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Paul G. Alchas, Franklin Lakes, NJ US
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20090204102 | INTRADERMAL SYRINGE AND NEEDLE ASSEMBLY - A method for using a needle assembly for an intradermal injection, and a drug delivery device is provided, which includes a needle cannula and a limiter surrounding the needle cannula and includes a skin engaging surface on the limiter. The limiter is moveable from a first position in which an elongate portion of the needle cannula is exposed for access to a medication vial, to a locked second position in which the limiter is not movable from the second position to the first position. In the second position, the needle tip extends beyond the skin engaging surface a distance of about 3 mm or less. | 08-13-2009 |
20090292257 | Safety Shield System for Prefilled Syringe - A medical device is provided which includes a shield system and a syringe which is coupled to the shield system. The shield system includes a syringe holder and a shield which is slidably coupled to the holder. A spring resiliently urges the shield from a retracted position to an extended position. Stop members are provided on the holder and shield for maintaining the shield in the retracted position. The syringe is slidably coupled to the holder, and extends within the shield. Axial movement of the syringe with respect to the holder causes disengagement of the stop members, allowing the spring to move the shield to the extended position. Detents are provided on the holder for maintaining the shield in the extended position. | 11-26-2009 |
20090299325 | Filling System and Method for Syringes with Short Needles - A filling system for syringes utilizing short needles to be filled from a vial having a thick septum is described. The system may be useful in any situation where the septum or vial stopper of a medication container is thicker than the usable length of the needle on the delivery device. Preferably, the syringe is filled just prior to use. The short needle includes an optional limiter which only permits a certain predetermined length of the needle cannula to protrude beyond the limiter a distance which limits penetration of the needle tip into both the skin and a vial stopper. The system and adapter may be useful for needles having a protrusion distance from approximately 0.5 mm to 3 mm, or any needle with a protrusion length shorter that the thickness of a septum to be accessed. Furthermore, a device is provided with shielding capabilities to shield the needle of the device. | 12-03-2009 |
20100030148 | Intradermal Delivery Device With Crenellated Skin Engaging Surface Geometry - An apparatus for delivering or withdrawing a fluid through at least one layer of the skin is provided. The device may include a body having a top face, a bottom face, a side edge and at least one channel. The bottom face includes a first surface area and a second surface area adjacent to and recessed at a first distance from the first surface area. The bottom face further includes at least one raised protrusion disposed on the second surface area. The protrusion has a height from the first surface greater than the first distance. At least one dermal-access member is provided in the protrusion and is in fluid communication with the channel to deliver or withdraw the fluid. | 02-04-2010 |
20140018734 | Intradermal Delivery Device With Crenellated Skin Engaging Surface Geometry - An apparatus for delivering or withdrawing a fluid through at least one layer of the skin is provided. The device may include a body having a top face, a bottom face, a side edge and at least one channel. The bottom face includes a first surface area and a second surface area adjacent to and recessed at a first distance from the first surface area. The bottom face further includes at least one raised protrusion disposed on the second surface area. The protrusion has a height from the first surface greater than the first distance. At least one dermal-access member is provided in the protrusion and is in fluid communication with the channel to deliver or withdraw the fluid. | 01-16-2014 |
20140074064 | INTRADERMAL DELIVERY DEVICE INCLUDING A NEEDLE ASSEMBLY - A drug delivery device including a needle assembly facilitates making intradermal injections using a variety of drug container types such as a syringe. A hub supports the needle while a limiter surrounds the needle. The limiter includes a skin engaging surface that is adapted to be received against the skin of an animal to be intradermally injected. A forward end of the needle extends beyond the skin engaging surface a selected distance to limit a depth that the needle penetrates into the animal's skin. | 03-13-2014 |
Paul G. Alchas, Wayne, NJ US
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20090318888 | Prefillable Intradermal Delivery Device - An intradermal delivery method for use in intradermally injecting substances into the skin of an animal includes a needle cannula supported by a hub portion that is attachable to a prefillable container. A limiter portion surrounds the needle cannula and extends away from the hub portion toward a forward tip of the needle cannula. The limiter portion includes a skin engaging surface extending in a plane generally perpendicular to an axis of the needle cannula. The skin engaging surface is received against skin of an animal to administer an intradermal injection. The forward tip extends beyond the skin engaging surface a distance that enables penetration of the needle cannula into the dermis layer of the skin of the animal enabling injection of the substance into the dermis layer of the animal. The device includes enclosure means that is moveable for concealing the needle cannula after the injection has been administered. | 12-24-2009 |
20090326452 | Intradermal needle - An intradermal needle assembly that is attachable to a prefillable container intended for intradermally injecting substances into an animal includes a needle cannula supported by a hub portion. The hub portion is adapted to receive the prefillable container just prior to administering the intradermal injection. A limiter portion surrounds the needle cannula and extends away from the hub portion toward a forward tip of the needle cannula, and includes a skin engaging surface with the needle cannula having a fixed angle of orientation, preferably generally perpendicular, relative to the plane of the skin engaging surface. The skin engaging surface is received against the skin of an animal to administer an intradermal injection. The forward tip extends beyond the skin engaging surface a distance enabling penetration of the needle cannula into the dermis layer of the skin of the animal enabling injection of the substance into the dermis layer. | 12-31-2009 |
20100305544 | Intradermal Syringe and Needle Assembly - A device and method for making an injection with a short needle, which includes a needle cannula and a limiter surrounding the needle cannula and includes a skin engaging surface on the limiter. The limiter is moveable from a first position in which an elongate portion of the needle cannula is exposed for access to a medication vial, to a locked second position in which the limiter is not movable from the second position to the first position. In the second position, the needle tip extends beyond the skin engaging surface a distance which is ordinarily unable to access the vial. | 12-02-2010 |
Paul G. Andrus, Ancaster CA
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20100282250 | MEDICAL AEROSOL NON-DILUTING HOLDING CHAMBER - A flexible bag aerosol holding chamber is sealed around the outlet passage of the actuator for a pressurized metered-dose inhaler. An elastic-loaded mouthpiece is sealed around the inlet passage of the actuator so that the user may intermittently break the seal around the inlet passage by withdrawing the mouthpiece, thus allowing inhalation of a portion of the aerosol contents of the chamber. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the aerosol contains a compound which has traditionally been smoked such as nicotine or a cannabinoid. The user may draw upon the chamber's contents a number of times at a frequency analogous to smoking until the chamber is fully collapsed. One inhaler actuation, and one filled chamber, are comparable to one cigarette. The collapsible bag chamber allows for economy of inhaler actuations relative to user inhalations, without the aerosol being diluted by ambient air. | 11-11-2010 |
20120298100 | MEDICAL AEROSOL NON-DILUTING HOLDING CHAMBER - A medical aerosol delivery device comprises a housing having a first opening and a second opening and defining a fluid passage between the first and second openings. The housing comprising a pressurized medical aerosol canister actuator having a canister receptacle disposed within the fluid passage and having a valve chamber comprising a fine bore nozzle positioned to direct atomized medicament toward the first opening. The fluid passage includes an annular portion bypassing the canister receptacle and the housing comprises a movable closure member for selectively obstructing the fluid passage. | 11-29-2012 |
Paul G. Angott, Bloomfield Hills, MI US
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20110077523 | MULTI-MODALITY BREAST CANCER TEST SYSTEM - A multi-modality breast cancer test assembly ( | 03-31-2011 |
20130172753 | MULTI-MODALITY BREAST CANCER TEST SYSTEM - A multi-modality breast cancer test assembly ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130198960 | MOBILE DIAGNOSTIC ASSEMBLY - A mobile diagnostic assembly ( | 08-08-2013 |
20140276091 | DIAGNOSTIC ASSEMBLY AND METHOD INCLUDING COLD BARS FOR DETECTING A PRESENCE OF CANCER - A diagnostic assembly ( | 09-18-2014 |
Paul G. Apen, Scottsdale, AZ US
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20090026924 | METHODS OF MAKING LOW-REFRACTIVE INDEX AND/OR LOW-K ORGANOSILICATE COATINGS - A method for forming a substantially transparent nanoporous organosilicate film on a substantially transparent substrate, for use in optical lighting devices such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The method includes first preparing a composition comprising a silicon containing pre-polymer, a porogen, and a catalyst. The composition is coated onto a substrate which is substantially transparent to visible light, forming a film thereon. The film is then gelled by crosslinking and cured by heating, such that the resulting cured film is substantially transparent to visible light. It is preferred that both the substrate and the nanoporous film are at least 98% transparent to visible light. Optical devices which include the resulting structures of this invention exhibit improved light extraction and illuminance where the nanoporous organosilicate film has a low refractive index in the range of 1.05 to 1.4, serving as an impedance matching layer in such devices. | 01-29-2009 |
Paul G. Baniak, St. Louis, MO US
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20110142213 | PROFILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING AND MAINTAINING PROFILE DATA OF USER SUBSCRIBED TELEPHONY SERVICES - Subscriber profile data is managed. The subscriber profile data is associated with a communications service subscribed to by a subscriber. A request to retrieve the subscriber profile data is received based upon a client sending a request for the subscriber profile data. The client hosts a user interface configured to allow the subscriber to obtain and update the subscriber profile data. The subscriber profile data is retrieved from the communications network in response to the request to retrieve the subscriber profile data. A request to update the subscriber profile data is received based upon the client sending a request to update the subscriber profile data. An update for the subscriber profile data is forwarded to the communications network based upon receiving the request to update the subscriber profile data. | 06-16-2011 |
20130279676 | PROFILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING AND MAINTAINING PROFILE DATA OF USER SUBSCRIBED TELEPHONY SERVICES - Subscription profile data is managed. The subscription profile data is associated with a communications service. A user interface is sent to a hosting client for a user to obtain access to and make changes to subscription profile data. A request to retrieve the subscription profile data is received from the client. The subscription profile data is retrieved from within a communications network in response to the request to retrieve the subscription profile data. A request to update the subscription profile data is received. An update for the subscription profile data is forwarded so that the communications service is implemented in the communications network in accordance with the update. | 10-24-2013 |
20140169541 | PROFILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING AND MAINTAINING PROFILE DATA OF USER SUBSCRIBED TELEPHONY SERVICES - Data used to implement a communications service is managed. A request for a user interface is received over a first communications network from a hosting client. The user interface is sent over the first communications network to the hosting client in accordance with the request. The data used to implement the communications service is received over the first communications network from the hosting client via the user interface. The data used to implement the communications service is forwarded to within a second communications network. The communications service is implemented in the second communications network in accordance with the data. | 06-19-2014 |
Paul G. Brunetta, San Francisco, CA US
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20090136492 | THERAPY OF OCULAR DISORDERS - The present application describes therapy of ocular disorders using antagonists, such as antibodies, that bind to CD20. | 05-28-2009 |
20090148402 | THERAPY OF NON-MALIGNANT DISEASES OR DISORDERS WITH ANTI-ERBB2 ANTIBODIES - The present application describes treatment of non-malignant indications, such as psoriasis, endometriosis, scleroderma, vascular diseases or disorders, respiratory disease, colon polyps or fibroadenoma, with anti-ErbB2 antibodies (e.g. rhuMAb 2C4). | 06-11-2009 |
20090311255 | PREVENTING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - The present application describes a method of preventing an autoimmune disease in an asymptomatic human subject at risk for experiencing one or more symptoms of the autoimmune disease, by administering a CD20 antibody to the subject in an amount to prevent the subject from experiencing one or more symptoms of the autoimmune disease. | 12-17-2009 |
20100303810 | METHOD FOR TREATING LUPUS - A method of treating lupus in a subject eligible for treatment is provided involving administering an effective amount of an antibody that binds to a B-cell surface marker to the subject to provide an initial exposure and a subsequent exposure to the antibody within certain dosing regimens and an article of manufacture therefor. | 12-02-2010 |
Paul G. Carmignani, Naperville, IL US
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20100061907 | Selective Catalytic NOx Reduction Process and Control System - Disclosed is a system which enables the efficient utilization of urea for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO | 03-11-2010 |
20110002830 | SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NOx ENABLED BY SIDESTREAM UREA DECOMPOSITION - A preferred apparatus arrangement utilizes the enthalpy of the flue gas, which can be supplemented if need be, to convert urea ( | 01-06-2011 |
20130039827 | Selective Catalytic NOx Reduction Process and Control System - A process and an apparatus enhance urea utilization for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO | 02-14-2013 |
20130287669 | AMMONIA GAS GENERATION FROM UREA FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing an ammonia feed for a low-temperature process. The process includes two defined stages, gasification and hydrolysis. In a first stage thermal reactor, an aqueous urea solution is fed to a gasification chamber and heated gases are controlled in response to demand from a low temperature process requiring ammonia. The heated gases and aqueous urea are introduced into the gasification chamber upstream to fully gasify the solution of aqueous urea to a first stage gas stream comprising ammonia and isocyanic acid. The first stage gas stream is withdrawn and maintained hot enough to prevent solids formation. All amounts of urea feed, water and heated gases fed into the first stage thermal reactor are monitored and adjusted as necessary to achieve efficient hydrolysis in the second stage hydrolysis reactor. The second stage gas stream is withdrawn from the second stage reactor responsive to demand from a low temperature process requiring ammonia. | 10-31-2013 |
20130301053 | EXTRACTIVE CONTINUOUS AMMONIA MONITORING SYSTEM - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for treating and analyzing a gas stream to determine the ammonia concentration. A gas stream is continuously monitored to determine the ammonia concentration by extracting gas samples from one or more locations and sending it to a tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy instrument for analysis. By proper placement of sampling probes within a duct, depending on the particular flow patterns that have been determined by suitable modeling, e.g., computational fluid dynamics or cold flow modeling, the valves can be operated manually or by a controller to take samples at predetermined locations within the duct. This will enable taking samples from particular locations, samples representative of the entire cross section, or samples that are an average of a particular cross section. It will be possible by judicious placement of the probes and operation of the valves to map the concentrations of ammonia at a plurality of load settings and will permit continuous control. | 11-14-2013 |
Paul G. Cazan, Madison Heights, MI US
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20120006363 | COMPACT AND MODULAR ROBOTIC WASH SYSTEM - A compact robotic wash system is provided for cleaning a work piece. The robotic wash system includes an enclosed wash chamber. A robot is fully disposed inside the wash chamber. The robot has a maximum horizontal reach that is at least 40% of the maximum horizontal linear dimension of the wash chamber. The robot may hold a work piece and move the work piece around a plurality of spray devices. Alternately, the robot may hold one or more spray devices, while a work piece is supported on a movable table. | 01-12-2012 |
Paul G. Chuckran, Bridgewater, MA US
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20100199476 | Memorial with cremains - The memorial with cremains provides a transparent or translucent glass memorial containing the cremains of the deceased with an article(s) of significance to the deceased and/or family and descendents. A method of forming the memorial comprises melting the glass to at least a plastic consistency, mixing the cremains therein, adding the article(s) of significance either in its entirety or disintegrated, optionally adding an inscribed placard within the molten glass, forming the glass to the desired shape, cooling the glass, and adding an inscription directly to the glass or separate placard if not included within the glass earlier. The glass may comprise or contain glass from another article favored by the deceased, e.g., a wine glass or bottle from a favorite beverage, etc. The article included therein may survive in its solid state or may be melted and fused with the glass, depending upon its melting point relative to the glass. | 08-12-2010 |
20100224101 | Method for recycling construction and demolition fines - The method for recycling construction and demolition fines involves using mixed fines from construction and demolition debris that would otherwise be disposed of at landfills as an ingredient in cement or concrete. The mixed fines contain a plurality of materials selected from the group consisting of asphalt, plastics, ceramics, fiberglass and batt insulation, soil, dust, drywall, wood, plaster, paper, cardboard, dirt. The fines may also contain particles of recyclable materials, such as concrete, bricks, mortar, metals, glass, and the like. The fines may range in size from microns up to 6 inches in at least one direction. The recycler may incorporate the fines into a concrete mix for bulk sale to commercial enterprises, or may himself form precast, lightweight concrete products, such as decorative columns, pedestals and table bases, trim moldings and cornices, door surrounds, etc. | 09-09-2010 |
Paul G. Clark, Pasadena, CA US
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20110065935 | INTERLOCKED MOLECULES AND RELATED COMPONENTS, COMPOSITIONS, MATERIALS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - [c2] daisy chain macromers, dimers and polymers and related compositions, materials, methods and systems are described. | 03-17-2011 |
Paul G. Cooms, Santa Rosa, CA US
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20140077485 | ARTICLE WITH A DYNAMIC FRAME FORMED WITH ALIGNED PIGMENT FLAKES - An article includes a substrate and a graphical component forming an image and an optical component which includes magnetic pigment flakes aligned so as to form a frame pattern which surrounds the image. When light is incident upon the pigment flakes from a light source, light reflected from the frame pattern forms a dynamic frame which surrounds the image and appears to move as the substrate is tilted with respect to the light source. The image appears to be stationary when the dynamic frame appears to move. | 03-20-2014 |
Paul G. Damitio, Tucson, AZ US
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20090039961 | Low quiescent current output stage and method with improved output drive - Circuitry for increasing the maximum output current magnitude of a diamond buffer (Q | 02-12-2009 |
20090058525 | Common-mode bandwidth reduction circuit and method for differential applications - An amplifier driver circuit ( | 03-05-2009 |
20120146725 | GATED CLASS H AMPLIFIER/LINE DRIVER SYSTEM AND METHOD - Amplifier circuitry ( | 06-14-2012 |
Paul G. Delvernois, Greer, SC US
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20120134783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a first stage of stator vanes having a first position and a second stage of stator vanes downstream from the first stage of stator vanes having a second position. A first actuator is engaged with the first stage of stator vanes, and a second actuator is engaged with the second stage of stator vanes. A method for operating a compressor includes adjusting a first position of a first plurality of stator vanes and adjusting a second position of a second plurality of stator vanes separately from the first position of the first plurality of stator vanes. | 05-31-2012 |
Paul G. Dennis, Jr., Roscoe, IL US
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20100175471 | ROBUST OIL LEVEL SENSOR - An oil level sensor comprises a body having a probe extending away from a nominal body portion. The probe receives a resistance thermal device and extends for a height away from the nominal surface. The probe has an outer dimension. The ratio of the outer dimension to the height is between 0.1 and 0.2. The RTD is connected to lead wires through splices, the lead wires leaving the nominal housing. A fastener tab extends away from the nominal body, and generally perpendicularly to the probe. The lead wires are anchored within a chamber, which is filled with a potting material. | 07-15-2010 |
Paul G. Dewa, Newark, NY US
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20090052480 | Laser pulse conditioning - A light pulse conditioning apparatus has at least first and second curved reflective surfaces that share a common focus and a light-redirecting element disposed between the first and second curved reflective surfaces to redirect at least a portion of an incident light beam toward the second curved reflective surface as a delayed beam portion. A beam-shifting compensating element is disposed between the first curved reflective surface and the light-redirecting element and in the path of the delayed beam portion, for shifting the optical path of the delayed beam portion as it returns toward the light-redirecting element. | 02-26-2009 |
20100188723 | OPTICAL MODULATOR WITH BEAM-POINTING CORRECTION - An apparatus for providing a modulated pulsed radiation beam ( | 07-29-2010 |
20120114875 | SURFACE CONTAMINATION METROLOGY - The present disclosure is directed to a method for determining the state of cleanliness of an optical component (an optic) before any coating is applied to the surface. In method is particularly applicable to optical elements and components that are intended for uses in the DUV (deep ultraviolet) and EUV (extreme ultraviolet) wavelength regions. The disclosure combines a cleaning procedure with contamination metrology utilizing a spectrometer to provide a method that will determine the state of cleanliness of the component surface by measurement of the fluorescence spectrum of the optic and comparing the measured value with a standard or reference optic of known, acceptable cleanliness. The disclosure is further directed to an optic having a selected coating thereon that is formed according to the method described herein. | 05-10-2012 |
20130070331 | BROADBAND POLARIZATION SWITCHING - A polarization switching apparatus has a first birefringent polarizer formed as a composite prism and disposed to direct incident light of a first polarization along a first optical path and light of a second polarization along a second optical path, wherein the second optical path is oblique to the first optical path. A beam redirector is disposed to redirect the first optical path from the first birefringent polarizer toward an input face of a second birefringent polarizer; wherein the second birefringent polarizer is also formed as a composite prism and is disposed to combine incident light of the first and second polarizations onto a common output path. A shutter apparatus is actuable to selectively block light of the first polarization or light of the second polarization from the input face of the second birefringent polarizer. | 03-21-2013 |
20130090402 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING PHOTOREACTIONS USING LIGHT-DIFFUSING OPTICAL FIBER - Systems and methods for performing photoreactions in a photoreactive material using scattered actinic light from at least one light-diffusing optical fiber are disclosed. The systems and methods include disposing a light-diffusing optical fiber relative to the photoreactive material. The light-diffusing optical fiber has a glass core, a surrounding cladding, and nano-sized structures situated either within the glass core or at the core-cladding boundary. The nano-sized structures are configured to scatter guided actinic light that travels in the light-diffusing optical fiber from an actinic light source. The scattered actinic light is provided throughout the photoreactive material and causes a photoreaction throughout the photoreactive material. | 04-11-2013 |
20140022414 | HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING A REMOTE OBJECT - A hyperspectral imaging system and method are described herein for providing a hyperspectral image of an area of a remote object (e.g., scene of interest). The hyperspectral imaging system includes at least one optic, a scannable slit mechanism, a spectrometer, a two-dimensional image sensor, and a controller. The scannable slit mechanism can be a micro-electromechanical system spatial light modulator (MEMS SLM), a diffractive Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MOEMS) spatial light modulator (SLM), a digital light processing (DLP) system, a liquid crystal display, a rotating drum with at least one slit formed therein, or a rotating disk with at least one slit formed therein. | 01-23-2014 |
Paul G. Eidsmore, Santa Cruz, CA US
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20080279664 | CARGO HAULING SYSTEM - A cargo hauling system is dimensioned to fit a truck bed or SUV cargo space. The bin moves forwardly and rearwardly relative to the truck bed or cargo space, selectively pivots for dumping the load contents of the bin from the rear of the vehicle, or is selectively removed from the vehicle to leave at a job site, and/or allow the vehicle to be used without the removable bin. A pivot arm assembly advantageously mounted to a conventional trailer hitch receiver installed on vehicles of this type. The pivot arm assembly includes a support bar received within the trailer hitch receiver. A generally U-shaped support structure includes a transverse arm and first and second upright arms extending therefrom having first, lower ends secured to the transverse arm. Rollers are rotatably secured adjacent outer terminal ends of the first and second upright arms, respectively. The rollers cooperate with first and second guide rails secured to an underside of the bin. In addition, roller members are preferably provided along an undersurface of the bin to facilitate rolling movement of relative to the truck bed/cargo space. A loading, unloading ramp assembly is independently and conveniently secured to the pivot arm assembly. Wheels provided adjacent an outer terminal end of a ramp cooperate with a closed loop assembly for selectively loading and unloading the bin from the vehicle along the ramp. By using the motive power of the vehicle, one end of the bin is urged by the closed loop chain along the ramp as driven by the force supplied by the wheels at the terminal end of the ramp. A self-tightening mounting assembly is preferably used to secure the pivot arm assembly to the receiver of the trailer hitch. | 11-13-2008 |
20110297864 | IN LINE FLOW CONTROL COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS - An in-line flow control component includes a body having an inlet and an outlet that are substantially coaxial with a tube extending through the body. The tube forms a flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and one end of the tube sealingly engages a valve seat for controlling fluid flow between the inlet and outlet. First and second diaphragms each have an opening sealingly secured about an outer periphery of the tube and an outer peripheral portion sealed to the body. The diaphragms selectively move the tube between open and closed positions in response to force acting on the diaphragms. The force is provided by either a mechanical mechanism (toggle, wedge member, threaded adjustment knob, etc.) or fluid pressure introduced between the diaphragms. The diaphragms may be similarly or differently dimensioned. Plural flow control components may be assembled in end-to-end sealed relationship. | 12-08-2011 |
20130193742 | CARGO HAULING SYSTEM - A cargo hauling system is dimensioned to fit within a bed of a light truck. The bin moves forwardly and rearwardly relative to the truck bed along rollers provided on a tailgate of the truck. The tailgate is modified by reinforcing a perimeter of the tailgate, adding rollers to the tailgate, substituting reinforced linkages and hinges for factory originals, and adding a support member that extends between the trailer hitch and tailgate. | 08-01-2013 |
Paul G. Eldsmore, Santa Cruz, CA US
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20080202615 | Modular surface mount manifold - A modular manifold system is provided for interconnecting fluid components of a fluid system in a reduced area. The system is comprised of a one or more bridge fittings having an internal fluid passageway which has an inlet end in fluid communication with an outlet port of a first fluid component, and an outlet end in fluid communication with an inlet port of a second fluid component. The bridge fittings may be mounted within a channel of a backing plate for structural support. An optional locator plate may be utilized which is mounted over the ends of the bridge fittings in order to align the inlet and outlet ports of the fluid components with the inlet and outlet ends of the bridge fittings. The bridge fittings may also be mounted to the locator plate in multiple directions forming multiple flow paths. Additionally, the bridge fittings may be stacked to form multiple layers where bridge fittings of one layer may be in fluid communication with bridge fittings of another layer. The invention may further comprise seals provided in a recess between the fluid ports and the mating bridge fittings ends. | 08-28-2008 |
Paul G. Entzel, Mead, CO US
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20080219449 | Cryptographic key management for stored data - A method is provided for performing application-transparent key management in a storage library associated with an encrypting removable storage device. Encryption and decryption is performed by a key manager and the removable storage device, and is transparent to the application. Data is encrypted using keys that are managed by the storage key manager. An administrative interface allows an administrator to specify and manage encryption keys. A key identifier is associated with each key, and the key identifier is written to the tape along with the encrypted data. When reading encrypted data, the removable storage device reads the key identifier from the tape and requests the corresponding encryption key from the key manager. The removable storage device then provides the decrypted data to the application. The encryption key may be exported from the key manager or library in an encrypted XML format. Encrypted tapes can therefore be decrypted in different libraries by exporting the keys from one library to another. | 09-11-2008 |
Paul G. Ferraiuolo, Allen Park, MI US
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20110012413 | RECLINING SEAT ASSEMBLY - An eccentric free pivot for a reclining seat assembly may include a seat cushion, a seatback, a gear system, an input mechanism, a rod, and an eccentric pivot. The gear system may pivotally couple the seat cushion to the seatback. A rod extending generally across the seat assembly may be coupled to the gear system on one side and the eccentric pivot on the other side. When the gear system and/or input mechanism rotate the rod and eccentric pivot, this rotation causes the side of the seatback opposite the gear system and/or input mechanism to move up and down. | 01-20-2011 |
Paul G. Filseth, Los Gatos, CA US
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20080235643 | Method and system for reducing inter-layer capacitance in integrated circuits - The present invention is directed to a method and system of intelligent dummy filling placement to reduce inter-layer capacitance caused by overlaps of dummy filling area on successive layers. The method and system treats each consecutive pair of layers together so as to minimize dummy filling overlaps between each layer. In particular, dummy fill features on each layer may be placed in a checkerboard pattern to avoid overlaps. As such, the present invention may eliminate large overlap area of the dummy patterns on consecutive layers by utilizing intelligent dummy filling placement. | 09-25-2008 |
20100017622 | High performance arithmetic logic unit (ALU) for cryptographic applications with built-in countermeasures against side channel attacks - The present invention is a cryptoengine configured for providing countermeasures against attacks, including: an input/output (I/O) control unit, a memory, a controller, and an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU). The memory is communicatively coupled with the I/O control unit, receives inputs from the I/O control unit, and provides outputs to the I/O control unit based upon the received inputs. The controller is communicatively coupled with the I/O control unit for transmitting and receiving control signals. The ALU includes a plurality of storage components and computational components. The ALU is communicatively coupled with the controller and receives commands from/transmits status bits and flags to the controller. The ALU is further communicatively coupled with the memory and is configured for providing output signals to/receiving input signals from the memory. Further, the cryptoengine is configured for being communicatively coupled with a host computing device. | 01-21-2010 |
20100057823 | Alternate galois field advanced encryption standard round - An apparatus having a first circuit and a second circuit is disclosed. The first circuit may be configured to (i) generate second Galois Field elements by performing a first Galois Field inversion on first Galois Field elements, the first Galois Field inversion being different from a second Galois Field inversion defined by an Advanced Encryption Standard and (ii) generate third Galois Field elements by multiplying the second Galois Field elements by an inverse of a predetermined matrix. The second circuit may be configured to (i) generate fourth Galois Field elements by processing the third Galois Field elements in a current encryption round while in a non-skip mode, (ii) generate fifth Galois Field elements by multiplying the fourth Galois Field elements by the predetermined matrix and (iii) present the fifth Galois Field elements as updated versions of the first Galois Field elements in advance of a next encryption round. | 03-04-2010 |
20110255689 | MULTIPLE-MODE CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULE USABLE WITH MEMORY CONTROLLERS - In one embodiment, a multi-mode Advanced Encryption Standard (MM-AES) module for a storage controller is adapted to perform interleaved processing of multiple data streams, i.e., concurrently encrypt and/or decrypt string-data blocks from multiple data streams using, for each data stream, a corresponding cipher mode that is any one of a plurality of AES cipher modes. The MM-AES module receives a string-data block with (a) a corresponding key identifier that identifies the corresponding module-cached key and (b) a corresponding control command that indicates to the MM-AES module what AES-mode-related processing steps to perform on the data block. The MM-AES module generates, updates, and caches masks to preserve inter-block information and allow the interleaved processing. The MM-AES module uses an unrolled and pipelined architecture where each processed data block moves through its processing pipeline in step with correspondingly moving key, auxiliary data, and instructions in parallel pipelines. | 10-20-2011 |
20140075264 | CORRECTING ERRORS IN MISCORRECTED CODEWORDS USING LIST DECODING - A receive path of a communications system comprises an error-correction decoder, an error-detection decoder, and a codeword adjuster. The error-correction decoder performs error-correction decoding on a received codeword to generate a valid codeword. The error-detection decoder performs error-detection decoding on the valid codeword to determine whether or not the valid codeword is the correct codeword that was transmitted. If the valid codeword is not the correct codeword, then the codeword adjuster generates an adjusted valid codeword by applying an error vector to the valid codeword. The error-detection decoder performs error-detection decoding on the adjusted valid codeword to determine whether or not the adjusted valid codeword is the correct codeword. When the error-correction decoder generates an incorrect valid codeword, adjusting the valid codeword enables the receive path to recover the correct codeword without retransmitting or re-detecting the codeword. | 03-13-2014 |
Paul G. Gladnick, Seattle, WA US
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20090109285 | CONTROLLABLE MICRO LIGHT ASSEMBLY - A micro light interface assembly for a microscopic machine vision inspection system includes a micro light assembly. The micro light assembly provides addressable light emitting elements arranged around the periphery of an aperture having an aperture dimension DAPMIN that is smaller than a barrel dimension DBAR of the inspection system objective lens. The aperture may be located along the optical axis and within the working distance of the objective lens such that the light emitting elements are closely arranged around a field of view. The micro light interface assembly may be held and operated through a connection element that may be used for the interchanging the micro light interface assembly with a touch probe, in some embodiments. | 04-30-2009 |
20110310270 | Systems and methods for controlling strobe illumination - The repeatability of strobe illumination for image exposure is improved over a wide dynamic range in a machine vision system wherein a relationship between a camera integration period and a pulse duration of a strobe light generator control the effective exposure of a camera image during a timing overlap between a beginning of the camera integration period and an end of the pulse duration. To avoid noise in the illumination, the illumination pulse duration may start, the camera integration period may begin after a delay relative to that start and not later than the end of the pulse duration, the pulse duration may end, and the camera integration period may end not earlier than the end of the pulse duration. The timing overlap may also be synchronized with a periodic ripple component in the strobe illumination, to provide improved repeatability. | 12-22-2011 |
Paul G. Greenis, Indian Harbour Beach, FL US
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20090069008 | SITUATIONAL BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION IN SPECTRAL REUSE TRANSCEIVER - A situational or flexible bandwidth management system which enables management applications to control the allocation of bandwidth in a cellular network of spectral reuse transceivers based on network conditions. | 03-12-2009 |
20100061299 | DYNAMIC NETWORKING SPECTRUM REUSE TRANSCEIVER - Systems and methods are disclosed for the operation of a network of cognitive radios in a dynamic network topology. The systems and methods make use cross-layer communications to input parameters required by network services into a reasoning engine, which in turns processes the parameter the parameter information and reports linguistic results to the network services. The cross-layer communications are leveraged to shift network service functionality to the MAC or PHY Layers. Route discovery functionality is shifted from routing services down to the MAC or PHY Layers. The route discovery functionality is implemented by a process to elect a relay node based on the number of available channels that each of the source node neighbors has available to communicate with other neighbors. | 03-11-2010 |
20110310930 | SPECTRAL REUSE TRANSCEIVER-BASED AGGREGATION OF DISJOINT, RELATIVELY NARROW BANDWIDTH (VOICE) CHANNEL SEGMENTS OF RADIO SPECTRUM FOR WIDEBAND RF COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS - A bandwidth usage control methodology uses the clear channel detection and frequency agile functionality of a spectral reuse transceiver to effectively ‘aggregate’ disjoint user channels into an overall bandwidth, the spectral extent of which is at least sufficient to meet a high bandwidth requirement (such as, but not limited to the transmission of data/video), that cannot be realized by a conventional, single channel radio. | 12-22-2011 |
Paul G. Groshek, Northville, MI US
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20100270980 | BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL METHODS AND APPARATUS - Embodiments include methods for charging a battery of an electrical system. The electrical system includes the battery, a battery charger, and a controller. The battery charger is adapted to produce an output power in response to a control signal from the controller. The controller is adapted to control a battery charging process by determining a temperature of the battery pack, determining a voltage setpoint for the battery charger based on the temperature, and providing the control signal to the battery charger. According to an embodiment, when the temperature of the battery exceeds a first temperature value, the battery charging process is temporarily suspended prior to satisfying a charging termination criterion. Determining the temperature of the battery is repeated, and when the temperature of the battery is less than a second temperature value, the battery charging process is resumed. | 10-28-2010 |
Paul G. Hlebowitsh, Iowa City, IA US
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20130147513 | RECURSIVE CODE LOGIC - A logic device includes a transmission gate block configured to receive a binary input and a control input, the transmission gate block configured to provide a multi-bit output that is correlated from the binary input and in response to the control input having a first value. A state driver block is activated to drive one of a low state bit pattern or a high state bit pattern to the multi-bit output in response to the control input having a second value, which is different from the first value. | 06-13-2013 |
Paul G. Hoertz, Morrisville, NC US
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20130215598 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT NANOFIBER COMPOSITES, METHODS FOR FABRICATION, AND RELATED LIGHTING DEVICES - A photoluminescent nanofiber composite includes a nanofiber substrate, first luminescent particles, and second luminescent particles. The first luminescent particles are supported by the nanofibers and span at least a portion of a substrate surface, as a layer on the substrate surface, or with some particles located in a bulk of the substrate, or both. The second luminescent particles are disposed on the substrate. The second luminescent particles may be disposed directly on the substrate surface or on the first luminescent particles. The second luminescent particles may be deposited in a pattern of deposition units. The first and second luminescent particles are configured for emitting light of different respective wavelengths in response to excitation by a light beam. One or more surface treatment coatings may be provided at different locations. | 08-22-2013 |
20140261646 | ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR-CONDUCTOR COMPOSITE PARTICLE STRUCTURES FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION - An electrode for solar conversion including a porous structure configured to contain therein at least one of a catalyst, a chromophore, and a redox couple. The porous structure has a set of electrically conductive nanoparticles adjoining each other. The set of electrically conductive nanoparticles forms a meandering electrical path connecting the nanoparticles together. The porous structure has an atomic layer by layer deposited semiconductive coating disposed conformally on the electrically conductive nanoparticles to form an exterior surface for reception of charge carriers. | 09-18-2014 |
Paul G. Jabra, Troy, MI US
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20120228448 | MECHANICAL SNAP RETAINER ASSEMBLY FOR WEATHERSEAL - A one-piece retainer assembly comprises a first retainer portion that operatively couples to a second retainer portion. The first retainer portion includes an outer show portion that extends from a first base portion, a retaining flange that protrudes from an inner surface of the show portion, and a first mechanical securing member provided in the first base portion. The second retainer portion includes a leg portion that extends from a second base portion, a retaining flange that protrudes form an inner surface of the leg portion, and a second mechanical securing member provided in the second base portion. An interior weatherstrip-receiving cavity is formed when the first retainer portion mechanically engages the second retainer portion. In the preferred embodiments, the male mechanical securing member includes a locking tab and the female mechanical securing member includes a locking recess. | 09-13-2012 |
Paul G. Janitch, Lisle, IL US
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20090056451 | Ultrasonic sensor assembly and method - An ultrasonic point level measurement instrument comprises a measurement circuit and a transducer. The transducer transmits and receives acoustic signals under control of the measurement circuit. An improvement in the transducer comprises a transducer housing including a pair of spaced apart legs to define a gap therebetween. Each leg includes an interior cavity. A pair of crystal assemblies each comprise a crystal mounted to a circuit board. The circuit board includes conduction paths for connection between the crystal and a terminal pad. Each crystal assembly is received in the interior cavity of one of the legs with the circuit board spacing the crystal from walls of the leg. A pair of cables are each connected between the measurement circuit and the terminal pad of one of the crystal assemblies so that the measurement circuit detects presence of a material in the gap. | 03-05-2009 |
20140103950 | GUIDED WAVE RADAR PROBE WITH LEAK DETECTION - A probe defining a transmission line for use with a measurement instrument includes a pulse circuit connected to the probe for generating pulses on the transmission line and receiving reflected pulses on the transmission line. The probe comprises a conductive outer sleeve for mounting to a process vessel. A center conductor is coaxial with the outer sleeve for conducting the pulses. A primary seal element between the outer sleeve and the center conductor is spaced a select distance from a near end of the outer sleeve. A secondary seal element between the outer sleeve and the center conductor is spaced proximate the near end of the outer sleeve, to define a generally tubular space between the primary seal element and the secondary seal element. A dielectric insert fills a portion of the tubular space proximate the secondary seal element. A leak detection tube is in the tubular space between the dielectric insert and the primary seal element. The leak detection tube has an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the center conductor to define a void. The dielectric insert and the leak detection tube provide a substantially continuous uniform impedance under dry conditions. | 04-17-2014 |
20140104099 | GUIDED WAVE RADAR PROBE REFERENCE TARGET - A probe defining a transmission line is used with a measurement instrument including a pulse circuit connected to the probe for generating pulses on the transmission line and receiving reflected pulses on the transmission line. The probe comprises an adapter for mounting to a process vessel. A conductive outer sleeve is secured to the adapter. A center conductor is coaxial with the outer sleeve for conducting the pulses. The conductive outer sleeve has a connector end proximate the adapter and a distal end to extend into a processed liquid. The outer sleeve has a geometric discontinuity defining a referenced target producing an impedance change at a position between the adapter and the distal end at a location in a process vapor region above a processed liquid. | 04-17-2014 |
20140109699 | HIGH TEMPERATURE HIGH PRESSURE SEAL - A probe for use with a measurement instrument includes a circuit connected to the probe. The probe comprises a process adaptor for mounting to a process vessel and including a through bore extending from a connector end to a process end. A tubular body is received in the process adaptor at the connector end and has an outer diameter less than an inner diameter of the process adaptor at the connector end to define a cavity therebetween. The cavity is open to the process vessel. A coupling secures the body to the process adaptor. A center conductor is coaxial with the tubular body and the process adaptor. A seal element is disposed between the tubular body and the center conductor. Process pressure in the process vessel increases compressive force between the tubular body and the seal element. | 04-24-2014 |
20140125512 | CERAMIC PROBE ROD SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - A probe for use with a measurement instrument includes a circuit connected to the probe. The probe comprises a process adaptor for mounting to a process vessel and including a through bore extending from a connector end to a process end. A counterbore at the connector end defines a shoulder. A support assembly is received in the counterbore and rests on the shoulder. The support assembly comprises an annular rod support having a through opening with a tension rod extending through the opening and secured at opposite sides of the annular rod support. A locking nut secures the support assembly in the counterbore to maintain the annular rod support in compression. A probe rod extends from a process end of the tension rod. A seal assembly is operatively secured to the process adaptor at the connector end with the seal pin in electrical contact with a connector end of the tension rod. | 05-08-2014 |
Paul G. Jensen, Menlo Park, CA US
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20100088727 | COMPUTATIONAL RECOMMENDATION ENGINE - A computational recommendation engine is described. In embodiment(s), identifiers of ranked programs can be distributed to television client devices, and then a viewing vector from each of the television client devices can be received where the viewing vectors indicate which of the ranked programs have been displayed for viewing at different ones of the television client devices. A client devices group can be created that includes a subset of the television client devices based on the viewing vectors that are received from respective ones of the television client devices. A ranked program can be determined that has not been displayed for viewing by some of the television client devices in the client devices group, and a recommendation of the ranked program can be communicated to the television client devices in the client devices group that have not had the ranked program displayed for viewing. | 04-08-2010 |
20140141877 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VISUALLY DISTINGUISHING OBJECTS APPEARING IN A MEDIA ASSET - Methods and systems are described herein for a media application that indicates to a user when members of his or her fantasy sports team appear in sports programming displayed on a user device. In addition, the media application may display additional information (e.g., statistics, commentary, highlights, etc.) that is particular to members of the fantasy sports team of the user. | 05-22-2014 |
20140344289 | ENERGY-SAVING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING MEDIA INFORMATION - Energy-saving methods and systems for updating media information on a media equipment device are provided. An update to media information is received at the media equipment device. Data identifying a weight for the update is retrieved from the storage device. The data may be related to the user's media preferences or viewing history of content associated with the update. A weight is then assigned to the update based on the retrieved data. The assigned update weight is compared to a threshold value which is retrieved from the storage device. If the update weight exceeds the threshold value, the device will switch from a first power mode of operation (e.g., sleep mode) to a higher power mode of operation (e.g., active mode) so that the media information may be updated with the information contained in the received update. | 11-20-2014 |
20140380379 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MEDIA ASSET RECORDINGS BASED ON POWER CONSUMPTION - Systems and methods for performing cost efficient media asset recording on a user equipment device are provided. A first instance of a media asset is identified for recording. A media asset schedule database is searched to identify a second instance of the media asset. A determination, based on cost of power consumption information, is made as to whether recording the first instance of the media asset will cost less than recording the second instance of the media asset. Either the first instance of the media asset or the second instance of the media asset is selected for recording based on the determination. | 12-25-2014 |
Paul G. Junghans, Houston, TX US
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20120255744 | Roller Standoff Assemblies - Roller standoff assemblies and devices facilitate disposal of an interior tubular member within an exterior tubular member. Roller standoff devices include a roller cage and at least one roller supported by the roller cage to contact and roll upon the exterior tubular member. | 10-11-2012 |
Paul G. Kahl, Jr., Perry Hall, MD US
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20120198912 | CHEMICAL SAMPLE COLLECTION AND DETECTION SYSTEM - A system for remote detection of a chemical is disclosed. The system includes a sample collection module that collects a sample and produces a sample vapor at a first location; a sample delivery module that delivers the sample vapor from the first location to a second location; a sample storage and concentration module that collects the sample vapor at the second location; and a sample analysis module that analyzes the sample collected in the sample storage and concentration module. | 08-09-2012 |
Paul G. Kiritsis, Midlothian, VA US
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20120197307 | BONE PLATE HAVING COMBINATION LOCKING AND COMPRESSION SCREW HOLES - A bone plate including a combination locking and compression screw hole having a top opening and a bottom opening, the top opening being generally circular and including a widthwise dimension and a lengthwise dimension normal to the widthwise dimension, where an interior wall of the bone plate extends between the top opening and the bottom opening, where at least a portion of the interior wall proximate the top opening is threaded, and where at least one of the widthwise dimension and the lengthwise dimension is decreased between the top opening to the bottom opening, while the other of the widthwise dimension and the lengthwise dimension does not substantially decrease between the top opening and the bottom opening. The instant disclosure also includes a method of forming a bone plate comprising: (a) fabricating a bone plate to include a first through hole, where at least one of a width and a length of the hole changes along a depth of the hole; (b) plunge milling an interior surface of the bone plate demarcating the first through hole to remove at least a portion of the bone plate to increase at least one of the width and the length of the through hole; and (c) threading at least a portion of the first through hole. | 08-02-2012 |
20140000092 | BONE PLATE HAVING COMBINATION LOCKING AND COMPRESSION SCREW HOLES | 01-02-2014 |
20140296926 | Bone Plate Having Combination Locking and Compression Screw Holes - A bone plate including a first side and a second side and configured to locate a locking screw and a compression screw. The bone plate includes a top surface and a bottom surface each extending between the first side and the second side. A plurality of holes extend from the top surface to the bottom surface include a hybrid screw hole configured to accept both a locking screw and a compression screw, a first form hole configured to accept a locking screw, and a second form hole having an elongated shape with a non-circular cross-section configured to accept a compression screw. An interior wall of the bone plate extends between a top opening and a bottom opening of the hybrid screw hole wherein the interior wall includes a threaded first portion proximate the top opening and an unthreaded second portion extending from the bottom opening. | 10-02-2014 |
Paul G. Kostenick, Jr., Marysville, WA US
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20100054877 | STRINGER CRAWLER - A self-contained crawler assembly is engageable to a stringer and is adapted to position a drill bushing along the stringer for performing machining operations. The crawler assembly includes a longitudinal slider, a lateral slider and a controller for regulating operation of the longitudinal and lateral sliders for positioning the drill bushing at a hole location. In a further embodiment, the crawler assembly may include a longitudinal friction drive which is directly engageable to the stringer and which is operative to move in a direction parallel to the stringer. | 03-04-2010 |
20120114439 | STRINGER CRAWLER WITH ATTACHMENT MECHANISM - A crawler assembly includes an attachment mechanism that is removably attachable to a stringer. The stringer has a vertical web and a longitudinal axis. The crawler assembly includes a longitudinal slider that is engageable to the attachment mechanism and having a normalizing mechanism disposable in bearing contact against the vertical web for maintaining an orientation of the longitudinal slider relative to the stringer. The longitudinal slider is movable along a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis. The crawler assembly includes a lateral slider that is mountable to the longitudinal slider and is movable along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The lateral slider includes a drill bushing. The longitudinal and lateral sliders cooperate to move the drill bushing to at least one predetermined hole location. | 05-10-2012 |
Paul G. Mallasch, North Bend, WA US
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20140075506 | Extensible and Scalable Distributed Computing and Communication Remote Services Platform for Telemetry Collection Adaptive Data Driven Application Hosting, and Control Services - A global, broadband communications and computing system Platform for commercial aircraft selects a “current best” communication link from multiple available links. Onboard network access components, such as Wi-Fi and GSM pico-cells, enable wired/wireless devices to use the aircraft's broadband communications links. The Platform uses virtualization and distributed systems computing technology to create a system of systems that extends an airline company's ground communications and computing systems server(s) onboard aircraft in the fleet, regardless of model, age, or manufacturer. The Platform can host airline operational applications and services onboard the aircraft. An onboard system collects data from multiple aircraft systems, tags it with trusted time and origin metadata, and securely transmits it to a ground portion of the Platform in real time (or as links are available), and receives data for distribution to appropriate onboard systems. Core components on an aircraft are not affected by operation of the Platform. | 03-13-2014 |
Paul G. Miney, Manorhamilton IE
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20110199610 | THIN-LAYER POROUS OPTICAL SENSORS FOR GASES AND OTHER FLUIDS - A gas sensor uses optical interferents in a porous thin film cell to measure the refractive index of the pore medium. As the medium within the pores changes, spectral variations can be detected. For example, as the pores are filled with a solution, the characteristic peaks exhibit a spectral shift in one direction. Conversely, when tiny amounts of gas are produced, the peaks shift in the opposite direction. This can be used to measure gas evolution, humidity and for applications for other interferometric-based sensing devices. | 08-18-2011 |
Paul G. Miney, Leitrim IE
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20080231849 | Thin-Layer Porous Optical Sensors for Gases and Other Fluids - A gas sensor uses optical interferents in a porous thin film cell to measure the refractive index of the pore medium. As the medium within the pores changes, spectral variations can be detected. For example, as the pores are filled with a solution, the characteristic peaks exhibit a spectral shift in one direction. Conversely, when tiny amounts of gas are produced, the peaks shift in the opposite direction. This can be used to measure gas evolution, humidity and for applications for other interferometric-based sensing devices. | 09-25-2008 |
Paul G. Mitsis, Trenton, NJ US
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20110256573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE HEMOGLOBIN RELATED PARAMETER OF A WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLE - A method and apparatus for determining at least one hemoglobin related parameter of a whole blood sample is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) depositing the sample into an analysis chamber adapted to quiescently hold the sample for analysis, the chamber defined by an interior surface of a first panel, and an interior surface of a second panel, and the chamber has a height extending between the interior surfaces of the panels, wherein the chamber is configured to increase the oxygenation state of the sample to a substantially oxygenated state within a predetermined amount of time after entry into the chamber; b) imaging the at least one red blood cell contacting the interior surfaces, and producing image signals; c) determining an optical density of at least a portion of the imaged red blood cell contacting both interior surfaces; and d) determining the at least one hemoglobin related parameter of the red blood cell contacting the interior surfaces, using the determined optical density and a molar extinction coefficient for oxygenated hemoglobin. | 10-20-2011 |
20140004554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE HEMOGLOBIN RELATED PARAMETER OF A WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLE | 01-02-2014 |
Paul G. Otanez, Troy, MI US
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20090149298 | Aggressive Torque Converter Clutch Slip Control Design through Driveline Torsional Velocity Measurements - A system and method for setting the slip of a torque converter for a plurality of selected engine speeds and transmission gears. The method includes populating a table off-line, typically using a dynamometer, with torque converter slips for a plurality of selected engine speeds and transmission gears. A speed sensor is used to measure vibrations transmitted through the torque converter to the driveline of the vehicle. The sensor signal is sent to an analyzing system where it is converted to the frequency domain. A separate minimum slip value for each selected engine speed and transmission gear is stored in a table so that during vehicle operation, a controller will instruct the torque converter clutch to set the desired converter slip for the current engine speed and transmission gear provided for a particular throttle position and/or engine torque. | 06-11-2009 |
20090150032 | EFFECTIVE DRIVELINE VIBRATION DETECTION ALGORITHM IN TRANSMISSION TCC SLIP CONTROL - A method for adjusting the slip of a torque converter for a plurality of selected engine speeds, transmission gears and engine torque. A sensor is used to determine vibrations transmitted through the torque converter to the driveline of the vehicle. The sensor signal is sent to a controller where it is converted to the frequency domain. If the amplitude of the frequency signal exceeds a threshold, then the algorithm increases/decreases the converter slip until the driveline vibrations equal a threshold. | 06-11-2009 |
20090192015 | Driver Intention Detection Algorithm for Transmission Control - A system and method for providing TCC control and/or transmission gear shift control by considering the rate of change of the accelerator pedal or throttle position. The method determines whether the rate of change of the throttle position exceeds a predetermined positive rate of change or a predetermined negative rate of change and, if so, releases the TCC to provide TCC control. Alternatively, or additionally, the method can provide a transmission gear down-shift or up-shift depending on which direction the throttle position is changing. Once the TCC and/or gear shift control has been initiated, the method can start a timer and then return to normal TCC and/or gear shift control after the timer has expired. The TCC and/or gear shift control can also return to normal if the rate of change of the throttle position indicates that the throttle is being returned to its previous position. | 07-30-2009 |
20110060509 | DESIRED TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SLIP FEEDBACK RECOVERY ALGORITHM FOR TIP-IN MANEUVERS - A powertrain includes an engine, a transmission, and a torque converter located between the engine and the transmission. Subsequent to a rapid increase in engine torque commands, torque converter slip is controlled by monitoring a measured torque converter slip after the rapid increase in engine torque commands, determining a maximum measured torque converter slip value resulting from the rapid increase in engine torque commands based upon the measured torque converter slip, determining a target value to which to reduce the torque converter slip, determining a recovery profile to reduce the torque converter slip from the maximum measured torque converter slip to the target value, and utilizing the recovery profile to controllably reduce the torque controller slip. Determining the recovery profile includes commanding reducing slip through the profile at commanded torque converter slip values selected to prevent the torque converter slip from reaching zero. | 03-10-2011 |
20110107864 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SYNCHRONIZER ACTUATING SYSTEM - An assembly for actuating a synchronizer includes a shift fork, a shift rail, and a permanent magnet connected to the shift rail. A first control coil is disposed in proximity to the permanent magnet. The first control coil is operable to produce a magnetomotive force on the permanent magnet in a first direction when a current is applied to the first control coil. A second control coil is disposed in proximity to the permanent magnet. The second control coil is operable to produce a magnetomotive force on the permanent magnet in a second direction when a current is applied to the second control coil. The permanent magnet is moved to a first position when the current is applied to the first control coil and the permanent magnet is moved to a second position when the current is applied to the second control coil. Movement of the magnet in turn moves the synchronizer between engaged positions. | 05-12-2011 |
20110153144 | SENSOR MESSAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A pressure sensor module for a vehicle includes a sensing element module, a sampling module, a filtering module, and a monitoring module. The sensing element module measures a pressure of a fluid and outputs a pressure signal based on the pressure. The sampling module samples the pressure signal. The filtering module receives at least one filter coefficient from a control module and determines a filtered pressure based on at least one of the samples. The monitoring module receives a condition monitoring request from the control module, receives a predetermined value from the control module, and notifies the control module when a condition is satisfied based on a comparison of the predetermined value and one of the filtered pressure and a parameter determined based on the pressure signal. | 06-23-2011 |
20110166757 | CLOSED-LOOP FEEDBACK CONTROL AND REDUCTION OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SLIP FOR ENHANCED DRIVABILITY FOR HEAVY TIP-IN MANEUVERS - A method for responding to a rapid change in engine torque includes monitoring a change in engine torque and determining a rapid change in engine torque when the change in engine torque exceeds a threshold change in engine torque. Subsequent to determining a rapid change in engine torque, an increase in the torque converter slip is provided by reducing the torque converter clutch pressure command by a selected value and thereafter the feedback control is deactivated for a predetermined duration. Subsequent to the predetermined duration, the feedback control is reactivated to decrease the torque converter slip toward a desired torque converter slip value. | 07-07-2011 |
20110166758 | STOCHASTIC DETECTION OF TORQUE CONVERTER SLIP SPEED AND RELATED CONTROL - A method for controlling torque converter slip includes operating the torque converter in a controlled slip mode, monitoring slip in the torque converter, statistically analyzing the monitored slip to determine a likely condition of the torque converter, and utilizing the likely condition of the torque converter to control the torque converter slip. | 07-07-2011 |
20110180358 | VIBRATION ABSORBER - A system for absorbing vibration in a rotary member having a predetermined rotary speed of the present invention has a selectively moveable mass and a positioning mechanism. The mass is in communication with the rotary member having a predetermined position. The positioning mechanism exerts a force on the mass at least when the rotary member operates below the predetermined rotary speed. The force exerted by the positioning mechanism orients the mass at the predetermined position when the rotary member operates below the predetermined rotary speed. | 07-28-2011 |
20110186395 | CENTRIFUGAL PENDULUM VIBRATION ABSORBER - A centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber (CPVA) for absorbing torsional vibration created by operation of an engine includes a plurality of pendulums moveable with respect to a rotatable shaft. The pendulums are connected to the rotatable shaft by a plurality of pins that extend through apertures in the pendulum. The pendulums each move along a path defined by various drive line or powertrain parameters and characteristics. The path is implemented by contouring an active section of the apertures that engage the pins. | 08-04-2011 |
20110190995 | CLUTCH SLIP RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for transferring torque from a prime mover to a transmission includes a coupling device, a hydraulic control system and a control module. The coupling device includes a torque converter clutch (TCC), where the coupling device is located between an output of the prime mover and an input of the transmission. The TCC is actuated between a fully engaged position, a slip mode where slip occurs, and a fully disengaged position. The hydraulic control system includes a controller device that communicates an actuation pressure to the TCC. The actuation pressure actuates the TCC between the fully engaged position, the slip mode, and the fully disengaged position. The controller is in communication with the TCC, the output of the prime mover, the input of the transmission, and the controller device of the hydraulic control system. The controller regulates the actuation pressure. | 08-04-2011 |
20110195794 | VIBRATION ABSORBER - A system for absorbing vibration created by operation of an engine of the present invention includes a first plate driven by an engine shaft and a torque transmitting device for transferring torque from the engine shaft to a transmission input shaft. The system includes a first vibration absorber and a second vibration absorber. The first vibration absorber includes at least one selectively moveable mass. The second vibration absorber includes at least one biasing member and generally opposing ends. The first vibration absorber is configured to absorb vibrations created at a first harmonic of the engine and the second vibration absorber is configured to absorb vibrations created at multiple harmonics of the engine. | 08-11-2011 |
20110208396 | REALTIME ESTIMATION OF CLUTCH PISTON POSITION - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for estimating the realtime position of a clutch piston during the fill cycle using noisy pressure measurements which ensures proper and desired clutch operation. Pressures on both sides of a flow controlling orifice, at the fluid control actuator and the clutch cylinder are measured and these measurements in conjunction with other system parameters such as orifice size, clutch volume and return spring characteristics are used to solve nonlinear dynamic equations (algorithms) which reside in a microprocessor. The microprocessor provides outputs corresponding to an estimate of the current position of the clutch piston, an estimate of the current speed of the piston and an estimate of the current hydraulic pressure. The method can also be utilized to detect clutch wear. | 08-25-2011 |
20110303033 | GEAR SELECTOR APPARATUS AND CONTROL FOR A VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A gear selector apparatus for a transmission having a first gear and a second gear selectively engageable to a shaft through a synchronizer. The gear selector apparatus includes a hydraulic actuator, a gear selection fork engaged with the actuator, a guide bar fixed for common movement to the gear selection fork, a detent mechanism disposed in contact with a first edge of the guide bar, a position sensor disposed in contact with a second edge of the guide bar, a first and a second pressure control valve in communication with the hydraulic actuator, a controller in electrical communication with the position sensor and the first and second pressure control valve. The controller includes a control logic sequence. | 12-15-2011 |
20120088630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC ENGINE STOP-START - A system and method for controlling automatic stop-start of a motor vehicle is provided. The system and method is configured to enable an automatic stop-start mode of operation based on vehicle conditions. In addition, the system and method is configured to selectively actuate an accumulator to prime the transmission for a smooth restart. | 04-12-2012 |
20120088631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC ENGINE STOP-START BASED ON TRANSMISSION CONDITIONS - A system and method for controlling automatic stop-start of a motor vehicle is provided. The system and method is configured to disable an automatic stop-start mode of operation based on accumulator pressure conditions. | 04-12-2012 |
20120088632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC ENGINE RESTART - A system and method for controlling automatic stop-start of a motor vehicle is provided. The system and method is configured to enable an automatic stop-start mode of operation that minimizes clutch fill during engine restart. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089306 | PRESSURE REGULATION METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A transmission control system for a vehicle includes a transmission control module (TCM), a solenoid valve, a pressure regulator valve, and a transmission element. The TCM includes a control algorithm providing output signals to valve drive electronics, where the valve drive electronics supply current to the solenoid valve. The solenoid valve controls an output pressure located in a passage between the pressure regulator valve and the transmission element. During an engine start-up condition of the vehicle, the control algorithm of the TCM includes control logic for activating a solenoid adjustment algorithm. The solenoid adjustment algorithm decreases the sensitivity of the valve drive electronics when supplying current to the solenoid valve. The solenoid adjustment algorithm is activated for a predetermined amount of time after engine start-up, and is then terminated. Alternatively, the solenoid adjustment algorithm is activated until a vehicle operating condition reaches a particular value, and is then terminated. | 04-12-2012 |
20120144945 | SINGLE-PISTON THREE-POSITION HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR - An actuator assembly includes a housing, a piston disposed within a portion of the housing. The piston has a movable range along a working-axis, and separates a first volume and a second volume within the housing. The assembly also includes a biasing feature disposed within the second volume, where the piston is configured to engage the biasing feature within a first portion of the movable range, and configured to not engage the biasing feature within a second portion of the movable range. | 06-14-2012 |
20120152688 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT QUALITY VIA SELECTIVE USE OF CLOSED-LOOP PRESSURE FEEDBACK CONTROL - A method to control a hydraulically actuated clutch in a transmission of a vehicle includes monitoring a pressure in a hydraulic circuit providing pressurized fluid to the hydraulically actuated clutch with micro-electromechanical pressure sensor, providing a closed-loop feedback control command for a hydraulic control device providing the pressurized fluid to the hydraulic circuit based upon the monitoring pressure, and controlling the control device based upon the closed-loop feedback control command. | 06-21-2012 |
20120251359 | LOW NOISE HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLENOID PUMP - A low noise, high efficiency solenoid pump includes a housing containing a hollow electromagnetic coil. Within the coil resides a pump assembly defining a tubular body having a pair of opposed ends which respectively include an inlet or suction port and an outlet or pressure port and within which a plunger or piston resides. The piston is biased in opposite directions by a pair of opposed compression springs. A first compression spring limits and arrests travel of the piston during the suction or return stroke and a second compression spring limits travel of the piston during the pumping stroke and returns the piston after the pumping stroke. The piston includes a first check valve that opens to allow hydraulic fluid into a pumping chamber during the suction stroke and closes during the pumping stroke to cause fluid to be pumped out of the pumping chamber. A second check valve opens to allow pumped fluid to exit the pumping chamber and the pump body through the outlet or pressure port and closes to inhibit reverse flow. | 10-04-2012 |
20120277964 | DIRECT CLUTCH CONTROL FOR DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONS - A control system for controlling clutches of a dual clutch transmission includes an internal model based force control algorithm that converts a desired clutch force to a pressure control signal, a pressure control valve that receives the pressure control signal, a hydraulic actuator to which the pressure control valve applies a pressure related to the pressure control signal, and a clutch assembly with a spring lever and a plurality of clutch plates. The hydraulic actuator applies a desired force corresponding to the pressure control signal to a distal end of the spring lever such that the desired force to the distal end of the spring lever imparts an actual clutch force to the clutch plates. | 11-01-2012 |
20120296536 | ENGINE SPEED ASSIST TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH CONTROL - A method for controlling actuation of a torque converter clutch includes monitoring a transmission input speed, comparing the monitored transmission input speed to a threshold input speed, and, when the transmission input speed is less than the threshold input speed, controlling an engine speed based upon a desired minimum engine speed. Controlling the engine speed based upon the desired minimum engine speed includes monitoring a minimum engine speed critical parameter, determining the desired minimum engine speed based upon the minimum engine speed critical parameter, comparing the engine speed to the desired minimum engine speed, and controlling actuation of the clutch device based upon a result of the comparing the engine speed to the desired minimum engine speed. | 11-22-2012 |
20130035839 | ENGINE START STOP INHIBIT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes a first module configured to determine at least one of a position of a vehicle, an elevation level of the vehicle and a road grade at the position of the vehicle. A second module configured to inhibit an autostop of an engine including generating a start-stop signal based on the at least one of the position of the vehicle, the elevation level of the vehicle and the road grade at the position of the vehicle. An actuator control module configured to prevent the autostop by adjusting at least one of a spark parameter, a fuel parameter and an air flow parameter of the engine based on the start-stop signal. | 02-07-2013 |
20130037113 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITH PASSIVE CHARGING OF AN ACCUMULATOR - A hydraulic control system for a vehicle powertrain with an engine capable of being selectively turned on and turned off includes an accumulator, a plurality of fluid passages through which a fluid flows between the accumulator and a transmission associated with the powertrain, and a smart memory alloy (SMA) valve in fluid communication with at least one of the fluid passages. The SMA valve has a transition temperature. When the temperature of the fluid is less than or about equal to the transition temperature, the SMA valve closes, and when the temperature of the fluid exceeds the transition temperature, the SMA valve opens. When the SMA valve is closed, the accumulator cannot be charged with fluid, that is, the accumulator, does not fill with fluid, and when the SMA valve is open, the accumulator charges with fluid passively. | 02-14-2013 |
20130042927 | VALVE CONFIGURED FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF FLUID FROM A TRANSMISSION TO A FLUID COOLER - A transmission fluid circuit includes a transmission, a cooler, and a valve. The transmission receives and expels a fluid. The cooler receives and expels the fluid to the transmission. The valve directs the flow of fluid received from the transmission to one of the transmission and the fluid cooler. The valve includes a housing, a spool and an actuator. The housing defines a cavity. The spool is movable longitudinally in the cavity between a first position and a second position to direct the flow of the fluid from the cavity to the cooler or the transmission. The actuator is operatively connected to the spool and includes a smart material which is activated in response to the temperature of the fluid in the cavity having at least a first temperature and deactivated in response to the fluid in the cavity having a sufficient number of degrees less than the first temperature. | 02-21-2013 |
20130049941 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMISSION SOLENOIDS - A target pressure module determines a target pressure for controlling a solenoid of a transmission. An error module determines a pressure error based on a difference between the target pressure and a pressure measured using a pressure sensor. A pressure offset module determines a pressure offset using the target pressure and a mapping of pressure offsets indexed by target pressure. An offset learning module selectively determines a learned pressure offset and selectively updates the mapping based on the learned pressure offset. A pressure command module selectively generates a commanded pressure based on the target pressure, the pressure offset, and the pressure error. A solenoid control module controls actuation of the solenoid based on the commanded pressure. | 02-28-2013 |
20130116898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC ENGINE STOP-START ACCUMULATOR - A system and method for controlling automatic stop-start of a motor vehicle is provided. The system and method is configured to enable an automatic stop-start mode of operation based on vehicle conditions. In addition, the system and method is configured to selectively actuate an accumulator to prime the transmission for a smooth restart. | 05-09-2013 |
20130139906 | VALVE CONFIGURED FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF FLUID FROM A TRANSMISSION TO A COOLER - A transmission fluid circuit includes a transmission, a cooler, and a valve. The valve includes a housing, a spool and an actuator. The spool is movable inside the housing between a first position and a second position. The actuator includes a smart material configured to be activated in response to the temperature of the fluid exhibiting at least a first temperature such that the actuator is in a first state. The smart material is configured to be deactivated in response to the fluid being a sufficient number of degrees less than the first temperature such that the actuator is in a second state. The fluid flows from the housing to the transmission and from the transmission the cavity when the spool is in the first position. The fluid flows from the housing to the cooler and from the cooler to the transmission when the spool is in the second position. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145756 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACCUMULATOR FILL - A method for determining whether an accumulator is filled to a predetermined level with a hydraulic fluid includes commanding a current to a solenoid, providing pressurized hydraulic fluid to the accumulator, setting a timer to an initial value, incrementing the timer, determining if the timer is greater than a timer threshold value, measuring a current to the solenoid if the timer is greater than the timer threshold value, calculating a modified current as a function of the measured current, the timer value, and the commanded current, comparing the modified current to a threshold, and determining that the accumulator is filled to the predetermined level if the modified current is greater than the threshold. | 06-13-2013 |
20130197715 | CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE BASED ON PARAMETERS LEARNED DURING DRIVER'S OPERATION OF ANOTHER VEHICLE - A system of a first vehicle includes a communication module, a translation module, a driver identification module, and an actuator control module. The communication module receives first vehicle control data generated based on operation of a second vehicle by a driver. The first and second vehicles are different. The translation module determines second vehicle control data based on the first vehicle control data and first characteristics of the first vehicle. The driver identification module selectively indicates when the driver is operating the first vehicle. During operation of the first vehicle by the driver, the actuator module controls at least one actuator of the first vehicle based on the second vehicle control data. | 08-01-2013 |
20130228041 | VIBRATION ABSORBER - A system for absorbing vibration in a rotary member having a predetermined rotary speed of the present invention has a selectively moveable mass and a positioning mechanism. The mass is in communication with the rotary member having a predetermined position. The positioning mechanism exerts a force on the mass at least when the rotary member operates below the predetermined rotary speed. The force exerted by the positioning mechanism orients the mass at the predetermined position when the rotary member operates below the predetermined rotary speed. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232962 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL FOR A VEHICLE POWERTRAIN - A hydraulic control system and method for controlling a hydraulic system of a vehicle powertrain is provided, which includes an accumulator arranged to accumulate fluid when an engine is turned on, to retain fluid when the engine is turned off, and to discharge fluid to the transmission when the engine is restarted. The accumulator is actively filled through a controlled valve, and it may also be filled passively, for example, via ball check-valve. The method of controlling the hydraulic system includes providing a fluid line pressure to the transmission by opening a fluid passage when the engine is turned on; opening a valve to actively accumulate fluid from the fluid line pressure into an accumulator; closing the valve to retain the fluid in the accumulator; and discharging the fluid from the accumulator to the fluid passage when the engine is restarted. | 09-12-2013 |
20130237329 | VIBRATION ABSORBER - A system for absorbing vibration created by operation of an engine of the present invention includes a first plate driven by an engine shaft and a torque transmitting device for transferring torque from the engine shaft to a transmission input shaft. The system includes a first vibration absorber and a second vibration absorber. The first vibration absorber includes at least one selectively moveable mass. The second vibration absorber includes at least one biasing member and generally opposing ends. The first vibration absorber is configured to absorb vibrations created at a first harmonic of the engine and the second vibration absorber is configured to absorb vibrations created at multiple harmonics of the engine. | 09-12-2013 |
20130263584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCUMULATOR FLUID MIXING - A system and method for controlling an accumulator for use with a hydraulic circuit is provided. The system and method is configured to determine a set of accumulator temperature indicators and discharge and charge the accumulator as a function of the set of accumulator temperature indicators. | 10-10-2013 |
20130264164 | METHOD OF OPERATING A TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH - A method of operating a torque converter clutch in an engine start-stop vehicle improves launch after an auto stop event. During the autostop event, hydraulic fluid is supplied to the torque converter clutch operator through one or more solenoid valves by an auxiliary electric pump. When the prime mover is started at the conclusion of the autostop event, the torque converter clutch is thus locked, assuring rapid and sufficient torque transfer through the torque converter to the transmission and improved acceleration during vehicle launch. As the vehicle accelerates, the hydraulic pressure in the clutch operator is reduced and slip through the clutch increased to achieve a smooth launch and return to conventional torque converter operation. | 10-10-2013 |
20130281253 | LATCHING CLUTCH CONTROL SYSTEM - A system is provided for latching and draining a torque transmitting device. The system may include a clutch feed channel having an inlet portion and a clutch portion. The inlet portion is configured to provide hydraulic fluid from a pressurized source to the clutch portion. The clutch portion is configured to provide hydraulic fluid to a torque transmitting device. An inlet valve connects the inlet portion of the clutch feed channel to the clutch portion of the clutch feed channel. The inlet valve is configured to open to allow the hydraulic fluid to flow from the inlet portion to the clutch portion when the torque transmitting device is engaged. The inlet valve is configured to close and to trap hydraulic fluid within the torque transmitting device when the torque transmitting device is not actively pressurized. A multispeed transmission is also provided. | 10-24-2013 |
20130296093 | LATCHING CLUTCH CONTROL SYSTEM - A clutch latching system is provided for latching and draining a torque transmitting mechanism. The latching clutch control system may include a latching valve, a release valve, and an accumulator. The clutch latching system may include a clutch feed channel configured to provide hydraulic fluid from a pressurized source to a torque transmitting device when the torque transmitting device is engaged and the engine is running. A latching valve connects the clutch feed channel to the torque transmitting device. The latching valve is configured to selectively trap pressurized hydraulic fluid within the torque transmitting device. A hydraulic pressure storage circuit configured to selectively provide pressurized hydraulic fluid to the latching valve to unlatch the latching valve. A multiple speed transmission is also provided. | 11-07-2013 |
20130319813 | LATCHING CLUTCH VALVE CONTROL SYSTEM - A valve assembly includes a valve body having an input in selective communication with an output, a latching piston disposed within the valve body, a balance spring disposed between the latching piston and the valve body, and a valve piston disposed within the valve body. The input communicates with the output when the valve piston is in a first position and the input does not communicate with the output when the valve piston is in a second position. A diaphragm spring is disposed between the latching piston and the valve piston. A holding spring is disposed between the valve piston and the valve body. | 12-05-2013 |
20130341152 | LATCHING CLUTCH VALVE CONTROL SYSTEM - An assembly includes a valve body having an inlet in selective communication with an outlet and having an unlatch port, a latching piston disposed within the valve body, a balance spring disposed between the latching piston and the valve body, and a valve piston disposed within the valve body. The inlet communicates with the outlet when the valve piston is in a first position and the inlet does not communicate with the outlet when the valve piston is in a second position. A diaphragm spring is disposed between the latching piston and the valve piston. A holding spring is disposed between the valve piston and the valve body. An unlatching mechanism is in communication with the unlatch port of the valve body. | 12-26-2013 |
20140032065 | ACCUMULATOR FLUID TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION ALGORITHM - A system includes an accumulator control module that selectively releases automatic transmission fluid from an accumulator. The accumulator control module also receives a plurality of measured characteristics of the accumulator. A temperature estimation module estimates a temperature of the automatic transmission fluid within the accumulator based on at least one of the measured characteristics of the accumulator. An engine start-stop module selectively disables automatic start-stop events of an internal combustion engine based on the estimated temperature of the automatic transmission fluid within the accumulator. | 01-30-2014 |
20140046553 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ACCUMULATOR BASED ON VEHICLE CONDITIONS - A system and method for controlling an accumulator in a transmission of a motor vehicle includes the steps of determining whether the motor vehicle has been turned off, sensing at least one operating condition of the motor vehicle, and comparing the at least one operating condition to a reference condition. If the at least one operating condition of the motor vehicle fulfills the reference condition and if the motor vehicle has been turned off then the accumulator is discharged. | 02-13-2014 |
20140088842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC STOP-START - A system and method are provided for controlling an automatic engine stop-start in conjunction with a transmission having one or more latching valves. The system and method is configured to determine whether conditions are met for an autostop, and if so, to latch or unlatch the latching valve(s) by changing clutch pressure. | 03-27-2014 |
20140163845 | HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR FILL ESTIMATION FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC ENGINE STOP/START - A method of preventing an automatic engine stop includes: determining a pressure difference between an accumulator fill volume and a fluid conduit in selective fluid communication with the accumulator fill volume; determining a change in the accumulator fill volume from the determined pressure difference; adding the change in the accumulator fill volume to a previous estimate of the accumulator fill volume to determine a current estimate of the accumulator fill volume; comparing the current estimate of the accumulator fill volume to a predetermined threshold; and preventing an automatic engine stop if the current estimate of the accumulator fill volume is below the predetermined threshold. | 06-12-2014 |
20140329635 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION DURING A GARAGE SHIFT - A method for controlling a transmission includes the following steps: applying a first assist clutch to interconnect a first stationary member to a first planetary gear set of the transmission; applying a second assist clutch to interconnect a second stationary member to a second planetary gear set of the transmission, wherein the second planetary gear set is coupled to the output member of the transmission; applying a primary clutch to interconnect the first planetary gear set to a third stationary member; reducing a first pressure applied to the first assist clutch of the transmission by a first pressure calibration value; determining whether a gear lash has occurred; and reducing a second pressure applied to the second assist clutch of the transmission. | 11-06-2014 |
20140378266 | NINE SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH LATCHING MECHANISM - A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes including a selectable one-way clutch actuatable in combinations of two to establish a plurality of forward gear ratios and one reverse gear ratio. The transmission also includes a transmission auto start/stop enabler which includes a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism readies one of the plurality of torque transmitting devices during an engine auto stop/start event or in preparation for a stop of the motor vehicle. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378267 | TEN SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH LATCHING MECHANISMS - A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes actuatable in combinations of four to establish a plurality of forward gear ratios and one reverse gear ratio. The transmission also includes a transmission auto start/stop enabler which includes a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism readies at least one of the plurality of torque transmitting devices during an engine auto stop/start event or in preparation for a stop of the motor vehicle. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378269 | TEN-SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH START AND STOP ENABLER - A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes. An transmission auto start/stop enabler includes one or multiple latches. The latches engage one or more of the plurality of torque transmitting devices during an engine auto stop/start event or in preparation for a stop of the motor vehicle. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379241 | HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC ENGINE STOP/START - A method of preventing an automatic engine stop includes estimating a temperature of a volume of fluid within a hydraulic accumulator that is in selective fluid communication with a fluidly-actuated torque-transmitting device. The torque-transmitting device is coupled to an internal combustion engine and configured to selectively transmit a torque from the engine to a vehicle wheel. The method further includes comparing the estimated fluid temperature to a temperature range, and preventing the internal combustion engine from automatically stopping if the estimated fluid temperature is outside of the temperature range. | 12-25-2014 |
20150018163 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH AN ENGINE START/STOP ENABLER - A transmission includes an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, and a plurality of torque transmitting mechanisms that are selectively engageable to establish at least ten forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member. The transmission further includes one or more locking mechanisms that engage one or more of the plurality of torque transmitting mechanisms during a start/stop event. | 01-15-2015 |
Paul G. Ouillette, Noblesville, IN US
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20100102112 | CONTAINER - A container is disclosed. The container may include a fillable bladder in an interior of an enclosure of the container. The container may be used for packaging a pourable product into a fillable bladder while the fillable bladder is positioned inside the container. The container may include an enclosure having a blind depth recess bottom handle. The container may include an enclosure having a bottom flap having a flap perimeter which generally matches a lower perimeter of a plurality of sides of the enclosure. | 04-29-2010 |
20110215136 | CONTAINER - A container is disclosed. The container includes a fillable bladder in an interior of an enclosure of the container. The container has a sump region which assists in the removal of a pumpable product from the fillable bladder. | 09-08-2011 |
Paul G. Oxholm, Wyomissing, PA US
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20100146799 | Guarded Surgical Knife - A blade protection device that includes an instrument body, a blade connected to the instrument body, and a guard slidably mounted on, and completely surrounding the instrument body. The guard may be slid between a guard-retracted position in which the blade is exposed for use, and a guard-extended position for covering the sharp cutting edge of the blade. In the guard-retracted position, instrument body may be exposed at both the distal and proximal ends to allow improved control and blade orientation. The retracted guard may allow the user to firmly grip both the proximal and distal portions of the instrument body. The instrument body may be molded as a single piece with the blade holder to prevent unwanted blade or handle movement. The slideably mountable guard may be locked, or latched, in both the guard- extended position and in the guard-retracted position. | 06-17-2010 |
Paul G. Puskarich, Palo Alto, CA US
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20120068957 | TOUCH-BASED USER INTERFACE WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK - One embodiment of a touch-based user interface may include a haptic feedback layer with one or more actuators configured to supply a haptic feedback. The one or more actuators may be embedded in a nonconductive material. The touch-based user interface may further include a printed circuit board layer underlying the haptic feedback layer. The printed circuit board layer may include one or more conductive traces configured to supply a voltage to the one or more actuators. | 03-22-2012 |
20140016803 | Earphones with Ear Presence Sensors - An electronic device may be coupled to an accessory such as a pair of earphones. The earphones may have ear presence sensor structures that determine whether or not the ears of a user are present in the vicinity of the earphones. The earphones may contain first and second speakers. When both the first and second speakers are located in the ears of the user, the electronic device may perform functions such as playing audio content. When one of the speakers has been removed from the ears of the user while the other of the speakers remains in the ears of the user, the electronic device can take actions such as pausing the playback of audio content, switching from stereo to monophonic playback, or stopping the playback of content. Suitable actions such as increasing audio drive strength may be taken when both speakers have been removed from the ears. | 01-16-2014 |
20140146979 | Earphones with Cable Orientation Sensors - An electronic device may be coupled to an accessory such as a pair of earphones. The earphones may have multi-user sensor structures that determine whether or not the earphones are being shared by multiple users. The multi-user sensor structures may include an angle sensor configured to measure an angle at the Y-junction of a cable associated with the pair of headphones. When the first and second speakers are both located in the ears of a single user, the electronic device may perform functions such as playing audio content. When one of the speakers is located in an ear of a first user while the other of the speakers is located in an ear of a second user, the electronic device can automatically take actions such as switching from stereo to mono playback, playing a different type of audio content to each earphone, or other suitable action. | 05-29-2014 |
20140340216 | Wireless Device Networks With Smoke Detection Capabilities - An electronic device may include a smoke detector. The electronic device may use the smoke detector to monitor for the presence of smoke. In response to detecting smoke with the smoke detector, the electronic device may issue an alert or take other suitable action. The electronic device may transmit alerts to nearby electronic devices and to remote electronic devices such as electronic devices at emergency services facilities. Alerts may contain maps and graphical representations of buildings in which smoke has been detected. Motion detectors and other sensors and circuitry may be used in determining whether electronic devices are being used by users and may be used in determining where the electronic devices are located. Alerts may contain information on the location of detected smoke and building occupants. | 11-20-2014 |
Paul G. Ringuette, E. Hartfond, CT US
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20110107683 | Gutter attachment - A properly formed long strip of aluminum or composite, the gutter attachment mounted longitudinally extending on the top front horizontal surface of gutter comprising of inward lip ( | 05-12-2011 |
Paul G. Rosadiuk, Gardena, CA US
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20120262253 | RESONATOR DEVICE - A coaxial resonator device includes a substrate including a chip-and-wire circuit. A resonator is coupled to the substrate using a conductive epoxy. A system includes a resonator device. The resonator device includes a housing having one or more connectors, a resonator coupled to the housing a conductive epoxy, and a chip-and-wire circuit connecting the resonator to the one or more connectors. | 10-18-2012 |
Paul G. Saldin, Stillwater, MN US
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20100207740 | Long Range Radio Frequency Identification System - A method, apparatus and system for radio frequency identification provides an on-off keyed amplitude-modulated illumination signal containing a sequence of bits configured to illuminate a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, The illumination signal is received at the RFID tag, rectified to generate a wake signal for waking a processor which is subsequently powered by a battery. The received illumination signal is sampled and subjected to a thresholding process. Mobile telephone band interference is countered by correlating the sampled illumination signal to determine its bit sequence and then correlating the bit sequence against a predetermined key. An identification signal from the RFID tag is sent in response to a match. | 08-19-2010 |
20130069762 | Long Range Radio Frequency Identification System - A method, apparatus and system for radio frequency identification provides a modulated illumination signal containing a sequence of bits configured to illuminate a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, The illumination signal is received at the RFID tag, rectified to generate a wake signal for waking a processor which is subsequently powered by a battery. The received illumination signal is sampled and subjected to a thresholding process. Mobile telephone band interference is countered by correlating the sampled illumination signal to determine its bit sequence and then correlating the bit sequence against a predetermined key. An identification signal from the RFID tag is sent in response to a match. | 03-21-2013 |
20130265158 | Communicating Within A Wireless Security System - Techniques are provided that enable a wireless security system that is designed to detect and receive wireless transmissions in one protocol, to use sensor-transmitters that operate in a different protocol. The techniques involve, generally, the use of an integration device, and in some implementations, first enrolling sensor-transmitters of a first protocol into the integration device, along with device type information for the sensor-transmitters. Thereafter, during system operation, transmissions with message packets in the first message packet protocol are received by the integration device, recognized as having been previously enrolled, and a message packet in a second message packet protocol that includes device type information is then formulated and transmitted by the integration device, for receipt by a system control device for the wireless security system. In some scenarios, an enrollment process need not be done in the integration device, and the integration device is utilized in the communication process. | 10-10-2013 |
Paul G. Scrobohaci, Menlo Park, CA US
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20130315236 | High Speed Variable Bandwidth Ring-Based System - In one embodiment, a system includes a station circuit. The station circuit includes a data layer and a transport layer. The station circuit is capable of a source mode and a destination mode. The data layer of the station circuit in source mode disassembles a source packet into one or more source parcels and sends the one or more source parcels to the transport layer. The station circuit in destination mode receives the one or more destination parcels over a ring at its transport layer, reassembles the one or more destination parcels into a destination packet, and delivers the destination packet from the transport layer to the data layer. The transport layer of the station circuit in source mode transmits the one or more source parcels over the ring. The transport layer of the station circuit in destination mode receives the one or more destination parcels over the ring. | 11-28-2013 |
Paul G. Skuriat, Georgetown CA
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20090055250 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING TRADE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE - A process for managing financial transactions involves defining the process as a series of steps that involve the transfer of information needed by each party to settle the transaction. A system for measuring the performance of participants in the management process tracks the information transferred between the parties and records the date and time that the information is transferred. Periodically, information including the date and time information is processed and used to determine measures of performance over the period. These measures of performance can include the amount of time between the completion of any of the steps in the management process, for example, from the time when transaction was initiated (e.g. a trade is executed) to the time the information to be transmitted to or received by any of the participants to the management process or the management system in any of the steps of the management process. The performance information can be compiled into predefined reports which allow a party to compare and rank the performance of counterparties with which the party had completed transactions. | 02-26-2009 |
Paul G. Spoors, King Of Prussia, PA US
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20080262069 | CARVEDILOL PHOSPHATE SALTS AND/OR SOLVATES THEREOF, CORRESPONDING COMPOSITIONS, AND/OR METHODS OF TREATMENT - The present invention relates to carvedilol phosphate salts, which include novel crystalline forms of carvedilol dihydrogen phosphate (i.e., dihydrogen phosphate salt of 1-(carbazol-4-yloxy-3-[[2-(o-methoxyphenoxy) ethyl]amino]-2-propanol) and/or carvedilol hydrogen phosphate, etc.), and/or solvates thereof, compositions containing the aforementioned salts and/or solvates, and methods of using the aforementioned salts and/or solvates to treat hypertension, congestive heart failure and angina, etc. | 10-23-2008 |
20080268044 | Novel Process and Formulations - The present invention provides for a novel process of making 6-carboxylic acid derivatives of pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one's, as well as a novel process for making 8-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-(4-fluoro-2-methylphenyl)-2-{[2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]-amino}pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one, and salts thereof. | 10-30-2008 |
Paul G. Swiszcz, Niwot, CO US
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20100126675 | RETRACTABLE SHADE FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A retractable cellular shade is illustrated in various embodiments to consist of a support structure that could assume numerous forms including cellular material, flexible sheets of material, tapes or ribbons, or flexible monofilaments or similar cords of natural or synthetic fibers with the support structure supporting a plurality of vanes or slats in various configurations and orientations. The movement of the vanes or slats is totally dependent upon movement of the support structure. The fabric so formed can be incorporated into a covering for architectural openings with the covering including a headrail with means for gathering the fabric material within the headrail. | 05-27-2010 |
20100276088 | RETRACTABLE SHADE FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A retractable cellular shade is illustrated in various embodiments to consist of a support structure that could assume numerous forms including cellular material, flexible sheets of material, tapes or ribbons, or flexible monofilaments or similar cords of natural or synthetic fibers with the support structure supporting a plurality of vanes or slats in various configurations and orientations. The movement of the vanes or slats is totally dependent upon movement of the support structure. The fabric so formed can be incorporated into a covering for architectural openings with the covering including a headrail with means for gathering the fabric material within the headrail. | 11-04-2010 |
20100276089 | RETRACTABLE SHADE FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A retractable cellular shade is illustrated in various embodiments to consist of a support structure that could assume numerous forms including cellular material, flexible sheets of material, tapes or ribbons, or flexible monofilaments or similar cords of natural or synthetic fibers with the support structure supporting a plurality of vanes or slats in various configurations and orientations. The movement of the vanes or slats is totally dependent upon movement of the support structure. The fabric so formed can be incorporated into a covering for architectural openings with the covering including a headrail with means for gathering the fabric material within the headrail. | 11-04-2010 |
20110146922 | ROLL-UP RETRACTABLE COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A retractable covering for an architectural opening includes a headrail in which a control system is mounted and a fabric suspended from the headrail. The fabric is mounted to be moved laterally between a rolled up retracted position and an extended position across the architectural opening. At least one roller about which the fabric can be wrapped is mounted at an end of the headrail for rotation about a vertical axis, and the system includes a flexible control element that is substantially horizontally disposed for moving the covering between extended and retracted positions. | 06-23-2011 |
20130040010 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING SLATS FOR FABRIC IN COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A method and apparatus for forming a transversely curved or formed strip of material which can be cut to length for use in a fabric for coverings for architectural opening includes a supply role of a flexible fabric strip material that is sequentially passed through a heating chamber with an elongated upwardly convex extrusion across which the strip material is drawn and a cooling station before being wrapped on a take-up drum. The apparatus includes driven rollers about which the strip material passes and the strip material is exposed to tension detectors and controlled temperatures such that the strip material formed in the apparatus is uniform along its length. | 02-14-2013 |
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20130319622 | STIFFENED PULL CORD FOR ARCHITECTURAL COVERINGS - A control element for actuating an operating mechanism for a retractable shade. The retractable shade having a flexible operating cord retractable and extendable from the operating mechanism, the flexible operating cord having a free end. The control element is attached to the flexible operating cord and includes a core having a length, the core being stiffened along the length so as to resist becoming entangled and an upper end of the length that is attached to the free end of the flexible operating cord. | 12-05-2013 |
20140034251 | COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENING INCLUDING THERMOFORMABLE SLAT VANES - A covering for an architectural opening including a support tube and a panel operably connected to the support tube and configured to be wound around the support tube. The panel includes a support sheet and at least one vane or slat connected to the support sheet. The at least one vane includes a vane material operably connected to a first side of the support sheet and a support member operably connected to the vane material and configured to support the vane material at a distance away from the support sheet when the panel is in an extended position with respect to the support tube. | 02-06-2014 |
20140053989 | COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENING INCLUDING CELL STRUCTURES BIASED TO OPEN - A covering for an architectural opening including a support tube and a panel operably connected to the support tube and configured to be wound around the support tube. The panel includes a support sheet and at least one cell operably connected to the support sheet. The at least one cell includes a vane material operably connected to a first side of the support sheet and a cell support member operably connected to the vane material and configured to support the vane material at a distance away from the support sheet when the panel is in an extended position with respect to the support tube. | 02-27-2014 |
20140090787 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL AN ARCHITECTURAL OPENING COVERING ASSEMBLY - Methods and apparatus to control an architectural opening covering assembly are disclosed herein. An example architectural opening covering assembly includes a tube and a covering coupled to the tube such that rotation of the tube winds or unwinds the covering around the tube. A motor is operatively coupled to the tube to rotate the tube. The example architectural opening covering assembly also includes a gravitational sensor to generate tube position information based on a gravity reference. The example architectural opening covering assembly further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the motor to control the motor. The controller is to determine a position of the covering based on the tube position information. | 04-03-2014 |
20140138037 | COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS WITH COORDINATED VANE SETS - A covering for an architectural opening including a roller, an end rail, and a panel rotatable onto the roller and spanning between the roller and the end rail. The panel includes a front sheet, a rear sheet, and a cell spanning between the front and rear sheet. When the front sheet is at a first position relative to the rear sheet, the cell is open. When the front sheet is at a second position relative to the rear sheet, the cell is closed. | 05-22-2014 |
20140284004 | DOUBLE PLEAT CELLULAR SHADE WITH VANES - A covering for an architectural opening is provided. The covering may include a head rail, an end rail, and a cellular panel operably connected between the head rail and the end rail. The cellular panel may include at least one cellular unit. Each cellular unit may include a primary cell having a first side and a second side. In one configuration, the first side has a single crease, and the second crease has three creases. A vane may be operably connected to the primary cell and extend around at least a portion of a side of the primary cell. | 09-25-2014 |
20140290870 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL ARCHITECTURAL OPENING COVERING ASSEMBLIES - Methods and apparatus to control architectural opening covering assemblies are disclosed herein. An example architectural opening covering assembly includes a manual controller operatively coupled to a tube to rotate the tube. The tube includes an architectural opening covering. The example architectural opening covering assembly also includes a motor operatively coupled to the tube to rotate the tube. A local controller is communicatively coupled to the motor to control the motor. The example architectural opening covering assembly further includes a gravitational sensor to determine an angular position of the tube. | 10-02-2014 |
20140299281 | ROLL-UP RETRACTABLE COVERING FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A retractable covering for an architectural opening includes a headrail in which a control system is mounted and a fabric suspended from the headrail. The fabric is mounted to be moved laterally between a rolled up retracted position and an extended position across the architectural opening. At least one roller about which the fabric can be wrapped is mounted at an end of the headrail for rotation about a vertical axis, and the system includes a flexible control element that is substantially horizontally disposed for moving the covering between extended and retracted positions. | 10-09-2014 |
Paul G. Szymaszek, Necedah, WI US
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20110001074 | METERING SOLENOID VALVE - A metering solenoid valve is provided for refrigeration applications, wherein the metering solenoid valve combines the function and characteristics of a solenoid valve and a hand expansion valve into a single valve. The valve includes an adjustable stem housing allowing the flow of the valve to be adjusted. | 01-06-2011 |
Paul G. Szymaszek, Waukesha, WI US
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20100117012 | DUAL POSITION PILOT OPERATED VALVE ASSEMBLY - A dual position pilot operated valve assembly having a main piston, with a valve member, reciprocable within a valve body, wherein the valve body is adapted for sealingly mating with a valve seat and passage located intermediate the valve body inlet and outlet ports, the valve body having a cylindrical adapter secured to an open end thereof and housing a secondary piston, reciprocable therein, with an axial stem depending from the second piston bottom surface and extending through the adaptor to the first piston cavity for intermittent contact therewith; and an end cap secured to and closing the adapter and having an inlet port interconnected with a source of high pressure control gas and respective first and second conduits leading to the main and secondary piston bore cavities, with an adjustment mechanism controlling the degree of opening/closing of the valve assembly. Several methods of operation are also set forth. | 05-13-2010 |
Paul G. Tarmann, Billings, MT US
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20090073800 | Apparatus and Method for Mixing Fluids at the Surface for Subterranean Treatments - A mixing device comprising a first housing, a second housing, a swedge (or reducer), an inlet for carrier fluid, and an inlet for chemicals, wherein the ratio of the inside diameter of the first housing to the inside diameter of the second housing is in the range of 1:2 to 1:8; the change in diameter between the first and second housing is abrupt, inside the first housing are an inlet agitator and an injection nozzle, inside the second housing is a static mixer, and the swedge is connected to tubing that delivers a mixture of carrier fluid and chemical down a well bore. In an alternate embodiment, the present invention comprises two or three mixing assemblies on a frame. | 03-19-2009 |
Paul G. Torrealba, Santa Ana, CA US
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20100006164 | Bathtub diverter spout with ball valve - A bathtub diverter spout ( | 01-14-2010 |
Paul G. Updike, Cerritos, CA US
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20110299034 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY- BASED OPHTHALMIC TESTING METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography-based ophthalmic testing center system includes an optical coherence tomography instrument comprising an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user or subject; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user's or subject's eye, an interferometer configured to produce optical interference using light reflected from the user's/subject's eye, an optical detector disposed so as to detect said optical interference; and a processing unit coupled to the detector. The ophthalmic testing center system can be configured to perform a multitude of self-administered functional and/or structural ophthalmic tests and output the test data | 12-08-2011 |
20140275935 | INFLATABLE MEDICAL INTERFACES AND OTHER MEDCAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - An inflatable mask with two ocular cavities can seal against a user's face by forming an air-tight seal around the periphery of the user's eye socket. The sealed air-tight ocular cavity can be pressurized to take ocular measurements. The mask can conform to the contours of a user's face by inflating or deflating the mask. In addition, the distance between the user and a medical device (e.g. an optical coherence tomography instrument) can be adjusted by inflating or deflating the mask. Also disclosed herein is an electronic encounter portal and an automated eye examination. Other embodiments are also described. | 09-18-2014 |
Paul G. Updike, Santa Barbara, CA US
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20090244485 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography instrument comprises an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user is provided; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user's eye; an interferometer configured to produce optical interference using light reflected from the user's eye; an optical detector disposed so as to detect said optical interference; and electronics coupled to the detector. The electronics can be configured to perform a risk assessment analysis based on optical coherence tomography measurements obtained using the interferometer. An output device can be electrically coupled to the electronics, and may be configured to output the risk assessment to the user through the output device. The optical coherence tomography instrument can be self-administered, and the eyepiece can be a monocular system or a binocular system. | 10-01-2009 |
20130201449 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography instrument comprises an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user is provided; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user's eye; an interferometer configured to produce optical interference using light reflected from the user's eye; an optical detector disposed so as to detect said optical interference; and electronics coupled to the detector. The electronics can be configured to perform a risk assessment analysis based on optical coherence tomography measurements obtained using the interferometer. An output device can be electrically coupled to the electronics, and may be configured to output the risk assessment to the user through the output device. The optical coherence tomography instrument can be self-administered, and the eyepiece can be a monocular system or a binocular system. | 08-08-2013 |
20150085253 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY-BASED OPHTHALMIC TESTING METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography-based ophthalmic testing center system includes an optical coherence tomography instrument comprising an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user or subject; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user's or subject's eye, an interferometer configured to produce optical interference using light reflected from the user's/subject's eye, an optical detector disposed so as to detect said optical interference; and a processing unit coupled to the detector. The ophthalmic testing center system can be configured to perform a multitude of self-administered functional and/or structural ophthalmic tests and output the test data | 03-26-2015 |
Paul G. Vander Linden, Iii, Houston, TX US
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20110081203 | Movable pipeline tee - The method of protecting two subsea pipelines which cross each other in a subsea environment from damaging one another when subsea currents slide the upper pipeline along the upper surface of the lower pipeline by providing roller around the upper pipeline and rollers around the lower pipeline which are connected together by a rotatable connection which allows the sets of roller to match the angle of the pipeline. | 04-07-2011 |
Paul G. Villarrubia, Austin, TX US
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20080209376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGN-OFF TIMING CLOSURE OF A VLSI CHIP - A method for performing timing optimization of a detail routed netlist, incorporating statistical variability information, common path pessimism reduction, and capacitative coupling information, in a tightly coupled, incremental manner with minimal perturbations to the placement, routing, and asserted parasitic information. The method corrects violations in a placed and routed design of a VLSI circuit chip, where the design is represented by a netlist describing logical and physical characteristics of the design and by a corresponding timing graph, the method including the steps of: identifying violations in the design; iteratively eliminating the violations by incrementally transforming the logical and the physical characteristics of the design, incorporating in the design only legal placements and routes; and applying incremental timing to evaluate the transformations, and updating the existing timing graphs to reflect changes consisting of the legal placements and routes. | 08-28-2008 |
20080282213 | METHOD TO REDUCE THE WIRELENGTH OF ANALYTICAL PLACEMENT TECHNIQUES BY MODULATION OF SPREADING FORCES VECTORS - A method of force directed placement programming is presented. The method includes: assigning a plurality of objects from a cell netlist to bins; shifting the objects based on the bins; computing a magnitude of a spreading force for each object of the plurality of objects based on the shifting; sorting the objects based on the magnitude of the spreading force of the objects; selecting a subset of the sorted objects based on a threshold value indicating at least one of a top percentage, a threshold force, and a threshold value that is based on a placement congestion; adjusting the spreading force of the selected objects to be equal to a predetermined value indicating a minimum spreading force; and determining a placement of the objects based on adjusted spreading force of the selected objects. | 11-13-2008 |
20100042955 | Method of Minimizing Early-mode Violations Causing Minimum Impact to a Chip Design - A system and a method for correcting early-mode timing violations that operate across the process space of a circuit design. Optimizations are performed to replace padding that increase path delays on fast paths. At the stage in the design process where early-mode violations are addressed, placement, late-mode timing closure, routing, and detailed electrical and timing analysis are assumed to have been completed. The optimizations are designed to be effective in delaying fast paths while minimizing the impact on already-completed work on the chip, in contrast to relying only on adding pads that can have a negative impact on all of these quantities. The optimizations are classified according to their invasiveness and are followed by their deployment. The deployment is designed to minimize using delay pads, reduce design disruptions, and minimize effects on other aspects of the design. | 02-18-2010 |
20100192155 | SCHEDULING FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING OF REGIONALLY-CONSTRAINED PLACEMENT PROBLEM - Scheduling of parallel processing for regionally-constrained object placement selects between different balancing schemes. For a small number of movebounds, computations are assigned by balancing the placeable objects. For a small number of objects per movebound, computations are assigned by balancing the movebounds. If there are large numbers of movebounds and objects per movebound, both objects and movebounds are balanced amongst the processors. For object balancing, movebounds are assigned to a processor until an amortized number of objects for the processor exceeds a first limit above an ideal number, or the next movebound would raise the amortized number of objects above a second, greater limit. For object and movebound balancing, movebounds are sorted into descending order, then assigned in the descending order to host processors in successive rounds while reversing the processor order after each round. The invention provides a schedule in polynomial-time while retaining high quality of results. | 07-29-2010 |
20110302544 | POST-PLACEMENT CELL SHIFTING - A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for reworking a plurality of cells initially placed in a circuit design. An expander allocates cells to tiles. The expander determines a high detailed routing cost tile class, wherein the high detailed routing cost tile class is a class of tiles that has high detailed routing costs. The expander selects a cell within a tile of the high detailed routing cost tile class to form a selected cell in a selected tile. The expander applies multiple techniques to reposition these cells at new locations to improve the detailed routability. The expander can place an expanded bounding box around the selected cell, wherein the bounding box extends to at least one tile adjacent the selected tile, and repositions the selected cell within the bounding box to form a modified design to improve the detailed routability. The expander may also inflate and legalize those cells. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302545 | DETAILED ROUTABILITY BY CELL PLACEMENT - A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for reworking a plurality of cells initially placed in a circuit design. An expander allocates cells to tiles, wherein some tiles have cells. The expander determines a high detailed routing cost tile class, wherein the high detailed routing cost tile class is a class of tiles that are high detailed routing cost tiles. The expander selects a cell within a tile of the high detailed routing cost tile class to form a selected cell and a selected tile. The expander places an expanded bounding box around the selected cell, wherein the bounding box extends to at least one tile adjacent the selected tile. The expander expands the selected cell within the bounding box to form a modified design, determines an aggregate routing cost among other steps, and affirms the modified design for further processing. | 12-08-2011 |
20110320992 | BUFFER-AWARE ROUTING IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN - A method, system, and computer usable program product for buffer-aware routing in integrated circuit design are provided in the illustrative embodiments. The design has cells, and the circuit includes buffers and wires. A route is received from a set of routes. The route couples a first point in the circuit to a second point in the circuit and including at least one buffer between the first point and the second point. A determination is made whether the route violates a set of hard constraints for a part of the circuit, where the set of hard constraints includes a reach length constraint. In response to the route not violating any hard constraint in the set of hard constraints, the route is selected as a buffer-aware routing solution between the first and the second points in the circuit. | 12-29-2011 |
20120131530 | PARTITIONING FOR HARDWARE-ACCELERATED FUNCTIONAL VERIFICATION - A circuit design is partitioned for hardware-accelerated functional verification using a directed hypergraph with edge weights that are a function of slack. Slack may be computed as the difference between the early and late ranks for the source of an edge. The weight may further be computed as the difference between the edge's slack and a maximum slack value. In a preferred implementation each vertex also has multiple weights associated with resource requirements of different node types, and the partitioning is constrained to prevent vertex movement that would result in vertex weights for a given partition exceeding a partition resource capacity based on the accelerator architecture. Edge and vertex weights can be recomputed for the next level of partitioning. The partitioning process can be repeatedly iteratively until a termination criterion is met, the termination criterion being based in part on the number of directed cuts in each of the partitions. | 05-24-2012 |
20120284733 | Scheduling for Parallel Processing of Regionally-Constrained Placement Problem - Scheduling of parallel processing for regionally-constrained object placement selects between different balancing schemes. For a small number of movebounds, computations are assigned by balancing the placeable objects. For a small number of objects per movebound, computations are assigned by balancing the movebounds. If there are large numbers of movebounds and objects per movebound, both objects and movebounds are balanced amongst the processors. For object balancing, movebounds are assigned to a processor until an amortized number of objects for the processor exceeds a first limit above an ideal number, or the next movebound would raise the amortized number of objects above a second, greater limit. For object and movebound balancing, movebounds are sorted into descending order, then assigned in the descending order to host processors in successive rounds while reversing the processor order after each round. The invention provides a schedule in polynomial-time while retaining high quality of results. | 11-08-2012 |
20120297355 | WHITESPACE CREATION AND PRESERVATION IN CIRCUIT DESIGN - A method, system, and computer program product for whitespace creation and preservation in the design of an integrated circuit (IC) are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first estimate is formed by estimating an amount of whitespace that is needed to reduce a congestion value of a congested area of the design to a threshold value. A set of virtual filler cells is added to the congested area, wherein adding the set of virtual filler cells does not add actual whitespace cells to the congested area but reduces the congested area by at least the first estimate. A virtual filler cell in the set of virtual filler cells is replaced with a corresponding real filler cell. A determination is made whether the design has improved. A final placement solution is created when the design has not improved. | 11-22-2012 |
20120317527 | PARTITIONING FOR HARDWARE-ACCELERATED FUNCTIONAL VERIFICATION - A circuit design is partitioned for hardware-accelerated functional verification using a directed hypergraph with edge weights that are a function of slack. Slack may be computed as the difference between the early and late ranks for the source of an edge. The weight may further be computed as the difference between the edge's slack and a maximum slack value. In a preferred implementation each vertex also has multiple weights associated with resource requirements of different node types, and the partitioning is constrained to prevent vertex movement that would result in vertex weights for a given partition exceeding a partition resource capacity based on the accelerator architecture. Edge and vertex weights can be recomputed for the next level of partitioning. The partitioning process can be repeatedly iteratively until a termination criterion is met, the termination criterion being based in part on the number of directed cuts in each of the partitions. | 12-13-2012 |
20130326455 | ELEMENT PLACEMENT IN CIRCUIT DESIGN BASED ON PREFERRED LOCATION - An improved circuit design system may include a computer processor to perform a placement for a circuit by physical synthesis. The system may also include a controller to compute a preferred location of at least one selected element of the circuit, and to calculate placement constraints for each selected element. The system may further include an updated design for the circuit generated by performing another round of physical synthesis with the placement constraints. | 12-05-2013 |
20130346938 | POST-PLACEMENT CELL SHIFTING - A computer implemented method for reworking a plurality of cells initially placed in a circuit design. An expander allocates cells to tiles. The expander determines a high detailed routing cost tile class, wherein the high detailed routing cost tile class is a class of tiles that has high detailed routing costs. The expander selects a cell within a tile of the high detailed routing cost tile class to form a selected cell in a selected tile. The expander applies multiple techniques to reposition these cells at new locations to improve the detailed routability. The expander can place an expanded bounding box around the selected cell, wherein the bounding box extends to at least one tile adjacent the selected tile, and repositions the selected cell within the bounding box to form a modified design to improve the detailed routability. The expander may also inflate and legalize those cells. | 12-26-2013 |
20140033154 | Scheduling for Parallel Processing of Regionally-Constrained Placement Problem - Scheduling of parallel processing for regionally-constrained object placement selects between different balancing schemes. For a small number of movebounds, computations are assigned by balancing the placeable objects. For a small number of objects per movebound, computations are assigned by balancing the movebounds. If there are large numbers of movebounds and objects per movebound, both objects and movebounds are balanced amongst the processors. For object balancing, movebounds are assigned to a processor until an amortized number of objects for the processor exceeds a first limit above an ideal number, or the next movebound would raise the amortized number of objects above a second, greater limit. For object and movebound balancing, movebounds are sorted into descending order, then assigned in the descending order to host processors in successive rounds while reversing the processor order after each round. The invention provides a schedule in polynomial-time while retaining high quality of results. | 01-30-2014 |
20140149957 | STRUCTURED PLACEMENT OF LATCHES/FLIP-FLOPS TO MINIMIZE CLOCK POWER IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE DESIGNS - A latch placement tool determines a shape for a cluster of latches from a preliminary layout (or based on a netlist), including an aspect ratio of the shape, and generates a template for placement of the latches in conformity with the shape. Latches are placed around a local clock buffer (LCB) based on latch size, from largest latch first to smallest latch last, and based on their ideal locations given the target aspect ratio. The ideal locations may be further based on the clock driver pin configuration of the LCB. The final template preferably has an aspect ratio that is approximately equal to the aspect ratio of the shape of the cluster, but the latch placement may be constrained by clock routing topology. Latch placement within a cluster can be further optimized by swapping one of the latches with another to minimize total wirelength of the design. | 05-29-2014 |
20140359546 | STRUCTURED PLACEMENT OF HIERARCHICAL SOFT BLOCKS DURING PHYSICAL SYNTHESIS OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Integrated circuit design uses a library of structured soft blocks (SSBs) composed of pre-defined sets of cells with their logic implementation and placement templates with their relative placement information. A compiler receives a circuit description which includes an instance of an SSB and unfolds the instance according to the placement template to generate a modified circuit description which includes the relative placement information. The placement of circuit objects is optimized while maintaining relative locations for cells of the SSB instance according to the relative placement information. The SSB may be hierarchical. Gate resizing of cells in the SSB instance may result in a change in its bounds. A timing optimization procedure for the modified circuit description may be carried out while hiding internal details of the SSB instance. For example, buffers may be inserted in nets external to the SSB instance while preventing insertion of buffers in any internal nets. | 12-04-2014 |
Paul G. Villarrubla, Austin, TX US
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20090259980 | Method and System for Concurrent Buffering and Layer Assignment in Integrated Circuit Layout - A method and system for concurrent buffering and layer assignment in integrated current layout. Buffers are inserted and metal interconnects or “wires” are sized for every net, which consists of one driver and one or more receivers, such that timing skew constraints can be met. Long nets are promoted to a higher level if the slew violation can be fixed only by a promotion of the net or if the “slack” gain available by this promotion is equal to or greater than a predesignated layer of promotion threshold. In response to determining these layer assignments, the method and system then systematically demotes nets that are not critical and which do not impact the circuit and electrical constraints in order to minimize the use of high layer wire resources. | 10-15-2009 |
Paul G. Wilson, Waxahachie, TX US
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20100123264 | Method of Manufacturing a Multiple Layer Directionally Oriented Nonwoven Fiber Material - Disclosed herein are embodiments of a multi-layer nonwoven fiber material, and related methods of manufacturing the material. In one exemplary embodiment, the fiber material includes a first layer of directionally aligned fibers together with a second layer of randomly dispersed fibers dispersed over the first layer. Consistent with one exemplary method for manufacturing a nonwoven fiber material, the method includes dispersing a first plurality of fibers horizontally in one or more predetermined directions, as well as dispersing a second plurality of fibers horizontally in random directions. In such an embodiment, the second plurality of fibers is dispersed over the first plurality of fibers. Moreover, an exemplary embodiment of a roofing shingle employing a nonwoven fiber material as described herein is as disclosed. | 05-20-2010 |
20100124606 | Method of Manufacturing a Multiple Layer Directionally Oriented Nonwoven Fiber Material - Disclosed herein are embodiments of a multi-layer nonwoven fiber material, and related methods of manufacturing the material. In one exemplary embodiment, the fiber material includes a first layer of directionally aligned fibers together with a second layer of randomly dispersed fibers dispersed over the first layer. Consistent with one exemplary method for manufacturing a nonwoven fiber material, the method includes dispersing a first plurality of fibers horizontally in one or more predetermined directions, as well as dispersing a second plurality of fibers horizontally in random directions. In such an embodiment, the second plurality of fibers is dispersed over the first plurality of fibers. Moreover, an exemplary embodiment of a roofing shingle employing a nonwoven fiber material as described herein is as disclosed. | 05-20-2010 |
20110159237 | Antimicrobial delivery system for roof coverings - The disclosed principles provide a roofing product and related methods of manufacturing having antimicrobial properties. The antimicrobial properties are provided by an antimicrobial delivery system including antimicrobial materials compounded, e.g., mixed together and melted, with polymeric materials. The antimicrobial delivery system is applied to roof covering material during the production process. The roof covering material may be sheets, shingles, panels, or roll stock. | 06-30-2011 |
Paul G. Yamkovoy, Acton, MA US
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20100260361 | REVERSIBLE PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICE CABLE COUPLING - A apparatus and method for enabling signals representing a first audio channel and a second audio channel to be conveyed to a first earpiece and a second earpiece, respectively, regardless of which of the first and second earpieces a cable providing both the signals representing the first and second audio channels is coupled to, wherein a first acoustic driver of the first earpiece acoustically outputs the first audio channel and a second acoustic driver of the second earpiece acoustically outputs the second audio channel. | 10-14-2010 |
20100278348 | Intercom Headset Connection and Disconnection Responses - A headset is able to be coupled via a cable to an intercom system, is able to be wirelessly coupled to a wireless device via a wireless transceiver of the headset, and is able to be connected to a wired device via another cable. A controller of the headset separately monitors the microphone conductors and audio conductors by which the headset may be coupled to the intercom system to detect whether or not one or both of a communications microphone and an acoustic driver of the headset are coupled to the intercom system, and monitors the operating state of the wireless transceiver to detect whether or not the wireless transceiver is inactive, on standby or in use; and selectively couples a system ground conductor to one of the microphone conductors, selectively provides a local sidetone, and/or selectively provides a local microphone bias voltage in response to what is observed through such monitoring. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278349 | Intercom Headset Connection and Disconnection Detection - A headset is able to be coupled via a cable to an intercom system, is able to be wirelessly coupled to a wireless device via a wireless transceiver of the headset, and is able to be connected to a wired device via another cable. A controller of the headset separately monitors the microphone conductors and audio conductors by which the headset may be coupled to the intercom system to detect whether or not one or both of a communications microphone and an acoustic driver of the headset are coupled to the intercom system, and monitors the operating state of the wireless transceiver to detect whether or not the wireless transceiver is inactive, on standby or in use; and selectively couples a system ground conductor to one of the microphone conductors, selectively provides a local sidetone, and/or selectively provides a local microphone bias voltage in response to what is observed through such monitoring. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278355 | Feedforward-Based ANR Adjustment Responsive to Environmental Noise Levels - A compression circuit of a device providing feedforward-based ANR monitors the electric signal output by a feedforward microphone for indications of the voltage levels of the electric signal output by the feedforward microphone ceasing to have a linear relationship with the acoustic levels of the sounds detected by the feedforward microphone. As long as there are no such indications, the compression circuit relays a signal to a feedforward anti-noise generator that is at least representative of the electric signal output by the feedforward microphone in which the sounds represented are not compressed, perhaps by directly relaying the signal output by the feedforward microphone as feedforward reference sounds. However, in response to detecting such indications, the compression circuit compresses the sounds represented by the signal output by the feedforward microphone prior to providing those sounds to the feedforward anti-noise generator as feedforward reference sounds, perhaps by attenuating the signal output by the feedforward microphone. | 11-04-2010 |
20110012667 | Zero Power Drain Pushbutton On Switch - A normally-open pushbutton switch is coupled to and cooperates with a pair of MOSFETs to provide a power on switch function for a personal audio device that does not require power to be drawn from a power source to monitor the pushbutton switch while awaiting operation of the pushbutton switch to cause the personal audio device to be powered on. | 01-20-2011 |
20110013780 | Adaptive Headset Connection Status Sensing - A controller of a personal audio device, on multiple occasions, monitors a conductor by which it is able to be coupled to another device for the end to an instance of signal activity, and following the end of signal activity, injects a current into the conductor and measures the resulting voltage to calculate an adaptive threshold voltage and to compare the measured voltage to the adaptive threshold to determine at least whether or not the conductor of the personal audio device is coupled to another device. | 01-20-2011 |
20110227631 | Zero Power Drain Pushbutton Controls - A plurality of normally-open pushbutton switches are coupled to and cooperate with a pair of MOSFETs to provide each pushbutton switch of the plurality of pushbutton switches with a power on switch function for a personal audio device that does not require power to be drawn from a power source to monitor each of the pushbutton switches or to identify which of the pushbutton switches was manually operated to power on the personal audio device while awaiting operation of one of the pushbutton switches to cause the personal audio device to be powered on. | 09-22-2011 |
20110268295 | Connection-Responsive Audio Mixing - Apparatus and method to mix audio provided by a radio with audio provided by an ICS in which the audio of the radio being mixed with audio provided by the ICS and presented to one ear of a user, and in which audio provided by the ICS is presented to the other ear of the user without being mixed with audio provided by the radio. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269411 | Connection-Responsive Push-to-Talk - Apparatus and method to monitor the coupling of one or two audio devices and to augment the function of a PTT switch to causes the PTT function of one audio device to be engaged regardless of which of the two operated positions into which the switch is moved in response to there being only the one audio device coupled to the apparatus and in response to the one audio device being a radio, to cause the PTT function of either one of two audio devices to be selected to be engaged depending on which operated position to which the PTT switch is moved in response to there being only one audio device in the form of an intercom system (ICS) coupled to the apparatus with the other audio device in the form of a radio being coupled through the ICS, and to allow the PTT to be used to select the PTT function of either one of two audio devices to be engaged in response to there being two audio devices in the form of radios coupled to the apparatus. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269412 | Selective Push-to-Talk - A push-to-talk (PTT) switch with biasing to a first center position in which in which the PTT function of neither one of up to two audio devices is engaged, also having a first operated position to which the switch may be moved by hand operation to cause the PTT function of the first one of the two audio devices to be engaged, and further having a second operated position to which the switch may be moved by hand operation to cause the PTT function of the second one of the two audio devices to be engaged. | 11-03-2011 |
20120014529 | Electro-Acoustic Transducer Tuning and Data Storage - A device into which an electro-acoustic transducer is incorporated has at least two audio signal conductors through which the device may be coupled to another device to convey analog audio signals representing sounds at a time when the other device places a relatively low DC bias voltage across the at least two audio signal conductors, and to be operated as either a digital serial bus to exchange pieces of digitally-encoded data concerning the electro-acoustic transducer or as a trigger to cause the electro-acoustic transducer to be bypassed to enable another electro-acoustic transducer to be tested at a time when the other device places a relatively high DC bias voltage across the at least two audio signal conductors. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014530 | MULTI-MODE AUDIO DEVICE INTERFACING - A headset having a connector compliant with a specification for a first digital serial bus incorporates a separator circuit that monitors the voltage level of one conductor of that connector to distinguish between a first digital interfacing mode in which the conductors of that connector are operated in a manner supporting the first digital serial bus and a second digital interfacing mode in which the conductors of that connector are operated in a manner in supporting a second digital serial bus, and further, the monitoring of the voltage level of the one conductor may also be employed to distinguish between both the first and second digital interfacing mode and either a third digital interfacing mode or an analog interfacing mode. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014531 | Digital Data Transfer Via Audio Signal Conductors - An electro-acoustic transducer or a device into which an electro-acoustic transducer is incorporated has at least two audio signal conductors through which the electro-acoustic transducer or device may be coupled to another device to convey analog audio signals representing sounds at a time when the other device places a relatively low DC bias voltage across the at least two audio signal conductors, and to be operated as a digital serial bus to exchange pieces of digitally-encoded data concerning the electro-acoustic transducer at a time when the other device places a relatively high DC bias voltage across the at least two audio signal conductors. | 01-19-2012 |
20120177211 | Transducer with Integrated Sensor - An electroacoustic transducer includes a housing and a moving portion adapted to move relative to the housing. The moving portion has a first surface and includes a first electrode. A second electrode on a first surface of the housing is located proximate to a first region of the first electrode, and a third electrode on the first surface of the housing is located proximate to a second region of the first electrode. A capacitance between the first and second electrodes and a capacitance between the first and third electrodes vary similarly with displacement of the moving portion relative to the housing. An impedance buffer is coupled to the second electrode and the third electrode. | 07-12-2012 |
20120177216 | CONNECTION-RESPONSIVE AUDIO SOURCE MANAGEMENT - Apparatus and method to mix first and second audio channels provided to a headset in response to the quantity of audio devices coupled to its connectors, in response to whether any of those audio devices provides more than one audio channel, and in response to their being a complete lack of electric power provided by any audio device and from a power source of the apparatus, itself. | 07-12-2012 |
20120237046 | INTERCOM HEADSET CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION RESPONSES - A headset is able to be coupled via a cable to an intercom system, is able to be wirelessly coupled to a wireless device via a wireless transceiver of the headset, and is able to be connected to a wired device via another cable. A controller of the headset separately monitors the microphone conductors and audio conductors by which the headset may be coupled to the intercom system to detect whether or not one or both of a communications microphone and an acoustic driver of the headset are coupled to the intercom system, and monitors the operating state of the wireless transceiver to detect whether or not the wireless transceiver is inactive, on standby or in use; and selectively couples a system ground conductor to one of the microphone conductors, and selectively provides a local microphone bias voltage in response to what is observed through such monitoring. | 09-20-2012 |
20120249125 | Measuring Transducer Displacement - Displacement of a moving diaphragm in an electroacoustic transducer is measured by modulating an electrical signal based on changes in capacitance between the voice coil assembly and the magnetic structure resulting from relative motion between the voice coil and the magnetic structure. The modulated electrical signal is demodulated to produce an output signal having a value proportional to the displacement. | 10-04-2012 |
20120308030 | Communications Headset Power Provision - Electric power is provided to a two-way communications headset by creating a differential DC voltage potential between a ground conductor associated with a microphone of that headset and a ground conductor associated with an acoustic driver of that headset, thereby enabling that headset to refrain from drawing electric power from a more limited local power source. | 12-06-2012 |
20120308048 | Communications Headset Power Provision - Electric power is provided to a two-way communications headset by creating a differential DC voltage potential between a ground conductor associated with a microphone of that headset and a ground conductor associated with an acoustic driver of that headset, thereby enabling that headset to refrain from drawing electric power from a more limited local power source. | 12-06-2012 |
20130148818 | POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE-BASED HEADSET FUNCTION CONTROL - Through a cable coupling two portions of a communications headset, conductors of the cable providing electric power from one of the portions to another are caused to do so with one of a selection of different predetermined voltage levels used to control aspects of one or more functions performed by the communications headset, including enabling or disabling functions, perhaps at least partially by controlling the manner in which the provided electric power is used. | 06-13-2013 |
20130163775 | Communications Headset Speech-Based Gain Control - A gain of a signal representing sounds detected by a talk-through and/or feedforward ANR microphone of a talk-through function provided by a communications headset is reduced in response to a user of the communications headset speaking. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163776 | Headset Noise-Based Pulsed Attenuation - A headset having a talk-through microphones incorporates an audio circuit that compresses a signal representing sounds detected by the talk-through microphones in response to the audio circuit detecting the onset of a peak (positive and/or negative) in the signal that exceeds a predetermined voltage level (positive and/or negative voltage level, perhaps a predetermined magnitude of voltage from a zero voltage level), and that does so with a rate of change in voltage level that exceeds a predetermined rate of change in voltage level, the degree of compression possibly being a compression to or near a zero amplitude (perhaps to or near a zero voltage level) and the duration of the compression possibly being controlled by a timing circuit set to a predetermined period of time that may be retriggerable while amidst the predetermined period of time. | 06-27-2013 |
20140072138 | AUDIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An audio communication system includes a headset with a microphone having two electrical outputs and a first electro-acoustic driver. The system includes first and second differential amplifiers, and a first electrical conductor for electrically connecting an output of the first differential amplifier with a first audio source device. A second electrical conductor is provided for electrically connecting an input of the driver with the first audio source device. A third electrical conductor is provided for electrically connecting an output of the second differential amplifier with a second audio source device. A fourth electrical conductor is provided for electrically connecting an input of the driver with the second audio source device. One electrical output from the microphone is electrically connected to a positive input of each of the differential amplifiers. The other electrical output from the microphone is electrically connected to a negative input of each of the differential amplifiers. | 03-13-2014 |
20140079236 | HEADSET POWER SOURCE MANAGING - A power management system and method for a noise reducing headset. The power management system adjusts the operations of the noise reducing headset based on the characteristics of the power sources available to the noise reducing headset. | 03-20-2014 |
Paul G. Yamkovoy, Berlin, MA US
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20140086427 | Audio Signal Level Control System - An audio source level control system in which the level of the audio source signal that is to be played over headphones is automatically set to an appropriate level. The system can include circuitry that can be controlled so as to increase or decrease the level of the audio signal that is provided by an audio source to the headphones; the audio source is typically a portable consumer digital device. There is a controller that is responsive to the audio signal from the audio source and that is adapted to control the circuitry so as to automatically establish a level of the audio signal that is provided to the headphones when the audio source is initially available to output an audio signal to the headphones. | 03-27-2014 |