an invalid status of the load instruction. A processor includes an execution unit to execute instructions and a scheduler. The scheduler is to select for execution in the execution unit a load instruction having at least one dependent instruction and suppress execution of the at least one dependent instruction using stored dependency information responsive to an invalid status of the load instruction. | 12-25-2014 |
20150026436 | HYBRID TAG SCHEDULER - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for scheduling based on tags of different types. Some embodiments of the method include broadcasting a first tag to entries in a queue of a scheduler. The first tag is broadcast in response to a first instruction associated with a first entry in the queue being picked for execution. The first tag includes information identifying the first entry and information indicating a type of the first tag. Some embodiments of the method also include marking at least one second entry in the queue is ready to be picked for execution in response to at least one second tag associated with at least one second entry in the queue matching the first tag. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026437 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIFFERENTIAL CHECKPOINTING - A processor core stores information that maps a physical register to an architectural register in response to an instruction modifying the architectural register. The processor recovers a checkpointed state of a set of architectural registers prior to modification of the architectural register by the instruction by modifying a reference mapping of physical registers to the set of architectural registers using the stored information. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026685 | DEPENDENT INSTRUCTION SUPPRESSION - A method includes suppressing execution of at least one dependent instruction of a first instruction by a processor responsive to an invalid status of an ancestor load instruction associated with the first instruction. A processor includes an instruction pipeline having an execution unit to execute instructions, a load store unit for retrieving data from a memory hierarchy, and a scheduler unit. The scheduler unit selects for execution in the execution unit a first load instruction having at least one dependent instruction linked to the first load instruction for data forwarding from the load store unit and suppresses execution of a second dependent instruction of the first dependent instruction responsive to an invalid status of the first load instruction. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026686 | DEPENDENT INSTRUCTION SUPPRESSION IN A LOAD-OPERATION INSTRUCTION - A method includes suppressing execution of an operation portion of a load-operation instruction in a processor responsive to an invalid status of a load portion of load-operation instruction. A processor includes an instruction pipeline including an execution unit operable to execute instructions and a scheduler unit. The scheduler unit includes a scheduler queue and is operable to store a load-operation in the scheduler queue. The load-operation instruction includes a load portion and an operation portion. The scheduler unit schedules the load portion for execution in the execution unit, marks the operation portion in the scheduler queue as eligible for execution responsive to scheduling the load portion, receives an indication of an invalid status of the load portion, and suppresses execution of the operation portion responsive to the indication of the invalid status. | 01-22-2015 |
Michael D. Achenbach, Austin, TX US
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20120023314 | PAIRED EXECUTION SCHEDULING OF DEPENDENT MICRO-OPERATIONS - A method and mechanism for reducing latency of a multi-cycle scheduler within a processor. A processor comprises a front end pipeline that determines data dependencies between instructions prior to a scheduling pipe stage. For each data dependency, a distance value is determined based on a number of instructions a younger dependent instruction is located from a corresponding older (in program order) instruction. When the younger dependent instruction is allocated an entry in a multi-cycle scheduler, this distance value may be used to locate an entry storing the older instruction in the scheduler. When the older instruction is picked for issue, the younger dependent instruction is marked as pre-picked. In an immediately subsequent clock cycle, the younger dependent instruction may be picked for issue, thereby reducing the latency of the multi-cycle scheduler. | 01-26-2012 |
Michael W. Achenbach, Los Altos, CA US
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20120010876 | VOICE INTEGRATION PLATFORM - A voice integration platform and method provide for integration of a voice interface with a data system that includes stored data. The voice integration platform comprises one or more generic software components, the generic software components being configured to enable development of a specific voice user interface that is designed to interact with the data system in order to present the stored data to a user. | 01-12-2012 |