Hartman, US
Alvin Chester Hartman, Baltimore, MD US
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20100264201 | TWO-PIECE INSULATED CUP - The present invention generally provides an insulating vessel for beverages. The vessel has an outsert and a insert. The insert is positioned within the cavity of the outsert. In one embodiment the insert has a plurality of insulating members that are spaced from an inner surface of the outsert to define a series of air gaps between an outer surface of the insulating members and the inner surface of the outsert. In another embodiment, the insert and outsert have generally conical side walls with substantially the same taper angle so as to be in a friction lock relationship with one another. | 10-21-2010 |
Andreas Hartman US
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20120110009 | USER INTERFACES FOR SEARCH SYSTEMS USING IN-LINE CONTEXTUAL QUERIES - Systems and methods, including user interfaces, are provided for implementing searches using contextual information associated with a Web page (or other document) that a user is viewing when a query is entered. The page includes a contextual search interface that has an associated context vector representing content of the page. When the user submits a search query via the contextual search interface, the query and the context vector are both provided to the query processor and used in responding to the query. | 05-03-2012 |
Andrew Hartman, Boulder, CO US
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20110256889 | MOBILE PHONE AGGREGATION SYSTEM - An aggregation machine including: a smart phone including a display, and networking hardware connecting the smart phone to the Internet, the smart phone programmed so that the aggregation machine connects to a plurality of servers via the Internet, and then authenticates itself with each of the plurality of servers, and then retrieves information from each of the plurality of servers, and then parses the information from each of the plurality of servers so as to produce an aggregation of the parsed information, and then renders the aggregation as output via the display. | 10-20-2011 |
20110269507 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270912 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271153 | Aggregation System Error Handling - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 11-03-2011 |
20110276641 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 11-10-2011 |
20110282905 | AGGREGATION OF AN AGGREGATION - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 11-17-2011 |
20110283007 | Aggregation application written as a module or an extention of another application - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 11-17-2011 |
20110289132 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 11-24-2011 |
20110289143 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 11-24-2011 |
20120221643 | TELEVISION AGGREGATOR - An aggregation system, process, article, and necessary intermediates, illustratively the system includes: a device capable of both networking and executing software programs, the device programmed from memory so that the aggregation apparatus: connects to a plurality of servers via the Internet, and authenticates itself with each of the plurality of servers, and retrieves information from each of the plurality of servers, and parses the information from each of the plurality of servers so as to produce an aggregation of parsed information, and renders the aggregation as output. | 08-30-2012 |
20120239980 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM ERROR HANDLING - Aggregation apparatus that comprises a computer, a display controlled by the computer, and networking hardware connecting the computer to a network. The computer is programmed so that the aggregation apparatus connects to a plurality of sites on the Internet, authenticates itself with each of the sites, and attempts to retrieve information from said sites. The information comprises different data types. If no error is detected or trapped, an aggregation of information is produced and rendered as output. If an error is detected or trapped, an attempt is made to associate the error with an error code. If the error code is associated with the error, then the aggregation apparatus communicates an instruction to a user interface to trigger presentation of a message to take an action. If the error does not match an error code, an instruction is communicated to the user interface that a particular action has occurred. | 09-20-2012 |
20120297026 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - A computerized aggregation system, the system including: a master server system programmed to receive data from a user computer, to store the received data, and to process the received data to produce information including credentials, and to provide the information to a client-side application piece at the user computer system, the user computer system adapted to receive said provided information and to communicate said credentials received from the master server system respectively to each of a plurality of third party server systems to facilitate obtaining information from the third party server systems, whereby the user computer system is enabled to aggregate at least some information from the third party server systems on an aggregation template. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303712 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - An aggregation system including a computer, and networking hardware connecting the computer to a network. The computer is programmed so that the aggregation system presents an interface which is respectively presented to one or more users and which receives input from said one or more users, parses the input to produce an aggregation, enables executing user-defined rules which include a capacity to initiate an alert process so that a communication corresponding to the aggregation is sent to a recipient, and renders the aggregation as output. | 11-29-2012 |
20130024787 | PEER-TO-PEER AGGREGATION SYSTEM - An aggregation apparatus including: a computer, an output device, a display controlled by the computer, and networking hardware connecting the computer to a network, the computer programmed so that the aggregation apparatus: communicates with at least one computer via the Internet to obtain peer-to-peer information corresponding to real time data shared by at least one other computer; processes the peer-to-peer information to produce an aggregation; and then renders the aggregation as output; and then presents at least some of the aggregation and at least one of at least some of the information in a customizable user interface, at least some of the aggregation in association with an automatically generated score that represents a level of communication activity, and at least some of the information in a user interface which includes an automatically generated list of contacts and their associated recent activity. | 01-24-2013 |
20130086699 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - A machine and methods, the machine including a computer, networking hardware connecting the computer to the Internet, and a memory storing executable instructions which when executed, enable the end-user computer system to perform the operations of: connecting to a plurality of sites on the Internet; authenticating itself with each of the sites; retrieving information from each of the sites; parsing the information from each of the sites so as to produce an aggregation of the parsed information, wherein the aggregation is produced at the end-user computer system; and rendering the aggregation as output. | 04-04-2013 |
20130097279 | AGGREGATOR WITH MANAGED CONTENT - Apparatus, method, and manufacture, illustratively the aggregation apparatus connects to a sites on the Internet, authenticates itself with the sites, and facilitates at least one of: retrieving user-selected information from the sites, parsing the user-selected information from the sites to produce an aggregation, and rendering at least some of the aggregation as the output; retrieving information from the sites, parsing the information from the sites, and user-selectedly filtering the parsed information in producing an aggregation of the parsed information in producing an aggregation, and rendering at least some of the aggregation as the output; and retrieving information from the sites, parsing the information from the sites, producing an aggregation of the parsed information so as to produce an aggregation of the parsed information, and user-selectedly rendering the aggregation as the output. The rendering can include supplying content from one of the sites to another of the sites. | 04-18-2013 |
20130117679 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Apparatus, method, and manufacture, illustratively the aggregation apparatus includes a computer system configured to provide, at a web site, an interface which enables each of multiple users to register for an account; and provide, at the web site, an interface which facilitates a login by each registered user; provide, at the web site to each said registered user that has logged in: a combination of user services in addition to facilitating aggregation from a plurality of Internet sites, the facilitating including enabling an aggregator apparatus to connect to a plurality of sites on the Internet, authenticate itself with each of the plurality of sites, retrieve information from the sites, parse the information from the sites, produce aggregation output from the parsed information, the aggregation output being subject to user-management, and render the aggregation output. | 05-09-2013 |
20130191506 | ENABLING USER ACTION - A computerized aggregation system including a computer, a display controlled by the computer, and networking hardware connecting the computer to a network, the computer programmed so that the aggregation apparatus: connects to at least one Internet-connected service; and authenticates itself with each said Internet-connected service; and retrieves input from said Internet-connected service; and connects to at least one appliance computer; and then authenticates itself with each said appliance computer; and retrieves input from each said appliance computer; and parses the input from each said Internet-connected service and parses the input from each said appliance computer so as to produce an aggregation of the parsed input; and renders the aggregation as output. | 07-25-2013 |
Andrew F. Hartman, Capac, MI US
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20120068520 | LOCKING TONGUE FOR A SAFETY BELT - A locking tongue has a base part, a webbing slot in the base part and a locking cam. The locking cam is movable between a rest position and a clamping position. A biasing means biases the locking cam towards the rest position. The locking cam can assume the rest position in which the belt webbing can pass freely through the webbing slot, a clamping position in which the locking cam presses the belt webbing against the clamping edge of the webbing slot, the biasing means being able to return the locking cam from the clamping position into the rest position, and a locking position in which the locking cam locks the belt webbing in the webbing slot, the biasing means not being able to return the locking cam from the locking position towards the rest position. | 03-22-2012 |
Barrett Hartman, Moore, OK US
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20100209198 | MODULAR HOT STAB WITH IMPROVED CONNECTION FLANGE - A connection assembly for connecting sub-sea lines and devices includes a stab receptacle assembly and a stab assembly. The stab receptacle assembly includes a receptacle body and an outlet assembly, which in turn, includes an adapter nipple configured for attachment to the first sub-sea line. A swivel flange secures the adapter nipple to the first side of the receptacle body. The use of the adapter nipple and swivel flange eliminates a difficult weld between the adapter nipple and the receptacle body. The connection assembly further includes a stab assembly that has a base, a line end connected to the base and a stab body connected to the base. The stab body is configured for insertion into the stab receptacle. The line end is configured for connection to the second sub-sea line. | 08-19-2010 |
Brian A. Hartman, Willowbrook, IL US
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20110144869 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INCHING USING A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - An agricultural vehicle and method of operating the same, where the agricultural vehicle has an engine, a continuously variable transmission, a processor, an inching controller, and a speed controller. The speed controller sends a first signal to the processor, and the processor controls the transmission to operate the vehicle at a first speed based on the first signal. The inching controller sends a second signal to the processor, and the processor controls the transmission to move the agricultural vehicle in a forward or reverse direction, depending on the second signal. If the first speed based on the first signal is zero, the second signal triggers the processor to control the transmission to move the agricultural vehicle in the forward or reverse direction a predetermined first distance. The control of the vehicle to be at zero speed or to be in a particular position is effectuated by a position control mechanism. | 06-16-2011 |
20120288377 | ENGINE COOLING FAN SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM - A fan cooling system and method are provided to control fan speed for cooling vehicle motor components while minimizing power consumption by the fan and reducing engine fuel consumption for an engine partially powering the fan. The fan cooling system raises engine coolant temperature of a vehicle in motion to derive a fan speed demand so that fan speed may be reduced. The fan cooling system selects a maximum fan speed demand from one or more fan speed demands to command fan speed based on various sensed inputs, including engine coolant temperatures. The fan cooling system also improves cooling efficiency by incorporating slipheat protection for the fan so as not to overdrive the fan for cooling. | 11-15-2012 |
Brian J. Hartman, Bellevue, WA US
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20090300047 | AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGNING DATA BINDINGS IN VISUAL DESIGNERS - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for automatically assigning data bindings to data sources and data sets in the design surface of visual designers. A user selection is received to insert a data element into a data region on a design surface. When there is just one data source and one data set defined in the design surface, a list of fields from the one data set is displayed in a user-selectable list, and the data set is automatically assigned to the data element based upon the selected field. As the user interacts with the design surface to insert additional data elements, the additional data elements are automatically assigned to the previously-utilized data source and data set, and a list of fields from the automatically assigned data set is displayed in a user-selectable list. This saves the user from having to select a desired data set and desired data source. | 12-03-2009 |
20090300524 | AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGNING DATA BINDINGS IN VISUAL DESIGNERS - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for automatically assigning data bindings to data sources and data sets in the design surface of visual designers. A user selection is received to insert a data element into a data region on a design surface. When there is just one data source and one data set defined in the design surface, a list of fields from the one data set is displayed in a user-selectable list, and the data set is automatically assigned to the data element based upon the selected field. As the user interacts with the design surface to insert additional data elements, the additional data elements are automatically assigned to the previously-utilized data source and data set, and a list of fields from the automatically assigned data set is displayed in a user-selectable list. This saves the user from having to select a desired data set and desired data source. | 12-03-2009 |
20110161464 | COORDINATING MULTIPLE ASYNCHRONOUS POSTBACKS - Techniques are described herein for coordinating multiple asynchronous postbacks. Each postback specifies a requestor that initiates the postback. A requestor is a request to update a corresponding region of a Web page. Each time a server receives a postback from a client, the server provides a response to the client that includes an update regarding a region of the Web page that corresponds to a requestor that initiates the postback. The response further includes a requestor for each region of the Web page that is to be updated once the response is processed by the client. Upon receipt of each response from the server, the client provides a postback to the server. The client and server may continue to communicate in this manner until all regions of the Web page that are to be updated have been updated. | 06-30-2011 |
Brooke Hartman, Parker, CO US
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20110119120 | Loyalty reward program for reducing the balance of a loan obligation - A method and apparatus for reducing the balance of a consumer or educational loan obligation using a loyalty reward program is disclosed. Loan obligors can reduce the balances of their loan obligations by purchasing consumer goods and services that they would normally purchase. The method essentially comprises the steps of (a) establishing a site on a global computer network; (b) recognizing at least certain users of the site; (c) directing the recognized users to merchants; (d) enabling accumulation of loyalty points by the recognized users based upon purchases from the merchants; (e) monitoring the purchases by the recognized users from the merchants; (f) tracking the accumulated loyalty points; and (g) permitting selective redemption of the accumulated loyalty points. Users of the site are recognized by requiring them to provide initial registration information. Accumulated loyalty points may be categorized with a status of “pending” or a status of “earned.” Selective redemption of the accumulated loyalty points includes selective application of earned loyalty points to a loan of a recognized user to permit repayment of the loan, or selective transfer of earned loyalty points from one recognized user to another recognized user. Information about accumulated, redeemed, and transferred loyalty points may be displaying to a recognized user. | 05-19-2011 |
Carl C. Hartman, Denver, CO US
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20100078346 | PACKAGING INCORPORATING SERRATED CUTTING EDGE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A package or carton is provided that incorporates a cutting edge without the need for a separate cutting element. The front panel of the package has an upper exposed end that is formed into a cutting edge by a plurality of complementary and opposing pair of cutting teeth. The package is especially adapted to hold material that is stored in a roll. A selected length of the material can be separated from the roll by pressing the material against the cutting edge and pulling the length of material thereby cutting the material in a linear fashion. The package of the present invention provides a more economical and environmentally friendly packaging solution with an integral cutting feature. | 04-01-2010 |
Carrol O. Hartman, Bowling Green, KY US
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20090014044 | FOLDING SHED - A folding shed including a roof with a first roof section pivotally connected to a first sidewall and a second roof section pivotally connected to a second sidewall. The folding shed may further include foldable first and second end walls, each pivotally connected to the first and second sidewalls. The folding shed may be transformed from an operation to a storage configuration by outwardly pivoting the first and second roof sections until the exterior surface of each roof section approximately abuts the exterior surface of the sidewall to which it is connected and inwardly moving foldable end walls until the interior surfaces of the sidewalls approximately abut the interior surfaces of the end walls. | 01-15-2009 |
20140311053 | FOLDING SHED - A folding shed including a roof with a first roof section pivotally connected to a first sidewall and a second roof section pivotally connected to a second sidewall. The folding shed may further include foldable first and second end walls, each pivotally connected to the first and second sidewalls. The folding shed may be transformed from an operation to a storage configuration by outwardly pivoting the first and second roof sections until the exterior surface of each roof section approximately abuts the exterior surface of the sidewall to which it is connected and inwardly moving foldable end walls until the interior surfaces of the sidewalls approximately abut the interior surfaces of the end walls. | 10-23-2014 |
Chad Hartman, Erie, CO US
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20090089070 | System and Method for Validating and Processing Customer Entered Addresses - A system includes an address validation and resolution module operable to determine a location corresponding to a civic address; a location key generator operable to generate a location key adapted to index a set of location-based services identifiers; and an available services determination module operable to use the location key to index the set of location-based services identifiers to determine location-based services available at the civic address. An embodiment of a computer-implemented method includes receiving address data identifying a civic address associated with a, determining a location corresponding to the identified civic address based on the address data; and determining whether one or more services are available at the identified civic address based on the determined location. | 04-02-2009 |
Charles Andrew Hartman, Ft Collins, CO US
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20110179212 | Bus arbitration for sideband signals - Systems and methods of bus arbitration for sideband signals in a multichip system are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises packaging at least one sideband signal as a micropacket. The method also comprises holding the micropacket in an outgoing sideband register. The method also comprises monitoring a bus for a quiescent state, the bus having a plurality of links to other chips in the multichip system. The method also comprises issuing the micropacket from the outgoing sideband register if the bus is in a quiescent state. | 07-21-2011 |
Daniel Hartman, Brighton, MI US
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20080293633 | Pharmaceutical Formulations, Methods, and Dosing Regimens for the Treatment and Prevention of Acute Coronary Syndromes - The invention provides methods and formulations for treating and preventing acute coronary syndromes. The methods of the instant invention provide safe and effective doses of an Apolipoprotein A-I Milano: phospholipid complex to reduce and stabilize atherosclerotic plaque. Pharmaceutical formulations of the Apo A-I Milano:phospholipid complexes are also provided. | 11-27-2008 |
Daniel Hartman, Santa Fe, NM US
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20100229751 | Structurally Sound Reactive Materials - The present inventions provide methods of manufacturing methods for case metallic materials for munitions that have high enthalpic energy release and controlled fragmentation and breakup enabling fragment speeds up to twice what is otherwise possible in explosively driven metal systems, and munitions made by such methods. Embodiments of the invention involve the thixotropic processing of energetic materials such as aluminum together with high density materials such as tantalum or tungsten to achieve material microstructures with a bulk density equivalent to steel, but with the energy release potential of materials such as finely dispersed aluminum powders. Such methods of mixing and blending of high energy and high density materials can provide a microstructure that has large density and shock impedance differences over length scales of 10-100 microns, resulting in enhanced materials fragmentation in the shock or brisant loading regime, incipient melting at the lower melting point constituents, and additional enhancement of fragmentation in the gas-dynamic expansion phase of munitions breakup. Additionally, the present inventions provide a range of surface and near-surface processing methods to enhance spall and ejecta from conventional munitions systems, enhancing munition breakup and reactivity as well. | 09-16-2010 |
Daniel A. Hartman, Fairhope, AL US
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20110041982 | LATERAL POSITION DETECTION AND CONTORL FOR FRICTION STIR SYSTEMS - Friction stir methods are disclosed for processing at least one workpiece using a rotary tool with rotating member for contacting and processing the workpiece. The methods include oscillating the rotary tool laterally with respect to a selected propagation path for the rotating member with respect to the workpiece to define an oscillation path for the rotating member. The methods further include obtaining force signals or parameters related to the force experienced by the rotary tool at least while the rotating member is disposed at the extremes of the oscillation. The force signals or parameters associated with the extremes can then be analyzed to determine a lateral position of the selected path with respect to a target path and a lateral offset value can be determined based on the lateral position. The lateral distance between the selected path and the target path can be decreased based on the lateral offset value. | 02-24-2011 |
20120022683 | LATERAL POSITION DETECTION AND CONTROL FOR FRICTION STIR SYSTEMS - An apparatus and computer program are disclosed for processing at least one workpiece using a rotary tool with rotating member for contacting and processing the workpiece. The methods include oscillating the rotary tool laterally with respect to a selected propagation path for the rotating member with respect to the workpiece to define an oscillation path for the rotating member. The methods further include obtaining force signals or parameters related to the force experienced by the rotary tool at least while the rotating member is disposed at the extremes of the oscillation. The force signals or parameters associated with the extremes can then be analyzed to determine a lateral position of the selected path with respect to a target path and a lateral offset value can be determined based on the lateral position. The lateral distance between the selected path and the target path can be decreased based on the lateral offset value. | 01-26-2012 |
Daniel A. Hartman, Santa Fe, NM US
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20090294511 | LATERAL POSITION DETECTION FOR FRICTION STIR SYSTEMS - A friction stir system for processing at least a first workpiece includes a spindle actuator coupled to a rotary tool comprising a rotating member for contacting and processing the first workpiece. A detection system is provided for obtaining information related to a lateral alignment of the rotating member. The detection system comprises at least one sensor for measuring a force experienced by the rotary tool or a parameter related to the force experienced by the rotary tool during processing, wherein the sensor provides sensor signals. A signal processing system is coupled to receive and analyze the sensor signals and determine a lateral alignment of the rotating member relative to a selected lateral position, a selected path, or a direction to decrease a lateral distance relative to the selected lateral position or selected path. In one embodiment, the friction stir system can be embodied as a closed loop tracking system, such as a robot-based tracked friction stir welding (FSW) or friction stir processing (FSP) system. | 12-03-2009 |
20100140324 | LATERAL POSITION DETECTION FOR FRICTION STIR SYSTEMS - A friction stir system for processing at least a first workpiece includes a spindle actuator coupled to a rotary tool comprising a rotating member for contacting and processing the first workpiece. A detection system is provided for obtaining information related to a lateral alignment of the rotating member. The detection system comprises at least one sensor for measuring a force experienced by the rotary tool or a parameter related to the force experienced by the rotary tool during processing, wherein the sensor provides sensor signals. A signal processing system is coupled to receive and analyze the sensor signals and determine a lateral alignment of the rotating member relative to a selected lateral position, a selected path, or a direction to decrease a lateral distance relative to the selected lateral position or selected path. In one embodiment, the friction stir system can be embodied as a closed loop tracking system, such as a robot-based tracked friction stir welding (FSW) or friction stir processing (FSP) system. | 06-10-2010 |
Daniel Karl Hartman, Littleton, MA US
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20100086094 | Delay-Locked loop With Dynamically Biased Charge Pump - A delay-locked loop, including a phase detector configured to receive two signals, one of the signals being delayed relative to the other of the signals, the phase detector having an UP output and a DOWN output. The delay-locked loop also includes a charge pump system operatively coupled with the phase detector, the charge pump system including (1) a charge pump configured to be responsive to assertion of actuating signals from the UP output and the DOWN output so as to control pumping of charge from the charge pump system, such pumped charge being usable to control a delay line carrying one of the two signals, so as to control relative delay occurring between the two signals; and (2) a feedback control loop configured to dynamically adjust at least one bias signal at the charge pump so as to minimize net charge pumped from the charge pump system during simultaneous assertion of actuating signals from the UP output and the DOWN output. | 04-08-2010 |
20120194238 | Delay-Locked Loop with Dynamically Biased Charge Pump - A delay-locked loop, including a phase detector configured to receive two signals, one of the signals being delayed relative to the other of the signals, the phase detector having an UP output and a DOWN output. A charge pump system is coupled with the phase detector, including (1) a charge pump responsive to assertion of actuating signals from the UP output and the DOWN output to control pumping of charge from the charge pump system, such pumped charge being usable to control a delay line carrying one of the two signals, to control relative delay occurring between the two signals; and (2) a feedback control loop configured to dynamically adjust a bias signal at the charge pump so as to minimize net charge pumped from the charge pump system during simultaneous assertion of actuating signals from the UP output and the DOWN output. | 08-02-2012 |
20130154700 | Delay-Locked Loop with Dynamically Biased Charge Pump - A delay-locked loop, including a phase detector configured to receive two signals, one of the signals being delayed relative to the other of the signals, the phase detector having an UP output and a DOWN output. The delay-locked loop also includes a charge pump system operatively coupled with the phase detector, the charge pump system including (1) a charge pump configured to be responsive to assertion of actuating signals from the UP output and the DOWN output so as to control pumping of charge from the charge pump system, such pumped charge being usable to control a delay line carrying one of the two signals, so as to control relative delay occurring between the two signals; and (2) a feedback control loop configured to dynamically adjust at least one bias signal at the charge pump so as to minimize net charge pumped from the charge pump system during simultaneous assertion of actuating signals from the UP output and the DOWN output. | 06-20-2013 |
20140084976 | Delay-Locked Loop with Dynamically Biased Charge Pump - A delay-locked loop, including a phase detector configured to receive two signals, one of the signals being delayed relative to the other of the signals, the phase detector having an UP output and a DOWN output. The delay-locked loop also includes a charge pump system operatively coupled with the phase detector, the charge pump system including (1) a charge pump configured to be responsive to assertion of actuating signals from the UP output and the DOWN output so as to control pumping of charge from the charge pump system, such pumped charge being usable to control a delay line carrying one of the two signals, so as to control relative delay occurring between the two signals; and (2) a feedback control loop configured to dynamically adjust at least one bias signal at the charge pump so as to minimize net charge pumped from the charge pump system during simultaneous assertion of actuating signals from the UP output and the DOWN output. | 03-27-2014 |
David Hartman, Framincham, MA US
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20090014115 | Nonwoven fabric and method and apparatus for manufacturing same - An apparatus for fabricating a unique nonwoven fabric which has the appearance of a woven fabric includes a supply station for parallel warp yarns, a support structure for orienting the parallel warp yarns into a cylindrical orientation, a weft yarn applicator for wrapping weft yarns around the cylindrically oriented warp yarns after an adhesive scrim has been overlaid onto the warp yarns, a heating station for activating the adhesive and a cooling station for setting the adhesive, and a cutter for severing the cylindrically formed fabric laminate so that it can be flattened and wrapped onto a take-up roller. The weft yarn applicator including a rotating drum wherein a plurality of spools of weft yarn material are mounted in circumferentially spaced relationship and a tensioner is provided for applying the weft yarn material around the warp yarns in a predetermined tension which may be the same as, greater than, or less than the tension in the warp yarns. | 01-15-2009 |
David Hartman, Framingham, MA US
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20080286520 | NONWOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An apparatus for fabricating a unique nonwoven fabric which has the appearance of a woven fabric includes a supply station for parallel warp yarns, a support structure for orienting the parallel warp yarns into a cylindrical orientation, a weft yarn applicator for wrapping weft yarns around the cylindrically oriented warp yarns after an adhesive scrim has been overlaid onto the warp yarns, a heating station for activating the adhesive and a cooling station for setting the adhesive, and a cutter for severing the cylindrically formed fabric laminate so that it can be flattened and wrapped onto a take-up roller. The weft yarn applicator including a rotating drum wherein a plurality of spools of weft yarn material are mounted in circumferentially spaced relationship and a tensioner is provided for applying the weft yarn material around the warp yarns in a predetermined tension which may be the same as, greater than, or less than the tension in the warp yarns. | 11-20-2008 |
20120125540 | NONWOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An apparatus for fabricating a nonwoven fabric having the appearance of a woven fabric includes a supply station for parallel warp yarns, a support structure for orienting the parallel warp yarns into a cylindrical orientation, a weft yarn applicator for wrapping weft yarns around the cylindrically oriented warp yarns after an adhesive scrim has been overlaid onto the warp yarns, a heating station for activating the adhesive and a cooling station for setting the adhesive, and a cutter for severing the cylindrically formed fabric laminate so that it can be flattened and wrapped onto a take-up roller. A warp yarn alignment station includes two sets of rollers spaced apart to allow the warp yarns to pass between the two sets of rollers, wherein the of rollers are over-driven to provide a roller surface speed greater than a predetermined speed of the warp yarns. | 05-24-2012 |
David C. Hartman, Howard City, MI US
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20080273346 | Vehicular light assembly and associated method for repairing the same - A vehicular light assembly, comprising: a housing and a lens cover, wherein at least one of the housing and lens cover includes at least one previously damaged sub-component which has been repaired utilizing a mold from a vehicular light assembly and/or assembly sub-component void of damage relative to the repaired sub-component. | 11-06-2008 |
David P. Hartman, Framingham, MA US
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20100059186 | RETRACTABLE SHADE WITH COLLAPSIBLE VANES - A retractable cover for architectural openings having collapsible vanes includes a support structure in the form of a sheet of material, monofilaments, tapes, ribbons, cords, or the like, supporting an upper edge of a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally extending vanes with the lower edges of the vanes in most embodiments of the invention being connected to operating elements adapted to raise the lower edges of each vane toward the upper edges to define openings or gaps between the vanes through which vision and light can pass in an open condition of the covering. Variations of the covering do not require movement of a lower edge of a vane relative to an upper edge but simply movement of some vanes relative to other vanes. The vanes can be made of materials having different flexibilities and where more rigid materials are used, creased fold lines can be established for desired operability. | 03-11-2010 |
20120193040 | RETRACTABLE SHADE WITH COLLAPSIBLE VANES - A retractable cover for architectural openings having collapsible vanes includes a support structure in the form of a sheet of material, monofilaments, tapes, ribbons, cords, or the like, supporting an upper edge of a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally extending vanes with the lower edges of the vanes in most embodiments of the invention being connected to operating elements adapted to raise the lower edges of each vane toward the upper edges to define openings or gaps between the vanes through which vision and light can pass in an open condition of the covering. Variations of the covering do not require movement of a lower edge of a vane relative to an upper edge but simply movement of some vanes relative to other vanes. The vanes can be made of materials having different flexibilities and where more rigid materials are used, creased fold lines can be established for desired operability. | 08-02-2012 |
20130139977 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING A WINDOW COVERING HAVING OPERABLE VANES - An apparatus and associated method for manufacturing a window covering for an architectural opening. The apparatus includes a support structure handling assembly, an operating element handling assembly, and a vane handling assembly. The handling assemblies process the respective materials to an assembly station to attach one portion of a vane to the operating elements, and another portion of the vane to the support structure, allowing movement of one portion of the vane relative to other portion of the vane. | 06-06-2013 |
20140096915 | RETRACTABLE SHADE WITH COLLAPSIBLE VANES - A retractable cover for architectural openings having collapsible vanes includes a support structure in the form of a sheet of material, monofilaments, tapes, ribbons, cords, or the like, supporting an upper edge of a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally extending vanes with the lower edges of the vanes in most embodiments of the invention being connected to operating elements adapted to raise the lower edges of each vane toward the upper edges to define openings or gaps between the vanes through which vision and light can pass in an open condition of the covering. Variations of the covering do not require movement of a lower edge of a vane relative to an upper edge but simply movement of some vanes relative to other vanes. The vanes can be made of materials having different flexibilities and where more rigid materials are used, creased fold lines can be established for desired operability. | 04-10-2014 |
Dennis Hartman, South Bend, IN US
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20100054906 | RACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STORING PALLETIZED ITEMS - The present disclosure relates to a racking system and method of storing palletized items in the racking system. The present disclosure also relates to a racking system for storing multiple pallets stacked with the palletized items, the multiple pallets being deliverable for storage in the racking system by a fork lift vehicle. | 03-04-2010 |
20110139733 | RACK SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, system, and method of use for a storage racking system. | 06-16-2011 |
Eric E. Hartman, Ridgefield, CT US
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20100178097 | Laterally-Actuated Dispenser with One-Way Valve for Storing and Dispensing Substances - A dispenser for dispensing a substance, such as a pharmaceutical, ophthalmic, dermatological, cosmeceutical, cosmetic or other product, has a body with a variable-volume storage chamber for storing the product. A dispensing portion of the dispenser is connected with the body and has a compression chamber in fluid communication with the storage chamber for receiving substance therefrom, and an outlet aperture coupled in fluid communication with the compression chamber. A one-way valve of the dispenser includes an axially-extending valve seat and an axially-extending flexible valve cover seated on the valve seat and defining a normally-closed, axially-extending seam therebetween forming a fluid-tight seal between the valve cover and valve seat. The flexible valve cover is movable relative to the valve seat and the seam is connectable in fluid communication with the outlet aperture to allow the passage of substance through the seam and out of the dispenser. The dispenser further comprises a manually-engageable actuator connected to the dispensing portion movable between first and second positions to dispense substance within the compression chamber through the outlet aperture, and an integral, dome-shaped spring for biasing the actuator in a direction from one of the first and second positions toward the other. | 07-15-2010 |
20100301067 | Container and One-Way Valve Assembly for Storing and Dispensing Substances, and Related Method - A device for storing and dispensing a substance includes a storage chamber for the substance. The container includes a passageway in fluid communication with the storage chamber. The container includes a pierceable wall located on an opposite side of the passageway relative to the storage chamber. The device includes a one-way valve assembly including a piercing portion. At least one of the piercing portion and the pierceable wall is movable relative to the other between a first position wherein the pierceable portion is not piercing the pierceable wall, and a second position wherein the pierceable portion is piercing the pierceable wall allowing the flow of substance from the storage chamber. A removable member is disposed intermediate the valve and the container that prevents movement of at least one of the piercing portion and pierceable wall to the second position until the removable member is removed. | 12-02-2010 |
20110052768 | Container Closure with Overlying Needle Penetrable and Resealable Portion and Underlying Portion Compatible with Fat Containing Liquid Product, and Related Method - A container and method are provided for storing fat containing liquid products. The container includes a body defining a storage chamber for receiving the product, and a container closure. A first material portion forms at least most of the surface area overlying the storage chamber that can contact any product therein. Neither the body nor the first material portion leach more than a predetermined amount of leachables into the product or undesirably alter a taste profile thereof. A needle penetrable and thermally resealable second material portion either (i) overlies the first material portion and cannot contact any product within the storage chamber, or (ii) forms a substantially lesser surface area overlying the storage chamber that can contact any product therein in comparison to the first material portion. A sealing portion is engageable with the body to form a substantially dry hermetic seal between the container closure and body. | 03-03-2011 |
20120186697 | Container Closure with Overlying Needle Penetrable and Resealable Portion and Underlying Portion Compatible with Fat Containing Liquid Product, and Related Method - A container and method are provided for storing fat containing liquid products. The container includes a body defining a storage chamber for receiving the product, and a container closure. A first material portion forms at least most of the surface area overlying the storage chamber that can contact any product therein. Neither the body nor the first material portion leach more than a predetermined amount of leachables into the product or undesirably alter a taste profile thereof. A needle penetrable and thermally resealable second material portion either (i) overlies the first material portion and cannot contact any product within the storage chamber, or (ii) forms a substantially lesser surface area overlying the storage chamber that can contact any product therein in comparison to the first material portion. A sealing portion is engageable with the body to form a substantially dry hermetic seal between the container closure and body. | 07-26-2012 |
20120219348 | LATERALLY-ACTUATED DISPENSER WITH ONE-WAY VALVE FOR STORING AND DISPENSING SUBSTANCES - A dispenser for dispensing a substance has a variable-volume storage chamber for storing the product. A dispensing portion is coupled in fluid communication with the storage chamber for receiving substance therefrom, and an outlet aperture coupled in fluid communication with the bore. A one-way valve includes a valve seat and a flexible valve cover seated on the valve seat and defining a normally-closed fluid-tight seal between the valve cover and valve seat. The flexible valve cover is movable relative to the valve seat to allow the passage of substance out of the dispenser. The dispenser further comprises a manually-engageable actuator for moving between first and second positions to dispense substance through the outlet aperture, and an integral, dome-shaped spring for biasing in a direction from one of the first and second positions toward the other. | 08-30-2012 |
Erick V. Hartman, Kansas City, MO US
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20100006460 | MODULAR OPTICAL DISC MEDIA STORAGE SYSTEM - Protective modular holders for CDs and DVDs can be assembled into a storage assembly from which each disc and its accompanying literature can be removed without opening an individual holder. Two outer elements and an inner element form a module which receives two components, such as a pair of discs, or a disc and a booklet. Each side of the inner member cooperates with the corresponding outer element to form a disc receiving opening with openings aligned or at 90° or 180° offsets. The units are connected at the corners to adjacent units with the openings in selected alignments to form a storage assembly. The assembly may be expanded by connecting additional holder units. The outer elements and inner members cooperatively form a slot and label rail for receiving a label when the elements are joined together. The inner holder member surfaces may include a disc cleaner. | 01-14-2010 |
Glen L. Hartman, Urbana, IL US
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20100083396 | Soybean Gene for Resistance to Aphis glycines | 04-01-2010 |
20110154527 | Soybean Gene for Resistance to Aphis Glycines | 06-23-2011 |
20110277177 | Soybean Genes for Resistance to Aphis Glycines - resistance (RAG) genes are provided by this invention, along with methods for identifying their presence using marker-assisted selection. Varieties of | 11-10-2011 |
20130254945 | SOYBEAN APHID RESISTANCE GENE RAG2 - Provided herein are isolated nucleic acid molecules representing a genetically defined region of the genome of the aphid resistant soybean plant ( | 09-26-2013 |
Glenn Hartman, Salem, VA US
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20090044579 | CYLINDER LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH A TAILPIECE ROTATIONALLY COUPLED TO THE CYLINDER PLUG - The present application relates to lock assemblies that provide a secondary coupling point, utilizing an anti-rotation pin or extended tailpiece leg or other method, which rotationally couples the tailpiece to the cylinder plug, thereby preventing rotation of the tailpiece independently of the cylinder plug. Therefore, a tailpiece within a bolt cam or other actuator used to withdraw a bolt or unlock a lockset cannot be rotated after the primary means for connecting the tail piece to the cylinder plug has been forcibly removed, severed, or destroyed. | 02-19-2009 |
20090241620 | Cylinder Lock and Auxiliary Locking Mechanism - A tumbler pin lock includes an auxiliary locking mechanism including an auxiliary locking pin to provide enhance locking in addition to the locking provided by the tumbler pins so that the lock remains locked even if the tumblers are picked or bumped into their unlocked positions. | 10-01-2009 |
20130061644 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY RETURNING A LOCK TO A DESIRED ORIENTATION - An electromechanical lock includes a spring-biased cylinder plug return mechanism for automatically rotating the rotatable plug to a home position after the plug has been rotated from the home position and thereafter released. In one embodiment, the cylinder plug return mechanism comprises a torsional spring coupled to the plug, In a second embodiment, the cylinder plug return mechanism comprises a slider that is coupled to the plug so that rotation of the plug moves the slider, thereby increasing the potential energy in a return spring, and when the plug is released, the increase potential energy is released by moving the slider, and the coupling between the slider and the plug causes the plug to rotate back to a home position. | 03-14-2013 |
Heather Jean Hartman, Newark, DE US
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20090013276 | Method and Apparatus for Scaling a User Interface Adaptively to an Object Discovery/Display System with Policy Driven Filtering - The present invention provides a method, apparatus and computer instructions for scaling a user interface adaptively to an object discovery or display system with policy driven filtering. A number of filters are defined by the user in an initial setup. The filter includes a target number of discovered objects and a metric for filtering discovered objects. Once the initial setup is complete, the present invention automatically triggers or deactivates the filters and dynamically applies one or more filters based on the number of discovered objects and rules defined by the user. Resulting discovered objects are displayed in the user interface to the user. | 01-08-2009 |
20090019144 | Method and Apparatus for Scaling a User Interface Adaptively to an Object Discovery/Display System with Policy Driven Filtering - The present invention provides a method, apparatus and computer instructions for scaling a user interface adaptively to an object discovery or display system with policy driven filtering. A number of filters are defined by the user in an initial setup. The filter includes a target number of discovered objects and a metric for filtering discovered objects. Once the initial setup is complete, the present invention automatically triggers or deactivates the filters and dynamically applies one or more filters based on the number of discovered objects and rules defined by the user. Resulting discovered objects are displayed in the user interface to the user. | 01-15-2009 |
Heather Jean Hartman, Arnold, MD US
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20080208884 | Process for Distributed Production and Peer-To-Peer Consolidation of Subjective Ratings Across Ad-Hoc Networks - A rating program on a mobile computing device communicates with other mobile devices regarding collected ratings. A user enters ratings and requests for information; the mobile computing device will then operate in the background, actively scanning for other users with the same type of short-range communications and a ratings program. The devices are able to exchange and save ratings, providing a mobile, socially-relevant means of collecting information. | 08-28-2008 |
James Alan Hartman, Broomfield, CO US
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20090202928 | Control of Crazing, Cracking or Crystallization of a Charge Transport Layer in a Photoconductor - Embodiments of a photoconductor for use in a printer or printer cartridge comprise an electrically conductive substrate, a charge generation layer disposed over the electrically conductive substrate, and a charge transport layer disposed over the charge generation layer, wherein the charge transport layer comprises charge transport molecules with octyl/decyl glycidyl ether (OGE) or dodecyl/ tetradecyl glycidyl ether (DGE), or combinations thereof, added to improve resistance to crazing, cracking and crystallization in the change transport layer. | 08-13-2009 |
20100167191 | Electrophotographic Photoreceptor Having a Spectral Marker and Electrophotographic Printer Using the Same - A photoreceptor comprising a spectral marker and an electrophotographic printer using the same wherein the presence of the spectral marker is detected by the spectral marker detector, which enables photoreceptor authentication and thickness determinations, thereby permitting adjustment and optimization of component operating parameters within the electrophotographic printer. | 07-01-2010 |
James X. Hartman, Boca Raton, FL US
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20110039282 | METHOD OF DETECTING CALCIFYING NANOPARTICLES AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CALCIFYING NANOPARTICLE INFORMATION - A method of measuring the susceptibility of a subject to calcifying nanoparticle formation is disclosed. The method can include obtaining a cell culture comprising peripheral blood mononuclear cells, immune cells, or both, from a peripheral blood mononuclear fraction of a subject in a complete culture media; extracting a first aliquot and a second aliquot from the cell culture; and dispensing the first and second aliquot in different wells. The surface of the well containing the first aliquot can include a calcifying nanoparticle biofilm, while the well containing the second aliquot does not. The first and second aliquots can be incubated and the concentration of osteopontin in each aliquot determined. An osteopontin factor can be calculated and compared to osteopontin factors from a representative sample of other subjects. The osteopontin factor can be defined as the osteopontin concentration in the first aliquot divided by the osteopontin concentration in the second aliquot. | 02-17-2011 |
20110039354 | Method of Characterizing and Quantifying Calcifying Nanoparticles - A method of characterizing calcifying nanoparticles (CNPs) can include creating a test sample comprising CNPs isolated from a biological source, a buffer solution, a plurality of calibration beads, and a fluorescent marker specifically linked to the CNPs; evaluating the test sample using a flow cytometer; and analyzing results from the flow cytometer to determine a characterizing feature of the calcifying nanoparticles. The characterizing feature of the calcifying nanoparticles can be the number of CNPs, concentration of CNPs, size of CNPs, level of CNP aggregation, size and light dispersion characteristics of CNPs, fluorescence intensity of the CNPs when labeled with a specific antibody, or a combinations thereof The method can also include evaluating an isotype control comprising CNPs isolated from the biological source, the buffer solution, a plurality of calibration beads, and a fluorescent marker that is not linked to the CNPs. | 02-17-2011 |
Jason Hartman, Woodinville, WA US
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20100164983 | LEVERAGING GRAPHICS PROCESSORS TO OPTIMIZE RENDERING 2-D OBJECTS - Methods and computer-readable media for displaying two-dimensional objects on a display device are disclosed. Rendering requests are received from an application to render two-dimensionally modeled graphics to a display device. Primitive geometries of drawing calls of the rendering requests are tessellated into sequences of triangles. The vertices of the triangles are mapped to a vertex buffer along with an index to identify associated constant data. Batching operations store and communicate calls and mapped data to a graphics processing unit by way of a three-dimensional rendering application program interface. Constant data associated with the mapped data are indexed and appended together in a constant buffer, thereby allowing drawing calls to be coalesced. A staging buffer and a staging texture are provided for batching text anti-aliasing operations. Shader fragments are precompiled and organized by way of a predetermined lookup table. | 07-01-2010 |
20130106853 | LEVERAGING GRAPHICS PROCESSORS TO OPTIMIZE RENDERING 2-D OBJECTS | 05-02-2013 |
Jason H. Hartman, Woodinville, WA US
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20100134510 | Methods and Systems for Providing Texture Tiling and Mirroring - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing texture tiling. The disclosed systems and methods may include copying a source image into a texture of a size the same or larger than the source image. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include displacing texture coordinates corresponding to the texture into a desired range. A displacement map may be used in displacing the texture coordinates. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods may include rendering, within the desired range, an output image corresponding to the texture coordinates associated with the texture. | 06-03-2010 |
Jay H. Hartman, New Hartford, CT US
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20100263900 | RECONFIGURABLE FULL AUTHORITY DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CONTROL HOUSING - A Full Authority Digital Controller (FADEC) has a stamped housing body, a FADEC circuit assembly within the housing body, and a cover. An electrical connector is mounted to the housing body. | 10-21-2010 |
20110087343 | ARCHITECTURE USING INTEGRATED BACKUP CONTROL AND PROTECTION HARDWARE - An electronic control configuration includes at least one secondary microprocessor operable to control a device. The at least one secondary microprocessor assumes protection control of the device responsive to a first type of failure by transmitting a protection control signal to a first effector. The at least one secondary microprocessor assumes backup control of the device responsive to a second type of failure by transmitting a backup control signal to a second effector. The backup control functionality of the at least one secondary microprocessor can be selectively disabled. | 04-14-2011 |
Joel Hartman, Auburn Hills, MI US
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20080223261 | TABLE ASSEMBLY - The invention comprises a table, comprising: a) a base, the base being suitable for mounting in a vehicle, the base having a collar with one or more base pins along the interior of the collar; b) a pole, the pole being detachably coupled to the base, the pole having with one or more hockey-stick shaped slots at one end corresponding to and capable of receiving the base pins, a first lock/release mechanism for securing the pole to the base, and one or more apertures at an end opposite to the one end; and c) a table top, the table top being detachably coupled to the pillar, the top having a second lock/release mechanism for securing the top to the pillar, the second lock/release mechanism containing one or more elements which engage the one or more apertures on the pole, wherein the base, the pole and the table top combine to form the table. | 09-18-2008 |
John David Hartman, Chicago, IL US
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20120054957 | Devices and Methods for Body Elevation - Devices and methods are presented for elevating seat devices. The device allows a vertical and forward motion of a seat from a first position to a second position. Such motion more resembles a natural body motion during the standing motion. A similar but converse motion is also possible with movement from a standing position to a sitting position. | 03-08-2012 |
20130079735 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING A FORMULATION TO SKIN - The application provides a device for applying a formulation to skin, the device comprising a housing, a spreading means, and an ejecting means; wherein the housing comprises a chamber for receiving a cartridge, and wherein the cartridge comprises a formulation. | 03-28-2013 |
20140338119 | Devices and Methods for Body Elevation - Devices and methods are presented for elevating seat devices. The device allows a vertical and forward motion of a seat from a first position to a second position. Such motion more resembles a natural body motion during the standing motion. A similar but converse motion is also possible with movement from a standing position to a sitting position. | 11-20-2014 |
Jonathan Hartman, Kihei, HI US
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20110027101 | CONVERTIBLE PADDLE SYSTEM - A paddle useful for paddle boarding comprises a shaft having a first end and an opposed second end, a first blade at the first end of the shaft, and a handle at the second end of the shaft. There is a second blade proximate the second end of the shaft. The second blade is moveable between first and second positions. The first position allows the handle to be used by the second blade being closer to the first end of the shaft that is the handle, i.e., a single blade configuration. In a double blade configuration, the second blade is in a second position that allows the second blade to be used by a portion of the second blade extending at least as far as the handle. | 02-03-2011 |
Katherin Hartman, New Hudson, MI US
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20090204303 | Method for Determining Trailer Braking Output - A method for providing a trailer equipped with trailer brakes with an electronically controlled trailer braking output to help slow a vehicle/trailer combination as quickly as possible, but in a stable and balanced manner. In situations where a low friction environment is detected, such as a wet or icy road, the present method can brake the trailer in a more aggressive manner than a gain setting would normally allow. This gain-independent segment of the trailer braking output can result in a shorter stopping distance for the vehicle/trailer combination, without causing excessive trailer wheel lockup. | 08-13-2009 |
Laura Hartman, Chicago, IL US
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20090087828 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND TOOL FOR COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING - Systems and methods of providing remote, real-time computer-facilitated instruction, interaction, testing, and assessment to a plurality of users or participants. The system includes a system (e.g., a server) for shaping and directing a learning or decision-making environment. The shaping/directing system selectively provides content to users based on responses from the users to create a user-directed and generated learning or decision-making experience. The users connect to the shaping/directing system through a plurality of respective, user-controlled client devices. Each respective client device includes an input device (e.g., a pointing device) and an output device (e.g., a display). The output device communicates portions of the content, including decision points, to the respective user. The input device receives responses from the respective user. The responses reply to the respective decision points. | 04-02-2009 |
Leo Hartman, Fern Park, FL US
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20090324799 | MAXIMIZING UTILIZATION OF MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT EFFLUENTS TO PRODUCE A BIOFUEL, FERTILIZER AND/OR ANIMAL FEED FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE MINDED COMMUNITIES - Continuously produced algae is seeded into the waste streams by the use of 4 or more photo bio-reactors. The algae so produced manufacture oils and fats inside their cells from nutrients in the waste and the process of photosynthesis. Their growth is enhanced by the use of screens, both fixed and movable. These algae adhere to the screens or to the long chain algae attached there to. Algae removed from the raceway bio-reactor are killed by repeated application of heavy rollers over leveled out extracted algae cells. The dead algae are covered with recycled process waste water which goes to one of more oil/water separators and then to storage tanks that contain bio-diesel oil fraction, to waste water tanks and to storage bins for solid waste dead cell material removed. | 12-31-2009 |
Mark Hartman, Atlanta, GA US
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20110167018 | Prioritizing and Tracking Investments - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for assisting in understanding and tracking the potential risks and rewards of investment projects so that they can be efficiently evaluated for approval and tracked for progress. For example, in one embodiment, an investment system causes display of input requests and receives responses to the input requests from conception of the investment project to completion of the investment project. | 07-07-2011 |
Mark Christopher Hartman, Amelia, VA US
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20120065789 | DETERMINING ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A STRUCTURE - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for measuring the supply of a consumable product/energy source, such as electrical power, to a facility over time and analyzing the measurements to determine the consumption or supply of the product by one or more loads and/or sources in the facility, and to determine induced and residual heat flow through the facility's envelope. Various aspects compare the measured supply of the consumable product to a database of consumption signatures, which characterize access to the consumable product by particular users. In doing so, costs for the product may be more accurately divided between different tenants of the facility without having to install individual services or measurement equipment for each individual tenant. Operating conditions and facility characteristics, such as temperatures, load factors, insulation factors, etc., may be further considered in determining a particular user's access of the consumable product. To aid in the controlling of energy use, thermal resistance factors of the building are determined, which are based on the induced and residual heat flow through the facility. Various algorithms are used including smart agents (e.g. neural networks) to determine the consumption of the consumable product by a particular user, to create the database of consumption signatures, and to determine the thermal resistance factors. | 03-15-2012 |
20120194670 | Determining Energy Consumption in a Structure - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for measuring the supply of a consumable product/energy source, such as electrical power, to a facility over time and analyzing the measurements to determine the consumption or supply of the product by one or more loads and/or sources in the facility, and to determine induced and residual heat flow through the facility's envelope. Various aspects compare the measured supply of the consumable product to a database of consumption signatures, which characterize access to the consumable product by particular users. Operating conditions and facility characteristics, such as temperatures, load factors, insulation factors, etc., may be further considered in determining a particular user's access of the consumable product. To aid in the controlling of energy use, thermal resistance factors of the building are determined, which are based on the induced and residual heat flow through the facility. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197562 | Determining Energy Consumption in a Structure - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for measuring the supply of a consumable product/energy source, such as electrical power, to a facility over time and analyzing the measurements to determine the consumption or supply of the product by one or more loads and/or sources in the facility, and to determine induced and residual heat flow through the facility's envelope. Various aspects compare the measured supply of the consumable product to a database of consumption signatures, which characterize access to the consumable product by particular users. Operating conditions and facility characteristics, such as temperatures, load factors, insulation factors, etc., may be further considered in determining a particular user's access of the consumable product. To aid in the controlling of energy use, thermal resistance factors of the building are determined, which are based on the induced and residual heat flow through the facility. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203380 | Determining Energy Consumption in a Structure - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for measuring the supply of a consumable product/energy source, such as electrical power, to a facility over time and analyzing the measurements to determine the consumption or supply of the product by one or more loads and/or sources in the facility, and to determine induced and residual heat flow through the facility's envelope. Various aspects compare the measured supply of the consumable product to a database of consumption signatures, which characterize access to the consumable product by particular users. Operating conditions and facility characteristics, such as temperatures, load factors, insulation factors, etc., may be further considered in determining a particular user's access of the consumable product. To aid in the controlling of energy use, thermal resistance factors of the building are determined, which are based on the induced and residual heat flow through the facility. | 08-09-2012 |
Mark E. Hartman, Peoria, IL US
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20100033122 | Method and system for detecting a failed current sensor in a three-phase machine - A method of detecting one or more failed current sensor and estimating a phase current for the failed current sensor on a three-phase machine is disclosed. The method may include detecting one or more failed current sensor by determining if an absolute value of a sum of the phase currents of the motor is below an open circuit value. The method may also include determining which phase currents are approximately zero, for each phase current associated with each phase of the motor, if the sum of the phase currents of the motor is not below the open circuit value. The method may further include estimating the phase current for the failed current sensor by determining the phase current value for the failed current sensor, that when added to the phase currents of the remaining current sensors, will make the sum of all the phase currents equal to approximately zero. | 02-11-2010 |
20100164735 | System And Method For Testing Power Transistors - A method for testing a power converter having at least one power transistor is disclosed. The method may include receiving a power transistor test request, and resetting a fault flag. The method may also include applying a gate driver signal to each power transistor, receiving a feedback signal from each power transistor, and determining a difference between the gate driver signal and the feedback signal associated with a respective power transistor. The method may further include identifying a fault if the difference exceeds a threshold profile, and setting a fault flag when a fault is identified. | 07-01-2010 |
Mark Edward Hartman, Peoria, IL US
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20090140745 | Power converter current sensor testing method - A method of testing power converter current sensors is disclosed. The method may include receiving a current sensor test request and receiving measured currents from current measurements from the at least one current sensor, based on the test request. The method may further include comparing the measured current of the sensor with a stored profile and determining whether a fault exists in each current sensor being tested. The method may also include providing a user with a test report. | 06-04-2009 |
20090189444 | Power supply system and ramp strategy - A power supply system for supplying power to a load is disclosed. The power supply system includes a power source, a high voltage terminal coupled to the power source, a programmable controller coupled to the power source, and a first low voltage terminal and a second low voltage terminal. Each low voltage terminal is coupled to the programmable controller. The programmable controller may be programmed to switch each of the first and second low voltage terminals between a connected state and a disconnected state and to implement a power up strategy when initially supplying power to the load. | 07-30-2009 |
20130002027 | UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY - An uninterruptible power supply includes an input and an output. The uninterruptible power supply may include a first power path between the input and the output. The uninterruptible power supply may also include a second power path between the input and the output. The second power path may include a rectifier and an inverter. The uninterruptible power supply may also include controls configured to operate the uninterruptible power supply to supply electricity to the output. In controlling the uninterruptible power supply, the controls may selectively operate in first mode by transmitting electricity from the inlet to the outlet via the first power path while operating the inverter to condition at least one characteristic of electricity at the output. The controls may also selectively operate the uninterruptible power supply in a second mode by transmitting electricity from the input to the output via the second power path. | 01-03-2013 |
Mary M. Hartman, Spokane, WA US
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20100153408 | Resume Storage and Retrieval System - A method of and apparatus for storage and retrieval of resume images in a manner which preserves the appearance, organization, and information content of the original document. In addition, summaries or “outlines” of resume images, broken down into multiple fields, are stored, and can be searched field by field. A user interface is provided which is based on a familiar paper-based method already in common use, thus reducing the training required to effectively use the system. | 06-17-2010 |
20120197974 | RESUME STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - A method of and apparatus for storage and retrieval of résumé images in a manner which preserves the appearance, organization, and information content of the original document. In addition, summaries or “outlines” of résumé images, broken down into multiple fields, are stored, and can be searched field by field. A user interface is provided which is based on a familiar paper-based method already in common use, thus reducing the training required to effectively use the system. | 08-02-2012 |
Michael E, Hartman, Des Moines, IA US
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20090010750 | METHOD OF HANDLING CLAMSHELL CONTAINERS CONTAINING A PARTICULATE ALIQUOT - A method for handling package assemblies in an automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to, a method of handling a package assembly containing a particulate aliquot (such as a selected type of agricultural seed) that includes first and second portions which cooperate to contain the aliquot, the method including receiving the package assembly in a package assembly handling device, and applying a force to the package assembly using the package assembly handling device so that the first and second portions at least partially separate in response to the force. | 01-08-2009 |
20090283520 | BUCKLING CLAMSHELL CONTAINER FOR AUTOMATED ALIQUOT AND DISPERSAL PROCESSES - A package assembly for automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to: first and second portions which cooperate to contain the aliquot, wherein a flexure channel is defined in each of opposite sides of at least one of the first or second portions, the flexure channels cooperating to define a flexure axis extending through the pair of flexure channels. Thus, embodiments of the present invention may allow at least one of first and second portions of the package assembly to flex about the flexure axis in response to an opening force exerted on the package assembly such that the first and second portions separate in response to the opening force. | 11-19-2009 |
20100209221 | METHOD OF HANDLING CLAMSHELL CONTAINERS CONTAINING A PARTICULATE ALIQUOT - A package assembly handling system for handling package assemblies in an automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to, a package assembly handling system for handling a package assembly comprising first and second portions that cooperate to contain a particulate aliquot, the system including a package assembly handling device configured for applying a force to the package assembly so that the first and second portions at least partially separate, thus releasing at least a portion of the particulate aliquot. | 08-19-2010 |
20110047042 | AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEED PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for automated high-throughput processing seed requests or orders includes an autonomous single seed counter and packager which operates by pre-programmed criteria. Optional features can include a thresher, a spiral separator, and a label applicator. A conveyance path, controlled automatically, can move the seed to appropriate and desired stations during the processing while maintaining segregation from subsequent seed being processed. Validation of the seed request matching the sample requested occurs prior to processing and information about the seed to process or having been processed can be derived and stored for further use. | 02-24-2011 |
20150034638 | Buckling Clamshell Container For Automated Aliquot and Dispersal Processes - A package assembly for automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to: first and second portions which cooperate to contain the aliquot, wherein a flexure channel is defined in each of opposite sides of at least one of the first or second portions, the flexure channels cooperating to define a flexure axis extending through the pair of flexure channels. Thus, embodiments of the present invention may allow at least one of first and second portions of the package assembly to flex about the flexure axis in response to an opening force exerted on the package assembly such that the first and second portions separate in response to the opening force. | 02-05-2015 |
Michael W. Hartman, Reno, NV US
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20090075713 | E-INK BINGO DISPLAY - A system, method and computer-readable medium for implementing gaming systems and devices using portable e-ink bingo display devices. In one embodiment, an electronic game device includes a display controller adapted for generating a game face and a display assembly that displays the generated game face. The display assembly includes an electronic ink display sheet on which the generated game face is displayed, and a dauber interface that converts dauber input signals to electronic signals received by the display controller to adjust the display of the game face on the electronic ink display. | 03-19-2009 |
Morris L. Hartman, Hayes Center, NE US
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20090014044 | FOLDING SHED - A folding shed including a roof with a first roof section pivotally connected to a first sidewall and a second roof section pivotally connected to a second sidewall. The folding shed may further include foldable first and second end walls, each pivotally connected to the first and second sidewalls. The folding shed may be transformed from an operation to a storage configuration by outwardly pivoting the first and second roof sections until the exterior surface of each roof section approximately abuts the exterior surface of the sidewall to which it is connected and inwardly moving foldable end walls until the interior surfaces of the sidewalls approximately abut the interior surfaces of the end walls. | 01-15-2009 |
20140311053 | FOLDING SHED - A folding shed including a roof with a first roof section pivotally connected to a first sidewall and a second roof section pivotally connected to a second sidewall. The folding shed may further include foldable first and second end walls, each pivotally connected to the first and second sidewalls. The folding shed may be transformed from an operation to a storage configuration by outwardly pivoting the first and second roof sections until the exterior surface of each roof section approximately abuts the exterior surface of the sidewall to which it is connected and inwardly moving foldable end walls until the interior surfaces of the sidewalls approximately abut the interior surfaces of the end walls. | 10-23-2014 |
Nile Hartman, Duluth, GA US
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20090109441 | Method and apparatus for enhancing waveguide sensor signal - A detection system for a first specific material is provided by which an interferometer, having a reference waveguide segment and a test waveguide segment, is enhanced. The test waveguide segment carries a second capture material for specifically capturing said first specific material that may be present in a fluid specimen. Capture of the first specific material is detected by an interference pattern produced by combining coherent light beams passing through the waveguide segments. To enhance by orders of magnitude the detection limits of the test, the waveguide segments are subjected to an alternating or pulsed electrical or magnetic fields. This same signal is fed to a lock-in amplifier that is associated with computational means by which the interference pattern is interpreted. The invention further includes a waveguide system in which capture of the first specific material is detected by fluorescence. Detection of the fluorescent signal is enhanced relative to noise by subjecting the waveguide segment to alternating or pulsed electrical or magnetic signal. | 04-30-2009 |
Pat Hartman, Canton, MI US
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20110153156 | Method for Correction of Dynamic Output Signals of Inertial Sensors Having Mounting Offsets - A method for compensating inertial sensor measurement outputs for mounting locations that are not coincident, nor orthogonal, with the vehicle center of gravity. The method further utilizes vehicle angular rate measurements, data, or estimates to determine the discrete acceleration components of the composite inertial sensor measurement output. | 06-23-2011 |
Peter Hartman US
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20080231908 | Methods and systems for classifying and prioritizing incoming facsimiles - A method is provided for classifying and prioritizing facsimiles comprising: accepting a facsimile comprising image data; classifying the facsimile in accordance with a predetermined classification scheme based on the data comprising the facsimile; determining, based on the classification, at least one characteristic of an output of the facsimile; and outputting the facsimile in a user readable format. Also provided is a system for classifying and prioritizing facsimiles comprising: a machine for accepting a facsimile comprising image data; a processor for classifying the facsimile in accordance with a predetermined classification scheme based on the data comprising the facsimile, and determining, based on the classification, at least one characteristic of an output of the facsimile; and a device for outputting the facsimile in a user readable. The output of facsimile may be classified by selecting a different type of media, selecting a different color media, printing or marking at least part of the facsimile in a different ink color, printing or marking the print output of the facsimile with a decoration or annotation, altering image data, or a combination thereof. | 09-25-2008 |
Peter G. Hartman, West Bloomfield, MI US
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20100010732 | METHOD FOR VEHICLE ROUTE PLANNING - A method of planning a vehicle route includes estimating fuel requirements of identified alternative routes or route segments using navigation, vehicle, and powertrain information. The method also includes displaying for a vehicle operator a list of alternate routes that features either absolute or relative values representative of such estimated fuel requirements. The method further includes adapting values used to estimate fuel requirements based upon current powertrain operating parameters, and alerting the vehicle operator when actual vehicle fuel economy along a selected route varies significantly from the estimated fuel requirement. | 01-14-2010 |
20110172877 | MASS, DRAG COEFFICIENT AND INCLINATION DETERMINATION USING ACCELEROMETER SENSOR - A method and system of determining a vehicle's driving characteristics such as the vehicle mass, drag force coefficients and driving surface inclination. The vehicle's mass, drag force coefficients and inclination are determined using signals input from the vehicle's accelerometer. | 07-14-2011 |
20130218408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY WITH ENERGY STORAGE EFFICIENCY MODEL - A method is described for improving fuel economy in a vehicle having an engine, a generator driven by the engine, and an energy storage unit by using an energy storage efficiency model. The method includes evaluating a current efficiency state of the engine, evaluating a current efficiency state of the generator, evaluating a current efficiency state of the energy storage unit, and, controlling the generator to provide an optimized voltage output, based on the results of the evaluations and the energy storage efficiency model. A voltage regulator implementing this method is also described. | 08-22-2013 |
20130304352 | ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MALFUNCTION CONDITIONS IN MULTIAIR ENGINE HYDRAULIC VALVE TRAIN - An on-board diagnostic system for detecting malfunction conditions in a hydraulic valve train of a MultiAir™ engine. The system comprises a plurality of pressure sensors for generating pressure signals located in a hydraulic circuit of the hydraulic valve train; and an engine control module for performing a waveform analysis of the pressure signals to detect malfunction conditions in the hydraulic valve train. The engine control module performs a frequency and/or time delay waveform analysis. | 11-14-2013 |
Randy Gene Hartman, Plymouth, MN US
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20100287500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING CONFORMAL SYMBOLOGY ON A SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY - A method is provided for displaying symbology on a see-through display device in an environment with at least one real-world object. The method includes selecting the at least one real-world object; selecting symbology to display with the at least one real-world object; and conformally displaying the symbology with the at least one real-world object. | 11-11-2010 |
Richard I. Hartman, Peoria, IL US
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20080262947 | E-commerce based method and system for manufacturer hosting of virtual dealer stores and method for providing a systemization of machine parts - An e-commerce based method for requesting information and purchasing products from a dealer through a manufacturer is disclosed. This method and system includes sending a request for detailed dealer information to a manufacturer server system using a client system and displaying real-time detailed dealer information on the client system based on the request, the real-time detailed dealer information received from the manufacturer server system, the manufacturer server system accessing the real-time detailed dealer information from a remote dealer server system via a middleware application system. | 10-23-2008 |
20130110677 | E-COMMERCE BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURER HOSTING OF VIRTUAL DEALER STORES AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SYSTEMIZATION OF MACHINE PARTS | 05-02-2013 |
Richard L. Hartman, Spokane, WA US
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20100153408 | Resume Storage and Retrieval System - A method of and apparatus for storage and retrieval of resume images in a manner which preserves the appearance, organization, and information content of the original document. In addition, summaries or “outlines” of resume images, broken down into multiple fields, are stored, and can be searched field by field. A user interface is provided which is based on a familiar paper-based method already in common use, thus reducing the training required to effectively use the system. | 06-17-2010 |
20120197974 | RESUME STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - A method of and apparatus for storage and retrieval of résumé images in a manner which preserves the appearance, organization, and information content of the original document. In addition, summaries or “outlines” of résumé images, broken down into multiple fields, are stored, and can be searched field by field. A user interface is provided which is based on a familiar paper-based method already in common use, thus reducing the training required to effectively use the system. | 08-02-2012 |
20130100963 | Methods, Systems, and Devices for Interfacing to Networks - Systems, methods, and devices for network communication are described. According to one embodiment, a system for connecting to communication networks includes a host configured to support at least a first bidirectional network interface and a second bidirectional network interface. The system also includes a first network interface connected to the host, the first network interface's input configured to receive incoming data from a first network connection and its output configured to transmit outgoing data to a second network connection. The system further includes a second network interface connected to the host, the second network interface's input configured to receive incoming data from the second network connection and its output configured to transmit outgoing data to the first network connection. | 04-25-2013 |
20140321322 | Methods, Systems, and Devices for Interfacing to Networks - Systems, methods, and devices for network communication are described. According to one embodiment, a system for connecting to communication networks includes a host configured to support at least a first bidirectional network interface and a second bidirectional network interface. The system also includes a first network interface connected to the host, the first network interface's input configured to receive incoming data from a first network connection and its output configured to transmit outgoing data to a second network connection. The system further includes a second network interface connected to the host, the second network interface's input configured to receive incoming data from the second network connection and its output configured to transmit outgoing data to the first network connection. | 10-30-2014 |
Richard Leon Hartman, Huntsville, AL US
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20120086794 | CONTACTLESS FINGERPRINT ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING - A contactless fingerprint acquisition and processing method, includes detecting and acquiring an object image, converting the object image into a fingerprint image and at least one of identifying and verifying the fingerprint image. | 04-12-2012 |
20140253711 | AGILE NON-CONTACT BIOMETRIC SENSOR - Exemplary embodiments include an agile non-contact biometric sensor apparatus, having a sensor that monitors a field of view for a user, an imaging system that captures one or more pieces of biometric information from the user, and a pan-tilt device that orients the imaging system to a location of the user in the field of view detected by the sensor. | 09-11-2014 |
Richard R. Hartman, Memphis, TN US
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20090266501 | COMPOSITION AND INK RECEIVING SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE COMPOSITION - A composition includes an alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent or an alkyl ketene dimer sizing agent. The alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent is present in an amount ranging from about 1.0 pounds per ton to about 4.0 pounds per ton. The alkyl ketene dimer sizing agent is present in an amount ranging from about 2.0 pounds per ton to about 10.0 pounds per ton. A metallic salt is also incorporated in the composition. | 10-29-2009 |
20140300663 | RECORDING SHEET WITH IMPROVED IMAGE DRY TIME - This invention is directed to an recording sheet having improved image dry time for use in printing comprising a substrate having in contact with at least one surface thereof one or more water soluble divalent metal salts, preferably admixed with one or more starches, to process of forming such recording sheet, to a method of generating one or more image(s) on said recording sheet in an printing process and to a recording sheet having one or more images on a surface thereof. | 10-09-2014 |
Robert Michael Hartman, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL US
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20090324799 | MAXIMIZING UTILIZATION OF MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT EFFLUENTS TO PRODUCE A BIOFUEL, FERTILIZER AND/OR ANIMAL FEED FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE MINDED COMMUNITIES - Continuously produced algae is seeded into the waste streams by the use of 4 or more photo bio-reactors. The algae so produced manufacture oils and fats inside their cells from nutrients in the waste and the process of photosynthesis. Their growth is enhanced by the use of screens, both fixed and movable. These algae adhere to the screens or to the long chain algae attached there to. Algae removed from the raceway bio-reactor are killed by repeated application of heavy rollers over leveled out extracted algae cells. The dead algae are covered with recycled process waste water which goes to one of more oil/water separators and then to storage tanks that contain bio-diesel oil fraction, to waste water tanks and to storage bins for solid waste dead cell material removed. | 12-31-2009 |
Ryan L. Hartman, Northport, AL US
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20110126914 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING SOLIDS IN MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS - Systems and methods related to handling solids in microfluidic systems are generally described. Many of the systems and methods described herein address the need to inhibit the formation of blockages in microfluidic channels. | 06-02-2011 |
Ryan L. Hartman, Arlington, MA US
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20100122899 | SMALL-SCALE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING MIXTURES - The present invention generally relates to the small-scale separation of a mixture of two or more components with different boiling points into enriched fractions. In some embodiments, a first and second fluid (e.g., a liquid and a gas, a liquid and a liquid, etc.) are passed through a channel. The first fluid may comprise at least two components, each with a unique boiling point. Upon contacting the first and second fluids within the channel, at least a portion of the most volatile of the components in the first fluid (i.e., the component with the lowest boiling point) may be transferred from the first fluid to the second fluid. In some instances, the transfer of the volatile component(s) from the first fluid to the second fluid may be expedited by heating, in some cases above the boiling point(s) of the component(s) to be transferred from the first fluid to the second fluid. Contact between the first and second fluids may be maintained, for example, via segmented flow, bubbling flow, etc. In some instances, separation between the first and second fluids may be maintained in a channel that is essentially free of interior microchannel surface irregularities. | 05-20-2010 |
Sam Hartman, Cambridge, MA US
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20100185855 | Data Repository and Method for Promoting Network Storage of Data - In general, the invention features methods by which more than one client program connected to a network stores the same data item on a storage device of a data repository connected to the network. In one aspect, the method comprises encrypting the data item using a key derived from the content of the data item, determining a digital fingerprint of the data item, and storing the data item on the storage device at a location or locations associated with the digital fingerprint. In a second aspect, the method comprises determining a digital fingerprint of the data item, testing for whether the data item is already stored in the repository by comparing the digital fingerprint of the data item to the digital fingerprints of data items already in storage in the repository, and challenging a client that is attempting to deposit a data item already stored in the repository, to ascertain that the client has the full data item. | 07-22-2010 |
Scott Alvin Hartman, Stafford Springs, CT US
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20110126691 | TUNABLE MOUTHPIECE FOR A BRASS INSTRUMENT - Tunable mouthpiece of a brass instrument having a rim, a cup body, a throat tube insert, and a shanked backbore, wherein the throat tube insert is adjustably inserted into a backbore of the shanked backbore which forms a narrowest portion of the backbore. | 06-02-2011 |
Stuart J. Hartman, Livingston, NJ US
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20100204417 | EPOXY SEALER/HEALER FOR SEALING AND STRENGTHENING CRACKED CONCRETE - An epoxy sealer/healer formulation for sealing and strengthening cracked concrete. This sealer/healer has reduced fuming and exhibits a lower exotherm. | 08-12-2010 |
Susan Hartman, Hillsboro, OR US
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20100008325 | OVERLAY HANDOVER IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS NETWORK - Overlay handover is generally presented. In this regard, a method is introduced including storing a broadband wireless network composite signal in a sample buffer, processing the sample buffer using subcarriers associated with a serving base station to determine a bandwidth grant from a first MAP, and reprocessing the sample buffer using subcarriers associated with a neighboring co-channel base station to determine a bandwidth grant from a second MAP. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 01-14-2010 |
20100020733 | Synchronous messaging for mobile station - In some embodiments, base station/mobile station state entry schemes may use synchronous messaging for mobile stations to enter into a state in synchronization with an associated base station, e.g., they both know the frame or relative frame in which the state is to be entered, whether or not it actually is entered in that frame. | 01-28-2010 |
Susan M. Hartman, Lake Orion, MI US
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20110208783 | Integration of User Identifiers - User identifiers associated with a plurality of enterprises may be integrated. A request is received to link a plurality of user identifiers associated with a plurality of enterprises. A first user identifier associated with a first enterprise is received, and a second user identifier associated with a second enterprise is received. The first user identifier and a first enterprise identifier are stored in a first data structure of a memory. The second user identifier and a second enterprise identifier are stored in a second data structure of the memory. A first account identifier associated with the first user identifier is determined by a processor. A second account identifier associated with the second user identifier is determined by the processor. The first user identifier, the second user identifier, the first account identifier, and the second account identifier are stored in a virtual profile to link the first and second user identifiers and facilitate retrieval of information associated with the first and the second user identifiers from a selected one of the first enterprise and the second enterprise. | 08-25-2011 |
Terrence L. Hartman, Londonderry, NH US
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20110111234 | Adhesives With Thermal Conductivity Enhanced By Mixed Silver Fillers - A thermally conductive adhesive comprises a mixture of at least two types of silver particles including a first type having a surface area to mass ratio in the range of 0.59 m | 05-12-2011 |
Terry Hartman, Tacoma, WA US
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20110011415 | SELF-LIGHTING CIGARETTE - The present invention relates to a self striking cigarette comprising: cigarette paper, where said cigarette paper includes a phosphorous dipped edge; a tobacco product, where the tobacco product is rolled within the cigarette paper; and a filter, where said filter is attached to the rolled cigarette paper at the non-phosphorous end. In one exemplary embodiment, the cigarette paper is ribbed along the phosphorous edge to provide a reinforcement means. The self striking cigarettes according the present invention may be packaged as a plurality of phosphorous tipped cigarettes stored within a cigarette box, where said cigarette box includes at least one striking surface in the lower corner of the cigarette box. The present invention also contemplates a method of creating a self striking cigarette | 01-20-2011 |
Thomas A. Hartman, St. Louis, MO US
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20090032763 | Fixed Cone Sleeve Valve Having Ribs Downstream of the Gate for Supporting the Cone and Other Components of the Valve - A valve comprises a housing, a conduit, and a shut-off member, and a plurality of ribs. The conduit is fixed in position relative to the housing. The ribs are spaced from the conduit. The shut-off member is fixed in position within a cavity of the housing via the ribs. The gate has a fluid passageway extending therethrough and is movable relative to the shut-off member between opened and closed positions. The gate is able to linearly reciprocate between opened and closed positions along the center axis of the conduit. The gate is engaged with the shut-off member when the gate is in the closed position in a manner preventing fluid from flowing through the fluid passageway of the gate. The opened position of the gate allows fluid to flow through the fluid passageway of the gate. | 02-05-2009 |
20090146093 | Ball Valve Housing Seat and Method of Securing the Same to a Ball Valve - A valve comprises a housing, an annular housing seat, and a gate. The housing comprises a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The housing seat is fixed in position relative to the housing via epoxy. The gate comprises a gate seat and a fluid passageway that extends through the gate. The gate is movable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The gate is also configured to allow fluid to flow from the fluid inlet through the fluid passageway to the fluid outlet when the gate is in the open position, and configured such that the gate seat engages the housing seat in a manner preventing fluid from flowing from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet when the gate is in the closed position. | 06-11-2009 |
20150008351 | BALL VALVE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A ball valve has trunnions that comprise shaft portions and larger diameter bearing portions. The larger bearing portions ensure that bearing pressures will be low. Smaller shaft portions reduce material costs and minimize the overall size of the valves. Preferably the bearing portions are formed out of a different material than are the shaft portions. This allows the bearing portions to be formed out of a lower strength (and therefore lower cost) material. Conversely, it also allows the shaft portions to be formed out of a higher strength material to thereby minimize the size of the trunnion shafts without impacting the bearing size and cost. Additionally, each bearing portion is preferably a cylindrical sleeve and is preferably heat-shrunk around part of the shaft portion. | 01-08-2015 |
20150008352 | VALVE WITH TRUNNIONS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A valve has trunnions that comprise shaft portions and larger diameter bearing portions. The larger bearing portions ensure that bearing pressures will be low. Smaller shaft portions reduce material costs and minimize the overall size of the valves. Preferably the bearing portions are formed out of a different material than are the shaft portions. This allows the bearing portions to be formed out of a lower strength (and therefore lower cost) material. Conversely, it also allows the shaft portions to be formed out of a higher strength material to thereby minimize the size of the trunnion shafts without impacting the bearing size and cost. Additionally, each bearing portion is preferably a cylindrical sleeve and is preferably heat-shrunk around part of the shaft portion. | 01-08-2015 |
Thomas B. Hartman, Murfreesboro, TN US
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20090279962 | CUTTING TOOL SYSTEM, CUTTING INSERT, AND TOOL HOLDER - An improved design of a cutting insert system includes a plurality of indexable peripheral milling cutting inserts adapted to be mounted on a peripheral milling tool holder. Each of the cutting inserts includes an insert width that is the same for each cutting insert. Each of the cutting inserts also includes a corner nose having a corner nose radius dimension that is different for each cutting insert, and an axial alignment clearance face that defines an equivalent face location and an equivalent clearance angle for each of the plurality of cutting inserts when the insert is detachably mounted on the tool holder. | 11-12-2009 |
20100272526 | DOUBLE-SIDED CUTTING INSERT FOR DRILLING TOOL - A double-sided cutting insert for a drilling tool includes a top side, a bottom side, and at least one side surface interconnecting the top side and the bottom side and forming at least one cutting edge. The top side and the bottom side comprise a different external profile and chip groove geometry and an identical inscribed circle, and each of the top side and the bottom side comprises four indexable cutting edges. | 10-28-2010 |
20110110731 | CUTTING TOOL SYSTEM, CUTTING INSERT, AND TOOL HOLDER - An improved design of a cutting insert system includes a plurality of indexable peripheral milling cutting inserts adapted to be mounted on a peripheral milling tool holder. Each of the cutting inserts includes an insert width that is the same for each cutting insert. Each of the cutting inserts also includes a corner nose having a corner nose radius dimension that is different for each cutting insert, and an axial alignment clearance face that defines an equivalent face location and an equivalent clearance angle for each of the plurality of cutting inserts when the insert is detachably mounted on the tool holder. | 05-12-2011 |
Troy Hartman, Concord, NC US
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20120042831 | SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD FOR FEEDING BULK FOOD ITEMS TO DEER OR THE LIKE - The present invention relates generally to a system and related method for feeding bulk food items to deer or the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and related method for feeding bulk food items to deer or the like that includes a vertically-oriented, linearly-actuated feeding mechanism that is operated in conjunction with a timing mechanism, as well as an environmentally-protected housing. The present invention finds particular applicability in hunting and naturalist activities, for example, in which it may be desirable to attract deer or other wildlife via the feeding of apples, corn, pellets, or the like in a controlled manner over a period of time, such that the habits of these animals may be affected. Other suitable applications are certainly contemplated herein. | 02-23-2012 |
William Hartman, Warsaw, IN US
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20090157189 | Modular Articulating Cement Spacer Mold - The present teachings provide a modular articulating cement spacer mold for forming a temporary implant. The modular spacer mold includes a head component mold defining a first opening, a head connector positioned within the first opening of the head component mold, a stem component mold defining a second opening, and a stem connector to fit within the second opening of the stem component mold to mateably engage the head connector. Related kits and methods of forming a temporary implant are provided. | 06-18-2009 |
20090175978 | Modular Articulating Cement Spacer - The present teachings provide a modular articulating cement spacer mold for forming a temporary implant comprising a mold first portion; a mold second portion; a hinge region connecting the mold first portion and mold second portion; and a self-securing device to removably secure and separate the mold first portion and the mold second portion. Other modular articulating cement spacer molds are also provided. | 07-09-2009 |
20120261546 | Modular Articulating Cement Spacer - The present teachings provide a modular articulating cement spacer mold for forming a temporary implant comprising a mold first portion, a mold second portion, and a ventilation forming surface feature on an interior surface of at least one of the mold first portion or the mold second portion. The first mold portion and the second mold portion have corresponding interior surfaces that form a cavity therebetween. | 10-18-2012 |
20140107654 | Methods For Patient-Specific Shoulder Arthroplasty - A method of determining an optimal position of a glenoid implant. The method includes identifying a center point of a patient's glenoid fossa based on an image of the patient's glenoid fossa; determining the optimal position of the glenoid implant based on the location of the center point relative to a medial point of the patient's scapula; and selecting orientation of an alignment pin based on the determined optimal glenoid implant position such that the glenoid fossa will be prepared to receive the glenoid implant at the optimal position when the glenoid fossa is prepared with a cutting device or guide coupled to the alignment pin. | 04-17-2014 |
William F. Hartman, Albuquerque, NM US
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20080283199 | Techniques used with solutions of solids in a liquid for separating the liquid from a solid - Techniques used with a solution in which a solid is dissolved in a liquid. In one technique, drops of the solution are sprayed into a stream of gas. The drops are sized to fall through and out of the stream of gas before they are completely evaporated. The partial evaporation leaves the solid entrapped in the drops and the evaporated vapor in the stream of gas. In another technique, the drops are carried by the stream of gas. As the drops are carried, most of the drops are completely evaporated, producing vapor and particles of the solid. A filter filters out the particles. Some of the drops are not completely evaporated when they reach the filter and solution from these drops continuously rinses the filter. Large drops of the rinsing solution fall from the filter, through the stream of gas, and out of the stream of gas. | 11-20-2008 |
20120118071 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CROSS-LINKING IN A POLYMER - Methods and apparatus for detecting cross-linking in a polymer, wherein, in some exemplary implementations, the polymer may constitute an encapsulation layer for a photovoltaic module. In one example, a polymer sample is physically deformed, and sample information relating to a relaxation or a recovery of the polymer sample in response to the deformation is obtained. The sample information is then compared to reference information relating to cross-linking of the polymeric material so as to determine a degree of cross-linking in the tested polymer sample. In one aspect, such a determination of polymer cross-linking is achieved without adversely affecting a relevant functionality of the polymer/encapsulation layer (e.g., without destruction to the polymer/encapsulation layer). | 05-17-2012 |
William Michael Hartman, Pleasant Ridge, MI US
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20090254464 | TIME AND ATTENDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A time and attendance system includes a biometric reader, a data collection terminal in communication with the biometric reader for collecting a biometric signature of a presented individual, a processor programmed to validate the collected biometric signature against one or more stored biometric signatures, and a camera for capturing an image of the presented individual. The image is included as part of a time and attendance transaction associated with the presented individual in response to a failed validation of the collected biometric signature. | 10-08-2009 |
Zak Hartman, Coral Springs, FL US
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20090071342 | THERMAL CARAFE ENCLOSURE TO CAPTURE STEAM AND INCREASE COFFEE TEMPERATURE - A drip coffee maker is provided which include a means for impeding the infiltration of cold air into a gap between a bottom surface of the brew basket housing and the lid of a carafe as the coffee is brewed. The coffee maker includes a base, reservoir housing, and brew basket housing, where a carafe is removably positionable on the base. The carafe including a lid portion, which defines a gap between the lid portion and a bottom surface of the brew basket housing when the carafe is positioned on the base. A means for substantially encircling the gap between the lid portion of the carafe and the bottom surface of the brew basket housing is provided. The means for substantially encircling the gap is operable between an open and a closed position. In the open position, the carafe can be inserted onto the base. As the carafe is inserted, the means for substantially encircling the gap rotates to the closed position. As the carafe is removed from the base, the means for substantially encircling the gap rotates to the open position. | 03-19-2009 |