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Anna Maria Vecchio, Peabody, MA US
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20160059620 | QUILT DESIGN SUPPORT - A quilt support formed of a rigid plate. The rigid plate includes a front surface and a rear surface. A gripping layer is attached to the front surface of the rigid plate. A foldable stand is pivotally attached to the rear surface of the rigid plate. The foldable stand includes a folded position and a deployed position. The folded position includes the foldable stand pivoted towards and resting against the rear surface. The deployed position includes the foldable stand pivoted away from the rear surface. The foldable stand is operable to support the rigid plate in an upright position when resting on a surface such that the rigid plate is disposed at an angle relative to the surface when in the deployed position. | 03-03-2016 |
Anthony Vecchio, Seven Hills, OH US
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20160074931 | CORE MAKING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A ceramic mixture is shaped to form a ceramic core having a configuration which corresponds to the configuration of a cavity in an airfoil. The ceramic core is positioned between a plurality of arrays of burners. Flames from the burners burn organic material contained in the ceramic core. During burning of the organic material, the core is upright with a longitudinal central axis of the core in a generally vertical orientation. The ceramic core may be dipped in a ceramic material after having performed the step of burning organic material and prior to additional heat treatment of the ceramic core. | 03-17-2016 |
Christopher Vecchio, Philadelphia, PA US
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20100094149 | Noninvasive Ultrasound Cardiac Pacemaker and Defibrillator - A device for providing extracorporeal cardiac pacing. The device includes an ultrasound transducer mountable to the external thorax of a patient and an ultrasound generator for transmitting ultrasound pulses to the ultrasound transducer. The heart rate of a patient is monitored by the device. A controller evaluates the heartbeat as compared with threshold criteria for stimulation of the heart and causes the ultrasound generator to deliver ultrasound pulses to the ultrasound transducer at a prescribed intensity, frequency, and pulse duration. | 04-15-2010 |
John Vecchio, Lawrenceville, GA US
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20100131674 | NETWORK TRANSCODING SYSTEM - The system is a distributed video transcoding system that allows content to be transformed from one digital format to another close to the ingest and delivery points to minimize the time and cost of the transfer between end points. Additionally by making transcoding an integral part of the distribution of content itself, significant efficiencies can be gained. The distribution can be improved by transcoding at different phases of the transfer. Within the system decisions can be made to utilize different transcoding resources based on various business rules and priorities. | 05-27-2010 |
20120271966 | NETWORK TRANSCODING SYSTEM - The system is a distributed video transcoding system that allows content to be transformed from one digital format to another close to the ingest and delivery points to minimize the time and cost of the transfer between end points. Additionally by making transcoding an integral part of the distribution of content itself, significant efficiencies can be gained. The distribution can be improved by transcoding at different phases of the transfer. Within the system decisions can be made to utilize different transcoding resources based on various business rules and priorities. | 10-25-2012 |
Kenneth Vecchio, San Diego, CA US
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20150106035 | METHODS OF SELECTING MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS AND DESIGNING MATERIALS HAVING A TARGET PROPERTY - The disclosed technology relates to a method of selecting a material composition and/or designing an alloy. In one aspect, a method of selecting a composition of a material having a target property comprises receiving an input comprising thermodynamic phase data for a plurality of materials. The method additionally includes extracting from the thermodynamic phase data a plurality of thermodynamic quantities corresponding to each of the materials by a computing device. The extracted thermodynamic quantities are predetermined to have correlations to microstructures associated with physical properties of the material. The method additionally includes storing the extracted thermodynamic quantities in a computer-readable medium. The method further includes electronically mining the stored thermodynamic quantities using the computing device to rank at least a subset of the materials based on a comparison of at least a subset of the thermodynamic quantities that are correlated to the target property. | 04-16-2015 |
20150367454 | THERMAL SPRAY PROCESSES AND ALLOYS FOR USE IN SAME - The present invention provides a method for coating an article comprising applying a thermal spray coating to the article; applying a brazing material to the article; and heating the brazing material to at least a brazing temperature of the brazing material to form a resultant coating on the article, wherein the resultant coating is characterized by at least partial metallurgical bonding or at least partial alloying between the thermal spray coating and the brazing material. | 12-24-2015 |
Kenneth S. Vecchio, San Diego, CA US
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20080286600 | Designs and Fabrication of Structural Armor - Fabrication techniques for and examples of metallic composite materials with high toughness, high strength, and lightweight for various structural, armor, and structural-armor applications. For example, various advanced materials based on metallic-intermetallic laminate (MIL) composite materials are described, including materials with passive damping features and built-in sensors. | 11-20-2008 |
20090179171 | CONTROL OF MATERIALS AND POROUS MAGNETIC PARTICLES - The present invention uses externally applied electromagnetic stimulus to control and heat porous magnetic particles and material associated with the particles. The particles contain magnetic material, such as superparamagnetic iron oxide and are associated with a material. Application of a DC magnetic field allows them to be moved with their associated material, and application of an AC RF electromagnetic field allows them to be heated with their associated material. The material can be associated with the particles by being contained in the pores of the particles, or in other cases the particles can adhere to the associated material, which can be an aqueous droplet. The present invention also provides a multi-layer porous magnetic particle. The particle includes a host layer having pores sized to accept magnetic nanoparticles. Magnetic nanoparticles are infused within pores of the host layer An encoding layer includes pores that define a spectral code. The pores in the encoding layer are sized to substantially exclude the magnetic nanoparticles. The encoding layer can also be a multi-layer, exhibiting, for example, a complex spectral code. | 07-16-2009 |
20100055491 | Fabrication of Structural Armor - Fabrication techniques for and examples of metallic composite materials with high toughness, high strength, and lightweight for various structural, armor, and structural-armor applications. For example, various advanced materials based on metallic-intermetallic laminate (MIL) composite materials are described, including materials with passive damping features and built-in sensors. | 03-04-2010 |
20110008569 | WEAR-RESISTANT ATTACHMENTS FOR HIGH-WEAR APPLICATIONS - A wear-resistant attachment for insertion in a wear-resistant assembly, the assembly comprising a base with at least one recess, the attachment comprising: a bottom part configured to be removably inserted into the recess; and a top part comprising a wear-resistant material, wherein the top part is wider than the bottom part in at least one dimension such that the top part covers a surface of the base beyond the at least one recess. A wear-resistant assembly, comprising: a surface; a base; and a plurality of wear-resistant attachments removably coupled to the base, each of the plurality of wear-resistant attachments comprising an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein the outer portion of each of the plurality of wear-resistant attachments is coupled to the outer portion of at least one other wear-resistant attachment so that a plurality of coupled wear-resistant attachments comprise a substantially continuous surface, the substantially continuous surface comprising at least a portion of the surface of the wear-resistant assembly. A wear-resistant insert comprising a plurality of layers, each layer chosen from the group consisting of a hardface material, a tough material, and a joining interface, wherein the plurality of layers comprises at least two layers of a hardface material. | 01-13-2011 |
20110048587 | Amorphous Alloy Materials - Design and fabrication processes and compositions for bulk metallic glass materials. Examples of bulk metallic glasses based on the described compositions may contain a high atomic percent of titanium or iron, which is alloyed with metalloid elements and refractory metals. The compositions can be designed using theoretical calculations of the liquidus temperature to have substantial amounts of refractory metals, while still maintaining a depressed liquidus temperature. The alloying elements are molybdenum, tungsten, chromium, boron, and carbon may be used. Some of the resulting alloys are ferromagnetic at room temperature, while others are non-ferromagnetic. These amorphous alloys have increased specific strengths and corrosion resistance compared to conventional high strength steels. | 03-03-2011 |
20110284135 | LOW COST AMORPHOUS STEEL - Design and fabrication processes and compositions for iron-based bulk metallic glass materials or amorphous steels. Examples of bulk metallic glasses based on the described compositions may contain approximately 59 to 70 atomic percent of iron, which is alloyed with approximately 10 to 20 atomic percent of metalloid elements and approximately 10 to 25 atomic percent of refractory metals. The compositions can be designed using theoretical calculations of the liquidus temperature to have substantial amounts of refractory metals, while still maintaining a depressed liquidus temperature. The alloying elements are molybdenum, tungsten, chromium, boron, and carbon may be used. Some of the resulting alloys are ferromagnetic at room temperature, while others are non-ferromagnetic. These amorphous steels have increased specific strengths and corrosion resistance compared to conventional high strength steels. | 11-24-2011 |
20110300403 | FABRICATION OF STRUCTURAL ARMOR - Fabrication techniques for and examples of metallic composite materials with high toughness, high strength, and lightweight for various structural, armor, and structural-armor applications. For example, various advanced materials based on metallic-intermetallic laminate (MIL) composite materials are described, including materials with passive damping features and built-in sensors. | 12-08-2011 |
20130196111 | WEAR-RESISTANT ATTACHEMENTS FOR HIGH-WEAR APPLICATIONS - A wear-resistant assembly, including: a surface; a base; and a plurality of wear-resistant attachments removably coupled to the base, each of the plurality of wear-resistant attachments including an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein the outer portion of each of the plurality of wear-resistant attachments is coupled to the outer portion of at least one other wear-resistant attachment so that a plurality of coupled wear-resistant attachments include a substantially continuous surface, the substantially continuous surface including at least a portion of the surface of the wear-resistant assembly. | 08-01-2013 |
Nick Joseph Vecchio, Friendswood, TX US
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20130338415 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF MIXED LOWER ALKANES TO AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS - A process comprising: contacting a lower alkane feed comprising propane and ethane with an aromatization catalyst in a first stage under first stage reaction conditions to produce a first stage product stream comprising ethane and aromatics; separating the aromatics from the first stage product stream to form an aromatics product stream and a second stage feed; and contacting the second stage feed with an aromatization catalyst in a second stage under second stage reaction conditions to produce a second stage product stream comprising ethane and aromatics wherein the amount ethane in the first stage product stream is equal to from 80 to 300% of the amount of ethane in the lower alkane feed and the amount of ethane in the second stage product stream is 500 equal to at most 80% of the amount of ethane in the second stage feed is described. | 12-19-2013 |
Robert S. Vecchio, New York, NY US
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20150013099 | AUTOMATIC LARGE SURFACE CLEANING MACHINE - The apparatus consists of liquid/gas reservoirs and a movable reciprocating outlet nozzle connected to a pressure pump and connected to a vacuum unit, all of which are mounted on a small movable machine and all of which are driven by one engine of the small movable machine. The pressure pump is connected in some fashion to the drive shaft of the engine such that the power of the surface cleaning system automatically adjusts depending on machine speed. Also the nozzle systems sucks dirty liquid or dirt collected from the liquid/gas through a filter into a trash receptacle and moves the clean liquid into the mounted reservoir for use again by the pressure pump. | 01-15-2015 |
Ronald Joseph Vecchio, Morris Plans, NJ US
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20100295637 | Coaxial Attenuator and Method of Manufacture - A coaxial attenuator is provided. The attenuator includes a central body with first and second sockets at opposite ends thereof, outer conductors threadably engageable with the first and second sockets, inner conductors coaxial with the outer conductors, a resistive element or “chip” positioned within the central body, and a floating shroud or jack adapter captured between the central body and one of the outer conductors. Transverse slots are formed in ends of the inner conductors to create flexible ends which contact and bias sides of the resistive element. The floating shroud includes an internal, annular projection which is captured between a shoulder formed in the outer conductor and a side of the central body, allowing the shroud to be captured on the attenuator while permitting movement of the shroud with respect to the central body and the outer conductor. | 11-25-2010 |
Ronald Joseph Vecchio, Morris Plains, NJ US
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20100232083 | Trimmer Capacitor - A trimmer capacitor is provided which includes a conductive bushing having a first terminal of the capacitor formed integrally therewith, a rotor threadably engageable with the bushing, and a dielectric portion attached at one end to the bushing and having a metallized stator surrounding the dielectric portion near the opposite end thereof. The metallized stator forms the second terminal of the capacitor, and is positioned above the bottom edge of the dielectric portion. The rotor includes transverse slots which bias the rotor in position against the bushing, to prevent undesired rotation of the rotor. | 09-16-2010 |
20110018668 | Variable Inductor with Non-Magnetic Core and Method of Manufacture Therefor - A variable inductor is provided. The variable inductor includes a dielectric core having a helical thread on an outer surface thereof for receiving the coil, and a non-magnetic element positioned coaxially within the core. The non-magnetic element could be provided in the form of a bushing or a solid rod, and could be manufactured from any suitable, non-magnetic metal, such as copper, brass, etc. | 01-27-2011 |