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Bradley P. Aldridge, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20110213530 | AERATOR HAVING FLEXIBLE FRAME - An aerator having a flexible frame for use on sloped or undulating ground surfaces of golf courses and other turf. The aerator includes a pair of frame sections linked together at a horizontal pivot axis, one of the frame section supporting a coring head. A ground sensor is pivotably attached to one of the frame sections so that the ground sensor may pivot in response to changes in ground slope and provide output relating to the magnitude of the change. Based on the output, a flex frame actuator pivots the pair of frame sections with respect to each other. | 09-01-2011 |
Brett Aldridge, Soldotna, AK US
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| 20100064551 | WATERPROOF BOOT APPAREL - A waterproof boot apparel adaptable for use with at least one leg of a user is disclosed. The boot apparel comprises a lower boot area that includes a heavy duty boot, and an upper boot area defined by a long cover and a flap, wherein the long cover can be rolled up to cover a thigh of a user or rolled down and tucked into a compartment or pouch formed by folding the flap over the long cover and attaching the flap to the lower boot area by means of a zipper or Velcro®. | 03-18-2010 |
Bruce E. Aldridge, Oceanside, CA US
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| 20110093477 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF ORDER-BASED STATISTICS ON SLOWLY CHANGING DISTRIBUTIONS - A computer-implemented method for estimation of order-based statistics on slowly changing distributions of data stored on a computer. An initial set of data is converted to an initial histogram based representation of the data set's distribution. New or removed data is converted into a new histogram separate from the initial histogram. The new histogram is combined with the initial histogram to build a combined histogram. Percentiles and order-based statistics are estimated from the combined histogram to provide analysis of a combination of the initial set of data combined with the new or removed data. | 04-21-2011 |
David Aldridge, Laguna Hills, CA US
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| 20080319478 | KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR HAVING DISCRETE POLYMER COMPONENTS AND RELATED METHODS - A knotless bone anchor and method for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone, includes a plurality of discrete components. In one variation of the invention, the bone anchor includes a proximal toggle component, an intermediate plug component, and a distal sleeve component. Suture is looped around the plug component and once the anchor is actuated, the suture is compressed between the plug and the sleeve components. Advantageously, one or more of the components may be made of a biocompatible polymer. The polymeric components may be detachably joined to a drive shaft using a plurality of sacrificial fills. The sacrificial fills are broken or severed during deployment of the anchor. Related instruments and methods are also described. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090326562 | INDEPENDENT SUTURE TENSIONING AND SNARING APPARATUS - In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326563 | INDEPENDENT SUTURE TENSIONING AND SNARING APPARATUS - In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326564 | INDEPENDENT SUTURE TENSIONING AND SNARING APPARATUS - In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare. | 12-31-2009 |
David M. Aldridge, Austin, TX US
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| 20080220873 | Distributed network architecture for introducing dynamic content into a synthetic environment - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-based simulations and synthetic environment generation, and more particularly, to a system, a computer-readable medium, a method and an apparatus for generating synthetic environments in a distributed architecture to, among other things, introduce dynamic content. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080287192 | Distributed network architecture for introducing dynamic content into a synthetic environment - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-based simulations and synthetic environment generation, and more particularly, to a system, a computer-readable medium, a method and an apparatus for generating synthetic environments in a distributed architecture to, among other things, introduce dynamic content. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080287193 | Distributed network architecture for introducing dynamic content into a synthetic environment - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-based simulations and synthetic environment generation, and more particularly, to a system, a computer-readable medium, a method and an apparatus for generating synthetic environments in a distributed architecture to, among other things, introduce dynamic content. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080287194 | Distributed network architecture for introducing dynamic content into a synthetic environment - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-based simulations and synthetic environment generation, and more particularly, to a system, a computer-readable medium, a method and an apparatus for generating synthetic environments in a distributed architecture to, among other things, introduce dynamic content. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080287195 | Distributed network architecture for introducing dynamic content into a synthetic environment - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-based simulations and synthetic environment generation, and more particularly, to a system, a computer-readable medium, a method and an apparatus for generating synthetic environments in a distributed architecture to, among other things, introduce dynamic content. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090275414 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA TO PERFORM TRANSACTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PARTICIPANTS INTERACTING IN A SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-based simulations and synthetic environment generation, and more particularly, to a system, a computer-readable medium, a method and an apparatus for generating synthetic environments in a distributed architecture to, among other things, introduce dynamic content. In some embodiments, computer readable medium facilitates transactions in massively multiplayer online games. The computer readable medium can include executable instructions for execution by one or more processors to receive data to perform a transaction between participants associated with the synthetic environment. The executable instructions also can be configured to transact an exchange of a first subset of game data for the first participant and a second subset of the game data for a second participant. The exchange of subsets of the game data between the first participant and the second participant can occur in the common process. | 11-05-2009 |
David Trottingwolf Aldridge, Laguna Hills, CA US
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| 20110306959 | INTRAVASCULAR ARTERIAL TO VENOUS ANASTOMOSIS AND TISSUE WELDING CATHETER - A device for creating an arteriovenous (AV) fistula comprises an elongate member, a distal member connected to the elongate member and movable relative to the elongate member, and a heating member disposed on at least one of the movable distal member and the elongate member. The distal member comprises structure for capturing tissue to be cut to create the fistula, and the heating member is adapted to cut through the tissue to create the fistula. The elongate member comprises an elongate outer tube. A shaft connects the distal member to the elongate member, and is extendable and retractable to extend and retract the distal member relative to the elongate member. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110313435 | SUTURE BUCKLE WITH SELECTIVE FRICTION - A tensioning device for holding separated members/tissues in contact with one another. The device comprises a frame having opposing first and second sides and a lower surface and an upper surface, and a band for extending around the separated tissues to be held together in conjunction with the frame. The band has two ends releasably attached to the sides of the frame. When the ends are secured to the sides of the frame, the band establishes a path of tension along its length that extends linearly between the two ends of the band. | 12-22-2011 |
Don Aldridge, Odenton, MD US
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| 20100121575 | Systems and methods for aerial system collision avoidance - A ground-based data collection, fusion, analysis and communication system and method are provided to effect collision avoidance for unmanned aerial systems. These systems and methods levy minimal demands on the very strict payload size, weight, and power constraints of many unmanned aerial system platforms by providing an off-board, rather than onboard, sensor system and data fusion capability supporting data acquisition and data fusion from a full spectrum of available sensors. These systems and methods include a capability for high-speed all-source data fusion and analysis with an objective of providing advisory information to a remotely-located pilot of an unmanned aerial system in a timely enough manner for the pilot to effect evasive maneuvers in situations to avoid collision between the unmanned aerial system and conflicting aerial traffic. Additionally, evasive maneuvering commands may be provided directly to an unmanned aerial system based on collected, fused and analyzed data from multiple sources in order to effect autonomous collision avoidance maneuvering within the unmanned aerial system. | 05-13-2010 |
Dustin Aldridge, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20110080155 | METHOD OF SWITCHING POWER MODES AND A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a method of switching power modes on a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device configured to perform the same. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a portable electronic device, having a housing; a processor received within the housing; a display screen connected to the processor and exposed by the housing; a piezoelectric switch connected to the processor disposed in the housing, the piezoelectric switch having a piezoelectric element which generates an electric charge in response to forces applied to the piezoelectric element; and an actuator for engaging the piezoelectric element, the actuator being exposed by the housing and movable within the housing to transfer externally applied forces to the piezoelectric element; wherein the processor is configured for switching between at least two power modes in response to the generation of the electric charge by the piezoelectric element. | 04-07-2011 |
Elisa J. Aldridge, Menlo Park, CA US
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| 20100186750 | MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH DEVICES - Devices, such as medical devices for inhibiting conception, and methods of using and/or making these devices. In one aspect of the disclosure, a medical device has a delivery system and a first insert, which is removably coupled to the delivery system and which is designed to be deployed within a portion of a first fallopian tube, and a second insert, which is removably coupled to the delivery system and which is designed to be deployed within a portion of a second fallopian tube. Other aspects of the disclosure include, among other things, inserts made from one or more polymers; inserts which are designed to pierce and remain in place; and inserts which are implanted through a fluid delivery system. | 07-29-2010 |
Elisa Janine Aldridge, Menlo Park, CA US
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| 20110112370 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL STABILIZATION DEVICES AND METHODS - The various embodiments of the present inventions provide stabilization devices and methods for use of the stabilization devices with minimally invasive gynecological procedures such as methods of preventing pregnancy by inserting intrafallopian contraceptive devices into the fallopian tubes | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110224486 | Minimally Invasive Surgical Stabilization Devices and Methods - The various embodiments of the present inventions provide stabilization devices and methods for use of the stabilization devices with minimally invasive gynecological procedures such as methods of preventing pregnancy by inserting intrafallopian contraceptive devices into the fallopian tubes. | 09-15-2011 |
Hal A. Aldridge, Tampa, FL US
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| 20120030459 | Secure Network Extension Device and Method - A network extension device comprising a CPU, memory, protected I/O connectable to local controls and peripherals, external communications port, a trusted device connected to the CPU such that it can provide attestation of the network extension device's trusted operation to a connected known external network, and a protected interface connected to at least one network extension module that includes a local network communications port. Optionally, a traffic encryption module may be provided, and the trusted device's attestation may include a check of its operation. Also, a method comprising connecting the network extension device to an external network, performing an operating mode check, causing the network extension device to operate in a mode and perform a security check that correspond to the result, causing the trusted device to attest trusted operation to the external network and thereafter causing the CPU to function fully and permitting access to the external network. | 02-02-2012 |
James Aldridge, Westminster, CO US
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| 20090198577 | BUSINESS PROCESS, METHOD, SYSTEM AND MODEL of COMMERCE between A UNIQUE BUSINESS ENTITY that PROCURES and DISTRIBUTES ANY PRODUCT and/or SERVICE & its CONSUMERS WHOM RECEIVE SAID PRODUCTS and SERVICES by PURCHASING A SUBSCRIPTION BASED MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM that INCLUDES a SELF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an exclusive method, system and model of commerce created between a unique business entity that offers, publishes, and/or distributes any product and/or service through a subscription based membership program purchased by its consumers and the unique business entities' consumers who receive said products and/or services electronically or via mail. The unique business entities' consumers simultaneously operate their own home based business program utilizing a unique viral marketing campaign and cross promotion sales process created by the unique business entity. | 08-06-2009 |
James H. Aldridge, Augusta, MI US
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| 20110152938 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR VERTEBRAE STABILIZATION AND CURVATURE CORRECTION, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - An apparatus and system useful as a stabilization or correction system for a spinal column. A threaded rod is used that can be straight, rigid, bent or flexible depending on the verterbrae condition to be addressed. The rod may be bent or flexible to achieve varying degrees of lordosis (backward curvature) or kyphosis (forward curvature) before being affixed to the anchoring means and apparatus. The straightness, curvature, bent, or flexibility of rod depends upon the location along the spinal column. Once installed to the vertebrae, the rod provides the proper, desired curvature and stabilization for the spinal column. Sharp edges and corners of the apparatus are eliminated by rounding the edges and corners. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110152939 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR VERTEBRAE STABILIZATION AND CURVATURE CORRECTION, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - An apparatus and system useful as a stabilization or correction system for a spinal column. A threaded rod is used that can be straight, rigid, bent or flexible depending on the vertebrae condition to be addressed. The rod may be bent or flexible to achieve varying degrees of lordosis (backward curvature) or kyphosis (forward curvature) before being affixed to the anchoring means and apparatus. The straightness, curvature, bent, or flexibility of rod depends upon the location along the spinal column. Once installed to the vertebrae, the rod provides the proper, desired curvature and stabilization for the spinal column. Sharp edges and corners of the apparatus are eliminated by rounding the edges and corners. | 06-23-2011 |
John Sequoyah Aldridge, Pasadena, CA US
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| 20110094861 | Nano-electro-mechanical systems switches - NEMS (Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems) apparatuses are described. By applying a static electric field, an arm or beam in a NEMS apparatus is made to bend so that one electrical conductor is made to contact another electrical conductor, thereby closing the NEMS apparatus. Some apparatus embodiments make use of electrostatic coupling to cause the arm or beam to bend, and some apparatus embodiments make use of piezoelectric materials to cause the arm or beam to bend. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 04-28-2011 |
John W. Aldridge, Virginia Beach, VA US
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| 20090242419 | ON-SITE ON-DEMAND CHLORINE GAS GENERATOR - A method and device to produce chlorine gas on demand utilizing an electrolytic process for water treatment. The electrolytic components are mounted in a substantially rectangle shaped assemblage. This design of the rectangle shape assemblage ensures that the device consistently operates at peak efficiency. The device monitors and adjusts chlorine generation for changing demands and conditions for the production of disinfected water. | 10-01-2009 |
J. Wayne Aldridge, Ann Arbor, MI US
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| 20090105776 | HYBRID MULTICHANNEL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MICRODRIVE - A miniature microdrive system may be affixed to the skull and used to advance recording electrode bundles or injection cannula through the brain of freely moving test subjects, e.g., rodents. The microdrive may be constructed using a hybrid fabrication technique utilizing a printed circuit board and a small number of mechanical parts. The printed circuit board provides the base for both the electrical components and the mechanical components. The movement of a screw advances a shuttle that in turn moves an electrode bundle through the brain. Independently moving screws advance independent electrode bundles. The electrode wires are connected through the printed circuit board to a connector on the back of the board. Stainless steel cannulae are soldered to a grounding trace on the printed circuit board to guide the electrode bundle and provide a ground connection. With this system, multiple brain structures may be targeted simultaneously. The microdrive system or device is simple to mass produce, making fabrication simple with parts that can be recycled or discarded as needed. | 04-23-2009 |
Mark E. Aldridge, Coppell, TX US
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| 20080227518 | Systems for Lottery Pool Management - A lottery pool management system for lottery pool management is provided that includes a participant interface in communication with participant computers having pool participants, a lottery interface, and a notification interface. The participant interface receives lottery numbers entered by pool participants into lottery pools associated with a lottery. The participant interface also enables the pool participants to participate together in the lottery pools, exchange information regarding at least one of the lotteries prior to a drawing thereof, and to be informed of lottery numbers that are associated with respective pool participants in the lottery pools prior to the drawing of a lottery. The lottery interface receives drawing results for the lotteries, compares the drawing results with the lottery numbers, and recognizes that a winning event has occurred. The notification interface notifies the pool participants about activity in the lotteries. | 09-18-2008 |
Matthew Aldridge, North Charleston, SC US
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| 20110087625 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Creation of Agent-Based Systems - An agent-based system may be automatically generated from a specification provided by a user or third-party process. An agent generator may map the specification to a canonical model identifying one or more tasks to be performed by the agent-based system as ontological concepts. The agent generator may generate one or more candidate agents using the canonical model. The candidate agents may comprise one or more interconnected data transforms, which may comprise data access transforms, preprocessing transforms, machine learning transforms, and/or structural transforms. The agent generator iteratively modifies the agent-based system until a termination criteria is satisfied. The termination criteria may provide a selection mechanism whereby a performance of the plurality of candidate agents may be evaluated. An optimal agent may be selected using, inter alia, the performance of the agent-based system. | 04-14-2011 |
Matthew Aldridge, Charleston, SC US
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| 20110087670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONCEPT MAPPING - Concepts relevant to natural language content may be identified using an ontology. The natural language content may be tokenized and normalized. Using the tokenized content, one or more candidate concepts within the ontology may be identified. Concepts relevant to the natural language content may be selected using the identified concepts and the relationships between concepts defined within the ontology. A spreading activation process may be used to identify related concepts. The spreading activation process may be iterative and/or may reach multiple generations of connected concepts within the ontology. The relevant concepts associated with the natural language content may be used to index the natural content, identify related content, provide targeting advertising related to the natural language content, and the like. | 04-14-2011 |
M. Lynn Aldridge, Bonners Ferry, ID US
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| 20090031415 | Dynamic Network Tunnel Endpoint Selection - Dynamically selecting an endpoint for a tunnel into an enterprise computing infrastructure. A client dynamically selects a gateway (which may alternatively be referred to as a boundary device or server) as a tunnel endpoint for connecting over a public network (or, more generally, an untrusted network) into an enterprise computing infrastructure. The selection is made, in preferred embodiments, according to least-cost routing metrics pertaining to paths through the enterprise network from the selected gateway to a destination host. The least-cost routing metrics may be computed using factors such as the proximity of selectable tunnel endpoints to the destination host; stability or redundancy of network resources for this gateway; monetary costs of transmitting data over a path between the selectable tunnel endpoints and destination host; congestion on that path; hop count for that path; and/or latency or transmit time for data on that path. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20110083174 | Dynamic Network Tunnel Endpoint Selection - Dynamically selecting an endpoint for a tunnel into an enterprise computing infrastructure. A client dynamically selects a gateway (which may alternatively be referred to as a boundary device or server) as a tunnel endpoint for connecting over a public network (or, more generally, an untrusted network) into an enterprise computing infrastructure. The selection is made, in preferred embodiments, according to least-cost routing metrics pertaining to paths through the enterprise network from the selected gateway to a destination host. The least-cost routing metrics may be computed using factors such as the proximity of selectable tunnel endpoints to the destination host; stability or redundancy of network resources for this gateway; monetary costs of transmitting data over a path between the selectable tunnel endpoints and destination host; congestion on that path; hop count for that path; and/or latency or transmit time for data on that path. | 04-07-2011 |
Patrick Ryan Aldridge, Chesapeake, VA US
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| 20090242419 | ON-SITE ON-DEMAND CHLORINE GAS GENERATOR - A method and device to produce chlorine gas on demand utilizing an electrolytic process for water treatment. The electrolytic components are mounted in a substantially rectangle shaped assemblage. This design of the rectangle shape assemblage ensures that the device consistently operates at peak efficiency. The device monitors and adjusts chlorine generation for changing demands and conditions for the production of disinfected water. | 10-01-2009 |
Russell W. Aldridge, Austin, TX US
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| 20120026674 | Removable Storage System and Method - A removable storage module including a housing that facilitates sliding of the removable storage module into and out of a slot of a modular computer device, wherein the slot includes an opening in a front panel of the modular computer device that enables the removable storage module to be installed into and removed from the slot while the modular computer device is installed in one or more slots of a computer chassis. The removable storage module also includes a latching mechanism that is selectively actuated between a locked and an unlocked position to selectively couple the removable storage module within the slot of the modular computer device during use. | 02-02-2012 |
Tomm Aldridge, Olympia, WA US
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| 20110119513 | SEENSORLESS DIGITAL AVP IMPLEMENTATION FOR VOLTAGE REGULATORS - A voltage regulator may include a voltage converter to generate an output voltage based on an input voltage and a control signal. The voltage regulator may also include a control loop to adjust the control signal based on a magnitude of an error between a digital representation of the output voltage and an adaptive digital reference voltage. Additionally, the voltage regulator can have adaptive voltage positioning logic to modify the adaptive digital reference voltage based on the magnitude of the error. | 05-19-2011 |
Tomm V. Aldridge, Olympia, WA US
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| 20110154068 | Switched capacitor voltage regulator with high efficiency over a wide voltage range - In some embodiments, a voltage regulator device may include a switched capacitor voltage regulator to receive an input voltage and to provide an output voltage to a load, and a control unit to receive information related to a desired output voltage for the switched capacitor voltage regulator and to determine a desired input voltage for the switched capacitor voltage regulator based on the desired output voltage and selected operation mode or modes of switched capacitor voltage regulator. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 06-23-2011 |
William J. Aldridge, Coraopolis, PA US
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| 20100199413 | ODOR REMOVAL SYSTEM - An odor removal system and device are provided for removing odors from standard gravity fed and water pressure operated toilets. The system includes a fan assembly for directing air from the toilet bowl and overflow tube through a filter containing an appropriate filter material. It operates upon instruction from a mechanism designed to determine when the toilet is in use. | 08-12-2010 |