Brickner, US
Aaron J. Brickner, Milford, OH US
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20130245643 | LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING INSTRUMENT WITH DUAL-ACTION NEEDLE GRASPERS - A suture needle driving instrument comprises a shaft and an end effector. The end effector is located at the distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of grasping arms. Each grasping arm comprises a respective pair of jaws. Each pair of jaws is operable to cooperate to grasp and release a suture needle. Each jaw has a needle grasping member operable to align a suture needle along a predetermined arc path. The end effector is further operable to pass the needle from one arm to the other arm during a suturing procedure. The instrument may be used through a trocar during minimally invasive surgery. | 09-19-2013 |
20130282027 | LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING INSTRUMENT WITH PARALLEL CONCENTRIC SHAFT PAIRS - A suture needle driving instrument comprises a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a grasping actuation assembly. The end effector is located at the distal end of the shaft assembly and includes a pair of grasping arms. Each grasping arm comprises a respective pair of jaws. Each pair of jaws is operable to cooperate to grasp and release a suture needle. The grasping actuation assembly is operable to drive one jaw of each pair in one direction while simultaneously driving the other jaw of the pair in an opposite direction, to selectively grasp or release the suture needle. The shaft assembly includes two pairs of parallel concentric shafts, which form part of the actuation assembly. Each shaft pair is operable to drive a respective internal drive shaft having separate threaded regions with opposing pitch. The instrument may be used through a trocar during minimally invasive surgery. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282031 | LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING INSTRUMENT WITH MULTI-DRIVE SEQUENCED TRANSMISSION - An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector assembly, and a drive assembly. The body may include a handpiece with an integral motor. The shaft assembly may include two pairs of concentric shafts. The end effector assembly may include arms that selectively grasp and release a suturing needle. The drive assembly is operable to drive the end effector assembly via the shaft assembly. The drive assembly is operable to convert a single rotary input into at least two rotary outputs. In some versions, the drive assembly comprises a plurality of shaft assemblies that include an input shaft, a first output shaft, a second output shaft, and a third output shaft. The drive assembly is operable to selectively rotate and hold the shaft assemblies in accordance with a predetermined sequence, such as to perform tissue suturing through a trocar in a minimally invasive surgical procedure. | 10-24-2013 |
Aaron J. Brickner, Fostoria, OH US
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20140171971 | Cartridge Interface for Surgical Suturing Device - A surgical suturing system comprises a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, and receiver on the distal end with a rotary drive. A cartridge is selectively attachable to and detachable from the receiver. The cartridge has a surgical needle, a length of suture connected to the needle, a needle driver operative to engage and move the needle relative the cartridge, a transmission operatively connected to the needle driver, and a torsional interface rotationally coupling the rotary drive to the transmission. | 06-19-2014 |
20140171977 | Pawl Mechanism in Circular Needle Applier - A surgical suturing device comprises a needle having a leading end, a trailing end, and an arced body between the leading and trailing ends. A length of suture is connected to the needle. A needle driver is adapted to engage and rotate the needle in a circular path in a first rotational direction. A pawl is adapted to engage the trailing end of the needle to prevent the needle from rotating in a second rotational direction opposite of the first rotational direction. | 06-19-2014 |
Barrett Brickner, Mendota Heights, MN US
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20150269425 | DYNAMIC HAND GESTURE RECOGNITION WITH SELECTIVE ENABLING BASED ON DETECTED HAND VELOCITY - An image processing system comprises an image processor configured to determine velocity of a hand in a plurality of images, and to selectively enable dynamic gesture recognition for at least one image responsive to the determined velocity. By way of example, the image processor illustratively includes a dynamic gesture preprocessing detector and a dynamic gesture recognizer, with the dynamic gesture preprocessing detector being configured to determine the velocity of the hand for a current frame and to compare the determined velocity to a specified velocity threshold. If the determined velocity is greater than or equal to the velocity threshold, the dynamic gesture recognizer operates on the current frame, and otherwise the dynamic gesture recognizer is bypassed for the current frame. The dynamic gesture recognizer when enabled is configured to generate similarity measures for respective ones of a plurality of gestures of a gesture vocabulary for the current frame. | 09-24-2015 |
Barrett J. Brickner, Mendota Heights, MN US
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20140380223 | USER INTERFACE COMPRISING RADIAL LAYOUT SOFT KEYPAD - A processing device is configured to provide a user interface comprising a radial layout soft keypad. The radial layout soft keypad comprises a central region and one or more concentric groupings of keys arranged around the central region. For example, the one or more concentric groupings of keys may be arranged as multiple concentric circular rows of keys substantially surrounding the central region, with all of the keys of the concentric circular rows being simultaneously visible in the radial layout soft keypad. The radial layout soft keypad is illustratively presented on a display associated with the processing device and a user interacts with the radial layout soft keypad by making hand gestures in free space in a field of view of an image sensor. A gesture of a first type controls selection of a key and gestures of second and third types control acceptance and rejection of the selected key. | 12-25-2014 |
Barrett J. Brickner, Savage, MN US
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20140267004 | User Adjustable Gesture Space - A method for adjusting an active area of a sensor's field of view by recognizing a touch-less adjust gesture. The method includes receiving data from a sensor having a field of view. The method also includes performing at least one gesture recognition operation upon receiving data from the sensor. The method additionally includes recognizing an adjust gesture by a user. The adjust gesture is a touch-less gesture performed in the field of view by the user to adjust the active area of the field of view. The method further includes adjusting the active area in response to recognizing the adjust gesture by the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20150269740 | Image Processor Configured for Efficient Estimation and Elimination of Foreground Information in Images - An image processing system comprises an image processor having image processing circuitry and an associated memory. The image processor is configured to implement a foreground processing module utilizing the image processing circuitry and the memory. The foreground processing module is configured to obtain one or more images, to estimate a foreground region of interest from the one or more images, to determine a plurality of segments of the foreground region of interest, to calculate amplitude statistics for respective ones of the plurality of segments, to classify respective segments as being respective portions of static foreground objects or as being respective portions of dynamic foreground objects based at least in part on the calculated amplitude statistics and one or more defined patterns for known static and dynamic objects, and to remove one or more segments classified as static foreground objects from the foreground region of interest. | 09-24-2015 |
Brian Brickner, Beavercreek, OH US
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20090000385 | Excitation Test Method and Apparatus for Vehicle - A vehicle excitation testing system and method can include a device for simulating a vehicular motion and vehicular vibration and then measuring response. The system is designed to test front and/or rear wheel sections of a vehicle. The testing system can include a vehicle suspension system including a wheel and chassis, an excitation actuator connected to the suspension system, and a dummy or a real vehicle body linked to the suspension system and having a frame. The frame can be positively attached to the ground surface or floor or other similar isolated and stable base surface. Measuring devices can be connected to the frame, suspension and/or wheels. When the vehicle is excited to simulate road and other conditions, the wheels, suspension system and the vehicle body vibrate. Measurement of these transmitted vibrations can be studied in order to determine how to best control unwanted or unnecessary vibrations in the vehicle. | 01-01-2009 |
Chad Brickner, Aurora, IL US
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20110313630 | Calibrating transmission motor torque - The described system and method allow a controller to calibrate a transmission variator of a continuously variable transmission for torque control by obtaining static and dynamic qualities and parameters of the variator through an automated calibration procedure. The system and method employ a pair of transmission mode configurations and operational configurations in combination to obtain system-specific information. In this way, the system is able to calibrate out the system variations to provide effective feed forward torque control of the continuously variable transmission. In an embodiment, a first calibration operation is performed while the transmission is neutralized and a second calibration operation is performed while the transmission is engaged in a mode providing a fixed variator output speed. | 12-22-2011 |
20140095036 | Automatic Shift Control System for a Powertrain and Method - A machine powertrain having a transmission includes a control device responsive to selectively vary the transmission ratio in response to a shift signal. A lift sensor associated with a machine implement monitors an implement position and provides a lift signal. A ground speed sensor monitors the ground speed and provides a ground speed signal. A controller monitors the lift and ground speed signals, compares the lift signal to a predetermined position range, compares the ground speed signal to a predetermined ground speed range and, when the ground speed signal is within the predetermined ground speed range and the lift signal is within the predetermined position range, provides the shift signal causing the selectively variable ratio of the transmission to change. | 04-03-2014 |
Chad T. Brickner, Aurora, IL US
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20100154403 | System and method for operating a variable displacement hydraulic pump - A control for a variable displacement pump disposed in a hydraulic system obtains a requested signal from a manual control device and provides a command signal to a valve operating to adjust a displacement setting of the variable displacement pump. The control provides the command signal based on the requested signal, and scales the requested signal based on a sensed or calculated load of the system. | 06-24-2010 |
20120217083 | STEERING CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING SPEED-BASED CENTERING - A steering control system for a machine having a traction device is disclosed. The steering control system may have a steering actuator, and a steering sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of an actual steering angle of the machine. The steering control system may also have an operator input device, an input sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of desired steering of the machine, and a feedback actuator operatively connected to the operator input device. The steering control system may further have a travel speed sensor configured to generate a third signal indicative of a travel speed of the machine, and a controller configured to activate the steering actuator to move the traction device an amount based on the first and second signals and to activate the feedback actuator to urge the operator input device toward the neutral position based on the third signal. | 08-30-2012 |
20130085647 | Variator characterization for feed forward torque control - In an embodiment, torque control operation is provided in a transmission having a variable displacement variator with a hydraulic actuator. The transmission is engaged in a neutral state such that the variator output experiences substantially zero torque, and a first hydraulic pressure sweep to the hydraulic actuator is commanded while a corresponding sweep of motor speed ratio of the variator is recorded. The transmission is engaged into a locked mode providing a fixed output speed and a second hydraulic pressure sweep to the hydraulic actuator is commanded, and a corresponding sweep of variator output torque is recorded during this sweep. A torque/pressure map is then constructed relating motor torque, motor speed ratio, and actuator pressure by scaling the sweep of motor speed ratios and the sweep of variator output torque. The resultant map is usable to provide feed forward torque control of the transmission. | 04-04-2013 |
20130325272 | Variable Transmission and Method - A powertrain includes an engine, a transmission having a first input connected to an engine output shaft, and a variator. The variator includes a pump connected to the engine output shaft and a motor connected to a second input of the transmission. The pump has a variable setting that is determinable by a position of a pump actuator in response to a command signal. A controller associated is disposed to control operation of the variator, at least in part, by providing the command signal to the pump actuator. The command signal is determined based on an operator command and on a compensation term, which depends on a correlation function of a parameter related to the speed ratio between a pump speed and a motor speed and a flow characteristic of the pump actuator. | 12-05-2013 |
Chad Timothy Brickner, Aurora, IL US
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20090071144 | Actuator control system implementing adaptive flow control - An actuator control system is disclosed. The actuator control system may have a pump and at least one actuator. The actuator control system may further have an actuator valve configured to control the at least one actuator. The actuator control system may also have a pump pressure sensor configured to determine a pump pressure value and a load pressure sensor configure to determine a load pressure value. The actuator control system may additionally have a controller configured to receive the pump pressure value and the load pressure value. The controller may further be configured to compare the pump pressure value and the load pressure value, and selectively implement a primary control strategy and a secondary control strategy based on the comparison. | 03-19-2009 |
20100024410 | Hydraulic system having regeneration modulation - A hydraulic system for a machine is disclosed. The hydraulic system may have an actuator with a first chamber and a second chamber. The hydraulic system may also have a first valve, a second valve, a third valve, and an operator input device displaceable from a neutral position to generate a signal indicative of a desired movement of the actuator. The hydraulic system may further have a controller configured to open the first and third valves by amounts related to the signal to pass fluid, and open the second valve by an amount related to the signal to pass fluid when the signal indicates a desire for increased actuator velocity. The third valve may continue to open during opening of the second valve. | 02-04-2010 |
Christopher Brickner, St. Petersburg, FL US
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20100318884 | CLOCK AND RESET SYNCHRONIZATION OF HIGH-INTEGRITY LOCKSTEP SELF-CHECKING PAIRS - An apparatus comprises first and second modules configured to operate in a lockstep mode and a reset mode. Each of the first and second modules is configured to asynchronously enter the reset mode when a parent reset signal is asserted at that module. Each of the first and second modules is configured to, in response to the asserted parent reset signal being negated at that module, indicate to the other module that that module is ready to exit reset mode and exit the reset mode when the other module has also indicated that the other module is ready to exit reset mode. | 12-16-2010 |
20120014490 | REAL TIME DISTRIBUTED EMBEDDED OSCILLATOR OPERATING FREQUENCY MONITORING - A method for clock monitoring in a network is provided. The method comprises receiving a first network clock signal at a network device and comparing the first network clock signal to a local clock signal from a primary oscillator coupled to the network device. | 01-19-2012 |
David Brickner, Concord, OH US
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20080219883 | TOOTHBRUSH SANITIZER - A toothbrush sanitizer includes at least one basket for holding a toothbrush, a housing that receives the at least one basket, and a heating element connected to the housing. The basket(s) can also accommodate a toothbrush head from a known electric toothbrush. The basket can be completely removable from the housing so that the basket can be separately cleaned from the housing. The heating element heats the toothbrush to sanitize the bristles. According to an alternative embodiment, the toothbrush sanitizer can include a first toothbrush basket, a second toothbrush basket, a housing that receives the baskets, and a heating element connected with the housing. The second basket receives the first basket. | 09-11-2008 |
20100226836 | SANITIZER - A sanitizing device includes a base, a container supported by the base, a heating element supported by the base, and a blower assembly supported by the base. The container can include a base wall, a side wall, and a hot air inlet vertically offset above the base wall. The blower assembly can be situated with respect to the heating element and the hot air inlet to direct air over the heating element and through the hot air inlet into the container. | 09-09-2010 |
Derek L. Brickner, Etters, PA US
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20080200049 | Overmolded Electrical Contact Array - The invention provides a connector incorporating an overmolded housing that may control the position of the mounting ends of the connector and may provide a structure to help transfer the forces for press fit of the connector to the printed circuit board (PCB). Such a connector may include a first leadframe assembly having a plurality of contacts, a second leadframe assembly having a plurality of contacts, an edge card, and a tail alignment housing. Each contact may include a lead portion and a mounting end. The lead portions of the contacts may engage the edge card. The tail alignment housing may include a housing body and a plurality of tail supports extending from the housing body. The tail alignment housing may be overmolded onto at least a portion of the mounting ends. | 08-21-2008 |
20120258626 | Housing Insert Contact Protection - An electrical connector housing including a main housing member and at least one protective wafer. The main housing member has a contact locating area. Opposite sides of the contact locating area include slots for receiving opposite end portions of insertable wafers. The at least one protective wafer is configured to be located in the contact locating area and includes opposite end portions adapted to be matingly slid into a pair of the slots. The protective wafer has a top side configured to project above top ends of contacts located in the contact locating area. The protective wafer and the main housing member are sized and shaped to combine to help prevent a user's finger from contacting the top ends of the contacts located in the contact locating area. | 10-11-2012 |
Hui Brickner, Savage, MN US
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20150131417 | NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCER HAVING SACRIFICIAL STRUCTURE - Near field transducers (NFTs) and devices that include a peg having an air bearing region and an opposing back region, the back region including a sacrificial structure, a disc having a first surface in contact with the peg, and a barrier structure, the barrier structure positioned between the opposing back region of the peg and the first surface of the disc. | 05-14-2015 |
20150132503 | METHODS OF FORMING NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS - Methods of forming a near field transducer (NFT), the method including depositing a plasmonic material; and laser annealing the plasmonic material. | 05-14-2015 |
Hui Brickner, Bloomington, MN US
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20150162030 | METHODS OF FORMING NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS AND NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS FORMED THEREBY - A method of forming a near field transducer (NFT), the method including the steps of depositing a plasmonic material; depositing an encapsulant material on at least a portion of the plasmonic material; and implanting ions into at least a portion of the plasmonic material through the encapsulant material. | 06-11-2015 |
Hui Tao Brickner, Savage, MN US
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20120268845 | WRITE POLE AND SHIELD WITH DIFFERENT TAPER ANGLES - A first trench sidewall has a continuous first taper angle that terminates at a first plane. At least one layer may be deposited that forms a second trench sidewall with a continuous second taper angle that extends a predetermined depth past the first plane and is less than the first taper angle. A write pole may then be formed on the second trench sidewall with the write pole being closer to the first trench sidewall at the predetermined depth than at the first plane. | 10-25-2012 |
Michael Brickner, Cupertino, CA US
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20140294656 | CONNECTORS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING CONNECTORS - Frames for plug connectors capable of being a reduced size may include features to support contacts, house circuitry for coupling with the contacts, facilitate the flow of molten material during the molding of the frame, and allow for ease of insertion and removal of the plug connector to and from a corresponding receptacle connector. For example, a frame may include ledges, interlocks and rounded and tapered openings. Methods for manufacturing the frame are also provided. | 10-02-2014 |
Michael T. Brickner, Cupertino, CA US
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20140068933 | CONNECTORS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING CONNECTORS - Frames for plug connectors capable of being a reduced size may include features to support contacts, house circuitry for coupling with the contacts, facilitate the flow of molten material during the molding of the frame, and allow for ease of insertion and removal of the plug connector to and from a corresponding receptacle connector. For example, a frame may include ledges, interlocks, and rounded and tapered openings. Methods for manufacturing the frame are also provided. | 03-13-2014 |
20150040376 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THIN WALLED ENCLOSURES AND RELATED SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - A manufacturing system is provided. The manufacturing system may include a manufacturing apparatus and a dispensing apparatus. The dispensing apparatus may be configured to dispense a support material to act as a temporary fixture to support a component during manufacturing operations conducted thereon. The dispensing apparatus may dispense the support material in a liquid phase, and the support material may thereafter transition to a solid phase to support the component. After completion of the manufacturing operations, the component may be returned to the dispensing apparatus, wherein the component may be dipped in a heat transfer fluid that may cause the support material to transition back to the liquid phase for reuse. Related apparatuses and methods are also provided. | 02-12-2015 |
Phillp W. Brickner, Bronx, NY US
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20090117000 | Air Sterilization Apparatus - An air sterilization apparatus for sterilizing air that can include a fan assembly, which may be mounted in an upper-part of a room, and a UVC lamp to emit a UVGI field. The air sterilization apparatus may direct air across the UVGI field to sterilize the air. A baffle may also be provided to shield the eyes of occupants of the room from UVC energy contained in the UVGI field. The air sterilization apparatus may also include an illuminator lamp to provide illumination to a room. | 05-07-2009 |
Robert L. Brickner, Berkley, MI US
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20140203575 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A lock with a locking mechanism includes a rotary catch and a pawl for engaging the rotary catch, and a releasing lever for opening or releasing the locking mechanism. The lock may include a blocking lever capable of blocking the pawl if the latter is located in its catching position. If the releasing lever is actuated, the pawl or the blocking lever is thereby moved out of its blocking position if the releasing lever is not excessively accelerated. If excessively large accelerations of the releasing lever occur, as can be caused by a crash, then an arresting device of the lock prevents the releasing lever from being able to move the pawl or the blocking lever out of its blocking or latching position, respectively. The lock is therefore incapable of opening if the releasing lever is accelerated in the event of a crash. | 07-24-2014 |
Scott J. Brickner, Alexandria, VA US
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20140059136 | System and Method for Enabling Identification of Network Users Having Similar Interests and Facilitating Communication Between Them - A system and method is provided for enabling identification of network users having similar interests and for facilitating communication between them. An Internet-based (or “on-line”) application is provided that: 1) facilitates the identification of users having similar interests using web-browsing behavior; 2) determines the virtual distance between web sites; and 3) utilizes profiling techniques and user-supplied descriptive information to facilitate direct communication between users who need not have had prior contact, and without requiring the participation of the visited'web sites. | 02-27-2014 |
Stephanie Brickner, Jefferson Hills, PA US
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20150086597 | ANTIMICROBIAL COPPER OR COPPER ALLOY PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A copper or copper alloy product is provided, as well as a process for manufacturing a copper or copper alloy product. The product may include copper or copper alloy containing a minimum of 60% copper. The product may include an antimicrobial copper, such as, for example, the antimicrobial copper identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The product may include, but is not limited to, for example, MD-Cu | 03-26-2015 |
Steven J. Brickner, Ledyard, CT US
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20110180149 | SINGLE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMA ACTUATORS WITH IN-PLASMA catalysts AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A single dielectric barrier plasma actuator is disclosed which includes a pair of offset electrodes and a dielectric barrier therebetween which includes a catalyst at least in the area adjacent one of the electrodes for enhancing the force created in the background gas by the actuator. | 07-28-2011 |
20110190199 | Combination Therapy for Tuberculosis - The present invention relates to methods of treating tuberculosis, including multi-drug resistant varieties and latent tuberculosis. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of treating tuberculosis in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I), (S)—N-[[3-[3-fluoro-4-(4-thiomorpholinyl)phenyl]-2-oxo-5-oxazolidinyl]methyl]acetamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with at least two agents useful in the treatment of tuberculosis. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, (ii) a therapeutically effective amount of at least one agent useful in the treatment of tuberculosis and (iii) one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or vehicles. | 08-04-2011 |
Steven Joseph Brickner, Ledyard, CT US
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20100160281 | MONOCARBAMS - The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): | 06-24-2010 |
20110092480 | Substituted Heterocyclic Derivatives and Their Pharmaceutical Use and Compositions - Compounds of the general Formula I, wherein X | 04-21-2011 |
20120065188 | SUBSTITUTED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USE AND COMPOSITIONS - Compounds of the general Formula I, wherein X | 03-15-2012 |
20120289455 | Monocarbams - The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): | 11-15-2012 |
Steven Jospeh Brickner, Ledyard, CT US
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20080280879 | SUBSTITUTED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USE AND COMPOSITIONS - Compounds of the general Formula I, wherein X | 11-13-2008 |
Steven M. Brickner, Bascom, OH US
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20130099652 | SPARK PLUG ASSEMBLY FOR ENHANCED IGNITABILITY - A spark plug is provided having an insulator with a center axis. A center electrode is coupled to the insulator and has a second end extending from an end of the insulator, the center electrode having a first tip member. A ground electrode is spaced apart from the center electrode, wherein the ground electrode has a first portion extending substantially parallel to the center axis and a second portion extending on an angle from the first portion and relative to the center axis. A second tip member is disposed on the second portion of the ground electrode such that the first tip member and the second tip member cooperate to form a gap. | 04-25-2013 |
20130196563 | METHOD OF FORMING A SPARK PLUG - A method for forming a spark plug includes positioning an electrode center wire within an insulator and positioning at least one substance within the insulator and proximate the electrode center wire. The method further includes ultrasonically tamping the at least one substance to the electrode center wire. | 08-01-2013 |