Smith, NM
David Lewis Smith, Albuquerque, NM US
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20140060508 | Thermal Management of a Propulsion Circuit in an Electromagnetic Munition Launcher - Apparatus and methods provide thermal management of a propulsion circuit in an electromagnetic munition launcher. | 03-06-2014 |
Douglas Smith, Albuquerque, NM US
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20090157219 | Intelligent Sleeve Container for Use in a Controlled Syringe System - Various embodiments of the present invention concern improving the dosing accuracy and efficacy of systems that calculate medicine doses for injection in animals and prepare the correct dose in an automated syringe subsystem. In an embodiment, the improvement is gained by simultaneously protecting the medicine from ambient outdoor temperatures that thermally degrade its efficacy while precisely monitoring the amount of medicine remaining inside the source vial to prevent inadvertent under-dosing due to undetected source depletion. This dual-sleeve system (one for temperature, one for data storage concerning the source vial contents) forms an intelligent adjunct to current and future automated injection technology used to maintain healthy livestock. | 06-18-2009 |
Douglas M. Smith, Albuquerque, NM US
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20090000312 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING A CONTAINER - A method and apparatus for the rapid cooling of a container and its contents, such as a beverage container. A heat transfer fluid is thermally contacted with the beverage container, where the heat transfer fluid has a temperature of less than 0° C. The heat transfer fluid can be physically separated from the container, such as by flowing the heat transfer fluid through a heat exchanger that surrounds the container. The cooling parameters can be controlled such that the container and its contents are rapidly cooled without freezing of the contents. | 01-01-2009 |
20090001086 | CONTAINER INSERT INCORPORATING THERMALLY INSULATIVE PANELS - A container insert for providing a thermally insulated enclosure. The container insert includes a bottom panel, side panels and end panels that are interconnected by a plastic backing sheet. The side panels and end panels can be pivoted upwardly to form side walls and end walls. The plastic backing sheet covers the seams between adjacent insulation panels to provide a moisture barrier. The plastic backing sheet can also urge adjacent panels together to reduce the gap between adjacent panels and improve thermal performance. | 01-01-2009 |
20130152612 | SORPTION COOLING SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CONTROL USING MULTI-CHANNEL THERMAL SWING ADSORPTION - Sorption cooling systems and methods for using sorption cooling systems, particularly to control the interior climate of vehicles, buildings, appliances and other enclosed spaces. The sorption cooling systems may incorporate sorbent beds having a low thermal mass that are capable of rapid cycle times to increase the efficiency of the sorption cooling systems. | 06-20-2013 |
20140151382 | INSULATED CONTAINER SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING A CONTROLLED PAYLOAD TEMPERATURE - An insulated container system and a temperature control insert that is configured to maintain a payload chamber temperature over a minimum length of time to enable goods within the payload chamber to be shipped over distances while being maintained within a desired temperature range. | 06-05-2014 |
20140196305 | Production of Thermal Insulation Products - Methods of making thermal insulation products are provided, one method including the steps of sealing a support material (e.g., a nanoporous core such as fumed silica, an aerogel powder, etc.) and at least one vapor (e.g., steam) within an interior portion of a substantially gas-impermeable envelope (e.g., a metallic and/or polymeric film), and then condensing at least a portion of the vapor after the sealing step to reduce the pressure within the gas-impermeable envelope from a first pressure before the condensing to a lower second pressure after the condensing. The disclosed methods limit or eliminate the need for mechanism pumping mechanisms to drawing the vacuum within the products, drying of the core before the sealing, and the like. | 07-17-2014 |
20140360044 | THERMAL INSULATION PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTION OF THERMAL INSULATION PRODUCTS - Methods of making thermal insulation products that may be usable to provide insulation in high temperature applications. One method includes sealing a support material (e.g., a nanoporous core such as fumed silica, an aerogel powder, etc.) and at least one vapor within an interior portion of a substantially gas-impermeable envelope (e.g., a metallic and/or polymeric film), and then condensing at least a portion of the vapor after the sealing step to reduce the pressure within the gas-impermeable envelope from a first pressure before the condensing to a lower second pressure after the condensing. The disclosed methods limit or eliminate the need for pumping mechanisms to draw the vacuum within the products, drying of the core before the sealing, and the like. | 12-11-2014 |
20140366480 | THERMAL INSULATION PRODUCTS FOR INSULATING BUILDINGS AND OTHER ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENTS - High-efficiency thermal insulation products and methods for use thereof for use in insulating buildings, residential homes, and other enclosed environments. In one arrangement, a thermal insulation product includes a substantially gas-impermeable envelope having first and second opposing surfaces and a sealed interior portion between the first and second opposing surfaces, a support material within the sealed interior portion of the gas-impermeable envelope, and at least about 2 grams of a liquid per liter of a total volume of the sealed interior portion within the sealed interior portion. At least a portion of the liquid is operable to cyclically evaporate from adjacent one of the first and second opposing surfaces and subsequently condense adjacent the other of the first and second opposing surfaces depending on temperature differences between the first and second opposing surfaces. | 12-18-2014 |
20140367033 | THERMAL INSULATION PRODUCTS FOR USE WITH NON-PLANAR OBJECTS - High-efficiency thermal insulation products and methods for use thereof for insulating cylindrically-shaped and other non-planar objects such as pipes, tanks, and the like. One method includes heating a substantially gas-tight enclosure to render the gas-tight enclosure pliable, wrapping the inner surface of the gas-tight enclosure about at least a portion of a non-planar surface, and cooling the gas-tight enclosure to render the gas-tight enclosure substantially unpliable about the non-planar surface. The gas-tight enclosure may include a sealed interior portion having a pressure that is not greater than about 500 mbar at a temperature of about 20° C. before the heating step and/or after the cooling step. A ratio of a thickness of the gas-tight enclosure to a radius of curvature of the portion of the non-planar surface may be at least about 1 to 8. | 12-18-2014 |
20160003403 | THERMAL INSULATION PRODUCTS FOR USE WITH NON-PLANAR OBJECTS - High-efficiency thermal insulation products and methods for use thereof for insulating cylindrically-shaped and other non-planar objects such as pipes, tanks, and the like. One method includes heating a substantially gas-tight enclosure to render the gas-tight enclosure pliable, wrapping the inner surface of the gas-tight enclosure about at least a portion of a non-planar surface, and cooling the gas-tight enclosure to render the gas-tight enclosure substantially unpliable about the non-planar surface. The gas-tight enclosure may include a sealed interior portion having a pressure that is not greater than about 500 mbar at a temperature of about 20° C. before the heating step and/or after the cooling step. A ratio of a thickness of the gas-tight enclosure to a radius of curvature of the portion of the non-planar surface may be at least about 1 to 8. | 01-07-2016 |
Erik J. Smith, Los Lunas, NM US
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20140170652 | TARGET CAPTURE SYSTEM - The invention generally relates to a system for isolating or separating a target from a sample. In certain aspects, processes performed by the target capture system include introducing a plurality of magnetic particles, in which a plurality of the particles include at least one binding moiety specific to a target, into a sample to form at least one target/particle complex and applying a magnetic field to isolate the magnetic particle/target complexes from the sample. The process starts at inputting a sample into the system and ends at delivering a capture target or nucleic acids of the target into a container for further analysis. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170667 | METHODS FOR AMPLIFYING NUCLEIC ACID FROM A TARGET - The invention generally relates to methods for amplifying nucleic acid from a target. In certain aspects, methods of the invention involve obtaining a sample including a target, conducting an assay that isolates the target from the sample, lysing the target to release the nucleic acid, and amplifying the released nucleic acid such that the amplifying occurs in the presence of debris from the lysing step. | 06-19-2014 |
Frank R. Smith, Los Lunas, NM US
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20140231005 | PRODUCING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC ISOLATION CAVITY BY STACKING TAPE LAYERS HAVING CONDUCTOR-COATED EDGE SURFACES FACING THE CAVITY - An electromagnetic isolation cavity surrounded by a generally annular solid conductive wall is produced by coating edge surfaces of respective dielectric tape layers with a material containing a conductor. The tape layers are then stacked, with the coated edge surfaces aligned and facing the electromagnetic isolation cavity. | 08-21-2014 |
Geoffrey Smith, Las Cruces, NM US
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20120107895 | Method and Apparatus for Membrane-Based, Two-Stage Gas Production from Solid Biomaterials - Embodiments of the present invention preferably relate to a method and apparatus for a two-stage membrane-based production of gas, preferably hydrogen gas or the like, from solid biological materials, preferably organic waste materials or the like, comprising anaerobic hydrolysis and fermentation and photofermentation using microorganisms. | 05-03-2012 |
Geoffrey Battle Smith, Las Cruces, NM US
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20160073643 | Organic and Environmentally "Green" Biocide Compositions and Applications - Natural, organic, environmentally “green” biocide compositions comprising oregano oil in various natural delivery media. | 03-17-2016 |
Ken Smith, Albuquerque, NM US
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20100306924 | INFLATABLE MATTRESS FOR A BED - A support apparatus includes a rotation therapy device, a pulsation therapy device, a dynamic therapy device, and a control system for operating the devices. | 12-09-2010 |
20120054965 | BED FRAME AND MATTRESS SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL - A support apparatus includes a bed frame with movable portions and a mattress supported on the bed frame. A control system synchronously controls inflation and deflation of at least one air bladder of the mattress and movement of at least one of the movable portions. | 03-08-2012 |
Kevin T. Smith, Clovis, NM US
Leon Smith, Albuquerque, NM US
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20100236118 | SNAP N PLACE SIGN SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE FOR INTERIOR SIGNS - A Snap N Place sign system and method for supporting a sign message includes a sign substrate associated with a number of rubber nipple fasteners and a lens. The sign message and the lens further include mounting holes placed at their corners for securely holding the sign message in association with the sign substrate and lens. The rubber nipple fastener can be pulled through the mounting holes in the lens utilizing a relatively low insertion force. The rubber nipple fasteners can be driven axially into the mounting holes in the lens with a flexible tab engaging the lens and flexing as they move through the hole in the lens. The rubber nipple fastener can be specifically designed such that the force required to install or push the rubber nipple fastener through the mounting hole is relatively low thereby facilitating ergonomic considerations. The Snap N Place sign system is capable of holding signs of a variety of thicknesses and sizes. | 09-23-2010 |
Mark Dargan Smith, Santa Fe, NM US
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20100035327 | Use of rice-derived products in a universal cell culture medium - The invention is used as an additive to a culture medium to maintain and grow various cells including stem cells and support their manufactured and secreted products including cytokines, chemokines and growth factors in an environment which provides: | 02-11-2010 |
Nicholas Smith, Santa Fe, NM US
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20100262466 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZATIONAL MERGER AND ACQUISITION ANALYSIS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for merger and acquisition analysis. A survey module may provide a survey regarding organizational aspects, including both subjective aspects and objective aspects. A database module may gather responses to the survey regarding a first company and a second company that are merger candidates into a database of survey data. A reporting module may display a graphic that presents a visual summary of the survey data for each organizational aspect. A recommendation module may generate action recommendations to address root causes of impacts regarding the merger based upon the survey data in the database. The visual summaries may be arranged in a pictorial representation of an interrelationship between the organizational aspects that may be interactively selectable by a user. | 10-14-2010 |
Nickolaus A. Smith, Santa Fe, NM US
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20120238733 | PREPARATION OF CERIUM HALIDE SOLVATE COMPLEXES - Crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide solvate complex resulted from a process of forming a paste of a cerium(III) halide in an ionic liquid, adding a solvent to the paste, removing any undissolved solid, and then cooling the liquid phase. Diffusing a solvent vapor into the liquid phase also resulted in crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide complex. | 09-20-2012 |
Paul Alexander Smith, Los Alamos, NM US
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20120168642 | INSTALLATION FOR STERILIZING OBJECTS BY MEANS OF A RADIATION SOURCE - Disclosed is an installation ( | 07-05-2012 |
Roderick L. Smith, Rio Rancho, NM US
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20110146919 | Adjustable blind for irregularly-shaped windows - There is disclosed a window blind suitable for use in arch-type and semi-circle windows, including windows having a curved side defined by a radius, including irregularly shaped windows having a curved side with a varying radius. The apparatus is designed to provide both privacy and shade, and may also be readily opened and closed. A plurality of slats is pivotal in relation to a mounting base or base, and can be deployed into an array to cover the entirety of a semi-circular window. | 06-23-2011 |