Follett
Charles E. Follett, Rochester, NY US
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20080204524 | SEALING DEVICE FOR FLUID RESERVOIR - A sealing device is disclosed that includes a latching feature configured to facilitate latching of the sealing device to a fluid reservoir; a first region configured to seal or substantially seal a fluid-discharge port on the fluid reservoir from fluid loss when the sealing device is latched to the fluid reservoir; and a second region configured to protect a circuit device on the fluid reservoir when the sealing device is latched to the fluid reservoir. Accordingly, the presently disclosed sealing device provides an effective solution to not only sealing the fluid-discharge ports on the fluid reservoir, but also protecting the circuit device. | 08-28-2008 |
20110063386 | SEALING DEVICE FOR FLUID RESERVOIR - A sealing device is disclosed that includes a latching feature configured to facilitate latching of the sealing device to a fluid reservoir; a first region configured to seal or substantially seal a fluid-discharge port on the fluid reservoir from fluid loss when the sealing device is latched to the fluid reservoir; and a second region configured to protect a circuit device on the fluid reservoir when the sealing device is latched to the fluid reservoir. Accordingly, the presently disclosed sealing device provides an effective solution to not only sealing the fluid-discharge ports on the fluid reservoir, but also protecting the circuit device. | 03-17-2011 |
20110115857 | SEALING DEVICE FOR FLUID RESERVOIR - A sealing device is disclosed that includes a latching feature configured to facilitate latching of the sealing device to a fluid reservoir; a first region configured to seal or substantially seal a fluid-discharge port on the fluid reservoir from fluid loss when the sealing device is latched to the fluid reservoir; and a second region configured to protect a circuit device on the fluid reservoir when the sealing device is latched to the fluid reservoir. Accordingly, the presently disclosed sealing device provides an effective solution to not only sealing the fluid-discharge ports on the fluid reservoir, but also protecting the circuit device. | 05-19-2011 |
Darrell G. Follett, San Jose, CA US
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20090268325 | METHODS FOR DETECTING DAMAGE TO MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSORS - In one embodiment, a method for detecting a damaged magnetoresistive sensor includes analyzing readback signals of a plurality of sensors each being positioned over data tracks on a passing magnetic medium; determining whether at least one of the readback signals is out of phase with respect to the other readback signals, and/or whether at least one of the readback signals has a significantly lower amplitude that the other readback signals. Additional methods are also presented. | 10-29-2009 |
20110276287 | METHODS FOR DETECTING DAMAGE TO MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSORS - A system and method for detecting a damaged magnetoresistive sensor includes measuring a median DiffPN value of a group of GMR sensors on a module, the sensors characterized as having been deposited on a same wafer and having been lapped as a single unit; comparing the DiffPN values to the median; determining that physical and/or magnetic damage has occurred to an individual sensor if the difference in the DiffPN value of the individual sensor from the median is greater than a statistically predetermined value for the group of sensors; where the difference is at least one times the average of the standard deviations of a large number of normal modules or the average of the standard deviations of a large number of modules, wherein at least the largest and the smallest DiffPN value within the module is not included in the calculation of the module's standard deviation. | 11-10-2011 |
David Follett, Boxborough, MA US
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20150127925 | Computing Architecture for Operating on Sequential Data - A data stream processing unit (DPU) and method for use are provided. A DPU includes a number of processing elements arranged in a sequence, and each datum in the data stream visits each processing element in sequence. Each processing element has a memory circuit, data and metadata input and output channels, and a computing circuit. The metadata input represents a partial computational state that is associated with each datum as it passes through the DPU. The computing circuit for each processing element operates on the data and metadata inputs as a function of its position in the sequence, producing an altered partial computational state that accompanies the datum. Each computing circuit may be modeled, for example, as a finite state machine, and the collection of processing elements cooperate to perform the computation. The computing circuits may be collectively programmed to perform any desired computation. | 05-07-2015 |
Graeme Follett, Basingstoke GB
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20090121480 | GARMENT FOR USE IN PUMP THERAPY FOR ENHANCING VENOUS AND ARTERIAL BLOOD FLOW - Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of an impulse therapy garment for use in pump therapy for enhancing venous and arterial blood flow. The garment may be advantageously fitted to a human foot, and may include a rotationally positionable heel-strap, an air inlet connector, separate dorsum straps, or other features. For example, other garments may include a washer having a center hole locatable around the stem and configured to be forcibly retained against the outer surface of the fabric by snap-fit using annular stem protrusions extending from an external surface of the stem. In further embodiments, a garment may include a bladder retention fastener configured to retain an end of the bladder to the fabric to allow substantially differential movement between the fabric and non-retained portions of the bladder during inflation and deflation of the bladder. | 05-14-2009 |
Graeme Follett, Hampshire GB
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20100049107 | INFLATABLE DEVICE FOR USE IN IMPULSE THERAPY - A device for use in applying impulse therapy to a limb of a human body and including an inflatable bladder or pad that has opposing hermetically sealed first and second side walls. The device also includes an inlet tube connected to the inflatable bladder or pad for feeding intermittent pulses of fluid to the inflatable bladder or pad. The inflatable bladder or pad includes a fluid dispersal and noise reducing internal media interposed between the first and second side walls and over an outlet of the inlet tube, the fluid dispersal and noise reducing internal media configured to dissipate the intermittent pulses of fluid with an accompanying reduction in a fluid flow rate and noise generated during pressurisation of the inflatable bladder or pad. | 02-25-2010 |
Pamela L. Follett, Boxborough, MA US
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20150127925 | Computing Architecture for Operating on Sequential Data - A data stream processing unit (DPU) and method for use are provided. A DPU includes a number of processing elements arranged in a sequence, and each datum in the data stream visits each processing element in sequence. Each processing element has a memory circuit, data and metadata input and output channels, and a computing circuit. The metadata input represents a partial computational state that is associated with each datum as it passes through the DPU. The computing circuit for each processing element operates on the data and metadata inputs as a function of its position in the sequence, producing an altered partial computational state that accompanies the datum. Each computing circuit may be modeled, for example, as a finite state machine, and the collection of processing elements cooperate to perform the computation. The computing circuits may be collectively programmed to perform any desired computation. | 05-07-2015 |
Stephen D. Follett, Tigard, OR US
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20140032150 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING PROBABILITY OF TRANSIENT EVENT DETECTION - A test and measurement instrument provides for increased transient event detection by adjusting data sampling periods. The test and measurement instrument includes a data sampler for acquiring first sampled data and a data processor structured to process the first sampled data. The data processor operates during a first data processing period. Also included in the instrument is a sample time adjustor structured to allow a user to select a time for the data sampler to acquire second sampled data. The time for the data sampler to acquire the second sampled data occurs during the first data processing period. The time for acquiring the second sampled data may be determined by generating a probability distribution function, then applying the distribution function to the available times during the first data processing period that the second sample data may be collected. Methods of use of the test and measurement instrument are also provided. | 01-30-2014 |
Steven R. Follett, Bethlehem, PA US
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20110041542 | Dispenser Device for Ice and Water, Components Thereof and Process of Cleaning Same - A low profile ice maker/dispenser and water dispenser having a high ice making capacity, for ice nugget manufacture is provided, wherein ice nuggets are metered out of a storage bin via a nugget dispenser outlet, and whereby water is dispensed via a water dispenser outlet. A refrigeration cycle is used, wherein an auger compresses ice on a wall of an evaporator and delivers the ice to the ice bin, breaking it into nuggets along the way. An outer wall of the evaporator is comprised of part of the water reservoir. A baffle in the ice bin facilitates metering of the amount of ice discharged. The system comprises a closed system that enables efficient cleaning of the system. | 02-24-2011 |
20140182323 | DISPENSER DEVICE FOR ICE AND WATER, COMPONENTS THEREOF AND PROCESS OF CLEANING SAME - A low profile ice maker/dispenser and water dispenser having a high ice making capacity, for ice nugget manufacture is provided, wherein ice nuggets are metered out of a storage bin via a nugget dispenser outlet, and whereby water is dispensed via a water dispenser outlet. A refrigeration cycle is used, wherein an auger compresses ice on a wall of an evaporator and delivers the ice to the ice bin, breaking it into nuggets along the way. An outer wall of the evaporator is comprised of part of the water reservoir. A baffle in the ice bin facilitates metering of the amount of ice discharged. The system comprises a closed system that enables efficient cleaning of the system. | 07-03-2014 |
Thomas Follett, Red Deer CA
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20160032667 | HORSESHOE JACK FOR DRILLING, WORK-OVERS AND COMPLETIONS - A jack and push/pull apparatus is provided by attaching to a wellhead an extendable/contractible horseshoe-shaped jack assembly of sufficient diameter to surround and act upon the tubing or casing to be manipulated in the well, the linear action of the assembly being powered between an extended and a retracted position, the assembly having at least one tube-gripping mechanism at the end of the assembly away from the wellhead attachment. Tubing is inserted into the well bore through the assembly and the wellhead, and when injection forces are desired tube-gripping means grip the tubing being injected and the apparatus is powered to a retracted position, forcing the grasped tubing into the well. The operation may be reversed to pull tubing or casing. The assembly can be simply added to the rig while tubing is present on and above the rig's floor. | 02-04-2016 |
William W. Follett, Calabasas, CA US
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20080283677 | Single-stage hypersonic vehicle featuring advanced swirl combustion - A single-stage hypersonic vehicle is comprised of a low-speed and a high-speed propulsion system. The low-speed propulsion system propels the single-stage vehicle to a threshold velocity, after which the high-speed propulsion system then takes over. The low-speed propulsion system includes a combined-cycle engine featuring a swirl generator that is integrated into a turbojet engine to provide a compact turbojet and swirl afterburner-ramjet propulsion system. The high-speed propulsion system includes a hypersonic engine that is operable at the threshold takeover velocity and beyond. In various embodiments, the high-speed propulsion system comprises a scramjet, rocket, or scramjet/rocket engine depending requirements. Benefits of the swirl generator design include its ability to rapidly and efficiently atomize, vaporize, mix and burn the fuel and oxidizer for the low speed propulsion system, significantly reduce length, weight, cooling requirements and complexity for both propulsion systems, while maintaining high propulsion performance and reducing propulsion and launch costs. | 11-20-2008 |