Mcmillan, TX
Brent Mcmillan, Murphy, TX US
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20090266211 | LINEAR SAW WITH STAB-CUT BEVEL CAPABILITY - A method for automatically cutting a workpiece comprising the steps of moving a workpiece along its longitudinal axis, positioning a cutting blade by rotating the blade about a vertical axis, positioning the cutting blade by rotating about a bevel axis, and vertically moving the blade into cutting contact with the workpiece, thereby stab cutting the workpiece and creating a bevel cut. The method may also comprises moving the blade along a transverse axis. Further steps may include moving the cutting blade along a transverse axis simultaneous to moving the workpiece along it longitudinal axis, thereby creating a scarf cut. | 10-29-2009 |
20120198976 | LINEAR SAW WITH STAB-CUT BEVEL CAPABILITY - A method for automatically cutting a workpiece comprising the steps of moving a workpiece along its longitudinal axis, positioning a cutting blade by rotating the blade about a vertical axis, positioning the cutting blade by rotating about a bevel axis, and vertically moving the blade into cutting contact with the workpiece, thereby stab cutting the workpiece and creating a bevel cut. The method may also comprise moving the blade along a transverse axis. Further steps may include moving the cutting blade along a transverse axis simultaneous to moving the workpiece along it longitudinal axis, thereby creating a scarf cut. | 08-09-2012 |
Damon Michael Mcmillan, Humble, TX US
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20090220307 | STRAKE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - There is disclosed a system comprising a structural element, at least one helical strake about the structural element, and at least one ramp to provide a transition from the structural element to the helical strake. | 09-03-2009 |
20090242207 | STRAKE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - There is disclosed a system comprising a structural element; at least one strake holder connected to the structural element; and at least one flexible helical strake connected to the at least one strake holder. | 10-01-2009 |
David Wayne Mcmillan, Deer Park, TX US
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20090220307 | STRAKE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - There is disclosed a system comprising a structural element, at least one helical strake about the structural element, and at least one ramp to provide a transition from the structural element to the helical strake. | 09-03-2009 |
20100061809 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DRAG AND/OR VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION - There is disclosed a system for reducing drag and/or vortex induced vibration of a structure, the system comprising a fairing comprising a dampening mechanism adapted to dampen the rotation of the fairing about the structure. | 03-11-2010 |
20100098497 | VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system comprising a subsea structure beneath a body of water, subject to a water current; an installation vessel floating on the body of water; a line connected to the subsea structure and the installation vessel; and one or more vortex induced vibration suppression devices connected to the line, which have been lowered from the vessel to be installed on the subsea structure. | 04-22-2010 |
20100150662 | VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system comprising a subsea structure defining an interior of the system, the structure subject to a water current; a sleeve exterior to the subsea structure, covering at least a portion of an outside surface of the subsea structure; and a vortex induced vibration suppression device exterior to the sleeve. | 06-17-2010 |
Edna Sue Mcmillan, Richwood, TX US
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20100196268 | Compositions and methods for treatment of tumors by direct administration of a radioisotope - This invention provides a safer and more effective treatment for non-intracavitary undesirable tissue masses, especially bone cancer and soft tissue tumors. The method involves the direct administration of a therapeutically-effective dose of a formulated radioisotope composition nearby or directly into the tissue mass. Small volumes of the composition are used. | 08-05-2010 |
Emest Mcmillan, Kingwood, TX US
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20140051611 | Crosslinking Composition for Hydrocarbon Gels - A crosslinking composition for hydrocarbon gels containing phosphate ester gelling agents comprising a modified imidazoline or pyrimidine including an alkyl group (or unsaturated carbon chain) or of 10 to 22 carbon atoms, a polyamine, and ferric sulfate. The method of making the crosslinking agent features adding the polyamine after reaction of the other ingredients; unique gels formed with the crosslinking agent are particularly effective for LNG at very cold temperatures. | 02-20-2014 |
Erik Mcmillan, Austin, TX US
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20140316896 | DECISIONING SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING AND DELIVERING OPTIMIZATION, LAYOUT, AND OTHER STORE INSIGHTS FROM LOCATION DATA - The present disclosure provides a system, method and computer readable medium that enables the delivery of data to retail stores and their affiliates. In addition, the present disclosure augments existing data gathering solutions. One embodiment of the present disclosure is capable of tracking client movement within a store, and presenting the client with targeted advertisements. | 10-23-2014 |
Erik Andrew Mcmillan, Austin, TX US
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20140249928 | SHELF TO CONSUMER PLATFORM - The present disclosure provides a system, apparatus and means for addressing the limitations of existing technology and practices with respect to in-store advertising. The present disclosure enables marketers to direct commercial messages to consumers whilst enabling consumers to control or influence if and when messages are received, as well as the content of the messages. The disclosure can provide this functionality is through the use of broadcast beacons and demand beacons. The disclosure also provides a means for interacting with applications located on PEDs, including from a sleeping or non-active state and ensuring that the messages transmitted are secure. The disclosure also provides a means for marketers to design, track and alter in real-time a marketing strategy, including on a store-by-store basis. | 09-04-2014 |
Ernest Mcmillan, Kingwood, TX US
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20120000660 | Low temperature hydrocarbon gel - A composition useful for crosslinking phosphate esters in hydrocarbon gels used in formation fracturing performs especially well in cold temperatures, such as temperatures lower than (−)20° C. Methods of making the crosslinking composition and the gel are described; also methods of fracturing subterranean formations. Specific forms of ferric sulfate and ferric ammonium citrate are useful as ingredients of the crosslinking composition. | 01-05-2012 |
20120000661 | Low temperature hydrocarbon gel II - A composition useful for crosslinking phosphate esters in hydrocarbon gels used in formation fracturing performs especially well in cold temperatures, such as temperatures lower than (−)20° C. Methods of making the crosslinking composition and the gel are described; also methods of fracturing subterranean formations. Specific forms of ferric sulfate and ferric ammonium citrate are useful as ingredients of the crosslinking composition. | 01-05-2012 |
20130081819 | Breaking pumpable hydrocarbon gels - Where the loss of volatile organics during storage of high gravity oil is minimized by forming a flowable or pumpable gel in the high gravity oil, (and/or condensates and distillates), as they are introduced to a storage vessel, the gel is broken by the addition of a small amount of an amine/formaldehyde reaction product, which may be either a triazine or a mixture of non-triazine reaction products. The previously gelled hydrocarbon may then by more readily moved by draining or pumping into a pipeline. | 04-04-2013 |
Gregory K. Mcmillan, Austin, TX US
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20090299495 | Non-Periodic Control Communications in Wireless and Other Process Control Systems - Disclosed is a controller having a processor and a control module adapted for periodic execution by the processor and configured to be responsive to a process variable to generate a control signal for a process. An iteration of the periodic execution of the control module involves implementation of a routine configured to generate a representation of a process response to the control signal. The routine is further configured to maintain the representation over multiple iterations of the periodic execution of the control module and until an update of the process variable is available. In some cases, the update of the process variable is made available via wireless transmission of the process signal. In those and other cases, the controller may be included within a process control system having a field device to transmit the process signal indicative of the process variable non-periodically based on whether the process variable has changed by more than a predetermined threshold. In some embodiments, the field device also transmits the process signal if a refresh time has been exceeded since a last transmission. | 12-03-2009 |
20100222899 | PROCESS PLANT MONITORING BASED ON MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND ON-LINE PROCESS SIMULATION - Disclosed are systems and methods for on-line monitoring of operation of a process in connection with process measurements indicative of the operation of the process. In some cases, the operation of the process is simulated to generate model data indicative of a simulated representation of the operation of the process and based on the process measurements. A multivariate statistical analysis of the operation of the process is implemented based on the model data and the process measurements. The output data from the multivariate statistical analysis may then be evaluated during the operation of the process to enable the on-line monitoring of the process involving, for instance, fault detection via classification analysis of the output data. | 09-02-2010 |
20110218782 | RAPID PROCESS MODEL IDENTIFICATION AND GENERATION - A rapid process model identification technique identifies, in a relatively short period of time, the dynamic relationship between a process input and a process output by developing an estimate of an integrating gain and a process deadtime from the initial response of the process output to a change in the process input. The integrating gain and deadtime values are then used to generate a complete process model for any of many different types of processes. These process models can be used very quickly to perform process simulation or can be used for control purposes, so as to be able to bring a process control system that uses or relies on process models on line much more quickly than was possible in the past. Moreover, this rapid modeling technique can be used to develop simulation models for a process loop before the controller that controls the process loop has completed responding to even a single process upset or set point change, making the technique very useful in performing control of slow processes. | 09-08-2011 |
20130046396 | Self-Diagnostic Process Control Loop For A Process Plant - A method of diagnosing an adaptive process control loop includes measuring process control loop signal data, generating a plurality of process control loop parameters from the process loop signal data and evaluating a condition of the adaptive process control loop from one or more of the plurality of process control loop parameters. The process control loop data is generated as a result of a normal operation of one or more process control devices within the adaptive process control loop when the adaptive process control loop is connected on-line within a process control environment. A self-diagnostic process control loop includes a diagnostic tool adapted to receive a diagnostic index pertaining to a process control loop parameter for a plurality of components of the process control loop and for the complete process control loop. Each diagnostic index is generated from signal data by a corresponding index computation tool. The diagnostic tool is further adapted to evaluate a condition of the process control loop from one or more of the diagnostic indices. | 02-21-2013 |
Ian Mcmillan, Houston, TX US
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20090015262 | BUOY-BASED MARINE ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A sensor cable system for measuring electromagnetic response of the Earth's subsurface includes a sensor cable deployable on the bottom of a body of water. The sensor cable has a plurality of electromagnetic sensing devices thereon at spaced apart locations. A system control unit is in signal communication with the sensing elements. The system control unit includes a transceiver for communicating signals to and from a corresponding sensor cable system. The system control unit includes a global positioning system signal receiver. The system control unit includes a processor configurable to receive signals detected by sensing elements in the corresponding sensor cable system. The processor is configurable to compute stacked signals from the sensing elements in the sensor cable and from sensing elements in the corresponding system. The processor is configurable to calculate a statistical measure of the stacked signals. The system control unit is disposed in a flotation device. | 01-15-2009 |
Janet K. Mcmillan, Deer Park, TX US
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20090242207 | STRAKE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - There is disclosed a system comprising a structural element; at least one strake holder connected to the structural element; and at least one flexible helical strake connected to the at least one strake holder. | 10-01-2009 |
Janet Kay Mcmillan, Deer Park, TX US
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20100061809 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DRAG AND/OR VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION - There is disclosed a system for reducing drag and/or vortex induced vibration of a structure, the system comprising a fairing comprising a dampening mechanism adapted to dampen the rotation of the fairing about the structure. | 03-11-2010 |
20100098497 | VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system comprising a subsea structure beneath a body of water, subject to a water current; an installation vessel floating on the body of water; a line connected to the subsea structure and the installation vessel; and one or more vortex induced vibration suppression devices connected to the line, which have been lowered from the vessel to be installed on the subsea structure. | 04-22-2010 |
20100150662 | VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system comprising a subsea structure defining an interior of the system, the structure subject to a water current; a sleeve exterior to the subsea structure, covering at least a portion of an outside surface of the subsea structure; and a vortex induced vibration suppression device exterior to the sleeve. | 06-17-2010 |
Kenneth Mcmillan, Richwood, TX US
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20090258088 | USE OF MATERIALS AND EXTERNAL STIMULI FOR SYNOVECTOMY - This invention has as one of its aspects a method to provide a safe an effective treatment for synovectomy. The method involves the administration a material to the affected joint, allowing the material to localize in the synovial membrane, and then applying an external stimulus that interacts with the material to provide therapy. The materials of this invention are preferably particles, which are either magnetic or contain a heavy element. The external stimuli of this invention includes an alternating magnetic field to heat magnetic particles, infrared laser to heat heavy elements, or electromagnetic ionizing radiation (X- or gamma-radiation) that interacts with heavy elements to produce a localized radiation dose. | 10-15-2009 |
Ronald Neal Mcmillan, Houston, TX US
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20140350736 | FLUID DENSITY VALVE ACCESS SYSTEM - A fluid density valve monitoring and access system secures the operation of an actuator that opens or closes a valve to a storage vessel, well or pipeline. The fluid density valve monitoring and access system includes a valve, an actuator, a mass flow meter, and a communication device that communicates with the valve actuator, the mass flow meter and an off-site secure website via the internet. The fluid density valve monitoring and access system has a mass flow meter that constantly monitors the fluid density of fluid passing through a valve either into or out of a storage vessel, well or pipeline. The fluid density valve monitoring and access system closes the valve whenever the fluid to be pumped through the valve has a density outside of an acceptable density range that has been programmed into the communication device. The monitoring system also notifies one or more persons whenever the valve is closed because the fluid has as density outside of an acceptable density range. | 11-27-2014 |
William L Mcmillan, Midland, TX US
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20150288266 | AXIAL SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR INCLUDING MULTIPLE STATOR POLE SETS - An axial switched reluctance motor includes a rotor configured to rotate about an axis, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of rotor poles. The switched reluctance motor also include a stator situated about the axis, wherein the stator includes a plurality of stator pole sets. Each stator pole of a stator pole set may be adjacent another stator pole of that stator pole set. Each stator pole within a stator pole set may exhibit the same phase, thus providing a short flux path. | 10-08-2015 |