Burford, US
Cecelia Burford, Reading, PA US
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20090091885 | ALI system - A laptop that fuses external components such as a printer, scanner, fax machine and miniature solar panels into an all-in-one laptop with prolonged battery life. Below the computer keyboard area is an additional compartment that holds the scanner with the bottom of the keyboard area acting like a scanner cover. The back of the laptop screen holds the small printer for printing word or design documents along with miniature solar panels. | 04-09-2009 |
Christopher Burford, Shreveport, LA US
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20080290599 | WEALTH DEVELOPMENT GAME - A board game is configured for learning and practicing principles of wealth development. The board game broadly includes, among other things, a game board, game tokens for tracking player movement during the game, activity cards that players draw in response to landing on board spaces, and a worksheet for tracking various financial metrics used for playing the game and for determining the winner. Each of the board spaces are associated with one or more wealth-building activity categories and direct the players to follow instructions that correspond with the respective categories. The worksheet includes sections for tracking financial metrics such as the player's income, expenses, assets, liabilities, and net worth. | 11-27-2008 |
Clinton Burford, San Mateo, CA US
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20150081601 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF PREFERRED VIEWS FOR PERSONAL CONTENT COLLECTIONS - Providing a view of relevant items of a content collection includes identifying a current context based temporal parameters, spatial parameters, navigational parameters, lexical parameters, organizational parameters, and/or events, evaluating each of the items of the content collection according to the current context to provide a value for each of the items, and displaying a subset of the items corresponding to highest determined values. The temporal parameters may include a time of recent access of an item, frequency of access of an item, frequency of location related access of an item, and frequency of event related access of an item. Temporal patterns of accessing items may be numerically assessed based on time of day, time of week, and/or time of month. Evaluating each item may include determining a distance from a separating hyperplane using a support vector machine classification method. | 03-19-2015 |
Dwight A. Burford, Wichita, KS US
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20100200642 | END EFFECTOR FOR FORMING SWEPT FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDS - An apparatus includes a connector and is configured to mount to a machine having multiple axes of control. A control signal on the connector determines a path of a rotating tool holder. | 08-12-2010 |
20130075452 | Mandrel Tool Probe For Friction Stir Welding - A mandrel tool probe is provided for performing a friction-stir process. The mandrel tool probe includes a shank and a tip coupled to the shank, where the shank and tip are concentric and rotatable about a given axis. The tip includes a set of a plurality of physically-separate, spiraled surfaces each of which has a linear or curved cross-section that extends along a length of the tip at a constant or varying spiral angle around the circumference of the tip. The tip also has a cross-section with a constant shape along the length of the tip, with the cross-section of the tip including a plurality of major segments each of which is formed of the cross-section of a respective spiraled surface. | 03-28-2013 |
20130341375 | END EFFECTOR FOR FORMING SWEPT FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDS - An apparatus includes a connector and is configured to mount to a machine having multiple axes of control. A control signal on the connector determines a path of a rotating tool holder. | 12-26-2013 |
Dwight A. Burford, Park City, KS US
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20080251571 | Friction stir welding tool having a counterflow pin configuration - A friction stir welding tool having one or more tapered flats for promoting flow of weld material toward the pin terminus and one or more counter-spiraling channels or threads which for promoting flow of the weld material toward the tool shoulder. | 10-16-2008 |
Ian C. Burford, Duvall, WA US
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20080210821 | RIB SUPPORT FOR WING PANELS - An innovative wing structure provides ribs to support skin panels without an attachment between the rib and the stringer free flange or the web. The support is provided by rib shear ties installed directly to the stringer skin flange. The rib incorporates a cut away to allow the stringer to pass through the rib. The composite stringer is an āIā section and is stable under compression, not requiring mechanical methods to prevent rolling over. | 09-04-2008 |
20130232883 | COMPOSITE ACCESS DOOR - A method of installing a door in an access opening in a skin of an aircraft. A composite inner door panel is positioned against an inside face of the skin. A composite outer door panel is positioned against an outside face of the skin. A plurality of fasteners is installed through fastener openings in the composite outer door panel. The plurality of fasteners is tightened to form a chamfered interface between the skin and the composite outer door panel. | 09-12-2013 |
Jeremy Burford, Alexandria, LA US
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20110240216 | METHODS FOR AFFIXING OVERLAY SHEETS TO CONCRETE FORM - A resin impregnated overlay sheet is laid atop a wood veneer to create a concrete form. At a pre-press station, pressure is applied to a veneer assembly having an overlay sheet laid atop it. Thereafter, the pressed overlaid assembly is transferred for final hot pressing. The pre-pressing of the overlay sheet onto the wood veneer ensures the static adherence of the overlay sheet to the veneer prior to final hot pressing. | 10-06-2011 |
20120125532 | METHODS FOR AFFIXING OVERLAY SHEETS TO CONCRETE FORM - A resin impregnated overlay sheet is laid atop a wood veneer to create a concrete form. At a pre-press station, pressure is applied to a veneer assembly having an overlay sheet laid atop it. Thereafter, the pressed overlaid assembly is transferred for final hot pressing. The pre-pressing of the overlay sheet onto the wood veneer ensures the static adherence of the overlay sheet to the veneer prior to final hot pressing. | 05-24-2012 |
John E. Burford, Austin, TX US
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20130314861 | MULTI-POSITION SUPPORT FOR A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A support member includes a base, a first wall and an opposite second wall spaced apart from the first wall. The base, the first wall and the second wall define an elongated slot. The first wall extends from the base and includes a surface interior to the slot which includes a plurality of support lands. The second wall extends from the base and includes a plurality of apertures extending through the second wall in a direction transverse to the elongated slot. | 11-28-2013 |
Neil Burford, Durham, CT US
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20080241158 | Human taste-specific receptor TIR3 - The invention provides human G-protein coupled receptors (GCREC) and polynucleotides which identify and encode GCREC. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of GCREC. | 10-02-2008 |
20090018068 | G-protein coupled receptors - The invention provides human G-protein coupled receptors (GCREC) and polynucleotides which identify and encode GCREC. The invention also provides expression vectors, host, cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of GCREC. | 01-15-2009 |
20100099617 | Secreted proteins - The invention provides human secreted proteins (SECP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode SECP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of SECP. | 04-22-2010 |
20140056906 | SECRETED PROTEINS - The invention provides human secreted proteins (SECP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode SECP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of SECP. | 02-27-2014 |
Sandford H. Burford, Fremont, CA US
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20100099059 | GUN SIMULATOR - The chain gun simulator provides a high-fidelity simulation of the electrical control system signals for any weapon platform using a variety of chain gun types. The simulator device is stand-alone, requiring no external equipment, and replicates the electrical states, levels, and timing of the real guns such that the weapon platform's fire control interface can function normally without the need for a real gun and live ammunition. In addition, the simulator provides user control for selecting gun type and mode, and provides visual indication of modes, feed selection, and simulated weapon bolt position. There may also be an audible indication every time the simulator has advanced through the normal shutdown portion of the gun cycle. | 04-22-2010 |
Sylvester Burford, Lewisburg, WV US
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20130157748 | HORSE-RACING SIMULATION WAGERING GAME - Systems and methods for providing a wagering game which involve providing a plurality of game pieces, intermediate game events, and intermediate game event modifiers for each of the game pieces, wherein each intermediate game event modifier is associated with a distinct intermediate game event; receiving one or more wagers relating to a final game outcome; randomly generating a value for each of the distinct intermediate game events; determining an intermediate game event result for each game piece, wherein the intermediate game event result includes the randomly generated value as modified by the intermediate game event modifier for the distinct intermediate game event; determining a final game outcome for each game piece, wherein the final game outcome is the total of each of the distinct intermediate game event results; and resolving the one or more wagers received based on the final game outcome. | 06-20-2013 |
Tyrus S. Burford, Niceville, FL US
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20110239556 | COLLAPSIBLE STAIRCASE - Embodiments of the invention described herein pertain to a collapsible staircase comprising a plurality of tread assemblies. Each tread assembly is disposed adjacent to at least one of another of the tread assemblies and includes a tread plate and a first and a second telescoping support member attached to a rear surface of the tread plate. The first and second telescoping support members of each tread assembly are operable to slideably engage the telescoping support members of the adjacent tread assemblies for adjusting a height of the staircase and for defining a substantially fixed angle between the tread plates of each of the tread assemblies. | 10-06-2011 |