Michael Allen
Michael Allen Amsler, Titusville, PA US
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20090264327 | OVERBASED METAL CARBOXYLATE PRECURSOR AND PROCESS FOR MAKING - Shelf stable, flowable liquids of overbased alkaline earth metal salts are prepared by reacting an alkaline earth metal base and a carboxylic acid in the presence of a hydrocarbon liquid, a polyol and an alcohol. The resulting overbased alkaline earth metal salts has an alkaline earth metal content of at least about 14.5% and a non-volatile matter content of at least about 95%. | 10-22-2009 |
Michael Allen Bivins, San Francisco, CA US
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20160125265 | CONTEXT-BASED IMAGE RECOGNITION FOR CONSUMER MARKET RESEARCH - Example methods, apparatus, systems to perform context-based image recognition for consumer market research are disclosed. Disclosed example methods include comparing a first subset of feature points in a first region of interest of a reference image with a first subset of feature points of a first image residing within a first region corresponding spatially to the first region of interest and located at a first location in the first image to determine a first match value. Disclosed example methods also include, in response to determining the first match value satisfies a first threshold, comparing a second subset of feature points in a second region of interest of the reference image with a second subset of the feature points of the first image residing within a second region of the first image corresponding spatially to the second region of interest to determine a second match value. | 05-05-2016 |
Michael Allen Bohurjak, Medina, OH US
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20080258931 | PNEUMATICALLY TELESCOPING MAST WITH DUAL MODE REMOTE CONTROL - A dual mode handheld remote control for selectively operating and communicating with an associated mast arrangement in one of a wired or a wireless mode is provided. The remote control includes a housing and a controller disposed internally to the housing. The controller includes a wireless communication mode for wirelessly communicating with the mast arrangement and a wired communication mode for communicating with the mast arrangement via a wired connection. An input device is secured to the housing and is operatively connected to the controller. The input device is responsive to an associated command selected by an associated operator and relays the associated command to the controller for controlling the associated mast arrangement. A power source is provided for powering the remote control. | 10-23-2008 |
20110280001 | PNEUMATICALLY TELESCOPING MAST HAVING LIGHTING AND DC OPERATED CONTROLS - A control system for a pneumatically operated mast has a first control, a second control, and a positioning member. A first serial link communicates the first control with the second control. A second serial link communicates the second control with the positioning member. A relay system communicates with the first and second control and the positioning member. The relay system accommodates a 12 voltage or 24 voltage source. | 11-17-2011 |
20120067752 | TRIPOD AND TRANSPORT PACK ASSEMBLY - A portable tripod mast assembly is provided that includes a tripod, a plurality of mast sections and a transport pack. The tripod includes at least three telescoping legs, wherein each leg is moveably attached to a common upper collar. The plurality of mast sections are each adapted to fit together end to end, forming a mast. The transport pack has a center compartment adapted to receive the tripod, wherein the center compartment includes a center panel and two side panels. Each side panel includes a plurality of individual pockets for receiving the mast sections. The transport pack further includes a base portion and a hood capable of extending over the mast sections, securing the sections in the pockets. | 03-22-2012 |
Michael Allen Bryner, Midlothian, VA US
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20080213417 | Electroblowing web formation - An improved electroblowing process is provided for forming a fibrous web of nanofibers wherein polymer stream is issued from a spinning nozzle in a spinneret with the aid of a forwarding gas stream, passes an electrode and a resulting nanofiber web is collected on a collector. The process includes applying a high voltage to the electrode and grounding the spinneret such that an electric field is generated between the spinneret and the electrode of sufficient strength to impart an electrical charge on the polymer as it issues from the spinning nozzle. | 09-04-2008 |
20090298373 | EXTREMELY HIGH LIQUID BARRIER FABRICS - One embodiment of the present invention is a nonwoven fabric comprising a support web and a fibrous barrier web, having a hydrohead of at least about 145 cm and a Frazier permeability of at least about 0.3 m | 12-03-2009 |
20110171335 | ELECTROBLOWING WEB FORMATION PROCESS - An improved electroblowing process is provided for forming a fibrous web of nanofibers wherein polymer stream is issued from a spinning nozzle in a spinneret with the aid of a forwarding gas stream, passes an electrode and a resulting nanofiber web is collected on a collector. The process includes applying a high voltage to the electrode and grounding the spinneret such that an electric field is generated between the spinneret and the electrode of sufficient strength to impart an electrical charge on the polymer as it issues from the spinning nozzle. | 07-14-2011 |
20110177741 | EXTREMELY HIGH LIQUID BARRIER FABRICS - One embodiment of the present invention is a nonwoven fabric comprising a support web and a fibrous barrier web, having a hydrohead of at least about 145 cm and a Frazier permeability of at least about 0.3 m | 07-21-2011 |
Michael Allen Curnalia, Tucson, AZ US
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20080217274 | Toolless Rack Mounting Rail Installation Latch - A method and apparatus for providing toolless rack mounting rail installation using a pin having a latch. A retention device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes stepped features and a dual locking mechanism that are configured to engage standard apertures of rack systems. The locking mechanism is configured to extend beyond the surface of a pin when in a normal position, but may be depressed to allow the retention device to be easily inserted or removed without the use of tools. | 09-11-2008 |
20080239651 | TOOL-LESS ELECTRONIC COMPONENT RETENTION - Provided is an apparatus comprising a latch mechanism, wherein the latch mechanism comprises a touch point, push points, pull back handles, and a latch tongue adapted to move up and down, wherein the latch tongue is adapted to being inserted into a retention hole. | 10-02-2008 |
20100182754 | KEYING MECHANISM FOR CONNECTOR DAMAGE PREVENTION - A tray keying mechanism is mounted on a backplane inside a modular chassis and has a protrusion that stands out like a post for each of several equipment bays. A modular tray can be inserted into each of the equipment bays, but it will not be allowed to be fully inserted and to engage the electrical connectors on the backplane if the corresponding post meets an obstruction on the rear apron of the tray. If the particular tray is the correct type, and is not upside down, the post will encounter no obstructions during the insertion of the tray, and the electrical connectors will be allowed to engage. In one embodiment, the keying mechanism comprises a bracket of molded plastic that fits all around the several connectors on the backplane, and could be patterned to fit an already existing and in-service backplane and chassis. | 07-22-2010 |
Michael Allen Demoney, San Jose, CA US
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20110150077 | QUANTIZATION PARAMETER PREDICTION - A method for encoding a video frame. The method including obtaining a current frame from a video stream, where the video stream includes a number of frames, determining a first base QP value for the current frame, and sending the first base QP value for the current frame to a decoder. The method also includes obtaining a first macroblock from the current frame, where the first macroblock includes a first image on the current frame, determining a first actual quantization parameter (QP) value for the first macroblock, and determining a first reference block for the first macroblock. The method also includes determining a first predicted QP value for the first macroblock using the first reference block, calculating a first ΔQP value for the first macroblock, and sending the first ΔQP value, a first prediction mode, and a first reference vector to the decoder. | 06-23-2011 |
Michael Allen Faltys, Valencia, CA US
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20090275997 | VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF USE - Described herein are systems, method and devices for modulating the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. The systems described herein may include one or more implantable leads configured to be used to stimulate the inflammatory reflex. These leads typically include a flexible body region, a plurality of electrodes (or contacts) and may be used with a stylet or other inserter. The leads may also include one or more anchors. Exemplary leads may be intra-carotid sheath field-effect leads (“sheath FE” leads), carotid sheath cuff leads (“sheath cuff” leads), intracardiac leads, vagus nerve cuff leads (“vagus cuff” leads), and intravenous leads (“intravascular” leads). Leads (e.g., intravascular leads) may be chronic or acute. | 11-05-2009 |
Michael Allen Greely, Olympia, WA US
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20140237746 | ORIGINAL SUPER SOLE CLEANER - The Original Super Sole Cleaner is a proprietary manifold that can be used along with any standard boot brush. The The Original Super Sole Cleaner benefits are that it removes debris by shooting columns of water at engineered angles under the sole of the shoe or boot & into the side brushes of a typical boot brush. The Original Super Sole Cleaner is simply connected to a standard garden hose and positioned under the boot brush with retaining screws. Turning the faucet on introduces water through the manifold allowing debris to efficiently be rinsed from the soles & sides of boots & shoes, and eliminates buildup of mud & dirt in the boot brush. | 08-28-2014 |
Michael Allen Loudiana, Maple Valley, WA US
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20130125656 | Method And Apparatus For Shockwave Attenuation - A method and apparatus for attenuating a shockwave propagating through a first medium. The method may include the steps of detecting a shockwave-producing event, determining a direction and distance of the shockwave relative to a defended target, and interposing a second medium between the shockwave and a defended object. The second medium is different from the first medium and the shockwave is attenuated in energy as it passes through the second medium prior to reaching the defended object. | 05-23-2013 |
Michael Allen Mclintock, Grapevine, TX US
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20110185668 | LAMINATED ROOFING SHINGLE SYSTEM AND SHINGLES FOR USE THEREIN - A roofing system comprising laminated roofing shingles having a reduced-width headlap portion and a buttlap portion, wherein the roofing system comprises a plurality of courses, and wherein a trailing edge of a subsequently installed shingle in a course overlaps the leading edge of an adjacent previously installed shingle in the same course. The reduced-width headlap portion of the roofing shingles has a width that is less than the width of the buttlap portion. The roofing shingle comprises a first and a second shingle sheet and the lateral edges of the first shingle sheet are aligned with the lateral edges of the second sheet. | 08-04-2011 |
Michael Allen Mochinski, Ramsey, MN US
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20090113647 | Multipurpose tool with moveably arranged plates - A multipurpose tool for cleaning, sanding, abrading, scrubbing, finishing, and polishing a work surface orientated in an angular or coplanar manner, which comprises a body having a top face and left and right sides integrally associated with leftward and rightward runners, respectively, for mounting thereon a pair of movably arranged plates in three distinct positional arrangements. Each leftward and rightward runner comprises a bottom face situated in between inward and outward angular walls each being angularly orientated within a specified range. Each movably arranged plate comprises a beveled edge correlating to a select angular orientated value of the outward and inward angular walls and first and second planar surfaces affixed with a hook and loop fastener to accept thereon an interchangeable surface element appropriately suited to operate on the work surface, the tool further comprising strap members attached to the body to engage one's hand to permit secure handling thereof. | 05-07-2009 |
Michael Allen Ordish, Southampton GB
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20110101483 | TWO COLOUR PHOTON DETECTOR - A two-colour radiation detector ( | 05-05-2011 |
Michael Allen Parker, San Jose, CA US
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20140351780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CHANNEL - A system and method are provided for configuring a plurality of pin resources. The method includes identifying a plurality of pin resources of a primary application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) device and configuring the plurality of pin resources based on a pin distribution between a first interface and a second interface, where the first interface provides a first communication path between the primary ASIC device and a first device, and the second interface provides a second communication path between the primary ASIC device and a second device. | 11-27-2014 |
20150163324 | APPROACH TO ADAPTIVE ALLOCATION OF SHARED RESOURCES IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS - A request management subsystem is configured to establish service classes for clients that issue requests for a shared resource on a computer system. The subsystem also is configured to determine the state of the system with respect to bandwidth, current latency, frequency and voltage levels, among other characteristics. Further, the subsystem is configured to evaluate the requirements of each client with respect to latency sensitivity and required bandwidth, among other characteristics. Finally, the subsystem is configured to schedule access to shared resources, based on the priority class of each client, the demands of the application, and the state of the system. With this approach, the subsystem may enable all clients to perform optimally or, alternatively, may cause all clients to experience an equal reduction in performance. | 06-11-2015 |
Michael Allen Raffel, Redmond, WA US
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20090054062 | METHOD FOR CATEGORIZATION OF MULTIPLE PROVIDERS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE ENVIRONMENT - A communication device locates a preferable wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency band search schedule. Initially, the communications device registers with a less preferred service provider in a first frequency band. While remaining registered with the less preferred service provider, the device examines several frequency bands in the order specified by the frequency band search schedule. A frequency band is examined by dividing the frequency band into many sub-bands, and by locating the strongest signal above a threshold within the sub-band being examined. The examination continues until a second frequency band having a more preferred service provider is located. The communication device then registers with the more preferred service provider. The category of service provider may be identified and displayed on the communication device. | 02-26-2009 |
20100099411 | METHOD FOR CATEGORIZATION OF MULTIPLE PROVIDERS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE ENVIRONMENT - A communication device locates a preferable wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency band search schedule. Initially, the communications device registers with a less preferred service provider in a first frequency band. While remaining registered with the less preferred service provider, the device examines several frequency bands in the order specified by the frequency band search schedule. A frequency band is examined by dividing the frequency band into many sub-bands, and by locating the strongest signal above a threshold within the sub-band being examined. The examination continues until a second frequency band having a more preferred service provider is located. The communication device then registers with the more preferred service provider. The category of service provider may be identified and displayed on the communication device. | 04-22-2010 |
20120077492 | METHOD FOR CATEGORIZATION OF MULTIPLE PROVIDERS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE ENVIRONMENT - A communication device locates a preferable wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency band search schedule. Initially, the communications device registers with a less preferred service provider in a first frequency band. While remaining registered with the less preferred service provider, the device examines several frequency bands in the order specified by the frequency band search schedule. A frequency band is examined by dividing the frequency band into many sub-bands, and by locating the strongest signal above a threshold within the sub-band being examined. The examination continues until a second frequency band having a more preferred service provider is located. The communication device then registers with the more preferred service provider. The category of service provider may be identified and displayed on the communication device. | 03-29-2012 |
20150215888 | METHOD FOR CATEGORIZATION OF MULTIPLE PROVIDERS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE ENVIRONMENT - A communication device locates a preferable wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency band search schedule. Initially, the communications device registers with a less preferred service provider in a first frequency band. While remaining registered with the less preferred service provider, the device examines several frequency bands in the order specified by the frequency band search schedule. A frequency band is examined by dividing the frequency band into many sub-bands, and by locating the strongest signal above a threshold within the sub-band being examined. The examination continues until a second frequency band having a more preferred service provider is located. The communication device then registers with the more preferred service provider. The category of service provider may be identified and displayed on the communication device. | 07-30-2015 |
Michael Allen Renta, Campbell, CA US
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20110139372 | SHOWERHEAD ASSEMBLY FOR VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - Vacuum processing chambers having provisions for thermal expansion and contraction. Specific embodiments provide a plasma processing chamber having a showerhead that enables thermal expansion and contraction without imparting structural stress on the chamber body and without breaking any vacuum seal. | 06-16-2011 |
20110315081 | SUSCEPTOR FOR PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER - A susceptor for a plasma process apparatus, the susceptor having a graphite main body with a top surface for supporting at least one substrate, the top surface having a plasma sprayed aluminum oxide coating. A vacuum processing chamber, has a main chamber body, a showerhead provided at the ceiling of the chamber body, a pedestal provided inside the chamber body, and a susceptor coupled to the pedestal, the susceptor is made of a graphite main body having a top surface for supporting at least one substrate, the top surface having a dielectric coating such as, e.g., plasma sprayed aluminum oxide coating. | 12-29-2011 |
Michael Allen Robinson, Fremont, CA US
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20150071651 | MULTI-LEVEL CODING AND DISTORTION COMPENSATION - An optical communication system, a transmitter, a receiver, and methods of operating the same are provided. In particular, a transmitter is disclosed as being configured to encode optical signals in accordance with a multi-level coding scheme. The receiver is configured to provide receive and decode to the optical signals received from the transmitter. One or both of the receiver and transmitter are configured to compensate for non-idealities or non-linearities introduced into the communication system by optical components of the system. | 03-12-2015 |
Michael Allen Smith, Freeburg, IL US
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20100001902 | Situation awareness display - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for tracking unmanned air vehicles and an observation platform. A location of an unmanned air vehicle is received wirelessly from the unmanned air vehicle, the location of the unmanned air vehicle being determined by a global positioning system on the unmanned air vehicle. A location of an observation platform is received from the observation platform, the location of the observation platform being determined by a global positioning system on the observation platform. The unmanned air vehicle and the observation platform are displayed on a display device based on the received location of the unmanned air vehicle and the received location of the observation platform. | 01-07-2010 |
Michael Allen Speckert, West Chester, OH US
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20080304991 | Moineu stator including a skeletal reinforcement - A Moineau style stator includes a helical cavity component having reinforced helical lobes. The lobes are reinforced with a three-dimensional network of physically bonded aggregate particles. The network of bonded aggregate provides a porous skeletal-like structural reinforcement. Pore volume between the bonded aggregate particles may optionally be partially or substantially filled with an elastomer. An elastomer liner is typically deployed on an inner surface of the helical lobes to promote a rotational interference fit with a rotor. | 12-11-2008 |
Michael Allen Suesserman, New York, NY US
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20080261995 | Pharmaceutical Combination of a Pde-5 Inhibitor and a 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitor - This invention relates to the combined use of a PDE5 inhibitor and a 5-alpha reductase antagonist in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), such as urgency, frequency, nocturia and urge incontinence. | 10-23-2008 |
20080318982 | Pharmaceutical Combination for the Treatment of Luts - This invention relates to the combined use of a PDE5 inhibitor and a muscarinic antagonist in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), such as urgency, frequency, nocturia and urge incontinence. | 12-25-2008 |
Michael Allen Thomas, San Francisco, CA US
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20080229101 | AUTHENTICATED CORRESPONDENT DATABASE - A system that can intelligently drive down false positive rates with regard to identification and/or classification of spam correspondence is disclosed. Authentication information from sending domains can be stored and used to establish confidence and drive down the false positives related to acceptance and/or classification of communications. A correspondent database of known correspondents can be constructed using the authenticated information. Accordingly, decisions (e.g., white and black list) can be better informed by employing relationship and correspondent communication pattern data which is maintained within the correspondent database. | 09-18-2008 |
20130298232 | MESSAGING SECURITY DEVICE - In one embodiment, a system can comprise an interface that receives data related to a communication session and a messaging security device component that evaluates the data and enables a security measure for preventative monitoring of a threat based on the evaluation, the security measure can be universally applied to two or more messaging formats. | 11-07-2013 |
Michael Allen Wilkman, Alamo, CA US
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20090238648 | Modular wall systems with integrated growth medium - A geometrical structure includes a superstructure capable of maintaining its structural integrity when in contact with a similar structure, an integrated growth medium, and flora within said growth medium to grow out of the superstructure. The purpose of said geometrical structure is to facilitate the rapid assembly of walls, partitions and coverings when like geometrical structures are joined together either by placement adjacent to or by a fastening means or integrated interlocks. A combination of a plurality of such geometrical structure forms a modular construction system for walls, partitions and coverings that will grow the intended flora when water is introduced. The modular system is considered a replacement for conventional wood fences, block walls, poured concrete walls, steel partitions and erosion control systems. Further, the modular system can be easily manufactured using recycled materials from landfills and waste products. | 09-24-2009 |