Swanson, NC
Arthur Frederick Swanson, Cary, NC US
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20120036471 | TOOL BARS ALONG LATERAL EDGES OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE DISPLAY - Tool bars are provided along lateral edges of a display of a handheld computing device. The tool bars include icons that represent application features. The user may interact with the application by touching the icons on the display. Since mobile computing devices are commonly held at the lateral sides of the device, navigation and activation buttons are in close proximity to a natural location of a user's thumbs. The proximity of the tool bars to the thumbs increases efficiency and accuracy when interacting with the application. The tool bars may be displayed in an expanded state such that a text label may be displayed to identify the application feature that each icon represents. The tool bars may also include functionality that displays additional information for any of the application features represented by the icons without navigating the application away from the current screen. | 02-09-2012 |
20130073999 | TOOL BARS ALONG LATERAL EDGES OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE DISPLAY - Tool bars are provided along lateral edges of a display of a handheld computing device. The tool bars include icons that represent application features. The user may interact with the application by touching the icons on the display. Since mobile computing devices are commonly held at the lateral sides of the device, navigation and activation buttons are in close proximity to a natural location of a user's thumbs. The proximity of the tool bars to the thumbs increases efficiency and accuracy when interacting with the application. The tool bars may be displayed in an expanded state such that a text label may be displayed to identify the application feature that each icon represents. The tool bars may also include functionality that displays additional information for any of the application features represented by the icons without navigating the application away from the current screen. | 03-21-2013 |
Brock Swanson, Nashville, NC US
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20090252788 | Balsalazide formulations and manufacture and use thereof - The invention relates to formulations and dosage schedules of balsalazide. The invention further relates to methods of producing pharmaceutical formulations of balsalazide. | 10-08-2009 |
Doug Swanson, Cary, NC US
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20130311012 | ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM WITH RESONANT INERTIAL ACTUATORS - A control system for resonant inertial actuators estimates operating parameters of the resonant inertial actuators based on voltage and current feedback and dynamically limits selected parameters to maintain the safe, efficient, and cost effective operation of the resonant inertial actuators. Resistance within the electrical drives for the resonant inertial actuators is estimated from the voltage and current feedback and in conjunction with the modeling of the resonant inertial actuators other operating parameters are calculated or otherwise estimated. Having regard for the responsiveness of the resonant inertial actuators to changes in command signals, the command signals are adjusted to dynamically limit the estimated parameters. | 11-21-2013 |
Doug A. Swanson, Cary, NC US
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20150232174 | HUB-MOUNTED ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL (HAVC) DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Hub-mounted active vibration control (HAVC) devices, systems, and related methods are provided. An HAVC device ( | 08-20-2015 |
Douglas Swanson, Apex, NC US
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20110208361 | MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DIGITAL PROCESSING LINK - A digital processing link for a vibration control system collects sensor signals at a transfer station and combines the sensor signals into a collective signal that is transmitted under a digital communications protocol to a base station. The sensor signals are separated at the base station and individually processed to produce one or more output control signals to actuators for counteracting the measured vibration. | 08-25-2011 |
Douglas Swanson, Cary, NC US
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20100090054 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HELICOPTER VIBRATIONS - A method/system for controlling helicopter vibrations is provided that includes a vibration canceling force generator for actively generating a vibration canceling force. The system includes a resonant actuator having a natural resonant frequency and a resonant actuator electronic control system. The resonant actuator electronic control system provides an electrical drive current to the resonant actuator to drive the resonant actuator about the resonant frequency when commanded by a received command signal. The resonant actuator has a feedback output with the feedback output fed back into the resonant actuator electronic control system wherein the resonant actuator electronic control system adjusts the electrical drive current based on the resonant actuator feedback output to generate the vibration canceling force. | 04-15-2010 |
Douglas A. Swanson, Apex, NC US
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20100034655 | HELICOPTER HUB MOUNTED VIBRATION CONTROL AND CIRCULAR FORCE GENERATION SYSTEMS FOR CANCELING VIBRATIONS - A rotary wing aircraft including a vehicle vibration control system. The vehicle vibration control system includes a rotating hub mounted vibration control system, the rotating hub mounted vibration control system mounted to the rotating rotary wing hub with the rotating hub mounted vibration control system rotating with the rotating rotary wing hub. The vehicle vibration control system includes a rotary wing aircraft member sensor for outputting rotary wing aircraft member data correlating to the relative rotation of the rotating rotary wing hub member rotating relative to the nonrotating body, at least a first nonrotating body vibration sensor, the at least first nonrotating body vibration sensor outputting at least first nonrotating body vibration sensor data correlating to vibrations, at least a first nonrotating body circular force generator, the at least a first nonrotating body circular force generator fixedly coupled with the nonrotating body, a distributed force generation data communications network link, the distributed force generation data communications system network link linking together at least the first nonrotating body circular force generator and the rotating hub mounted vibration control system wherein the rotating hub mounted vibration control system and the first nonrotating body circular force generator communicate force generation vibration control data through the distributed force generation data communications network, the at least first nonrotating body circular force generator controlled to produce a rotating force with a controllable rotating force magnitude and a controllable rotating force phase, the controllable rotating force magnitude controlled from a minimal force magnitude up to a maximum force magnitude, and with the controllable rotating force phase controlled in reference to the rotary wing aircraft member sensor data correlating to the relative rotation of the rotating rotary wing hubrotating relative to the nonrotating body wherein the vibration sensed by the at least first nonrotating body vibration sensor is reduced. | 02-11-2010 |
20120136533 | HELICOPTER VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND CIRCULAR FORCE GENERATION SYSTEMS FOR CANCELING VIBRATIONS - A rotary wing aircraft including a vehicle vibration control system. The vehicle vibration control system includes a rotary wing aircraft member sensor for outputting rotary wing aircraft member data correlating to the relative rotation of the rotating rotary wing hub member rotating relative to the nonrotating body, at least a first nonrotating body vibration sensor, the at least first nonrotating body vibration sensor outputting at least first nonrotating body vibration sensor data correlating to vibrations, at least a first nonrotating body circular force generator, the at least a first nonrotating body circular force generator fixedly coupled with the nonrotating body, the at least first nonrotating body circular force generator controlled to produce a rotating force with a controllable rotating force magnitude and a controllable rotating force phase, the controllable rotating force magnitude controlled from a minimal force magnitude up to a maximum force magnitude, and with the controllable rotating force phase controlled in reference to the rotary wing aircraft member sensor data correlating to the relative rotation of the rotating rotary wing hub rotating relative to the nonrotating body wherein the vibration sensed by the at least first nonrotating body vibration sensor is reduced. | 05-31-2012 |
Douglas A. Swanson, Cary, NC US
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20090152396 | Aircraft Landing Gear Assembly Shimmy Damper - An aircraft vehicular assembly is provided that includes a nonelastomeric outer tubular member having an inner axial center bore with a tubular cylindrical frictional interface contiguous smooth inner surface segment, and a nonelastomeric inner member having an outer bonding surface segment. The nonelastomeric inner member is rotationally received in the outer member inner axial center bore with the nonelastomeric inner strut member rotatable within said outer member. An elastomer encompasses the nonelastomeric inner strut member outer bonding surface segment. The elastomer has an inner bonding surface segment and an outer grooved elastomer surface, the inner bonding surface segment is bonded to the nonelastomeric inner member outer bonding surface segment. | 06-18-2009 |
20090294583 | AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY SHIMMY DAMPER - An aircraft vehicular assembly is provided that includes a nonelastomeric outer tubular member having an inner axial center bore with a tubular cylindrical frictional interface contiguous smooth inner surface segment, and a nonelastomeric inner member having an outer bonding surface segment. The nonelastomeric inner member is rotationally received in the outer member inner axial center bore with the nonelastomeric inner strut member rotatable within said outer member. The assembly includes an elastomer encompassing the nonelastomeric inner strut member outer bonding surface segment. The elastomer has an inner bonding surface segment and an outer grooved elastomer surface, the inner bonding surface segment is bonded to the nonelastomeric inner member outer bonding surface segment. The assembly includes a grease disposed between the outer elastomer surface and the nonelastomeric outer member frictional interface inner surface segment with the greased grooved outer elastomer surface engaging the nonelastomeric outer member frictional interface inner surface segment and inhibiting an oscillating rotation. | 12-03-2009 |
Gregory Earl Swanson, Fuquay Varina, NC US
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20140040786 | AUTOMATIC TRACKING OF USER ENGAGEMENT WITH COMPUTING INTERFACES - An engagement tracking system is described herein that automatically scans, identifies, and tags available events to track, monitor, record, and report on various unique webpages and/or electronic/digital content sources for any domain(s) designated by a user. The system eliminates the need for manual tagging/coding yet allows users to easily administer the tracking, monitoring, recording, and reporting of events through a hosted user interface or through an integrated third-party reporting application. In some embodiments, the system automatically scans and identifies text-based telephone numbers, image-based telephone numbers, and call-to-action images to alter the content and images to generate a URI/hypertext reference in order to initiate a telephone call (either through dialing protocols or third-party software). Each URI/hypertext reference is then tagged to track, monitor, record, and report as with other events managed by the system. | 02-06-2014 |
Gunnar W. Swanson, East Bend, NC US
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20150140356 | THERMAL BARRIER COATING WITH CONTROLLED DEFECT ARCHITECTURE - Yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) particles ( | 05-21-2015 |
James Swanson, Greensboro, NC US
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20090300968 | BAIT STATION FOR TERMITE CONTROL - The present invention is directed to a device for monitoring, detecting and/or controlling subterranean termites comprising an outer housing adapted to be implanted in the ground having a plurality of openings through a side wall of the outer housing for passage of termites through the openings into an interior of the outer housing; and a bait cartridge comprising a major amount of a termite edible material and a minor amount of a termite resistant material, wherein the termite edible material comprises at least two different forms of a cellulose containing material; and, optionally, a termite-edible sleeve engaged with the side wall of the outer housing and covering at least a portion of said side wall, which sleeve comprises a cellulose containing material having substantially the same form as at least one of the cellulose containing materials from which the bait cartridge is formed. | 12-10-2009 |
20100113269 | CONTROLLED RELEASE GRANULES - The present invention relates to a controlled release granule technology, methods of preparing such a granule and methods for using the granule in the control of pests. | 05-06-2010 |
20140109463 | BAIT STATION FOR TERMITE CONTROL - The present invention is directed to a device for monitoring, detecting and/or controlling subterranean termites comprising an outer housing adapted to be implanted in the ground having a plurality of openings through a side wall of the outer housing for passage of termites through the openings into an interior of the outer housing; and a bait cartridge comprising a major amount of a termite edible material and a minor amount of a termite resistant material, wherein the termite edible material comprises at least two different forms of a cellulose containing material; and, optionally, a termite-edible sleeve engaged with the side wall of the outer housing and covering at least a portion of said side wall, which sleeve comprises a cellulose containing material having substantially the same form as at least one of the cellulose containing materials from which the bait cartridge is formed. | 04-24-2014 |
James Alan Swanson, Greensboro, NC US
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20120021913 | TURF SAFE GRANULAR HERBICIDE FORMULATIONS - The present invention relates to a method for controlling weeds in turfgrass without causing significant damage to the turfgrass, and a composition for the same. | 01-26-2012 |
20140162880 | Controlled Release Granules - The present invention relates to a controlled release granule technology, methods of preparing such a granule and methods for using the granule in the control of pests. | 06-12-2014 |
20140308249 | STABILIZED BIOCONTROL WATER DISPERSIBLE GRANULES - The present invention provides a stabilized water dispersible granule biocontrol composition comprising at least one non-toxigenic strain of | 10-16-2014 |
Sandra Lynne Swanson, Charlotte, NC US
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20120284964 | DEVICE FOR POSITIONING A NECKLACE - Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses for positioning a piece of jewelry and methods of making said apparatuses. The jewelry may include a necklace, bracelet, and/or anklet. The apparatus may be placed over the clasp of a piece of jewelry and then be attached to the skin of the individual wearing the necklace. In this way, the apparatus prevents the movement of the clasp of the piece of jewelry from a desirable location to an undesirable location, where the clasp may detract from the beauty of the piece of jewelry. Further, the apparatus may come in many shapes, sizes, colors, etc., such that the device may provide for a stylish accessory for the individual wearing the device. | 11-15-2012 |
Susan E. Swanson, Chapel Hill, NC US
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20100070892 | USER INTERFACE INCLUDING QUESTION VERIFICATION INDICATORS - A method of displaying non-textual indication of question verification status in a user interface, the user interface including a plurality of questions associated there-with, includes receiving an answer to at least one question of the plurality of questions, associating a non-textual indication of the verification status of the answer, and displaying the non-textual indication of the at least one question. | 03-18-2010 |
Susan Elyce Swanson, Chapel Hill, NC US
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20100047754 | DEFINING A SERVICEABILITY ASSESSMENT MEASURE - A plurality of questions are displayed. Responses to the plurality of questions are received, wherein a response to a question included in the plurality of questions includes an indication of a likelihood of occurrence of an answer to the question. A value for a quality measure is determined, based on the responses to the plurality of questions. | 02-25-2010 |