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Alvin Butler, Sr., Bowie, MD US
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| 20090233631 | System for reporting incidents using a text message - A process and system used for reporting and processing incidents of aggressive, dangerous, and discourteous drivers using Short Message Service (SMS) data, also known as “text messaging” using key words or characters. A hand held electronic device is used to send a text message location reporting emergency or non-emergency information to a central processing unit. By establishing a process and system that utilizes mobile hand held electronic devices or cell phones to report emergency and non-emergency information through text messaging and downloading that information to the central processing unit, this data is then put through a filtration process to allow the most serious road violators and those needing help to be easily retrieved. The information is then transmitted to a subscriber via text message and/or email for corrective action or for dispatching emergency help. | 09-17-2009 |
Alvin Chubbs, Vancouver CA
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| 20090083516 | MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING IN PARALLEL MULTI-CORE COMPUTATION ARCHITECTURES - In a media server for processing data packets, media server functions are implemented by a plurality of modules categorized by real-time response requirements. | 03-26-2009 |
Alvin Coughenour, Elizabeth, PA US
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| 20110042945 | Dual Purpose Dimple for HVAC Circular Ductwork - This invention relates to sealing HVAC ductwork along its joints in order to reduce air leakage. The ductwork can be sealed by the combination of a gasket and mechanical locking mechanism. | 02-24-2011 |
Alvin Delagon, Laguna PH
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| 20120002601 | MESSAGE ROUTING PLATFORM - A system and method for routing messages in a communication network is disclosed. The system include a plurality of nodes for receiving a packet for delivery to an intended recipient wherein the system is adapted to determine if the intended recipient is connected to a first selected node within the plurality of nodes; and if the recipient is connected to the first selected node, deliver the packet; and if the recipient is determined not to be connected to the first selected node within the plurality of nodes, the system is further adapted to determine which node from the plurality of nodes the intended recipient is connected and forward the packet to the node to which the intended recipient is connected. | 01-05-2012 |
Alvin Eiterman, Hilliard, OH US
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| 20090108245 | Door release mechanism - A door hoist includes a bracket, drive sprocket, ring gear, hub assembly, set of planetary gears, and governor shaft. The drive sprocket has a drive sprocket axis. The ring gear is fastened to the drive sprocket. The ring gear has a ring gear axis that is in alignment with the drive sprocket axis. The hub assembly includes a connector to receive a door drive shaft and secure the door drive shaft in a fixed rotational alignment with the hub assembly. The set of planetary gears is rotationally mounted to the hub assembly. The set of planetary gears is configured to mate with the ring gear. The governor shaft includes a sun gear, brake assembly, and link. The sun gear is configured to mate with the set of planetary gears. The brake assembly has an engaged position and a disengaged position. The sun gear is rotationally fixed relative to the bracket in response to the brake assembly being in the engaged position. In response to the brake assembly being in the disengaged position, rotation of the sun gear is unfixed relative to the bracket. The link secures the brake assembly in the engaged position. The link is configured to melt in response to an ambient temperature exceeding a predetermined temperature. | 04-30-2009 |
Alvin Fults, Amarillo, TX US
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| 20110251514 | LIVESTOCK TEMPERATURE MONITORING AND DETECTION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a livestock temperature measuring and detection system. The system includes a housing, typically made from engineering plastic. Within the housing is a probe defining a thermistor having a threshold temperature. The thermistor is inserted in the livestock's ear. The threshold temperature is pre-set for monitoring a particular livestock condition. The housing includes a visible display. The housing includes a microprocessor which monitors the thermistor and upon detecting the threshold signal activates the display for visible observation. | 10-13-2011 |
Alvin Hong Mo Cheung, Richmond Hill CA
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| 20080210189 | Intake Manifold Having Runners With Variable Cross Sectional Area - The present invention provides a tunable engine manifold which employs sliders to form one wall of the inlet runners. The sliders can be moved to alter the cross sectional area of the runners as desired. Seals on the sliders provide an efficient means to seal the runners to prevent undesired leaks within runners and, while not required by the present invention, the overmolding of the seals onto the sliders provides a cost effective and mechanically effective manner of providing the desired seals between the inlet runners and the sliders. The tunable engine manifold can be an inlet or an exhaust manifold and can provide a crossover between the banks of inlet runners, or between individual runners, to control resonance in the manifold. | 09-04-2008 |
Alvin Jerke, Mddleton CA
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| 20090178362 | HURRICANE FRAMING TIE - A unitary framing tie is provided for use in securing framing members in wood framed construction. The tie comprises a generally U-shaped base having: a pair of longitudinally spaced apart coplanar plates; a pair of substantially parallel, opposed flanges depending downwardly from the plates; and a pair of substantially parallel, opposed sidewalls extending upwardly from the plates. In operation, the tie provides an apparatus capable of securing two framing ties together bilaterally, which may be installed before or after the framing members are affixed together. | 07-16-2009 |
Alvin Kershman, Paradise Valley, MO US
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| 20080305177 | Method of administering testosterone - A method of administering testosterone by the oral ingestion of a delivery system with sustained release properties where the micronized testosterone is present as a solid or liquid lipid suspension and, optionally, at least part of the testosterone is microencapsulated. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090076177 | Tamper resistant lipid-based oral dosage form for opioid agonists - A tamper resistant drug delivery system made of at least one lipid, at least one gelling agent and at least one drug active, such as oxycodone, where the system gels rapidly in the presence of water or a solution containing water, and the drug active releases into the digestive system, wherein the weight ratio of gelling agent to lipid is less than 1:1.4. | 03-19-2009 |
Alvin Kershman, St. Louis, MO US
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| 20100233292 | Germicidal composition - A germicidal lotion composition for treating or preventing diseases and wounds in humans or animals made by combining an aqueous phase comprising an aqueous solution or suspension containing a medicament, wherein the medicament is present in the solution or suspension in the range of about 0.015 to 80.0 wt. %; and an oil phase comprising an oil solution or suspension and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant is present in the oil in the range of from about 30 to 90 wt. %; wherein the aqueous phase is added to the oil phase in a weight ratio of about 3:1 to 99:1, and wherein the aqueous phase is added to the oil phase using low to medium shear mixing to provide the lotion. | 09-16-2010 |
Alvin Lacson, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20110267196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SLEEP QUALITY FEEDBACK - A system and method for providing sleep quality feedback that includes receiving alarm input on a base device from a user; the base device communicating an alarm setting based on the alarm input to an individual sleep device; the individual sleep device collecting sleep data based on activity input of a user; the individual sleep device communicating sleep data to the base device; the base device calculating sleep quality feedback from the sleep data; communicating sleep quality feedback to a user; and the individual sleep device activating an alarm, wherein activating the alarm includes generating tactile feedback to the user according to the alarm setting. | 11-03-2011 |
Alvin Liknes, Calgary CA
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| 20100071891 | Apparatus For Pumping Fluids From A Well - An apparatus for pumping fluids from a well having a production tubing extending from a wellhead of the well downhole to a downhole location. A pump having a pump barrel connected to a bottom of the production tubing, and a plunger reciprocable within the pump barrel for lifting fluid from the bottom of the well up through the production tubing and to the wellhead as the plunger upstrokes, and for filling the barrel below the plunger as the plunger upstrokes. A sealed housing attached to the wellhead with the production tubing in fluid communication with the interior of the sealed housing. A cable drum positioned within the interior of the sealed housing. A prime mover operably connected to the cable drum for rotating the cable drum and a cable wound on the cable drum for winding and unwinding by rotating the cable drum. The cable extending downwardly through the production tubing and attached to the plunger. Controls for operating the prime mover for rotating the cable drum to reciprocate the plunger within the pump barrel. | 03-25-2010 |
Alvin Lim, Singapore SG
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| 20080304351 | Pin Multiplexing - A semiconductor device coupled to input/output pins includes a first core to operate a first function and a second core to operate a second function. A multiplexer is arranged to set the input/output pins to the first function or to the second function, and an arbiter is configured to receive requests from the cores to use the input/output pins and to grant use of the input/output pins to a selected core. A register is arranged to store a value indicative of a delay to be applied by the arbiter when granting use of the input/output pins to the second core. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20110213903 | Pin Multiplexing - A semiconductor device coupled to input/output pins includes a first core to operate a first function and a second core to operate a second function. A multiplexer is arranged to set the input/output pins to the first function or to the second function, and an arbiter is configured to receive requests from the cores to use the input/output pins and to grant use of the input/output pins to a selected core. A register is arranged to store a value indicative of a delay to be applied by the arbiter when granting use of the input/output pins to the second core. | 09-01-2011 |
Alvin Lowi, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA US
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| 20110259304 | FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM - An engine includes a fuel injector support element to support a fuel injector and define a first opening through which the fuel injector can inject fuel. A first piston defines a substantially cylindrical inner chamber and a portal into the substantially cylindrical inner chamber. One or more second pistons are arranged to reciprocate inside the substantially cylindrical inner chamber and to define, in cooperation with the substantially cylindrical inner chamber, a combustion chamber. The first fuel injector support element and the first piston are arranged such that, during engine operation, the first piston reciprocates relative to the first fuel injector support element to thereby cause the first opening and the first portal to move in and out of alignment with one another. | 10-27-2011 |
Alvin Ng, Milpitas, CA US
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| 20110100914 | ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS - An inorganic membrane suitable for ultrafiltration or nanofiltration, and methods for making and using the membrane. The membrane has a organic polymer deposited on the feed surface, but is not able to perform separations by solution-diffusion. | 05-05-2011 |
Alvin Ohlenbusch, Andover, MA US
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| 20080307297 | Method and System for Click-Thru Capability in Electronic Media - Methods and systems for capturing, collecting, analyzing and auditing of electronic documents. In an embodiment, there is provided the ability to present an audit function or “click thru” capability with respect to image files, non-structured text, non-structured html, and pdf documents. | 12-11-2008 |
Alvin Okunam, Cedar Park, TX US
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| 20090128373 | TWIN-CONTACT KEYBOARD ARRANGEMENT - Devices, methods, and techniques for keyboard scanning are disclosed herein. Keyboard arrangements can include a plurality of keys and a keyboard decoder. Each of the plurality of keys can include at least one drive contact and a plurality of sense contacts. Each drive contact can be connected to an output (drive) line of the keyboard decoder, and each sense contact can be connected to an input (sense) line of the keyboard decoder such that each key is connected to a unique combination of sense lines. Key presses can be identified by the unique combination of sense lines triggered. The combination of sense lines triggered can be used as an address to a lookup table indicating the function of the various keys. Variations of drive signal properties, e.g., frequency, phase, and waveshape, can be used to further distinguish key inputs and/or provide for a greater number of keys and/or corresponding functions. | 05-21-2009 |
Alvin Ronlan, Hillsboro Shore, FL US
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| 20100252174 | TYRE BALANCING COMPOSITIONS - The invention relates to tyre balancing compositions having improved balancing properties comprise a visco-plastic gel and solid bodies having an average smallest dimension in the range of 0.5-5 mm; preferably 1-4 mm, more preferably around 3 mm. When applied in a layer to the inside of a motor vehicle tyre, the compositions act by allowing the solid bodies move through the gel and to concentrate in areas to counteract 10 imbalances. The solid bodies preferably have an average ratio a between their smallest and their largest dimension of α≦2, more preferably α≦1.5, especially around 1. The visco-plastic gel preferably has a storage modulus (G′) between 1000 Pa and 25000 Pa at 22° C., a loss modulus (G″) smaller than the storage modulus, and a critical yield stress above 3 Pa at 22° C. The bodies may be shaped as prolate or oblate ellipsoids, cylinders, 15 rectangular paralleipipeds, or spheres, or mixtures of such bodies; they may have an apparent specific gravity in the range of 500-3000 kg/m | 10-07-2010 |
Alvin Ronlan, Stockholm SE
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| 20110162442 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING VIBRATION IN AN ARTICLE PROCESSING MACHINE, SUCH AS A WASHING MACHINE - A method for reducing vibration in a rotary system ( | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110254351 | TYRE BALANCING COMPOSITIONS - Visco-elastic tyre balancing compositions comprising 1) 85 to 97% by weight of a glycol ether component comprising one or more ethylene/propylene glycol copolymer ethers of the general formula (I) or the general (II) or mixtures thereof R—O{[CH(CH | 10-20-2011 |
Alvin Smalls, Richmond, VA US
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| 20110107977 | Control feeder for fish tanks - A divider for fish aquariums, comprising a dividing wall that is specially designed for use in fish tanks to keep feeder fish and predatory fish in separate sections during non-feeding times, helping to better control the feeding habits of the latter is provided. Basically square in shape, the Control Feeder for Fish Tanks is offered in various sizes to accommodate virtually any aquarium. The present invention is made from durable, clear plexiglass material, and outlined with rubber sealant to keep the divider securely in place while in use. Outfitted with a series of small openings to facilitate water flow, the Control Feeder for Fish Tanks also contains three (3) larger, circular openings, which can be opened and closed via a sliding door mechanism to allow the feeder fish to pass into the predatory fish section of the aquarium. | 05-12-2011 |
Alvin Smith, Devonshire GB
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| 20100034670 | HYDRO COLUMN - A Self Priming Gravity Wave Water Pump, Double Acting, vertically Self Adjusting incorporating a Submerged Column Platform as shown in FIG. | 02-11-2010 |
Alvin Wee Beng Tatt, Malacca MY
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| 20090093090 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE COMPRISING SURFACE-MOUNTABLE FLAT EXTERNAL CONTACTS - A method for producing a power semiconductor module having surface mountable flat external contact areas is disclosed. At least one power semiconductor chip is fixed by its rear side on a drain external contact. An insulation layer covers the top side over the side edges of the semiconductor chip as far as the inner housing plane was a leaving free the source and gate contact areas on the top side of the semiconductor chip and also was partly leaving free the top sides of the corresponding external contacts. | 04-09-2009 |
Alvin Wexler, Winnipeg CA
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| 20100290675 | HIGH DEFINITION IMPEDANCE IMAGING - A method for producing a computationally efficient system that reduces the number of iterations required to generate a conductivity image pattern of a subsurface object, and its attendant conductivity distribution, through a solution to the system of field equations that simultaneously satisfies all of the boundary conditions and conserves internal current flux densities. | 11-18-2010 |
Alvin Widitora, Los Angeles, CA US
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| 20110240656 | Heated Container - A temperature changing container includes a plurality of walls joined to form an enclosure which seals contents of the enclosure within the walls. One of the walls includes a depression extending into the enclosure. Upon activation, chemicals at least partially disposed within the depression change temperature. | 10-06-2011 |
Alvin Wong, Daly City, CA US
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| 20100022307 | Skill-Based Electronic Gaming Tournament Play - A system for managing an electronic gaming tournament between a plurality of users comprising user database operably associated with a server containing information related to each of the plurality of users, a central pseudo-random number generator providing server-side generated pseudo-random numbers; a tournament database operably containing information related to an electronic gaming; a skill-based electronic game operably deployed on a plurality of client devices, the skill-based electronic game having at least one of its starting conditions, its behavior or its appearance determined by one or more psuedo-random equations; a client-server communication module being deployed on each of the plurality of client devices operably disposed between each of the skill-based electronic games and the server, each client-server communication module providing a tournament menu to the skill-based electronic game so as to provide user-selectable access to ongoing tournaments found in the tournament database, and a prize fulfillment module for distributing the prize indicated in the tournament database to the user among the tournament participants who is determined to have won each tournament as of the tournament ending time. | 01-28-2010 |
Alvin Zoltan, Montreal-Nord CA
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| 20100261397 | NONWOVEN FLAME RESISTANT MATERIALS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Disclosed is a process for making fire resistant materials, such as fabrics or barriers, comprising the steps of selecting cellulosic fibers and optionally synthetic fibers; feeding a machinery serving to make the nonwoven material with the fibers, and treating the fibers at least one time with at least one fire retardant chemical compound while the machinery is making the non-woven material for obtaining the requested fire resistant nonwoven material. Preferably, an aqueous solution containing the fire retardant chemical compounds is spread on the nonwoven web before, during and/or after the web is heated up during a thermo bonding step of the process. The process is environmentally friendly and allows for higher impregnation of the fibers with fire retardant chemicals. | 10-14-2010 |