Castleberry, US
Billy Castleberry, Lubbock, TX US
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20120207894 | Beverage flavoring pod ejection system and method - A mechanical waste pod ejector system for a single cup pod beverage flavoring machine that has a lower head with a holding chamber therein, for holding a pod during a flavoring operation, which head mechanically ejects the pod after usage. The system includes a pod ejector mechanism, a pod support plate sized to engage the pod, and actuator head, with a pod ejector controller including a cam slide surface for moving the lower head from a flavoring position to a pod disposal position. | 08-16-2012 |
Billy J. Castleberry, Lubbock, TX US
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20090101020 | Automatic single cup brewing vender - A single serving beverage vender incorporates a device for automatically brewing and dispensing single cups of coffee or other beverage through a controlled vending machine. The vender includes a flipper assembly, for an individual packet of grounds, and can process that packet through various sequences including presenting a support from within an enclosure, in preparation for drip brewing of a beverage, brewing a cup or a mug of beverage from the grounds packet, then disposing of the packet, and providing access to the flipper assembly, following the brewing of a cup of beverage for consumption. | 04-23-2009 |
Donald Earl Castleberry, Niskayuna, NY US
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20080240358 | Wireless X-ray detector power system and method - A power system and method for supplying power to a wireless X-ray detector utilizes a detachable handle for a wireless X-ray detector. The handle carries a battery which, when the detachable handle is coupled to a wireless X-ray detector, provides the wireless X-ray detector with a mobile supply of power. A detachable handle charging station may recharge a plurality of detachable handles, providing a swappable supply of power for a wireless X-ray detector. Charging stations for such handles, or for entire detectors are also disclosed. | 10-02-2008 |
20080298545 | CARGO CONTAINER INSPECTION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - A cargo container inspection radiation detector apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support, and a plurality of area radiation detectors disposed upon the support arranged corresponding to a height of the cargo container, each area radiation detector comprising an active area defined by a matrix of pixels. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298546 | CARGO CONTAINER INSPECTION METHOD - A method of improving a signal to noise ratio of an image data set of a cargo container is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a radiation beam toward the cargo container, detecting the transmitted radiation beam via a plurality of area radiation detectors, each area radiation detector comprising an active area defined by a matrix of pixels, thereby defining enhanced radiation data, processing the enhanced radiation data and reconstructing the image data set representative of contents of the cargo container, combining image attributes of the image data set to improve the signal to noise ratio, thereby defining an enhanced image data set, and displaying on a display the enhanced image data set comprising an improved signal to noise ratio. | 12-04-2008 |
20080304246 | EMI SHIELDING OF DIGITAL X-RAY DETECTORS WITH NON-METALLIC ENCLOSURES - An imaging system is provided having an EMI shield configured to shield one or more imaging components. The EMI shield includes a first material having a first plurality of conductive elements integrally formed within a first nonconductive material and also includes a generally nonconductive exterior. A method is provided for shielding EMI in an imaging system. The method includes providing an EMI shielding enclosure that includes a first material having a first plurality of conductive elements disposed in a first non-conductive material, and a second material having a second plurality of conductive elements disposed in a second non-conductive material, wherein the first plurality of conductive elements engages the second plurality of conductive elements to form a conduction path. Another method for shielding EMI in an imaging system is provided, that includes providing an EMI shielding enclosure having a first material that has a non-conductive surface and a second EMI shielding material disposed on the non-conductive surface of the first material. | 12-11-2008 |
20090014659 | DIGITAL X-RAY DETECTORS - An x-ray detector is provided for use in imaging systems. The x-ray detector includes a detector subsystem configured to output electrical signals in response to reception of x-rays. The detector subsystem includes an imaging panel, a support layer and a low density core disposed between the imaging panel and the support layer. | 01-15-2009 |
20110170661 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An inspection system is provided. The inspection system includes at least one source configured to emit a beam of radiation onto an object. The inspection system also includes at least two area detectors having different characteristics configured to receive a reflected beam of radiation from the object and output a plurality of image data streams corresponding to the different characteristics, wherein the at least two area detectors disposed in at least one of a cascaded arrangement or separated by a pre-determined distance along a direction parallel or perpendicular to a scan direction of the object. | 07-14-2011 |
Issac E. Castleberry, Valdosta, GA US
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20100240340 | Emergency Communication Apparatus - An emergency communication apparatus includes a user input device having a plurality of provider inputs corresponding to respective emergency service providers and a plurality of severity level inputs corresponding to respective severity levels. The apparatus includes a transmitter for communicating with an emergency response entity, a memory device having owner information, and a GPS device for determining position data. The apparatus includes a processor in data communication with the user input device, transmitter, memory device, and GPS device. The processor includes programming that actuates the transmitter to automatically provide the owner information, the position data, an emergency service provider selected using the user input device, and a severity level selected using the user input device to the emergency response entity. | 09-23-2010 |
Jeffrey Castleberry US
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20140039542 | Systems, Devices, And Methods for Delivering A Lumen Occlusion Device Using Distal And/Or Proximal Control - A delivery apparatus for a lumen occlusion device includes a pusher configured for releasably coupling with and pushing and pulling a proximal end of the occlusion device in a distal or proximal direction and a distal control wire capable of releasably coupling with the distal end and the proximal end of the occlusion device. The control wire may be configured for moving the distal end of the occlusion device in both proximal and distal directions allowing precise simultaneous control of both proximal and distal ends of the occlusion device. Control of both ends provides for placing the occlusion device in tension during delivery through a delivery catheter, thereby reducing delivery forces, achieving greater compaction of the occlusion device in the lumen, and precisely locating both distal and proximal ends of the occlusion device within the lumen. | 02-06-2014 |
Jeffrey Castleberry, Longmont, CO US
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20140277097 | CONTINUOUS EMBOLIC COIL AND METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DELIVERY OF THE SAME - An occlusion system provides a trimmable continuous embolic coil that is “cut to length” at the end of its deployment into the aneurysmal space. A delivery device provides the “cut to length” feature for the continuous embolic coil. A method of filling an aneurysmal space with a continuous embolic coil is also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
Jeffrey Castleberry, Underwood, WA US
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20140203499 | ACCESS DOOR FOR MEDIA TRAY WITH ROTATIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT OF CLEANOUT - Embodiments of the invention include a media tray for a media advance mechanism. The media tray includes an access door attached to the media tray via a hinge oriented in a vertical direction and a cleanout disposed on an interior surface of the access door. The access door pivots open around the hinge. The cleanout is mounted such that the cleanout can move translationally along the access door. | 07-24-2014 |
20140233045 | CONNECTOR FOR PRINTER ACCESSORY - A printer accessory including a housing and a connector, the connector having a frame defining an opening in the housing, and including a contact housing and a door slideably disposed within the opening. Biasing elements bias the contact housing and door to extend from the opening, wherein the door is configured to be depressed into the housing through the opening to expose electrical contacts on the contact housing. | 08-21-2014 |
Jeffrey G. Castleberry, Vancouver, WA US
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20080236413 | Media carrier - A carrier for supporting a media in a printing device for printing thereon includes a support portion configured to support the media, a tapered portion contiguous with the support portion, and at least one tab protruding from a surface of the tapered portion and extending beyond a leading edge of the tapered portion. | 10-02-2008 |
Jeffrey P. Castleberry, Longmont, CO US
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20130085518 | MULTI-FIBER SHAPE MEMORY DEVICE - A shape memory coiling device ( | 04-04-2013 |
Jeffrey Paul Castleberry, Longmont, CO US
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20100152839 | Shape Memory Polymer Prosthetic Medical Device - A prosthetic medical device is formed by the combination of a biological tissue a shape memory polymer structure. The biological tissue provides an in-situ physiological function of the device. The shape memory polymer provides a capability for minimizing the device profile during insertion and then deploying after placement into a memory shape that achieves suitable mechanical structure and stability within an anatomical lumen or cavity. This configuration may be applied to form various prosthetic devices including aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valves in the heart; venous valves; anti-reflux valves for the lower esophageal sphincter; and other biological valve structures. Alternatively, an entirely non-biologic implementation using only shape memory polymer-based structures may be used as a prosthetic valve device. | 06-17-2010 |
20120046687 | Vascular Occlusion Devices - Shape memory materials (SMM) are formed as coil-shaped vascular occlusion devices upon deployment. Shape memory polymer (SMP) materials are tailored through formulation for specific mechanical behavior of the coils. Concurrent coil diameter changes enhance the relative change in stiffness along the length of the coil. Interconnecting structures ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120116504 | Reliably Retained Shape Memory Ophthalmological Implants - An implantable ophthalmological device ( | 05-10-2012 |
20130225778 | RADIOPAQUE SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - Radiopaque polymer compositions and methods for making the compositions are provided. These radiopaque polymer compositions include shape memory polymer compositions comprising a crosslinked polymer network, the network comprising a first repeating unit derived from a monofunctional iodinated monomer and a second repeating unit derived from a multifunctional non-iodinated monomer wherein neither of the two monomers is fluorinated. Devices formed from radiopaque polymer compositions are also provided. | 08-29-2013 |
Larry Castleberry, Detroit, MI US
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20080223021 | Ammonia vapor management system and method - A method of managing vapors generated from an ammonia-containing reductant delivery system for an engine, comprising of storing an ammonia-containing fluid in a first storage device; generating ammonia vapors in the first storage device and storing said generated ammonia vapors in a second storage device; and purging said stored vapors from the second storage device to upstream of a combustion chamber of the engine during a first condition and downstream of the combustion chamber during a second condition. | 09-18-2008 |
20110023832 | FUEL SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel system for a diesel engine has both a low pressure pump, which extracts fuel from the fuel tank, and a high pressure pump, which is fed by the low pressure pump and supplies fuel to fuel injectors. The fuel injectors supply fuel to the engine cylinders, with a small portion of fuel routed back into the fuel system. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the injector return fuel is routed into a low pressure fuel line between the low and high pressure fuel pumps, with return fuel from the fuel rails returned through a fuel cooler to the fuel tank. The low pressure fuel line has a filter disposed therein and the injector return fuel is returned to the low pressure fuel line upstream of the filter. | 02-03-2011 |
20110260011 | AUTOMOTIVE LINE BUNDLING SYSTEM - A system of alternate hose line bundling allows for exclusion of a higher pressure hose line from fasteners directly attached to a vehicle body. Alternatively to mounting to the vehicle body, the higher pressure hose line is coupled to a lower pressure hose line via fasteners which lack mounting features. Eliminating attachment of higher pressure hose lines to the vehicle body reduces noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) experienced by passengers in the vehicle. | 10-27-2011 |
20120216778 | MULTI-STAGED FUEL RETURN SYSTEM - A fuel system for an engine is provided herein. According to one embodiment, the fuel system includes a fuel supply coupled to a low pressure fuel pump, the low pressure fuel pump coupled to a high pressure fuel pump to provide fuel to a fuel rail. Further, the fuel system includes a plurality of injectors coupled to the fuel rail to provide fuel to a plurality of engine cylinders. Further still, the fuel system includes a first fuel return line coupling the fuel rail to the fuel supply and a thermal recirculation valve, the thermal recirculation valve further coupled to a low pressure pump intake line; a second fuel return line coupling the high pressure fuel pump to the first fuel return line; and a third fuel return line coupling the plurality of injectors to a high pressure pump intake line. | 08-30-2012 |
20140081558 | DIESEL ENGINE WATER IN FUEL SEPARATOR AND RESERVOIR AUTOMATIC DRAIN SYSTEM AND CONTROL STRATEGY - Methods and systems are provided for draining water separated from diesel fuel into an EGR system. In response to the water volume in the fuel system and EGR flow at pre-determined levels, water may be introduced into the EGR system. EGR flow may also be controlled in response to introducing water into the EGR system and engine operating conditions. | 03-20-2014 |
Michael Castleberry, Wheaton, IL US
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20120257546 | CELLULAR SIGNAL FORWARDING UTILIZING A PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORK - Systems and methods are provided for forwarding cellular signaling across a packet-switched network. The system generates signaling according to a cellular protocol for a mobile device and exchanges the cellular signaling with a base station of a home mobile network of the mobile device. The system further detects a triggering condition, encapsulates the cellular signaling in a packet wrapper, and forwards the encapsulated signaling to a virtual base station for the home network via a packet-switched network. | 10-11-2012 |
Michael R. Castleberry, Wheaton, IL US
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20110153868 | Cloud-Based Application For Low-Provisioned High-Functionality Mobile Station - A communication system includes a low-provisioned high-functionality mobile station, a wireless service provider, Internet, and a PSTN. The wireless service provider includes a mobile smart cloud server that provides applications to the low-provisioned high-functionality mobile station. The mobile smart cloud servers can include servers that allow the low-provisioned high-functionality mobile station to perform voice communications, web browsing applications, and applications for reading email and email attachments. | 06-23-2011 |
Michael Ray Castleberry, Wheaton, IL US
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20110077011 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LTE-TO-1XRTT BORDER CELL CROSS-PAGING IN CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALL BACK CALL DELIVERY - A technique is provided to leverage the border cell paging capability to eliminate paging waste during LTE-to-1xRTT cross-RAT paging for CSFB call delivery. A method comprises receiving a call for the user equipment at the first switching element, sending a page request to the user equipment by the first switching element via the LTE elements, sending a page invoke message by the first switching element to a plurality of switching elements on a border between the first area and the second area, the page invoke message having an indicator field indicating a status of listen only, receiving a page response from the user equipment at the second switching element, recognizing the page response by the second switching element based on the page invoke message, and, completing the call to the user equipment. This technique reduces or eliminates border cell paging waste during LTE-to-1xRTT cross-RAT paging for CSFB call delivery and also helps maximize CSFB call delivery success rates and minimize call delivery setup time. | 03-31-2011 |
Ransom Hal Castleberry, Blacksburg, VA US
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20140001967 | Clamped Cathode Power Supply For Image Intensifier | 01-02-2014 |
Steve Castleberry, Greer, SC US
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20090078369 | Method and Apparatus for Forming Insulated Rotor Conductors - An apparatus is disclosed for forming an insulated rotor conductor by bonding an insulating material onto a single side of a flat electrical conductor under controlled heat and mechanical pressure. The rotor conductor is suitable for assembly into the rotor assembly of a rotating electrical machine such as an alternating current generator. The apparatus includes modules to facilitate easy relocation within a manufacturing environment and to make efficient use of available manufacturing space. A corresponding method is also disclosed. | 03-26-2009 |
Steven A. Castleberry, Cambridge, MA US
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20140302116 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY - The present invention provides, among other things, multilayer film coating compositions, coated substrates and methods thereof. In some embodiments, a structure includes a substrate; and a multilayer film coated on the substrate, wherein adjacent layers of the multilayer film are associated with one another via one or more non-covalent interactions, wherein the multilayer film comprises a first nucleic acid agent present at a loading density, and further wherein the multilayer film is characterized in that, when the structure is placed on a subject so that the multilayer film contacts cells, the first nucleic acid agent is released with a profile characterized by a feature selected from the group consisting of 1) being a burst-free release; 2) being a sustained release; and 3) exhibiting in vitro and/or in vivo biological effectiveness. | 10-09-2014 |
Steven Andrew Castleberry, Boston, MA US
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20150125879 | Biodegradable Layer-by-Layer (LbL) Films for Cell Capture and Release - Compositions and methods for providing devices comprised of a substrate and a Layer-By-Layer (LBL) film coated on at least a surface of the substrate, which LBL film comprises binding agents that specifically interact with cells. Such devices are useful, for example, in various cell isolation applications. Among other advantages, such devices permit isolation and release (e.g., via layer degradation) of cells under mild conditions. | 05-07-2015 |
Steven L. Castleberry, Greer, SC US
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20080230253 | ROEBEL WINDING WITH CONDUCTIVE FELT - A conductive filler comprising a conductive felt and a non-conductive resin for use in a Roebel bar or winding and the manufacture of the conductive filler and Roebel bar or winding. | 09-25-2008 |
Theodore Castleberry, Sterling Heights, MI US
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20120318395 | FLEXIBLE CONDUIT FOR USE IN FRESH AIR INTAKE AND GAS VAPOR OUTLET INCORPORATED INTO A VEHICLE FUEL TANK TO ELIMINATE WHISTLING WITHIN THE CONDUIT - A tubing incorporated into a vehicle fuel tank system including an elongated and flexible tubular shaped body having a hollow interior exhibiting pluralities of alternating inner and outer diameter spaced locations. The inner diameter locations exhibit a first plurality of annularly projecting ribs, the outer diameter locations exhibiting a second plurality of ribs exhibiting a larger dimension. In this fashion, a plurality of individual tubing sections are incorporated into each of gas vapor (outflow) vent lines and fresh intake air (inflow) lines such that an inner airflow profile is established within the body to retard the generation of sound associated with volumetric airflow. | 12-20-2012 |
Walter T. Castleberry, Hampton Cove, AL US
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20100193593 | Water Heater Monitor/Diagnostic Display Apparatus - A water heater is provided with monitor/diagnostic display apparatus that selectively provides a user with visual or other type of indicia of the recovery time for the water heater. The apparatus includes a monitoring unit that may be mounted on the water heater, and a display unit that may be mounted either on the water heater or remotely therefrom. | 08-05-2010 |
20100204957 | Water Heater Monitor/Diagnostic Display Apparatus - A water heater is provided with monitor/diagnostic display apparatus that selectively provides a user with visual or other type of indicia of the overall efficiency of the water heater. The apparatus includes a monitoring unit that may be mounted on the water heater, and a display unit that may be mounted either on the water heater or remotely therefrom. | 08-12-2010 |
Wayne Castleberry, Richmond, VA US
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20140096444 | Cut flower shipping container - The invention is directed toward a spill- and leak-proof container for floriculture items including cut flowers, stems, other horticultural items, and the like. More specifically, the invention includes a receptacle having funnel-like primary closure. The funnel-like primary closure includes a wider opening generally adjacent to and contiguous with the mouth of the receptacle. The narrower opening of the funnel-like primary closure is positioned in the interior of the receptacle. A secondary closure atop the wider opening of the primary closure ensures no liquid can spill. | 04-10-2014 |