Heston, US
Brian K. Heston, Dover, OH US
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20090062843 | TOURNIQUET CUFF WITH A TIGHTNESS INDICATOR - A tourniquet cuff has a body configured for being wrapped around a limb. The body has an unpressurized state and a pressurized state. A securing portion on the body is releasably engageable to the body. The cuff also has an indicator that operates in response to movement of the securing portion for locating where the securing portion engages the body in order to apply a predetermined amount of force sufficient to secure the body to a limb without causing significant venous occlusion at the limb when the body is in the unpressurized stated. | 03-05-2009 |
20150080944 | TOURNIQUET CUFF WITH A TIGHTNESS INDICATOR - A tourniquet cuff has a body configured for being wrapped around a limb. The body has an unpressurized state and a pressurized state. A securing portion on the body is releasably engageable to the body. The cuff also has an indicator that operates in response to movement of the securing portion for locating where the securing portion engages the body in order to apply a predetermined amount of force sufficient to secure the body to a limb without causing significant venous occlusion at the limb when the body is in the unpressurized state. | 03-19-2015 |
Brian Lee Heston, Annawan, IL US
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20100107944 | Planter with Cup Belt Meter - A seed belt cup planter includes seed-intercepting indexing pocket structure facing an adjacent cup on the downward run of the belt towards a furrow for orienting the seed released from the adjacent cup relative to the furrow. In one embodiment, the indexing pocket structure is located on the underside of the cups and receives and orients a cylindrically shaped seed such as a short sugar cane billet. The seed pickup side of the cup is shaped to efficiently receive cylindrical seeds as well as round and oval seeds of differing sizes from a seed puddle. A divider located in the seed hopper between adjacent columns of cups helps channel the seed to the cups and limits pressure on the seed puddle. | 05-06-2010 |
Christian Heston, Columbia, MO US
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20110081824 | Timber toy building system - A log based building system including a plurality of logs having different lengths and a square cross section; at least one connector having an opening sized to slide over an end of a stack of at least two logs and thereby clamp the at least two logs together. The two logs can include notches that allow a third log to be clamped in place by the connector, this arrangement allows for building toys with long reach arms. | 04-07-2011 |
Christian G. Heston, Columbia, MO US
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20160136535 | INTERLOCKING TOY STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An interlocking structure is provided. The interlocking structure includes a floor panel which has a floor tab, a floor groove, and a floor tenon. A side panel includes a first side tab, a second side tab, and a side groove, wherein the side groove is removably coupled to the floor groove. A top panel has a top tab, a top groove, and a top tenon, wherein the top tab is removably coupled to the side groove and the top groove is removably coupled to the first side tab. A back panel has a back tab, a back groove, a first back mortise and a second back mortise. The first back mortise is configured to receive the floor tenon and the second back mortise is configured to receive the top tenon. A rod is removably coupled to at least one of the floor tenon and the top tenon. | 05-19-2016 |
David D. Heston, Dallas, TX US
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20120309327 | RF AMPLIFIER WITH OPEN CIRCUIT INPUT OFF-STATE - An amplifier including an amplifier transistor, and a switch transistor, wherein the amplifier is configured to be switched on and off by controlling bias voltages of the transistors. | 12-06-2012 |
20130021115 | RESONATED BYPASS CAPACITOR FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE OF A MICROWAVE CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to microwave circuits, and more particularly to bypass circuits for bias connections. The bypass circuit comprises a capacitor in series with an inductor, the series combination being connected between the bias conductor and ground. This series combination provides low return loss at the operating frequency. A de-queueing circuit may be included in the bypass circuit to provide loss at other frequencies. | 01-24-2013 |
20140197891 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature control system having: a resistor formed in a region of a semiconductor, such resistor having a pair of spaced electrodes in ohmic contact with the semiconductor; at least one device formed in another region of the semiconductor thermally proximate the resistor formed region, such device generating heat in the semiconductor; and circuitry, including a reference connected to one of the pair of electrodes, for operating the resistor in saturation and for sensing variation in the resistor in response to the heat generated by the device and for controlling the heat generated by the device in the semiconductor in response to the sensed variation. | 07-17-2014 |
Donald W. Heston, Chillicothe, IL US
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20090031715 | Engine system, operating method and control strategy for aftertreatment thermal management - A method of operating an internal combustion engine system includes passing exhaust gases from an engine to an aftertreatment device such as a particulate filter at an exhaust temperature less than a target temperature, and increasing a temperature of exhaust gases passing through the aftertreatment device to the target temperature by controllably restricting exhaust flow upstream the filter. The method still further includes generating a signal indicative of exhaust back pressure and reducing exhaust pressure by selectively reducing airflow to the engine responsive to the signal. An internal combustion engine system and associated control system includes an electronic control unit configured to selectively increase a temperature of exhaust gases passing through a particulate filter to a regeneration temperature via a variable flow restriction device. The electronic control unit is further configured to reduce exhaust pressure upstream the flow restriction device by commanding adjusting an intake airflow control element for the engine responsive to a signal corresponding to exhaust back pressure. | 02-05-2009 |
John G. Heston, Murphy, TX US
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20100102885 | Method And System For Amplifying A Signal Using A Transformer Matched Transistor - A power amplifier includes a transistor, a transmission line transformer, and a capacitor. The transistor is operable to receive a signal and to generate an amplified signal. The transistor has a source, a drain, and a gate. The gate has a first impedance and is operable to receive the signal to be amplified. The transmission line transformer has a first, second, third, and fourth port, the first port being coupled to the gate of the transistor and the third port, and the fourth port being coupled to a source device having a second impedance. The capacitor has a first end and a second end. The first end of the capacitor is coupled to the second port of the transmission line transformer and the second end is coupled to a ground. | 04-29-2010 |
20110140787 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AMPLIFYING A SIGNAL USING A TRANSFORMER MATCHED TRANSISTOR - A power amplifier includes a transistor, a transmission line transformer, and a capacitor. The transistor is operable to receive a signal and to generate an amplified signal. The transistor has a source, a drain, and a gate. The gate has a first impedance and is operable to receive the signal to be amplified. The transmission line transformer has a first, second, third, and fourth port, the first port and the third port being coupled directly to the gate of the transistor, and the fourth port being coupled to a source device having a second impedance. The capacitor has a first end and a second end. The first end of the capacitor is coupled to the second port of the transmission line transformer and the second end is coupled to a ground. | 06-16-2011 |
20110267154 | HIGH POWER RF SWITCH WITH ACTIVE DEVICE SIZE TAPERING - In an improved T/R switch configuration of a radio transceiver, the sizes of active switches coupled in series between the receive port and the common port are tapered such that the voltage referenced to ground across the active devices of the T/R switch is more evenly distributed among the switches which increases the power handling capability of that path. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an RF switch includes a plurality of first switches coupled in series between a transmit port and a common port for transmitting an RF signal, and a plurality of second switches coupled in series between a receive port and the common port. At least two of the plurality of second switches have different sizes such that the at least two of the second switches have substantially the same nodal impedance with respect to a frequency of the RF signal and an RF ground. | 11-03-2011 |
20120068771 | HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION OF HARMONIC LOADS AND TRANSISTOR FEEDBACK FOR IMPROVED AMPLIFIER PERFORMANCE - An RF power amplifier device in which the circuit is provided on two separate dies which are attached together vertically. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the RF power amplifier includes a first die including an amplifying circuit for amplifying an RF signal, and a second die including at least one circuit component coupled to the amplifying circuit. The first die is vertically coupled to the second die, and the second die may be a flip chip and include harmonic loads and/or feedback circuit. | 03-22-2012 |
Matthew L. Heston, Plano, TX US
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20090169154 | Multiple Channel Optical Tranceiver Modules with Compatibility Features - Optical transceiver modules with multiple channel connection with connectors on a motherboard of a line card for network devices, such as a switch, router, crossconnect and the like, are presented. The modules have staggered electronic boards which can engage the connectors which are laterally displaced on the motherboard. The connectors are also arranged so that one of them can engage an optical transceiver module in an SFP connection so that the motherboard connectors are compatible with multiple channel and single channel (SFP) connections. | 07-02-2009 |
20090175289 | Multi-Rate, Multi-Protocol, Multi-Port Line Interface for a Multiservice Switching Platform - Methods and apparatus for enabling a line card to support multiple ports, multiple rates, and multiple protocols within an optical network system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a line card that is suitable for incorporation into one of a multi-slot broadband digital cross-connect system or a multiservice provisioning platform includes a first port and a plurality of devices. The first port is arranged to be provisioned to accept an input signal which may be one of a signal of a first protocol and a signal of a second protocol. The plurality of devices being arranged to process the input signal to create an output signal which has a SONET payload. In one embodiment, the signal of the first protocol is an OC-n signal and the signal of the second protocol is a Gigabit Ethernet signal. | 07-09-2009 |
Michael Heston, Mansfield, OH US
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20100258329 | Sensor Lead Sealing and Strain Relief - A sensor system may comprise a wiring harness comprising at least one wire, a grommet, a nugget, a sensor, and a harness sleeve. The grommet may comprise at least one passageway configured to receive the wire. The nugget may comprise at least one terminal molded into the nugget and coupled to the wire. A mineral insulated cable may be coupled to the sensor and to the terminal. The harness sleeve may define at least one cavity configured to receive the nugget and at least a portion of the grommet. The harness sleeve may be coupled to the mineral insulated cable and may include a first crimp coupling the harness sleeve to the grommet. The exterior surface of the nugget may also include at least one radially disposed groove. The harness sleeve may also include a second crimp coupling the harness sleeve to the nugget, for example, about the radial groove. The first crimp may be configured to compress the grommet to provide a seal between the harness sleeve and the grommet and a seal between the grommet and the at least one wire of the harness wire. The second crimp and the molding of the terminal within the nugget may be configured to provide strain relief for the wiring harness. | 10-14-2010 |
Michael L. Heston, Mansfield, OH US
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20140008094 | Sensor Lead Sealing and Strain Relief - A sensor system includes a wiring harness including at least one wire, a grommet, a nugget, a sensor, and a harness sleeve, wherein the grommet includes at least one passageway configured to receive the wire and the nugget includes at least one terminal molded into the nugget and coupled to the wire. A mineral insulated cable may be coupled to the sensor and to the terminal and the harness sleeve may define at least one cavity configured to receive the nugget and at least a portion of the grommet. The harness sleeve may be coupled to the mineral insulated cable and may include a first crimp coupling the harness sleeve to the grommet. The harness sleeve may also include a second crimp coupling the harness sleeve to the nugget. | 01-09-2014 |
20140355653 | EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature sensor assembly including a tip body, a wire harness body, and a temperature sensing element. The tip body includes a closed end and an open end having a first flange portion. The wire harness body includes an open end having a second flange portion. A crimp couples the flange portions together to form a temperature sensor housing defining an interior cavity. The temperature sensing element is disposed within the interior cavity. A temperature sensor assembly may also include temperature sensing element and a temperature sensor housing defining an interior cavity. A distal end region of the interior cavity includes a temperature sensing element cavity defined by a closed end of the temperature sensor housing and configured to receive the temperature sensing element. A portion of the temperature sensing element cavity is heat-shrunk around a portion of the temperature sensing element. | 12-04-2014 |
Rodney W. Heston, Ankeny, IA US
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20130255282 | CARCASS WEIGHT CONTROL - Provided, is a fully integrated system to monitor and control carcass weight to minimize weight loss in carcasses during the chilling cycle. This will be accomplished by incorporating a load cell and a radio frequency identification device on the trolley operating on the elevated track system extending through the packing plant, including the carcass chilling rooms. This method and apparatus will provide the needed location and weight data to control a water spray system to maintain a constant carcass weight during the entire chilling cycle. | 10-03-2013 |
Scott M. Heston, Waltham, MA US
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20150305191 | METHOD TO ALIGN SURFACE MOUNT PACKAGES FOR THERMAL ENHANCEMENT - A surface mount device is disclosed. The surface mount device can include an electronic component operable in an electronic circuit. The surface mount device can also include a heat transfer component thermally coupled to the electronic component. The heat transfer component can have a heat transfer surface configured to interface with a heat sink. In addition, the surface mount device can include a resiliently flexible lead to electrically couple the electronic component to a circuit board. The resiliently flexible lead can be configured to resiliently deflect to facilitate a variable distance of the heat transfer surface from the circuit board, to enable the heat transfer surface and a planar heat transfer surface of another similarly configured surface mount device to be substantially aligned for interfacing with the heat sink. | 10-22-2015 |
Stephen F. Heston, Longmont, CO US
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20150084222 | FILAMENT FOR FUSED DEPOSIT MODELING - An apparatus for forming an object by an additive process, commonly referred to as 3-D printing, is provided. The apparatus includes a filament comprising a series of irregularities along the length of the filament, a nozzle depositing a layer of melted material onto a surface and a feeder feeding the filament to the nozzle. A heating element melts the filament and a controller controls the position of the nozzle in a plane to control the configuration of the layer of melted material deposited by the nozzle. Additionally, a method for forming polymer filament used in 3-D printing devices is also provided. The method includes the steps of melting a polymer, selecting an extrusion characteristic calculated to induce a polymer flow instability and extruding the melted polymer using the selected extrusion characteristic to produce an extrusion having distortions created by the polymer flow instability. | 03-26-2015 |
Stephen F. Heston, East Petersburg, PA US
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20130315665 | MOUNTING DEVICE - A mounting device for coaxially anchoring a machine element upon a rotary shaft. The device fits between the interior bore of the machine element and the surface of the shaft and is effective to position the element at any desired position longitudinally of the shaft and at any angular position circumferentially of the shaft. The device has inner and outer sleeves, the mating surfaces of which comprise tapered surfaces so that relative axial displacement of the sleeves effects expansion and contraction of the interior bore and external surface of the combined elements. Rotation of a threaded nut at one end of the device effects the relative axial displacement of the inner and outer sleeves to afford expansion and contraction of the sleeves. | 11-28-2013 |
20140161515 | Method and Apparatus for Mounting a Machine Element onto a Shaft - A mounting device for coaxially anchoring a machine element upon a rotary shaft is provided. The device fits between the interior bore of the machine element and the cylindrical surface of the shaft and is effective to position the element at any desired position longitudinally of the shaft and at any angular position circumferentially of the shaft. The device has inner and outer sleeves, the mating surfaces of which are similarly tapered so that relative axial displacement of the sleeves affects expansion and contraction of the interior bore and external surface of the combined elements. Rotation of a threaded nut at one end of the device effects the relative axial displacement of the inner and outer sleeves to afford expansion and contraction of the sleeves without excessively straining the material of the sleeves or the nut. | 06-12-2014 |
20140369746 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR MOUNTING NARROW MACHINE ELEMENTS ON A SHAFT - A mounting device for coupling two rotatable elements is provided. Specifically, a device for mounting a machine element onto a shaft, and in particular for mounting a narrow machine element on to a shaft, is provided. In one embodiment, the device includes a radially deformable inner sleeve that cooperates with an outer sleeve. A locking nut threads onto the inner sleeve to displace a thrust plate toward the outer sleeve so that the machine element is clamped between the thrust plate and the outer sleeve. In another embodiment, the device includes opposing pairs of inner and outer sleeves having mating tapered surfaces to provide axial clamping force and radial clamping force. The machine element is axially clamped between the pairs of inner and outer sleeves. | 12-18-2014 |
Stephen L. Heston, West Linn, OR US
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20100254794 | Palletizer Puller Bar - In an item-handling device, a layer head includes an item layer building platform defining an item receiving plane, the layer building platform being vertically positionable. A puller bar mounts to the layer head and moves in relation thereto within a plane above the item-receiving plane. The puller bar is positionable between a retracted position above the layer building platform and an extended position offset from the layer building platform. | 10-07-2010 |
20120297733 | Hybrid Palletizer - The present invention relates to compact palletizers that include a stretch-wrap operation as the pallet is built. A four-sided compaction mechanism compresses the rough-built load to the final pallet size and then the entire layer is released to the pallet. Individual items or group of items are picked and placed onto a layer support device in a loose orientation. The loose orientation enables a much faster palletizing operation because the robotic arm that pick-and-places the item, the items, or the row of items, can travel much faster as it does not have to precisely locate the item, items, or row of items. During the time that a layer is being loosely constructed on the layer support device concurrent wrapping can occur. | 11-29-2012 |
20130058753 | Palletizer Puller Bar - In an item-handling device, a layer head includes an item layer building platform defining an item receiving plane, the layer building platform being vertically positionable. A puller bar mounts to the layer head and moves in relation thereto within a plane above the item-receiving plane. The puller bar is positionable between a retracted position above the layer building platform and an extended position offset from the layer building platform. | 03-07-2013 |
20130104460 | Chain Drive System for Bi-Parting Slatted Floor | 05-02-2013 |
20140154042 | Palletizer Puller Bar - In an item-handling device, a layer head includes an item layer building platform defining an item receiving plane, the layer building platform being vertically positionable. A puller bar mounts to the layer head and moves in relation thereto within a plane above the item-receiving plane. The puller bar is positionable between a retracted position above the layer building platform and an extended position offset from the layer building platform. | 06-05-2014 |
20140374216 | Item Infeed Apparatus and Method for a Palletizer System - An infeed apparatus includes an item manipulator that orients items such as cases in a desired orientation as determined by a build menu, and a row build apparatus that is synchronized with the manipulator to space items pursuant to the build menu. The manipulator uses a pusher to push items across a friction belt to thereby orient the items, and includes sensors for determining when an item is in an incorrect orientation. The row build receives items from the pusher and is selectively advanced to locate items in a desired relative orientation so that rows of items are built correctly. | 12-25-2014 |
Steve Heston, Clackamas, OR US
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20110076126 | Device and Method for Palletizing Items - An improved apparatus and method for palletizing bagged and other items that are susceptible to being damaged or degraded by the sliding friction caused by apron removal includes a center-opening apron assembly having a left and right side apron consisting of a roller curtain floor and belt. Each roller curtain floor follows a generally L-shaped path by means of roller chains guided through a plurality of sprockets. A single apron motor simultaneously operates both the left side and right side roller curtain by means of a cross-linked synchronization chain. Each roller curtain includes a belt having opposed stationary ends whereby opening of the roller curtain floor results in opposite direction rotation of the belt. This enables bagged items to by palletized in a single layer without causing bunching or tearing of the bagged items as the roller curtain floor retracts. | 03-31-2011 |
Warren D. Heston, Cleveland, OH US
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20150209453 | PSMA-TARGETING IMAGING AGENTS - A PSMA-specific imaging agent comprising a compound according to formula I: | 07-30-2015 |
Warren D.w. Heston, Chagrin Falls, OH US
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20080311037 | Compounds which bind PSMA and uses thereof - A compound is represented by Structural Formula A1: | 12-18-2008 |
Warren D.w. Heston, Cleveland, OH US
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20100303715 | Prostate-specific membrane antigen and uses thereof - This invention provides an isolated mammalian nucleic acid molecule encoding an alternatively spliced prostate-specific membrane (PSM′) antigen. | 12-02-2010 |
Warren D.w. Heston, New York, NY US
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20100310452 | PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN AND USES THEREOF - This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an alternatively spliced human prostate-specific membrane antigen. This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid comprising a promoter sequence normally associated with the transcription of a gene encoding a human prostate-specific membrane antigen. This invention provides an isolated polypeptide having the biological activity of an alternatively spliced prostate-specific membrane antigen. | 12-09-2010 |