Jones, Iii, US
Albert O. Jones, Iii, Memphis, TN US
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20150128464 | SIGN DISPLAY - A display fastener is provided. The display fastener embodies a releasably attachable sign display for various interchangeable signs. The display fastener may provide a body sheet of design material forming an attachment plate and a fastener configuration on opposing ends thereof. The attachment plate may provide a sign fastener. The fastener configuration forms a slide-in region, a reception pocket and a tension clip communicating therebetween, wherein the tension clip is positionable in a tension-biased position and an opened position communicating the slide-in region to the reception pocket. | 05-14-2015 |
Arthur H. Jones, Iii, Port Saint Lucie, FL US
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20150096214 | MAGAZINE SYSTEM FOR INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF A FIREARM - A magazine system for increasing the cartridge storage capacity of a firearm is disclosed. The magazine system may be a magazine that includes a housing that has a capacity for ammunition and a spring mechanism housed within the housing. Additionally, the magazine system may include a connection mechanism that is connectable to the housing, and an extension portion that is insertable into the housing. The extension portion may increase the capacity for the ammunition by enabling the spring mechanism to expand beyond the length of the housing when the extension portion is extended from the housing, thereby making the magazine system easier to load. The magazine system may then be loaded, and the extension portion may then be retracted back into the housing. The connection mechanism may then be utilized to lock the extension portion into a retracted position once the extension portion is retracted back into the housing. | 04-09-2015 |
Charles A. Jones, Iii, Greensboro, NC US
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20120115816 | COMPATIBILIZED ELECTROLYTE FORMULATIONS - The invention includes aqueous compatibilized pesticidal formulations and methods of making them. In typical embodiments, formulations comprise a first electrolytic pesticide and a second electrolytic pesticide, and about 30 to about 300 g/L of at least one alkyl polyglycoside. The invention also includes methods of preparing pesticidal formulations to increase the concentration of the electrolytic pesticides. The invention also includes storage and transport systems containing formulation embodiments. The invention also includes methods inhibiting pests. | 05-10-2012 |
Emory E. Jones, Iii, Fincastle, VA US
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20140355940 | FIBER OPTIC SPLICE PROTECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A FIBER OPTIC SPLICE - A fiber optic splice protecting system includes a tubular sized to fit around spliced ends of optical fibers and a sealant positioned in an annular space defined between the optical fibers and the tubular configured to cure from a liquid to a solid. | 12-04-2014 |
20150110450 | FIBER OPTIC SPLICE PROTECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A FIBER OPTIC SPLICE - A fiber optic splice protecting system and method includes a tubular sized to fit around spliced ends of optical fibers, and a sealant positioned in an annular space defined between the optical fibers and the tubular. The sealant is configured to cure from a liquid to a solid. The tubular is at least partially formed of a material that is gas permeable. | 04-23-2015 |
Harold Glenn Jones, Iii, Austin, TX US
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20100254125 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BACKLIT DISPLAY ON APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT - A backlit display for sink and vent hood assemblies is disclosed. The assembly has a body with an interior and an exterior with a front and sides. A frame is mounted to the front of the body and defines a window. A support panel is installed in the frame and has a light. A mounting bezel is mounted to the frame in front of the window. The mounting bezel defines a pocket between the mounting bezel and the frame. The assembly also comprises a decorative panel that is mounted in the pocket between the mounting bezel and the frame in front of the window. The light backlights and illuminates the decorative panel in front of and away from the body through the window. | 10-07-2010 |
Henry Fisher Jones, Iii, Raleigh, NC US
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20130341298 | BOTTLE LOCK - A bottle lock for securely sealing a container, the bottle lock including a housing, a combination ring assembly, a shaft, a bottom locking ring, and a stopper. The bottle lock can then be inserted into a container opening and the shaft rotated until the stopper exerts the desired pressure against the container opening. The combination rings are then rotated to lock the device. The remove the bottle lock, the combination rings are realigned, the housing removed and the shaft then rotated in the reverse direction, releasing the pressure on the container opening. | 12-26-2013 |
James H. Jones, Iii, Charleston, WV US
James L. Jones, Iii, Chantilly, VA US
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20100306265 | DATA AND EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A management system and method for facilitating the management of data and events. The system includes a server, a processor, and a feed in communication with the server. The feed provides real-time information relating to a predetermined group of people and/or facilities. The processor is operable to process the information delivered by the feed and update a first database. The system also includes a computer processing unit (CPU), an interface and a document associating circuit. The CPU processes the server and the second database so as to provide information onto a display. The document associating circuit is operable to process the first and second databases so as to associate documents stored in the first and second databases with each event displayed on the calendar and deliver the associated document with a selected event. | 12-02-2010 |
20110302227 | DATA AND EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A management system and method for facilitating the management of data and events. The system includes a server, a processor, and a feed in communication with the server. The feed provides real-time information relating to a predetermined group of people and/or facilities. The processor is operable to process the information delivered by the feed and update a first database. The system also includes a computer processing unit (CPU), an interface and a document associating circuit. The CPU processes the server and the second database so as to provide information onto a display. The document associating circuit is operable to process the first and second databases so as to associate documents stored in the first and second databases with each event displayed on the calendar and deliver the associated document with a selected event. | 12-08-2011 |
John E. Jones, Iii, Seattle, WA US
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20080283151 | Warp Stable Wood Product And Methods For Detecting The Same - A warp stable wood product and methods for detecting the same are provided. The wood product may be sorted based on its morphology, microstructure, macrostructure, and/or chemical composition properties being substantially symmetric relative to at least one or more cross-sectional centroids of the wood product, thereby imparting warp stability. | 11-20-2008 |
20100230310 | Warp Stable Wood Product Package and Methods for Sorting a Wood Product - The present disclosure includes a wood product package comprising a plurality of wood products having a performance attribute. The performance attribute of the wood products is certified in statistical terms based on a degree to at which at least one of a morphology, microstructure, macrostructure or chemical composition property remains substantially symmetrical about a cross-sectional centroid of each of the wood products. Each of the plurality of wood products have a cross-sectional centroid. The plurality of wood products each have a property that is substantially symmetrical about the cross-sectional centroids. The property is related to morphology, microstructure, macrostructure, and chemical composition. Further aspects of the disclosure are directed towards methods for sorting wood products. | 09-16-2010 |
20100326005 | TRUSS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING COMPONENTS FOR CONSTRUCTING A TRUSS - The present disclosure includes a truss and a method for selecting components to construct a truss. The truss includes three or more chord elements (two or more upper chord elements and one or more lower chord elements) and one or more web elements. Embodiments of methods according to the disclosure include estimating a first change in length for each of the two or more upper chord elements and estimating a second change in length of each of the one or more lower chord elements, the first change in length and the second change in conditions to which the truss is exposed. The method may also include selecting the one or more web elements from the plurality of wood members such that it compensates for deformation caused by the first change in length and the second change in length. | 12-30-2010 |
20110314690 | METHOD FOR REDUCING OVERALL VARIABILITY OF MOISTURE CONTENT IN WOOD PRODUCTS - The present disclosure includes a method for quantifying contribution to overall variability of moisture content in wood products and associated computer software. The method comprises the steps of obtaining moisture content data for the wood products and identifying one or more sources of variability in the moisture content data. A contribution to overall variability from each of the one or more sources of variability is then quantified. One or more opportunities to impact the overall variability are then quantified, each of the one or more opportunities being associated with one or more executable steps. | 12-29-2011 |
20130173179 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING WHETHER A WOOD PRODUCT ORIGINATED FROM A BUTT LOG - The present disclosure generally relates to methods for predicting whether a wood product originated from a butt log. In some embodiments, such methods include dividing the wood product into at least two sections and obtaining, for each of the at least two sections, one or more optical measurements. One or more slope values may then be calculate, each representing an estimated rate at which the one or more optical measurements vary across the wood product. The slope values may then be used in a prediction model to determine a predictive output, the predictive output indicating whether the wood product originated from a butt log. Further aspects of the disclosure are directed towards a computer-readable storage medium for executing methods according to embodiments of the disclosure. | 07-04-2013 |
20130232907 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A TRUSS FROM SELECTED COMPONENTS - The present disclosure includes a truss and a method for selecting components to construct a truss. The truss includes three or more chord elements (two or more upper chord elements and one or more lower chord elements) and one or more web elements. Embodiments of methods according to the disclosure include estimating a first change in length for each of the two or more upper chord elements and estimating a second change in length of each of the one or more lower chord elements, the first change in length and the second change in conditions to which the truss is exposed. The method may also include selecting the one or more web elements from the plurality of wood members such that it compensates for deformation caused by the first change in length and the second change in length. | 09-12-2013 |
John M. Jones, Iii, Overland Park, KS US
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20120034951 | CRADLE FOR EXTENDING DATA CAPABILITIES TO A WIRELESS DEVICE - The invention is directed to a cradle that extends a wireless device's ability to communicate data through a wireless communications network. The cradle includes a frame having back, side, and bottom portions that define an open space for receiving a wireless device that has the ability to communicate with a wireless local area network using, for example, Wi-Fi technology. The wireless device is held in place relative to the frame so that the wireless device remains in direct contact with the cradle. At least one wireless communication component is integrated into the cradle to facilitate communication of data between the wireless device and the wireless communications network. | 02-09-2012 |
Lewis F. Jones, Iii, Hattiesburg, MS US
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20140064031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWATH OVERLAP DETECTION - System and method for rapidly determining the geographic areas where spatial overlap of arbitrarily oriented (i.e. not just parallel) swath sensor data meets a pre-selected specified percentage of swath width. | 03-06-2014 |
Robert Linzey Jones, Iii, Toano, VA US
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20120209794 | SELF-ORGANIZING SEQUENTIAL MEMORY PATTERN MACHINE AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING METHOD - A self-organizing computing machine utilizes a method for mapping from a plurality of patterns contained within provided inputs to an invariant perception, distinguishable by a name or a label. The self-organizing computing machine includes a network of at least three nodes arranged in at least two hierarchical levels, at least one feature extractor, and at least one output unit arranged to interface the invariant perception. The nodes may include a reinforcement learning sub-network combined with an ensemble learning sub-network. The reinforcement learning sub-network may be arranged to receive at least two correlants, to determine a plurality of output values and to output the output values to the nodes of the higher level and the nodes of the lower level. Also, the ensemble learning sub-network may be arranged to receive and to combine output values from nodes of the higher level and nodes of the lower level. | 08-16-2012 |
Robert S. Jones, Iii, Austin, TX US
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20090195428 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH VARIABLE GAIN AND METHOD THEREOF - An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) device includes an input terminal to receive an analog signal, an analog component, and control logic. The analog component includes an amplifier having an input and an output and a capacitor network coupled to the input and the output of the amplifier. The capacitor network comprises a plurality of capacitors. The control logic is configured to, in a first mode, configure the capacitor network and the amplifier in an amplification configuration to amplify the analog signal by a predetermined gain to generate an amplified analog signal. The control logic further is configured to, in a second mode, configure the capacitor network and the amplifier to generate a series of one or more residue voltages using the amplified analog signal. | 08-06-2009 |
20130069811 | LOW POWER CYCLE DATA CONVERTER - A redundant signed digit (RSD) analog to digital converter (ADC) receives a high voltage (VRH) and a low voltage (VRL) for use in converting an input signal to a digital signal. A doubling circuit receives the input signal and doubles the input signal to provide a doubled input signal using an amplifier and a first capacitor. The first capacitor has a capacitance of a first magnitude. A VR circuit continues processing the doubled input signal to provide a | 03-21-2013 |
Roy Clifton Jones, Iii, Plano, TX US
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20090054023 | AUDIO AMPLIFIER AND METHODS OF GENERATING AUDIO SIGNALS - Audio amplifiers and methods of generating audio signals are disclosed. A disclosed example amplifier comprises a first driver to receive a first signal; a second driver to receive a second signal; a configurable signal delivery circuit; and a mode selector in communication with the first and second drivers to selectively configure the signal delivery circuit in a voltage boost mode or a voltage buck-boost mode based on a characteristic of the input signal. | 02-26-2009 |
20120044020 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING A CURREN FOR VARYING IMPEDANCE LOADS - Recently, there has been an increased desire to measure load currents of class-D amplifiers to improve performance. The traditional solution has been to include one or more discrete components in series with the load, but this degrades performance. Here, however, circuit is provided (which includes sample-and-hold circuit) that accurately measures load currents without inhibiting performance and that is not inhibited by the phase differences between the load voltage and load current. | 02-23-2012 |
Russell K. Jones, Iii, Palo Alto, CA US
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20130039499 | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An audio warning monitoring device, system and method including an audio detector, one or more audio screens to determine if monitored sound is an alarm, a processor or logic device to potentially analyze sound data and then instruct a transmitter to send a message with the monitoring device identification and signals representing sound detected by the audio detector to a server. The computer server analyzes the message and authenticates the audio detector, looks up user data associated with the detector, and contacts a user from previously stored user data in order to notify of the alert and then relay the audio signals in an audio file. At the user's option, the server may contact a staffed or automated monitoring center. Here a human operator may listen to the signals in the audio file and take appropriate action, such as calling the location of the alarm for verification or contacting a professional first responder(s). | 02-14-2013 |
Sidney Dennis Jones, Iii, Lynchburg, VA US
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20090118560 | Nuclear waste removal system and method using wet oxidation - Methods for removing nuclear waste from a component are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of supplying oxalic acid to the nuclear waste on the component to form an oxalic acid/waste solution, feeding the oxalic acid/waste solution from the component, feeding an oxidant to the oxalic acid/waste solution to form carbon-dioxide, water and a precipitate, and separating the precipitate from the water. A system for removing nuclear waste is also provided. | 05-07-2009 |
Thomas O. Jones, Iii, San Diego, CA US
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20160064831 | Directional Array for Near Vertical Incidence Skywave Antenna - An antenna array comprising: four dipole antennas configured to function together as a directional, near vertical incidence skywave (NVIS) antenna with reduced side lobes, wherein each dipole antenna comprises two conductive elements and a feed point disposed between the two conductive elements, wherein the conductive elements of each of the four dipole antennas are disposed in an x-y plane of an x-y-z mutually orthogonal axes coordinate system, and wherein the conductive elements are substantially parallel with the x-axis and the x-y plane is substantially parallel with a ground plane; and wherein the feed points of the four dipole antennas are positioned on the x-y plane at approximately (x, 0), (−x, 0), (0, y), and (0, −y), and wherein the x-y plane is separated from the ground plane by a distance h that is less than or equal to 1/10 the wavelength (λ) of an operating frequency. | 03-03-2016 |
Tommy Jefferson Jones, Iii, Wylie, TX US
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20100281997 | FLOW CONTROL ASSEMBLY - A flow control device for automatically controlling the flow of a fluid at a predetermined rate that is capable of taking measurements of the pressure of the fluid within the device while the device is functioning and that is capable of real-time adjustment of the flow rate is provided. Said device includes a casing having a casing outlet, a piston having a piston inlet and an edge, wherein said piston interfaces with the casing in a manner such that the edge is cooperable with the casing outlet to control the flow of fluid through the device. A biasing member, such as a spring, for biasing the casing with the piston is further included, as is a sensor, such as a pressure transducer, for measuring the pressure within the interior of the casing. | 11-11-2010 |
20120103439 | FLOW CONTROL ASSEMBLY - A flow control device for automatically controlling the flow of a fluid at a predetermined rate that is capable of taking measurements of the pressure of the fluid within the device while the device is functioning and that is capable of real-time adjustment of the flow rate is provided. Said device includes a casing having a casing outlet, a piston having a piston inlet and an edge, wherein said piston interfaces with the casing in a manner such that the edge is cooperable with the casing outlet to control the flow of fluid through the device. A biasing member, such as a spring, for biasing the casing with the piston is further included, as is a sensor, such as a pressure transducer, for measuring the pressure within the interior of the casing. | 05-03-2012 |
20150354734 | SWEAT SOLDER RETAINER - An apparatus and method are described for coupling a pipe to a plumbing element, such as a valve. The apparatus includes a threaded section adjacent to a first opening and a coupling section adjacent to a second opening. An internal surface of the coupling section is configured to couple to an external surface of a pipe. The apparatus also includes a clamping section located between the threaded section and the coupling section for applying a rotational force to the apparatus. The clamping section includes an internal support ridge and an internal valley to reduce heat transfer between the coupling section and the threaded section. | 12-10-2015 |
Victor T. Jones, Iii, Germantown, MD US
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20140244293 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROPAGATING LABELS TO PATIENT ENCOUNTER DATA - Methods and systems for propagating labels, such as “good” or “bad”, to unlabeled patient encounter data. Patient encounters, partially labeled but mostly unlabeled, is represented as nodes in a network, and labels are propagated from labeled nodes to unlabeled nodes based on the similarity of the unlabeled nodes to neighboring nodes. The resulting patient encounter data may be used for, for example, a training data set, or for other purposes. | 08-28-2014 |
William Evan Jones, Iii, Fort Collins, CO US
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20140149703 | CONTENTION BLOCKING BUFFER - In response to a processor receiving data associated with a shared memory location, a contention blocking buffer stores a memory address of the shared memory location. In response to a probe seeking to take ownership of the shared memory location, the contention blocking buffer determines if the memory address indicated by the probe is stored at the contention blocking buffer. If so, the contention blocking buffer blocks the probe, thereby preventing another processor from taking ownership of the shared memory location. | 05-29-2014 |
William Richardson Jones, Iii, San Francisco, CA US
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20110269332 | BREAKAWAY MECHANISM FOR CHARGING CABLES OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS - A breakaway mechanism for a charging cable of an electric vehicle charging station includes a retention component and a breakaway component. The retention component is secured to the charging station and the breakaway component is secured to the charging cable. The charging cable passes through the breakaway component and includes charging wires that connect to connectors on the charging station. The breakaway component is adapted to disengage from the retention component at a predetermined pull force thereby causing the charging wires to disconnect from the connectors on the charging station. | 11-03-2011 |