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Anthony James Munns, Kansas City, MO US
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20150332593 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND USING INDIRECT INFORMATION - Techniques and systems are described that allow an air traffic display and/or avionics system of an aircraft to display and/or warn a pilot of aircraft targets for air traffic proximate to the aircraft or to suppress the display of on-ground air traffic targets. In some implementations, an integrated avionics system can use indirect information to determine whether an individual aircraft traffic target is to be presented to a pilot. For example, the integrated avionics system can determine whether an aircraft target is in proximity to the ground based on traffic tracking data corresponding to other aircraft. | 11-19-2015 |
Darryl William Munns, Iselin, NJ US
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20120192338 | Safety Light Helmet - The Safety Light Helmet is a helmet with a light on it. The light is affixed to the top center of the helmet for 360 degree visibility by other riders/vehicles whose coming or going passed the helmet wearer. | 08-02-2012 |
20150272252 | SAFETY LIGHT HELMET - A safety light helmet is a helmet with a light affixed to the top center of the helmet for 360-degree visibility by other riders and vehicles when passing a rider wearing the helmet. The safety light detaches immediately during a collision without causing injury to the rider. The safety light helmet has a plurality of light bulbs operative for displaying a plurality of light patterns. The light is rechargeable. | 10-01-2015 |
Gordon Munns, Bracknell GB
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20140323300 | HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein R | 10-30-2014 |
Gordon Munns, Stacy, MN US
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20130032378 | HERMETIC FEEDTHROUGH - A hermetic feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes a sheet having a hole, where the sheet includes a ceramic comprising alumina. The feedthrough also includes a second material substantially filling the hole, where the second material includes a platinum powder mixture and an alumina additive. The platinum powder mixture includes a first platinum powder having a median particle size of between approximately 3 and 10 micrometers and a second platinum powder that is coarser than the first platinum powder and has a median particle size of between approximately 5 and 20 micrometers. The platinum powder mixture includes between approximately 50 and 80 percent by weight of the first platinum powder and between approximately 20 and 50 percent by weight of the second platinum powder. The first and second materials have a co-fired bond therebetween that hermetically seals the hole. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032382 | HERMETIC FEEDTHROUGH - A feedthrough includes a sheet having a hole, where the sheet includes a first material that is a ceramic comprising alumina. The feedthrough further includes a second material substantially filling the hole. The second material is different than the first material and includes platinum and an additive that includes alumina. The first and second materials have a co-fired bond therebetween that hermetically seals the hole. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032391 | FEEDTHROUGH CONFIGURED FOR INTERCONNECT - A hermetic feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes an insulator, a conduit integrated with the insulator, and a pad coupled to an exterior surface of the insulator. The insulator includes a first material and the conduit includes a second material that is electrically conductive. The pad is configured to receive a lead coupled thereto. Further, the pad is electrically conductive and coupled to the conduit. The pad includes a first layer and a second layer overlaying at least a portion of the first layer. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032392 | INSULATOR FOR A FEEDTHROUGH - A hermetic feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes an insulator, a conduit configured to conduct electricity through the insulator, and a ferrule coupled to the insulator. The insulator is formed from a ceramic material and the conduit and insulator have a co-fired bond therebetween, which hermetically seals the conduit with the insulator. The insulator is elongate and has opposing ends that include flat surfaces and the ferrule includes a frame for receiving the insulator. | 02-07-2013 |
20130035732 | ELECTRICAL LEADS FOR A FEEDTHROUGH - A lead frame for attaching leads to a hermetic feedthrough includes a cross-member and a plurality of leads. Each of the leads has an elongate body extending from the cross-member in a direction substantially parallel with one another, and each lead includes at least one of a notch on an end thereof opposite to the cross-member or a hole proximate to the end. | 02-07-2013 |
20130035733 | INTERCONNECTION OF CONDUCTOR TO FEEDTHROUGH - A method of interconnecting a conductor and a hermetic feedthrough of an implantable medical device includes welding a lead to a pad on a feedthrough. The feedthrough includes a ceramic insulator and a via hermetically bonded to the insulator. The via includes platinum. The pad is bonded to the insulator and electrically connected to the via, includes platinum, and has a thickness of at least 50 μm. The lead includes at least one of niobium, platinum, titanium, tantalum, palladium, gold, nickel, tungsten, and oxides and alloys thereof | 02-07-2013 |
20140151114 | INSULATOR FOR A FEEDTHROUGH - A hermetic feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes an insulator body and a ferrule. The insulator body includes ceramic material and one or more electrically conductive conduits extending through the insulator body. The insulator is disposed in an opening of the ferrule. The insulator body includes a plurality of substantially flat surfaces that each include a plurality of edges. A rounded corner extends between adjacent edges of any two adjacent substantially flat surfaces. Each corner between any two adjacent substantially flat surfaces that face toward the ferrule has an average radius that is less than approximately 25% of a length of the corresponding edges. | 06-05-2014 |
20140305694 | INSULATOR FOR A FEEDTHROUGH - A hermetic feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes an insulator, a conduit configured to conduct electricity through the insulator, and a ferrule coupled to the insulator. The insulator is formed from a ceramic material and the conduit and insulator have a co-fired bond therebetween, which hermetically seals the conduit with the insulator. The insulator is elongate and has opposing ends that include flat surfaces and the ferrule includes a frame for receiving the insulator. | 10-16-2014 |
Gordon O. Munns, Stacy, MN US
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20110125077 | OPTICAL STIMULATION THERAPY - Methods of delivering optical stimulation to a target tissue from an optical stimulation device are provided. One method comprises sensing a temperature at the optical stimulation device or proximate to the optical stimulation device, and adjusting the delivery of light to the target tissue based on the sensed temperature. Another method comprises delivering the light to the target tissue with an optical light guide and sensing bioelectric signals with a sense electrode, wherein the optical light guide and the sense electrode each comprise a material that produces substantially no induced current in an electromagnetic field. Another method comprises delivering light from a light source of an optical stimulation device to a window of the optical stimulation device, delivering the light from the window to an optical light guide optically connected to the window, and delivering the light to a target tissue via the optical light guide. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125078 | OPTICAL STIMULATION THERAPY - A method for delivering optical stimulation comprises transfecting a target tissue with a light-sensitive channel protein sensitive to light in a wavelength range, delivering light in the wavelength range to the target tissue via an optical stimulation device, substantially simultaneously with delivering light to the target tissue, sensing bioelectric signals, determining a patient therapeutic state based on the bioelectric signals, and adjusting the delivery of the light to the target tissue based on the sensed patient therapeutic state. | 05-26-2011 |
20120165902 | MULTI-ELECTRODE IMPLANTABLE SYSTEMS AND ASSEMBLIES THEREOF - Hermetically sealed assemblies, for example, that include IC chips, are configured for incorporation within a connector terminal of an implantable medical electrical lead, preferably within a contact member of the terminal. An assembly may include two feedthrough subassemblies, welded to either end of the contact member, to form an hermetic capsule, in which an IC chip is enclosed, and a tubular member, which allows a lumen to extend therethrough, along a length of the terminal. A multi-electrode lead may include multiplexer circuitry, preferably a switch matrix element and a communications, control and power supply element that are electrically coupled to the contact member and to another contact member of the terminal. Each pair of switch matrix switches allows for any two of the electrodes to be selected, in order to deliver a stimulation vector, via stimulation pulses from a device/pulse generator, to which the connector terminal is connected. | 06-28-2012 |
20130127567 | CAPACITIVE FILTERED FEEDTHROUGH ARRAY FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - In one example, a filtered feedthrough assembly for a medical device, such as, e.g., an implantable medical device, is described. The filtered feedthrough assembly may comprise a feedthrough comprising at least one feedthrough conductive pathway extending between a first feedthrough side and a second feedthrough side; a capacitive filter array comprising at least one filter array conductive pathway extending between a first filter array side and a second filter array side, and at least one capacitor filter substantially surrounding at least a portion the at least one filter array conductive pathway; and at least one electrically conductive member electrically coupling the at least one filter array conductive pathway to the at least one feedthrough conductive pathway. | 05-23-2013 |
20130325086 | MULTI-ELECTRODE IMPLANTABLE SYSTEMS AND ASSEMBLIES THEREFOR - Hermetically sealed assemblies, for example, that include IC chips, are configured for incorporation within a connector terminal of an implantable medical electrical lead, preferably within a contact member of the terminal. An assembly may include two feedthrough subassemblies, welded to either end of the contact member, to form an hermetic capsule, in which an IC chip is enclosed, and a tubular member, which allows a lumen to extend therethrough, along a length of the terminal. A multi-electrode lead may include multiplexer circuitry, preferably a switch matrix element and a communications, control and power supply element that are electrically coupled to the contact member and to another contact member of the terminal. Each pair of switch matrix switches allows for any two of the electrodes to be selected, in order to deliver a stimulation vector, via stimulation pulses from a device/pulse generator, to which the connector terminal is connected. | 12-05-2013 |
20140163646 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM - An implantable medical device (IMD) has a housing enclosing an electronic circuit. The housing includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion and a joint coupling the first housing portion to the second housing portion. A polymer enclosure member surrounds the joint and circumscribes the housing in various embodiments. Other embodiments of an IMD housing are disclosed. | 06-12-2014 |
20150306414 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE WITH OPTICAL LEAD CONNECTOR - An implantable active medical device includes a housing defining a hermetic cavity, a lead connector receptacle extending into the implantable active medical device, and a solid state light source disposed within the hermetic cavity and optically coupled to the lead connector receptacle. | 10-29-2015 |
20150306415 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE WITH OPTICAL LEAD - An implantable active medical device system includes an active medical device and a lead extending between a proximal portion electrically coupled to the active medical device and a distal end portion configured to emit light. The distal end portion includes a solid state light source disposed within a light transmissive ring element. The light transmissive ring element forms an exterior segment of the distal end portion. The light transmissive ring element defines at least a portion of a hermetic cavity. | 10-29-2015 |
Gordon Orvis Munns, Stacy, MN US
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20110102967 | IMPLANTABLE CO-FIRED ELECTRICAL FEEDTHROUGHS - A multilayered feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes a substrate having a first edge, a second edge, and a substrate length. A plurality of traces is formed on the substrate and extends along the substrate length. The plurality of traces extends to the first and second edges of the substrate. An insulator layer is formed on the substrate and the plurality of traces. A ground plane layer is formed on the insulator layer. | 05-05-2011 |
20150375006 | OPTICAL STIMULATION THERAPY - A method for delivering optical stimulation comprises transfecting a target tissue with a light-sensitive channel protein sensitive to light in a wavelength range, delivering light in the wavelength range to the target tissue via an optical stimulation device, substantially simultaneously with delivering light to the target tissue, sensing bioelectric signals, determining a patient therapeutic state based on the bioelectric signals, and adjusting the delivery of the light to the target tissue based on the sensed patient therapeutic state. | 12-31-2015 |
Jacob Munns, Salt Lake City, UT US
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20130003943 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MANAGING A PLURALITY OF SIMULATED REAL-TIME CONVERSATIONS - A method and system is disclosed for managing a plurality of simulated real-time conversations simultaneously with a plurality of callers. The disclosure includes personalizing a number of selectable audio responses associated with a call script in an agent-operator's own unique voice, interacting with a caller, and selecting an audio response for subsequent presentation to the caller, from the selectable audio responses when operating in the agent-operator assist mode. The call script includes a number of segments, including segments associated with the selectable audio responses. The interaction with the caller is selectable among an automated mode, an agent-operator assist mode, and an agent-operator mode. | 01-03-2013 |
20150358464 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SIMULATED REAL-TIME CONVERSATIONS - Methods and systems for managing real-time conversations include are disclosed. In one or more examples, voice communications may be received from a caller and converted into textual elements. The textual elements may be analyzed to identify key concepts or expressions. A segment of a call script associated with the identified key concepts or expressions can be identified, and a plurality of selectable audio responses to present to the caller based upon the identified segment of the call script and the identified key concepts or expressions may be provided to the agent-operator. An audio response selected by the agent-operator from the selectable audio responses may be communicated to the caller. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358465 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SIMULATED REAL-TIME CONVERSATIONS - Methods and systems for managing real-time conversations include are disclosed. In one or more examples, an audio response selected from among a plurality of selectable audio responses associated with a call script may be communicated to a caller. The call script can include a number of segments, and the segments may be associated with the selectable audio responses. In addition to the selectable audio response being communicated to the caller, background sound may also be mixed with the communicated audio response and communicated to the caller. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. | 12-10-2015 |
Jon Munns, Gilroy, CA US
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20080289221 | Footwear with Bridged Decoupling - A sole unit for a shoe having at least one decoupling track between regions of sole unit allowing for the decoupling of the regions in response to forces from foot-ground contact; a plurality of bridge elements connecting opposite sides of the track so that when forces from foot-ground contact are alleviated, there is a recouping of the decoupled regions. The bridge elements may extend from a tendon element disposed on one side of a decoupling track to the other side of the track. | 11-27-2008 |
20090188133 | FOLD-OVER THERMAL LAMINATE FOR FOOTWEAR - Protective footwear, such as a motorcycle or motocross boot, having a molded top gasket and/or a fold-over thermal laminate. The molded top gasket may be a substantially annular unitary piece or multi-piece construction of an elastomeric material, such as rubber, that snugly wraps around the wearer's lower leg or ankle when the footwear is worn. The fold-over thermal laminate is a piece of thermally resistant material on the outer surface of the footwear upper that extends over a portion of the rim and into the inside of the upper. One or more optional control pads also may be placed on the exterior surface of the thermal laminate. | 07-30-2009 |
Jon Munns, Portland, OR US
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20140215856 | MOTORCYCLE BOOT - Protective footwear, such as a motorcycle or motocross boot, can have a supple, leather boot feel. Disclosed footwear can have a hinged coupling between a foot-engagement structure and a lower-leg engagement structure to promote anatomically correct flexion in a wearer's ankle. The lower-leg engagement portion can define a ledge having a lowermost face configured to abut and matingly urge against an uppermost face of a ledge of the foot-engagement portion to limit an extent of pivoting of the hinged coupling. The hinged coupling, in some instances, can include a pair of opposed bushings, each defining an internal thread configured to matingly engage a corresponding outer thread on a stud. The stud can retain the lower-leg engagement portion and the foot-engagement portion in a pivotable relationship to each other. The opposed bushings can be keyed to matingly engage either a lateral portion of the foot-engagement portion or a medial portion of the foot-engagement portion. | 08-07-2014 |
20150359298 | ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR SECURING FOOTWEAR - An attachment system for securing footwear to a wearer, the attachment system including a buckle assembly and a receiver. The buckle assembly may include a clasp adapted to be coupled to a first portion of a footwear upper. The clasp may have an elongated portion with a first pivotable surface. The receiver may be adapted to be coupled to a second portion of the footwear upper. The receiver may have an elongated recess adapted to slideably receive the elongated portion, and the receiver may have a second pivotable surface that is sufficiently complementary shaped to the first surface so that the surfaces pivotably engage each other in a transverse direction of the attachment system when the buckle assembly is locked in the receiver. | 12-17-2015 |
Lucas A. Munns, Reno, NV US
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20160125688 | EXPANDING HALO REELS GAME - A method of operating a gaming device to play an expanding halo reels game may include the steps of: Displaying a plurality of reels, each of the reels comprising a plurality of symbols; receiving a wager; spinning the reels; stopping the reels; evaluating the stopped reels for a winning combination of symbols; activating a first halo when there is a winning combination of symbols, the first halo comprising a plurality of symbols that surround at least a portion of the reels; moving the first halo with respect to the reels; stopping the first halo; evaluating the stopped first halo and reels for a winning combination of symbols; and terminating game play when there is no winning combination of symbols. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125689 | CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR REELS GAME - A method of operating a gaming device to play a concentric circular reels game may include the steps of: Displaying a plurality of concentric circular reels, each of the plurality of concentric circular reels comprising a plurality of reel symbols arranged so that each of the plurality of concentric circular reels appears to form at least a portion of a circle; receiving a wager; spinning the plurality of concentric circular reels; stopping at least two of the plurality of the concentric circular reels; evaluating the stopped concentric circular reels for a winning combination of reel symbols; determining whether a modifier is activated; terminating game play when there is no winning combination of reel symbols and no modifier is activated; evaluating the stopped concentric circular reels for a winning combination of reel symbols and at least one modifier when a modifier is activated; and terminating game play when there is no winning combination of reel symbols and at least one modifier. | 05-05-2016 |
Lucas Andrew Munns, Reno, NV US
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20140243069 | SINGLE REEL GAME METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A single reel game includes a single reel having a plurality of symbols that are adjacent to one another. The single reel then moves and follows a track that displays the symbols in a spatial order. The single reel is then stopped at a starting reel stop that provides a reference point for stopping the single reel. A win window displays the plurality of the single reel symbols. A payline is then overlaid on the symbols within the win window. The single reel game also includes a paytable that lists a plurality of payout prizes for each combination of symbols along the payline. A prize is awarded when the single reel game symbols along the payline match the paytable combination of symbols. | 08-28-2014 |
Neil Munns, Northfleet Kent GB
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20100244622 | MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR - A magnetostrictive actuator comprises an assembly of at least two GMM rods ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100284554 | TRANSDUCER FOR VIBRATION ABSORBING, SENSING, AND TRANSMITTING - A hermetically sealed actuator design for absorbing and reducing the effect of sound or vibration energy from a vibrating surface. The device comprises a body ( | 11-11-2010 |
Pat Munns, Bellevue, WA US
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20090328050 | AUTOMATIC LOAD BALANCING, SUCH AS FOR HOSTED APPLICATIONS - A dynamic load balancing system is described that determines the load of resources in a hosted environment dynamically by monitoring the usage of resources by each customer and determines the number of customers hosted by a server based on the actual resources used. The system receives a performance threshold that indicates when a server is too heavily loaded and monitors the resource usage by each customer. When the load of an overloaded server in the hosted environment exceeds the received performance threshold, the system selects a source customer currently hosted by the overloaded server to move to another server. | 12-31-2009 |
Rana Ellen Munns, Australian Capital Territory AU
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20100313289 | POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING SALINITY TOLERANCE IN PLANTS - The present invention relates to polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding therefor, with cation transporter activity. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for producing, identifying, and/or breeding transgenic or non-transgenic plants, especially wheat or barley plants, with enhanced tolerance to saline and/or sodic soils, and/or reduced sodium accumulation in an aerial part of the plant. Also provided are plants produced using these methods. | 12-09-2010 |
Robert J. Munns, Livermore, CA US
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20110181860 | Cooled spider and method for grazing-incidence collectors - A cooled spider for grazing-incidence collectors includes an outer ring, an inner ring and spokes that mechanically and fluidly connect the inner and outer rings. Cooling channels in the outer and inner rings and in the spokes define a general cooling-fluid flow path through the spider. The general cooling-fluid flow path has input and output points located substantially 180° apart so that the flow path diverges at the input point into two branch flow paths that flow in opposite directions through the spider, and then converge at the output point. Input and output cooling fluid manifolds are fluidly connected to the outer ring at the input and output points and serve to flow cooling fluid over the cooling-fluid flow path. | 07-28-2011 |
Scott A. Munns, Onalaska, WI US
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20100319369 | Valve and subcooler for storing refrigerant - A reversible HVAC heating/cooling refrigerant system includes a novel valve system that allows an outdoor heat exchanger to function as a subcooler during a cooling or defrost mode and function as a receiver tank for storing excess liquid refrigerant during a heating mode. In the heating mode, a cooling expansion valve is kept slightly open to flood the subcooler with liquid refrigerant while a heating expansion valve is regulated to maintain a desired level of superheat at the suction side of the refrigerant system's compressor. The novel valve system also serves as a pressure relief valve to protect the subcooler from excess pressure caused by thermal expansion of liquid refrigerant trapped within the subcooler. | 12-23-2010 |
20120067068 | Receiver fill valve and control method - A heat pump includes a valve system that connects a receiver tank in fluid communication with an indoor heat exchanger, wherein the valve system, operating under a novel control scheme, works in conjunction with the receiver to control the heat pump's effective refrigerant charge. To avoid suction or discharge pressure faults and to help prevent slugs of liquid refrigerant from entering the heat pump's compressor as the heat pump switches between heating and cooling modes or switches between heating and defrost modes, the control scheme provides momentary periods of transition between those modes of operation. In some embodiments, the valve system comprises a check valve connected in parallel flow relationship with a two-position receiver valve, wherein the check valve has an appreciably higher flow coefficient than that of the receiver valve. | 03-22-2012 |
20150292762 | HVAC SYSTEMS AND CONTROLS - The embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods to control a HVAC system based on a state of an unloader of a compressor of the HVAC system. | 10-15-2015 |
William P. Munns, Bellevue, WA US
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20130124916 | LAYOUT OF MIRRORED DATABASES ACROSS DIFFERENT SERVERS FOR FAILOVER - A plurality of data centers each having a plurality of servers. When there is a failure on a data center, the load for the failed portion of the data center is distributed over all the remaining servers locally, or remotely, based on the magnitude of the failure. | 05-16-2013 |