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Daniel Grube, Dexter, MI US
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20120197508 | VEHICLE HAVING KEY-BASED PERFORMANCE MODE - A system or method for controlling a vehicle having a normal operating mode and a performance operating mode include detecting a removable key unique to each vehicle associated with the performance operating mode, operating the vehicle in the performance operating mode in response to detecting the removable key, and operating the vehicle in the normal operating mode otherwise. Operation in performance or track mode may include adjusting valve timing using a variable cam timing device, adjusting idle speed control, adjusting torque response, and/or enhancing engine braking Performance mode operation may also disable one or more features, such as a transmission skip shift feature. | 08-02-2012 |
Donald Grube, Rochester, NY US
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20140052468 | Medication Adherence System for and Method of Monitoring a Patient Medication Adherence and Facilitating Dose Reminders - A medication adherence system for and method of monitoring a patient's medication adherence and facilitating dose reminder notifications is disclosed. The medication adherence system includes data-enabled pharmaceutical containers, wherein the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers provide mechanisms for reminding at dose time, then tracking and communicating valid dose events, as well as missed, extra, early, and/or late dose events. The medication adherence system includes a centralized server for collecting and processing the patient-specific information from the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers. Information may be exchanged between the centralized server and the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers via a cellular network and/or the Internet. | 02-20-2014 |
20150254427 | Medication Adherence System for and Method of Monitoring a Patient Medication Adherence and Facilitating Dose Reminders - A medication adherence system for and method of monitoring a patient's medication adherence and facilitating dose reminder notifications is disclosed. The medication adherence system includes data-enabled pharmaceutical containers, wherein the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers provide mechanisms for reminding at dose time, then tracking and communicating valid dose events, as well as missed, extra, early, and/or late dose events. The medication adherence system includes a centralized server for collecting and processing the patient-specific information from the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers. Information may be exchanged between the centralized server and the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers via a cellular network and/or the Internet. | 09-10-2015 |
Donald Barton Grube, Bokchito, OK US
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20100323834 | CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH TIMING BELT POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A SMALL GASOLINE ENGINE - A T belt power control system is disclosed to consist of a centrifugal clutch integral bell drum, or in the case of a straight shaft engine such as a Honda GXH50 a non integral bell drum, a T belt drive pulley affixed to a bell drum, an automotive type timing belt, a driven pulley cylindrical cam lock assembly consisting of a larger driven pulley with a one-way bearing for speed reduction and torque enhancement, a non concentric cylindrical housing and an output jackshaft with or without an engine power engaging system to a primary drive sprocket for chain operation. The T Belt tension is secured and maintained by rotating the cam lock assembly with a spanner wrench and then held tight by four bolts. If the T belt power control system is made without an engager system the power is transmitted as soon as the centrifugal clutch latches with the bell drum. If with an engager system the engagement and disengagement of engine power is done by an integral engager remotely controlled by steel cable and hand lever. A motorized vehicle is disclosed as consisting of a standard bicycle frame or modified bicycle frame, a tricycle frame, a go-cart frame, and a paddle wheel boat frame all with the T belt power control system of present invention installed on a gasoline four cycle engine. | 12-23-2010 |
20150276025 | Cylindrical Cam Lock Jackshaft System - A timing belt (T belt) power control system consists of an engine external centrifugal clutch and integral bell drum, a small T belt drive pulley affixed to said bell drum, an automotive type timing belt, a large driven pulley for speed reduction and torque enhancement having a one-way freewheel bearing hub riding on a output jackshaft or if with solid hub having a jackshaft with a primary output drive 9 to 12T freewheel sprocket, a ball bearing supported said output jackshaft with primary drive sprocket for chain operation, a non-concentric jackshaft location in a cylindrical housing that holds the said driven pulley. T Belt tension is secured and maintained by rotating the cam lock assembly with a spanner wrench and then held tight by four bolts which eliminates the need for a belt tensing or spring loaded pulley. | 10-01-2015 |
Gary Grube, Barrington Hills, IL US
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20130262854 | DATA DE-DUPLICATION IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK UTILIZING DATA CHARACTERIZATION - A computing device includes a processing module and an interface. The processing module is operable to receive, from a requesting device via the interface, a data storage request that includes data for storage. The processing module then determines whether substantially identical data is currently stored in a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory. When the substantially identical data is stored in the DSN memory, the processing module generates, for the requesting device, a second unique retrieval matrix of a plurality of sets of encoded data slices corresponding to the already stored substantially identical data, wherein the requesting device can recover at least a portion of the data based on the second unique retrieval matrix of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices. | 10-03-2013 |
Gary W. Grube, Barrington, IL US
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20090049159 | Method and Apparatus for Setting Up and Managing Operational Environment in P2P Wireless Networks - In a cognitive radio, a method of establishing an operational policy for use in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) group, wherein the policy can be described by layers of policy parameters with progressively higher layers having a progressively increasing number of parameters, involves determining that a policy change is to be made from a current policy; requesting policy information from at least one P2P group member; receiving a policy description from the at least one P2P group member; and implementing a change in the lowest layer policy parameter to establish a new operational policy. | 02-19-2009 |
20090327415 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A GROUP AND FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION RELATED TO GROUP ENTRIES - Described are methods and devices for identifying a group that include various methods to determine a group. Also described are devices and methods for attempting communication with a missing member of the group include different manners in which to determine information related to an entry of a group. The described devices and methods may be particularly beneficial at the particular time the certain group members plan to be or are in communication with one another. In this way, in the event that two or more entries of a group planned to be in communication or are in communication in-real time, in accordance with the disclosed devices and methods, the parties may be able to bring one or more other entries of the group into the communication as needed or desired. | 12-31-2009 |
20100054632 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Removing a Visual Distraction From an Image Being Captured - One provides ( | 03-04-2010 |
20110035807 | Devices and Methods of Clustered Displays - Disclosed are devices and methods of communication devices that are configured to be a part of clustered displays. A communication device may be a mobile communication device. Such a device may include a cluster module configured to determine that the device is a license owning unit, a content module configured to receive data including content via a transceiver when it is determined that the device is a license owning unit and a distribution module configured to transmit output data via a transceiver, the output data being at least one portion of the data. The license owning unit is determined based on the reception characteristics of the devices of the cluster. The distribution by the license owning unit to other devices in the cluster is at the lowest resolution of any of the devices of the cluster. | 02-10-2011 |
Holger Grube, Gaithersburg, MD US
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20080220279 | HIGHLY CHARGED ION MODIFIED OXIDE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A highly charged ion modified device is provided that includes a first metal layer or layers deposited on a substrate and an insulator layer, deposited on the first metal layer, including a plurality of holes therein produced by irradiation thereof with highly charged ions. The metal of a further metal layer, deposited on the insulator layer, fills the plurality of holes in the insulator layer. | 09-11-2008 |
20090006015 | Method and apparatus for measuring current density in conductive materials - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring a current density in a conductive material. The apparatus and method use an algorithm and an extension to the Fourier transform approach that allows transport currents to be treated accurately. Due to its speed, the resulting algorithm is ideally suited for high-resolution and high-throughput magnetic imaging of superconducting tape in real time. | 01-01-2009 |
Kris Grube, Boone, NC US
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20130299607 | SPRAY EJECTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - An ejector device for ejecting droplets of fluid onto a surface includes an ejector mechanism attached to a fluid reservoir through a fluid loading plate that is configured to pierce the reservoir and channel the fluid to a rear surface of the ejector mechanism by capillary action. The ejector mechanism may have a centro-symmetric configuration with a lead free piezo actuator and may be covered by an auto-closing cover. | 11-14-2013 |
Kris Grube, Bloomington, IN US
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20080268687 | ELECTRICAL METAL CLAD CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF USE - A cable connector may be disclosed. The connector may include a connector housing having a first threaded portion and an insert having compression voids. The insert may be configured for insertion into the connector housing. The connector may also include a compression nut configured to engage the first threaded portion. The compression nut may be configured to compress the insert to close the compression voids when the compression nut engages the first threaded portion. The cable connector may also include an end stop having an adjustable throat diameter configured to adjust in proportion to an adjustable inner diameter of the cable connector as the connector engages or armor of an armored cable. | 10-30-2008 |
20100159721 | Electrical Metal Clad Connectors and Methods of Use - A cable connector may be disclosed. The connector may include a connector housing having a first threaded portion and an insert having compression voids. The insert may be configured for insertion into the connector housing. The connector may also include a compression nut configured to engage the first threaded portion. The compression nut may be configured to compress the insert to close the compression voids when the compression nut engages the first threaded portion. The cable connector may also include an end stop having an adjustable throat diameter configured to adjust in proportion to an adjustable inner diameter of the cable connector as the connector engages or armor of an armored cable. | 06-24-2010 |
20110183532 | ELECTRICAL METAL CLAD CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF USE - A cable connector may be disclosed. The connector may include a connector housing having a first threaded portion and an insert having compression voids. The insert may be configured for insertion into the connector housing. The connector may also include a compression nut configured to engage the first threaded portion. The compression nut may be configured to compress the insert to close the compression voids when the compression nut engages the first threaded portion. The cable connector may also include an end stop having an adjustable throat diameter configured to adjust in proportion to an adjustable inner diameter of the cable connector as the connector engages or armor of an armored cable. | 07-28-2011 |
Kristin William Grube, Bloomington, IN US
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20100313818 | Self-Cleaning Litter Box - A self-cleaning litter box ( | 12-16-2010 |
20110126773 | Self-Cleaning Litter Box - A self-cleaning litter box ( | 06-02-2011 |
20110155070 | Self-Cleaning Litter Box - A self-cleaning litter box ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110155071 | Self-Cleaning Litter Box - A self-cleaning litter box ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110155072 | Self-Cleaning Litter Box - A self-cleaning litter box ( | 06-30-2011 |
Louis Grube, Bound Brook, NJ US
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20090017226 | Use of infrared technology to install and/or repair construction membranes - An apparatus is provided for applying a construction material, the apparatus having construction and an infrared heat emitter for providing infrared heat on the construction material. The construction material can be a roll of roofing material, which can be a roll of modified asphalt/bitumen roofing membrane material. The infrared emitter can be gas powered or electric powered. A method of applying a roofing membrane is also provided, where construction material is heated using infrared heat and applied onto a rooftop or other suitable surface. | 01-15-2009 |
Louis L. Grube, Coral Springs, FL US
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20130142952 | COATING FOR GRANULATED PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE GRANULE ADHESION, STAINING, AND TRACKING - A building material product and a method of making building material products, having increased resistance to granule rub off and staining. The building material product comprises a substrate having embedded granules and an acrylic latex coating positioned on the granules, where the polymer of the acrylic latex coating has the repeating structural unit [CH | 06-06-2013 |
20130327590 | SOUND PROOF MEMBRANE - A sound barrier membrane comprises of a decoupling layer, a barrier layer and a dampening layer. The membrane also provides crack isolation, and acts as a vapor barrier. Numerous materials are disclosed which can be used to create these layers. Methods for assembly of the sound barrier membrane are also disclosed. | 12-12-2013 |
Louis Lynn Grube, Bound Brook, NJ US
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20120288678 | BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL WITH HIGH SOLAR REFLECTIVITY - A coating composition for granular roofing has a liquid phase, such as a water, vinyl copolymer or a modified acrylic, and a material with high reflectance, such as CaCO | 11-15-2012 |
Robert W. Grube, Edmonds, WA US
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20090244070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING OPTIMIZED PERIMETER SURVEILLANCE - A software module apparatus for enabling a user to generate a virtual tripwire through a geographic area of interest using a plurality of sensors. The apparatus may make use of an input for allowing a user to input a digital elevation model (DEM) of the area of interest. An input responsive to a user controlled device may also be used for defining a swath of the area of interest, the swath representing a subregion laying over, or adjacent to, a border to be monitored. A display may be generated for illustrating computed locations of a plurality of independent sensors used to form the virtual tripwire through the swath of the area of interest. | 10-01-2009 |
20100106420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING OPTIMIZED PERIMETER SURVEILLANCE - A method for forming a virtual tripwire through a subregion of an area of interest. The method may involve performing a geometric analysis of terrain in the subregion, the geometric analysis determining a location for each one of a pre-designated plurality of candidate sensors that may potentially be used in forming the virtual tripwire. A viewshed for each candidate sensor is determined. Each viewshed represents a coverage region for its associated candidate sensor. A geometric beginning point and a geometric end point within the subregion are each defined for the virtual tripwire. The viewsheds are analyzed to determine a number of the candidate sensors required to form a path for the virtual tripwire from the beginning point to the end point. | 04-29-2010 |
Robert William Grube, Edmonds, WA US
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20100117889 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PERFORMANCE OF A SENSOR FIELD AT ALL POINTS WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF REGARD - A method for determining a path of travel of an intruder traversing an area of regard (AOR) to a predefined point, where the path of travel has a minimum probability of detection relative to other potential paths of travel of the intruder. The method may comprise: providing three dimensional terrain data concerning the AOR; providing the locations of a plurality of detection sensors implemented in the AOR, with each detection sensor having a known field of view; providing a predetermined single scan detection probability for each of the detection sensors; generating a grid of points that is laid over the AOR; and using the foregoing information to determine a particular path of travel, defined by selected arcs connecting specific ones of the grid of points, of the intruder to the predefined point that represents a minimum probability of detection of the intruder. | 05-13-2010 |
William Grube, Windham, NH US
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20110201957 | CARBON DIOXIDE MONITORING SYSTEM - A CO2 monitoring system ( | 08-18-2011 |
William Douglas Grube, Windham, NH US
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20150282726 | DIAGNOSTIC REPRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ECG LEADS ON A DIGITAL DISPLAY - A system for electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation includes a processor and memory coupled to the processor. A rendering module is stored in the memory and is configured to receive input from an ECG and correlate interpretation statements with ECG measurements responsible for the interpretation statements in the ECG. An interface is configured to permit user selection of at least one interpretation statement in a display, the display being configured to render visual indications of the ECG measurements on digitally rendered waveforms of the ECG. | 10-08-2015 |
William E. Grube, Benbrook, TX US
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20100180418 | Synthetic Redundancy Via Prognostics - An manufacturing method that uses synthetic redundancy to optimize equipment reliability, performance, weight, and cost. The manufacturing method identifies critical components, that would ordinarily require a redundant component to meet reliability and safety requirements, and replaces them with a single, non-redundant component. Safety and reliability is maintained by using prognostic health management to replace the non-redundant critical component prior to its failure. Verification techniques are used to ensure reliability requirements are being met. | 07-22-2010 |
20110270484 | Real-Time Prognostic and Health Management System, Program Product, and Associate Methods - Embodiments of the present invention provide a prognostics and health management (PHM) system for one or more electronic, electro-mechanical, pneudraulic and mechanical devices of an aircraft, and associated diagnostic methods and computer program products. The system includes a tangible and non-transitory memory preloaded with prognostics and health management signature data; one or more sensors that are adapted to monitor the one or more devices; and a logic device adapted to calculate an address and to access the tangible and non-transitory memory using the calculated address in real time. One or more portions of the calculated address are responsive to one or more parameter values associated with the sensors so that sensor parameter data determines the address into the memory. In the PHM system, the logic device is further adapted to generate a PHM alert in real time responsive to a value of the PHM signature data accessed at the address. | 11-03-2011 |